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United States Governmental Websites Review of Sociological Issues - "This is a website created by Professor Hanson at Potsdam University in New York for Potsdam College. The web page is supported by Professor Hanson as well as Potsdam University. The website on Alcohol and Health is designed to address issues of alcohol consumption in the general population as it relates to health. Professor Hanson provides numerous statistics to support his points made and also incorporates personal points of view, making it clear that this web site should not be used for medical reference. The information is used to offer students, as well as the general public information to benefit their personal lifestyles. This data is presented by Professor Hanson at the Sociology Department of Potsdam, New York. Professor Hanson has done much research on this topic and has provided many helpful as well as stunning statistics! "

Japanese Americans - A 5 PAGE 8 RESOURCE PAPER! Written in interest of the persecution that Japanese Americans undergo and have undergone in the past. This paper focusses on the idea of being able to sustain culture and strength through persecutory times. - "The Japanese Americans have maintained loyalty to the United States throughout the history of there immigration beginning in 1843 (Leathers, 6). Over the years, they have persevered through the trials and tribulations of discrimination and prejudice. The white community often discriminated them because of the misunderstanding of their language and culture. They overcame this obstacle, and became productive citizens of the United States of America. The immigration of the Japanese into the United States was first recorded in 1843. Because of the strong currents and winds, sea traders and fishing fleets from many nations learned to exploit these winds and currents to travel from East Asia toward North America. Japanese seafarers were among this group. "

Anthropology - A 5 page paper with 3 resources written on the general field of anthropology! A well written insightful paper. - "Anthropology may be dissected into four main perspectives, firstly physical or biological anthropology, which is an area of study concerned with human evolution and human adaptation. Its main components are human paleontology, the study of our fossil records, and human genetics, which examines the ways in which human beings differ from each other. Also adopted are aspects of human ecology, ethnology, demography, nutrition, and environmental physiology."

Fraternities and society - A 5 page paper with 4 resources, discussing the issue of fraternities and society and the impressions we hold of them. - "A fraternity, as defined by the The American Heritage Dictionary is "a chiefly social organization of male college students, usually designated by Greek letters."(pg. 523) This definition, however, is very limited and leaves plenty of space for short sighted people to believe the stereotype conveyed by the popular media, where fraternity members are depicted as drunks who accomplish nothing either scholastically or socially. "

Gender Roles in History - A 4 page single resource paper written on the history of gender roles in society and how they have changed throughout time. - "Throughout history and in all cultures the roles of males and females vary. Relating to the piece of literature "Girl" written by Jamaica Kincaid for the time, when women's roles were to work in the home. By examining gender roles, then one may better understand how women and men interact and how better to build relationships at home and in the world of business. At the time that this work was written, women mainly stayed at home and did housework while few of the very poorest households required the woman to work in an industrial job."