I have been so blessed to be a part of the Saint Thomas Aquinas community. I could not begin to tell you of my many blessings here. However, I am going to share one particular instance with you. From the eyes of a scared little freshman, I remember the when I saw my first STA mass. I was having a pretty bad day, everything seemed to go wrong and I just wanted an out. So I was glad to be going to mass but, like the attitude of most of my peer I thought church... 

Corporal punishment of children is one of the most important conflicts facing our nation today. In some states, school officials are still allowed to use corporal punishment as a means of discipline. However, many states have abolished corporal punishment in schools. Years ago, corporal punishment was widely accepted; now, however, research and psychological issues have contributed to the question whether corporal punishment is actually healthy. Sparta High... 

Canada, federated country of North America, bounded on the north by the Arctic Ocean; on the northeast by Baffin Bay and Davis Strait, which separate it from Greenland; on the east by the Atlantic Ocean; on the south by the United States; and on the west by the Pacific Ocean and Alaska. Canada is the world's second largest country, surpassed in size only by Russia. Canada has a total area of 9,970,610 sq. km (3,849,652 sq. mi), of which 755,180 sq. km (291,575... 

Canada has a population of approximately twenty six million people. With the introduction of the federal government's multiculturalisms program, the social demographic make up of Canada is quite vast, bringing together people from many different nations to join those already living here. Taking the population as a whole into account, it is no secret that historically, certain members of this social order have been denied fair access to employment system. The... 

A lawsuit has been filed by Paula Jones, a clerk for the Arkansas Industrial Development Commission, for sexual harassment by then Governor Clinton. In her lawsuit, Paula Jones states that Clinton told an Arkansas State trooper to escort her to a private hotel room where she claims that she was sexually harassed. There are two sides to this case: Clinton states that he did not do it and that he has never seen this person before. Clinton's lawyers say that forcing... 

We researched the chemical element known as chlorine. Chlorine has an atomic number of 17 and an atomic weight of 35.453. It has a valence number of 3. The element has 3 energy levels. Chlorine exists as a greenish-yellow gas at normal temperatures and pressures. Chlorine is second in reactivity only to fluorine among the halogen elements. Chlorine is a nonmetal. It is estimated that 0.045% of the earth's crust and 1.9% of sea water are chlorine. Chlorine combines... 

My element was Thallium. It is atomic number 81. It has 81 protons and electrons and 123 neutrons. Thallium has a mass of 204.3833 atomic mass units. Its symbol is Tl. It resides in Group IIIA of the periodic table. That is the aluminum family. Thallium has a bluish color after exposure to the air. Thallium was discovered in 1861 by a British chemist and physicist. His name was Sir William Crookes. He discovered it spectroscopically in England. He isolated...