Little bit of fresh air

Finals week is in full swing and everyone is stressed out about ending the year on a high note. I think that everyone deserves a five minute study break here and there and recently I have found a new website that allows me to escape from my heavy work load. It is called Beauty in Everything. The website allows you to search key words. For an animal lover you can type in any kind of animal and it turns up hundreds of stunning pictures. You can search landscapes or literally anything else you can think of.

The website serves as a nice little escape from the confined walls of the libraries. I'm not saying anyone should spend hours on this website but I hope someone finds this and appreciates it as much as I do!

Another close call for NYC

Faisal Shahzad, a Pakistani-American citizen was arrested for a botched car bomb attempt in New York City's Time Square. Shahzad was granted a visa to attend Southeastern University in Washington in 1998. He quickly transfered to the University of Bridgeport where he received a master's of business administration. In 2009 he traveled to Dubai for an unknown reason and returned to the United States shortly after. On May 1st he parked his car in Times Square filled with gunpowder and other explosives. A street vendor notifies police that a parked car is smoking and is afraid it might blow up. Police evacuate the area between 43rd and 47th streets and 6th and 8th avenues.

Police search desperately for the suspect and find Shahzad on a flight about to take off for Dubai. He admitted to the crime according to court documents and has been taken into custody.

I truly believe that the United States needs to shut down our borders in order to stop terrorists form coming into our country. Terrorists like Faisal Shahzad take advantage of our school systems and our way of life and then they try and destroy it by killing innocent people. They have no regard for human life and should be brought to justice in the harshest of court systems.

The only way we are going to stop terrorism is to keep them out of our country. We need to reserve our school systems for American citizens that are going to become useful members of society. We do not need to waste space in our schools or our country for people that are going to try and destroy us.

UVA lacrosse player found dead.

On May 3rd at 2:15 am Yeardley Love was found dead in her off campus apartment at the University of Virginia. She was a senior lacrosse player gearing up for graduation and the NCAA Lacrosse Championships. In a news article done by abc, it was reported that police were called in to help after one of Yeardley's roommates found her face down on her bed. She assumed the incident was an alcohol overdose but police could tell right away that there was physical trauma done to her body. Police were led to her boyfriend, George Huguely who was arrested for murder in the first degree.

Students at UVA are shocked to hear Huguely as a suspect in the chilling case. One student was quoted saying, "Huguely was always well liked and well respected and had plenty of friends." The source also commented saying, "He had a clean history and he had a good job lined up at the commercial real estate firm in Washington, D.C." Huguely is still being held in prison and will not be able to set bail at this time.

This story seems oddly familiar. It reminds me of the Duke Lacrosse scandal in which three Duke Lacrosse Players were indicted on charges of rape, sexual assault, and kidnapping. The players were wrongly accused and eventually dropped of all charges. I hope that the murder at UVA does not follow the same pattern as the Duke scandal. I hope the police are positive they have the right person in custody.