... as good as the men, they have for a most part failed once they got in. Ms. Faulkner won her legal battle to enter the Citadel, breaking a 152 year tradition of training men only. On August 14, 1995, during her first day of military training, she collapsed from heat exhaustion. Within days, she abruptly withdrew from the college, forced to admit that she could not withstand the rigors of "hell week." Ms. Faulkner, fighting back tears, explained that two and a half years of stress had "all crashed in" on her in the first days there. After not quite making the cut, and surviving the stress and trials of these places, they say that it is because the men were too ...

... that it simply feels good to be accepted by a group, and that acceptance satisfies a need to belong, and one theory points out that life becomes easier when we act like others, or conform, rather than be different from others. Still another theory says people tend to view themselves as they think others see them, so they change to conform to others expectations. (Kowalski) is defined as influencing other teens exerts whether it is a comments, criticism, persuasion, or pressure to be someone else. It can be as simple as a classmate asking to copy the homework and as difficult as a friend wanting us to try drugs for the first time. Friends can make us feel so pre ...

... First, during the beginning of the century baseball was bigger than it had ever been, including today. Baseball was seen as a growing source of entertainment. According to the book This Fabulous Century the most important new influence to baseball was the television. By as late as the end of the next decade the Cleveland Indians drew over 2.5 million fans, the largest ever for a single season. The Camel company goes on to use a celebrity to sell their product. This is one aspect in history that we still see today. The employment of famous athletes to promote the sale of products is as big today, if not bigger, as it was in 1934. Today we see athletes suc ...

... form of hate is prejudice; to prejudge someone or something, or to have a hatred toward a particular group, race or religion. Today most of the worlds' population expresses hate in this form, and not always toward race, but mostly towards religion, state of wealth, or a person dress. Some people try to deny that they are prejudice, while others thrive on letting everyone know. An example of this would be the Ku Klux Klan; a society organized to reassert white supremacy with terroristic methods. These people would show their prejudice by marching down city streets and by having loud outdoor campaigns and cross burnings. As time passes on so does fro ...

... of a group of jocks. The argument consisted of “ Get the f*ck out of here. Don’t mess with me!”, a red face as his anger level mounted and punches when he did not get his own way. The rock, by being seldom broken, can prove its precedence to the rest of the quarry. Diction of a jock is overridden with abbreviations, such as DL which means Down Low, slang words consisting of the common Asshole, Bitch or “F*ck You” and newer slang including words such as phat which means cool or good. A jock’s body language consists of numerous slang gestures, for instance the ever popular middle finger would be a good example, along with the flex of muscles which would show t ...

... involved in it, [pornography] became an obsession. I got so involved in it, I wanted to incorporate [porn] into my life, but I couldnÿt behave like that and maintain the success I had worked so hard for. I generated an alter-ego to fulfill my fantasies under-cover. Pornography was a means of unlocking the evil I had burried inside myselfÿ (Leidholdt 47). Is it possible that pornography is acting as the key to unlocking the evil in more unstable minds? According to Edward Donnerstein, a leading researcher in the pornography field, ÿthe relationship between sexually violent images in the media and subsequent aggression and . . . callous attitudes towards women is ...

... was "The Great Communicator." The examples that prove his nickname true are his great acting skills, the fact that his talks with the Soviet Union push to the Russian move toward capitalism. The next aspect of effective leadership is the ability to make decisions to change, and not always stick to the status quo. What good is a leader who is afraid of change? Despite economic setbacks, President Reagan reduced government spending tremendously, and cut back on business regulations to strengthen the business sector of the economy. By making this change, the inflation rate fell 13% to 2%, and created thousands of jobs for Americans. When Reagan enter ...

... not only lead us to better our human relations with others, but it also helps to build our self-confidence. I learned techniques for remembering people's names and how to focus on that person. I also was taught how to take steps outside of my comfort zone, and speak in front of others on a variety of different topics. In turn, I learned how to listen to other people and react to them in a friendlier way. Dale Carnegie reiterated this quote in his book The Quick and Easy Way to Effective Speaking. "Expressiveness is the result of earning the right and having an eager desire to share the message with the audience." Basically, he taught me to be myself, pu ...

... because Generation X describes us, me, everyone who was born between the years of 1963-1983 as "white and privileged and living in a suburb near you" (Giles, p4). In addition, Advertising Age referred to Generation X'ers as "That cynical, purple-haired blob watching TV." (Giles, p2) What makes our generation so special, is that we have proven them all wrong. Generation X consists of those between the ages 13 and 33 years of age. We as a group have become the productive, interested, and hardworking individuals that we are today. We have grown to realize that the future's undiscovered country is awaiting our arrival, and is there for the taking. It ...

... secretive, but if there was a legal checkpoint along the way as in Ellis island, they could have seen she was sick and taken her to the hospital and saved her life. Immigrants that came through Ellis island usually got jobs earlier and easier. Perhaps because they came to America in a time of great need, of that job offers felt more comfortable because they were legal, trying hard learning English and they had been in America for longer. Maybe it is because Ellis island immigrants didn't live in a time of such great discrimination. No matter who, immigrants came and still come for the same reasons. Coming to America is a great dream, and it seems that th ...