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    The film Imperfekt Strangers revolves around a pseudo-Christian cult the Faith Community that is based in Bloomington, Indiana. In the film, there are two Indiana University students who are roommates with two members of the cult. This movie reflects from actual events that happened in the 1970s in Bloomington, Indiana. The pseudo-Christian cult the “Local Church” that was held in Bloomington was led by Witness Lee who tried to gain members through college students and others around in the city (“Are”)

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    Throughout my high school years, and the past year especially, I feel that I’ve grown and matured while developing my skills in multiple areas. Through participation in community service events and employment, the experiences I’ve gained have caused me to want to continue expanding my knowledge in a university setting. My high school years have strengthened many of my skills due to my participation in extra-curricular activities. Out of the activities I’ve had the opportunity to be apart of, my

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    I was lucky enough to be able to work with Lafayette Police Department for the last couple months. The experience has been awesome. I really believe that it has been the best experience I’ve had while at college. Going into my senior year I was not sure it was going to even be able to find any kind of internship before I left school. Once I was told about the internship program I was all for it. Lafayette was my first choice of departments that I wanted to go to for the field work. The other sites

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    Mentors For Kids

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    For my twelve service hours, I decided to dedicate my time to one organization. That organization is known as College Mentors for Kids. College Mentors for Kids is a program specifically designed for elementary and college aged students. It is a nonprofit organization that works with over 2,000 students and mentors one day a week on a college campus. This program can be found throughout nine states and on 33 different college campuses. I am fortunate enough to be attending Ball State University,

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    How Did Benjamin Harrison Become President

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    Benjamin Harrison was the 23rd president of the United States of America. He was born on a small Ohio farm on August 20, 1833, the second of nine children of hard working parents John Harrison and Elizabeth Ramsey Harrison. In many ways Benjamin Harrison was “born to be President” because of his heritage. He was named after his great grandfather who was a member of the House of Burgesses and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. He was the grandchild of 19th President of the United States

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    Paulding County Luncheon

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    The Paulding County Chamber of Commerce plans to host a luncheon with a keynote speaker to given insight about the county’s comprehensive plan, and a new fundraising event during August. Kathrine Moore from the Georgia Conservancy will be the keynote speaker at the chamber’s Aug. 4 luncheon. Ann Litman from the Paulding County Chamber of Commerce said Moore was chosen as the speaker for the luncheon in hopes that she will provide guests’ with insight about the land use study that could affect Paulding

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    Have you heard of Tecumseh? He was a Shawnee Native American Chief. He was born in 1768 near present day Columbus, Ohio. His father was Puckeshimwa, was a minor war chief. He was killed in the Battle of Port, during the French and Indian war. Tecumseh's mother left his older sister Tecumpease to raise him. During Tecumseh's teen years he joined a group of Native Americans led by Mohawk chief Joseph Brant. Joseph Bryant wanted to hold all of their resources and fight off the white settlers. While

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    In the “Address to William Henry Harrison”, Chief Tecumseh uses pathos and causal relationship to propose an offer to General William Henry, while in The Letter to President Pierce by Chief Seattle connotations are being used as well as pathos. Chief Tecumseh calls his audience to bring awareness on how the Spanish are wrongfully taking advantage of the natives and their property. The Spanish had previously succeeded the natives around 1800s in hopes of strengthening their realm. As Chief Tecumseh

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    Theme Of Hoosiers

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    Hoosiers is a film based on a true story about a small Indiana farming town’s high school basketball team and it’s new coach Norman Dale, who is a former successful collage basketball coach but was ultimately fired from said coaching job after striking one of his own players. Now hired as the new head coach of the Hickory high school he must persuade his the people of Hickory that he is the right man for the job to lead the team to the state championships. There are four themes that come up during

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    The question on the minds of a lot of people is: “Should child welfare regulations be changed?” I was once falsely accused of child neglect and the experience that I had was one, that after a decent amount of research, seemed very similar to some other people who had been falsely accused. Never have I agreed with the way that the Department of Child Services (DCS) does their job, but after dealing with them first hand, I was able to see their flaws in an up close and personal way. Another

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