Commitments to Peace

My first commitment to peace is honestly to have a smile on my face a little more often. I've been told by friends that I seem unapproachable simply because I look like I'm always pissed off all the time. It is not my intent to put off that vibe because if you know me I am a really nice guy. If that is what my friends think I can just imagine what the customers at work might be saying, so smiling a little more will not only change my image at school but at work. And my other commitment will be to help out the El Paso community by getting more involved in community service events. As a leader in my fraternity I am able to set up more events through out the school year to help out not only the UTEP campus but our city as well.

Inner Peace

For some people achieving inner peace can be very difficult. And how does one achieve inner peace? For me the closest I can come to being at peace or at least freeing my head of all the stress school, home, or work brings is playing basketball. The court is my sanctuary. There, I am in my own world where peace is everywhere. Unless I lose and then I no longer have inner peace. Haha. I believe to truly achieve inner peace you need to really know yourself, and find that "sanctuary" where you can escape to.

Cable TV, the real enemy

Cable TV, the real enemy.

By Michael Gallinar

I completely agree with Jon Stewart that cable television is fostering divisiveness in society, and you see it all the time. Every time you see the news or read the newspapers and there is a political peace, the media is always trying to split republicans and democrats like it was high school and you have the cool kids and the nerds.

I like the analogy Stewart makes about how the media has become our immune system; whenever the media over reacts to an issue we over react to it and we are becoming more and more sick as a people because of it.

But its not all the media's fault. Its partly ours for feeding in to it. The networks survive on television ratings, so we're pretty much feeding that which is making us sick.