Bill Cosby's past needs to be discussed
Bill Cosby’s rape allegations have dominated news media coverage and rightfully so.
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Bill Cosby’s rape allegations have dominated news media coverage and rightfully so.
It’s not a secret among my friends, family and really even people who don’t know me all that well that I’m a big Jimmy Fallon fan.
In light of Jessa Duggar’s newly announced nuptials, the blushing bride and her family have been rolling around in my mind.
Breaking news struck the country last week, shocking millions, sparking a frenzy of media coverage.
We’re officially a mere month away from Thanksgiving, and I couldn’t be more excited.
A 29-year-old woman made national news with her decision to partake in medically assisted ?suicide.
The Jacobs School of Music reigns supreme again, and I definitely couldn’t be more proud.
Miss America has become a controversial conversation topic lately, and it doesn’t have anything to do with her evening wear.
Miley Cyrus has officially outdone herself.
Another generation of the iPhone has proven once again that Apple still reigns in the cellular technological world.
In an unfortunate, yet sadly unsurprising turn of events, another NBA team owner has found himself the center of a racial ?scandal.
As a student who is looking to build a career in the art of journalism, I must say I’m extremely disappointed.
Let’s talk trees.
Perhaps the most prevalent example of over-sexualization in our culture, redesigns of comic characters, are at it again.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>As per usual, social media is now the focus of last week’s stabbing tragedy at Franklin Regional Senior High School.Nate Scimio, the sophomore student who was named a hero by classmates has come under fire for posting a selfie on Instagram just minutes after the stabbing occurred. The photo has been highly scrutinized by websites and newspapers across the country, citing Scimio as an attention seeker and even going as far to say his only motive for pulling the alarm was a bid for fame.Typical. Very pathetic, but typical.Our generation is unfairly criticized for our supposed overdependence on and constant use of social media and cell phones. The negative connotation linked with social media, smart phones and today’s youth is simply a waste of energy. We’ve grown up with it, we’re directly marketed to want it and buy it. We see nothing wrong with it. Social media is not going away anytime soon, and this event shows only its significance.Most of the nation learned of the stabbing via social media or smart phone, so why is this guy being criticized so heavily for simply exercising his right to citizen journalism?As a teenager in 2014, taking an Instagram selfie is merely second nature. Whether you approve of the trend or not, selfies are a daily occurrence of American youth, and I find overanalyzing the content to be more than it is much more inappropriate than the picture Scimio took. Not to mention if the photo had in fact not been a selfie, perhaps taken by a parent or hospital attendant, there arguably would have been no controversy. It’s hardly different, yet due to the strange negative association of teens and their beloved mirror pictures, it’s a national headline.It also is hypocritical to fault this guy for using social media to let everyone know he is OK, when there are dozens of comments on the Instagram from various news reporters of high stature. An editor at NBC News in New York was just one of many journalists who posted on Scimio’s photo asking for interview time, even leaving a phone number for Scimio to call if he felt “up for talking.” To say the use of social media in this situation is inappropriate is to be expected, because that’s just what those whippersnappers are doing nowadays. It’s also narrow minded. The art of social media in journalism is being taught in universities all across the world including this one. Not necessarily because our generation needs instructing, but to prevent comments like the one left on Scimio’s photo from “Animal,” a news site based in New York City. The comment left asked for Scimio to “get in touch” with one of their reporters in order to “use this tragedy to get some more page views.” Now, that is what I would label as an inappropriate use of social media.cnmcelwa@indiana.edu@clairemc_IDS
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Whoever said imitation is the highest form of flattery must have worked for Apple.The release of Amazon’s Fire TV is just another example of an original Apple concept that has been ripped off. It has been slightly redesigned and advertised in an attempt for other companies to be competitive.There will be competition in any industry. Apple products wouldn’t be as revolutionary without the motivational drive of competitive performance.However, companies such as Samsung, Amazon and Microsoft wait for Apple to create a new product, then they imitate it as closely as possible and sell it under some sort of advertisement heading like low cost or a newer version.Whether or not it works, I can’t understand the strategy these companies are OK with using.Yeah, it’s about making money, but when companies are using their competitor’s ideas, I wouldn’t be satisfied with the apathetic creativity and mediocrity.My problem doesn’t lie with Amazon creating a competitive spin off a product that’s popular with consumers. That’s just the nature of the market. I just don’t understand how or why Amazon would design the device to look identical to Apple’s.With the exception of size, the products are exact down to the color, shape and home screen. Even the little remote control is similar.As a consumer, there is no chance I would buy a spin-off Apple product if it looks exactly the same. Steve Jobs created Apple by imitating an already created product, true enough.However, what Jobs did differently, and what still sets Apple apart from the competitors, are creative elements and designs each Apple model applies and defies.After copying most of Apple’s original ideas and selling them for profit, it seems Microsoft, Samsung and Amazon are OK with the fact that it’s Apple’s technological world, and they’re just living in it.cnmcelwa@indiana.edu@clairemc_IDS
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>This past weekend, dozens of teams representing various fraternities, sororities and independent groups gathered at Bill Armstrong Stadium to race for pole position for the Little 500 bike race in April.Also this past weekend, dozens of fraternities, sororities and off-campus living units gathered in the wee hours of the morning to get hammered and pass out before the sun even came up, while the bikers representing them race before a basically empty stadium.The drinking culture at this school is well-known on and off campus.We have a reputation of being one of the top party schools in the nation, be it by actual statistics or statements of false pride.I’ve never been bothered by this in the past. Whether drinking is or isn’t your thing is a personal decision. I don’t take offense either way.But it’s heartbreaking when teams full of students who have trained through one of the worst winters in Indiana’s history push themselves to their physical limits to represent a group well, and members of the group don’t even show up in support.I can’t stand the excuse of drinking to blur the line between right and wrong.Obviously, Little 500 is known as “The World’s Greatest College Weekend” for more than just biking. It’s a cool concept that an entire campus comes together in celebration of making it through another year of hard classes and boring lectures for the amazing event that is the actual bike race.But when it comes to pre-race activities like qualifications, I don’t understand why it’s viewed as more of a personal victory to not make it to the race because you’re wasted.It comes down to the culture created here that never seems to change. It’s not clear when enough will be enough. For most, drinking is just as much a part of the college experience as ramen noodles and failing your first accounting test. But not when it means watching your fellow classmates be visibly disappointed when they finish their run at quals and turn to see maybe half of their intended supporters actually show up.“Drink responsibly” applies to many more situations that just getting behind the wheel.Take this year’s Little 500 to really drink responsibly. Make it to the track to see what the week-long rager is really about. Support those who make the event possible, especially the kids in helmets. Be responsible enough to have an unforgettable Little 500 — be it your first or last — by both living it up and showing up.cnmcelwa@indiana.edu
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Bored suburban educators are at it again.A recent modification to an Illinois school’s dress code has restricted all females at Haven Middle School from wearing leggings, yoga pants and skinny jeans during the school day.The school’s administration cites the reason for the change to be the distracting nature of the clothing articles for young male students during school time.I’ve heard of limitations on tank tops, shorts, skirts and even flip flops, but not allowing females to wear leggings, yoga pants and skinny jeans is ridiculous. I understand there are scenarios in which leggings can look inappropriate when worn a certain way, but the same is true for dresses and skirts. Banning any article of clothing altogether is eventually going to leave females with nothing to wear.I don’t understand, however, how the three pant options can be blanketly judged as inappropriate.Leggings and yoga pants are high rising, thick, dark, long and move with your body. Skinny jeans are made of denim, which is thick and stiff enough to create just about as much coverage as possible for a pair of pants.If the administration at Haven Middle School were being truthful, they would admit the coverage supplied by the three styles of pants has little to do with their impending ban.If it were really about that, then the school would have put into effect a policy about boys sagging their own bottoms, displaying various pairs of plaid boxer shorts.The decision to ban leggings, yoga pants and skinny jeans was based not on the styles and coverage, but how the female students look while wearing them.A curvy figure isn’t a sin or a fault, and, therefore, it shouldn’t be punished.Certain females are blessed with a better butt than others, and I guarantee it’s going to get attention whether it’s covered by leggings, a skirt, a pair of jeans or a muumuu.Females are not at fault for the way they are built, yet they’re being treated that way.Middle school girls shouldn’t be led to believe they are to blame in any way for their male classmates’ behavior, like these new policy installments suggest.If these boys are spending their learning hours staring at girls’ butts, then I don’t understand why the female is automatically to blame.Comfortable, stylish pants like leggings, skinny jeans and yoga pants aren’t the real problem in this situation.It’s the mindset of this particular administration that the girls who are wearing leggings to school are responsible for a negative learning environment and the delayed success of their male classmates.I understand the need for a dress code, but one that sensibly illustrates solutions to inappropriate outfits would be much more easily accepted than one that limits females to dressing like they’re straight off of “Leave It To Beaver” and isolating genders to seem like innocent bystanders verses sadistic temptresses. After all, they’re just pants.cnmcelwa@indiana.edu@clairemc_IDS
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>cently coming to a close, analysis of our society’s current state of racism comes with a dismal conclusion.Although pop culture may allude to a vast change from racial acceptance of the past, beneath the surface we’re really a very similar society to the one in which many of Black History Month’s honorees lived and pushed to change.It’s been more than 50 years since Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have A Dream” speech before thousands of people at the Lincoln Memorial.It’s not a hard concept to grasp, yet more than five decades later it’s apparently still challenging to implement.One day a school cafeteria staff will have enough common sense to understand that creating a school lunch menu of fried chicken, mashed potatoes, collard greens and apples claiming to be a tribute to Black History Month is offensive. One day a student section at a high school basketball game will have enough respect for the opposing team, composed primarily of African American players, to not encourage jungle safari-themed costumes. We are so far from living in a post-racial society, it’s almost scary.Unlike many analysts and experts who provide laundry lists of reasons why certain groups feel more entitled than others or why exactly racism is still so prevalent in our culture, my problems and irritation with the subject matter come quite plainly.A lot of it is just a blatant lack of common sense.I don’t believe the cafeteria staff meant to offend their student population by tying fried chicken to black culture.However, common sense would have predicted it.It’s a possibility those high school students actually selected the jungle theme to dig at a widely used racial slur.The scum bags of the world will continue to harp on irrelevant, untruthful and unnecessary racial topics until they turn blue in the face.Unfortunately, that will probably never change.However, common sense would have told those students that if they were purposefully dressing in a way to insult and offend the opposing team and fans, their school would have to take action.Racism is an ever-present issue. We all know that.There are millions of reasons people give for the actions that come out as racism, and though I don’t believe any of them are credible, they’re constantly reoccurring.However, its reoccurrence can be considerably consolidated if people would just apply a little bit of intelligence to possible actions and decisions beforehand.I’m tired of reading stories like the ones previously mentioned because of how dim-witted they really are.There’s truly no excuse for it.If common sense really is the genius of humanity, then let’s start applying it to prevent events like this from happening and stick to themeless chicken nuggets and soggy fries in the lunch line.cnmcelwa@indiana.edu@clairemc_IDS
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>My whole life I have been told I bear an uncanny resemblance to my mom. We share the same hair and eye colors, and share the same personality and interests almost to a tee. Unfortunately, though, we both share something that isn’t as fun as matching blonde hair.My mom, brother, two uncles, five cousins and I are all potential carriers of the Alzheimer’s disease gene.My grandfather is one of six children. Five ended up struggling with Alzheimer’s, Papaw included. He is now in the midst of a rough battle with the terrible disease.It’s a daily struggle that makes holidays rough, daily schedules radically different and good days a novelty, but I know that every member of my family is committed to making life easier and more normal for my grandpa. Seth Rogen feels the same way about his mother-in-law. Last week, he went before Congress to push for financing care for Alzheimer’s victims. The hearing was poorly attended, and those who were there left before Rogen had even finished his plea. By the time Rogan was through, there were only two senators left.To top it all off, one of the senators who tweeted his admiration for Rogen’s plea, even asking his followers to “Retweet if you know someone affected by #Alzheimers,” didn’t even show up for the speech.I don’t think I’ve ever been more disappointed in my government.Alzheimer’s disease affects more than five million Americans either directly or by association. There are people currently affected by Alzheimer’s who voted for the senators who didn’t show up or left.That’s inexcusable.I understand the issue, for some reason, isn’t at the forefront of immediate action. But a small fraction of the day devoted to listening to a plea about a disease that effects a large percentage of the American population isn’t too much to ask. I wouldn’t wish Alzheimer’s on anyone. But I guarantee if one of these senators watched a relative struggle with the simplest tasks such as shaving or remembering their family members’ names, they would have cancelled their lunch plans to hear Rogen speak.It has recently been predicted that by the year 2050, 16 million Americans will be afflicted with Alzheimer’s. This isn’t an insignificant topic. Rogen’s speech was worth the senators’ time.Another American develops Alzheimer’s every 68 seconds. Since you’ve been reading, at least one person has been diagnosed and multiple people affected.Tweet about that, Senator Kirk.I won’t wait to raise awareness until some or all of my previously stated family members are diagnosed. I’m not going to wait so someday my children try to sit before a basically empty Congress begging for financial support and funding for a cure for me.Government support of this issue is past due, and retweets aren’t going to cut it.cnmcelwa@indiana.edu