Only a day after President Obama delivered the annual State of the Union Address to the nation, he flew to Tampa to speak to a crowd of over 3,000 at the University of Tampa. The speech last Thursday was billed as the announcement of $1.25 billion worth of grants to fund Florida's new high-speed rail system.
Last Wednesday the world waited with collective bated breath as a most powerful man descended the podium to many applauding supporters. His words had been anticipated and speculated about for weeks, even months. Media analysts kept their laptops close by, ready to broadcast their thoughts on the man's speech to the world even before he was done talking.
"The first recall, 'Floor Mat Entrapment,' regards the potential for an unsecured or incompatible driver's floor mat to interfere with the accelerator pedal and cause it to get stuck in the wide-open position." (Toyota.com/recall) The second recall, "Pedal," is being conducted because there is a possibility that certain accelerator pedal mechanisms may stick in a partially depressed position or return slowly to the idle position.
- The Jobs Bill has been passed by the House. - Discussions of securing nuclear waste away from terrorists will be held in April at the Nuclear Security Summit. - All combat troops in Iraq will be back home in August. - In July of 2011, after training the troops in Afghanistan, our soldiers will return home.
After my column "Are Holt Students Too Busy for Student Government" appeared in the Oct. 2, 2009 edition of The Sandspur, I immediately began to receive feedback from SGA officers, members and numerous Holt students. Now that several months have elapsed, I would like to reexamine the role of the Holt SGA and its visibility to the Holt students it governs.