The Paw Print

Gabby Douglas won gold in the women’s individual all-around gymnastics event this afternoon at 1:30p.m. Yet NBC will not be broadcasting this until 8pm or later, tonight. If the final result has already been released, then what’s the point of airing the event ?

Chick-Fil-A President and COO, Dan Cathy, has experienced relentless criticism from the LGBT community and various government officials for his recent comments opposing same-sex marriages.

Cathy, a firm Christian and Sunday school teacher, believes in the biblical concept of a marriage being between a man and a woman. He let his beliefs be known in a recent Baptist Press Interview.

“We are very much supportive of the family — the biblical definition of the family unit. We are a family-owned business, a family-led business, and we are married to our first wives. We give God thanks for that,” he said.

New York City Council Speaker, Christine Quinn, recently sent NYU a letter urging them to evict New York City’s sole franchise.

Quinn, the first openly gay, married City Council speaker, has been a longtime advocate for same sex marriages.

Just recently, Quinn along with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and several other public officials celebrated the one year anniversary of the Marriage Equality Act which generated the city about $259 million.

“Chick-fil-A is not welcome in New York City as long as the company’s president welcomes continues to uphold and promote his discriminatory views,” said Quinn.

Quinn is not the only politician enraged over Mr. Cathy’s remarks.

The mayors of major cities like Boston, San Francisco and Chicago, have all expressed interest in running Chick-Fil-A out of town.

Although, Mayor Bloomberg feels differently and so do I.

On his weekly radio appearance, the mayor says that he doesn’t think that Cathy’s anti-same sex marriage beliefs is a valid reason to kick them out of the city.

“You really don’t want to ask [about] political beliefs or religious beliefs. That’s not government’s job,” he said.

I don’t think that anyone should be ostracized because of their personal values and beliefs. My stance is that everyone is entitled to their first amendment right, whether you’re a politician, businessman or hard-working citizen. I also agree with the mayor and don’t think that people should be excluded from conducting business because of their religious beliefs.

So whether you’re an advocate or adversary of same-sex marriage, I think we should all respect each other’s views and not let them interfere with business.

The botching of play was so blatantly obvious that after players continuously hit the birdie into the net and served it out of bounds, the fans started to pick up on the mischievous play at hand. They booed the players off the court.

These athletes have already been sent packing, but it brings up a very interesting question, is this the correct call?

In sports, it is not uncommon to lose games during the current season in order to get a higher draft pick for the next year. Essentially, these girls were doing the same thing. They were losing today to make tomorrow easier, a very smart strategy on their part.

Of course, you don’t set up the Olympics in a way that people try to lose, but you can’t blame the athletes for finding a loophole.

Alice in Wonderland seems to interest New Yorkers: from the three spin off restaurants, Alice’s Tea Cup (Chapters 1, 2, and 3), to the bronze statute featuring Alice and others from Wonderland in Central park. So its not surprising that Alice and her fellow characters were made permanent subway art. 

Located at the 50^th street station on the No. 1 train line, is “Alice: The Way Out” by Liliana Porter. Crafted from glass mosaic, the panels are placed on the platform walls of both the uptown and downtown train lines. Installed in 1994, the art depicts a silhouette Alice in blue mosaic pulling back what appears to be a curtain. 

Also shown is the mad hatter, a card solider, the queen of hearts, the white rabbit, and more. Porter crafted “Alice: The Way Out” to allow viewers to interpret the silhouettes as they please, and leave actions of the characters up to the imagination. 

Because the subway system is underground and Alice fell down the rabbit hole, I think this is a very clever way of showing a classic character in a new light. If you ever find yourself on the west side in midtown, I suggest you take a peek. 

As I was writing my op-ed piece yesterday afternoon, I started getting a bit touchy. I just started to write what I was feeling. I barely thought or said to myself this is how I’m going to write it, it just came to me. Do you guys ever have that feeling that you can’t stop writing? I had that feeling yesterday.  I was watching videos of dogfights to get more in the mood. I saw their injuries and my eyes started to get watery. I just don’t understand what people see in this “game” what amuses them so much? Is seeing a dog full of blood, barking and biting the other dog so amusing? If it is, I don’t see it and I’m happy I don’t see it. If I were a famous person, who had a lot of money I would focus on the animal abuse and the animal shelters because I don’t believe animals should get killed just because they cant fit in a shelter. I remembered when I was lying down in my bed with my dog by my side watching Marley & Me, I cried while hugging my dog. I recommend all of you to see Marley & Me and also, HaChi: A Dog’s Tale.  Best movies ever made about dogs.

So Daniel and I will be writing dual opinion articles. I will be writing about women’s gymnastics and he will be writing about men’s gymnastics. The big question is the hype behind it and which should be watched by the masses (that may or may not change). I am Looking forward to this because I want to see what he argues. I’ll make sure to try and write the best opinion piece I can. Tonight though the women’s all around will be taking place and hopefully it adds information to my article. Its going to be a tough battle but I think Aly Raisman and Gabby Douglas will do fine (hopefully I’m not jinxing it). Even though I’m backing women’s gymnastics I have to say congratulations to first time Olympian Danel Leyva for winning the bronze medal in the men’s all around finals. 

Stumbleupon is a cool website that I have discovered a few months ago. It is a great site to go on when you are bored and you have time to kill. You have to first sign up and then it makes you choose your interests: alternative rock, animals, arts, beauty, oddities, books, cartoons, clothing, movies, music, design, fitness, food, humor, celebrities, internet, jewelry, logic, mythology, nature, photography, poetry, puzzles, quizzes, quotes, travel, weight loss, writing, etc. They give a bunch of different choices and you can choose as many as you like. As soon as you are done choosing, you can get ready to stumble. So the website finds random sites that correspond to your interests and displays it for you .For example, if one of your interests is puzzles, the website finds you a puzzle to do. Or if your interest is jewelry Stumbleupon would find directions of how to make a pretty bracelet. And if your interest has to do with animals it will find you cute pictures or videos of animals. If you like what they showed you, you can press like and other sites like this will pop up later on. You can also dislike if you didn’t like what site they showed you and those types of sites won’t show up anymore. This site is really entertaining; however, it is only good to use when you have time to spare. It’s not a good idea to go on it when you are busy because you will easily get distracted.

Stumbleupon is a cool website that I have discovered a few months ago. It is a great site to go on when you are bored and you have time to kill. You have to first sign up and then it makes you choose your interests: alternative rock, animals, arts, beauty, oddities, books, cartoons, clothing, movies, music, design, fitness, food, humor, celebrities, internet, jewelry, logic, mythology, nature, photography, poetry, puzzles, quizzes, quotes, travel, weight loss, writing, etc. They give a bunch of different choices and you can choose as many as you like. As soon as you are done choosing, you can get ready to stumble. So the website finds random sites that correspond to your interests and displays it for you .For example, if one of your interests is puzzles, the website finds you a puzzle to do. Or if your interest is jewelry Stumbleupon would find directions of how to make a pretty bracelet. And if your interest has to do with animals it will find you cute pictures or videos of animals. If you like what they showed you, you can press like and other sites like this will pop up later on. You can also dislike if you didn’t like what site they showed you and those types of sites won’t show up anymore. This site is really entertaining; however, it is only good to use when you have time to spare. It’s not a good idea to go on it when you are busy because you will easily get distracted.