March 14th Blog

This past week, we talked about the student, Eric Workman, who is suing his own school for the prayer that will be said at his own graduation ceremony. Eric Workman says that this prayer violates his First Amendment right to freedom of religion.

I feel that this student is taking this too far. Eric Workman is ranked first in his class, and when someone who will be sitting on the stage is suing the school for something that is going on during the ceremony, it definitely draws more attention to the issue. The students voted on whether or not the prayer should be said. The vote was in favor of the prayer being said. I feel that although, some people may have a problem with a prayer being said, it truly shouldn't be that big of a deal. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. Everyone has the freedom to believe whatever they want. However, when majority rules in favor of a prayer being said, I don't see what the issue is. It is something that will take up like two minutes, and it shouldn't be the huge deal that it is turning into. If a lawsuit is going to happen over the prayer, it should just be dropped and forgotten about in order to save the drama surrounding it.

December 13th Blog

On December 2nd, Amanda Knox was found guilty of murder and sexual assualt on her British roomate. After months of testimony, Knox was sentenced to 26 years in prision. Ever since Meredith Kercher was murdered, there has been controversy surrounding the evidence shown that points to Amanda Knox as the murderer.

Personally, I don't know if Amanda Knox is innocent or guilty, but I don't understand how the judge and jurors can make a decision based on the information given for this case. Most of the facts presented are always changing or they are just assumptions. How can they convict someone of murder with all of the lack of evidence presented? The evidence that is against Knox is her finger prints on a knife. A knife that isn't even for certain that was used. This is just another example of the weak evidence presented for this entire trial. Again, I don't know if she is innocent or guilty. However, I do think that they should have gathered more evidence, information, and facts that actually prove that Amanda Knox is guilty. Justice for Meredith Kercher won't come with flawed evidence and lack of facts.

December 6 Blog

Throughout the past week, we have heard numerous things about the Tiger Woods scandal. When the news came out about his bizarre car incident no one was really sure what was going on. Tiger then broke his silence by posting letter on his website admitting to his "transgressions". Now the question is where do we go from here?

When I first heard about his car crash, I was confused. When you put all the pieces together, it didn't make sense at all. Tiger kept avoiding the public by not saying anything at all. In my opinion, this was a wrong decision. Tiger drew more attention to himself by doing this. If Tiger would've said something at first, I doubt he would've been in the public spotlight, like he is now. When Tiger finally broke his silence, he asked for privacy. I felt that this was the right decision. He addressed the issue, but didn't share any of the details. I also think that people should do what he asked; leave him alone. Yes, he did some pretty horrible things that no one should be proud of. He's probably extremely embarrassed about it, and now everyone in the public eye knows about it. People should give Tiger the privacy he deserves and let him focus on how to fix the problem he has set up for himself. He needs to spend time with his family, like he said in his statement on his website. He shouldn't feel the need to explain anything else to the public. Hopefully, all this media attention will fade and Tiger can go back to being the well-respected athlete that he was made famous for in the first place. Until then, he's definitely put himself in a extremely deep bunker, that's going to take a lot time to get out of.