Dear Reader, This was definitely a hard paper for me to write, but I hope my passions could show through in my writing. I decided to research the topic of sexual education because I find it interesting, and I went to a school where we …

In early 1998, Andrew Wakefield, a British medical researcher and gastroenterologist, published what might have been one of the most controversial papers at the time. In this paper, Wakefield made the infamous claim that the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine was linked to autism, …

Most Americans don’t think twice about their citizenship. But for the roughly 11 million undocumented immigrants currently living in the United States, citizenship means an end to the fear of deportation, an end to the fear of broken families, and an end to poverty (“Profile”). …

Western society has always held women to unbelievable standards, portraying them with supermodel qualities such as a flat stomach, perfect hair, piercing eyes, radiant skin, and, of course, large breasts. In addition, our society also has the mindset that women are weak and vulnerable, incapable …

  Writer’s Reflection: In writing Inquiry III, I imagined that I was writing to the President of the United States, Barack Obama. I imagined I was writing this letter about gun control and gun rights to him because he’s the leader of our country, and …

Conflicts and wars with terrorists somehow seem to always be in the news. Terrorist groups, such as Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, always seem to be causing exactly what their name implies: terror. The terror of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria reaches billions …

Modern technology is a magic miracle that brings unprecedented and revolutionary changes into our society everyday. Recently, with the rapid development of internet, it has helped people an easy access to acquire all kinds of information. Since internet has penetrated into almost every corner of …

Respected ISSS leaders: The primary purpose of writing this letter is to promote a proposal which addresses the racism issue on the MU campus. It has been motivated by the fact that, based on the result of my on-campus social justice survey, racism still exists …

Writer’s Reflection  The exercise of fully developing my Inquiry Three and Inquiry Four assignments was a time-consuming process that challenged both my thinking and writing skills. The concept of specificity was stressed throughout the entire process for both assignments. I would think, even when I …

Writer’s Reflection I am an exchange student and I receive a scholarship from my home country government. This scholarship requires me to work in an American company over the summer. In order to find an internship I used all the resources available, such as internet, …

Writer’s Reflection I wrote this piece to convince President Hodge that the underage drinking policy at Miami is not effective, and serious changes need to be made in order to keep our campus safe. I opted to address the letter to President Hodge because I …