... 't being heard, they are in disagreement with the changes in beliefs and laws, and secession has been occurring since the United States was formed. Why stop now? Joey Beuer of Colorado answered with this when asked why they should be able to secede: "Because we are not getting heard." It's as simple as that. Everyone has a say in the ... government, correct? But these people are not being able to speak out for what they believe in among the state, they're always getting pushed aside. At Rice University, this is happening. To try to prevent this, they formed an Electoral College system, j...

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... that students would sit outside of his classroom just to hear him speak every day. After teaching he then served as the president of Princeton University for ten years. And after resigning as president of Princeton University, he became the governor of New Jersey for just two years before he ran for presidency. The first presidential election he ran for was in ... 's doctors even told him to take it easy, but he was so involved in this idea of the League of Nations that he kept on going full force. In Pueblo, Colorado all the hard work and perseverance finally caught up to him. Wilson su...

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... , its staff, my parents, and friends for helping me arrive at who I am today. If it wasn't for them I would not be ready to continue my education at the University of Northern Colorado pursuing Music and Secondary English Education, as I plan to do so next fall. Also I"d like to thank you for taking your time to evaluate my portfolio. I look back on ... ...

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Recently the U.S. Supreme Court made a rather mixed ruling regarding affirmative action. On June 23, a 5-4 decision was made in support of the University of Michigan's law school's right to use race as a factor in admissions, while declaring the points (a.k.a. quota) system unconstitutional. Because the affirmative action idea is relatively new to the political ... others because of the ethnicity into which they were born. He did not say that all are created equal but some are created more equal than others (Animal Farm, anyone?) Colorado Governor Bill Owens got it right when he said, "I"m f...

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