I read an article in the San Jose Mercury News called, "Car that crashed into Foster City home was speeding, police say." The article was a follow up article about a car crash that happened in a Foster City neighborhood on Saturday night. Julia Olson drove her 1997 Thunderbird into a house's dining room while the residents was upstairs. She was the only person in the car and was critically injured while the residents of the home was unharmed. The police now think that the crash happened due to excessive speeding instead of being under the influence of alcohol or drugs because toxicology reports came back negative. The house will be paid by the insurance and the driver will not be charged with negligience or malicious intent because there is no evidence of it.
I think that this is a good article to talk about because of her sheer stupidity she is now in the hospital due to the fact that she was speeding. First I am wondering why the person was speeding so fast down a residential neighborhood at night if she was not intoxicated. Second, I am wondering why the person was speeding in this bad weather we are having in the bay area, because not only is it dangerous, it can also hurt other people if you do crash. Thankfully the people in the house was unharmed or this would be a completely different story. Hopefully people will be able to learn from this article that it is very dangerous to be speeding in a residential area because residential streets are not very wide and if you do crash you can easily hit a house with people in it and injure or even kill them. Another thing that I hope people can get from this article is that driving fast in rain can be very dangerous because you can easily hydroplane and lose control of your car.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Water Rationing FTL
My other essay that I chose was from CBS news. I could not find a print essay at 2 in the morning so I chose to do another online essay. The article is called “Water Rationing Coming To Santa Clara County” by CBS5 news. In the article it tells the readers that on Tuesday the Santa Clara County Board of Directors voted to start rationing water during the spring time, but the amount is not specified and will be discussed in a meeting in March. Right now the water providers are voluntarily reducing water by six percent, but if the rationing goes through we will have to reduce our use of water by 20-30%. The decision is making it hard for water providers to prepare for the rationing because there is no set time or amount on the rationing. Keith Whitman who is the deputy operation officer says that “Once details are finalized at the March meeting, water providers will need between six weeks and three months to make the water restrictions a reality.”
I chose this article because being in the Santa Clara County, San Jose is affected by this decision and how we use our water will also change. I think it will be hard to enforce this rationing because of how vague the information given from the district is. Even though I do not like the rain, hopefully there will be enough rain for the district to call off the rationing because I do not know how I to change my water use habits.
I chose this article because being in the Santa Clara County, San Jose is affected by this decision and how we use our water will also change. I think it will be hard to enforce this rationing because of how vague the information given from the district is. Even though I do not like the rain, hopefully there will be enough rain for the district to call off the rationing because I do not know how I to change my water use habits.
San Jose State increasing tuition WTF!
For my online essay I chose an article relating to San Jose State called ,"San Jose State University plans to increase tuition 10 percent, reduce enrollment next fall" by Lisa Krieger because it relates to myself and my peers directly. The article states that tuition will likely increase 10 percent or from $1524 a semester to $1675. They will also reduce the number of incoming graduate students by 400 and undergraduate students by 3000 students. The university is also trying to get super seniors who have enough credits to graduate, to graduate. They are also going to the extent to waive degree requirements for super seniors. The university is planning on hiring less part time lecturers and they are planning on freezing the salaries of the faculty and staff.
I chose this article because this article affects me and all the students and faculty of San Jose State. If they increase the tuition it will make it hard for a lot of people to pay for the tuition. A 10% increase in tuition may not seem like a lot but to some people like me it is considered a lot. The tuition increase can be blamed on the recent recession that the United States is facing. I use to think that the recession would not affect me as much, but it is starting to prove me wrong.
President Jon Whitmore states, “Limiting the number of students is not easy, working together, with thoughtful management, we will weather this storm.” Hopefully this will be the last tuition increase that I will have to face because one of my main reasons I came to San Jose State was because the tuition was more affordable than other universities, but if they continue on like this I do not think I will be able to handle it.
I chose this article because this article affects me and all the students and faculty of San Jose State. If they increase the tuition it will make it hard for a lot of people to pay for the tuition. A 10% increase in tuition may not seem like a lot but to some people like me it is considered a lot. The tuition increase can be blamed on the recent recession that the United States is facing. I use to think that the recession would not affect me as much, but it is starting to prove me wrong.
President Jon Whitmore states, “Limiting the number of students is not easy, working together, with thoughtful management, we will weather this storm.” Hopefully this will be the last tuition increase that I will have to face because one of my main reasons I came to San Jose State was because the tuition was more affordable than other universities, but if they continue on like this I do not think I will be able to handle it.
Monday, February 9, 2009
READ IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hello everyone!
This is my academic blog for my English 1B class. I am a freshman at San Jose University and I am undeclared for my major. Unfortunately I did not save my homework electronically so I do not have anything worth reading here.
This is my academic blog for my English 1B class. I am a freshman at San Jose University and I am undeclared for my major. Unfortunately I did not save my homework electronically so I do not have anything worth reading here.
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