In a recent article by Ari Bloomekatz in Los Angeles Times news entitled "Millions of Californians to take part in 'ShakeOut' earthquake drills," millions of California residents and students are practicing a "drop, cover, and hold on" drill for future earthquakes in emergency situations.
The article claims, "In Los Angeles, the drill will take place at 10:17 a.m. at Rosemont Elementary School, where students will act as if they've been injured in a quake and emergency crews respond to the scene. " During the drill, firefighters, the volunteers who will help out for the kids, will take part in the act. According to the moving plates on the California lands, there are high risks for major earthquakes to take place anywhere in the mountains, the places where most students and citizens would take place.
Bloomekatz quotes, "Responding to a Los Angeles Times report of structurally vulnerable buildings that could expose thousands to injury or death, Garcetti said he was 'interested in creative ways of making buildings safer.'" Creating buildings that could hold an earthquake could potentially improve the death rates of earthquake victims. Safer buildings will keep the students from getting tumbled on by roofs and other various materials in the schools.
The article also asserts, "Garcetti is facing a tangle of unforeseen political and legal challenges as he grapples with what action the city should take to identify and reinforce hundreds of old concrete buildings that may be at risk of collapse in a major earthquake." The buildings of California, including the schools, are not safe for people to be in when an earthquake takes place. The government in California are taking action by planning on removing the risky buildings and creating better, and more stable architectures.
When I was a little kid in the Philippines, the country that I was born in, I remember experiencing a tiny earthquake. Although it was not very effective, it could have still managed to do some damages. The houses, shacks that were made out of cheap materials, and buildings there were not very stable and could easily fall down since the material that the homes were made of was very loose.
Earthquake safety should be enforced through out the whole world, no matter where the plates are located. It is better to be safe than sorry. Schools all around should practice learning what to do when it occurs. Intellectual education is not the only education that people should study for. Students must also learn how to defend themselves when a predicaments come their way.
Thursday, October 17, 2013
Friday, October 11, 2013
CC 1:1 Ole Miss Football Players Yell Gay Slurs
In a recent article by Kim Severson and Alan Blinder in New York Times news entitled "University of Mississippi Investigating Anti-Gay Heckling at Theater Performance," a group of Ole Miss football players were screaming hateful gay slurs during an anti-gay theater play in Oxford, Missouri.
"The two groups of students, about as far apart as any cultural groups on a college campus could be, became linked this week after football players and other freshmen disrupted the play with homophobic heckling." In 1962, the university is still struggling with the horrible integration that resulted in two deaths and dozens of injuries. The play, an act about a bullied homosexual, was a racial healing theme to unify the college together. The actions of the men was immature and unnecessary, although some students disagree.
"Once an investigation of the heckling on Tuesday is concluded, the school will consider disciplinary action, which could range from a public apology to expulsion, Dr. Jones said." With the football players irresponsible action, they are to take a theater appreciation class for the unrespectable gay comments that they interrupted with during the play. Some has even apologized for the slurs to an actor, the main character of the act.
"For the cast members, who gathered in the theater at noon Friday to discuss the episode and listen to encouraging words from administrators and theater faculty, the fact that the play provoked such strong reaction was, in a way, exactly what theater is supposed to do." The play made such an impact on those that watched it. Just as it was supposed to. It sampled how people were judgemental towards the gay community.
There was no need in such hurtful words towards the gay actors while performing such a symbolic play. I personally have homosexual friends who I dearly care about, and although it was a play about a tragic story of a gay man who was brutally judged, beaten, and eventually killed, there should be some respect from the audience. Everyone should be treated equally, no matter what the sexual orientation. Everyday, there is always someone who is bullied for their views on life, and cannot stand for it.
Why judge a person for loving another person of the same sexuality? It is a personal decision, and no one has to deal with it but the person involved. This world is full of hateful and judgmental human beings, and we should have the freedom to love, care, and marry the partner that we desire.
"The two groups of students, about as far apart as any cultural groups on a college campus could be, became linked this week after football players and other freshmen disrupted the play with homophobic heckling." In 1962, the university is still struggling with the horrible integration that resulted in two deaths and dozens of injuries. The play, an act about a bullied homosexual, was a racial healing theme to unify the college together. The actions of the men was immature and unnecessary, although some students disagree.
"Once an investigation of the heckling on Tuesday is concluded, the school will consider disciplinary action, which could range from a public apology to expulsion, Dr. Jones said." With the football players irresponsible action, they are to take a theater appreciation class for the unrespectable gay comments that they interrupted with during the play. Some has even apologized for the slurs to an actor, the main character of the act.
"For the cast members, who gathered in the theater at noon Friday to discuss the episode and listen to encouraging words from administrators and theater faculty, the fact that the play provoked such strong reaction was, in a way, exactly what theater is supposed to do." The play made such an impact on those that watched it. Just as it was supposed to. It sampled how people were judgemental towards the gay community.
There was no need in such hurtful words towards the gay actors while performing such a symbolic play. I personally have homosexual friends who I dearly care about, and although it was a play about a tragic story of a gay man who was brutally judged, beaten, and eventually killed, there should be some respect from the audience. Everyone should be treated equally, no matter what the sexual orientation. Everyday, there is always someone who is bullied for their views on life, and cannot stand for it.
Why judge a person for loving another person of the same sexuality? It is a personal decision, and no one has to deal with it but the person involved. This world is full of hateful and judgmental human beings, and we should have the freedom to love, care, and marry the partner that we desire.
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