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    International Expo: Cultural Interview In an effort to better understand the multitude of countries represented at OSU, I chose the International Expo was chosen for convenience and the variety of cultures it showcased. Specifically, I chose to look into the Chinese culture and interviewed a friend of mine from China. We had decided to go to the International Expo together and since we had become friends a year ago, my initial impressions of her and her culture were not from the expo. Since we had

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    Montana in 1939. Her parents and sister dwelled in Texas and California, living half the year in each state in order to satisfy each parent’s wishes. As Sharon matured, she soon discovered her passion laid in music; thus, Sharon attended Westmont College in California in the fall of 1957 in part to a vocal scholarship.

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    Just Kill 'Em? Essay

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    death penalty too expensive but it makes it too expensive for tax payers, making it harder for families and young adults to get a college education. Those numbers and statistics are only for California, what about other states that have higher rates of death penalty executions? “Over 80 percent of executions are in the South” and the states of “Texas, Florida, Oklahoma, Missouri, and Virginia – account for the vast majority of executions carried out each year” (The Death Penalty in America, 288)

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    Myrdal concludes that the North does not want to get involve with racism in the South. The cases about segregation and schools, Sweatt vs. Painter, McLaurin vs. Oklahoma Board of Regents, and Henderson vs. United States, all came up with the decision of black people deserve better. As Ashmore want to desegregate public elementary and middle schools, Emory Overton Jackson, the editor of Birmingham World, wanted to

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    Implicit Attitudes Funke Akinwale, Zinat Alimoraji Brandon Fitzgerald, & Gabriela Gonzalez University of Central Oklahoma College of Education and Professional Studies. Department of Psychology, 100 N. University Dr., Edmond, OK 73034 University Students’ Attitudes about Attributing Blame in Domestic Violence The report explores the attitudes among college students towards attributing blaming for domestic violence; the victim or the perpetrator. Domestic Violence continues

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    Blake Babbs September 6, 2015 MKTG 310 Minority Research Paper Introduction: Marketing has become an art form in today’s society, analyzing specifics and how the consumers react to certain goods and services. The needs of consumers are constantly changing, so marketers must study every detail and be able to recognize the changes in wants and needs. Marketers use this data to become “sensitive” to the needs of each group of individuals, appealing to the minorities with said products. Below is

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    ideas. B. Bolivar led the revolution. 1. His views on government led the revolution.   South American Independence: Bourbon Policies, Enlightenment and Simon Bolivar. There were several factors that led to the revolution of the northern South American Spanish colonies; most had to do with actions and polices established by the late Bourbon family. Some of these factors included: change in the way the economy functioned, change in the colonial government structure, the lack of colonial

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    wasn’t able to. He worked all his life to get to the position of where he was and at the last moment possible he loses it all. There were only two games left in his supposedly final college career. Freakish events happen in college sports and can detour the route of going professional for many players. I believe college athletes need to be paid because financially, they are being taken advantage of by the NCAA and school systems. Some players lose their scholarship due to poor performance and some

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    it began as a fight to protect the Union, not as a struggle to free the slaves. Many citizens from the North and South felt that the conflict would ultimately decide both issues. Slavery was one of the primary issues which physically divided the northern U.S. from the Southern U.S. during the Civil War. Even after the Reconstruction Era it continue to divide the two. The Southern resistance to ending slavery was the main reason as to why the South believed in rejecting outsider ideals and it helped

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    Baumrind Parenting Style

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    Parenting Styles Hanna Lagman Los Angeles Harbor College Abstract Parenting styles play an important role in a child’s development. Diana Baumrind identified four parenting styles: authoritative, authoritarian, indulgent, and neglectful. According to Baumrind, the authoritative style works best. In order to understand parenting practices in other cultures, Mexican families and Caucasian Non-Hispanic families will be compared. It is hypothesized that the Mexican families utilize the authoritarian

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