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Self-Generated Topics
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Automobiles
o Aggressive Driving
o Car Performance (Exhaust, Engine, Turbo, etc.)
o Car Stereo Equipment (Installation, What to Buy, etc.)
o Harley Davidson
Careers
o Bartending
o Fashion
o FBI
o Massage Therapy
o Waiting Tables
College Life
o Dealing with Roommates
o Fraternities
o “Freshman 15”
o Off-campus Living
o Picking Interesting Courses
o Sororities
Computers
o Hardware
o Internet Access
o Software
o Web Design
Cultures/Locations
o Appalachia
o Diversity in America
o European Countries/Cultures
o Religions
o Third World Countries
Diseases
o Alcoholism
o Cancer
o Depression
o Eating disorders
o Obesity
Family
o Being the Middle Child
 Oldest
 Youngest
o Childhood Memories
 Father
 Mother
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 Siblings
o Divorce
Government Policy
o Drugs
o Education
o Foreign Policy
o Gang Violence
o Immigration Laws
Health
o Cosmetic Surgery
o Exercising
o Weight Loss
Hobbies
o Antique Cars
o Astrology Signs
o Community Service
o Decorating your Personal Space
o Fashion
o Photo Albums/Scrap Booking
o Pottery
o Quilting
o Shopping
Music
o Country
o Hip Hop
o Rock
o Therapy
Organizational Skills
o Leadership
o Performance Anxiety
o Self-Esteem
Sports
o Baseball
o Basketball
o Dancing
 Ballet
o Extreme
 Mountain Sports
 Biking
 Climbing
 Jumping
 Rappelling
 Rock Climbing
o Hunting
o Soccer
o Softball
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o Snow
 Skiing
 Snowboarding
o Water
 Skiing
 Tubing
 Wakeboarding
Traveling
o Islands/Tropical
o Overseas
o Regions
o Summer Vacations
Audience-Generated Topics
“System” Overload (??)
Apartment Hunting
Appropriate Dress for Class: Should Radford Enforce a Dress Code?
Athletics in College
Best Cities to find Jobs
Campus Involvement
Clubs and Organizations on College Campuses
Community Rescue Squads
Dating/Relationships
Different Studying Habits
Dressing for the First Date
Drinking Games
Dropping out of College
Getting a Good Night’s Rest
Getting Tattoos
Greek Life
Hazards of Road Rage
Hazing on College Campuses
History of Basketball
History of Horror Films
Honor Codes
How not to be Homesick
How to Prepare yourself for Graduate School
How to Write a Resume
Illegal Immigration
Importance of Christian Youth Groups
Importance of Internships
Large Class Sizes
Leisure = Good Health
Limiting the Number of Credits we take
Lowering the Drinking Age
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Main Problems with the Transition into College
Modern Dancing
Old Television Shows
One-Hit Wonders
Parking at RU
Radford Cops
Reality Television Shows
Reasons to Manage your Time Better
Reasons to Participate in a Fraternity
Reasons to participate in College Athletics
Say No to Credit Cards
Students Need Time to Relax
Technological Advancements
Test Anxiety
The Confederate Flag should/should not be flown over the South Carolina’s State Capital
Three Best things to do on the Lake
Three best things you can do to make a Car Look Really Nice
Three Best ways to make a Great First Impression
Three Most Exciting things to be done in Radford
Three ways you can use a Bandana to Fashionably Accessorize
Tips for Reading Texts
Top Ten Great Places to Visit
Travel should be more Available to a Variety of People
Types of Disabilities
Unemployment Rates
Where to Buy a Good Car
Why it is Important to have Future Goals
Women Resource/Help Centers
World’s Finest Desserts
Occasion-Generated Topics
Planning a Wedding
Increase of Injury in Winter
Outrageous Costs of Funerals
Merndon (??) Festival
Getting Baptized
Childbirths in the Water
Celebration of Christmas in Different Countries
Earth Day
Marriage (happiest Day of your Life)
Why Summertime at the Beach Boosts People’s Self-Esteem
How Christmas has now been Celebrated by non-Christians
Origin of Halloween
Importance of the 4th of July Holiday
Hometown Festivals
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Santa Claus
Tooth fairy
Alcohol Awareness Week
Elvis Impersonations
Tradition of Santa Claus in Germany
Stress Reliever, Preparing for Exams
Highlander Festival at Radford University
What makes Valentine’s Day Bad?
Blue Grass Festivals in Virginia
Best things about Homecomings
How Important Family Reunions are
Thanksgiving
Quad Fest
October fest
Woodstock
Birthdays
National Grandparents Day
Flag Day
Passover
Election Day
Rosh Hashanah
Full Moon Effects
Chinese New Year
Old vs. Gregorian Calendar New Year
Festival of Lights
St. Patrick’s Day
Mother’s Day
Easter Sunday Feast
April Fools Day
Wedding Attire
Job Interview Behavior
New Year’s Resolutions
Three tips on Cooking Out for Labor Day
Boxing Day
Equality on Martin Luther King Day
Kwanzaa
Running of the Bulls
Black History Month
March – Umbrella Month – History of Umbrellas
April – Autism Awareness Month
May – Skin Cancer Awareness Month
October – Stamp Collecting Month
Turning Back our Clocks
Groundhog’s Day
Sweet 16th Birthday
January 23rd – Complimentary Day
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Impact of September 11th on the world
Anniversary of September 11th
Research-Generated Topics
Abortion
Adeno Carcinoma
ADHD
Affects of Cigarette Smoking on Grades
Affects of Commercials on People
AIDS and other STD’s in College
AIDS Research
Alzheimer’s
Amelia Earhart
American Art
Analysis of Dreams
Ancient Greeks and Roman Gods and Goddesses
Anna Sui
Automobile
Aztec Calendar
Basket Weaving
Best Camping Sites in VA
Black Lung Disease
Body Piercing
Breast Cancer Awareness
Breast Implants
Building a Resume
Caffeine Prevents Skin Cancer
Car Accidents and Drunk Driving
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Cell Phone Radiation
Censorship
Censorship
Censorship on Television
Child Abductions
Child Abuse
Child Psychology
CIA
Cloning
Cold War’s Weapons Race
Cosmetic Surgery
Creationist Philosophy
Cryobiology
Dangers of Smoking
Death Penalty
Death Penalty
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Depression
Diamond Mining
Diet Pills
Downs Syndrome
Drug use in College
Economy
Effects of Drinking and Smoking During Pregnancy
Effects of Eating too much Fatty Foods
Effects of Ecstasy on the Brain
Effects of Exercise on you Heart
Effects of Long-Term Drug use
Effects of Nicotine on the Human Body
Effects of Pollution on the Earth
Ethical Dangers of Genetic Engineering
Evgenics
Extinction of Wild Tigers
Finding a College
Finding a Job
Finding what your Religion is
Forensics – How to Catch a Criminal
Free Speech
Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual Issues and Concerns
Generic Drugs vs. Brand name
Giving Blood
Graffiti
Guerrilla Warfare
Gun Control
Has Tuna Fishing Increased the Declining of Sharks in Coastal Regions?
High School Sports are Contaminated by Pressuring Parents and Overbearing Coaches
History of Radford University
Horse Training
How Accurate Searching the Internet is
How Advancement in Technology can help College Students
How People are Happier having Pets
How Routes are Rated
How Surfing Influenced Skate Boarding
How the Internet is Improving Lives
How to find Scholarships Anywhere
Hurricanes
Importance of William Wallace
Increased Accessibility to Illegal Drugs, How it can be Controlled
Influence of Italian Food on American Culture
Insomnia and other Sleeping Disorders
Interior Design
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Laser Vision Correction
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Mad Cow Disease
Mark Jacobs
Maya Angelou
Medians of Art
Meditation
Mormon Life
Music Background
Native American Reserves in Southwest U.S.
Near-Earth Asteroids
New Policies Ski Resorts have Taken to Allow Snowboarders have Freedom
Nightmares vs. Dreams
Nuclear Warfare
Nuclear Winter
Nutrition and Health in College
Parasailing
Personality Based on Handwriting
Personality Testing vs. Career Assessment Planning
Pet Therapy
Planning a Vacation
Planning a Wedding
Prayer in Schools
Principles of Feng Shui
Prisons: For Punishment or Reform?
Private Schools
Psychology
Ralph Ellison
Rape on College Campuses
Reading as Child does/does not make a difference in Intelligence Levels
Recent Increase in Immigration from Mexico
Reggae Influence on Rock Culture
Religious People Longer and Healthier Lives
Right Brain vs. Left Brain
Roman Empire
SAT’s are Important as Everyone makes them out to be
School Shootings
Seasonal Affective Disorder
Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
Snowboarding vs. Snow Skiing
Spain’s Architecture
State Parks in the U.S. Compared to other North American Countries
Stone Mountain, Georgia
Stonehenge
Super Volcanoes
Table Tennis/Ping Pong
Tara Reed
Telephone
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Terrorism
Textile Industry
The Beatles
The Common Cold
The Death of Elvis
The Downfalls of Teenage Pregnancy
The Effects of Music on College Students
The Growth of Snowboarding Culture in America over the Past 15 Years.
The Hedonistic Imperative
The Impact of the Olympics on Society
The life of College Students with ADD
The Process of Child Development
The Sun is our Enemy
The Supremes (Motown Group)
The U.S. could have Avoided Pearl Harbor
Three Best Mountain Biking Trails in VA
Three Tips when Buying a backcountry Tent
Three ways to Stay in Shape During your College Career
Tiger Woods
U.S. Water Quality in the 1990’s
Vietnam
Violent Crime in America
War on Television
Washington, D.C.
Ways the Fetus in treated Inside the Mother and how it Effects Personality Later in Life
West Nile Virus
What Chewing Gum is really made of
What is Appalachia?
What Studies say about Predicting
Where the Medical Field Stands in Terms of Genetic Engineering
Why Cell Phones have Become Popular
Why College Tuition has Increased
Why Money Management is Important
Why Violent Criminals should be put to Death
Women in the Military
Women’s Rights
Yoga’s Popularity