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and universities. The most recent issue that involved racial discrimination in higher education, was the remarks made by Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. Scalia verbally discriminated against African-American students during the case of Fisher vs. Texas, in which he stated, There are those who contend that it does not benefit African Americans to get them into the University of Texas, where they do not do well, as opposed to having them go to a less-advanced school, a slower-track school where

says that nobody will have their right to “due process of law”, and “equal protection of the law” taken away. Later in 1870, the 15th amendment was passed stating that no state can prohibit someone from voting due to race. As you can see from the amendments, African Americans and other minorities were treated differently from whites. As whites were proclaimed to be superior than them. This was very true in the South. The Jim Crow laws were laws that prohibited blacks from doing things like not using

areas, such as a school, can become deadly. After the tragic VT event, an ex-marine student on the Texas State University campus took the initiative to join a student group to support concealed-carry on campus, the Students for Concealed Carry on Campus (SCCC). The SCCC was created in response to the horrific VT incident one day after. Michael Guzman, the current president of this nationwide group, recalls how, “…defenseless I would be if something like that happened at my school” (Jost 892-95). The

technology used in this profession and learn how to properly collect and document evidence, and analyze DNA and firearms. The criminalist career is highly invested in the sciences, so you should take any science-based course offered to you in high school, as well as classes that teach you communication skills, critical thinking and analytical skills, organizational skills, and how to operate a digital camera. In college a Criminalist is required to earn a Bachelor’s degree from a 4-year college with

(n.d.). First DNA Exoneration, Center on Wrongful Convictions: Bluhm Legal Clinic, Northwestern University School of Law. Retrieved from http://www.law.northwestern.edu/legalclinic/wrongfulconvictions/exonerations/il/gary-dotson.html The article examines the first exoneration from DNA of the wrongfully convicted Gary Dotson. The article then further explains

On April 20th, 1999, two students brought guns to Columbine High School in Colorado. They injured 20 people and killed 13, one being a teacher (Columbine High School Shootings). After this tragedy occurred, many people began to believe schools are unsafe, which lead to the idea that firearms should be allowed in school for teachers and students to use in case of an emergency. However, many oppose and believe allowing guns would lead to more chaos and tragedy that is unnecessary and can easily be

be graduated from high school or college, or presently be enrolled on a school institution, otherwise would not be able to participate on the program, nearly 44% from the 689,900 of DACA has been

Enoch Brown School, (1764) 11 victims. The Bath School Disaster, (1927) 45 victims. Texas University, (1966). 16 victims. Columbine High School, Colorado, (1999). 15 victims. Virginia Tech University, (2007). 33 victims. Northern Illinois University, (2008). 6 victims. These are some of the many tragic massacres that have occurred in American schools. The idea of increasing the amount of security through the use of technology, security on perimeter, trained staff for the use of guns, drills and

“Non-academic development of Negro Children in Mixed and Segregated Schools”, played a pivotal role in the debate concerning segregation of schools. What I found interesting was the conclusion of her dissertation was an argument for segregation. If schools were actually equal, her dissertation implicated that African American students would fare better in segregated school rather than integrated schools. Not only would segregated schools better cultivate students, but teachers as well. The reason I chose

My parents made that decision for me; I had no say so.” Diana Martinez, a junior at Texas A&M University, and a recipient of DACA, said following the news of Trump’s DACA decision. She and nearly 800,000 other undocumented immigrants leave their future in the hands of Congress. On September 5th, President Trump announced that Congress had six months to decide if the program helping these immigrants attend school and carry a job, DACA, should be legalized or if it should be terminated. DACA (Deferred