5-Year Anniversary
March 28th marked the five year anniversary of when my alma mater, Gustavus Adolphus College, was virtually destroyed by a tornado. I was a sophomore at the time and luckily the student body was on spring break. There was, however, one fatality as a five year old boy was thrown from a car during the storm. Every building on campus sustained major damage as 90% of the glass on campus was broken out and almost every tree was uprooted. By virtue of an amazing volunteer clean up effort, students returned to school three weeks later.
War and Games
As Major League Baseball started yet another season, I heard several media outlets bring up the debate of whether or not we should be playing MLB games during a time of crisis with the war in Iraq. This notion is becoming extremely ridiculous. The NCAA balked at cancelling its collegiate basketball tournament and the Minnesota State High School League even pondered cancelling the high school state boys basketball tournament. While war is serious business and much attention should be given to it by all American citizens, it doesn't mean we should shut down every form of entertainment in our country. Life must go on. I used to think it was a nice guesture for organizations like MLB and the NCAA to consider cancelling events during something like a war, but now i just find it annoying. It's basically become a phony public relations move so organizations can portray to the public that they don't think their games are on the same level as a war. If you can believe it, I already knew that!
Visability Up At Duluth Bowling Alleys
The city of Duluth will force bowling alleys and pool halls to go smoke free tonight at midnight in the final phase of a public smoking ban that city residents voted for more than two years ago. Eden Prarie tried to pass a similar bill, but many large businesses threatened to leave the city if such a bill was passed. As comedian Dennis Leary said: "What's the rule now? You can only smoke in your house, under a blanket with the lights turned off?" I wish.
Free Speech?
In the past week NBC has fired journalist Peter Arnett for giving an Iraqi television station an interview and now the Pentagon wants Geraldo Rivera shipped out of the middle east because it's rumored he leaked information about the 101st airborne division. Does anybody else find it ironic that we're clamping down on our journalist's free speech when one of the reasons we claim we're "liberating" Iraq in the first place is because the Iraqi people don't have liberties like free speech.
The Worst $65 Ever Spent
An Iowa casino has announced that former knee basher and figure skater turned boxer Tonya Harding will fight another Iowa woman sometime in May. Tickets will be sold for $35 to $65 dollars. This week's assignment kids is to think of as many ways to spend $65 that would make more sense than if you spent it watching Tanya Harding box.
March 28th marked the five year anniversary of when my alma mater, Gustavus Adolphus College, was virtually destroyed by a tornado. I was a sophomore at the time and luckily the student body was on spring break. There was, however, one fatality as a five year old boy was thrown from a car during the storm. Every building on campus sustained major damage as 90% of the glass on campus was broken out and almost every tree was uprooted. By virtue of an amazing volunteer clean up effort, students returned to school three weeks later.
War and Games
As Major League Baseball started yet another season, I heard several media outlets bring up the debate of whether or not we should be playing MLB games during a time of crisis with the war in Iraq. This notion is becoming extremely ridiculous. The NCAA balked at cancelling its collegiate basketball tournament and the Minnesota State High School League even pondered cancelling the high school state boys basketball tournament. While war is serious business and much attention should be given to it by all American citizens, it doesn't mean we should shut down every form of entertainment in our country. Life must go on. I used to think it was a nice guesture for organizations like MLB and the NCAA to consider cancelling events during something like a war, but now i just find it annoying. It's basically become a phony public relations move so organizations can portray to the public that they don't think their games are on the same level as a war. If you can believe it, I already knew that!
Visability Up At Duluth Bowling Alleys
The city of Duluth will force bowling alleys and pool halls to go smoke free tonight at midnight in the final phase of a public smoking ban that city residents voted for more than two years ago. Eden Prarie tried to pass a similar bill, but many large businesses threatened to leave the city if such a bill was passed. As comedian Dennis Leary said: "What's the rule now? You can only smoke in your house, under a blanket with the lights turned off?" I wish.
Free Speech?
In the past week NBC has fired journalist Peter Arnett for giving an Iraqi television station an interview and now the Pentagon wants Geraldo Rivera shipped out of the middle east because it's rumored he leaked information about the 101st airborne division. Does anybody else find it ironic that we're clamping down on our journalist's free speech when one of the reasons we claim we're "liberating" Iraq in the first place is because the Iraqi people don't have liberties like free speech.
The Worst $65 Ever Spent
An Iowa casino has announced that former knee basher and figure skater turned boxer Tonya Harding will fight another Iowa woman sometime in May. Tickets will be sold for $35 to $65 dollars. This week's assignment kids is to think of as many ways to spend $65 that would make more sense than if you spent it watching Tanya Harding box.
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