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    Leveraging research to enhance undergraduate business education Luke Maass Northwest Missouri State University Student involvement in research activities in U.S. business schools used to be primarily offered to graduate students. However, many universities are now offering undergraduate research opportunities that can provide students with a deep understanding of the academic environment. Research allows the exploration and questioning of significant issues in today’s world

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    something as drastic as transferring careers could be considered epiphanies. I have experienced many epiphanies throughout my life, but none greater than deciding to teach abroad after graduation. When I first began my schooling here at Northwest Missouri State University, I was a biology/psychology major with the intention of going to medical school. From there, I would become a certified speech therapist. Quickly, I realized that I was not happy with my classes, and did not get excited when I was talking

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    hurt physically and or verbally through mean teases and rumors. Two troubles are in there: Bullying and Social Discrimination – both so evident in children especially in the secondary-education (“School Uniforms” 2). My reply to the editor of Northwest Florida Daily News is that there is no concrete way which will ever guarantee improving of attitudes. To ensure a better behavior is more complex than merely using material means. Proper

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    Thomas Jefferson was a man who was born on April 13, 1743, he the third president of United States, author of the Declaration of Independence, a lawyer gentlemen farmer, he also was the father of the University of Virginia. Jefferson’s influences on government was to end federal government, to allow the Sedition and Alien Act to put an end to it, to end the taxes, and after ending taxes to release prisoners held by this act. Thomas brought a studied informality to the presidency. He used revenues

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    Race Day has finally arrived, or should I say “Match Day”, in this case. After several months of training and preparation, everything I have done up to this point is now in God’s hands. After a restless night of sleep, I wake up anxious to begin a new journey in this marathon called “life”. Finally, only 5 minutes till race time and everyone begins to shuffle forward. The gun is fired. At first the pace is slow and steady, but that’s OK. After all, 26.2 miles is a long way; no need to worry now.

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    Theodore Roosevelt was born in New York City on October 27, 1858. He was an American politician, author, naturalist, explorer and historian who served as the twenty-sixth President of the United States. He was a leader of the Republican Party (GOP) and founder of the Progressive Party insurgency of 1912. He was the youngest man ever to become president. Roosevelt was only forty-two when the assassination of William McKinley raised him from vice-president to the highest office. He did not like inactivity

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    Secretary of State under President John Quincy Adams, between the years 1825 and 1829. Most of Clay's political career was with the Democratic Republican Party, and he ran for president in the election of 1824 as a Democratic Republican against John Quincy Adams. Clay ran for President two other times, as a National Republican Party candidate in 1832, and as a Whig Party candidate in 1844. Clay's legacy in American politics is highly controversial, due to his support for the Missouri Compromise and

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    Alumnae Association Essay

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    DATE HERE Dear %%IMIS||NAME||INFORMAL%%, Another fun and eventful year for your alumnae association is on the horizon! We are excited to support you in the year ahead, beginning with the changes regarding the individuals you will contact with questions about your association. As you are probably aware, at the 2016 General Convention, Kappa Kappa Gamma voted to change its organizational structure. This includes the creation of: • Content Directors who provide strategic oversight of a content area

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    Death Penalty

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    Cesare Beccaria’s essay On Crime and Punishment, theorizes that there is no justification for the state to take a life Late 1700’s United States abolitionist movement begins Early 1800’s many states reduce their number of capital punishment crimes & build state penitentiaries 1834 Pennsylvania becomes the first state to move executions into correctional facilities 1846 Michigan becomes the first state to abolish the death penalty for all crimes except treason 1890 William Kemler becomes the first

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    additional hundred thousand lives perished because of burns and radiation poisoning. Fires were caused over two miles away from the original explosion. Finally, Japan issued a formal surrender ceremony in Tokyo Bay, Japan, aboard the battleship USS Missouri on September 2, 1945. Today New Mexico has more

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