National News...
Sep. 30th, 2010 06:22 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
snoggedSo far this week, the town I currently live in and the town I went to school in have successfully made it into the sight of national newscasts.
*On Monday, the town I'm currently living in made front page headlines on cnn.com because the 100 year old levee was starting to crack under the pressure of rising water. The way they told it made it sound like we were all using rafts and canoes to get to and from work, but most of the people living inside the town were not affected by this (as we live close to the newly built section of levee that's made from gravel and cement - not dirt).
*The second event actually occurred Sunday, but didn't get coverage until yesterday. A girl at UW-Whitewater was attacked and called a "faggot" by two men after they spotted her wearing a t-shirt that said "Legalize Gay."
I hate, hate, HATE the fact that a crime like this took place there. Granted, my college always kind felt like it was stuck in a town with little diversity, but still...I thought Whitewater students were better than that.
The message I want you to take away from this is: I don't have canoe to work or to the bottom of my driveway and I hate Hate Crimes. Thank you and have a good day.
*On Monday, the town I'm currently living in made front page headlines on cnn.com because the 100 year old levee was starting to crack under the pressure of rising water. The way they told it made it sound like we were all using rafts and canoes to get to and from work, but most of the people living inside the town were not affected by this (as we live close to the newly built section of levee that's made from gravel and cement - not dirt).
*The second event actually occurred Sunday, but didn't get coverage until yesterday. A girl at UW-Whitewater was attacked and called a "faggot" by two men after they spotted her wearing a t-shirt that said "Legalize Gay."
I hate, hate, HATE the fact that a crime like this took place there. Granted, my college always kind felt like it was stuck in a town with little diversity, but still...I thought Whitewater students were better than that.
The message I want you to take away from this is: I don't have canoe to work or to the bottom of my driveway and I hate Hate Crimes. Thank you and have a good day.