President Barack Obama has
been adding his name to the history
books more times this year
than most people would have in
an entire lifetime. As everyone
knows, he became the first
African-American president this
country has ever seen. Some saw
this as a sign that our country was
coming together.
On Oct. 9, Obama was awarded
the Nobel Peace Prize by The Norwegian Nobel Committee for his extraordinary efforts to
strengthen international diplomacy
and cooperation between peoples. In
layman’s terms, the award was presented to
Obama because of his efforts to try
to promote peace with other nations.
The key words in the previous
sentence being: efforts and
try. The problem many critics are
having with the president winning
this prestigious award is that he
has yet to accomplish anything.
Student Tim Repetz agrees with
those who believe the award was
unjustly given to the president.
“I feel like he should have done
something worthy of the award
first,” says Repetz. However, he
did add that “(I) do feel that he has
potential to one day earn the
award though. He just hasn’t done
anything yet.”
Student Michael Esposito
shared the same feelings on
Obama’s award.
Esposito says “He’s on been in
office for nine months. Maybe if
he can find a peaceful solution to
the wars then I’d be ok with it.”
Although he disagreed with the
award being passed onto Obama,
he did commend him on uniting
the Muslim communities.
Not everyone believes that
Obama does not deserve the
award, however. Secretary of
State Hilary Clinton was pleased
to hear of Obama’s historical
achievement. Clinton believes he
won the award due to his willingness
to challenge anyone and
everyone, which she says has restored
the image as well as the appreciation
of America.
Others disagree with the argument
that Obama has done close
to nothing since he has been in office.
They point to the poor shape
the country was in when he took
office.
Student Kelsey Miozzi believes
that Obama does deserve to win
the award. “I feel like he has made
a positive change,” said Miozzi.