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My entire life I’ve done my best to keep politics out. I never liked it. It just seemed like a bunch of people constantly fighting over meaningless topics. It had this negative connotation in my mind that I couldn’t shake. I grew up in a Republican family and the very little I knew was based on conservative beliefs. I still hold many of these beliefs today but I’m more curious than I’ve ever been. That is why I came to Washington D.C. and that is why I decided to work with Tricom.

In the midst of the worldwide technology boom, our nation’s leaders are trying to find a responsible way to enhance our youth’s learning experience by assimilating technology into daily education.

Merriam-Webster defines cheating as “acting dishonestly or unfairly in order to gain advantage.” It is frowned upon because, among other things, it promotes bad character and deceit. As a young student, everyone is taught to do their own work and earn their own grade rather than cheat off a friend or neighbor at a nearby desk. It is a fairly simple lesson that has become increasingly complicated due, in part, to the rapid growth of technology.

“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell was dishonorable and un-American, and we celebrate today as it officially becomes a relic of the past,” Democratic National Committee Chairman Debbie Wasserman Schultz tweeted on September 20, the day the law was repealed.

Since President Barack Obama’s public address last Thursday, he has been traveling the United States pushing his jobs bill to all that will listen. A common theme has occurred throughout his promotional trip. Mr. Obama has been visiting schools at every stop. On Sept. 13, Mr. Obama traveled to a high school in Columbus, Ohio challenging Congress to act on his $447 billion proposal of tax cuts and stimulus projects. All of this is an effort to put people back to work and improve our educational system.

By Michael Peck

Texas Governor Rick Perry recently accused Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke, of potential treason connected with the anticipated printing of more U.S. currency to “ease” and revive a moribund economy by buying both corporate and government debt in an effort to lower borrowing costs and increase employment.  As a former Air Force officer (1972-77), Captain Perry ought to know a thing or two about treason having raised his right arm and sworn an oath more than once, first upon his commissioning and subsequently throughout his five years of military service to “defend the Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic”.

Anthony Weiner, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Tiger Woods. What do they all have in common? They cheated on their wives. How is Tiger Woods’s situation different from the other two? Woods is a professional golfer while Weiner was a New York congressman and Schwarzenegger was the governor of California. Why is this difference important? People hold elected public officials to higher standard than private citizens or celebrities, which may explain why their unfaithfulness was enough to cost (or nearly cost) them their jobs.

A Technological Approach to Education

There are traditionalists and then there are people who want change. In the educational system, we have administrators, teachers and parents who do not like the idea of laptops, cell phones or iPods being used in class. On the other hand, some teachers and parents feel like this is a new era and that technology should be used. I define technology as any electronic device that has Internet capabilities.

As someone who was born and raised in Iowa and attends college in Iowa, this piece of news felt personal. Iowa state senator Shawn Hamerlinck, a Republican, told a group of student leaders, some who I know, that they are wasting time coming to the state capitol to talk about education and budget cuts.

Lol, C u La8ter, 143 and other short and abbreviated text language is used daily all over the world by people. Many surveys and tests have been conducted to see if sending short messages are better than writing entire words. Most say short texting is fast and easy for the person on the receiving end to understand what is being said.