The University of Illinois is one of the biggest campuses to be a part of. There are over 30,000 students that attend this campus from different parts of the world with different pasts. This brings a lot of diversity to the campus community, but with that diversity comes prejudice and discrimination. The biggest issues are racial discrimination, disability and LGBTQ/gender exclusion. Racial/cultural discrimination is a big societal issue and with there being so many people with diverse backgrounds
Standardized tests are administered to allow reliable and valid comparisons to be made among students taking the test. Two major types of standardized tests are currently in use; norm-referenced and criterion-referenced. A norm-referenced test is a test that has been given to representative samples of students such that norms of performance are established. Each student taking the test receives a score that can be compared to the norm or normal or sample of students. The scores are then reported
very important role to Illinois; there are many different categories of wildlife. One of the categories is plant life found throughout Illinois. Some of the plants are dandelions, sunflowers, poison ivy, and goldenrod. Although plants in Illinois are beautiful, there are also many mammals, fish, and birds. These many plants and animals throughout Illinois make this state a very interesting and beautiful place to visit and study. Plants Dandelions There are many plants in Illinois that you can see locally
“It looks like we have great tickets to the game today,” my dad said as he opened up the tickets to the Illinois vs. Arizona State football game. We were going to be taking a three-hour drive to Champaign-Urbana, Illinois to go watch the game. I was super excited. I love Illinois’s campus. We were going to be going with our family friends Joe and Justin, and there father. Joe and Justin were both looking into colleges to go to. They were at our house with us when we looked at the tickets, we were
Stanley v. Illinois Nature of Case: The plaintiff is Peter Stanley. He said that his rights to equal protection of the law under the 14th Amendment have been violated. He believes that the Illinois law that makes children of unwed father’s wards of the state upon death of the mother violated his rights. Facts: Joan and Peter Stanley lived intermittently together for 18 years, in which they had 3 children. When Joan Stanley died, Stanley’s children were declared wards of the state and placed
Let Illinois Stabilize It is not time for the State of Illinois to reinstate a constitutional convention. The condition of our state is nowhere near where it needs to be. We owe billions of dollars in debt, and are going on our second year straight without a budget. Since our country has no budget, it is ludicrous to waste money on having a convention. People are saying that having an Illinois Constitutional Convention could cost upwards of eighty million dollars. That is money that the state can
A number of ideas, suggestions, and points can be extracted from “Illinois Bus Ride,” a passage from Aldo Leopold’s collection of essays entitled A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There. However, there must be one main thesis that the author is attempting to get through to his audience. Leopold argues that we Americans have manipulated the landscape and ecosystem of the prairie so that it seems to be nothing more that a tool at our disposal. All aspects of what was once a beautiful, untamed
In 1913 legendary football coach, Robert Zuppke, coached football for the University of Illinois (“Illinois” para. 1). Robert Zuppke led their 1914 football season to be undefeated! This created many more fans for the college football team (“Illinois” para.1). For 29 years Robert zuppke coached and he and his team won four national titles in the years of 1914, 1919, 1923, 1927 (“College” para. 8). Illinois third football coach, Edward Hall, had wrote the football code for proper conduct of players
The Effect of an Illinois Wesleyan Education on Political Ideology Political commentators often label American students not as liberals or conservatives, but simply as apathetic citizens unconcerned with political issues. The number of students venturing to the polls continues to be depressing to any advocate of a democratic form of government. Outside of political science classrooms, few students seem to be knowledgeable of simple political events and personalities. Has this apathy always
Burton, Grant A. "Page 52." Illinois History: Manufacturing and Retailing in Illinois. Illinois State Historical Library, 1978. Print. Meiss, Cindy. Illinois History: Manufacturing and Retailing in Illinois. Illinois State Historical Library, 1982. Print. Http://www.deere.com/wps/dcom/en_US/corporate/our_company/about_us/history/timeline/timeline.page. 2014. Web. 20 May 2014. Clemmons, Harlen. Illinois History: Manufacturing and Retailing in Illinois. Illinois State Historical Library, 1978
an international city almost overnight. The plans to build the Illinois & Michigan canal began in the newly started Illinois legislature in 1818. It was driven forward by the new construction on the Erie Canal in New York. Once the Erie Canal was complete only a canal between the Des Plaines and Chicago rivers would be necessary to complete the chain of waterways connecting New York to New Orleans. In 1822, Congress gave Illinois a large portion of land on which to not only build the canal, but
The community of Oak Forest, Il., lies in southwest Cook County approximately 27 miles south of Chicago. The town is less than half an hour from Chicago Midway International Airport and under an hour from O’Hare International Airport. The Rock Island Railroad metro provides commuter rail service from Oak Forest to Chicago. Interstates 57, 80 and 294 are accessible from the city. History of Oak Forest The earliest settlement of Oak Forest dates back to the early 1800s. The town was called Cooper's
Slavery in Illinois This essay talks about the dated events that happened in Illinois, focusing on slavery, from the time it begun, whether it should be implemented or not, its abolishment, and up to the time it ended. The paper also contains a well-opinionated reaction about slavery, how it is different from today. The Civil War Period has always been the primary hub of teaching in any American History classes. The era between the American Revolution and the Civil War was of a great importance
President Barack Obama won the election by a land slide, but this past Illinois senator was born and raised in Honolulu Hawaii, one of the best places in the world (Wikipedia, Honolulu). Hawaii is one of the best places and is going to be one of the best locations to move to. I really should move to Hawaii over staying here in Illinois. One of the Islands I would choose to move to is Oahu, whose nickname is “the gathering place” (City). I also would specifically prefer to live in Honolulu; I been
called it "an ill-considered race" in which he got "spanked" by the voters. Barack directed the Illinois Project Vote, which was a voter registration drive aimed at increasing black turnout in the 1992 election. Directing this project, Obama accepted positions such as attorney with the civil rights law firm of Miner, Barnhill and Galland and a lecturer at the University Of Chicago Law School. The Illinois Project Vote helped Carol Moseley Braun become the first black woman ever elected to the Senate
Like the constant flow of the rivers, there was a constant change in the American Bottom. The progress eventually developed the area into a center of economic activity and gateway to the west, but also excluded native and long-time residents. The Illinois Indians long dominated the American Bottom. They were a unique and special tribe, who were complex politically, religiously, and socially. They were also an independent people until French colonizers came to settle in the area. The French Creoles
work of agronomists.”(Illinois State University) An agronomist even finds the best way to plant and harvest any source of food. Agronomy is a science in which an agronomist views agriculture in an integrated perspective.(Agronomy.org) The education for an agronomist is a four year bachelor degree at a university. There are many agricultural universities throughout Illinois such as University of Illinois, Illinois State University, Western Illinois University, and Southern Illinois University Carbondale
look at the wider world when he took a voyage down river to New Orleans on a float boat in 1828. Little is known about this journey. In 1830 the Lincoln’s it's moved once more to Macon County, Illinois. Another voyage to visit New Orleans, the young Lincoln settle down in a village of new Salem Illinois in 1831, this is not far from Springfield. There he began to work. He worked in a store and managed a mill. Milling is basically carving. By now
credit card for the 3 transactions. All 3 transactions were committed on 09/02/2016. 1) Circle K located at 111 E. Walnut St. Murphysboro, Illinois in the amount of $8.64 at 1241 hours. 2) Wal-Mart located at 6495 Country Club Rd. Murphysboro, Illinois in the amount of $73.40 at 0104 hours. 3) Walgreens located at 503 Walnut St. Murphysboro, Illinois in the amount of $1.94 at 0952 hours. The suspect attempted to make a cash advance at Circle K and Walgreens, but was declined. Edmond indicated
modernize quickly and businesses to cut corners to keep their edge. The river soon became the dumping ground for both sewage and toxic waste dumped by the slaughter houses. By demand of citizens, a canal was built “which later would be named the Illinois and Michigan (I&M) Canal (Hansen, pg. 41). The proposed canal “called for an excavation that woul... ... middle of paper ... ...far too much backlash in terms of human geography, trade, and ecosystems to ever occur, especially since the canals