Erin's blog

Last weekend, after a night of celebrating with fellow teammates, NY Jets player Braylon Edwards, got behind the wheel of his car as his two teammates piled into the back. Shortly after, Edwards was pulled over and blew a 0.16, twice the legal limit. He was arrested and charged with a DWI and faced a first-quarter suspension in his game tonight against Miami. In addition to this, Edwards is currently on probation stemming from a bar fight last year. However, since that case won’t be explored until the DWI charges are taken care of, it seems that, for now, Edwards is free to play.

Remember Napster? Back in middle school, Napster was probably the coolest thing to hit the Internet since America Online and instant messaging. Unfortunately for teenaged music lovers, it was back to saving up money for CD’s and iTunes songs when Napster was inevitably shut down for being illegal. Apparently, it was against the law to download or distribute music over the Internet because no one was paying for the songs, thus making CD’s completely unnecessary for our generation.

When I was growing up and my mother took me out in public, there were certain rules I had to abide by. If I didn’t keep my hands to myself, keep my voice down, and generally blend in with the rest of the atmosphere, I was taken home and punished. Usually, punishments were making me stay inside on a nice day or, if I was really misbehaving, the threat of a spanking got me to straighten up really quickly.

Gang violence is something that plagues every city, and recently, city leaders have been stepping up to try and curb some of that violence through community awareness and meetings with gang leaders. While that has benefitted several of the cities that have attempted to make these changes, Chicago seems to be struggling. In fact, after a meeting here with self-proclaimed gang leaders, these leaders decided to hold their own press conference where they bashed the police who tried to meet with them.

Las night was the 62nd annual Emmy awards and among the smiling couples and gorgeous gowns, an award was presented that had nothing to do with acting or writing or producing. George Clooney became the fourth recipient of the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award, created in 2002 by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.