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Clark Atlanta University The Panther April 15-30, 2017 7 That look when realize that you are no longer the stupidest president in the history of the United States! One dumb decision after another By Laurence Morreale President Trump’s seemingly presidential attitude in his address to the House of Representatives last month feels like a distant memory. Since his address he has continued to engage in Twitter rants, has been investigated by the FBI for conflict of interest with Russian diplomats during his campaign and has failed to pass the Republican replacement for Obamacare even with a majority Republican House of Representatives The president’s latest achievement repealed former president Obama’s Clean Power Plan, which was an initiative by the Obama administration to regulate carbon emissions from factories and propel America toward clean energy. This was done in accordance with the 2015 Paris agreement where major carbon emitting countries met and came up with resolutions that required them to move towards clean energy. The Paris plan’s ultimate goal was to keep the planet from rising in temperature 3.6 degrees, which scientists say will cause food shortages, natural disaster, and make sea levels rise. President Trump’s goal was to roll back on regulations Obama put in place so he could keep his promises he made to his working class voter base. Specifically coal miners and factory workers who voted for Trump based off of the promises he made to them, which was to get their jobs back. Although the Clean Power Plan slanted these type of jobs out of the economy and focused more on clean energy jobs rather than jobs for working class Americans, its goal was still to help Americans and ultimately the world. President Trump although eager to keep his promises, does not seem to be giving Americans confidence in him besides those who voted for him. Even Republicans are having trouble trusting the president, which was proven these past two weeks when the Republican majority House of Representatives failed to pass their own replacement for Obamacare which Guns don’t belong on college campuses By Alana Howard For the second year in a row, Georgia lawmakers passed a bill that allowed open carry on public college and university campuses. The House passed the controversial bill on the last day of the legislative session. The Senate passed it earlier in the week. It is awaiting the signature of Gov. Nathan Deal, who vetoed a similar bill last year. The measure would allow adults over the age of 21 with a gun permit to open carry on a public college and university campuses, with exceptions of dormitories, fraternity and sorority houses, and buildings that house athletic events, and areas that high-school students attend classes. There are also other areas of gun prohibitions in selected areas on public campuses included in the bill. When he vetoed the bill last year. Gov. Deal questioned whether carrying guns on campus would increase student safety. He then said, "From the early days of our nation and state, colleges have been treated as sanctuaries of learning where firearms have not been allowed. To depart from such time-honored protections should require overwhelming justification. I do not find that such justification exists.” But there are conservatives and vocal Second Amendment activists who feel carrying firearms is necessary for those in the school community to protect themselves with many pointing to the rise in mass killing on campuses throughout the country. There are 17 states that ban carrying concealed weapons on campus, Georgia included. THE PANTHER # . - N Editor-in-Chief Alix Young Managing Editor Glenneisha Stevenson Sports Editor Craig Allen Brown Eacuity Adviser James D. Mcjunkins Sr. s > T he Panther is published by stu dents at Clark Atlanta University. The opinions expressed in The Panther reflect only the positions of the student writers and not the ideas or opinions of the staff, the University or its governing board. The Panther has both the right and responsibility to report news of stu dent interest from on and off campus, to editorialize on matters of student concern and to provide a forum for the free expression of opinion and exchange ideas in the community. Any reprints must be granted by the editor and adviser. All rights reserved. angered many Republican voters. China, the biggest carbon-emitting nation in the world is even pulling back on its dependence on coal and fossil fuel energy. It has developed programs to slow down the damage it is causing to the planet. If China, a country with over 1 billion people can make a change in its carbon footprint, then so should the United States. In the end, the people who will truly suffer from these repeals of the Clean Power Plan are the over 1 billion additional people who will be added to the Earth’s population in the next 20 to 30 years. Trump backing out of this plan makes it difficult to hold other countries accountable who had signed the Paris plan to create clean energy economies. There are 23 states that have left it to the state’s universities and colleges to ban or allow open carry on campus. Nine states are having provisions allowing the carrying of concealed weapons on public postsecondary campuses. Utah is the only state to specifically name the public universities and colleges that do not have the authority to open carry on campus. With rising controversy on Gov. Deal rejecting the bill, it is unknown whether he would change his mind on this year's bill. He should follow the same rationale he had last year. Putting guns in the hands of faculty and students in not the solution for enhancing their safety. Gov. Deal, veto the bill. Do you want up-to-date news and infor mation on campus events? Follow us: Instagram: @thecaupanthernews Twitter: @caupanthernews Like us on Facebook: CAU Panther Newspaper V —/