Recently I read an article
published in the Daily Texan, called Keeping ACL out of Red River Rivalry. The article talks about how next year, 2012;
ACL (Austin City Limits) will be taking place at the same time as the Red River
Rivalry, which is one of the biggest games for the University of Texas Football. Next year I feel this rivalry game is going
to be even more important an ever because of the other Thanksgiving rivalries
that will no longer be held (personally I can’t even mention their name). The author goes on to state that ACL brings
in a huge amount of money to Austin but a lot of students attend the music fest and contribute monetarily
as well. The author states “The Red River Rivalry is with the
University of Oklahoma. We never want to create a rivalry between ACL and the
Texas/OU game.” As a born and raised
Austinite, I completely agree with the author.
One should not have to choose between supporting their favorite team
and partaking in city organized events, especially one as huge as ACL.
I believe this predicament will not only discourage tourism in Austin
but also possibly lose money for the city. During the week leading up to the Red River Rivalry many families start the celebrations here in Austin before traveling to Dallas. This scheduling faux pas should never happen
again.
On February 13, 2012 The DailyTexan ran an article called “Texas Freedom Network supports comprehensive sex
education, asks students support” in hopes of raising awareness of the lack of
sex education for minors as well as asking for signatures for a petition to the
state lawmakers to stand behind a comprehensive sex education program. The article goes on to say how high school
students are not only being misinformed but pushed into an abstinence based
education only, where TFN would like to see an education program be put into
place where they teach not only abstinence but how to be safe from diseases and
unintended pregnancies. As the count of
teen pregnancies rise, there has to be a point where one would think about
spending a little bit of money on prevention and education rather than the billions
of dollars Texas spends currently on Medicaid and other government funded
programs to support the mothers and children.
