Right or wrong

America is dealing with a big problem about illegal aliens. America is trying different tactics to decrease the number of illegal aliens in America. Obviously none of them are working to good. The border patrol can't stop them all from coming over to America. There is way to many illegal aliens in America. Arizona's Governor, Jan Brewer signed a bill (1070). Which allows police to question people about their immigration status, including asking for identification if they suspect someone is in the country illegally. Obama has called the new law "misguided" and instructed the justice department to examine it to see if it's legal according to the website. This raised a big concern for many people living in Arizona and some other people as well. It sparked fear for many U.S. citizens that they will be hassled by police because they might look a little Mexican. This could be racial profiling. I wouldn't want police officer stopping me on the street asking for my identification for no parent reason. Their were as many as 3,500 protesters at the State capital. Some say this goes against our freedom and privacy. According to the Fargo Forum that Arizona is the nation's busiest gateway for human and drug smuggling from Mexico. It is estimated that their are 460,000 illegal immigrants. The violence created by illegal immigrants is a big issue to the people of Arizona. The law also says that police officers are going to have training which will include what does and does not constitute reasonable suspicion. If they do find a illegal immigrant they will turn them over to the federal immigrant officers. If caught they can be thrown in prison and fined up to 2,500 dollars. Our country could use any money they can get. That is a lot of people that are taking over American jobs. Since they will work for little or nothing. Some big companies strive off illegal immigrants. They don't have to pay them mini um wage. They can pay them much, much lower, like a dollar or two a hour. They don't have to give them benefits. It's not fair illegal immigrants don't have to pay taxes. Many of them are drug dealers. They don't have health insurance. I think this law will help the problem out some but not fix it completely. Do you think this law is unfair? Do you think this law should help full?

Fight for president

North Dakota State University President Joseph Chapman is resigning. He has been North Dakota's president over a decade. He said he has been thinking about resigning for awhile. He wasn't pressured to resign. He mentioned it wasn't fun anymore for him. The resignation was on January 2, 2010. University system Chancellor William Goetz said he hopes a new president will be hired by July 1, 2010. The University has narrowed the selection to 8 candidates. After a few hours with each candidate they are going to narrow them down to four or five. This weekend are the interviews and there are open to the public. The committee will prepare questions such as why they are pursuing the NDSU presidency, how they would strengthen NDSU's research activity and what role athletics should play in a university. Those four or five candidates will come back in late April or early May to meet with various groups. Here are the 8 candidates.

Tom Keon is 60 years old. He is currently the dean of business administration for the University of Central Florida in Orlando. He played a major role in transitioning the college from teaching institution to a research university. That will help him in the running for the NDSU president. To read more on all the people you can click on the hyperlink of the word "Those."

Priscilla Nelson is also 60 years old. She is a professor of civil and environmental engineering and former provost of New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark.

John Gardner is 52 years old. He is a vice president for economic development and global engagement for Washington State University in Seattle.

Gary Miller is 56 years old. He is provost and vice president for academic affairs and research at Wichita (Kansas) State University.

Benjamin Ogles is 49 years old. He is currently the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Ohio University in Athens.

Dean Bresciani is an adjunct professor and former vice president for student affairs for Texas A&M University.

William Ruud is president of Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania.

Richard Davenport is president of Minnesota State University, Mankato.

We have some tough choices to make, which is a good thing; that's what we want," said committee chairman Steve Swiontek. Well that's good that there will be a tough battle for the presidency. All the candidates to me seem like they would be a good president for NDSU. They all have lots of experience. Out of these candidates which one would you choice? From there background I would choose Tom Keon. He is a dean and knows what to do to be a dean. But I don't know how the interviews go. I'm sure who ever they pick will be a great help for NDSU.