The first article I found very interesting was about the
escape convicts of the New York prison. The two convicted murderers have been
on the run for about a week and a half now and still are nowhere to be found.
The prisoners escaped by the help of a guard who brought the two an assortment
of tools to free them on their “Shawshank Redemption” style escape. The two
prisoners used Hacksaw blades, screwdrivers, chisels, and a punch to make their
way free. The two prisoners were helped by guard Joyce Mitchell who brought
them the tools for their escape. The most shocking part of this article was the
plan of the two men to kill the husband of the guard who helped them escape: he
also, was a guard at the very same prison. Joyce Mitchell was also supposed to
pick up the two men once they escaped but claimed she had gotten cold feet at
the time of the break out. The one question that really arose in my mind was
who in their right mind would give up a job making 57,000 dollars per year two
help to murderers escape from a sentence that the two rightly deserved. Another
question that come to my mind was why would the state put a prison only twenty
miles from the United States border? This makes it so easy for the criminals to
jump across the border and start a new life. It is hard not to read this
article and not give credit to the criminals their plan was flawless. They
found the perfect guard to help them along with the easiest yet safest escape
route and at the end of the night they were free and found a way out. With
reading this article and new story among other articles on the same topic I can
only see the escape one way and that is impressive.
The next article I found interesting was about a high school
senior who was awarded over 3 million dollars in scholarships to numerous
schools around the country including many Ivy League schools. Arianna Alexander was accepted to 26 schools
and offered over 3 million dollars in scholarship which was a life changer for
the low-income family. Alexander was honored by receiving Gates Scholars
Program Scholarship which helps scholars in low income families be able to
afford high education. The top colleges around the nation are becoming more
aware of this and are allowing free tution to students who fall under a certain
threshold. This is very important to me because I have seen a lot of friends
leave school for financial reasons that are not their fault and we see the
futures of some kids and young adults never come to fruition due to the lack of
funds or academic help they need. The article also mentioned another student
Ronald Nelson who was admitted to all eight Ivy League schools but chose to go
to the University of Alabama due to financial obligations. Ronald’s father
thought that it was not a good idea to send him to an Ivy League school and
incur all the debt when he could save that money to spend on Ronald’s Graduate
school. Even though the generous financial aid continues to grow the very prestigious
schools wealthier students out number lower income student almost fourteen to
one. This issue continues to bother lots of writers because of the lack of help
that some of the brighter minds get based solely on their socioeconomic status.
I personally feel that all students are put on an equal scale academically
however no matter what financially no two students will ever be alike because
to the diversity of the United States financially.
The last article I found very interesting was about the
United States planning to store heavy arms in the Eastern European countries.
This decision is coming due to the activities of Russia in the Ukraine area of
Crimea. These actions are being considered to deter actions of Russian leader
Putin in trying to retake former parts of the USSR like Latvia, Lithuania,
Poland, Romania, and Hungary. This action by the United States would store
battle tanks, infantry vehicles, and large scale weapons. Approximately 5000
troops could be stations with plans on 150 soldiers in Latvia, Lithuania, and
Estonia and 750 in Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, and possibly Hungary. Polish and
Lithuanian officials confirmed they were in talks with the U.S. about
stationing equipment in their countries. The Lithuanian Prime Minister claims
he is worried about the threats and the increase in threats on them as well as
other Eastern European countries. Poland's prime minister also claims he has
had talks the U. S. Officials as recent as May and also expects this to happen
very soon. This proposal is coming in wake of the Crimea annexation back in
March 2014. This decision is expected to be made before the NATO meeting this
month. Over the past few years the U.S. is increasing the number of
pre-positioned equipment and will continue to increase in the coming years.
Still no decision has been made on the equipment movement. This article to me
is very interesting because of the latest Russian movement. It seems as though
Russia is slowly but surely becoming one of the biggest world powers yet again.
With the economy in Europe in shambles it seems as though this is the perfect time
to take over all of Europe which seems to be their plan. This activity always
worries me a little because of all of the European Allies the U.S. has and without
them where would we be?
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