College students: Try less beer, more networking

Recent surveys have shown that college graduates regrest not having looked for a job sooner, having had a job in college and not having done more networking. Some reasons are that about a third are currently living with their parents and could not find a job right out of college and about ten percent did not need the 4 year degree which they went to college in the first place to obtain (which they would know if they had looked more at jobs)

I think this is an interesting conundrum. With the economy the way that it is I would expect nothing less since jobs are so scarce. In addition, because technology is changing so rapidly and at an increasing rate, you have to expect that jobs will change and you may need alot of on the job training or different training than you originally went into college expecting you would need. This has given me some perspective to see that I need to pay more attention to my career after college while in college than I may realize. I have to look out for what will happen to me when I leave college because there is such uncertainty as to what jobs will be available and what my job will require after I am done with college.

Original article: http://lifeinc.today.com/_news/2011/04/27/6544524-college-students-try-less-beer-more-networking

Headscarves slam brakes on women's careers

In Istanbul there is a great controversy as to whether or not women should be allowed to wear headscarves. This is partly due to that fact that many of Istanbul's occupants believe that allowing women to wear them will ecncourage the government to become more ruled by Islam and cause women to be more subdued. There is an argument that it is not religious but simply secular, yet there continues to be discimination against women who attempt to wear headscarves while in positions of power or importance especially.

I think this is a terrible mistake, as I have concluded in previous blogs, to associate Islam with terrorism and to discriminate agains the Islamic tradition. On top of that, it is simply a matter of preference and of comfort and we ought to treat all religious and secular traditions with respect. I can understand why people might be concerned with an Islamic government, peacfully or unpeacefully taking over. It is natural to want to stay the way you are, but there must be some sort of balance between tolerance and tradition so that those in Istanbul can both allow others to be as they are (without hurting anybody) and still be how they want to be (without oppressing anybody). I propose that there be a distincion between license and freedom, or as you might think of it, abuse of freedom and freedom used properly. As long as nobody is infringing on anybody else's freedom, everybody should be free to do as they like.

Original Article: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42226074/ns/world_news-europe/

Water wars? Thirsty, energy-short China stirs fear

Basically, the problem this article focuses on is the fact that China is disturbing bordering countries, especially India, with all its ambitions to divert water with damming and create a greater water supply for themselves along with more convenient access to water. This has created shortages for other countries by taking essential water supplies, and all the stream diversion has even created several natural disasters. This blind destruction that the Chinse are causing could potentially lead to war if it goes unchecked.

I think that the Chinese are being incredibly short sighted and stupidly stubborn. If the continue to keep the information from anybody who wants to see it (information concerning exactly what they are really trying to do) then there will be no help for them. We may support China because we need them but if they get into a war with India, there is no way we will support them through that if the main cause is them simply stealing water from an already poor and starving people. In the world we live in it is dangerous to start such conflict in a time when every country seems to have a surplus of weapons. If I am correct, China is one of the most prestigious and wealthy nations and they don't even have an excuse for there ruthless and backhanded attacks on the water-supply of a relatively poor and impoverished country like India. India is not a good country to pick a fight with also because of their massive size. The results of it all could be disastrous.

Nation marks 150th anniversary of Civil War

The article desribed the wonrous ceremonies we created to deal with the Civil War and our regret for it ever having happened. Unfortunately the ceremonies, even for the huge 150th anniversary were smaller that one might anticipate and do not appear to be that big of news, and there is no one to disprove this sad fallacy.

I must disagree with the article and state that there is no reason to be sad that such a ceremony was "not big enough" just because it was on a somewhat small scale. There is no atrosity greater than slavery, and so there is no bigger benchmark in the evolution of man then slaves being finally freed and released from their life long imprisonment. It is no wonder that there is would be a small ceremony to commemerate such a major event, even after all the tragedies that the war instilled. Do play up such an awful event would really mean that we are looking at it as something painful and not beautiful, not simply something to be happy about and content with. So clearly there is a reason to celebrate, but why make such a big deal out of the freedom that is supposedly a "natural right" to begin with.