The Main Issue

The case itself does not even seem to be the main focus anymore. Racism has taken over. People take the claim on "this happened because he was black." But in reality, picture this where everyone was the same race, and the same situation occurred. Do you think so much focus and attention would be on this case? The difficulty with this case is that the stories and opinions never end. Everyone has a different witness opinions and everyone is definitive on what they "think they know." With so much information and evidence floating around, deciding on what is true or not can be very misleading. From what I have read I see the reasoning behind the cops actions. In such a quick moment so much can happen, and those are the most picked apart moments.Something I do not like about how this case is going is that many people only look at their side or what they want to see. They do not look at the other side or what is being said against their opinion. Having a mindset where you investigate both stories is how people should approach a situation like this.

Tragedy Hits Home

Many hearts in Western New York were hit hard from the horrible news on the death of former Canisus graduate, Nolan Burch. Only a freshman at University of West Virginia, he became a member of the fraternity Kappa Sigma. To think of all of my fellow classmates and self so close to entering college, this brings a reality check to the dangers that a fraternity can have. A major problem of them is the event of "hazing." This is known as a kind of "initiation" into the group for incoming members. Unfortunately, they become very dangerous and out of hand. Many colleges try to do all they can to prevent any of this from happening. I know of many people who knew this person and it can be quite a shock when something that makes national news all draws back to WNY. My parents have talked to me about their feelings on my college involvement in a sorority.I agree with their opinion on not encouraging me to join one. They take such drastic measures and these dangers can be so easily avoided.

China and America Agreement

http://www.newrepublic.com/article/120242/us-and-china-reach-agreement-climate-change

 Yes, the agreement is settled and both countries have set their goals to refine the use of greenhouse gases and lower their threats to global warming. The writer supports her reporting by going in depth about both countries together and separate. She also gets quotes from people with power such as the World Resources Institute Climate Program Director Jennifer Morgan and experts like Jake Schmidt, director of the International Program at the Natural Resources Defense Council. The article influenced me in a positive way because I am happy that the two most dangerous countries with the threat of global warming are taking a stand to try and reduce this greatly. The article does not pick one side or put down a certain countries. It supports each and gives informative descriptions to help not influence readers to be bias. I am curious as to what specific plans they will take, how this will be followed up upon, and why these countries allowed it to get so far. This writer could strengthen their article more by having more visuals and past observations vs. what they hope the future looks like it compared to. She did have a very nice way of concluding the article however by saying that there is more work to be done and that this is just the start. 

Runoff!

WELL, unsurprisingly Louisiana ended in a runoff. This means in December an additional  voting. It is left down to, as predicted, Mary Landrieu and Bill Cassidy. Politicians are saying that Landrieu will be the underdog. I agree and believe that Cassidy will still be the winner.

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Runoff!

Louisiana Outcome

Louisiana will most likely end up in a run off. This means two will make it and they will have to do another election in December. Mary Landrieu and Bill Cassidy will most likely be the two that must continue with their elections and campaigning. I believe in the long run it will be Cassidy that wins.