SMU police

I was riding in the car today with four of my friends and as we were about to leave the blvd an SMU cop pulled us over. First he said that I was not wearing my seatbelt, even though I was. Once he realized that he had made a mistake he told the driver that she had been going 35 in a 20 mph zone. First of all there was no way that he had a radar gun on us. He had no way of knowing is she was speeding and I was in the backseat so it was very unlikely that he could tell that I was or was not wearing my seat belt. The police around here have nothing to do and therefore they pull kids over for no reason but to scare them and are not around when they are actually needed. For example last week my roommate's car windshield got smashed in behind Boaz Hall at some point during the night. Her alarm was blaring for hours and no cops did anything. They sit on the blvd all night and I cant imagine that they did not hear a car alarm going off. They should be monitoring the parking lots and be in charge of security and not just looking to get kids in trouble.

Affirmative Action

Recently in my Philosophy class we have been talking about Affirmative Action. Maybe I am just completely oblivious but I never really knew that it existed. I always assumed that people were hired for certain jobs based on their qualifications not their sex or their race. My teacher pointed out an interesting fact. He said that although racism and sexism is not as prevalent in our society as it used to be that in fact their are many statistics that prove it is still a problem. For example on average men still make 20% more in overall income than woman do. This is because many woman are unwilling to leave the home or their families in order to pursue careers. After talking about it for days and hearing both sides of the argument I still find it to be an irrelevant issue. One side of the argument stated that we need to make up for discriminations in the past. I don't think it is just or fair to give someone a job because their sex or race has been discriminated against in the past. The company should hire the person that is best qualified for the job. Race and sex should not be put into the equation. I think that Affirmative Action just creates a new type of discrimination. Anyone agree or have different thoughts?