"Be aware of your surroundings," says John Milby, chief of police atFurman Universityin South Carolina. Don't let "somebody in your apartment if you don't know who they are or trust them. That goes for on campus
In 2015, the Washington Post reported 987 fatal shootings by on-duty officers in their database (Lowery, 2016). These high numbers along with the role of media, have caused officers to be scrutinized more than ever. Many of the largest police departments were asked to implement new training...
You don’t see many of those in Europe or any part of the world, maybe apart from China. So there is something about the culture and of America. I’ve seen this having lived both in America and in Europe — there is a greater openness to trying new things out, even if, at the ...
Mass Shootings Numbers in murders and harm all around the United States have been rising due to guns. Rather it’s intentional or accidental the topic has blown up causing many arguments. I believe that guns should be banned in the United States, or at least have a stricter set of rules ...
Once upon a time, I found solace in the clinical labels of depression and anxiety –“Oh, that’s what I’ve been doing, why I have suffered so much in a life that in many ways ought to have been a life of ease, grace and joy.” Now, I find them constraining. At the root of...
As mass shootings in movie theaters and churches have shocked the world in recent years, many music business insiders quietly wondered how long it would be before concert halls would suffer a similar tragedy. On Nov. 13, those concerns became a horrifying reality, as terrorists made anEagles...
During a more innocent time, the mid-1950s, when fears of student misbehavior centered on truancy and pranks rather than drug use and shootings, the future Ponzi schemer was deputized by school authorities to prevent horseplay in the locker area. One constant in high school was Ruth Alpern, ...
I also kept my definition of class open because, if social class is to serve as the basis of a shared political identity, it would not be an automatic response to sharing the same education level, income bracket, or job, but would "happen" through concrete social relationships that generate...
A few hours later, Gibbs and Morlock returned to Stoner’s room. As Stoner sat on his bed, still dazed from the assault, Morlock explained that the beating would not happen again, so long as Stoner kept his mouth shut “from fucking now on.” If Stoner were dis...
Although I was born in America, my husband and his entire family are refugees from Iran. They know first-hand the oppression that occurs on a daily basis. Denied access to universities solely on the basis of their faith and unable to establish places of worship, they fled to the United St...