Lil' Wayne in Coma

On Friday March 15th the news came out the YMCMB rapper Lil' Wayne was found in a hospital in critical condition after he suffered a serious seizure that caused him to be in a coma. This story was completely blown up all over the media as TMZ reported that Wayne was in a near death situation and this news erupted all over the social media of Twitter and Facebook.  Dr. Michael Privitera, a professor and the director of the Epilepsy Center at the University of Cincinnati Neuroscience Institute explained that these seizures could happened for various reasons. In Wayne's case it was believed that this occurred due to the overdose of strong prescription drugs like codeine, in which Wayne is notorious for abusing. Wayne has had previous incidents of a seizures in the past, but nothing serious has happened from them like the one from this weekend. YMCMB President Mack Maine was very angered with the media coverage of this story when it was reported his fellow rap artist was near death as the media blew up the story and exaggerated some of the facts. The prescription drug of codeine cough syrup has been popular in the rap industry as one of the drugs that has been abused and there have been concrete evidence of this drug having an extreme negative effect on the body as former rapper Pimp C and DJ Screw both died from the overdose of this drug. The main problem here is that these rappers know the negative affects of this drug such as seizures that could lead to death as it has with the prime examples of former rappers. If this incident to Wayne doesn't stop him from abusing this drug, then I don't know what will because as he was reported to be in a coma and near death it should show him the signs that death could be upon him if he continues this path. Hopefully this story will make a difference to some of the drug abusing that is going around the world and make a stop to people torturing their bodies like this.

Sides of Greek Life

It was very interesting seeing the video in class about the young kid who passed away at college due to alcohol poisoning where he drank way too much for his body to handle when being part of this frat life. After watching this video of all the horrible things that go in Greek life whether it is the hazing or drinking people might question why anybody would want to join a frat. These people are just completely ignorant because from seeing one video about all the negative aspects of joining a frat do not nearly compare to the thousands of different frats around the country. There are so many parts to joining a frat that bring positive aspects to yourself and the ones around you. I definitely plan on joining a frat when I go to college because I believe it is a huge part of the social life. Though I might have to go through some hazing which will be bad for the time being I know that it will not be nearly as brutal as the things described in the Dartmouth article, or anything near that. Joining a frat house is always given the stereotypical of all being about partying and getting drunk with your friends in college. In reality, this is not nearly what the Greek life is all about as there are so many other positive aspects to it that some people may not realize until they join a frat and nobody is necessarily going to make you drink. For example, my dad was in a frat when he was in college and though he was not a big partyier or drinker, he was able to focus on his degree of getting a CPA in the business school and told me that joining the frat was one of the best decisions he made in college. He strongly suggested me to join a frat because you can create so many connections with people from all around the world and these relationships built through the social life can only impact you in a positive way. If strong bonds are built with your brothers around you it can help in the future when making connections in the working environment and if you portray your image in a positive aspect then it can do nothing but help to build success to your resume. Overall after seeing these videos and reading these articles my decision has not changed to my choice of wanting to join a frat because I believe all the relationships built within them is worth it all and having a balance between a good social life and schoolwork is important to have throughout your entire life.