while others have only served their six year term (www.mshistory.k12.ms.us). One of Mississippi’s current senators is Roger Wicker. Roger F. Wicker was elected to the United States Senate on November 4, 2008, and currently serves with Senator Thad Cochran representing the state of Mississippi (www.senate.gov). Each state always has two senators in the Senate regardless of its population size. Since there are fifty states that means there are one hundred senators currently serving in the Senate
public of Austin a world of its own. What seems to be odd, different, and just plainly eccentric is accepted among the Austin public. Austin a city, in which according to New York Times, is “eccentricity is nothing,” was the home of Albert Leslie Cochran, or Leslie. He would walk around wearing cheerleading uniform, a tutu or a simple thong, accessorized with a feather a boa or tiara. Unfortunately, Austin will not be the same after losing Leslie, an eccentric Austinite. In the Austin community
Baltimore Believe Campaign The Baltimore Believe Campaign was started in April of 2002. It is a city wide campaign aimed to reduce the amount of drug use in the city. The idea of the “Believe” campaign has never been tried before. The campaign calls for Baltimore to believe, believe that drugs can be eliminated off of the streets, and drug dealers to be punished. Since the start of the campaign the idea has expanded around the country. Mayor Martin O’Malley has spread his idea around. The
A two-party system is a political system in which only two parties have a realistic opportunity to compete effectively for control. As a result, all, or nearly all, elected officials end up being a member in one of the two major parties. In a two-party system, one of the parties usually holds a majority in the legislature hence, being referred to as the majority party while the other party is the minority party. The United States of America is considered to be a two-party system. A two-party system
The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) was authorized in 1946 through the National School Lunch Act making it the oldest of all child nutrition and food assistance programs. The reason Congress initiated this program was because it was a “measure of national security, to safeguard the health and well-being of the nation’s children and to encourage the domestic consumption of nutritious agricultural commodities and other food” (Stillman 451). The NSLP set the standards for the foods that were offered
exercise was climbing up an escalator that was meant to be rode down. I chose this particular norm to violate because I knew it would involve a great deal of people, and I could get multiple reactions to my unusual behavior. I violated the norm in the Thad Cochran Center on the USM campus. I came in and sat down on the bench in front of the escalators until there were at least 15 people coming down the escalator. These people were spread out on the escalator, so I had to ask them to move over as I went up
The Tea Party began February 19, 2009 by Rick Santelli as a political outcry to the financial crisis that did not only threaten the United States, but the entire world. Conservatives were deeply concerned with the perpetual bail outs for failing banks, and the millions of thousands of dollars going towards government programs like the newly proposed national healthcare bill. The Tea Party protests have continued, but have increasingly become more unpopular as the Tea Party continues to head a farther
In this paper we will explore the Farm Bill to understand the policy networks involved in the activity of this bill in the policy process. A brief timeline will be given and aid the discussion of the events that occurred regarding the recent bill and the actions of the official and unofficial actors involved. More specifically we will be looking at the the issue of the Federal Food Stamp Program which is an integral part of the Farm Bill. After exploring a general timeline of the bill, we will look
Introduction Involvement in Greek organizations has been a part of college students’ undergraduate experiences for over a hundred years. Fraternities and sororities were originally assembled for the furthering of social and academic aspects of college, as well as for developing professional skills and making connections for life beyond graduation. There are different types of Greek organizations, including social organizations and honor societies. Social fraternities or sororities are the organizations