My ten stances

Abortion
Abortion is probably the most talked about controversial topic of our day. It is debated in politics, religions, and normal everyday society. Personally I feel that abortion is wrong. I believe that there are alternatives to abortion that are much safer for the mother and also save the life of the baby.

Capital Punishment
Capital punishment has been something discussed in Nebraska in the last several years because of our method of execution. It is also something we saw recently after the Saddam Husein trial. In my opinion capital punishment is just and it is truly the only way to punish some criminals. In my opinion if a person takes the life of other people they truly cannot complain about the death penalty.

Title Nine
Some people don't even know exactly what title nine is. Title nine states, among other things, that women have to have the same amount of athletic scholarships in a University as men do. I feel that women deserve the same university oppurtunities men do, however, mens sports make more money than womens sports do. Most universities actually make money on there male athletic programs and lose money on there female athletic programs. Title nine also prevents our university from having things like a male soccer program. I think title nine is a good idea but it is being ovber used.

Affirmative Action
Affirmative Action is the practice of hiring or allowing into a university an equal percentage of minority students or employees as white students and employees. Once again I think this is a good idea but the problem comes when less qualified workers or students are brought in simply because they are minorities. Minorities should have the same oppurtunities as everyone else but I think affirmative action does nothing more than promote racism and breed distrust between the racial groups.

Immigration
This has been a huge controversy in American politics over the last few decades. Illegal immigration has hit all-time highs in America. I have no problem with immigrants entering the U.S legally. I do feel that those who enter the U.S. should learn English and learn the histroy of the United States. I really don't agree with illegal immigrants. I have the very controversial stance that illegal immigrants are taking Americans jobs and I feel they should be sent home and have to apply to become legal U.S. immigrants.

The War on Terror/Iraq
Everyone knows about this issue and it has been politicized beyond belief. I think if we approach the war on terror in the right way it is possible to win. I feel that you cannot say everything we have done in Iraq has been a failure. We stopped an oppressive government and we have also not had a major terrorist attack on U.S. soil since 9/11. I feel that we must continue fighting this war but we also must be very careful not to make it a war about oil or forget why we are actually fighting.

Seperation of Church and State
"Under God" in the pledge of allegiance, prayer in the senate, and "in God we trust on our money all falls under this category. The bottom line is there has never and will never be complete seperation of church and state in this country. I also don't feel that there should be a seperation. This country was based on religious beliefs and morals. When we go away from those beliefs then our political system has no moral foot to stand on.

Drinking Age
Obviously every one in college knows the drinking age is twenty-one. I don't have any problem with having to wait to legally drink until I'm twenty-one. I do think it is a little suspect, however, that I can be drafted at eighteen and die for my country before I can legally drink alcohol. The drinking age is meant to protect people from people who are too irresponsible to drink but if your too irresponsible to drink how can you be responsible for the lives of your fellow soldiers?

Liberal Lean of the Media
I am a journalism major who is a conservative. Typically those two things don't go together. I think it is ridiculous to see how liberal most media outlets are and how conservative outlest like Fox News are. Can't these media outlets be unbiased? Or at least if they are biased can't they admit that instead of saying they have "fair and balanced" news?

Tuition/ prices at college
This is something that personally affects college students. It's far too high. Books are too expensive and so is University housing. It has become almost impossible for some families to send there children to college. College is meant to be a place for students to learn and I think some colleges spend far too much time and money worried about research and even athletics that they forget about the students.