Archive for December 20th, 2007

Should I Go Greek?

Posted 12.20.07* Comments(5)

Well,
It’s that time of year again….a lot of ceremonies are going on my school’s campus and I’m seeing the products of those ceremonies. I’m noticing that a lot of the people that I’ve come into contact with during my matriculation are now the products of said ceremonies. And after seeing that. I’m back at the place I was my freshman year. 50 Million questions…. If I had the time to invest, I would have made an attempt to become a product myself… (Not necessarily saying that I wont have the time in the future.) I guess you can say I’m at a crossroads….Growing up, I was known as the quiet kid that stayed to himself…didn’t really speak much, did good in school, but not so well socially…Once I got into college, I started to come out of my shell a little, but sometimes I still revert to my old ways…knowing this, that is where my questions come into play….

If I do it would I lose my individuality?

Or, would I learn more about myself through doing it?

How would it fit into my already hectic schedule?

Is it something that I really want to do?

What would be the purpose of me doing it?

How would It better me as a person?

Would it better me as a person?

*I don’t know if other people that have done it have internally asked themselves these questions but every time I think about it I tend to…

**Hopefully some greeks out there can comment on this and shed some light on my questions…

A Possibly Racially Motivated Shooting in Long Island

Posted 12.20.07* Comments(7)

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(John White on his way to court in Riverhead, NY)

So here’s a brief synopsis of the case:Aaron White was at a party. A girl walks up to him and tells him that she is uncomfortable with his presence and she asks him to leave. He complies. Some time later the girl informs a group of boys which included Daniel Cicciaro Jr., that she was receiving inappropriate comments in a chat room from White. Cicciaro and some of his friends head to White’s home…Meanwhile, at the White residence, Aaron wakes his father and explains the situation to him. Aaron’s father instructs his wife to call the police. The teens pull into the driveway and start walking towards the house brandishing aluminum baseball bats. White comes out the house with a gun telling the group of teens to get off his property while they all yell racial epithets at John White. Daniel Cicciaro bucks at the elder White, and the gun discharges. Cicciaro dies an hour later at an area hospital of his gunshot wound. John White is currently on trial for manslaughter, and of course, the prosecution is making an argument that White did not have the right to shoot Cicciaro, and that Cicciaro was not a racist. (Although there have been reports that Cicciaro was overheard shouting racial epithets previous to this altercation.)

Whats your opinion on this?