My presidential prediction

I hope that in the next coming month that we (the democrats) can decide on a candidate to run for president. I think that this close race is hurting the democrat side. As a democrat, I am getting tired of the same old debates about the same issues. I am ready for the main debates between the republican nominee and the democrat nominee. My opinion is that Barack Obama is going to get the nomination sooner or later. I hope that in this next primary that Barack Obama will win again, and Hillary Clinton will see that she is losing momentum. I predict that Barack Obama will get the nomination and become the next the president of The United States. I do truly believe that Barack Obama will bring change to this nation. The American people want something new, and that is what they will get when they elect Barack Obama. Barack Obama has my vote and I know he has many other young people’s vote!

Customs should not search media devices!

Electronic Frontier Foundation has filed suit against the department of Customs and Boarder Protection for "lengthy questioning and intrusive searchers." There have been many instances where Customs has gone into people's personal computer and even made people tell them their passwords to get into their computer. I think that is too far! There is too much personal information stored on computer such as bank records, personal photos, personal e-mail and even financial information for different companies. I read an article on CNN about an individual who has flown into the states and on five different occasions the Customs officials have gone through his laptop. It just happens to be that he is of Pakistani background and he think that is why he is being searched so many times. He is an IT consultant who travels around the world and could have very sensitive information on his computer. I think that Customs should stop these searches. They do not have the right to go into someone's personal computer. They have all the right to look at it and make sure it's not a bomb and look through all the luggage, but once you have logged on to the computer, I believe they have gone too far. I hope this man wins this suit, and Customs stops the practice of going through computers and other media devices.

After the tragic events at Virginia Tech, many schools including MTSU added an emergency text message service. It finally came into effect when I feel asleep on Tuesday. About 2 am, I received a text message from MTSU stating, “CAMPUS ALERT Tornado warning, take shelter immediately." My roommates were awoken by the tornado siren that was blaring in Murfreesboro. I just want to say that I am very impressed with MTSU and their emergency text message service. I feel very safe knowing that if anything happens on campus, that I will be notified within minutes.