2008 Woodie Awards
Vote Absentee
ATTENTION ALL STUDENTS: Regardless of who you support, please make your voice heard and vote in this year's SGA elections. The student body - and the University as a whole - has a lot riding on the elections this year. It is important that each and every student gives his or her input into selecting the leaders of our student body.
Almost every person in Mobile knows about the Air Force KC-45A Tanker contract being awarded to the Northrop-Grumman and EADS team. This is probably because the assembly of the jetliner will be carried out in Mobile, creating more than 1,500 jobs locally. But the problem isn't here; it's in the national headlines and in Washington, D.C. Misinformation is flying around like gnats.
In 2006, there were six "forcible sex offenses" reported on campus. And here's something to note: According to the U.S. Department of Justice, only 36 percent of rapes, 34 percent of attempted rapes and 26 percent of sexual assaults are reported. Math majors, work that out in your heads, please. For the rest of us, just know that that means a lot. I would like you to stop and think about what that means for a moment: It means that you know an assault victim, whether you realize it or not.
The argument here is about freedom of speech. Agree with what the documentaries are about or not, he has the right to say what he wishes to say, and if people are willing to pay him to say it, then that's called a consultant, and more power to the guy for making a buck in an economy that's about to go down the toilet at any second.
I must admit that the man is a genius. I am the first to raise my hand to vote for the legalization of marijuana, not because I am a pot head by any means, but because I am against big government. While Barry and I have the same goal in mind, I find his ways of going about this, well, inane.