journal number...? i forget

Brendan Nave journal

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2012896747_bruce15.html\
This article is on the legalization of cannabis in the state of Washington. In Seattle they are proposing a bill that could legalize marijuana and this paper is supporting the idea. They bring up good reasons as well. The state could tax it heavily along with rules to who could buy or sell it. They compared it to alcohol and how that is regulated. I agree with this side of the idea because I think if the government taxed it they could make a lot of money off of it. But at the same time I think it would be to easy to get around the government when it comes to growing marijuana.
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/bigten/osu.htm
This article is about the Ohio state coach before his final punishment was let out to the public. The issue is basically a compliance issue with the NCAA and that means rule breaking. I know because I play a sport in college they are pretty strict about selling memorabilia and exchanging things for extra benefits. I believe the NCAA is being to soft on Ohio State because improper benefit issues have been going on for a while now and a few months ago they placed USC with some serious sanctions because of a player reseving benefits and not reporting them. I think it should be taken more serious, especially as an athlete myself because I know if I were to get in trouble for situations like this it would be a lot worse.

http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,2060454,00.html
This article is about At&t buying out T-Mobile. I really do not agree with this because it is slowly leading to a monopoly with wireless carriers. I think it is going to become something like when Comcast bought out NBC. Once one company gets so big, it will take over everything. Hopefully the senate will not let this happen but then again the government does do things that it feels is right for the economy… and we all know how that turns out.