FSU All-Star QB Possibly Arrested for Stealing

FSU, or also known as Florida State University, home to one if the top 25 football schools in the nation with their leading QB were on fire last year.  Jamies Winston, a returning starting QB for Florida State University caught himself in a bit of a snag just the other night.  Jamies was in Tallahassee, Florida just this last Tuesday and picked up some crab legs from the local grocery store.  Jamies had walked out of the store without paying for the crab legs and was later issued a civil citation.

Jamies Winston was the Heisman trophy winner of the 2013 football season, meaning he was one of the best players in the whole NCAA college football league.  Winston was reported to have walked out of a local convenient store in Tallahassee, Florida without paying for his $32.74 worth of crab legs Tuesday night.  It wasn’t known at the time that the suspect was football Star Jamies Winston, however, after police were called, it was made known that the suspect was indeed Winston.  Winston was contacted by authorities and cooperated, therefore authorities decided not to arrest the subject.  Winston claims to have forgotten to pay for the crab legs, along with some crawfish that he had gone to the store to buy.

Winston was issued a civil citation by authorities at that time, and was not arrested because he cooperated with authorities.  Winston then agreed with the store and authorities at the scene that he would do community service as well as pay for the crab legs that were stolen from the store.  Jamies must do at least 20 hours worth of community service work as a result of the incident.  Later, Jamies released a statement claiming he was incredibly sorry for the incident and that he takes full responsibility for his ignorance.

As well as being an all-star on the football field, Winston also plays baseball for Florida State University, a rarity for most collage athletes.  As a result of the incident occurring Tuesday night, Winston’s baseball coach Mike Martin has suspended Winston from the baseball team but did release a statement saying that he was sure that Winston would comply and take care of his 20 hours of community service here soon.  Although Winston is not near the baseball star as he is on the football field, this was still a bummer for Winston.

In the end, all that matters is that Winston apologized and admitted that it was a mistake that he stole the crab legs and took full resposibilty for his actions.  People were even starting to joke about the matter just soon after hearing about the incident late Tuesday.  Thankfully Winston complied with the store and authorities and wasn’t to crabby.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap2000000345528/article/fsu-qb-jameis-winston-cited-for-shoplifting-crab-legs

"FSU QB Jameis Winston Cited for Shoplifting Crab Legs." NFL.com. N.p., 01 May 2014. Web. 01 May 2014.

Snapchat Adds Real Time Feature

From an app that was originally made for taking pictures and adding a caption or drawing on it in color to something that is completely new now.  Snapchat has recently added a new feature in which you can actually send texts to one another and video chat in real time with one another.  Now in order to keep chatting in real time with someone via video, you have to hold down on the screen just like you were opening and viewing a Snapchat.  This update was just released over last night and the majority of snapchatters have not downloaded the feature in the update next, but I and curious to see what some have to say about this new so called real time video and chatting feature.

Many people are fans of the original Snapchat, when it was nearly impossible to screenshot a Snapchat and save it to your photos which could be seen forever.  This goes for people who like to send embarrassing, yet funny, Snapchat to their friends.  The old Snapchat was simple, but now it’s getting extremely complex, which is upsetting.  Just about half a year ago, a new feature was added to Snapchat, that I personally did not like at the beginning, but started to enjoy later.  This new feature was called “my story” and instead of just sending the photo to a few of your friends, you could then add it to your “my story” for all of your friends to see. Many were opposed to having this new feature but soon grew used to it and started to enjoy the simple new feature.

Now, the newest feature has been release: chatting with your friends and video chatting with them in real time.  When I first saw this update, I became disappointed and angry.  I felt like Snapchat is losing its originality and is trying to keep adding cool new feature which actually won’t be used that much, if at all by the average snap chat user.  If you really wanted to chat via text with someone you can just send them a text and if you wanted to video chat with them there’s already face time and Skype and probably many other applications that allow you to do the same thing.  Not to mention this new feature will probably have several glitches and will be hard to use for several snapchatters.

Who knows, maybe this new feature may catch on and everyone will start to like it, as the my story feature first did.  Maybe it will bring disappointment or even several more updates and changes to the app.  Only time will tell; but for now, i’m just going to stick with the original Snapchat.

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/snapchat-moves-secret-conversations-real-time/story?id=23546714

Newcomb, Alyssa. "Snapchat Moves Secret Conversations to Real-Time." ABC News. ABC News Network, 01 May 2014. Web. 01 May 2014.

Owner of Clippers Makes Racist Comments

Donald Sterling, a long time owner of the Los Angeles Clippers NBA basketball team allegedly made racial comments regarding African Americans.  The owner, Sterling, supposedly told a female friend of his to avoid being seen with black people in public.  An audio recording was released to TMZ and the voice was recognized as being Sterling.  Much of the people in the NBA reacted to his negative comments, along with the majority of the players of the NBA, the majority of which who are African American, were disgusted by his comments.

NBA basketball star Lebron James of the Miami Heat released a statement about Sterling shortly after Sterling was identified as supposedly saying his racist comments.  James said that there was “no room for Sterling” on the NBA league.  Magic Johnson, a former star basketball player also made a tweet about Sterling and said he would not attend a Clippers game as long as Sterling stayed the owner.  The NBA soon released a statement that they would look further into this case and the alleged comments made by Sterling.

Later on, a phone call was released from Sterling to one of his former girlfriends that made the racist comments.  Sterling said that he was angry that she had posted a picture on instagram with a black man and that she should not be broadcasting all over social media that she is talking to black people.  He later says in the phone call that she shouldn’t be broadcasting him to the whole world and states that she shouldn’t bring him to any of his basketball games.  He later says that it bothers him that she wants people to know she is affiliating herself with black people.

Sterling has had some past with other racial related conflicts.  In 2009 he had to pay close to 3 million dollars to settle a housing conflict where he supposedly refused to let any blacks or Latinos in an apartment complex.  Also, a clippers manager has also suggested that Sterling has made side comments before regarding African Americans.

Obama came to later make an announcement about Donald Sterling and what he had said over the phone.  Obama said, in a press conference, that Sterlings comments were incredibly racist.  Obama also said that when ignorant people want to make ignorant comments, you don’t have to do anything but just let them talk.

Sterling was also supposed to be receiving a lifetime achievement award soon.  However, Sterling will no longer be receiving this award.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/04/27/obama-says-remarks-allegedly-made-by-clippers-owner-incredibly-offensive/

"Obama: Alleged Remarks by NBA Clippers Owner 'incredibly Offensive'" Fox News. FOX News Network, 27 Apr. 2014. Web. 27 Apr. 2014.

Teenage Girl Killed at School on Prom Day

It was Friday morning at Jonathan Law High School in Milford Connecticut, and all was well.  Students were excited for the weekend, and most importantly for the night, prom. It was around 7:15 when an unknown boy approached Maren Sanchez, only 16 years old.  Few witnesses say that the unidentified male classmate asked her to prom, which was just 12 hours away.  Maren declined his offer and then witnesses say he pulled out a knife and stabbed Maren Sanchez in the hallways of the high school, just around 7:15 am.

A true tragedy, affecting all students at the school.  Maren was a member of the schools honor society and was well known around her school for being extremely kind to others.  The news of her death wasn’t released until later on that night, only a few hours until prom was scheduled to begin.  The school ended up postponing the prom until a later date, but that didn’t stop their students from anything.  The classmates and friends of Maren all dressed up and honored Maren as they released purple balloons, her favorite color, into the sky later that night.  They also held up Marens prom dress as they remembered her last night.

Students of Jonathan Law High School also painted a huge rock that was outside the school.  The rock was painted pink and “RIP Maren” as well as her birthday, August 26, 1997, was written on the rick in Marens honor and remembrance Friday afternoon.

Some motives have come up as to why the unidentified male may have stabbed Maren, but the most likely is that she rejected his offer to prom for later that night.  Maren was thought to have a new boyfriend at the time, hence the reason why she had to decline the unidentified males request for prom.  The males name will not be released to the public for a while because he is not 18 and legally an adult yet.  However, the subject in custody is 17, and may be tried as an adult which means he could face up to life in prison if he is convicted.  Investigations are still talking to students and faculty members to try and turn up any other motives or reasons why this tragedy may have occurred.  But there is one thing that was promised, justice will be served.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/slain-teen-remembered-seaside-vigil-prom-night/story?id=23483403

Mohney, Gillian. "Slain Teen Remembered at Seaside Vigil on Prom Night." ABC News. ABC News Network, 26 Apr. 2014. Web. 26 Apr. 2014.

Problems With the Pine Tar

There are some things that you just cannot get away with, and having illegal pine tar on your neck for everyone in the world to see during a baseball game is definitely one of them.  Michael Pineda, a pitcher for the New York Yankees, had recently gotten into trouble just less than two weeks ago for using pine tar to enhance his pitching against the Boston Red Sox.  Just last night, he was busted for the same exact thing, using pine tar to help him pitch better, but this time Pineda placed the tar on his neck for almost anyone to see.  Not to mention that they were playing the exact same opponent as they were less than 2 weeks ago, when Pineda was ejected from that game!

As the Dailey News put it “You don’t drive 100 mph past a police station. You don’t brag to an IRS auditor about your undeclared income, and if you are a big-league pitcher who has already been caught with pine tar on your person, you don’t show up 13 days later against the same opponent, and come out with a gob of the stuff smeared on the right side of your neck”.  I’m starting to question the stupidity of some people.  I mean yeah if you really want to get away with something be super sneaky about it, and if you are caught, don’t do it again or if you really have to, be even sneakier.  What you should not do is after you are caught for something, do not make it even more obvious the next time and expect to get away, it is complete nonsense!

Many pitchers do use illegal pitching substances in the MLB such as the pine tar used by Pineda in the Yankees game against the Red sox just the other night.  Unlike Pineda, these pitches are extremely quiet about it, and do not use it just a few games after being caught using it.  Many MLB pitchers confessed to using theses illegal substances to enhance their pitching, usually in cold weather.
Just when you thought it was almost impossible to get even stupider, you were wrong.  It was even possible that Pineda had a rag used to wipe pine tar hanging out of his back pocket while he was pitching.  One reported even joked that he had the discretion of a Kardashian.  Just hopefully when he returns he does not get in trouble yet again!

 

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/coffey-placement-pine-tar-real-sticking-point-article-1.1767139

 

"Placement of Pine Tar on Yankees' Michael Pineda is Real Sticking Point." NY Daily News. N.p., 24 Apr. 2014. Web. 25 Apr. 2014.

High School Senior Asks Miss America to Prom

Nina Davulurni, or also known as miss America, was at a Pennsylvania high school just this last week and was doing a question and answer at the school, like she usually has been doing around the US.  It was then that a senior boy walked up to her with a flower and asked her to go to prom with him.  Nina was very thankful that the boy asked her, however there were several others that were not at all amused.  The school administration was furious that the boy would do such a thing and after he did, they gave him a three day suspension from school for his actions.  Now after all of this has happened, miss America is speaking out at the school to try and get them to revoke the suspension because the student did nothing wrong.

Patrick Farve, a student at a high school in Pennsylvania, was thinking about who to ask to prom, with the dance right around the corner.  When he first hear the miss America, Nina davulurni, was coming to his school to do a question and answer, he started to think about asking miss America herself to prom.  Well soon enough, with the encouragement from his peers, this became a reality.  While Nina was giving her speech at the school just this past week, Patrick walked up to her and handed her a flower and asked her to prom.  Nina was flattered when she was asked but ended up turning him down later on because she could not fit In the dance with her busy travel schedule. 

The administration was furious that Patrick had done this and thought that he had misrepresented his school and set a bad example for the other students at the school.  Patrick was called into the principal’s office and was suspended for 3 days for his actions.  Just a few days later, Nina was informed about what happened to the boy and she contacted the school immediately.  She begged the school not to suspend the boy and said that she didn’t mind him asking her to prom at all and that she actually liked that Patrick took the time to ask her.  But the schools administration wouldn’t budge and still fell through with the 3 day suspension that Patrick was given.

Patrick says he does understand why the school suspended him and that it probably wasn’t the best idea to make a scene in front of the whole school.

http://hollywoodlife.com/2014/04/20/nina-davuluri-miss-america-statement-suspended-teen/

"Miss America Begs School To Revoke Student Suspension." Hollywood Life. N.p., 20 Apr. 2014. Web. 20 Apr. 2014.

Pot Parties in Colorado for “420”

For those of you who don’t know, 420 is the number designated to cannabis, or marijuana.  Its origin comes from a police code “420”, which codes for someone currently using the drug.  Well 420 eventually caught on, and now the users of the drug celebrate on 4/20 or April 20^th of every year.  Although it is illegal in the majority of the states across the nation, that doesn’t stop users from using it, even in public rallies.  It has been know for users to gather on 420 in past years in areas such as parks.  Now that the use of marijuana is legal for recreational use in Colorado, the celebration has expanded even more than previous years, when it was illegal; and this year 420 just happens to fall on Easter Sunday.

Imagine just strolling out from church with your family shortly before noon on a nice warm Easter Sunday, and then you smell marijuana in the air.  That’s what it was like for several people in Colorado this year.  Although it is illegal to publicly use marijuana, people still do it in Colorado, just like they had publically use it while it was illegal in the state, just a year ago.  Many people are becoming angry with this and are urging police to take action.  However, it is in the polices best interest to stay away to not start any kinds of problems that may erupt because of the police disrupting the 420 rallies.

If we were to go back a year from this date, when all marijuana was illegal, for medical as well as recreational, would you have thought we would be sitting here today, able to easily walk down the road and go pick some marijuana up with no questions asked, completely legal?  Now this is just the case in Colorado, but now what will it be like a year from now? Two years? The possibilities are endless.  We could see states all across the nation start to legalize the drug, which wouldn’t necessarily be a bad thing, it just depends on how you look at things.  And of course there will be stipulations on the drug, as there is for alcohol, but you never really know what the next year brings.  Your state might even be the very next to legalize the drug for recreational or medical purposes.

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/2014/04/20/colorado-pot-holiday-tries-mainstream/Mc66cbJ4jYX13GLwQ9Hr0H/story.html

"In Colorado, a Pot Holiday Tries to Go Mainstream - Boston.com." Boston.com. The New York Times, 20 Apr. 2014. Web. 20 Apr. 2014.