I was clicking around CNN when I stumbled upon a story. This little tale told a story of how more blacks are in prison then in college dorms, almost a 3 to 1 ratio. This is compared to the Hispanic community, which is at 2.7 for prison to college.
Some interesting facts from the article:
Blacks made up 41 percent of the nation's 2 million prison and jail inmates in 2006. Non-Hispanic whites made up 37 percent and Hispanics made up 19 percent.
Non-Hispanic whites made up about 73 percent of the 2.3 million people living in college housing in 2006. Blacks made up about 12 percent, Asians about 7 percent and Hispanics about 6 percent.
I sat here debating if this was blog worthy, and I decided it was. Then I sat here and tried to figure out if this was the right blog for this, I decide it was. This wont be as politically charged as most posts but it will mean something to someone, I'm sure. Today has been a rough day for the mind.
Being the hard worker I am the first thing I did when arriving at work this morning was to log into my MySpace account. Upon each I see a massive amounts of RIP bulletins along with an acquaintances name. After a few quick messages and reading comments left, I find that it is true. Utah socialite Scott aka “Scott!...From Myspace!…Right?” passed away Friday night, from what I can tell it was an overdose.
This caught my eye the other day and I meant to blog about it earlier. So I figure to start my Friday morning off I'll go ahead and share.
As most college kids I've fallen in love with smoking Hookah either at home or at a hookah lounge. I've often struggled with why I love smoking hookah so much and often day dream of getting a new bowl ready, lighting up the charcoal, and inhaling some wonderful tasting smoke. As the room fills with the wonderful aroma, everyone settles in and prepares for a nice session of random chatter and hookah. Read More »
Four members of the Seminal staff decided to test out dressing professional for the Sept 15th anti-war march. Wearing suits they hit the street and found that reactions from both protesters and anti-protesters treated them better then they have thought would happen.
From their blog entry on the matter:
"We feel confident that a coordinate group of ten people, all dressed in professional attire, would present a striking visual image, and that a hundred or more would literally cause jaws to drop - and perhaps attract serious media attention as well."
You can read the whole story and see their pictures here: theSeminal.com
The Republic of Iraq annouced that Blackwater USA has been kicked out of Iraq and is no longer allowed to operate within it's borders. They stand accused of killing civilians over the weekend but due to US law the company can not be held accountable in court.
Wow Russia just can't stay out of the headlines this week. Procreation day (wonderful idea), oh and that little thing of dissolving their government. If you haven't heard about Russia's Procreation Day then you must have been living under a rock these past few days. A region in Russia is having difficulty in keeping it's population up, so officials last year came up with an awesome contest. They made September 12th a half day for Russian workers so they could go home and procreate... the best part is if you have a baby exactly 9 months later on the Russian national day (June 12th) you get PRIZES!! Awesome huh?
Oh and today's little headline... Putin dissolves government. No biggie.
With the morning starting in Salt Lake City, I hope voters are getting ready! With the pre-primary votes so close among our fair cities possible future candidates today’s votes probably mean the most. I’m not sure how mayor elections work in other states. But in Utah when there are more then two candidates running, the top two in the primaries get the next few weeks to campaign before the General Elections.
So lets sit back and see what happens to Post-Rocky Anderson Salt Lake.
As the primary elections for Salt Lake City Mayor inches closer some candidates spoke at the University of Utah (The U). Hopefully this will inspire students to get out there and vote both at the primaries and the general elections coming up in November. So far the candidates all seem to be fighting tooth and nail. The S.J. Quinney College of Law at the U posted a debate between most of the candidates, rather dry but lots of information.
The really exciting part about all this is the sheer amount of interns working on the local campaigns from The U. The Daily Utah Chronicle ran a post saying that there were nearly 40 interns in the campaigns. Slowly but surely Utah’s youth are getting involved with politics and getting our voices heard. I'm anxious to see what happens.
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