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4 | Write an approximately 500 word essay to the following prompt: The city of Denver has decided to legalize small amounts of marijuana for persons over 21. How do you feel about this? | Marijuana usage and possession have been a big issue in our country since it was illegalized. In the 1970’s marijuana was used habitually by many individuals. Although it is illegal, there are many people who still illegally use and sell this drug. Recently in the city of Denver, they have legalized the possession of m... | |
1 | Write an approximately 500 word essay to the following prompt: Recently, school officials prevented a school shooting because one of the shooters posted a myspace bulletin. Do you think this was an invasion of privacy? | I absolutely do not think this example was an invasion of privacy. For one, myspace is a public website, and anyone can access information there. Just because a school official saw information about a school shooting does not mean that the subject’s privacy was breached. How can one even argue that is was a violation o... | |
1 | Write an email response to a someone who asked you the following: Do you feel that gender discrimination is still an issue in the present-day United States? | I do not feel like gender discrimination, collectively, is an issue in the present-day U.S. There may be examples of discrimination here and there, but I think the vast majority of employers do not use gender discrimination. In this day and age, it is simply not wise for employers to practice gender discrimination. If ... | |
1 | Write an approximately 500 word essay to the following prompt: Do you feel that gender discrimination is still an issue in the present-day United States? | Gender discrimination is not a huge issue in today’s society, but it still lingers. I feel like it is on par with racism. Collectively, it is much less of a problem than it once was, but there are still instances in which it flares up. No one speaks about it, either. For the most part, employers want to maximize profit... | |
1 | Write an approximately 500 word essay to the following prompt: While some states have legalized gay marriage, others are still opposed to it. Do you think either side is right or wrong? | This is one issue that I am completely on one side. Gay people should be allowed to marry. There really isn’t a good reason not to let them marry. Those who oppose it say that it would “compromise the family unit.” Are you kidding me? This is their main argument. Can they see into the future and know that married gay p... | |
1 | Write an approximately 500 word essay to the following prompt: The city of Denver has decided to legalize small amounts of marijuana for persons over 21. How do you feel about this? | Let me begin by saying that I work in a hospital pharmacy over the summer. There are hundreds of different drugs that we dispense daily, all of them having some medical purpose. We have many drugs that are known as “controlled substances.” These drugs must always be kept under lock and key because of their addictive pr... | |
1 | Write an email response to a someone who asked you the following: While some states have legalized gay marriage, others are still opposed to it. Do you think either side is right or wrong? | While gay marriage is a touchy political subject, I don't understand why some people are so opposed to it. Their main argument against gay marriage is that it corrupts the American family unit. To this, I say: Look at all the married couples who get divorced – the American family unit is far from perfect. I think allow... | |
1 | Write an approximately 500 word essay to the following prompt: Do you feel the Catholic Church needs to change its ways to adapt to life in the 21st Century? | The Catholic Church is a very conservative and regressive organization when compared to other organizations and religions throughout the world. They have an attitude of acting the way they want to act – disregarding the opinions of others, even those within the Church. In today’s modern world the Church still has an em... | |
1 | Write an approximately 500 word essay to the following prompt: The controversial war in Iraq has made news headlines almost every day since it began. How do you feel about the war? | Let me begin by saying that I believe war is a horrible thing, but it is sometimes unavoidable. To say that we can live in a world without war is naïve. There will always be those who are willing to use war to further their objectives, or to prevent something bigger down the road. In the case of the United States and I... | |
5 | Write an approximately 500 word essay to the following prompt: Do you feel that gender discrimination is still an issue in the present-day United States? | For the first time in the 230 year history of the United States of America, a woman is Speaker of the House (though the both the House and Senate are still mostly made up of men). Condaleezza Rice is only the second female secretary of state in that same amount of time. And of course a woman has never been President or... | |
5 | Write an approximately 500 word essay to the following prompt: The city of Denver has decided to legalize small amounts of marijuana for persons over 21. How do you feel about this? | It’s difficult for someone of my limited knowledge to come to a decisive conclusion about the use of marijuana. The nature and effects of alcohol are more frequently addressed and explained for public knowledge than those of other narcotics. Before my first semester at Loyola started, I was required to complete a three... | |
5 | Write an approximately 500 word essay to the following prompt: While some states have legalized gay marriage, others are still opposed to it. Do you think either side is right or wrong? | The debate over gay marriage is one of the most hot-button issues in today’s political discussions. The underlying question is what defines marriage? Is it simply a committed relationship between two people, or specifically between a man and a woman? Massachusetts grants gay couples the right to marry. Vermont allows t... | |
5 | Write an email response to a someone who asked you the following: Do you feel that gender discrimination is still an issue in the present-day United States? | I attended a Loyola Alive meeting two weeks ago that facilitated a discussion about the movie "The Cider House Rules" and the topic of abortion. The movie takes place during the 1940's, a time when abortion was illegal. It became obvious that one of the points that the film-maker was trying to make had to do with the r... | |
5 | Write an email response to a someone who asked you the following: Recently, school officials prevented a school shooting because one of the shooters posted a myspace bulletin. Do you think this was an invasion of privacy? | Any material that any person posts on the world wide web is no longer private property. It's as simple as that. Anyone has the right to look at someone else's web page or myspace page. This is one of the things clearly mentioned in by the myspace creators when a person creates an account: the web is not secure and the ... | |
5 | Write an approximately 500 word essay to the following prompt: Do you feel the Catholic Church needs to change its ways to adapt to life in the 21st Century? | The history of the Catholic Church is a history of criticism and scandal. For many years, Catholic officials used their power to stifle the creativity and scientific research of the time. Today the Church is no longer an enemy of learning, but a critical observer of the ways in which we use new knowledge. As science an... | |
5 | Write an approximately 500 word essay to the following prompt: The controversial war in Iraq has made news headlines almost every day since it began. How do you feel about the war? | Regardless of my personal feelings about war in general, I am hard-pressed to find any legitimate political reason for the invasion of Iraq. Feeding on escalated feelings of anti-terrorism in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, President Bush convinced the country that Saddam Hussein was an immediate threat in poss... | |
0 | Write an approximately 500 word essay to the following prompt: The city of Denver has decided to legalize small amounts of marijuana for persons over 21. How do you feel about this? | There is much controversy surrounding the issue of the legalization of marijuana. The drug is known to have medicinal benefits, and it is legal in many other countries. At the same time, it also leads users towards more harmful drugs. Clearly, marijuana is illegal for a reason, and any decision to legalize it would be ... | |
0 | Write an approximately 500 word essay to the following prompt: The controversial war in Iraq has made news headlines almost every day since it began. How do you feel about the war? | The war in Iraq is arguably the central focus of the United States’ foreign policy. The government is expending many resources, including large sums of money and thousands of troops, for the sake of winning the Iraqi war. The fact that the US is involved in this war influences the life of every single US citizen, and n... | |
0 | Write an email response to a someone who asked you the following: The city of Denver has decided to legalize small amounts of marijuana for persons over 21. How do you feel about this? | I think the legalization of marijuana would be an unwise decision. Marijuana is a harmful, addictive drug that even if used in small quantities can cause many health problems. Most importantly, marijuana is the gateway drug to more serious, dangerous drugs. Most people who use illegal substances use them as a result of... | |
0 | Write an email response to a someone who asked you the following: Do you feel the Catholic Church needs to change its ways to adapt to life in the 21st Century? | The Catholic Church is very outdated in its extremely conservative views, and it needs to realize that if it wants to maintain a following, it needs to implement some changes in its doctrine. We live in a world where anything goes, where we are taught tolerance and acceptance of others who may be different from ourselv... | |
0 | Write an approximately 500 word essay to the following prompt: Do you feel that gender discrimination is still an issue in the present-day United States? | Gender discrimination is more commonly associated with the past, when peoples roles in life were defined by their gender. Nowadays, it easier for women to hold professional positions, and there are men who run their households. That is not to say, however, that the problem of gender discrimination has been eliminated. ... | |
0 | Write an email response to a someone who asked you the following: Do you feel that gender discrimination is still an issue in the present-day United States? | Gender discrimination is still a big issue in the present-day United States. It is hard to ever fully recover from a great disparity. Just as African Americans were once oppressed and continue to face discrimination, so will women have a difficult time being seen as equals to their male counterparts. With a history of ... | |
0 | Write an email response to a someone who asked you the following: Recently, school officials prevented a school shooting because one of the shooters posted a myspace bulletin. Do you think this was an invasion of privacy? | There is no such thing as an unlawful invasion of privacy becuase Americans are nowhere guaranteed the right to privacy. If the American government suspects potential harm, it has the power to invade the privacy of American citizens in the interest of doing what is best for the nation and the American people as a whole... | |
11 | Write an email response to a someone who asked you the following: While some states have legalized gay marriage, others are still opposed to it. Do you think either side is right or wrong? | The side that has banned gay marriage is wrong for many reasons. Governments originally came to be to protect man and enforce a basic set of moral laws so that safety could florish. The governments today, waging such issues as gay marriage, have long since over-stepped their bounds. Marriage, no matter what, is charact... | |
11 | Write an approximately 500 word essay to the following prompt: The city of Denver has decided to legalize small amounts of marijuana for persons over 21. How do you feel about this? | The recent legalization of small amounts of marijuana to users 21 years and older has certainly sparked much debate. I believe that its effects are similar enough that it should be made legal. There have been numerous tests and studies performed to assess the consequences of marijuana smoking versus cigarette smoking, ... | |
11 | Write an email response to a someone who asked you the following: The city of Denver has decided to legalize small amounts of marijuana for persons over 21. How do you feel about this? | To an extent, I believe the city of Denver is justified in its actions. The legalization of marijuana, while not necessarily a positive for humans, is not the worst of negatives pertaining to human health. Marijuana is not that far off from other drugs such as alochol and cigarettes in its effects. When taken in modera... | |
11 | Write an approximately 500 word essay to the following prompt: Do you feel the Catholic Church needs to change its ways to adapt to life in the 21st Century? | The Catholic Church definitely needs to change its ways to adapt to the 21st Century. Over the course of time the Church officials have blindly enforced traditions of the Catholic history to aim at, but not obtains, a higher means of humanity; a humanity where virtues such as humility and service, among others, flouris... | |
11 | Write an approximately 500 word essay to the following prompt: Recently, school officials prevented a school shooting because one of the shooters posted a myspace bulletin. Do you think this was an invasion of privacy? | In the recent cited event where police officers were able to stop a school shooting because of information on myspace I believe they were correct in their actions. First and foremost, the law enforcers of this country have a duty to protect all citizens and uphold the law. With that in mind, I feel their actions were m... | |
11 | Write an email response to a someone who asked you the following: Do you feel the Catholic Church needs to change its ways to adapt to life in the 21st Century? | The Catholic Church does need to change its ways to adapt to life in the 21st Century. This must occur in areas such as social life and scientific endeavours. Many of their requirements such as no meat on Fridays during Lent or necessary attendance of church once a week have long since lost their true meaning. The main... | |
11 | Write an approximately 500 word essay to the following prompt: While some states have legalized gay marriage, others are still opposed to it. Do you think either side is right or wrong? | The states that have legalized gay marriage are more humane, and thus right on the issue. It is not the business of any state, government, or otherwise to interfere with the loving relationship between two humans. Governments were established in the best interest of the citizens and to ensure justice; since when did th... | |
3 | Write an email response to a someone who asked you the following: Do you feel the Catholic Church needs to change its ways to adapt to life in the 21st Century? | The Catholic Church, as usual, is behind the times in terms of fully applying itself in the dynamic, globalized world. I don't really pay much attention to it, and thought the media circus surrounding the priest allegations was really just the hyenas on CBS and NBC and FOX having a field day and banking tons of cash on... | |
3 | Write an approximately 500 word essay to the following prompt: Recently, school officials prevented a school shooting because one of the shooters posted a myspace bulletin. Do you think this was an invasion of privacy? | Questions about privacy usually boil down to the reconciliation of individual rights with collective security. Whether we are talking about high school safety or national security, the same fundamental questions persist – how might we preserve privacy, yet also preserve the safety of our environment? What level of intr... | |
3 | Write an approximately 500 word essay to the following prompt: Do you feel that gender discrimination is still an issue in the present-day United States? | I feel that, over the past 150 years in America, we have progressed leaps and bounds in the direction of gender equality. At one time or another, America has disenfranchised women, forced them into strict gender roles, and adopted educational structures which disadvantage females. Presently, none of these things overtl... | |
3 | Write an approximately 500 word essay to the following prompt: While some states have legalized gay marriage, others are still opposed to it. Do you think either side is right or wrong? | What exactly is marriage? Is it harmonious monogamy proscribed by God? Is it a collection of tax and financial benefits? Who can define it? Is it up to the federal government, or is it up to state legislatures? Is it up to municipal clerks and judges? Does the full faith and credit clause of the constitution apply when... | |
3 | Write an approximately 500 word essay to the following prompt: Do you feel the Catholic Church needs to change its ways to adapt to life in the 21st Century? | The Catholic Church has been around for a very, very long time, and has certainly seen its ups and downs. At the beginning of this semester, one of my professors mentioned that we’d be learning about “Popes gone wild, or if you’ll have it, Renaissance papacy!”. During the renaissance and immediately pre-Luther days, th... | |
3 | Write an email response to a someone who asked you the following: Recently, school officials prevented a school shooting because one of the shooters posted a myspace bulletin. Do you think this was an invasion of privacy? | Privacy vs. safety, personal rights vs. collective security, these are extremely pressing issues in today's day in age, when a large portion of the world honestly detests many aspects of America. We are losing friends fast in Europe, and most of the developing world, while desparately wanting to come here and earn a de... | |
3 | Write an approximately 500 word essay to the following prompt: The controversial war in Iraq has made news headlines almost every day since it began. How do you feel about the war? | The war in Iraq cannot be boiled down to 500 words. First of all, Americans as a whole are entirely out of touch with what’s going on in all of the Middle East, not just in Iraq, but in Israel, Palestine, Iran, Afghanastan, and the rest of the region. There are a multitude of reasons for this, and at the end of the day... | |
2 | Write an approximately 500 word essay to the following prompt: Do you feel that gender discrimination is still an issue in the present-day United States? | Subject 15- GENDER DISCRIMINATION: Do you feel that gender discrimination is still an issue in the present-day United States? If so, what can we do to change this? Do you feel that women are ever discriminated against, in the workplace or otherwise? Do you feel that men are ever discriminated against, in the workplace ... | |
2 | Write an email response to a someone who asked you the following: Recently, school officials prevented a school shooting because one of the shooters posted a myspace bulletin. Do you think this was an invasion of privacy? | I do not think that a myspace page or bulletin investigation or monitoring is against the law. People who sighn up for those particular type of websites know that it is open to the public and that anyone can search of you and find out informatino. It is actually a bit scary if you think about it, because now that socie... | |
2 | Write an email response to a someone who asked you the following: While some states have legalized gay marriage, others are still opposed to it. Do you think either side is right or wrong? | One the issue of gay marriage, I belive that it should not be leaglied. Now let me first clarify what I mean by this. Marragie in the eyes of the church is between a man and a woman before god. Those of the same sex can not participate in such actions because the Bible and the catholic church do not recognize this form... | |
2 | Write an approximately 500 word essay to the following prompt: Do you feel the Catholic Church needs to change its ways to adapt to life in the 21st Century? | Subject 15-CATHOLIC CHURCH: Do you feel the Catholic Church needs to change its ways to adapt to life in the 21st Century? Regarding all of the accusations against Catholic priests dealing with pedophilia, do you think these could have been prevented if the church changed? (ex. Allowing female priests, allowing priests... | |
2 | Write an email response to a someone who asked you the following: Do you feel that gender discrimination is still an issue in the present-day United States? | When it comes to gender discrimination, I do feel that it is still present in socitey. It is something that has been going on from the very begining of time, and I am not really sure if it will ever compleatly go away. When women finally got the vote here in the USA, it was after the African Amaricans, wich is ironic b... | |
2 | Write an email response to a someone who asked you the following: Do you feel the Catholic Church needs to change its ways to adapt to life in the 21st Century? | I do believe that the catholic chruch needs to update its criteria a little bit. Being an avod catholic myself, I do not think that it is right to not allow priests to marry. This is actually cutting drastically into our religion, because more and more people who are ordaned are also wanting to become priests, but find... | |
2 | Write an approximately 500 word essay to the following prompt: The controversial war in Iraq has made news headlines almost every day since it began. How do you feel about the war? | Subject Number 15 1. WAR IN IRAQ: The controversial war in Iraq has made news headlines almost every day since it began. How do you feel about the war? Do you think the war should continue or has it gone on long enough? I feel as if the war in Iraq has gone on long enough, though I do not see any graceful way out of th... | |
12 | Write an email response to a someone who asked you the following: Do you feel the Catholic Church needs to change its ways to adapt to life in the 21st Century? | I do feel as though the Catholic church is a bit outdated and should adapt to the 21st century. I feel that in doing this, it would have prevented many of the events that have tarnished the reputation of the Catholic Church. In allowing priests to marry, the church most likely could have prevented the occurrances of pe... | |
12 | Write an email response to a someone who asked you the following: Recently, school officials prevented a school shooting because one of the shooters posted a myspace bulletin. Do you think this was an invasion of privacy? | In my opinion, if you are posting something on myspace, it's not private. Myspace is a site that allows any other person who has an account to access your page, so if a creepy old men are able to acess a myspace page and stalk young girls, then school official should be allowed view the same information. If the student... | |
12 | Write an approximately 500 word essay to the following prompt: Recently, school officials prevented a school shooting because one of the shooters posted a myspace bulletin. Do you think this was an invasion of privacy? | Because sites like MySpace are public sites and pretty much everyone is aware that whatever is posted on a MySpace site is readable by the general public I do not think that it was invasion of privacy to use information posted on a students MySpace to stop a school shooting. Considering that in doing this, the school s... | |
12 | Write an email response to a someone who asked you the following: The controversial war in Iraq has made news headlines almost every day since it began. How do you feel about the war? | I definitely feel as though the war in Iraq has gone on long enough. What began as a war on terrorism has turned into pointless killing of our troops. No progress at all has been made in Iraq, and once Sadaam was out of the country, there was really no other justifiable reason to remain. It is obvious by the way the Ir... | |
12 | Write an approximately 500 word essay to the following prompt: The city of Denver has decided to legalize small amounts of marijuana for persons over 21. How do you feel about this? | Although marijuana is a drug, it is a lot less potent than most and in my opinion, a lot less dangerous. In all honesty, it would probably be a lot less expensive and less trouble just to legalize marijuana. I don’t think what Denver did was a bad idea at all because by legalizing the drug and putting standards on it, ... | |
12 | Write an approximately 500 word essay to the following prompt: Do you feel that gender discrimination is still an issue in the present-day United States? | Although gender discrimination is not nearly as big an issue as it has been in the past, I do feel as though it is still an issue in the present-day United States. Women have really moved their way to the top in today’s society. They are able to do pretty much all of the same things as men, such as hold high positions ... | |
12 | Write an email response to a someone who asked you the following: While some states have legalized gay marriage, others are still opposed to it. Do you think either side is right or wrong? | I think that the issue of gay marriage should be one of state governments and not national government. Because many states are democratic and are supportive of gay marriage, i think it should be up to the governments of those states to decide rather than our republican president forcing his beliefs on the entire countr... |
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