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blog entry 3, thats so hot right now

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 I’m always on the lookout for new trends on campus and I have discovered the trend of pushing bags. So a few days ago I was walking around campus and I heard the sound of wheels, I turned around and noticed people carrying these huge bags that almost look like suitcases, and I was wondering how someone could carry such a huge bag to campus, I mean the bags have wheels but at some point you are going to have to lift it. This trend originated from lawyers. The pushing bags were initially carried by lawyers because the bag comes with various pockets and helped them organize their files neatly and mostly because sometimes they had to carry a lot of files and they would not fit into your normal handbag or briefcase. Students here at UFS have now adopted this trend, but the irony is that the bags are not carried by law students but by students who are doing their honours, the trend has even been dubbed the “ I’m doing honours starter pack”. I spoke to an honours student name...

blog entry 2

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During fees must fall students painted the trees with names of African political leaders they felt needed to be recognised in the campus buildings” Nkrumah” was the one that caught my attention.  Dr. Kwame Nkrumah (conceived Francis Nwia-Kofi Ngonloma, September 21,1909 – April 27, 1972) was an African political leader. He was outstanding as the main Prime Minister, then President, of Ghana. On March 6, 1957, following ten years of battling for Ghanaian independence, Nkrumah was chosen President and Ghana gained freedom from Britishrule. Nkrumah was conceived Francis Nwia-Kofi Ngonloma in Nkroful, a town in Gold Coast (the British province that was to end up Ghana) to Kofi Ngonloma, a goldsmith, and Elizabeth Nyaniba, a businesswoman, who he saw as an awesome motivation. He went to Elementary School at Half Assini where his dad filled in as agoldsmith. He additionally changed his name to "Kwame". Nkrumah came back to the Gold Coast and established the Convention People...

blog entry human rights day

Every year on the 21 st of March in South Africa we celebrate Human rights day, now any average person knows what their rights are, but are we actually aware what these rights entail and that they go hand in hand with responsibilities as well. So today I’m going to discuss two rights that are important to me and discuss how one can exercise their rights without infringing other people’s right. The first right is the right to Freedom of expression which basically means, everyone has the right to freedom of expression, which includes— freedom of the press and other media; freedom to receive or impart information or ideas; freedom of artistic creativity; and academic freedom and freedom of scientific research.  The right in subsection does not extend to— propaganda for war; or advocacy of hatred that is based on race, ethnicity, gender or religion, and that constitutes incitement to cause harm( chapter 2, bill of rights). The reason why I chose to talk about this right is because it...