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    purposes, will not long stand the test of the law” (Schooled-The Price of College Sports). So why has it? This controversial issue on whether college athletes should be compensated or not has been debated for years, but still has not been resolved. Although the highly disputed debate on whether to pay college athletes or not is very intricate, evidence clearly shows they should be further compensated. Some believe college athletes should not be paid for their efforts in athletics. Currently, the athletes

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    expensive. Public education is supposed to be offered free. Who would not want to be well educated for free? Of course there is always the option to take out a loan, but they typically take years to pay off. No one wants to be in debt. Only 30% of Americans who start college or university in this day end up graduating. This makes college seem like a giant waste of time and money. The biggest reason that students drop out of college or any high end level of education early is because the

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    right per our first amendment in the constitution. It is not only protected by the constitution, but also inevitable in any democracy and freedom. Truth will exist only if there is an open exchange in ideas. Another reason why freedom of speech should be held as the highest virtue. The first amendment of our constitution states “Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech or the press or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and to petition the government for the redress

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    Should college athletes have the right to get paid? The debate has been going on for a while, even more so in the past few years. Many different sports experts and reporters have put in their opinion and there are many different ideas out there. There are numerous ideas of why or why not, and countless different ways that have been suggested. A lot of big name school such as University of Miami and University of Ohio to name a few have been in the news lately for all the discipline they have been

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    In college divisions sports, athletes receive scholarships and academic grants. Instead of getting money athletes receive scholarships to help pay for their education. Many college athletes don’t receive scholarships and things of that nature but, they shouldn’t be payed to play sports, because students go to college to receive an education and most athletes receive scholarships that offer free tuition, free room and board, and they also receive other stipends to help toward books and other basic

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    Will Free Colleges solve the Student Debt Crisis? Every American student has a dream to go to college and to be debt-free. Due to the upcoming presidential elections, candidate Senator Bernie Sanders wants to introduce a bill that would cover the tuition costs for students who attend two and four-year institution. This question makes many Americans wonder, will free public colleges solve the student debt crisis. Although free tuition would help stop the fast-paced growth of the Student Debt Crisis

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    electoral college was first made, it was partly made to give smaller states an extra power. The electoral college was also made to protect the citizens from tyrannical government and majority. However, I believe that today the electoral college is "outlived" and undemocratic. Today, smaller states with little people have more power. While bigger states with the majority of the population have a smaller voice in the presidential election. I truly believe that the electoral college should be eliminated

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    never been done before in the history of college sports. Many scholarship players voted on whether the team should unionize. These same players believe that they should be compensated for their play on the athletic field. Many collegiate sports fans also believe that collegiate athletes from around the country should be compensated for playing sports; however, paying college athletes would cause multiple problems in college athletics. College athletes should not be paid because schools do not have

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    The costs of a decent college education have risen significantly over the past 50 years and continue to climb at a rate that stands a threat to the future of college education. The most recent presidential election brought about a new round of discussion over the possibility of free state college tuition. President Barack Obama first mentioned the idea in 2015 and conflicting opinions have arisen surrounding the topic ever since. Many people think that free state college education would enable more

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    As of 2017, more than 44 million Americans and 82 percent of college graduates are in debt because of student loans. These loans are made to help these people pay for college that are financially unable to pay for it themselves for whatever reason. The total amount of student loan debt racks up to a total of 1.3 trillion dollars and as of last year became the largest leading form of national debt outranking credit card debt and auto loans. As Bernie Sanders said during a press conference “let us

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