The College Plague Epidemic

In Frank Bruni’s article “The Real Campus Scourge,” the main argument that many college freshmen are extremely lonely at the start of their college careers is supported by numerous testimonials and statistics, which add to the credibility of the argument and ultimately make the argument very believable.

In August of last year, an adult in Pueblo County, Colorado succumbed to the bubonic plague. The Health Department did not specify who it was, just saying that it was an adult. This was the first case of someone contracting the plague in Pueblo County since 2004. It is thought that the person caught the disease from fleas on a dead animal. According to the CDC, about seven people every year contract the plague in the United States.

College is the next stepping stone to better or advance ones social standing in life, whether it is moving from a blue collar lifestyle to white collar, or to continue to further their career path. However, it comes with an “unavoidable result.” Alfred Lubrano discusses this “unavoidable result” in his text “The Shock of Education: How College Corrupts.” Lubrano discusses the topic of how furthering ones education opens more possibilities but at the same time distances those held most dearly. He explains that the more knowledge gained, the bigger the gap caused between friends and family due to differences in levels of knowledge. That distance is greatly increase if one comes from a poorer region where blue collar workers are the social

While reading An American Plague, I noticed an interesting detail that so many people were dying at the beginning of the fever according to Murphy (2003) “ On wednesday twelve more died; thirteen died on Thursday. Others besides the doctors were beginning to notice the illness. “ . I wonder if there was or is any way of preventing the fever from happening . According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) it states that you should beware of mosquitoes peaking hours from dusk to dawn . Also it states to use insect repellent with picaridin, IR3535, or oil of lemon eucalyptus on exposed skin . Also there is a vaccination from it , but the (CDC) recommends not getting that vaccination only if you are going where risk of the yellow

The plague, otherwise known as “the Black Death”, brought on much turmoil and suffering for the habitants of Pistoia. Numerous ordinances were put into effect with the primary goal of limiting the spread of the plague as well as to keep the city as healthy as possible. These ordinances typically focused on confinement, i.e. no one goes to Pisa and Luca and no one from Pisa and Luca is allowed to enter Pistoia (ordinance 1), how death and burials are to be processed (ordinances 3-12), and how butchers were to handle their animals and animal carcasses (ordinances 13-19). Essentially, confinement was targeted in hopes of stopping the spread of the infection while keeping the city isolated. Secondly, how the bodies of plague victims and their

“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of those depths.” I plan to compare the essays “Homeless on Campus” by Eleanor J. Bader and “Defying the Odds: Victor Cruz” by Bill Pennington. The essay “Homeless on Campus” conveys the message that anything can be done through hard work even when the odds are against you. The essays are about a 20 year old college student Aesha who went from living with her parents and her boyfriend until she and her child moved out to protect to her child from his abusive father. She lived in housing units and on the streets while being a single mother and raising a child and shows that any obstacles can be overcome with dedication. The story of Victor Cruz is quite different and has a different obstacle to overcome. Victor Cruz grew up in Paterson, New Jersey, growing up in a harsh neighborhood with gangs, drugs, and murder everywhere. The essays “Homeless on Campus” and Defying the Odds: Victor Cruz” are similar and different as they use connotative diction, pathos, and experience to convey the message of overcoming struggle.

This to me can be summed up in one word: sad. It’s truly saddening to me that we’ve become this way. Where everything is taken to the most extreme levels and assumed to be hate speech or that it of course must be meant in the worst possible way. There are of course times where people do take things too far and mean them in the worst of ways. Although, that is not what this is about. This is about the destruction of free speech to the extent of teaching people to might as well not have “free thinking.” We might as well go around apologizing to one another for the things we thought or even almost thought. Not to mention if we almost, or almost though about, them being said? Wouldn’t that be

25-50 million people. That is the amount of casualties caused by the Black Death, it was brought to Europe in the 1340’s by ships returning from the eastern side of the world. However, most of the men on the ships were already dead or nearly dead, sick with the terrible virus. Although the Black Death is very lethal and difficult to survive, they have now found ways to prevent the virus from infecting anyone else.

Introduction: Over time we come to realize a lot of things we have to live life with right under our nose and right at our door step. one of the worst and on going things we have to deal with are Viruses. there are a wide range of different types of viruses, from ones that can kill you ,to ones that we don't even know we have, some are contagious , and some are not, and also the dreaded air borne viruses. One virus that is not commonly mentioned is Valley Fever.

However, there are some other places on campus where the Seven Deadly Sins are occurring. These sins are instigated in the gym and as well in and at sporting events. The physical education building is where countless hours of working out and showing off take place. For some it is not only for personal gain and strength, but for pride of being the healthiest or the one that is the strongest and can lift more weight than others around him this type of pride sometimes can lead to using illegal stimulants like steroids at the risk of death to enhance above others. Then there is rivalry in sports such as football where players are categorized from the best to the least. The athletes are regarded as first string, second string and third string.

Sickness times a thousand equals the Black Death. In our world, many disasters have occurred, causing terrible damage emotionally, physically, and mentally. However, I believe that the Black Death is the worst disaster to have occurred throughout our world’s history. It all started in 1348, when trading ships from different countries around Europe settled at the port of Messina, Sicily. Once the ship dropped their anchor many of their sailors were found dead, and the few surviving carried with them the deadly disease so dangerous that it would quickly lead to death. Scientists researched and concluded that the disease started from Central Asia (Mongolia), when fleas on rats boarded the many ships from Europe. The fleas got on the sailors’ skin and started killing them instantly. However, many thought that the disease had originated from the Far East and was spread along many major trade routes. When the people of Sicily finally started finding out what was causing the death, they closed their port and trading system with other countries. (Wikipedia) The ships were forced to anchor somewhere else in other countries, which allowed the disease to spread even more quickly. I believe that the Black Plague was a disastrous event that affected all aspects and the future of European and Central Asian society, their political and economic environment, and their future advancement to medicine.

The American Plague, Molly Caldwell Crosby’s nonfiction novel, accounts the journey of yellow fever from an African virus to the remarkably deadly epidemic that shaped American history in an often overlooked way. Crosby’s novel aims to give insight to the historical impact of yellow fever in the Americas, especially the United States. The novel guides through the history of the titular “American Plague”, yellow fever, in three main parts: its height epidemic in the United States, specifically in Memphis, the Commission to find the cause and vaccine for it, in Cuba, and the effects and presence the epidemic has in the present.

Before the "Black Plague" of America the natives had a very different lifestyle. The native population was much more massive with number in the millions, but then these number dropped as a majority of them died from diseases and wars. Many people have a stereotypical view of the people of the "New world." The warped perspective many non-native people share is that the "Indians" are savage barbarians who roam the landmass known as North America. However, most of the natives had families which they went to great lengths to feed, clothe, and shelter. Additionally many people group all the indigenous tribes into one general category labeled "Indians." But the truth could not be more contrasting, they all live in extremely diverse ecosystems that they all adapt to in different ways .Their entire culture was based off of their local milieu. Two interesting tribes in specific are the Cheyenne and the Powhatan.

In two years between 1918 and 1919, A pandemic of influenza swept mercilessly over the planet, killing millions which stood in its path. Miraculously, the exact origin of the pandemic is unclear. What is exceedingly clear, however, is that often the actions of man aided in the spread of the virus, whether due to inadvertent endangerment, close quarters, religious principles, or failure to recognize the true threat that influenza posed.

Parents often struggle to find a balance between allowing their children to become self-reliant, while still supervising them. Most of the time kids end up either way protecting their child far too much or allow them to just run around freely doing whatever they please. These two opposite ends of the spectrum can both lead to destruction. Focusing more from a college standpoint when kids come into college after living in a sheltered home everything is new to them and it all comes crashing down at once, creating tremendous amounts of stress and anxiety. On the opposite end of the spectrum allowing children to do whatever they please can create an unruly individual that might not even make it to college. In the case of JBU most students come