Monday, September 29, 2008

JFK...assasination or conspiracy?

The death of our thirty-fifth president was on Nov. 22,1963 here in Dallas, Texas. Kennedy was finishing his drive through the city when he was shot three times. One in the back, one in his neck, and the worst one fataly went through his head. Kennedy was pronounced dead once he was at the hospital. Who would kill the president of the United States and think that they would get away with it. Many believe the governments version of the story where Harvey Lee Oswald, was the lone assasin who murdered President Kennedy from a fourth story room in a book building along the street. He was murdered two days later and many questions were to remain unanswered. The other side of the story continues to be controversial as the idea that the government itself ordered the president to be killed rattles and scares many citizens. The idea that the CIA had two men on the grassy knoll and were the ones who shot and killed kennedy was very suprising to the public. This theory is more realistic as the shots were fired in different directions and is more likely than a single shooter from different places. Kennedy was cracking down on the Mafia and the CIA wanted the mafia to assasinate a world leader. So who is really behind the death of the president? These questions may never be answered for it is the biggest mystery in the United States history and we may never find out the answer.

check out this website for more conspiracy theories and ideas of what really happened.
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/electronic-publications/stay-free/4/jfk.htm

Monday, September 22, 2008

Alcohol Violations

I had just finished my take home quiz for math and was very excited for class to end. My family had just landed and was curious what my college life was all about. Once they arrived I toured them around campus, showing them all the big buildings: Dallas Hall, Dedman Center, and Umphrey Lee. We went out to dinner and parted our ways for the night. The next afternoon we experienced tailgating at the boulevard and watched the football game together. Later that night my parents socialized with me and my new friends at the local bar Barley House.
My parents were shocked about the fact that underage students were allowed to enter into a bar and drink with their parents accompanying them. My dad brought my mom and I each a beer to enjoy as I introduced them to my friends. I then remembered that a high school friend of mine from TCU was supposed to meet me at the bar later in the night, so I went looking for him. I was walking out the front door with a beer in my hand when a TABC officer grabbed my arm, and immediately escorted me towards the street.
He looked down at me and said, “Do you have an i.d. for that beer?”.
“No, officer my parents are inside.” I replied. He then took out his pad of paper and started writing me up. “Officer can I go retrieve my parents so I don’t have to be written up.”.
He replied with sarcasm, “Sorry, tickets already written up, there’s nothing I can do.”
I then was told if I were to go back into the bar I would be taken to jail for the night. This was outrageous. Here I was out on family weekend obeying the law by drinking with my parents, and now I am not allowed to find my parents and tell them I was given a ticket! My rights as a citizen were abused and I was mistreated by the police.
Police officers on SMU campus and all around dallas are manipulating the law for their personal benefit. Students and citizens of the U.S. should be informed of their rights so they are able to use them correctly when the time is right. I now have to go out of my way, maybe miss school to show up to a court date where I will most likely be punished by the judicial system. Here is an article on SMU’s alcohol violations and what students think about the situation.
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/education/stories/101007dnmetsmualcohol.32e14b9.html