NYE Party Goers Can Get a Great Burial Deal

Looks like there are some benefits for those who decide to party hardy on New Year's Eve in Rome, Georgia.


McGuire, Jennings, and Miller funeral home in Northern Georgia is offering a "Free Burial" Deal to those who are planning to be under the influence on New Year's Eve. The driver has to go to the funeral home and sign a contract saying that they will be drinking and driving on that night. If it were to happen that they die in a crash on that night, then the funeral home will give them a free burial.

Why on Earth would a funeral home do this? Supposedly because they are trying to promote awareness of the perils of drinking and driving. They are hoping that this will save lives on New Year's Eve.
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I hope that everyone has a great AND safe New Year's eve. Please think twice about getting on the roads if you are under ANY type of influence.

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Grades Must Be High, but BMI Must be Low to Graduate

For the students at Lincoln University in Pennysylvania, a new requirement has been added for Graduation.

Students who arrive at Lincoln University their first year with a BMI (Body Mass Index) greater than 30 must either lower their BMI or take a "Fitness for Life" class in order to graduate.

The students are already required to pass a "Dimensions of Wellness" course that covers alcohol, drugs, nutrition, and sexual health.

“We know that obesity and its co-morbidities are going to rob individuals of quality and quantity of life,” James DeBoy, chair of the department of health, physical education and recreation, said in an interview with National Public Radio. “What good is it to go through college, get your bachelor’s degree at Lincoln University, go get your graduate degree, work for five, six, seven years, and all of a sudden, you experience a catastrophic health issue associated with the obesity. That would be a tragedy … It’s our professional educators’s responsibility to alert students to this.”

....But is it? What do you think? Should the University be concerned with how low students' BMIs are? Or how high their GPAs are? Maybe you think their new requirement is appropriate especially concerning the growing problem of obesity in the United States.

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