Chris Brown...

My days have been full of political science class attending, thesis writing, and grad school applying, so I'm gonna try to keep this focused on some "lighter" news. I guess I really mean not related to politics.

So most of us are too col to admit that we know more about celebrities than we do about some family members, me included. I try to escape most of the celebrity gossip pages, but sometimes my mind needs a break from all things Kelly-related. And when there's nothing on TV and the music that I have begins to bore me, I catch some updates on my fav celebs.

Unfortunately even in the world of celebs not everything is rosey. Recently, Chris Brown was arrested on domestic violence charges, the victim apparently his girlfriend Rhianna. Now none of us know exactly what happened and how bad it was, but if even some of the rumors are true it's real bad. But the most shocking part of all this is that Rhianna does not want to press charges.

This is sad, but not all that uncommon. Most victims of domestic violence blame themselves in some way or another. I have been involved in an abusive relationship in the past and I still try to find a way to make it alright. Like if I would have done this or that or whatever, maybe I wouldn't have been in the situation I had been in. But really, none of that's true. Some men (or women) have problems and they need help. Maybe they developed this habit from watching their parents go at it when they were young. Or maybe they have anger issues.

Whatever it is, this public couple's situation can help many private citizens going through something like this. More victims of domestic violence need to know there are people who are there for them. If they have no one in their life to turn to, there are plenty of shelters all over the nation that will provide assistance.

With that said I hope Rhianna decides to charge her now ex(?) boyfriend. Not only will it help give victims courage, it will also show that domestic violence is unacceptable and abusers deserve to pay for it.