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I found out today that I have my Intro to Computer Science final at 7:30 am on
a Monday, and then my physics final is at 10 am that same day. Not cool, not
cool at all. But in better news, I went to go see Florida Govenoral Democratic
canidate Bill McBride at the student
union today. He had an interesting speech, though a bit long. He focused on
education and supported a need-based Bright Futures scholarship, and also said
he'd sign a law allowing legalized medical marijuana if it passed the
legislature, as well as legal gay adoptions. Then as soon as that was over, I
ran over to the Computer Science building to hear Sami Al-Arian
speak about civil liberties in a post 9/11 America. If the name sounds familiar,
he is the professor who was fired from USF essentially because of his policitcal
views and his associations with certain people. He has never been found guilty
of any kind of terrorist ties, but fear and not rational take precedence in
today's society. Anyways, he talked about how the US is attacking Islam the
religion, about a raid on as Islamic center which is kin to the Chinese
government raiding the head of the Catholic church in China, and how thanks to
the PATRIOT ACT, Ascroft can hold anyone he wants as long as he wants and he
doesn't have to have any evidence. Very interesting talk to say the
least.
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