Pollution of U.S. Waterways and the Devastation it Causes: Chicago Wastewater

In the U.S. alone over two-thirds of estuaries and bays suffer from phosphorus and nitrogen pollution, and the Mississippi river alone feeds almost 1.5 million metric tons of nitrogen pollutants to the Gulf of Mexico each year. One of the primary sources of both nitrogen and phosphorus pollution can be traced back to untreated wastewater …

The Unity Behind: Drag Shows

Had you told me six months ago that I would attend a drag show, I would have laughed. Had you told me that i would have left in the best mood I have been in since I can remember, I would have said you were insane. Yet here I am.

The Race Card Project: My Own Entry

During class one day my professor discussed race, how it affects people, how it effects out lives, and how perception of race is molded into stereotypes that one falls back upon when making observations of others. She had divided us into groups around the room, based upon where we sat, and assigned to each group …

Of Men and Purses

Gender roles define our society. The way one perceives how a specific gender is supposed to behave effects majority of what we as a society has defined as normal for a specific gender, creating differences in what is acceptable for men and women to do, and more to the point, what is not acceptable. Myself, …

Sociological Blog Post Analysis: Prof. Nathan Palmer

"This proves you were wrong.", a statement that sparked Nathan Palmer, a senior lecturer at The University of Nebraska-Lincoln, to write about how disproportionalities between statistical information can cause confusion about the validity of percentage-based statistics. The topic that Palmer had been confronted about was how a table from the class text "proved" a statement of …

How do Sociological influences effect the writing of the New-Adult Genre?

"What is it millennials prefer to read for fun/ for the sake of reading?" When this question was posed to me, I found it easy to answer. Until I was asked "Why?". This got me to thinking, why exactly do I enjoy reading what I do? In this, I hope to determine better what issues most heavily influence the opinions of young adults, and new adults on the NewAdult genre.

Invisible Alligators: Teaching us About the Importance of Learning

How exactly do children's books effect how children are socialized? In "Invisible Alligators" by author Hayes Roberts, a young monkey learns how to solve problems on her own. Combined with settings that are easily identifiable by young minds, stories teach children what is and is not expected in society.

Drug and Alcohol Abuse in U.S. Teens: A Sociological Analysis

"Does the location one grows up in determine how one acts? Does it effect the sort of learned behaviors one perceives as the norm? As norms change, can they effect how one behaves?" The correlation between teen drug and alcohol abuse rates and the effect of social media may be more impacting than one would think.

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