Write and send formal letters about your position regarding the problem to four of the folloing individuals best suited to change the problem… Later blog the responses that you get. How is African American criticism a useful tool to Bible scholars?

The 4 individuals that I will be writing letters to are the Governor of Louisiana Kathleen Blanco (or shall I say Bobby Jindal since her time in office is almost up?), the mayor of New Orleans Ray Nagin, the dean of Academic Affairs at Xavier University Dean Joseph K. Byrd, and to the Health Office at Xavier. I think that these 4 people are well suited to be the readers of my letters because their decisions are what affects us students at Xavier everyday. They can make a difference in how we live our lives from day to day, and although in the end it is our decision to put a bottle or glass of alcohol up to our lips and drink, thet can change that by closely monitoring and mentoring us to do the right thing through incentives and alternative ways.

Attn: Constituent Services
P.O. Box 94004
Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9004

Dear Governor Blanco,
I am a twenty year-old college student who is currently attending Xavier University of Louisiana. Although many students who attend Xavier are from the Louisiana area, I am one of the few who are from out of state. Before attending Xavier, I had never been to Louisiana, nor did I know about New Orlean’s rich culture and even deeper history. Since Fall 2005, I have been a student at Xavier and while attending, I have been to parties, nightclubs, and even to the infamous Bourbon Street. Who knew that this the city of New Orleans was such a party city? While going to these different events throughout the school year, I began noticing more and more that people of age and many that were underage were drinking heavily and drinking well past their alcohol intake levels. Most of the time, the people that I saw drinking had been involved in some kind of drinking bet, beer pong, and sometimes downright peer pressure! During the parties, I would always see these people look like they were having the time of there lives, acting a fool, laughing, and dancing. But soon after the party died down and people were leaving, I would see the same people in drunken stupors passed out, vomiting, or urinating in public. What was worse is that some people even had the audacity to get into their cars and drive home drunk, not realizing that they were putting other people’s lives in danger as well as their own lives.
After that I thought over and over again about these things and decided to come up with a plan for the students of my school to stop alcohol abuse as well as drunk driving. I started out by drawing out a life size model of the body to show the effects of alcohol on a person’s body, and I then made pledge cards for individuals who were willing to stop drinking recklessly and to stop drunk driving. So far, I have had a good response to my project and it shows that sometimes a little good peer pressure is all a person needs. Now that I have the school involved, I would like to get other colleges in the New Orleans area and eventually the state of Louisiana involved as well. My goal is to one day reach Tulane University, Loyola University, Dillard University, SUNO, and UNO. I am asking you Governor Blanco to join me in this fight against alcohol abuse and drunk driving in the college community so that we can both achieve the goal of bettering the society that we live in and call home. New Orleans is my home away from home and it is my goal to see that change is implemented across all grounds.

Sincerely,

Kirstin Coleman

Mayor C Ray. Nagin
New Orleans City Hall
1300 Perdido Street
New Orleans, LA 70112
City Hall Operator (504) 658-4000

Dear Mayor Ragin,
I am a twenty year-old college student who is currently attending Xavier University of Louisiana. Although many students who attend Xavier are from the Louisiana area, I am one of the few who are from out of state. Before attending Xavier, I had never been to Louisiana, nor did I know about New Orlean’s rich culture and even deeper history. Since Fall 2005, I have been a student at Xavier and while attending, I have been to parties, nightclubs, and even to the infamous Bourbon Street. Who knew that this the city of New Orleans was such a party city? While going to these different events throughout the school year, I began noticing more and more that people of age and many that were underage were drinking heavily and drinking well past their alcohol intake levels. Most of the time, the people that I saw drinking had been involved in some kind of drinking bet, beer pong, and sometimes downright peer pressure! During the parties, I would always see these people look like they were having the time of there lives, acting a fool, laughing, and dancing. But soon after the party died down and people were leaving, I would see the same people in drunken stupors passed out, vomiting, or urinating in public. What was worse is that some people even had the audacity to get into their cars and drive home drunk, not realizing that they were putting other people’s lives in danger as well as their own lives.
After that I thought over and over again about these things and decided to come up with a plan for the students of my school to stop alcohol abuse as well as drunk driving. I started out by drawing out a life size model of the body to show the effects of alcohol on a person’s body, and I then made pledge cards for individuals who were willing to stop drinking recklessly and to stop drunk driving. So far, I have had a good response to my project and it shows that sometimes a little good peer pressure is all a person needs. Now that I have the school involved, I would like to get other colleges in the New Orleans area and eventually the state of Louisiana involved as well. My goal is to one day reach Tulane University, Loyola University, Dillard University, SUNO, and UNO. I am asking you Mayor Nagin to join me in this fight against alcohol abuse and drunk driving in the college community so that we can both achieve the goal of bettering the society that we live in and call home. New Orleans is my home away from home and it is my goal to see that change is implemented across all grounds.

Sincerely,

Kirstin Coleman

Norman C. Francis, President
Xavier University of Louisiana
1 Drexel Drive
New Orleans, LA 70125
(504) 520- 7541

Dear Norman C. Francis,
I am a twenty year-old college student attending your school Xavier University of Louisiana. Although many students who attend Xavier are from the Louisiana area, I am one of the few who are from out of state. Before attending Xavier, I had never been to Louisiana, nor did I know about New Orlean’s rich culture and even deeper history. Since Fall 2005, I have been a student at Xavier and while attending, I have been to parties, nightclubs, and even to the infamous Bourbon Street. Who knew that this the city of New Orleans was such a party city? While going to these different events throughout the school year, I began noticing more and more that people of age and many that were underage were drinking heavily and drinking well past their alcohol intake levels. Most of the time, the people that I saw drinking had been involved in some kind of drinking bet, beer pong, and sometimes downright peer pressure! During the parties, I would always see these people look like they were having the time of there lives, acting a fool, laughing, and dancing. But soon after the party died down and people were leaving, I would see the same people in drunken stupors passed out, vomiting, or urinating in public. What was worse is that some people even had the audacity to get into their cars and drive home drunk, not realizing that they were putting other people’s lives in danger as well as their own lives.
After that I thought over and over again about these things and decided to come up with a plan for the students of my school to stop alcohol abuse as well as drunk driving. I started out by drawing out a life size model of the body to show the effects of alcohol on a person’s body, and I then made pledge cards for individuals who were willing to stop drinking recklessly and to stop drunk driving. So far, I have had a good response to my project and it shows that sometimes a little good peer pressure is all a person needs. Now that I have the school involved, I would like to get other colleges in the New Orleans area and eventually the state of Louisiana involved as well. My goal is to one day reach Tulane University, Loyola University, Dillard University, SUNO, and UNO. I am asking you President Francis to join me in this fight against alcohol abuse and drunk driving in the college community so that we can both achieve the goal of bettering the society that we live in and call home. New Orleans is my home away from home and it is my goal to see that change is implemented across all grounds.

Sincerely,

Kirstin Coleman

Joseph K. Byrd, Vice President of Student Services
Xavier University of Louisiana
1 Drexel Drive
New Orleans, LA 70125
(504) 520-5797

Dear Dean Byrd,
I am a twenty year-old college student attending your school Xavier University of Louisiana. Although many students who attend Xavier are from the Louisiana area, I am one of the few who are from out of state. Before attending Xavier, I had never been to Louisiana, nor did I know about New Orlean’s rich culture and even deeper history. Since Fall 2005, I have been a student at Xavier and while attending, I have been to parties, nightclubs, and even to the infamous Bourbon Street. Who knew that this the city of New Orleans was such a party city? While going to these different events throughout the school year, I began noticing more and more that people of age and many that were underage were drinking heavily and drinking well past their alcohol intake levels. Most of the time, the people that I saw drinking had been involved in some kind of drinking bet, beer pong, and sometimes downright peer pressure! During the parties, I would always see these people look like they were having the time of there lives, acting a fool, laughing, and dancing. But soon after the party died down and people were leaving, I would see the same people in drunken stupors passed out, vomiting, or urinating in public. What was worse is that some people even had the audacity to get into their cars and drive home drunk, not realizing that they were putting other people’s lives in danger as well as their own lives.
After that I thought over and over again about these things and decided to come up with a plan for the students of my school to stop alcohol abuse as well as drunk driving. I started out by drawing out a life size model of the body to show the effects of alcohol on a person’s body, and I then made pledge cards for individuals who were willing to stop drinking recklessly and to stop drunk driving. So far, I have had a good response to my project and it shows that sometimes a little good peer pressure is all a person needs. Now that I have the school involved, I would like to get other colleges in the New Orleans area and eventually the state of Louisiana involved as well. My goal is to one day reach Tulane University, Loyola University, Dillard University, SUNO, and UNO. I am asking you Dean Byrd to join me in this fight against alcohol abuse and drunk driving in the college community so that we can both achieve the goal of bettering the society that we live in and call home. New Orleans is my home away from home and it is my goal to see that change is implemented across all grounds.

Sincerely,

Kirstin Coleman

African American criticism is a useful tool to Bible scholars because it gives information about other racial ethnicities described in the Bible. Before, the Bible was only one sided but now we can see the role of Africa and its nations and how they affected the Bible.

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