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    Going To Go To College

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    Southern Illinois University and Eastern Illinois University are two both really good colleges that anyone can choose to go to. These two colleges have individually benefitted all of the students very significantly to be ready for the outside world and to be prepared for the careers they have worked for. Southern Illinois University is located on Lincoln Drive Carbondale, Illinois 626901 (About SIU, 2017). Their college mascot is the saluki, which is a unique type of dog breed (Southern Illinois, 2017)

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    town of Monmouth, IL, while Augustana College is in Rock Island, IL. Both Illinois schools also possess about the same amount of campus space, coming in at about

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    When you have a good reason, you’ll find a way. My undergraduate college motto was “Find a Way or Make One.” While on the campus of Clark Atlanta University is where I really learned what that meant. I recall complaining to my department chair about another professor, and I knew that I was absolutely right. I knew the department chair knew I was right as well. She asked, “What did you do?” I then proceeded to run down a long list of things I could have done to end up with a favorable result. I wasn’t

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    It is common for a child to be asked: “what do you want to be when you get older?” For me, the answer has always been the same. Growing up I became fascinated with medicine, and I knew that I would have a career in medicine. My fascination began when my parents gave me a toy telephone that said, “Thank you for calling Dr. Johnson’s office, how may I help you?” and from that point on my fascination slowly began to grow into reality. By me pursuing a career in medicine, it will not only allow me

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    Born as Aliaune Damala Badara Thiam, “Akon” was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on April 16, 1973, the son of Senegalese parents who traveled to the United States for his birth in order to ensure that future immigration would not be a problem for them. His family returned to Dakar, Senegal, in West Africa, when Akon was young and lived there until he was seven years old, when they moved back to the United States. He had a difficult time adjusting to life in the United States. Akon’s mother, Kine Thiam

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    “My Retirement Speech” Growing up, I always lived by the quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Every artist was an ametuar at first”. So I sit back and think what is it that made me an ametuar at first. Was it because I did not have financial stability when I was younger, or was it because I had no means of knowing how to succeed. I had to think long and hard what could be wrong. I was smart, work hard, always did the right thing and had courages.All those traits are good and are traits I passed to

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    HOTLANTA’S ENTREPRENUER AGYEI PITTMAN, C.E.O. OF GRIND MEDIA, LLC. TALKS SUCCESS AND WHY THE GRIND DOESN’T STOP NATURAL BORN WINNER, Agyei Pittman has a compelling story blended with trials, tribulations, and triumph. Recognized through and beyond the streets of Metro Atlanta as Jay Grind, Grind is a living legacy. The self-sacrificial Marketing Specialist and entrepreneur is passionate in his expertise and is generally observed working tirelessly− often extending service to the less fortunate.

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    Did you know that someone is murdered every 60 seconds in the united states? Atlanta was recently ranked October 2012 as the sixth most dangerous city in the United States among cities of more than 200,000 residents. According to Forbes the city has a violent crime rate of 1,433 per 100,000 and has experienced a violent crime rate rise of six percent in 2011 and is currently increasing. Crime in Atlanta, Georgia is above the national median and has been a major problem for the city since the middle

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    Eu Claire Case Study

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    EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (Blugolds.com)- The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire football team played to a tough 41-21 defeat last week, but will strap it up again this week under the lights in Menominee for the 2016 edition of the War on I-94. Eau Claire was able to force a turnover on the first play of the game. The initial drive quickly stalled, but a poor snap on 4th down led to Ian Scott rushing for the first down. Eau Claire would struggle mightily to move the ball the rest of the half against River

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    ninety three acres of land  and was founded in 1911. There are 2,600 students enrolled at ODU. Of the students, fifty seven percent are female and forty three percent are male. ODU has  undergraduate and graduate programs. The University has sixteen athletic teams that compete in the NCAA Division II  and provides more than forty organizations for the students to be involved in. (“How ODU Rank Among America’s Best Colleges?”) (“ODU Quick Facts”). ODU offers more than forty five  majors (“Ohio Dominican

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