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Archive for July 20th, 2010

Teen Denied Prom Due to Sexual Orientation Wins $35K from District

Posted by Jeff on July 20, 2010

Constance McMillen the Mississippi teenager who was denied the right to attend prom with her girlfriend has been paid $35,000 by the school district that discriminated against her.  The Fulton (MS) School District agreed to pay the teen to settle the discrimination lawsuit that the ACLU had filed on her behalf. The district is also required to adopt a policy prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation.

The district eventually canceled prom completely.  Their reasoning was based on ”the education, safety and well-being of [its] students.”  Administrators are given a lot of leeway in order to promote a safe and drug-free school (see also Bong Hits 4 Jesus) but this discrimination based on sexual orientation is pretty blatant and does not appear on its surface to protect the safety of students.

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Lindsay Lohan is Remanded

Posted by Jeff on July 20, 2010

In my defense I was waiting for my new wireless router to boot up when I turned to HLN and saw that they were showing the court appearance live. LiLo, as they call her, showed up about ten minutes late to be sent to jail for probation violations. Her sentence is 90 days but the HLN  “experts” think she’ll only serve 2 – 3 weeks. The really confusing part of this day was the lawyer shuffle… or lack thereof. Robert Shapiro (of OJ fame) had allegedly signed off to represent Lohan now. In fact she had spent a week in his sober living facility. But this morning her old lawyer attended the hearing.

Now I can’t possibly imagine that reporters (especially entertainment reporters) would exaggerate a story to get people to watch but the judge said that the paperwork was never even filed. Shapiro (who’s not afraid of cameras) never spoke publically about the case. The rumor was that he’d only represent her if she complied with the judge’s orders.  Who knows?   Who cares?

This brings me to this thought.  I spent 30 minutes watching a 10 minute court hearing and another 30 minutes posting this.  There goes an hour of my life.  I’m so ashamed…

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Mallett Mania

Posted by Brett Kincaid on July 20, 2010

SEC Media Days begin tomorrow.  The annual event in Birmingham, AL is generally considered the unofficial kickoff to the football season.  The fact of the matter is that very little will come out of the event, which was last exciting when Phil Fulmer was ducking a subpoena.  It is exciting, though, to realize the season is just around the corner.  At the time of this post, the Hogs kick off against Tennessee Tech is in 46 days, 6 hours, and 27 minutes.  Not that we’re counting…

As tends to happen this time of year, the football scribes nationwide have begun to look for the stories a nation will follow this fall.  Several have begun to look at the Razorbacks and Ryan Mallett but few have done it as well as George Schroeder, a football writer with the Eugene (OR) Register Guard.  His special to Sports Illustrated this week is a must read for any football fan, especially a Razorback fan.  Rarely does a national writer so well summarize the local scene as Schroeder does here.

For those of us in Arkansas, Mallett Mania has been in full swing since he announced his transfer from Michigan in December 2007.  The big guy is about to be big time nationwide.  His ego demands it, and I wouldn’t have it any other way from the Arkansas quarterback.  As Mallett says in the column, it’s time to change the expectations of Arkansas fans.  And it’s time to expect our franchise quarterback can talk the talk and walk the walk.  Ryan Mallett appears ready to set that new standard.

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