#Justicia Para Topo: The Shirt Heard 'Round the World

Robert Lewandoski celebrating a spectacular goal during
Bayern's 6-1 victory over Porto

When FC Bayern Munich lost to FC Porto 3-1 in the first game at FC Porto, it looked like all hope was lost. However, Bayern had one of the greatest aggregate bouncebacks of all time. In the quarterfinal game at Allianz, the German league champs thrashed FC Porto 6-1, including five goals in the first half. This is an incredible feat, and games like this are far and few between. However, the real news was about the coach of Bayern Munich, Pep Guardiola. Pep was charged by the UEFA for "an incident of non sporting nature." The reason? He was wearing a shirt with the words, translated, justice for Topo. "Topo" was an Argentine reporter who died in a car crash in Brazil during the world cup. The investigation, according to the family, has been "sluggish."

Pep Guardiola at the post-match interview

In my opinion, the UEFA decision is despicable. The UEFA constitution of sorts bans the use of "sporting events for manifestations of a non-sporting nature." While this may help with some rulings, such as dealing with anti-Semetic or racist participants, Pep is trying to do a good thing. By having this rule in place, the UEFA is essentially shooting down activists in the soccer world. If they hold this ruling, they are shooting down a potential activism campaign. The UEFA should allow Pep and any others in the future to campaign or show support for good causes, for the sake of soccer.

Original Article:
http://www.espnfc.us/uefa-champions-league/story/2412896/uefa-charges-bayern-coach-pep-guardiola-t-shirt

Aaron Hernandez: A Reputation Lost

A recent event is the verdict in the Aaron Hernandez trial. For those of you who are unaware, Aaron Hernandez was in a month long trial. He was being tried for the murder of his friend Odin Lloyd. The defense team attempted to blemish the deceased man's portriat, focusing on the fact that he was Mr. Hernandez's "blunt master," or marijuanna supplier. The persecution, however, showed Mr. Lloyd as a "loving son" and "protective brother." In the end, the prosecution won the trial and Mr. Hernandez was found guilty of first-degree murder. He also was found guilty of unlawful possesion of a firearm.

Aaron Hernandez was once a fourth round draft pick with a 40 million dollar contract to play football for the New England Patriots. However, his life was turned upside down when he alledgedly committed this act. This story only reinforces the Will Rogers quote that "It takes a lifetime to build a good reputation, but a second to loose it." Aaron Hernandez built a good reputation. He led the Florida Gators to a national title in 2008 and was drafted by the Patriots. However, it took him a few seconds to loose it and jurors 35 hours to confirm that loss. May he serve as an example of this quote and caution others to not fall to the same fate.

Article: http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/15/us/aaron-hernandez-verdict/index.html

Why the U.S. Needs to Upgrade its Security

According to a recent article on CNN, Russian Hackers have  hacked into the White House computer system. Not only can the hackers get in, but "despite efforts to keep them out, [they] have been able to reenter the system. The hackers allegedly got into the system by phishing using a State Department email account. This is not only a danger to the U.S., but has been called "more severe than we previously assessed."

These breaches of the White House's system are completely unacceptable. With computers and hacking so prevalent now, the U.S. needs to take the necessary steps to stop these breaches of one of the most important systems in the country. With the large amount of programmers who work in the U.S., it would be a good idea for the government to hire some of the best to further secure the systems with important information. Another issue is that sometimes it is the employees themselves who let the hackers into the system. Officials have suggested that "government officials and private businesses teach employees what 'spear phishing' looks like." If this issue is not addressed, it could end up being much more important systems being hacked that would have a greater effect on the American people at large. Cyber-security needs to be one of the highest things on the agenda for the U.S. if we want to stay in our current position as a world leader.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/07/politics/how-russians-hacked-the-wh/index.html

Why Legal Immigration is Better than Rick Santorum Thinks

Rick Santorum 

Rick Santorum is known as a "staunch anti-abortion activist and opponent of same-sex marriage." However, he recently decided to throw in his two cents on immigration. At a meet and greet in Council Bluffs, he stated that he "believes the nation’s immigration policies need to be reformed so that fewer unskilled laborers are admitted into this country to compete with blue-collar Americans." While his labor concerns are well-founded, this idea would actually injure the very people he is attempting to help.

America itself was built on immigration. Ironically, Mr. Santorum is the grandson of a man who "immigrated to America from Italy in the 1920s." Some may argue that these are new times, and that immigrants only take jobs from American workers. However, according to several studies, immigrants do not "cause any sizeable decrease in wages and employment of U.S.- born citizens and may instead raise wages and lower prices." 

This company was founded by an immigrant to the U.S.

Thanks for reading, please comment your thoughts on this issue.

In addition, according to sources compilted by the Hamilton Project, immigrants are 30% more likely than American born citizens to start their own business and are, among people with post-collegiate degrees, three times more likely to file a patent. For example, eBay, Google, and Yahoo! were all founded by immigrants to the U.S. If we had reduced legal immigration before 1979, it is likely that I would not be able to post this blog on Blogger, as it is the 

product of a legal immigrant.  In conclusion, there are very few reasons to reduce the amount of legal immigration. To keep it at it's current level would be beneficial to workers, Americans, and hopeful Americans. 

Main Article
http://www.omaha.com/news/politics/santorum-would-seek-to-reduce-legal-immigration/article_19acbc79-ae7f-56fb-85c2-a933eebd5848.html

Other Sources
http://www.hamiltonproject.org/papers/what_immigration_means_for_u.s._employment_and_wages/
http://www.dagliano.unimi.it/media/12-Ottaviano-Peri-2008.pdf
http://www.dagliano.unimi.it/media/12-Ottaviano-Peri-2008.pdf
http://davidcard.berkeley.edu/papers/new-immig.pdf

Patents granted over the period 1998-2003. Hunt and Gauthier-Loiselle (2003), Table 1
Fairlie, R.W., “Estimating the Contribution of Immigrant Business Owners to the U.S. Economy,” Small Business Administration, Office of Advocacy (Nov 2008)
http://www.hamiltonproject.org/files/downloads_and_links/09_immigration2.pdf

Pictures
http://www.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2015/03/07/former-google-engineer-claims-she-was-sexually-harassed-google-did-nothing-about-it (sorry about the url, i just thought it was a cool picture)
http://www.omaha.com/news/politics/santorum-would-seek-to-reduce-legal-immigration/article_19acbc79-ae7f-56fb-85c2-a933eebd5848.html

My First Post

Hi! My name is Luke Bausch. I am making this blog as an assignment for my Honors English class. I am a sophomore at Creighton Prep. I am the oldest of four kids and I live with the and my two parents in Omaha, Nebraska. I enjoy playing rugby, which is a great sport. I also am on the debate team, which I joined this year and have had great success on. I have traveled to many states, including California and Massachusetts. I have also gone to the Bahamas and I am going to Europe soon. In the future, I plan to go to college and law school. I then plan to get a job as a lawyer. You should read this blog if you either A. have to or B. have absolutely nothing else to do. Seriously... If you don't have to read this, don't. Go bowling or something.

 Speaking of bowling, I am awful. I have to use the bumpers if I even want to hit the pins. Even then, my score is always under 200. I have lost to my younger brother on several occasions, one being when he literally could not throw the ball. He picked it up, carried it, set it down on the wood, then pushed it. I still lost.