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    fun icebreaker games and group activities. We also learned about our own unique leadership styles, and how we can apply them in various situations back home or anywhere. In the fall of 2014, I was accepted to the University of Alaska Southeast in Juneau as a full-time student. Before I left Haines, I had plenty of memories to reflect on. My small school was constantly searching for opportunities to help our Tlingit village of Klukwan. My class and I had done everything from personally visiting elders’

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    Facts About Alaska

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    Do you know why October 18th, 1867 is an important date for Alaska? Do you know how much the United States bought the Alaskan Territory from Russia? Does it fascinate you to know how much money the United States paid per acre? Well although Alaska has a very short history compared to the rest of the contiguous United States, it has a very interesting history. The reason for that is because it was one of the very last states brought into the Union and recognized as “one of their own”. As most of people

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    Students don't have the same First Amendment rights they have in the public compared to school. Four major cases were brought to the Supreme Court concerning students' First Amendment, Tinker , Fraser, Hazelwood, and Morse. The First Amendment states that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government

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    It was with a small amount of embarrassment that I looked down from the bench (where the district court judge would have sat) upon a small girl, no older than 15, and her father shuffle in and find their seats in the courthouse. I was one of three judges that were assigned to hear, and give sentencing in this case by the local Youth Court office. The details of the case are as follows, the girl had been found by police, roaming the streets intoxicated at 3 am on a Thursday night. This was not like

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    able to move the middle school start time closer to the high school start time or move the middle school start time to after the high school start time, depending on time needed for buses, I highly recommend changing it. Students would benefit if the Juneau School District changed the start time of middle school to a later time. Starting school at

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    Alaska's Gold Rush

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    Soon after the Gold Rush in 1912, Alaska became a territory and Juneau became its capital Here are some facts about Alaska that you may or may not know. Some of them are good reasons to live there. Alaska has the lowest individual tax burden in the country. They have no state sales tax. There is no individual income tax and median Income is $64,000, 4th highest in the country. And if you like large cities: Anchorage, Sitka and Juneau are the three largest cities in the US by area So who inhabits

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    Native American Music

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    story to his grandson. The Journal of Indian Education for All states that American Indian music, prior to European influence consisted primarily of voice, rhythm instruments such as drums/rattles/shakers), or wind which are the flutes and whistles (Juneau

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    J.S. v. Bethlehem Area School District Reason Filed: A middle school student created a website filled with graphic bloody images of a math teacher and the school principal. The image of the math teacher went through some type of metamorphosis where her image was transformed into the image of Adolph Hitler. Additionally, the website offered money for a hit man to murder the teacher. The website created a lot of mental anguish for the teacher. The student was suspended and while under suspension

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    My Life Story

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    As I look at her I cannot help but think that I actually do not know anything about this woman in front of me. I ask her to tell me anything I may not know, an interesting fact or a childhood memory. I ask her to tell me her life story. Duana Gaye Juneau grew up as the youngest of seven children. Her parents were hard workers. Because her father was a farmer and her mother was a nurse, she grew up understating what hard work does for a person. Duana’s father instilled the idea, “anything is possible”

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    No one wants a drawn-out, contentious divorce. However, hurt feelings, anger, and disappointment can make the process longer and more difficult than necessary. Having Guillien Van Nuland, LLC's experienced team of La Crosse, WI, divorce lawyers on your side can help keep you and your spouse focused, ensuring that your divorce is as civil and courteous as possible. These divorce lawyers provide a broad array of invaluable benefits, such as: Objectivity: While it's easy to let your own rising emotion

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