Death Penalty Continued (and more)

So I didn't know that we were doing a paper on these essays. I went ahead and did a blog on what I am going to write my blog on (not knowing we were going to have to do that). There are some things I need to clear up though. I am going to do my paper on why I am for the death penalty. None of the essays really persuaded me to be for it, it's just the way I've always been. I am going to use Coretta Scott King's essay to support my point of why I am for the death penalty. I am not saying that I agree with her views, but I am going to incorporate her views and kind of say how i feel about them. I think for the most part that is all that I needed to clear up. In my blog before this one I gave a brief summary of my beliefs, so I think I have it all covered now.

Besides the paper topic, I am ready to watch UNC play tomorrow night. I was going camping with some people either tonight or tomorrow night depending on the weather. I think everyone was leaning towards tomorrow night. I guess I'll just have to skip out or show up late considering UNC plays at 9. I really like their chances at the championship. If they lose, that's one thing. If they lose like they did in the final four last year, I will be very dissappionted.

The Death Penalty

I can't say that I have chosen a side to the fullest, but if I had to pick one, I would be for the death penalty. It just doesn't make since to me as to why we give people who have murdered a place to live and food to eat. Especailly when it is our tax dollars that are paying for it. People say that they should have to sit in a jail for the rest of there life and suffer as opposed to the death penalty. If you want them to suffer so bad then let them sit there until they starve to death. That will give them at least a little time to think about what they have done. I just hate the fact that we pay for people to stay alive because the death penalty is no longer used.

If I am not mistaken, our country is/was based around the Christain religion. That is what is wrong with this nation. We have slowly fallen off of our beliefs over these years. We have altered them to make sure eveyone gets what they want. For example, in the bible it obviously is against being gay. These days we are starting to make it legal for gays to get married. Also in the bible it says "an eye for an eye." Personally, I believe it should be the same concept when it comes to the death penalty. If you are going to kill someone, then you should be killed. Prisons are becoming more populated each day anyways. I think that people just need to wake up and smell the roses.

Just because the government has the right to kill doesn't mean that we have the right. When the government does it, it is done for justice. People that do it in society just take matters into their own hands and don't think before they take action.

DUB-TOWN

This week has been pretty cool. No more freshman seminar.....wahhoo! Also got one test out of the way and figured out that a big project in spanish is optional. My one o'clock class was cancelled today. I have a couple of friends that are coming down for the weekend. Not sure what the hell we are going to do, but we'll find a way to make our time interesting. It would be better if I didn't have a test monday but oh well. Of course we are watching Carolina win tonight! Even though my bracket is screwed up already, I still enjoy watching the games. I don't think they will have much trouble with Gonzaga. Ty Lawson should be pretty healthy by now. Besides the b-ball games, I'm going to look at some houses for next year. Me, my brother, and my buddy that's down here this weekend are going to live together next year. Well I don't have much more to talk about so I'm going to get started on what should be a great weekend.

Question of the Day:

Now that the tournament has been played out a little bit, who will win the whole tournament?

ME : UNC OF COURSE

Why we shouldn't have a football team

I've heard a rumor since I've been here and even before I started attending UNCW. This rumor is the reason UNCW doen't have a football team is because a large contributor to the program wouldn't really like for the university to get one. In simpler terms, someone that is donating lots of money to the university wouldn't apprciate it very much if we started a football program. If this is true, then I'd say it would be of our best interest to keep this school without a football team. More times than none if we were to get a football team, I'd say that the large contributor to the university would be very upset and stop donating money to the university. Why would we want to bring this something like this upon ourselves.

Another reason we shouldn't get a football team is because of our location. What I hear from people when they talk about UNCW, is how nice it is. Most people come to attend Wilmington because it is located at the beach. Not so much because we have a good atheletics program or anything. With this said, if we were to get a football team, I'm not sure how good they would be. We would probably have trouble with recruiting.

My last reason we shouldn't get a football team is because of what it might bring. I'm not trying to be stereo typical but in today's world, it seems more and more football players are thugs. Marcus Vick and Plaxico Burress are prime examples of this. I mean look at Miami's football program for the past 5 years and all the events that have happened dealing with football players. I'm not saying that it happens often but why even take the risk.

once again.....BORRREEEDDD

I feel like I had so much homework today but I know it wasn't that much. I still need to work on my paper. After having my conference this morning I discovered that I need to do a lot of work on my paper. It didn't suprise me though; I was kind of expecting that considering I typed up my paper while watching the acc tournament last week. So not only did my team lose, but watching my team lose caused me to write a pretty shitty paper. What an excellent way to spend a Saturday afternoon.

I really don't have anything important to say just a bunch of random thoughts. So if you are expecting to hear something cool you can stop reading. Other wise you can continue and see how boring my life it (at least right now). I was just sitting around bored so I figured why not blog. I volunteered myselft to go pick someone up tonight from down town. I really don't want to do it now but oh well. It's not like I'm doing anything better. I have a question for everyone and if you have a legit answer please leave me a comment answering. Why are we required to have a foreign language? I absolutely hate spanish. I tried to do my homework tonight and it was just a good reminder of why I don't like it. I have a good teacher and everything but it's still just so hard to understand. Sorry but I'm never going to use this shit. Even if I do speak spanish in the future, it'll just be in a joking manner. It's not like I'm choosing a career path that requires me to have a foreign language.

I'm still not over the fact that I have fresman seminar while UNC plays tomorrow. I have to present a project with my group. We are the last ones to go for the day (near the starting time for the game), so I think we just might have to wrap up the presentation early. I guess I'll start working on my paper now. It would probably be best anyways.

BOORREEDDD

So I guess I'll start by saying that spring break was way too short. It was everything I expected(which was a bunch of nothing), considering I didn't have any type of vacation planned. It was nice to see all of my friends back at home though. I wasn't very happy with the way the acc tournament played out though. Of course being a Carolina fan, I despise that Duke won. I knew Carolina wouldn't be that good with out their starting point gaurd, Ty Lawson. Then again it didn't help at all that Danny Green played his worst games during the tournament. Also, we'll give Duke the acc tournament, I want to win the big one. I'll be highly disappointed if Carolina doesn't win. I'll be even more disappointed if they get knocked out like they did last year with a horrible performance against Kansas. I'm am stoked that "march madness" is finally beginning. It sucks that we have to go to class instead of being able to watch the game. I say they just cancel classes so everyone can enjoy a little basketball. Of course the Carolina game is going to start on Thursday when I'm in my least favorite class. I might just have to skip hah. I filled out my brackett and some how have Duke in the final four against Carolina. If that were to happen, well, that would be freaking awesome.


With all of that said I must ask.......Who do you think will win it all this year?? Hopefully more people will respond to this than the last final four question I asked! My take.....HEELS BABY!

Paper Outline

Movie Advertisement: The Dark Night

Magazine/Internet(picture) VS. Television Preview(motion picture)



I. Introduction
1. Introduce the different things I'm going to compare
2. Tell how they are similar

II. Body
1. Explain the different aspects of the mag./internet side
A. what details are given by it
B. why they are good and bad
2. Explain the different aspects of a television preview
A. what details are given by it
B. explain the good and bad side of it
3. Compare and contrast the two different ones
A. which one is better and why
B. what they both have in common

III. Conclusion
1. Summary of Body
2. restate which is better and why




SPRING BREAK SOON!!!!