... money, I just have trouble understanding their existence. The one thing that I cannot understand is why *** funds the check-in system in all of the residence halls on campus between the hours of 12am to 6am. The check in programs here at ISU are set up to provide a sense of security but in some ... the crime is still minimal as it is here at ***. So why does Illinois State have this system? To protect the students living in the residence halls? To provide a service that will make residence living that much more livable and enjoyable? These seem to be the obvious reasons, but does this e...

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... , because the college could use that money for what they need to improve at that time, including things such as to building new classrooms, residence halls, updating older buildings, or offering better food at the dining halls. Beyond their tuition, I think that there should be no additional fees or payment for things that students do not use. I also think that if a university ... ...

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... second week of December in my first year as a Junior High school student when I realized it wasn't like elementary school anymore. There were hundreds of other kids walking down the halls when each bell rang. They even went to seven different rooms a day. One day while I was walking to my seventh period, my last class of the day. Three mean looking ... guys stopped me. I was late so the halls were empty. They wore baggy clothes just like I did, but the odd thing was they all had on black and red and that was it. That day I had on white ... ...

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... be one of the top problems on campus. There are several different problems on campus that are related to alcohol use. One problem is damage to residence halls. When students come back to the residence halls intoxicated sixty-nine percent of the time damage is done. The student's judgement is impaired therefore participating in abnormal behavior. Another problem with alcohol on campus ... ...

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... time, it gives the students the knowledge to be able to make plans to when they can leave home for vacation. For example, I interviewed one of the girls in my halls that I knew lived in El Paso and I asked her about how the sudden postponement of the tests affected her and this was her response. "It was honestly an inconvenience ... ...

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... embarrassing. You become the joke of all jokesters, a walking punch line. Even teachers are liable to make fun of you on their own time. Not being able to walk the halls without someone saying something about me was exactly what I deserved. It's only right because I was too worried and focused on what was only temporary. At that point in my life ... ...

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... on the weekends, on top of various AP and honors courses and extracurricular on the side. Hearing their stories made me ponder around the many students I see lurking through the halls of my school aimlessly with no sense of urgency to go to class on time or ambition to maintain above a 2.5 GPA. Speaking in regards to my community, the education system ... ...

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... religious views will not permit her to "live in a place where women are permitted to stay overnight in men's rooms, and where visiting men can traipse through the common halls on the women's floors." Again, Hack reinforces the notion that she's focused on the sexual liberty's on campus, rather than her beliefs vs. those of Yale University. The evidence ... ...

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... job you may wish to pursue; it is a open door to endless opportunities, armed with a load of experience. The experience that comes with a college education is reflected inside the lecture halls and outside. Inside a class at college you are expected to interact and to just fit in, in a diverse group of people of all ages, cultures and backgrounds. This arms you ... ...

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... register for classes and check grades over the telephone. Any touch-tone phone can be used. What is a Storm Card? Serves as identification, debit card and key card for resident halls. Students are able to add money to this Storm Card to use in the cafeterias, library and micro labs. See Student Life for more details. What is the Storm Front ... ...

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... . From books to classroom both serve a purpose to educate are young adults. Beeghly library was constructed in 1886 and dedicated in 1888, while the library was built in 1967. College halls architect is that of a Victorian gothic, while the library is considered an English Gothic. The difference between these two is obvious if you gaze to the outside of the buildings ... ...

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... two or three times a week. Most of my high school classes consisted of twenty to thirty students. My college classrooms can hold up to seventy people and auditoriums and lecture halls can hold hundreds. I used to actually get ready for high school in the morning, but in college I find myself rolling out of bed, grabbing my books, and walking directly to ... ...

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... he isn't allowed to play his sport and his money for school is taken away? If colleges really care about the education of big-sport athletes they should keep the halls open to athletes after the pro dream virtually evaporates (Easterbrook, 1998). For many players their dream is to get a contract to play for a professional team, but few players will end ... ...

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... complaints and increase the productivity of the residents. Without these rules and guidelines chaos would certainly result, and I give much credit and respect to the resident assistant's for keeping the halls in order. I enjoy my peace a quiet as much as the next resident and I know that if the situation arose where I was being kept up by noise, I would be in an ... ...

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... with thoughts of the past year hovering in the back of my mind. I think back to all the memories I have of the time I have spent on campus. Walking through the halls of the freshman dorms, I come across a couple of students. As some of my friends walk by, they wave and ask me how my exams were. Shining my pearly whites, I say ... ...

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... universities where students are exposed, in depth, to their major. A student must complete many courses to obtain their degree. Within these courses, students are exposed to classrooms, laboratories and lecture halls. Universities are known for having larger class sizes than community colleges. An introductory lecture's average class size at a UC is 300, where at a community college it is usually less than ... ...

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... country. In the room dedicated to Spanish-speaking Latinos and Hispanics, for example, they were playing Latin music and sharing churros, flan, arroz con pollo, y gazpacho, comida del Espanol. The halls filled with greetings of different languages: hola, shalom, ciao, priviet, bonjour, salve. This represented the diversity that was now present in a school that was homogenous just a decade before. Having a more ... ...

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... and Belhaven College. Now, at 73 years of age he is an international speaker and teacher on issues of racism and community development. John M. Perkins's voice rang clearly through the halls of Community Church on Friday November 7, 2003, with a biblical ideology that can end racism forever. Beginning with the story in the mid sixties of two white social workers that were ... ...

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... than 75 percent of their senior players up on the stage on graduation day, getting degrees. If colleges really care about the education of Sports athletes, they should keep the halls open to athletes after the pro dream evaporates (U.S.News & World Report by Gregg Esterbrook). Education and integrity at a majority of the major programs is secondary to achievement on the court ... ...

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... he isn't allowed to play his sport and his money for school is taken away? If colleges really care about the education of big-sport athletes they should keep the halls open to athletes after the pro dream evaporates (Easterbrook, 1998). For many players their dream is to get a contract to play for a professional team, but few players will end up ... ...

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... be on your own for the first time. By living on campus, you become a part of the University to a greater extent than is ordinarily possible in off-campus living. Residence halls are natural settings for socializing with other students between or after classes. And they are convenient! You will seldom be more than a ten-minute walk from the library, class, sports ... ...

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... "swimming pool". After swimming around for a little while, we all decided that it would be fun to ride the water like a wave out of the bathroom and into the dorm halls. So one of the guys pulled the board from the entrance and we all rode the title wave and walked out of the dorm and back to our fraternity house ... ...

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... once every two weeks to straighten up the room and clean the bathroom and kitchen. Also commonly associated with the dormitories is the location and quality of the food. Dining halls will be located by the dormitories and snack bars by the classrooms. All dining hall food will be made fresh to your specific order. In the student union, fast food ... ...

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... . I am sure one will not find this at a four-year college. The classes at a junior college are held in classrooms, and at universities they are often held in big lecture halls. Another educational benefit to attending a junior college is the smaller campus. The campuses at most universities are huge! It takes less time to get from one class to another at ... ...

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... sports. A few dominate organizations had the upper hand as well. Students who were members of those such clubs had the ability to, more often than not, skip class, wander the halls and leave campus. I cannot complain, however, because I was a member of those clubs, and I played sports. I wasn't necessarily popular by any means, but I was associated to popular aspects that gave me ... ...

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