Equal Representation of Māori in NZ News Media: A Critical Analysis of Abel's Article.

 The term representation describes “the way aspects of society, such as gender, age or ethnicity, are presented to audiences” (BBC Bitesize, 2018). Representation impacts the future behaviours of audiences, as they act in a way, whether consciously or not, that conforms or breaks from how the media has depicted them. With this, the fact … Read more

Mental Health of Pediatric Patients: Its Causes and Risk Factors

 Mental Health and Pediatric Patients Elyssa N Handlen Dakota College at Bottineau NURS 227: Clinical Application 1 Connie Geyer September 16, 2018 Mental Health and Pediatric Patients Social workers in the hospital setting are often forgotten players left on the bench, but when it comes to discharging patients with difficult medical histories and needs, … Read more

Texas Rebellion: Unavoidable War B/c of Cult. Indifferences?

 As much as we hate to admit it, history has shown us that war between countries with conflicting ideas will always occur. When you have multiple countries inhabiting certain lands together, there will always be some sort of differences between them. Whether the differences be in the languages spoken, religious practices, or forms of … Read more

Exploring Race-based Slavery in Colonial America: From Servitude to Slavery and the Need for Labor

 Joe Ferrandino Labor and Work in the US Professor Hayes 19 September 2018 With the discovery of the New World by Christopher Columbus in 1492, the new opportunities were endless, and everyone wanted their share of the riches.  Spain, England, Portugal all wanted pieces of the New World and were willing to pay the … Read more

The Benefits & Risks of Knockoffs: Don’t Copy-Paste Unless You Know the Impact

 “Remember, don’t copy someone else’s work!” Most people have probably heard this line at least once in their lifetime. Since young, we were taught that copying is a bad thing. But in the real world, everyone copies someone else’s work. We have fast-fashion retailers making copies of designer clothing. The copies are called knockoff. … Read more

Sexual Violence during Rwandan Genocide

Introduction Within academic debates, conflict-related sexual violence has been studied for many years. It is often referred to as a multidimensional phenomenon that varies from conflict to conflict (Wood, 2006, Grey & Shephard, 2012). However, it was only recently that the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) recognized the harmful effect of conflict-related sexual violence to … Read more

Comparative Analysis of Navajo & Cherokee Tribes: Exploring Regional & Cultural Differences

 Amos Marshall American Literature Ms. Brooks 9/13/2018 The Bull Fighters & Albion Vs. the “Indians” Will Durant once said, “ Civilization begins with order grows with liberty and dies with chaos.” Two great tribes, miles apart, Navajo in the Cherokee people. They shared similar weaponry and agricultural crops. But, how do these two tribes … Read more

​Securities Exchange Act of '34: Regulated Stock Market & Curbed Insider Trading

 The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 was arguably one of the most important pieces of legislation enacted by the United States government. The engagement of this act established the Securities Exchange Commision, widely known as the SEC (Block, 2017). This establishment was put to power to regulate the securities market and the companies listed … Read more

Respect for Readers: Journalism Ethics and Plagiarism: What Journalists Owe Us

 What do journalists owe us? Journalism’s general aim consists of gathering, verifying, and reporting truthful information of consequence to citizens in a democracy. With knowledge of this, journalists are expected to put this definition in motion in as many means as possible. We owe the readers the entire truth on a story. With that … Read more

The Fundamental Right of Patients to Consent to Medical Treatment in the Irish Jurisdiction

 Consent is a self-determination principle which stems from the Constitutionally protected right to bodily integrity. If a medical practitioner touches the body of a patient without their prior consent they are liable under the tort of battery even if the touching is in accordance with a medical procedure. Consent can be oral, written, or … Read more

Exploring the Impact of John B. Watson’s Personal Life on His Professional Work

 Personal life. John B. Watson’s personal life shaped his professional work in many ways. Kerry Buckley’s biography, “Mechanical man: John Broadus Watson and the beginnings of behaviorism,” highlights important events in Watson’s personal and professional life and their impact on his development and perspective. Watson was born in South Carolina to Pickens Butler and … Read more

The Misinformation of Vaccine Dangers: Unmasking Ken Adachi and Dr. Andrew Moulden’s Bias

 VALIDITY TASK- LEVEL 2 BIO 2.2 Rosalind Walker ARTICLE 1 Title: Vaccine Dangers Author: Vaccine Dangers was written by Ken Adachi, an extreme anti-vaccination advocate and editor of “educate-yourself.org", a blog on which he expresses his opinion on a number of topics from how to treat parasites, to aliens invading the world. He has … Read more

Examining Language Used to Criminalize Immigrant and Racialized Communities on Media

 The media has played an instrumental role in broadcasting anti-immigrant and migrant sentiment, from politicians and citizens alike. Mass media, for the last few years, has taken reign of broadcasting and facilitating communication between not only governmental forces (politicians, organizations, institutions, etc.) and the public, but vice versa and exclusively among the public. While … Read more

Exploring Odin and Thor’s Role in Viking Myths: Understanding Self-Preservation + Deceit

 On the Roles of Thor and Odin The myths of the Viking age (793-1000 AD) offer a unique look at a religion riddled with ideals considered immoral by today’s standards–specifically deception, relentless and destructive self-preservation, and worship of war. This essay attempts to broadly describe and analyze Odin and Thor, and then look at … Read more