Wednesday night was a filled with jubilation and tears on account of Game Six of the Yankees-Phillies face-off. The road to the finals was relatively easy for the Yankees as they disposed of the Twins and the Angels. While the striped jerseys had a chance to put an end to the series in Game 5, the Phillies lived to fight another day. With nine years separating New York from their last trophy, they reclaimed the throne in spectacular fashion. A tying record accompanied what counts as the Yankees’ 27th World Series title, on part of Hideki Matsui as he hit six RBIs. With this matchup, New Jersey was split yet again into two camps — but only one was victorious. Chase Utley tied Reggie Jackson’s record with five home runs in a series. Nonetheless, it was another disappointing end to a brilliant season for him and the Phillies. Perhaps the only thing needed to reunite the Yankees with their glory of 1998-2000 was a $1.5 billion ballpark. For this impressive sports achievement, the New York Yankees receive a laurel.
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Everyone has a bad day when they are running late for work or class. Usually, you just suck it up and walk into where you are supposed to be, while hoping no one notices your tardiness. Other times, you make up an excuse as to why you were late, blaming traffic or your alarm. A man from Edgewater, Colo., took excuse-making a little too far when he tried to get out of going to his job at a video store. Aaron Siebers, 29, told his boss he was attacked by three men dressed in black who were either Hispanic or skinheads, when he actually stabbed himself in the leg. He was arrested after police say he admitted making up the assault and said he was responsible for the knife wound to his leg and other superficial cuts on his body. He faces charges of false reporting and obstructing a police officer. He must really hate his job to actually feel the need to stab himself to not go to work. Siebers gets a dart for taking things to the extreme instead of just faking a cough over the phone and saying he was sick.
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As of recent, the ever-developing Livingston campus has been the subject of further development plans. The Livingston Campus Council has begun plans for building a movie theater, an ice rink, a barbershop, a GNC and a Wawa. This ambitious project has interested many students who currently reside on the campus. As a result, many believe that the result of such establishments would be an increase of interest in the Livingston campus. Some think that the movie theater might attract students from other campuses, thus changing the nature of the campus. The friendly nature of the freshmen-filled campus would be maintained if not strengthened through these amenities. Frank Wong, executive director of University Facilities, said that these plans are for students, and therefore students in different organizations would have a word on initial planning. While these plans are mainly for utilities used by students, the academic aspect is also in focus. These developments would be gateways for the plans that include making the campus home to the Rutgers Business School, School of Education and School of Social Work. For this widely approved set of plans, the council gets a laurel. The next step is to turn these impressive plans into realities.
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Normally, libel suits are filed over newspapers printing damaging, untrue information about a person. People get upset in regard to defamation when it ruins their reputation to the public. But have you ever heard of someone filing a defamation lawsuit because of the loss of Facebook friends? According to AOL News, a woman is suing her former lover and employer for defamation, after rumors he spread about her being delusional and “post-partum” resulted in a loss of friends on Facebook. They worked together and carried on an affair at their real estate office. When she ended things, in the areas of both business and pleasure, he proceeded to spread virulent rumors about her to former clients and potential employers, saying she was not only “post-partum” but that she was “stalking” him. This caused friends and clients to de-friend her on the social networking site. If she wins this case, it will prove that today’s value system has gone so viral that the loss of Facebook friendship or Twitter followers is all you need as proof of personal harm or damage. Darts go to the man for not being able to handle a break-up like a mature adult, and to the woman for being that upset over lowering of a Facebook friends number.
