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The freshman fifteen: causes and campus dining solutions

What is the "freshman fifteen?" It's the fifteen pounds or more that many freshman gain during their first year away from college and their first year living away from home. After spending more than a month on campus, it is easy to see why the freshman fifteen is such a pervasive problem.

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Sarah Connor and the monomyth pattern in Terminator films

The Greek hero monomyth, as discussed by Joseph Campbell and others, is a concept and storyline that dates back to the tragedies and tales of the Greeks. However, to suggest that these basic storylines and traits are not used today (and used pervasively) would be incorrect to say the least.

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The male gaze, performativity, and gendered economics in Berger, Butler, and Waring

Berger, Butler, and Waring provide unique and distinct perspectives on gender, sex, and power. Feminism is almost by definition a study of power and inequality, given the prevalence and pervasiveness of patriarchy worldwide.

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Workplace bullying's impact on victims and organizational performance

When most people think of bullying, they conceptualize schoolyard toughs terrorizing their helpless, weaker peers just as they have done for centuries. The harsh reality today, though, is that bullying is also pervasive in the American workplace today.

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Adjusting presentations for different audience types and managing tension

When making a presentation or a speech to a n audience, there are bound to be different types of audiences since not any two presentations will have the same type of audiences.

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The war on drugs: financial and social costs of a failed policy

Opening facts and statistics to grab the reader's attention. Development of main ideas, leading to thesis. The war on drugs must be stopped for two main reasons: the financial costs, and the social costs.

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Social identity and human agency in Beckett and Nabokov

The human is not a self-sufficient entity, but is built through social conventions. This notion reveals itself in the transitional postmodern works by Samuel Beckett and Vladimir Nabokov -- specifically, in Lolita and Waiting for Godot.

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Identifying human trafficking victims for healthcare and social service intervention

Quite often, victims are not forthcoming about their situation and it is the social worker, not the victim, that must initiate the necessary proceedings to ensure that justice is done.

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Religious rhetoric and propaganda in "A Common Word Between U.S. and You"

The critical analysis of the aforementioned work, A COMMON WORD BETWEEN U.S. AND YOU offers highly charged rhetoric to the audience.

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WiMAX networks as economic accelerators for metropolitan communities

The potential for Metropolitan-based Wi-Fi and WiMAX to transform entire communities and the companies who operate within them is very significant.

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