NewsfeedThis week, we put the spotlight
on the Engage the Great Lakes
Bay Region grant. The goal
is to motivate high school
students to be civically engaged from
a young age through their adult lives.
The program’s founders want the
initiative to give students reasons
to be involved not only during
high school, but also in college and
beyond. »
Like most other students
at this time, I am
overwhelmed with the
amount of things I have
to do. I am so overwhelmed I
don’t even know where to begin.
Sometimes I think about what I
have to do and then convert that
into the amount of coffee I need
to drink. Unfortunately, coffee
is a stool softener, makes me jittery
and upsets my tummy. So
all coffee does for me lately is
attribute to this feeling of being
overwhelmed. »
President Gilbertson eats ten
pounds of carrots each day.
That is not intended to be a
factual statement. Confused?
So am I.
Several weeks ago, during
debate on the floor of the U.S. Senate,
Arizona Republican Jon Kyl stated
that over 90 percent of what Planned
Parenthood does is provide abortions.
After it was revealed that the official
statistic was closer to 3 percent, Kyl’s
office claimed that his claim was “not
intended to be a factual statement.”
Naturally, as with any time a highprofile
public official says something
dumb, Colbert seized on it. On Twitter,
#notintendedtobeafactualstatement
was launched by Colbert as a way to
say completely absurd things, and not
be sued for libel because as Kyl’s office
said, it was not intended to be a factual
statement. »
Don’t judge a book by its
color…er, cover.
Raise your hand if you
have an “unnatural” color
in your hair. How about piercings
on your face? Visible tattoos? If
you have any or all of these you
may be able to relate to how I feel
about fair social treatment. »