The University and Environmental Preservation
Caring for the environment has traditionally been thought of as a responsibility of environmental organizations such as Greenpeace or the Sierra Club. Universities have never been thought of as the leaders of environmental preservation—until now. Since universities are looked upon with high regard, many people including President Baker of Cal Poly, feel that it is the responsibility of the university to set an example of how the environment is respected and conserved. In his Earth Day speech in 2004, President Baker claims that Cal Poly finds it suitable to be a signatory of the Talloires Declaration. This is a 10-point plan signed by over 300 universities worldwide setting out the key actions they will take for a more sustainable future. By signing the Talloires Declaration, he claims it is the mission of the polytechnic university to find ways in which society can be improved, scarce resources can be managed, and environmental values can be preserved.
Even though President Baker does a thorough job of stating a claim, weaknesses are present. He states that it is at the core of the polytechnic university’s mission to find ways to preserve the environment. However, despite the fact that it is a polytechnic university, Cal Poly does not necessarily have to be environmentally friendly. In Dictionary.com, a polytechnic school is defined as an institute that “specializes in the teaching of industrial arts and applied sciences.” Nowhere does this include teaching preservation of the environment. On the other hand, his claim has credibility when he states that the university has carried out actions that are included in the Taloires Declaration. This is shown ...
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...vation, President Baker’s speech did not have much of an impact on me. However, his central idea that the university should lead by example and provide education about sustainability did spark my attention. Not only should Cal Poly be teaching students to be book-smart, but also how to be upstanding citizens in society by respecting and protecting the surrounding environment. With the environment continually deteriorating as a result of pollution and neglect, it is imperative that actions—including ones mentioned by President Baker--continue to be taken by the university to preserve our precious natural resources before they are completely depleted. After reading President Baker’s speech, I now have a better understanding of what my university education is all about. It includes being intelligent in an array of academic areas as well as being environmentally aware.
The rise of conservation was first populated by Theodore Roosevelt in the late 19th century. And the issues surrounding conservation had risen in the US around that time. The new understanding affects the country and its policies. Conservation is a careful preservation and protection of something; especially: planned management of a natural resource to prevent exploitation, destruction, or neglect.(Merriam-Webster) The causes of rising conservation include overhunting, recognizing its importance. These newfound awarenesses resulted in new policies that preserve for everyone equally.
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“Death penalty is a deterrent,” by George E. Pataki and “The Death Penalty Should Not Be Abolished,” by David B. Muhlhausen are two articles that support capital punishment as a deterrent of crime. “Legalized Murder: The Death Penalty Serves Revenge and Does Nothing to Solve Crime,” by Michael J. Ring and “The Death Penalty Should Be Abolished,” published by Amnesty International, are two articles that oppose capital punishment as a deterrent to crime by discussing the risks of the “inhumane” form of punishment. The following discussions show the contrasting point-of-views that make capital punishment one of the most controversial topics of today’s society.
The Renaissance Era produced many great legends whose legacies left an impact on our society today. William Davenant was one of the important figures whose achievements helped to restore English literature. Those who are well versed in theater have long debated who William Davenant was and why he was important. William Davenant was rumored to be Shakespeare’s son, was crucial to the Restoration, and was a famous English poet and playwright who changed the scope of literature.
Since the 19th century, the mysterious circumstances surrounding the authorship of William Shakespeare of his many poem and plays has made many scholars and people as the same question: did Shakespeare write his works? Though Shakespeare is known as a poet, playwright, and considered widely as the greatest writer in the English language, Shakespeare’s background is very unclear. In addition, the lack of evidence indicating he was even a writer, cause skeptics to believe William Shakespeare of Stratford-Upon-Avon was, in fact, not the mastermind behind the Shakespeare Canon. Regardless, many literary historians and Shakespearean scholars do not find any reason to suspect that anyone except the William Shakespeare from Stratford-Upon-Avon wrote
One of my personal goals for the project was to learn as much as I could about the sustainability issue facing us. I did this by participating in all of the projects that were done throughout the semester. The main project that occurred during the semester was the personal sustainability goals that we each set for ourselves. While doing the actions that we pledged to do, we learned different things about sustainability that we never knew before. One of the things that I learned was that, at Clemson, it is hard for students who want to recycle to be able to recycle. There are not the necessary facilities nearby our student housing to place our recyclables. I also learned that some actions that should be done to be sustainable are hard to do in the society that we live in. One of these activities that we do is the needless driving that Americans do in general. Since we live in a moving society, it is sometimes hard to do. An easy thing that everyone can do is to recycle some of his or her wastes. This can be done for most people at little or no extra effort than just throwing your trash away.
Deterrence theory can be outlined as “principles of certainty, severity, and celerity of punishment, proportionality, specific and general deterrence” (Burke, 2009). In order for the punishment to be effective it has to be certain, swift, severe. Certainty is more important than the severity in deterring crime. Deterrence theory confirms that if the punishment contains these three elements people will rationally calculate that there is more to be lost than there is to be gained from crime (Gordon, 2010). Deterrence functions in two ways. General deterrence is the punishment of the offender to be set as an example for others in the society and specific deterrence focuses on repeat offenders to refraining them from the act (Burke, 2009). The purpose of general deterrence is to abstain others considering committing the crime. It was argued that when the certainty, severity, and celerity of criminal sanctions are high in a population, criminal behaviour will be low. Studies suggest that capital punishment has been ineffective, other studies show that more homicides occurred when the death penalty was publicized (Pacotti, 2005). Then a comparative research shows that 5 countries with the highest homicide rate do impose the death penalty average 41.6% murders for every 100, 000 people, whereas the five countries that don’t impose death penalty is 21.6% for every 100, 000 (Gordon, 2010). Deterrence also has little affect on domestic cases, drunk driving, and shoplifting. Deterrence is well said in a theory but in reality ...
Overall, the implementation of NEPA has made it possible for everyone to be informed and participate in the discoveries and changes of the environment we've been blessed with. This has led to multinational concerns and efforts for improving our environment. In September 1992, Canada, Mexico, and the US instituted a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). It promotes joint environmental development and education throughout North America. Alliances such as this restore some faith that our environment matters to us. Not only what it provides us with but also the bounties it provides for animals and birds, trees and open land, fish and plants. They have no tangible voice with two exceptions -- the voice of a mankind that cares and the voice of extinction.
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Shepherd (2004) used monthly murder and execution data that measured deterrence more precisely than the annual data of most capital punishment studies. Results from least squares and negative binomial estimations indicate that capital punishment does deter: each execution results in, on average, three fewer murders (Shepherd, 2004). In addition, capital punishment deters murders previously believed to be undeterrable: crimes of passion and murders by intimates (Shepherd,
Several studies have proved that death penalty is unsuccessful in reducing crime rates. The main goal of capital punishment is to set an example for prospective criminals and to instill the fear that they will meet the same end for their crimes. Capital punishment thus aims at deterring any future crimes. However, it seems to have failed in achieving its objectives. According to statistics published by the Death Penalty Information Center, murder rates in death penalty states are higher than in non-death penalty states. The murder rate in death penalty states in 1990 was 9.5 while it was 9.16 in the non-death penalty state. By 2009, the murder rates in death penalty states came down to 5.26 and to 3.90 in non-death penalty states. Over the years, murder rates have been consistently higher in death-penalty ...
Capital punishment also known as the death penalty has been a potent tool in our country’s criminal justice system since the eighteenth century. There are different methods the system practice the death penalty, like lethal injection, electrocution, lethal gas, hanging and using a firing squad. This punishment is most likely the harshest of all, but it is given with just cause and is likely given to inmates who have committed a numerous amount of murder. Capital punishment is a delicate tool in our country’s justice system, there are many people that agree with it and those who oppose it, but there are reasons why it should remain. Is the capital punishment an effective deterrent? This essay is to inform the readers the effect and the controversy
The discipline of sociology provides a perspective that allows for individuals to expand and dig beyond “common knowledge” and inherit an approach to society that allows an advanced analysis of the root cause of activity in a certain society, opposed to assessing it on an assumption. A beneficial component to sociology is that it can be individually directed to different components of society that all contribute to its overall functioning. Under a sociological perspective we can use an engaged approach that once applied to social issues can improve the functioning of societies on both local and global scales that are considered complex, degrading, or facing considerable amounts of neglect. When we take into consideration the environment and
A group of studies done by a group of Emory University, called the Emory studies, has given four difference works and shown deterrence rates for the country. The first study used 3,054 counties in a span of 19 years (1977-1996) to conclude that both sentences and executions lower homicide rates. (Radelet,Laycock,2009) The second study used monthly murder and execution data from 1977 to 1999 to prove that each sentence led to 4.5 fewer murders and actual execution leading to three fewer murders.(Radelet,Laycock,2009) The third study proved that when the death penalty was banned that murder rates when up in 91% of the states, and when it was reinstated 70% of states homicide rates when back down. In the last report, the Emory group found that deterrence is only prevalent when a state has nine or more executions a year. When there was less than nine the deterrent effect was nonexistent or murder rates actually increased in the response to the executions.(Radelet,Laycock,2009)
The death penalty is a more effective deterrent than life imprisonment. Studies have shown that there is a direct correlation between the use of capital punishment and the future murder rate. According to research done by Roy D. Adler and Michael Summers, professors at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, it was discovered that, “When executions increased, homicides decreased the following year. Conversely when executions leveled off, the murder rate spiked the following year… each execution [in the U.S during 1979-2004] was associated with seventy-four fewer murders the following year.” (J. 33) With this direct correlation it is proven that the death penalty can in fact deter crime because it is proven using sta...