About watching football

Its been 6 years since Dave Duerson, a former National Football Player shot himself so that he could donate his brain to have further study. His goal was to help researchers investigate what had led him to such misery and depression to end his own life. It’s been 5years since Junior Seau, a pro linebacker […]

The safety of football

Why do players put themselves at life threatening risks given the minimal chances of success? The safety of football is one of the most discussed topics in today’s sports world, and many people are starting to believe football shouldn’t be played. What many people do not realize is that with more advancements in the safety, […]

Football Injury Increase

Introduction Attention Getter: You’re watching the football game from the stands. Your team’s star running back rushes up the middle with the ball when, smack, he’s hit head to head and laying on the ground. He tries to get up but stumbles and falls over. The medics take him off the field and he doesn’t […]

The History of American Football

CRACK! You get tackled by a huge man in big bulky pads, the whistle blows and the play ends. You are wearing bulky pads that can weigh around 20 pounds. You’re wondering what this game is. This fast paced game is called American football. American football is a fast-paced contact sport that is played between […]

Effects of Football

Football is by far and away the most popular sport in the United States. However, it has in recent years sparked a dialogue that has been pushed to the forefront by media and films such as Concussion. These concerns are of the brain damage football has been proven to cause to its players known as […]

Foucault Surveillance

Before explaining his background, Foucault was a 20th century philosopher and historian who spent most of his career heavily criticizing the power of the modern bourgeois. This included not only the capital but as well as including its laws, police, prisons and even doctors, anyone who wields power. His main goal was to figure out […]

The History of Government and NSA Surveillance

The NSA (National Security Agency) was founded in 1952 “to protect our nation from foreign governments using global monitoring and data collecting” (Britannica). But more recently the NSA has become more popular on the discussion of whether their work to protect our nation from foreign governments interferes with our privacy. Metadata is “information such as […]

About school surveillance

Angela Davis talks police on schools campuses. I will discuss the possible reasons why the school systems are militarizing their security, for example: school shootings, acts of terrorism or race issues. I also want to discuss if intense security truly insures safety or if it causes another problem. Intense school policing may be a large […]

NSA National Surveillance Agency

To know the NSA is not to love the NSA (Zegart). The National Surveillance Agency (NSA) is responsible for protecting us from terrorist attacks. However, while most citizens only see the surface of what it takes to protect us from terrorist attacks, others see it is far deeper than that. The NSA has secrets, fans, […]

About Covert Surveillance

For countless years, criminal investigators have relied on various types of investigative techniques to solve crimes; one of the most effective investigative techniques is Covert Surveillance. The Covert surveillance is an investigative tool that allows investigators to investigate crimes by interception of data, monitoring, recording of telecommunications or computer network communications, covert monitoring of financial […]