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Tuesday, March 22,2011
Abigail Allen, Views Editor
views@ntdaily.com
Immigration bill
misses the point
Editorial
Only hire illegal immigrants if they're going to be a maid
or a gardener. Everything else is wrong.
That's the new take on immigration reform in a bill
proposed by Republican state Rep. Debbie Riddle from
Tomball.
What Texas lawmakers need to understand is leaving a
market for using illegal immigrants will not solve or stop
illegal immigration.
In an article by CNN earlier this month. Republican
state Rep. Aaron Peña from Edinburg said not including
the exception to the reform would land a lot of people in
prison. Even with the exception, Texans could be in for even
tougher times if this law is passed and enforced.
Former state Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn
released a report in 2006 about the impact of undocu-
mented workers on the state economy. It found that, for
2005 alone, the gross state product would have been $17.7
billion smaller. The report also showed that contribution to
the economy more than covered the costs to the state from
illegal immigrants. With the state in about a $25 billion
budget deficit, cutting out more than half that amount could
be catastrophic.
The Editorial Board believes the Texas government needs
to make a decision. Either the immigration issue needs to
be tackled completely, leaving no loopholes large enough
for people to practically walk through, or it needs to own
up to the important role illegal workers have in the state's
economy.
Texas has long been caught in an awkward situation. On
one side, public opinion says "no" to illegal immigration
and hiring undocumented workers. On the other, Texans at
almost every socioeconomic level have used the services of
said workers. About 1.65 million illegal immigrants lived in
Texas in 2010, which had an overall population of about 24.9
million people, according to the Texas Tribune.
Immigration is a complex issue. A quick fix won't work.
Instead, a comprehensive plan for how to deal with the causes,
not the results, of the problem needs to be developed.
To do that, Texas and national lawmakers need to depo-
liticize the issue. They need to work with the Mexican gov-
ernment to tackle the factors that push immigrants into the
U.S., such as prevalent crime and poor economic conditions,
or that pull immigrants to the U.S., such as job opportuni-
ties and available social programs. The answer lies in laws
that answer both types of factors instead of only Band-Aid
attempt.
Texas says it wants immigration reform, but when it
comes down to it, Texas doesn't actually work for it. Instead,
it just throws mud at Washington and across the border.
Only after that changes can the state move past this prob-
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Students have to combat senioritis
The sunscreen and swim-
suit are out of my bag, replaced
with spiral notebooks and To
Do lists.
Gone are my sweet days of
sleeping in.
It's back into the maw of
classes and schoolwork, day after
day, but the smell of coconut
lingers. As much as I hate the
transition back to class on prin-
ciple (it is, after all, my last spring
break as a college student), it's
nice getting back into the groove
of things.
For the first time in my under-
graduate career, the end is in
sight.
This isn't just a run-of-the-mill
countdown to summer vaca-
tion either. It's my last stretch of
undergraduate study.
There are 40 more class days
(two excited college students
can count that on fingers and
toes if they remove their shoes
and socks, or four if your friends
have smelly feet).
A measly eight weeks is all that
Separates seniors from diplomas,
and the light at the end of the
tunnel is beaming bright.
However, now is not the time
to run out of steam.
You could be off to your dream
job after you cross that stage or
you're quietly moving back in
with good old Mom and Dad.
But wasting away your days
susceptible with the warm
weather and the fresh memory
of spring break mixing with
daydreams of graduation just
around the corner.
Graduation.
It's terrifying, exciting —
"Finish strong. At least that's
what I keep telling myself,
but senioritis comes swiftly,
and there s no vaccine. "
the other 13 days preceding
that day could land you in an
unanticipated Maymester or
summer session— a mistake
no one wants to make.
I guess the point is this —
spring break's over.
Get back to work, re-find
your routine and study hard.
It's only 40 days. We can do
it, friend.
dreaming of the next step
and that piece of paper you've
spent countless hours and
thousands of dollars earning
is not what you should be
doing. Neither, for that matter,
is the countdown of days on
fingers and toes, but that's
beside the point.
Finish strong.
At least that's what I keep
telling myself, but senioritis
comes swiftly, and there's no
vaccine.
Even the most studious are
more adjectives than Noah
Webster himself was aware
of — and it's so soon.
In 40 days, all we'll have to
worry about is lining up in
alphabetical order and trying
our hardest not to fall flat on
our newly graduated faces,
standing strong as a sea of
black caps, gowns and ridic-
ulous shoes meant to show
individuality and entertain
the faculty.
But focusing on May 14
instead of March, April and
Jessika Curry is a journalism
senior. She can be reached at
jc0407@unt.edu.
Wal-Mart suit could provide equality
In today's modern society,
American women are still
continually being paid less
than male employees.
Recently, the nation's
largest sex discrimination
ease against a company from
10 years ago made its way to
the Supreme Court. The case,
called Dukes vs. Wal-Mart,
is a sex discrimination case
consisting of one million
female Wal-Mart and Sam's
Club employees who are
collectively suing the large
retail company.
It has been under debate
for several years now whether
that many people should be
able to collectively sue a
company.
History of the case
On April 26, the United
States Court of Appeals for
the Ninth Circuit ruled that a
million women could legally
sue the world's largest retailer
as a whole for being paid less
and for being given fewer
opportunities for promotions
than the male employees at
Wal-Mart.
One female employee of
the company, Stephanie Odie,
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discovered that one of the
male assistant managers of
the Sam's Club where she was
also an assistant manager
was earning $23,000 more a
year than she was.
Not only was a male
Coworker being paid more
than she was, but also the
top manager of the store had
given the three male assis-
tant managers of the store a
promotion test, but she did
not receive that opportu-
nity.
Correct decision
It is necessary that these
women are able to sue the
company for sex discrimi-
nation.
Now Wal-Mart may actu-
ally take action to make sure
all of its female employees
are paid equally and given
the opportunities as the male
employees who work for the
same company.
These women needed to
be able to sue the company
as a whole instead of indi-
vidually or in small group
cases. It would make the
change that needs to be put
into action and the effect on
the company more efficient
because they would only have
one case to concentrate on
instead of several cases clog-
ging up the system.
Changing class action suits
This case has a much bigger
impact on Wal-Mart because
the public is more aware of
the sex discrimination suit.
If the women were not able
to sue them as a whole, then
the case would not be as big of
a deal to the public, because
individual cases would not
be covered quite as much by
the media.
This case could potentially
change how people can file
suits against large compa-
nies forever.
"This is the big one that
will set the standards for
all other class actions," said
Robin S. Conrad, the exec-*
utive vice president of the
National Chamber Litigation
Center.
Implication for feminism
This suit for sex discrimi-
nation against Wal-Mart is
a necessity for the feminist
movement to move forward
and strengthen the power for
women in today's society.
This will hopefully be a
step forward in the movement
of equality for women in the
workplace and equality for
everyone,
If Wal-Mart takes responsi-
bility for its actions because of
this lawsuit, then women will
finally be guaranteed to be
paid equally and be given equal
opportunity to be promoted as
men.
Kate Avery is a communi-
cations sophomore. She can
be reached at KateAvery@
my.unt.edu.
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Editorial Board
The Editorial Board includes:
Katie Grivna, Abigail Allen, Josh
Pherigo, Laura Zamora, Christina
Mlynski, Sean Gorman, Nicole
Landry, Brianne Tolj, Berenice
Quirino, David Williams and Will
Sheets.
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