We've said goodbye to 2008, and are now coping with the freedom and opportunity of a new year. As is tradition, many people welcome this fresh beginning by setting goals or resolutions for the coming year.
Although many scoff at the idea of setting resolutions because they think they will just be broken, The Lantern thinks this is a practice worth pursuing. We believe that setting goals for yourself is one of the key steps to success.
Without goals, you can only set yourself up for competence, not excellence. Some resolutions might eventually turn out to be difficult or impossible, but simply by setting that goal and working toward it for any length of time, you are aiming for personal happiness and satisfaction.
More important than setting goals is setting up a plan to meet them, and a support system to encourage their completion. A New Year's resolution should only be your first step to making 2009 a better year for you and everyone around you.
On Friday, Jan. 2, the Columbus Dispatch reported in the article "Shots ring in New Year's" that Columbus police had shot and injured three people while investigating shots fired within the city limits. According to the Dispatch, the suspects shot were only three of more than 400 reported shooters that morning.
Shooting a gun within city limits is illegal, and ownership of automatic weapons is also against the law, yet hundreds of Columbus citizens brazenly violated these measures in hundreds of acts of drunken revelry and celebration. This is an unacceptable and ridiculous misuse of our constitutional right to bear arms.
The Lantern believes that the police reacted properly in the case of these shootings. Details that have emerged since the initial reports indicate that all of the suspects were armed and did not respond immediately to police requests to drop their weapons. The caution shown by officers was appropriate and, more importantly, non-lethal.
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