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The novel The Hate List by Jennifer Brown portrays the aftermath of a school shooting. Valerie Leftman’s boyfriend, Nick, unexpectedly becomes the shooter, leading to Valerie’s implication in the crime due to their joint creation of a hate list. Tragically, Nick removes his intended victims from the list before carrying out the shooting. As Valerie…

During March 5th to 7th, the students of BSBA embarked on a tour. We had the opportunity to visit several places including the Banko Sentral ng Pilipinas, the Coca-cola plant, and the Gardenia factory. Additionally, we were able to enjoy our stay at the Caliraya resort. As we boarded the bus early, we eagerly found…

Compare and contrast Thucydides’ and Socrates’ analyses of the fate of Athenian democracy in war, of why the Athenians went to war, and of how and why they failed. The Peloponnesian War was the turning point in Athenian hegemony in Ancient Greece. It was fought in 431 B. C. between the Delian League, led by…

r-analogyHumes counter-analogy does not succeed in undermining Paleys argument from design. Paley clearly explains to his reader that humans are so complicated that we must have been made by a designer. Hume argues that since the universe is not a human art, and is more like an animal, it does not need a designer. Paley…

In everyones lifethere comes a point in time when you assess your life, notjust look back in time, but see the progression, the triumphsand the failures…..Eleanor Smith had reached this point. Shesees that things arent as they seem, the passion and desire isgone from her marriage, she is unable to influence herchildrens life, her best…

Understanding Leisure. Too much work with no play makes Jack a dull boy.  This is a very common saying which depicts clearly the importance of leisure time to human beings.  Leisure time can have very many definitions but all of them emphasize on the fact that, it is time spent on other activities away from…

Can’t We All Just Get Along? Liberal vs. Conservative Growing up in a home that could be characterized as a political battlefield was traumatic. I spent the first decade of my life living peacefully with two left- winged hippie parents. My mother had hair like Rapunzel and my dad worked as a jazz musician. Life…

In Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, Samuel Beckett introduces audiences to two vagrants, Estragon (Gogo) and Vladimir (Didi). To summarize the action of the play: the two men are alone on a sparsely decorated stage. One lone, barren tree and a heap of rubbish are the only setting. Gogo and Didi discuss their existence which…

The students were handed 10 test tubes with no identification. The students were supposed to design a method in determining what chemical was in each test tube. The list of chemicals is CuSO4, NH4Cl, NaOH, AgNO3, KI, H2SO4, NaBr, CaCl2, HCl, and Pb(NO3)2. The students are expected to determine the chemicals using physical properties, litmus…

Kashmir DisputeIntroduction and backgroundKashmir is a disputed territory between India and Pakistan. India controls half of Kashmir including Jammu, Kashmir Valley and Ladakh. Pakistan controls one third of the state with Muzaffarabad, Gilgit and Balistan. A small portion of Kashmir is also controlled by China. Both India and Pakistan have fought three wars over Kashmir…