Well, here I am with nothing better to write about than the pathetic luck which was tossed at me yesterday. Not that I believe in luck, but it sure as heck made me doubt. The day began as ordinarily, waking up with little to no sleep, and dragging my own corpse up the "Mountains of Hell" to my english class. I was enjoying myself up until the point when Chemistry came about. Not that Chemistry itself was the cause of my pain and burden, the events that followed the class were the ones to blame. Not only was God against me, but it also seemed as if He had joined forces with Zeus. The sky was ablaze with Zeus' lightining and God played His part in asking all the angels to cry. Their cries were not only heard but also felt as they smacked me hard at the face and soaked my clothes. As I got closer to my dorm I felt my day couldn't possibly get any worse. Little did I know that I cursed myself into a series of unfortunate events. On my final pedal to park my bike, the God forsaken pedal decides to fall off. At first I just wanted to throw something, kick and scream, but I decided to relax and just get out of the rain. Relieved to finally be out of the rain and at "home", I decided to catch up with some homework. "Lucky me" forgot my books at my friends dorm and was left without and internet connection. I was so close to jumping in my car and driving back home. I was angry at God, life, school, I cursed anything and everything.
I let the heat die down of the obstacles I had faced. With no books, no internet, soaked, and with a pedal at hand, I looked at the situation from a different point of view. A bike pedal in my hand, talk about an awkward moment. I laughed at everything that had just happened to me. With the laughter and the awkwardness of the moment, I also learned a lesson. I knew that God was putting a test on me to check my determination, remind me why I am here, and to show me to value what I have. I now realize that I should be grateful for all that I have for there are others in worse situations than myself.
Now I stand, a changed man, not on the "Mountains of Hell", but on the "Hills of Heaven". I realize that luck really has nothing to do with the obstacles we encounter in our lives. Everything occurs for a reason, and these occurances are God's reminders to be grateful. Not only to be grateful but to appreciate and value what I have already had all along; A family at home awaiting my return with open arms and friends at my side to help me along the way is truly what I value.

Honestly and sincerely I found this article to be comical. I am not nor trying to be discriminatory, but I must say I agree and fully support their choice of funding a whites only scholarship. I am a hispanic myself and I really felt no threat nor discrimination in the actions by the Republican National Committee. In fact, I deemed their dealings to be nothing more than pure "parody". There are numerous scholarships available for minority groups, for guys above six feet, and people with blue eyes. Some of the qualifications for these scholarships do tend to get outrageous at times, but no one intervenes with them. So why interfere with the qualifications that a local college group decides to create? Taking a second look and analyzing what is right before our eyes should plainly display that the "selective" ones are already out there. There already exists oragnizations that offers scholarships to Hispanics and African Americans. Therefore, what's so unethical about sponsoring a scholarship that pertains to white America.
Although I fully support the path this organization has taken, I do disagree with some of their previous actions as expressed in the article. I chasten them, the College Republicans, for voicing their biased views about homosexuals and about the celebration of Kwanzaa. The discrimination that they expressed politically in articles does not deserve to be championed. I strongly believe in the U.S. Constitution and the rights it grants Americans. However, the ideals that were conveyed by this group are not protected by the freedom of speech. When there is intended harm or the defamation of a person, or persons, as the group carried out in their newsletter about homosexuals, they eradicated the possibility of protection by the First Amendment in the U.S. Constitution.
As a result, I would defend the group on the actions they have taken in creating a scholarship that pertains only to white Americans. I would even praise them for building up the courage to start such controversy. However, this group's history, to alleged discrimination of other organizations in their school, makes me second guess whether to take their side on the intentions sought in the "scholarship for whites only".