From Calling Plays to Calling For Bail

Jerry Sandusky, ex Penn State coach, arrested Wednesday morning from his home by Pennsylvania state police, on more charges of child sexual abuse.

Sandusky was already charged with 40 counts of children sexual abuse involving eight young boys within a 15-year span. He has denied being a pedophile. In interviews with NBC and The New York Times, he has said he showered and horsed around with boys but never sexually abused them. The new charges include four counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and two counts of unlawful contact with a minor. He also was charged with a count of indecent assault and two counts of endangering the welfare of children, all of these being felonies and could lead him to facing real time in prison. Most of these cases have a connection with his charity, The Second Mile.

"As in many of the other cases identified to date, the contact with Sandusky allegedly fit a pattern of `grooming' victims," Attorney General Linda Kelly said in a statement. "Beginning with outings to football games and gifts; they later included physical contact that escalated to sexual assaults."

After LeBron Comes Reyes: Moving Talents to Miami

Short-Stop Jose Reyes just signed a new contract with the Miami Marlins. The team introduced Reyes at the MLB Winter Meeting in Dallas.

Reyes got his start in the professional baseball league with the New York Mets. With them, last year he received DL batting title with average hits of .337. Reyes has much love for New York, but it was time to make a change. Miami gave him a six-year contract worth $106 million. He says Miami showed him that he was wanted.

"Now I'm with a new family [Miami Marlins]... and I'm happy to be part of a new family." Reyes says.

The Christmas Gift: NBA Season

The 2011 – 2012 NBA Season is back on track and starts Christmas Day. There are 66 games between Christmas and April. One of the most talked about games of the day is the rematch of the 2011 championship, the Miami Heat taking on the Dallas Mavericks.

Five games are slated for the day: The Boston Celtics play at the New York Knicks; the Chicago Bulls are at the Los Angeles Lakers, the Oklahoma City Thunder play the Orlando Magic, and the Los Angeles Clippers face the Golden State Warriors. There are 42 back-to-back-to-back games in the overall schedule. Each team has at least one of these "triples," some more than one. 

"Those back-to-back-to-backs will be tough for every team," said the Hawks' Josh Smith. "We're a young team, but we get tired, too." That’s what the players have to do to get back on track due to the lock-out.

Two in One: Avengers vs. X-Men

        Marvel announces their next big event: Avengers vs. X-Men coming in 2012. A great series coming that has comic fans talking!

        It is like the ultimate comic book combination. Two of the most popular super hero groups in one place, featuring five of the industry's most influential writers: Brain Michael Bendis, Jason Aaron, Ed Brubaker, Jonathan Hickman and Matt Fraction.

"It's one of those legendary ideas: What if the Avengers fought the X-Men? It doesn't get much easier to describe than that," Ed Brubaker says, one of the new comics writers.

What It Means To Attend TSU A HBCU

Students at Texas Southern University (TSU) let it be known how they feel about going to a Historic Black College and University (HBCU) and what it is like to be a student at TSU as well.

“I love going to TSU, I turned down six other schools to come here,” said by senior Win Cashin.

People have to get involved with TSU. It could be a life changing experience.

Going to all HBCU’s is not what it used to be.

A lot of HBCU are getting cuts on funding and the students are the ones left with that problem.

“I can’t even have class in the old science building because the school doesn’t have enough money to put speakers in classrooms, but then again they have enough money to work on the appearance. Isn’t learning a little more important?” The third year student wanted to remain unknown.

With that being said, when will the staff at the school realize this?

People shouldn’t have to be ashamed about going to a HBCU; it is a great opportunity to start your adult life off right.

“HBCU’s are great for people of our color to go, because the professors, well most of them, seem like they are willing to go to extra step to see their students succeed,” the thoughts of first year student Brittany Turner.

Students shouldn’t have to think that just because they go to a HBCU they aren’t going to get the same learning they would if they went to a major university.

“Being a student at TSU isn’t what I thought it would be. Yes, I love my school but it took a while for it to grow on me.” That was said by second year student Brandon Smith who wanted to attend a HBCU.

To try and make TSU better when the new President came closed open registration and that is taking away from the number of students that can get into the school.

“When the new president came and took over a lot of things changed,” said John Perry, former TSU student, “It seemed like they were trying to change things that made TSU, TSU and students weren’t as happy as they once were.”

John Perry didn’t return to TSU after that year.

When things are changing at a small HBCU like TSU, people notice especially the attending students.

“As a people when we come together for the better of something we can do anything. Being at a small HBCU like TSU has its good time and then there are times that you think to yourself ‘why did I come all the way to this school’ you have to want to better yourself and there is nowhere else that’s going to get you on the right track other than this HBCU, TSU”

People always put HBCU especially small ones like TSU in last place, but there are optimal things about attending a school like this. People just have to give them a chance.

Going to a HBCU is what the person makes it.

For information on TSU please visit the school website; http://www.tsu.edu/.

Class Assignment 2 10/12

In the video someone has set up a pile of colorful balloons and a little puppy comes in from the right and starts popping all the balloons. As one pops the puppy goes to the next, biting into the balloon, and making them pop. The puppy doesn't stop till the last balloon is gone, popping all of the balloons in less than twenty seconds, and then just goes on bout its way as if nothing went on.

Class Assignment 10/12

In the video there was a man that got hit with a big green water balloon. He knew it was coming but decided to be someone else’s laughter. The video was slowed down so the watcher could see a lot of small details. The man just stands there while someone comes close to him and just flings a water balloon in his face. As his eyes start closing the water balloon is coming, he can see it coming. When the water balloon makes contact with his face it explodes and his head also gets pushed back. Water goes everywhere and his face goes from no emotion to showing emotion of a little pain, as if the balloon popping on his face hurt him. Things people will post these days.