Presentation on Drinking

Today’s presentations was very good. The group talked about a topic that is very serious and something that is plaguing many teens in colleges all over the country. Underage drinking and binge drinking. The cover many of the bad side effects that come with drinking. Many of the numbers shown in the presentations were very shocking. The numbers showed a trend that is not looking good and is something that needs to get better to save more lives. Throughout the presentation they also explained why it is better to just wait until you turn 21 to drink alcohol. 21 years of age is the minimum drinking age in all states I across the country I believe. The age limit does not stop many teens from drinking and it is something that is causing problems for many teens too. The drinking is leading to many negative outcomes like poor behavior in school. Many teens that start drinking early become alcoholics and learned to depend on alcohol. Depending on alcohol is not good and is something that lands people in rehab over and over again. Throughout the presentation the group really focused on drinking on college campuses and why we shouldn’t do it. People that drink are the ones that are failing there classes and not able to function right during the week while in school. These people of the ones who subsequently end up dropping out of college and becoming dependent upon alcohol and may venture on to other type of controlled substances.

African American Burial Ground

The trip to the African American burial ground in New York is one trip that I will never forgot. Before actually arriving in New York I was very tired and thought the day was going to be a waste. I didn’t really understand why we were going and the what we were actually going to see. The 6 hour drive was defiantly worth it. I left very satisfied with what I was able to see and the knowledge gained from the trip. The museum it self is something I feel all people from around the world should go see. The museum tells and untold story about the way many of the African Americans in American had to live and the way they were brutally treated in the end. I think that it is very good that the area where they were buried was preserved and left alone. While we were there we went into their theatre and watched a short clip telling the story of how the African American Burial ground came about. The story was very interesting and it was very good seeing all the African Americans coming together and marching the streets of New York in protest to keep the area preserved. One thing that also caught my attention was the role that Howard Universities biology department played in preserving the space. I was very proud to know that I went to the school that played such a huge roll in persevering the space and making sure the right moves were made.

Alcoholism Project

The project o falcoholism on campus truely struck me and had me interested in the subject. The fact that alcohol is so prevelent on college campuses is alarming. The numbers presented to us is striking. the number of college student s drinking has soared since the time my parents went to collegge and alcoholism is huge on college campuses. Alcoholism on campus results in to failing classes in college, and more commonly it leads to depression. And depression leads to suicide. The presentation was veryu well done and informed me of the dangers of alcoholism and taught me the very important lesson that is, never drink until your 21 and never drink and drive and finally don abuse alcohol. in the end life is not about the abuse of alcohol it is about fulfilling dreams and other important ideas.

Christian Nestor

Dr. Williams

Dr. williams is a truely inspirationakl speaker she has the amazing ability to demand a large audience's attention by just speaking. She needs not to yell or to even raise her voice she uses rhetoric to command the attention of her audience. In freshman seminar she talked about the setting goals for ourself and more specifically, stating what our main goal is in our research projects. we also learned about the six basic components if research were. Component number one was identify the problem. Component number two is identify your current state of research, that is how much do you actually know about ur subject. component number three refers to the methodology of the research paper that is how it is we will go about researching our subject and comming up with an answer to our proposed qwuestion. component number four is the frame work of the research you will find, that is how will you organizeyour paper. Component number five is developement of your thesis. the thesis sumzs up the arguement of the paper. it sets the tone of the p[aper and prepares the reader for what he or she is about to read. and finally component six is the conclusion of the research, restating the full arguements and reminding the reader of wjhat you said in your research paper.

Christian NEtsor

African Burial Ground

It all started on an early saturday morning we I woke up at 5 o'clock in the morning to get ready to go on the bus to the african baraial ground with the freshman seminar group. I slept all throughout the bus ride but we arrived in Manhattan, NY around 10 A.M. We started off by Dr. Carr doing the Opening ceremony along with the help of our toor guide. As we looked at the monument I looked in amazement at how detailed the inscriptions on the stues. They were inscriptions from the ancient african civilizations, and some were even from the island country of Haiti. After the getting instruction about the Monument we moved on into the actual museum. Inside the museum we saw a truely uplifting and informative movie about the importance of burying the dead in african culture. After that we went to the bromnx and split up into groups. While in the bronx myself and a group of friends travl;ed to the historic basketball park named rucker park. Some of the best basketball players who have ever playe dthe game played at rucker park, for example Karim Abdul-Jabbar, LeBron James, Ron Artest, Michael Jordan, and many other basketball greats. We left the bronx at around 630 pm and saw a movie on the bus that was very scary. And we arrived back at drew at 1 o'clock in the morning. Upon retrospect I believe that the exp[ierience of visititng the african burial ground has made me a stronger individual and made me a more informed african American and I thank Dr. Carr for bringing me to learn to explore my roots

Christian Nestor