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Addiction to prescription drugs

Alcohol addiction and drunk driving

Beauty is painful (unnecessary plastic surgery)

Celebrity idolatry

College education should include free tuition

Disadvantages of social media use

Education practices need to be changed

Internet neutrality

Rape culture and victim blaming

Responding to sexual harassment and abuse

Mental illness among college students

Minimum wages should not be increased

Self Awareness/perfectionism

Sexual harassment at UAB

Social media, slavery to; is awareness all that is raised?

Vindictive protectiveness

Summer 2015

Citizens should be able to contest traffic fines

College students’ abuse of alcohol and other drugs

Dads should get paid family leave!

Domestic violence against men in the United States

Homelessness among college students

Insurance companies should pay for treatments for autism

Media: more interested in ratings than reporting; the “news” is not news; or ,

Is there no moral scale for news reporting by media?

Internet Addiction

Prescription drug abuse and what can be done about it

Technology is misused by teens and young adults

The Patriot Act—good or bad for citizens?

The minimum wage should be raised!

Unrealistic Food Stamp guidelines in the State of Alabama

Change Project Topics English 102 students have used in previous semesters:

“Beauty” Hurts - the double standard is alive and well

Concert tickets cost too much

Dishonesty in the food industry—treatment of animals, quality of food decreasing

Disparities between treatment of Girls’ Basketball Team and Men’s Basketball at UAB

Education/need for motivated teachers, new methods

What’s Wrong in Education?

Football (or any other sport) is taken too seriously by fans

Freshmen are too young to choose a career in first year of college

Fossil fuels are bad sources of energy

Government is not to be trusted

Greed; lack of humanitarianism and concern for others’ welfare

Gun control (against)

Help for children of substance abusers/help poor children worldwide

Media interviews distract fans if done while games are ongoing

Media: more interested in ratings than reporting; the “news” is not news

Noise while people are trying to read; where is common courtesy these days?

Parking problems at UAB (2)

Parents pressure students to choose a career too soon (or choose for them)

Personal hygiene very important in a group setting (such as a classroom)

Pharmacists, not robots, are needed in communities

Representation of women in media is degrading to women and perhaps detrimental (2)

Sex education is needed for young people

Societal pressure diminishes women’s potential for independence

Too many laws are affecting every human pursuit

U.S. does not pay teachers enough compared to other professions

Modern Day Bullying

Children should receive vaccines against communicable diseases

Childhood Immunizations May Cause More Harm than Good

Disadvantages of the Affordable Care Act

Disparities in media messages toward childhood/adolescent obesity

Does College Diversity include Interracial Dating?

Food/Dining/Health/Obesity

Getting the right amount of sleep is very important to success-Chandler Stroup

Gun control (for) Morgan Martin

Gun control (against) Chandler Rockett

Harsher punishment for animal abusers

India needs to solve its trash problem

Lack of sufficient parking space at UAB (2)

Out-of-State tuition is too high for UAB students from other states

School calendar unfair to South American students

Stem Cell Research Must be continued

The case for a State lottery

Too much testing in our schools!