Parents Fight For Truth of Son's Death(November Blog 2)

A college football player named Danroy Henry Jr. was shot and killed by police on October 17. His parents, Danroy and Angela Henry, of Eastern Massachussetts requested to access any 911 calls and other evidence that would lead to the truth of Danroy Jr. death. A judge denied their request saying they failed to include any firsthand account of what happened. His father doesn't consider this action a set back and they will continue to try to provide more evidence.Danroy Jr. was killed in his car during a disturbance outside a bar in the New York City suburb of Thornwood near Pace campus, the college he attended. Other sources say he was asked to move his car from in front of the bar and he bumped a police officer and the officer fired. Witnesses say that Danroy sped away and hit two police officers and the third on tapped on his window. Some witnesses and family dispute that account and a grand jury investigation has begun. The Westchester District argued with the parents saying that the evidence must be kept secret until it is presented to the grand jury. In court,this would help the parent find out the truth about their sons death.





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Will The Republicans Work With Or AGAINST Obama's Plans For America ?

In November 2010 elections, Obama and the Democrats took the worst political "shellacking". Obama's willing to work with the new Ruplicans in office,but Republicans feel different. People feel that the election was about jobs and the economy. Citizens want to feel that they have a partnership with their elected leaders because they are finally realizing that the votes they make effect their everyday lives. The Republicans ideology is completely opposite of Obama's. They feel they were elected to undo the damage Obama and the Democrats have done since 2006. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said that "Republicans long term goal should be to deny Obama a second term. McConnell also stated "The fact is that our primary legislative goals are to repeal and replace the health spending bill, to end the bailouts,cut soending and shrink the size and scope of government, the only way to do these things is to put someone in the White House who won't veto any of these things". The big question is what will happen now the Republicans are in office ? Obama will still follow his policies while trying to seek common ground with the lawmakers in Congress. White House spokesman say that People did not vote  for repealing health care or do not want to relitigate what we did for the past two years. Obama still will continue to reach out to Republicans and try to persuade them. Republicans need to understand that America has given them equal responsibility for governing but Obama will still stick to his key principles, which I agree he should. Some American's have said that they are disappointed in Obama. A 46 year old lady stated that she is tired of the crime in her city. What she fails to realize is that Obama can't stop other humans actions so that in a way should have no responsbility on him.  Instead of the republican making their selves busy with opposing Obama's plan they should try to work with him as much as possible. If this was really about trying to better America their would never be this much conflict. I believe this is a race issue. Some observers believe this goes all the way back to Katrina in 2005. A professor at Princeton University feels that is what helped Obama when the Presidential election. Now ironically the GOP has been filled with Republicans. What I hope people will learn is that with TIME change comes Obama has only been in presidency for two years, thats not enough time to undo the damages of America.

Source: Jet Magazine,Edition November 22nd,2010

New Way Of Learning:Using Technology In Classrooms

At Hemet's Tahquitz High in Hemet, California staff is tryig to approach teaching in a new manner. Schools are making Wikispaces, Facebook's,Twitter's, and even texting answers in class to engage students in learning. Everybody knows that cyber spacing and texting is the new trend for teens. Most schools try to make up rules that go against using electronics in classroom settings. It was discovered in a U.S. history class last week, students were shown questions on a projection screen and were given four possible answers, each with a corresponding six-digit code they could text. Quickly, they tapped out the code for what they thought was the correct answer, and in real time a graph showed the percentage of those who guessed each answer, changing as more texts rolled in. Many students have admitted to liking this teaching method better than just reading out of a book. This new method allows students to feel more comfortable about learning the material. This also makes students more interested in learning which is great. It also helps school save on printing cost. I've experienced this new teaching method myself and i also enjoy it. When my class did this, it helped me retain the information better. I think we should incorporate more technology in school systems. My teacher has also set up a Wikispace,Twitter,and Blogger; with those we can go look up missing assingments and ideas for our blogs.


                               Question: Will technology improve study skills in students?

         Link : http://www.pe.com/localnews/stories/PE_News_Local_D_etahquitz26.3136eac.html

Is Cheerleading A Sport?

 A Judge in Connecticut ruled that Cheerleading is not considered a sport. This came about because Quinnipiac University in Hadem,Connecticut pulled funding from the Volleyball team to support a competitive cheerleading squad team. The school says they made the changes according to budgeting.It cost $70,000 for the volleyball team with only 11 players and cheerleading cost $50,000 for 40 players. The volleyball team was upset with their decsion so the team sued the school claiming that redirecting money intended for women's sports teams to a cheerleading squad violating Title IX.The 1972 federal mandates equal opportunities for men and women in education and athletics.U.S Judge Stefan Underhill ruled that the school broke the law when they pulled the money for the cheerleading. Judge Underhill wrote this in his ruling:             
                            "I conclude as a matter of law that Quinnipiac University
                               discriminated on the basis of sex during the 2009-10
                              academic years by failing to provide equal athletic
                                     participation opportunities for women,"

He ruled that cheerleading is not an actual sport. Underhill said hat it is too under developed and too disorganized to be treated as genuine varsity athletic participation.This makes complete sense but at he same time I totally disagree with this judgment because they are similar to gymnast and to me they work out like other athletes. They train together, practice and not only that,they also go to competitions and compete with other teams, similar to other sports. Cheerleading has been around for many years so idon't see why it hasn't been established as an actual sport yet. Now Quinnipiac has 60 days to come up with a plan to keep volleyball through next season and comply with gender rules.



Question: Do you agree that Cheerleading should be established as a sport? Why or why not?

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