Niki+Campbell

New York City : Miracle Landing
 * Semptember 15th, 2010**

The article about the 22 year old man surviving a suicidal 40-story fall from an apartment building is very interesting to me. I find it amazing how he fell on a car and survived from that fall with two broken legs, a collapsed lung, and a shattered ankle. The question in my head is, "Does he deserve to have his life back?" I think everyone deserves a second chance at life. However, other people in the world are suffering from tragic things making their lives end. Such as, cancer patients, and other diseases that people obtain. I think most of the people suffering from things like these would kill to have been in this 22 year old's shoes no matter what events he was going through at the time before he tried to commit suicide. In conclusion, it's just interesting how some can get so lucky. It makes me cherish every second I have in life because some dont get as lucky as the 22 year old did to have another chance at life. Hopefully he appreciates it and realizes that life shouldn't be taken for granted and should be cherished instead.

Manilla : Baby in airplane trash
 * Semptember 26th, 2010**

The article about the baby being found in the airplane trash on a flight from Bahrain to the Philippines is very interesting but also very sad to me. It's interesting because it's very suprising hearing that a baby would be left, especially on an airplane. It's sad because I don't know why any mother would ever leave her baby. However, according to the article the mother may be a maid in the Middle East which means she's probably very poor, and works very hard hours. Even if this is true, I still don't think it was okay for her to leave her son in a trash. There must have been another solution. I mean, he could have easily died. Luckily, someone found him in time and he's still alive and has a chance at life. To conclude, the article and news about this baby is very suprising, sad, yet interesting to me because it's not likely and definitely not something you hear everyday.


 * P Very Well done and thought out**


 * C Do not be afraid to go into more detail with other articles**

Austin : Student goes on shooting spree
 * October 6th, 2010**

The article in which Colton Tooley, a quiet math major goes on a shooting spree at the University of Texas and appearing on a campus street with an AK-47 firing atleast six shots toward a church and into the air before killing himself is a very interesting article to me. I don't find it suprising that it was a student who was said to be very smart and respectful would be the one to do something like this. I think on most cases like these, it's always the person who you would never suspect to do a crime like this, that does it. It's definitely a sad topic though. Something must have occured in order to make Tooley do such a thing. I don't think any student would just randomly spray his university with tons of bullets. However, that does happen so one can never be to sure. But maybe he was bullied or just was sick of life. I guess we will never know. But I never really understood why someone would put others in danger if the outcome was going to be that they kill themselves also. Like, why kill or injury all these other people if at the end of it all, your just going to kill yourself? It's just a sad issue and definitely one that happens a lot :(. To conclude, I think people can learn from this article and hopefully realize that at the end of it all, suicide and hurting others is not the way to go.

The Iraq war : as revealed by WikiLeaks
 * November 2nd, 2010**

A website called WikiLeaks released nearly 400,000 military documents from the Iraq war that make the U.S involved in the torture and killing of Iraqi civilians. It included the fact that the U.S soldiers sometimes witnessed the abuse without saying anything. In addition, it claims the U.S fired at Iraq civilians bringing 15,000 unreported deaths and the total deaths to 100,000. **The Washington Post** and other editorials felt that the document was “reckless and politically motivated.” Also, **Investor's Business Daily** felt that the documents prove that the U.S forces encountered weapons of mass destruction facilities and that small amounts of chemical weapons were left over from Sadden Hussein's arsenal. And that Bush is "owed an apology."

The fact that the WikiLeaks mostly confirm what was already known makes it look as if the writer just wanted to start trouble. **The Washington Post** along with myself feel as if the leaks were basically pointless. As most already know, the Iraq war was an ugly chapter in our history. The leaks cause nothing but drama and controversy that isn’t needed. Although killing civilians is wrong, one must understand that it is war and the U.S along with tons of other counties will do anything at war time. Furthermore, it's not like the WikiLeaks reported things that werent already mostly known, so why bring it up again? I guess there is a lot more figuring out to be looked upon. In conclusion, the WikiLeaks was not needed and I feel as if it only was for attention rather then the real data itself.