1. The conflict in this story is that the Labays, the family that owns and runs Nau's Enfield Drug, wants to demolish an old house that they own and sell the lot. The Old West Austin Neighborhood Association is fighting against this because they believe that the house has historic value. I think the Labays should be allowed to demolish the house because they need the money, the house has become a nuisance to them, and as long as it's indisrepair and uninhabitable I don't really think the house has any value. The compromise proposed has been to subdivide the lot to preserve the house but allow development on the other portion. I think this is a good compromise because it protects the interests of both parties.
2. UT and A&M have entered the bid together to operate a nuclear weapons lab. The two universities would "provide research expertise, workforce training and independent peer review of the work done at Sandia." I think this would be a great opportunity for UT and A&M and that universities should be allowed to do this sort of thing because it greatly expands the research and learning opportunities for their professors and students.
3. The latest news in the Bill Cosby sexual assault saga is that Cosby will stand trial for at least one of many accusations, as ruled by Judge Elizabeth A. McHugh. I strongly agree with the judge's decision because, it seems to me, no forward motion has been made in any of the accusations against Cosby and it's about time. Cosby's lawyers argued against this ruling. saying that the former district attorney promised to never prosecute Cosby if his testified in another civil suit. I don't think that arguments has any merit because it seems to me like that's kind of obstructing justice and has no legal standing. I think this story deserved to be on the front page because it's a very high profile case that a lot of people have been following for a long time and have a great deal of interest in.
4. The School Board voted on Monday night to rename Robert E. Lee Elementary to Russell Lee Elementary. Russell Lee was a Depression-era photographer, lived in the area, and founded UT's photography department. The name was chosen to replace the problematic "Robert E." but still allow people to refer to the school as "Lee." Some people wanted rename the school Bettie Mann Elementary after the campus's first African-American teacher. In a compromise, the kindergarten wing of Lee has been named in her honor. It was kind of awkward because some people felt that keeping Lee wasn't really doing anything to change the nature of the name. I honestly feel pretty neutral about the whole thing. I did think that we should rename the school and I'm glad that it happened but at the same time I didn't go to Lee so I don't place that much value on calling the school "Lee." To be honest, they probably could've renamed the school anything and I would've went with it.
5. A predicted oucome of the Baylor sexual assault scandal is that the university's president, Ken Starr, will be terminated. Pepper Hamilton Law Firm has compiled a report about the sexual assault allegations against multiple Baylor football players and how the school had failed to competently handle the situations. Now I don't think I have enough information to have a clear opinion on the matter but I do think that whomever was responsible for the failure to protect those women should be held accountable and should be punished accordingly.
There are more partners including the University of Mexico and Boeing.
ReplyDeleteIt was awkward because Mann was at the meeting where the vote was held.
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There are more partners including the University of Mexico and Boeing.
ReplyDeleteIt was awkward because Mann was at the meeting where the vote was held.
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