It seems like maybe it is a cool thing to do however the majority will orobably not give in to this idea of canceling State Patty's day. It is a long shot of a goal and i mean a LONG SHOT. It would come down to determination and personal sacrifice. In the end though whatever happens in the coming days, months, and years to come i am a nittany lion and a proud one at that. I am at penn state and i always will be. WE ARE PENN STATE. And never forget it....

State Patty"s day is are own little holiday here in state college to completly destory ourselves. It is a soild day of partying and a morning of wondering what the hell happened. There are people out there that are for not doing state patty's day this year but i feel it just does not way out the majority who want to celebrate. Also i am having a hard time seeing how canceling state patty's day will affect things. If we do not do it the media will just blow over it. The story title Penn state does not drink does not make an intresting title foe the media. They are looking for the next big thing. The world knows Penn state already as a party school no matter what we do here. It is a shame how this whole scandel has come to taking away traditions espically those created by us the student body. in conclusion i would do anything that would help penn state's name, however i do not see how this will help.

Can Penn state cancel state patty's Day? Well after that suggestion was proposed to the class of soc 119 a roar of opinons surrounded my by my fellow students. And i really wish we could not do it this year, and i also wish that it would restore a bit of penn state's image but, it is not going to happen. Becuase it is not just a challenge to get the fourty thousand plus students to not party and destroy themselves, there are thousands more who come from out of the area.

And honestly i do not think that it would not have been different as the media portrayed it. There would still have been riots had sandusky been black or latino it is the student body gathering together in fighting for what they believe is wrong. Penn state is still slandered and looked differently upon do to these events. Would it really have made that much of a differnece. regardless of race it is still a huge issue and it is not going to go away for quite awhile. Penn state has a big slander on its name and it is up o us to rebuild its name. And that has nothing to do with what race Sandusky is. Does not matter if he was white, black, hispanic, asian, etc.

What if sandusky was black or latino? Or any different race in that matter? I honestly believe nothing would have been different. It is still a wrong, disgusting, illmoral crime. Penn State's image would still be slandered just as it was when since Sandusky is white. I do not think it would have been portrayed any differntly since the crime is still what it is regardless of race or ethnicity. Sandusky did what he did and unforutanlly it happened. When i look at it i do not think of why a white man would do such awful things to young children no. I think why would any human being with a heart and a sense of morals want to do this acts towards innocent children. The vitcims are still scared no matter the difference.

Why are Americans not willing to do the jobs that illegal immigrants were forced to leave because of new immigration laws? I personally believe that there are multiple reasons for why Americans who are looking for jobs in such a tough job market are not willing to do them. One reason is desire, illegal immigrants come here and are willing to take any work they can find because they are new to the country, they need a source of money to provide not for just themselves but also their families. They have mouths to feed and cloth and they want the best for their family. Americans just do not have the desire to keep a job of such physical demand such as the farming jobs in Alabama. Americans do not want to break their back working a job if they believe there is a better job out their for them. And that brings this to the second reason why Americans are not willing to keep these jobs is opportunity. Americans believe strongly in opportunity. Heck we call America the land of opportunity. Where you can become anything you want to be if you work towards it. Illegal immigrants have little opportunity to start with when they come to the land of America. Therefore they seize whatever they can get their hands one. Americans always believe that closing one door opens another. And i do not want to label all Americans as "lazy" however an american will quit a job if he or she does not like it and just hope for something better. This is why i personally believe that Americans and not willing to do the jobs that illegal immigrants left behind. It is a shame i would have expected in this current job market that with jobs opening up even though it is farming jobs that Americans would jump on them right away. If i was a american in Alabama and i was out of work i would suck it up and take the job. It is a source of income and it is a job that i would hold until the job market would fix itself and just wait for better opportunities to come for me. Honestly take what you can get do not complain about it and be thankful that you have a source of money.

However some of the little things would change like social environment. I would notice more people of color than white, and maybe a view changes in the media however this does not scare me nor intimidate me. I have nothing to fear of my social status as a white person or worry about the world in general. I feel this way because like I said I find it kind of silly that some people are worried about this possibly happening in the future. And for all I know I am wrong and it will happen. But if it does happen I will sit back and say “well…ok” and live life day by day. I am interested in wondering why some people are scared of this possible event. Are they afraid of their social status? Do they think that they will be treated differently? Will they have to fight harder to get a job? Unforutanlly I do not know. I would love to hear why they are scared and listen to what they have to say. So if it is going to happen people are going to have to roll with it.

How do I personally feel about the idea that white people may become the minority in the near future? To be honest with everyone is does not faze me at all. I am a white male who lives his life day by day. I also feel that this idea cannot be predicted to be true. We never know what the future is going to hold for the world let alone just the United States of America. I just do not see it happening. However in the case that it does happen in the future, let’s say I wake up tomorrow and white people are now the minority…so what. It does not scare me or pressure me into any way of thinking. I believe that everything would be completely the same. It interests me how some believe that certain events are going to change day to day life for people. In this situation I would wake up and carry out my day just as I world when white people were not the minority.

Yes there are areas where it might not be viewed like that but, I believe that this is a world that shares itself and that anyone can make something of themselves if they work for it. Society is what society is, I’m aware that sometimes that if can be unfair for certain individuals in certain situations but, I cannot grasp the idea of a black centered world because I do not even see the white centered world. I walked around day to day and I just see life. And that sounds really cheezy but that is what I see. It is a world centered on effort. If one wants to become something great or amazing. How much effort is one willing to put in to get there?I could be wrong maybe it is white centered and if we did change the way the world is viewed everything would be different. However to me I do not believe that much would change. The world is what you want to make of it. So what do you make of the world?

We still have poor people living in the slums and the rich living in luxury. Government would still run the exact same way, I would live my days the same was as I did before. The small things that might change is the media, we might notice more people of color doing ads for commercials, colored models, and a change in general entertainment. However daily life would not change. Just like the woman centered would question, not much would change. Only maybe the small stuff would be different. My question is always why do you think it would be different? Why does one think that if we change the center of the world to a different race or gender do we think that our lives are going to change completely? In a white centered world I wake up, goes to class hang out with friends, do work, go to bed. In a different viewed world it still would not be different. My answer goes with the fact that I still do not believe this whole white centered world idea. I always believe that the world is viewed multi-culture.