Connection
Essays

There is a great debate going on in regards to whether Ebonics is a separate language all in itself or simply just a dialect of Standard English. The fact is that the use of Ebonics by students makes it difficult for standardized testing to be used in schools. The tests are set up to accommodate those who speak English as their primary language and not those who speak Ebonics.

A brief review of the available literature on the potential consequences of MDMA use. The review covers 4 empirical studies of long-term heavy use, short-term light use, the physiology of neurological damage associated with MDMA, and the prenatal exposure of developing festuses to MDMA used by mothers.

¶ … Causes of Violence in American Society

In the real world, one often comes into contact with persons of other faiths, belief systems, and worldviews. As a Christian, it is important to know how to interact with such persons in a peaceful and charitable way.

A review of the ethical, legal, and cultural implications of the 1990 federal law NAGPRA as well as an examination of the unintended scholarly consequences of this piece of legislation.

The evolution of Islam has been a great one. From its initiation in the sixth century, it has gone through an array of metamorphosis and transformations that have eventually led up to the incorporation of beliefs in…

This paper discusses the HBS case "The Arts Property Hotel". The thematic focus is on corporate finance, in particular issues of hotel valuation. There is discussion about the value of the hotel, hotel branding and how the hotel's management contract can be changed in order to increase the value of the hotel.

Edgar Allan Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher" is a psychological thriller because the crumbling house symbolizes Roderick's decaying mind. With this tale Poe, frightens readers from the inside out by characterizing the house and giving it power over Roderick.

The paper examines whether Joshua Wolf Shenk's article What Makes Us Happy should be included in the curriculum of a psychology course. The article investigates George Vaillant's longitudinal psychological study, which followed the lives of over 200 men who were Harvard undergraduates in the 1930s. While the author agrees with Shenk's conclusion that the study does not answer Vaillant's question about the root cause of happiness, the author concludes that the article provides substantial insight into psychology in the 20th century. Therefore, the article should be included in the class curriculum.

¶ … shame in teenage sextual relations," Nina Funnell outlines a conceptual criticism of the approach taken by the Commonwealth on matters relating to the laws governing various sex crimes.