Week 5 Reading Blog

Monday:
There was quite a few things that piqued my interest in this issue of the NY Times. Really though, most interesting to me was how some of the state schools in New York were getting a lot more students than they thought they initially would and they are having to put the kids into forced triples and such. A lot of state schools are getting more applicants than ever before, but they aren’t going to accept more than they can hold, despite looming budget cuts, which I think is commendable. However, for a school like UNH which is one of the most expensive state schools in the country, I’m curious as to what we’re doing.
Tuesday
Really, I’m kind of sick of all the economy stuff. Come on! I get it’s extremely important and it holds the balance of really the world, but I’m getting kind of annoyed with it. It’s really on me, but seriously, how much can someone take of this before they lose it? Though, I do like how every one of these big companies isn’t getting off easy. One of the headlines, “Two Fallen Mortgage Giants Are Unlikely to be restored”. Thank you. I know people are losing jobs and stuff, but how many poor people lost their homes and lives with these mortgage companies? Keep it up.
Wednesday
Really, there was only one story I could focus on today. “So You’re Dead? Don’t Expect That to Stop the Debt Collector”. Really??? Give these poor people a break! It says they are calling to recoup something like $300. Let’s be serious here, I get that times are hard, but are your times harder than these people? It really saddened me to see this, especially how they aren’t legally bound to repay it, but they’ve been duped into thinking they have to. Really, quite disgusting.
Thursday
Yeesh, today I’m kind of at a loss. So much doom and gloom in the paper. Come on; give us a story where a little girl saved a city by baking cookies. That’s what I want sometimes. Not always have the stimulus plan is working or how more companies or families are losing their jobs and houses and the like. I get that it leads a newspaper, but I do hope that sometime soon I see something a little bit happier.