States Look at Tobacco to Balance the Budget

By, Shaila Dewan

A big issue in America is a small one in my eyes. This article was about how more than 20 states have increased taxing cigarettes and tobacco companies more to balance the budget. Well, obviously, if you smoke your upset by this, and if you own a company for tobacco you are even more upset. But one thing for sure is if that taxing tobacco more will help our budget then do it. And if taxing tobacco more helps people stop buying a pack of cigarettes, then do it.

On that note, I didn’t think Dewan wrote a good article. When I was looking for a topic to write about the letter to the editor about this article was more interesting than the actual article itself. Her transitions were not smooth and it bored me. Dewan never went into any statics saying that smoking is bad for you and she never got quotes from a tobacco company either .This article was written not biased but didn’t give the reader enough information either.

UConn Clears Agenda for Stanford Rematch

By, David Cadwell

If you are a fan of sports or not a fan, the UCONN women’s story line is interesting to all. Most people watch the super bowl or know when it is. Well, then most people knew that the Patriots with a perfect record lost the most important game of all, a Super Bowl Championship. The UCONN women are put in the same place with a 37-0 record, people are wondering if they are going to be like the Patriots, just a disappointment? But the UCONN women have said they enjoy the pressure and it makes them play better. I hope this is true, because I am a die-heart UCONN women basketball fan and it would truly be a disappointing if they lost the NCAA Championship this year.

But anyways, this headline “UCONN Clears Agenda for Stanford Rematch” is kind of a deceiving title for the article. Yes, they talked about how UCONN lost to Stanford last year in this same situation but that was it. Cadwell did not go into a lot of depth about what the score was, who was playing, or what happened during that game last year. I thought when I was going to read this article it would give me more information about these two rival schools but it did not.

However, this was a well written article. Even thought the title throws you off, the quotes from team members, coaches, and rival players against UCONN were placed elegantly and made a great article.