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“…It helps with the tickle” – Jen Dolphin

Taken out of context, this would sound a little odd. But, in the conversation I had with Jen Dolphin of the Registrar’s office, breath mints are a remedy for that little tickle in your throat when you have a cold.

As I approached the Registrar’s office, I noticed two ladies sitting at their desks, working diligently. I almost felt bad interrupting, but I decided I had better ask, “Do you guys happen to have a breath mint I could have?” Luckily, I was met with a smile, and a hesitant, “I have a peppermint…”

It turns out that Ms. Dolphin doesn’t even like breath mints. While dealing with a cold last week, and that incredibly annoying tickle in her throat, she decided that pepper mints were just the thing to help. Ideally, she would have purchased some Werther’s throat lozenges, but in this case, convenience trumped preference. And, after an awkward 10-15 seconds of conversation about how peppermints serve the same purpose as a throat lozenge, I decided to make the journey back to class.

I learned something today: Peppermints, although slow and dangerous behind the wheel, can still serve a purpose…. JUST KIDDING! Peppermints serve as both a tasty morsel to suck on, and a deterrent of the infamous throat tickle.

Obama’s newest broken promise—link 

Obama’s mandatory Insurance law will be affecting 6 million Middle class citizens–2 million more that originally expected, says not partisan Congressional Budget Office.

Well, where do I begin?

First off, this is a very newsworthy story. Obama’s big claim to fame is that he likes the name Obamacare, because he in fact DOES care. Romney is going to hurt the middle class, but this goes to show that Obama, too, will hurt the middle class.

The middle class has been a huge priority of discussion between the two candidates, and I think this will have a negative effect on Obama’s credibility.

On a journalistic note, i think it was good of the author to talk about Romney’s use of a similar system when he was a governor in Massachusetts. I think it makes the article look less bias–which is difficult to do, i think. Remember, it is Fox News.