A recent poll asking 598 adults in North Carolina if children with AIDS should be allowed to attend school with other children showed that 64 percent believe they should be allowed to attend school, 23 percent say they should not, and 13 percent have no opinion.
The poll was sponsored by the School of Journalism and the Institute for Research in Social Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Of the adults with a college education, 68 percent said they would allow it, while 54 percent of adults without a high school diploma said they would allow it.
Kathy Kerr, a health educator with the AIDS Control Program of the North Carolina Division of Health Services said it is encouraging that more than half of the adults said they would allow children with AIDS to attend classes with other children. “I think a few years ago in this epidemic there was a lot more AIDS hysteria and probably a lot more people said they wouldn’t let AIDS children attend school with other children,” she said.
“More and more people are recognizing that AIDS is not transmitted casually,” Kerr said. “You certainly don’t get AIDS by sitting next to someone in class.”
The margin of error in this poll is 4 percentage points, meaning that in 19 of 20 samples, the results would vary by no more than 4 percent from what would have been obtained if every telephone in North Carolina had been dialed.
Telephone numbers dialed were chosen by a random computer process by KPC Research, which is the market research arm of Knight Publishing Co., in Charlotte.
Friday, March 30, 2007
Monday, March 26, 2007
Internet Background Information Research Assignment
1) Bellevue, WA, population of 118,496. There were more property crimes than any other type in 2005, followed by larceny theft. Both of these crimes were in the thousands. The next most occuring were burglary and motor vehicle theft, at 295 and 308. There was only 1 murder all year in Bellevue, and there were 87 violent crimes overall for 2005.
2) - In 2006, Troy Kelley was the house candidate who received the most political donations ($237,299). Christopher Marr was the senate candidate who received the most political donations ($420,201).
- Troy Kelley donated the largest amount of money to himself, with a total of $69,811 contributed.
-For Christopher Marr, the largest contribuation came from The Senate Democratic Campaign Committee for $43,000.
-The most generous anti-gun control contributor in Washington State was the Gun Owners Action League of Washington with a $3,400 donation. 100% of this money went to a Third Party, with 0% going towards the democratic or republican parties.
-The largest insurance industry donator in the U.S. in 2006 was Carl H. Lindner, employed by American Financial in Ohio for a total of $1,760,000. Lindner donated $1,260,000 to the Republican party (71.59% of total donation), and $500,000 to Ballot Measures (28.41%).
-The largest beer/wine industry donator in the U.S. in 2006 was BG Distribuation Partners for $845,250. The candidate receiving the most money was Rick Perry of the Republican Party in Texas for $50,000.
-The largest casino/gambling industry donator in the U.S. in 2006 was from the Ohio Legacy Fund for $3,518,118. The initiative that they spent money on was "Vote Yes On Issuye 3."
3) I searched my friend Michael Rojko, because his name was uncommon enough I believe to not come up with 50 different people by that name. I found on google that he played soccer in high school back in 2001 and made the local newspaper. I also found that he received the "Polish Women's Alliance of America" scholarship for the school year 2006-2007 at the University of South Florida.
2) - In 2006, Troy Kelley was the house candidate who received the most political donations ($237,299). Christopher Marr was the senate candidate who received the most political donations ($420,201).
- Troy Kelley donated the largest amount of money to himself, with a total of $69,811 contributed.
-For Christopher Marr, the largest contribuation came from The Senate Democratic Campaign Committee for $43,000.
-The most generous anti-gun control contributor in Washington State was the Gun Owners Action League of Washington with a $3,400 donation. 100% of this money went to a Third Party, with 0% going towards the democratic or republican parties.
-The largest insurance industry donator in the U.S. in 2006 was Carl H. Lindner, employed by American Financial in Ohio for a total of $1,760,000. Lindner donated $1,260,000 to the Republican party (71.59% of total donation), and $500,000 to Ballot Measures (28.41%).
-The largest beer/wine industry donator in the U.S. in 2006 was BG Distribuation Partners for $845,250. The candidate receiving the most money was Rick Perry of the Republican Party in Texas for $50,000.
-The largest casino/gambling industry donator in the U.S. in 2006 was from the Ohio Legacy Fund for $3,518,118. The initiative that they spent money on was "Vote Yes On Issuye 3."
3) I searched my friend Michael Rojko, because his name was uncommon enough I believe to not come up with 50 different people by that name. I found on google that he played soccer in high school back in 2001 and made the local newspaper. I also found that he received the "Polish Women's Alliance of America" scholarship for the school year 2006-2007 at the University of South Florida.
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Feature Story
For Sgt. Raymond P. Straight, the U.S. Army has given him a great career that will end with retirement in two months. He is proud to have made his final duty station Washington State University. He has not only made an impact as a faculty member of WSU, but also as a trainer of hundreds of future U.S. Army officers.
For Straight, a native of Alaska, coming to WSU was not something he had planned on doing. “I was actually pretty skeptical about the Army sending me here at first,” Straight said. “As an enlisted member of the Army, they gave me three options, and I basically had to agree with one of them or retire.”
One of his options was to be an ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corps) instructor at WSU. Not wanting to retire yet, Straight considered the positive aspects of the job. He would be able to network with other soldiers yet also interact with civilians, and being an ROTC instructor “looks pretty good on your civilian resume”, Straight said.
Straight said being an ROTC instructor at WSU has been very rewarding. “It’s great to see young individuals go from being self-absorbed to being a public servant in our Army,” Straight said. “It’s great to know that I am actually molding tomorrow’s Army.”
Elizabeth C. Straight, Straight’s daughter, is happy with his decision to move to WSU from Alaska. She said her dad used to invite her to WSU Army ROTC events when she was still in high school, which got her to want to join the Army. Because of her interest in the program, Elizabeth was rewarded a full ROTC scholarship to WSU after high school.
If not for her fathers influence in WSU ROTC, she would not have received the scholarship and wouldn’t have gone to college immediately due to financial reasons, she said. “I was going to work and save up for college and then attend, but opportunity came first and I'm thankful,” she said.
As for Raymond Straight’s influence on other cadets, he has been a great example and mentor for future officers, ROTC cadet Taihei Hongo said. “From my physical fitness scores to my academic scores, they have all improved because of Sgt. Straight,” he said. “I’m confident he has prepared me to be a valuable asset to the U.S. Army.”
Cadets will be sad to see him leave next year, Hongo said. “He’s a great instructor, and it’s too bad future cadets won’t get to have him for ROTC,” he said.
As for his daughter Elizabeth, she is happy with the impact her father’s decisions have had on her future. “All this good came out of one move and I wouldn't want to change anything for the world,” she said.
For retirement, Raymond Straight had planned to go home to Alaska, but says WSU has grown on him.
“If I can get a job here, maybe I’ll stick around,” he said. “This experience at WSU has turned out pretty well.”
For Straight, a native of Alaska, coming to WSU was not something he had planned on doing. “I was actually pretty skeptical about the Army sending me here at first,” Straight said. “As an enlisted member of the Army, they gave me three options, and I basically had to agree with one of them or retire.”
One of his options was to be an ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corps) instructor at WSU. Not wanting to retire yet, Straight considered the positive aspects of the job. He would be able to network with other soldiers yet also interact with civilians, and being an ROTC instructor “looks pretty good on your civilian resume”, Straight said.
Straight said being an ROTC instructor at WSU has been very rewarding. “It’s great to see young individuals go from being self-absorbed to being a public servant in our Army,” Straight said. “It’s great to know that I am actually molding tomorrow’s Army.”
Elizabeth C. Straight, Straight’s daughter, is happy with his decision to move to WSU from Alaska. She said her dad used to invite her to WSU Army ROTC events when she was still in high school, which got her to want to join the Army. Because of her interest in the program, Elizabeth was rewarded a full ROTC scholarship to WSU after high school.
If not for her fathers influence in WSU ROTC, she would not have received the scholarship and wouldn’t have gone to college immediately due to financial reasons, she said. “I was going to work and save up for college and then attend, but opportunity came first and I'm thankful,” she said.
As for Raymond Straight’s influence on other cadets, he has been a great example and mentor for future officers, ROTC cadet Taihei Hongo said. “From my physical fitness scores to my academic scores, they have all improved because of Sgt. Straight,” he said. “I’m confident he has prepared me to be a valuable asset to the U.S. Army.”
Cadets will be sad to see him leave next year, Hongo said. “He’s a great instructor, and it’s too bad future cadets won’t get to have him for ROTC,” he said.
As for his daughter Elizabeth, she is happy with the impact her father’s decisions have had on her future. “All this good came out of one move and I wouldn't want to change anything for the world,” she said.
For retirement, Raymond Straight had planned to go home to Alaska, but says WSU has grown on him.
“If I can get a job here, maybe I’ll stick around,” he said. “This experience at WSU has turned out pretty well.”
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