Blog # 7

For my 7th blog I decided to read about a CU student that was found in the basement of a hospitality building. When he was found, he was injured and had been down there for as long as 2 days. When I read this it said that he tripped on a flight of stairs. I asked myself, why didn't anybody find him in those 2 days? It said that he suffered brain damage during the fall, and that's why he couldn't yell for help.

What does this say about the safety of buildings in Colorado? Especially the stairs; people shouldn't be tripping. Why didn't anybody find him for 2 days? I would think that there would be some kind of janitor, or employee that would go down there for something. I think that CU should do more to stop this from happening again.

CU student found in basement after 2 days.

blog # 6 NYT

For my 5th blog I read about lowering prison terms in sentences for crack. I think that this is really stupid, and they should raise the terms instead of lowering them. Crack kills and affects so many people because it is so addictive. People spend tens of thousands of dollars because they are addicting to crack and must have it, even though it is killing brain cells and destroying them mentally. By letting these crack dealers out of prison earlier, it is likely that they will go back selling this drug and ruining peoples lives. On the article it stated that for about 19,500 dealers, their sentences would be shorted from 10 years and 1 month, to 8 years and 10 months. That is over a year that around 20 thousand of these sick people will be wandering the streets causing more trouble and ruining more lives. Obviously, I think that the crack dealers should not have a shortened sentence, but a longer one.

Rules Lower Prison Terms in Sentences for Crack