To all you incoming college freshman that don’t want to make a fool of yourself at college parties, learn this drinking game. Perhaps the King of all drinking games, Asshole is a true American classic. Asshole is a game that tests one’s ability to concentrate, as well as one’s threshold for humiliation, for the object of the game is for those in power to abuse those who are not. I’m sure that most of you out there have at least heard of this game, and I am aware that there are many different ways to play. With this in mind, the following is intended as a basic outline of the rules.
The first thing you need is a group of willing and open people, a large table and a deck of cards. Further, be advised that plenty of beer should be on hand as this game has a tendency for mass consumption of alcohol. Shuffle the cards, (I realize that this is obvious, however there are boneheads out there) and remove the jokers. To begin play, have all the cards placed in the middle of the table and have every player draw a card. The player with the highest card, 2 being low and Ace high, is appointed President. The next highest cardholder becomes the Vice-President, and so on and so forth until the player holding the lowest card becomes affectionately known as the Asshole. In the event that two or more players draw the same value card, have those players draw again so that their position can be determined. However, if one of the players involved in a second drawing happens to draw a card higher than the card that of the President that player doesn’t become President. They assume the position in question and the loser of the draw-off takes the position below that person.
Players occupying positions falling between VP and Asshole are known as common people, but they may choose titles as well. Some of them are as follows: Secretary, Sergeant at Arms, Speaker of the House, Treasurer, Doorman and Beer-bitch, (who assists the Asshole in his/her duties), are often used. All titles are subject to the dreaded presidential veto and has his or her subsequent wrath, so be humble. The roles of each player are as follows:
President: can make any player drink at any time, no one may make the President drink but himself.
The Electoral College is a system where the President is directly elected. This process has been used in many past elections as well as the current 2016 election. This process also helps narrow down the large numbers that were made by the popular votes, into a smaller number that is easier to work with for electing the President. Some states use a system called “winner-takes-all”, which is another system that is connected with the Electoral College. This allows a candidate with the most electoral votes, to get the rest of the votes that the state provides.
It is not common that when one thinks of the history of the world that the thought of beer, wine, spirits, tea, coffee, or even Coca-Cola comes to mind. Matter of fact, the thought of a beverage having an impact in history may be the very last thing that comes to mind. But according to Tom Standage in his book A History of the World in 6 Glasses, he argues that these six drinks have had an all-round influence in the history of the world. It is hard to imagine that the drinks we know of today, were the foundation and building blocks of the history that has been engraved in us. As to which beverage has had a greater impact in history, it is a matter of the extent to which each particular drink has contributed to influencing, not just people, but the course of history. Not diminishing the impact of the other beverages, but coffee has had a greater impact in history over tea and the other drinks.
The purpose of this paper is to give a brief chronological accounting of the writing of the Declaration of Independence by Thomas Jefferson. A short description of the structure of the Declaration of Independence will be included. The process was relatively fast, from the formation of the committee.
Jefferson, Thomas. "The Declaration of Independence." The McGraw-Hill Reader: Issues Across the Disciplines. 8th edition, Ed. Gilbert H. Muller. New York: McGraw Hill, 2003. 305-308.
The constitution of the United States ratified in the 18th century has a number of similarities and differences to the declaration of independence documented on July 4, 1776 (Allen, 2015). These documents are significant to both the system of governance adopted by the United States and the responsibility of the government to protect the rights and freedoms of its citizens. This paper will focus on the relationship between the two documents. The paper will also highlight on the significance of the letter President Jefferson wrote in response to the Danbury Baptist letter to the his government in today’s American society.
The Declaration of Independence in Wilson, James Q., John J. Dilulio, and Meena Bose. 2011 American Government: Institutions & Policies. Boston, Mass: Wadsworth Pub. Co.
The Declaration of Independence, written by Thomas Jefferson in 1776, is a well-known document in American history proclaiming the separation of the United States from Great Britain. Jefferson uses the document to explain the unjust laws King George III was pressing onto the Colonists and brings them to light. The use of rhetorical strategies in the script influences the audience’s opinion towards their loyalties to the King and ends with the United States’ newly gained independence.
Jefferson, Thomas. "Declaration of Independence." A World of Ideas. 5th ed. Ed. Lee A. Jacobus. Boston: Bedford, 1998. 76-79.
Weshler, Henry, and Wuethrich, Bernice. Dying to Drink: Confronting Binge Drinking on college campuses. Chicago: Rodale Inc., 2002. Print.
When teenagers leave the safety of home and enter college life, they can feel very out of place. In order for them to feel that they belong when joining a fraternity or sorority, they can be pressured into binge drinking and other types of behavior that they wouldn't normally do. By doing what the fraternity brothers or sorority sisters ask them to do, they think that they are proving themselves to be worthy of a place in the organization. This can be very dangerous for many reasons. "Results from a recent Harvard School of Public Health College Alcohol Study provide the first national picture in almost fifty years of just how widespread and harmful heavy episodic or "binge" drinking has become, not only for those students who abuse alcohol, but also for others in their immediate environment" (Wechsler, 178). Binge drinkers put themselves at high r...
"Mediation is a method of conflict resolution that is designed to help disagreeing parties resolve a dispute without going to court", our text states (Fallon & McConnell, 2007). The goal of a mediator is to find a compromise that is fair and acceptable to both parties. The agreement is not legally binding and does not always result in a settlement. Mediation is a flexible, voluntary, and confidential form of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) in which a neutral third party mediator assists parties to work towards a negotiated settlement. "The mediation process is not binding on the parties, and the mediator does not hear evidence" (Murray,
Positions for higher offices are chosen from the level of The Assembly which again is made up of only free male citizens. They met every month to elect people for higher offices from amongst them. Offices such as the Ephors or Gerousia.
It is not a natural process, there has to be a need and a sense of interdependence. Mediation is a consensual, confidential, and impartial process. Mediation is usually done when both parties have exhausted all options for a negotiation to occur due to lack of trust, power dynamics, interests and values, emotions and poor communication. Mediation a non-aggressive process used by many parties in conflict resolution, it is usually a conflict-defining phase. The neutral third-party in the mediation process is called a mediator. According to Picard, “mediation is a form of assisted mediation where an impartial individual facilitates the negotiation process while the parties determine the outcome”(Bishop et al. 2002, p. 21). Consequently, to Kruk defines mediation as “a collaborative conflict resolution process whereby parties in a dispute are assisted in their negotiations by a neutral and impartial third party and empowered to voluntarily reach their own mutually acceptable settlement” (Picard, 2002, p. 22). This is to say that the mediator as a neutral party does not make the final decision for the parties. In a third-party decision-making process, the mediator clarifies and interprets the rules for the process of mediation. The mediator has three know and possible roles – 1) to facilitate communication between the parties .2) facilitate negotiation between parties in other to help them reach a joint decision and .3)
Mediation is a way to solve a dispute without having to resort to court procedure which sometimes could turned out to be rigid, formal and time consuming especially when it needed a lot of paperwork and the possibility of adjournment which could consume years. Besides that, unlike in court, mediator as a third impartial party did not acted as a judge who decides on the resolution however, the mediator will help the parties to explore the needs and issue which before preventing them from achieving a mutual resolution and settlement. The mediation process gave the authority towards the parties to agree with each other and open up the chance for the parties to meet with a resolution at the end of the mediation session.
In the text of The Contemporary Conflict Resolution Reader, mediators are described as having the skills to efficiently “exercise considerable ability in managing the face to face discussions, which can often call for subtle skill in influencing the way in which discussions are directed paced and timed” (Mitchell 80). This can be helpful when dealing with two individuals that are going through a highly emotional situation like a divorce. Spouses meet with mediators not so they can “make decisions for [them], but serves as a facilitator to help [them] figure out what's best” (Doskow). Mediation can be used in place of the judicial system when going through divorce proceedings.