Benjamin P Roberts

Fox 44 Central Texas News Interview

Benjamin — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:59:37 +0000

Final News Interview for the “Don’t Rob Me, Bro!” movement.

Baylor students fight crime with T-shirts – YNN – Your News Now

Benjamin — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 20:58:31 +0000

Baylor students fight crime with T-shirts – YNN – Your News Now.

Latest news story for Don’t Rob Me, Bro.

Waco Tribune-Herald Front Page of Local Section

Benjamin — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:22:54 +0000

This is the front page of the Local Section of the Waco Tribune for Wednesday December 7, 2011. I’d link to the story, but you cannot read it if you aren’t a subscriber. The best part of the story was the Chief of Police for Baylor supporting us saying, “I don’t think it hurts a thing to raise awareness…I hope the sell lots [of t-shirts]“. You can still get your shirt at our site: www.dontrobmebro.com.

Thank you Lone Star T-Shirts

Benjamin — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:53:21 +0000

Claude at Lone Star T-Shirts took great care of us through the entire “Don’t Rob Me, Bro!” process even rushing the production of the shirts over the weekend so we would have them for our tv interview. He was affordable and great fun to work with. Thanks Claude!

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Don’t Rob me, Bro!

Benjamin — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 13:19:48 +0000

Don’t Rob me, Bro!.

It just took me and Sara four months of marriage before we made the news!

How Big is Your Trash Can?

Benjamin — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 17:12:42 +0000

Every political candidate has a certain size trashcan. This trashcan is a metaphor for the public’s degree of tolerance regarding a candidate’s foibles. The candidate’s trashcan holds all the bad stuff they do and it gets really ugly if the amount of trash in their life exceeds the capacity of their trashcan. Some candidates are given really small trashcans because they have unproven records and they keep making mistakes which fill their trashcan up until the public cannot take it anymore and they exit rather ungracefully from the limelight (Herman Cain). Some candidates have large trashcans and can afford big mistakes, or flip-flopping from time to time because they have spent years building up goodwill (Mitt Romney). However, some are in the sad state of shrinking their trashcans due to repeated blunders (Rick Perry). The mathematical formula to calculate the size of a candidate’s trashcan is as follows:

( (Years of Service)(Positive Impact- Negative Impact))/Extra-Marrital Affairs

Based on this function you can see the following trashcan sizes of some notable GOP candidates:

Why I Chose to Fight Crime with Sassy T-Shirts

Benjamin — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 19:17:46 +0000

As a husband and a MBA student at Baylor University my responsibilities lie in this order:

The wellbeing of my spouse, and
Mastering as much of the curriculum as possible.

I’m hindered in my service to these responsibilities if I’m worried about crime.

In the fall of 2010, my first semester at Baylor, I was robbed while sitting with my soon-to-be wife on my front porch by a man with a sawed off shotgun. Both the Baylor and Waco police were quick to respond and great in the moments after the robbery. However, after one week we were forgotten and the man who robbed us was never caught. The crime in the area immediately surrounding the Baylor campus since then has drastically increased.

During the fall of 2011 there have been seven robberies in less than seven weeks, six of which involved a weapon. The Waco Tribune has an excellent story describing exactly what is being done to stop the crime-wave. Baylor is making great steps in order to protect students. However, Baylor administrators seem to have forgotten that the medium is the message. Directing information to 18 – 22 year olds in a print newspaper makes as much sense as sending them a fax.

I have a responsibility to the safety of my wife and my fellow students to make them fully of the very real danger we are in as students. I have decided to speak out through the mediums of our generation: the internet and sassy t-shirts.

Join the movement and order your own t-shirt at Don’t Rob Me, Bro!

Don’t Rob Me, Bro! Stopping Crime with Sassy T-Shirts.

Benjamin — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:18:52 +0000

Due to the excessive crime just one block away from the Baylor University campus I have decided to design and sell sassy t-shirts which will really stick it to the same guy who continues to terrorize students…that’ll show him. Email me if you are interested in purchasing one.

The Legitimacy of Power

Benjamin — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 04:12:07 +0000

The Occupy Wall Street protests all over the country are fascinating. Of course, it is hard to understand how we as a nation have allowed losses to be socialized and gains to be privatized, but there is more going on which should be cause for reflection. What the protests have really done for me is to begin to make me think deeply about my own nation’s response to dissent and how completely oblivious those in power must be to the changing levels of civilian lead accountability. (This is especially poignant in light of the latest from Egypt.)

Let’s forget for a moment who is right and who is wrong and really look at what it means for police in full riot gear to be facing off against people who look like J Crew models (or college students). Who in power in these cities is thinking about what this looks like on You-Tube and how it comes across on Facebook? How many times will those with power ignore the new laws of social media and user-generated content?

Here is a helpful hint police all over the world. When pondering whether to pepper-spray or beat a protestor ask yourself this, “Would I want my mom to see me beating Ryan Gosling?” If the answer is no, which it always should be, find another way to enforce order if order needs enforcing.

Marriage

Benjamin — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:22:20 +0000

I would assume you would have grace for infrequent updates from a guy who has just been married. Sara and I are a day away from two months in and the newness is still new, glittery, and shiny.

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