Jefferson County, Colorado Essays

  • Unit 2 Assignment

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    All throughout Colorado there has been many developments and expansions. One of these developments is the railroad system. Railroads were and still are such an essential means of transportation for people as well for industries involving coal and fuel, and many other things. There are many key players and developers that took part in revitalizing Colorado in the 1870s. Some of these key players that contributed to the territory’s growth were William A.H. Loveland, Edward L. Berthoud, Henry M. Teller

  • birmingham bowling

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    BIRMINGHAM BOWLING CENTERS The first bowling house in Birmingham is somewhat of a mystery. As happens so many times, it depends on whom you ask. Some say there was a bowling house on 1st Avenue North near the Old Terminal Station; while others say the YMCA had the first, with either two or four bowling lanes located in the YMCA building. It is agreed, however, that the first regularly used bowling center was opened in 1933 and known as The Phoenix Bowling Alley, located in the basement of the Phoenix

  • The Ludlow Massacre

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    “I’m not a humanitarian, I’m a hell-raiser.” Mother Jones followed her own advice concerning a small town in Las Animas County. The Ludlow Massacre occurred on April 20th, 1994, in the tent town of Ludlow, Colorado, the intricate web of events that lead to the events that happened in Ludlow are a look in to the conditions that some of the minorities and immigrants had to live in, during the early twentieth century. Coal production had become a driving force behind the United States industrial revolution

  • The Columbine Influence: How a School Shooting Affected a Nation

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    25, 2013). Gus Van Sant et al., Elephant (New York: HBO Video, 2003); Roger Ebert, “Elephant,” Chicago-Sun Times, 2003. Ben Coccio et al., Zero Day (Chicago, IL: Home Vision Entertainment, 2005); Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, Columbine Documents JC-001-025923 Through JC-001-026589 (Golden, Colorado, July 2006), JC-001-026343. Ben Coccio et al., Zero Day (Chicago, IL: Home Vision Entertainment, 2005); Peggy Lowe and Andrew Guy Jr., “Memorial Crosses Taken Down,” Denver Post, May 3, 1999. “’School

  • The Columbine High School Massacre

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    commit the Columbine Killings by: violent entertainment, obsession with weapons, and conflicts with other students. Dylan Klebold was born in Denver, Colorado on September 11, 1981. He was the second child to Thomas Klebold and Susan Yassenoff. As a child, Dylan was in boy scouts and a pitcher for his little league team (Jefferson County, Colorado Sherriff Suspects Te... ... middle of paper ... ...kepedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. Jan. 2011. . Eric Harri and Dylan Klebold Suicide, Columbine

  • Reserve Officer Essay: Being A Police Officer

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    Can you imagine being a police officer? Risking your life almost every day, always holding the power of the law in your hands? Perhaps carrying a gun and having to decide when to use it? Knowing that your actions could have a huge impact on someone's life? Knowing that the general populace depends on you for their safety? Now imagine doing this for free. Reserve police officers volunteer their time to work as police officers. They have the same duties in many cases as regular officers, but they work

  • What If The School Board Should Be Abolished

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    Conant High School could go to a different college, with about 1,000 more colleges.  It is unfair for the school board to deprive students of this potential benefit that could help their chances in being accepted into a university or college.  The Jefferson County Board of Education's committee could potentially bar the students from receiving the future education they've worked so hard attain.  The college board has also stated in the framework for teachers that, "Each AP course is modeled upon a comparable

  • Essay On The Difference Between The Declaration Of Independence And The Constitution

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    The Declaration of Independence and Constitution’s treatment of equality are different. Let’s start with the differences, the Declaration of Independence is the only document that uses the word equality. It does not have any real legal power. The Constitution add the bill of rights in 1789 and was written by James Madison. Within those bill of rights it states the rights of people and that everyone would not be deprived of “life, liberty or property”. The thing the Constitution missed is that in

  • Who Is Bruco Eastwood Undercover Insanity Plea?

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    adolescent Bruco has a record for being arrested in Colorado dating back to 1996 for menacing, assault, domestic violence, and driving

  • Survey Research Strengths

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    that nursing home policies and/or practices assure protection to their residents (Payne & Flecther, 2005). Therefore, the use of the survey research design may not have responses by every administrator or law enforcement within the selected nine counties in Ohio, however, the administrators and/or law enforcement that wish to see changes or provide safe

  • School Safety and the Tragedy at Columbine High School

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    at the west entrance of Columbine High School preparing for the deadliest shooting in American school history. One of them yelled, "Go! Go!," and then the two pulled out their shotguns and began firing, killing two students almost immediately (Jefferson County 3). Harris and Klebold began moving through the school randomly shooting students, detonating pipe bombs, and yelling about how much fun they were having. While this was happening, Coach Dave Sanders and other heroes were frantically trying to

  • The Massacre of Captain John Gunnison and his Explorers in 1853

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    in 1845, thus starting the Mexican-American War. The United States prevailed and, by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo , Mexico ceded a vast amount of land. Ownership of the future states of California, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Utah and part of Colorado were conveyed to the U.S. The acquisition of these additional lands brought with it the difficulty of overland travel for trade and national defense. An efficient means of cross country transportation became more imperative, particularly if the

  • Urban V. Jefferson County School District Case Summary

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    Case Briefing #6-Andre Williams 1 Name & citation of case: Urban v. Jefferson County School District R-1, 870 F. Supp. 1558 (D. CO 1994) 2.Facts: This case was originally presented before the district court of Colorado in 1993 on behalf of the parents of Gregory Urban, a seventeen-year-old teen with severe mental disabilities. Gregory and his parents moved to Evergreen, Colorado in 1991. The parents wanted Gregory to go to Evergreen High School but the school district placed him at Golden High

  • Racism In Public Schools

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    nation is, unfortunately, too easily written as the history of its dominant class.” This issue has become more and more prevalent in the past couple of years as students are realizing the censoring of history is infringing on their rights. States like Colorado, Texas, and Oklahoma have been criticized because of their controversial curriculum revisions. Many public school history curriculums sugarcoat or omit America’s wrongdoings to create a more patriotic America for students; however, the youth of America

  • Exploring Bias Against the Correctional System

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    whole. This includes jails, prisons, the inmates, and employees. Whether we agree or disagree with our own personal thoughts most of us haven’t seen it at first hand like the interviewee I had interviewed. My interviewee, was the Lieutenant for the Jefferson Country detention center. Now this is different than a prison, in the sense of length of stay, but the similarities are endless. According to the textbook Corrections an Introduction “one way in which jails and prisons are extremely similar is the

  • The Columbine High School Massacre

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    People have to suffer many difference social pressures so they need a way to relax the pressures. Watching violent films, images and playing violent games is a quick and easy way to relax their pressures; for this reason, there are more and more people like to see violent things from media, and as long as there is a demand for this violent information, the financial incentive for media companies will be there. In general, media violence can affects people in three different ways. The first one is

  • Columbine High School Massacre Essay

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    On the morning of April 20, 1999, Eric Davis Harris and Dylan Bennet Klebold went into the Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, and went on a rampage killing spree leaving 12 students and 1 teacher dead and over 20 people injured before killing themselves. This crime is known as one of the most deadliest school massacres in the United States history (Pittaro). On the day of the Columbine High School Massacre, previously to the attack both Erick D. Harris and Dylan B. Klebold placed a decoy

  • Development Of Political Opinion

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    No one is born with a political opinion. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines opinion as “a belief, judgment, or way of thinking about a particular thing; advice from someone with special knowledge, or advice from an expert.” Opinions are important to the individual who develops them but may be useless rhetoric to others. José Martí once said, “The first duty of a man is to think for himself.” Some people claim to be apolitical when it comes to political opinions, but politics and their diverse

  • Do Violent Video Games Cause Bad Behavior?

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    Violent video games popularity heightens in today’s technological society, especially with children and teenagers. Many children and teenagers play these violent video games, and most parents worry about the side effects that will stem later in life from too much violence in these violent video games. Some children have trouble associating the difference between reality and fiction. Also, violent video games hinder the social growth of children. Many people and researchers worry that the violent

  • Ulysses S Grant: Unveiling A Silent Hero

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    When I say the name Ulysses S Grant, you think the man who won the Civil War, or the man who was sworn in as the 18th President of The United States, or maybe just that guy on the $50 bill. Though many people may have heard of him, many don’t understand how important he is to history. Without Grant, some horrible things could have happened to our country including slavery, no 15th amendment, and black persecution. But before we talk about all that, let's start where it all began, his childhood.