Where Will We End?
Where Exactly Can We Park?
bv Amber Jefferies
When we first got our parking stickers they said that we could park
\vhere\ er, so now that we do we get tickets. So where can we park?
The parking lot by the bell tower is off limits to students. It is there for
v isitors and faculty. There have been many tickets given just because we did not
know. Also the parking lot in front of Green and Taylor is off limits; it is re
served for commuters and visitors only. If you do park there for long, then there
will be a ticket on your windshield. Between the back of Coltrane and Beam is
a parking lot for the work staff and for unloading tracks, so we can not park there
either.
There are large numbers of students that have their cars on campus, and
there is not enough spaces to provide for them unless they want to park far away
from your dorm.
Our limited number of parking spaces really causes problems for us
and has resulted in many fines. If we do not have anywhere to park, then we are
pretty much forced to park in the off limit spaces and get tickets.
Our parking spaces are very limited. Usually the way that we are sure
to get a parking space is if we are back at the school by 8:00 p.m or so. That
really puts a dent into our social life.
There is nothing worse than to walk outside to your car and see a pink
slip on the windshield, because you know that it is a ticket. If you are lucky it's
only a warning. It pretty much i-uins a day because how are we supposed to
know when we are not told. Someone really needs to stress to everyone where
we can and can not park.
by Will Ginsler
This existence is clouded with
the mundane. I see people like ants de
vouring all that is set before them. We
build like ants, with steel and concrete;
our hives are swarming, predacious. In
our short time, we will see either de
mise or salvation. We are at a cross
roads.
It is time to break the mold of
society, that carefully woven fabric that
wraps around and comforts us. We have
arrived at the millennia, and it is our
duty to set this change in motion. We
demand action.
To change is
not a simple task.
Throughout the centu
ries, change has been
manifested predomi
nately by war. The roots
of change, real change,
demand a violent up
heaval of status quo. The
power brokers who de-
termine the status quo
will consequently resist any momen
tous change in society. The end resuh
of this conflict of interest has always
been war. We have seen the devasta
tion of war and have lived with the con
stant fear of instantaneous and global
destruction. These fears have molded
generations. If this cycle of greed and
rape is to be broken, change must in
fect society, lest we destroy ourselves.
We must cultivate life. Soci
ety and its demands tax the earth and
its peoples. When we transcend our
desire for the material, the earth will
be saved.
We the people are actively and
openly deceived by the powers that be.
We allow this deception because of our
naive beliefs in the authority of the sta
tus quo. We welcome this deception be
cause it actively comforts us against the
grim truth.
“It is time to break
the mold of society,
that carefully
woven fabric that
wraps around us
and comforts us. ”
The tmth, the whole truth, and
nothing but the truth....
The truth is you have been lied
to. The truth is watered down or just
flat out not told to you. The truth is that
society has been wanting to change, but
the system has not allowed it. Whoever
gave the label to “Generation X” should
be publicly ostracized. This simple ver
bal nuance has spawned a flurry of
negative emotions directed at the gen
eration which is destined to lead the
change. This label has only debased us
in the eyes of the older generation.
Destined to lead....
We as a generation have al
ready started to change society. Some
of our parents awoke to a new con
sciousness, a new way of thinking not
focused on power or the distribution of
it, but on US as a col-
lective. They saw
that society, main
stream society,
blinds us, robs us of
life and spiritual ful
fillment. Many of us
see that as well. It is
our duty to awaken
the rest of society
and continue on our
own spiritual evolu
tion.
Awakening the masses and
the energies of the masses have never
been a simple task. But the technology
available to us today should expedite
the process effectively. Our govern
ment is vainly attempting to limit and
regulate the use of the electronic forum.
Look at what happened at the turn of
the century. The government regulated
the railroads, the telegraph, the tele
phone, and the result was the robber-
barons and the industrial power brokers
of the industrial age who raped the earth
and still hold power today! If the gov
ernment regulates the Internet, it will
play (is playing) right into the hands of
Bill Gates (richest man in USA) and the
other power brokers of the information
age.
To depart from this cycle we
will have to lose our lust for the mate
rial, collectively. We must search
within ourselves and society. Material
life is a pleasant diversion in the soul’s
journey, but it is a diversion none the
less. Empower yourself to see society
without the blinders society has put on
you.
In the September 26 issue of the Clarion, the Jesse Woods tribute was
erroneously attiibuted to Sarah Carpenter. The entire eulogy was written by
President J. Thomas Bertrand and delivered at Jesse Woods' memorial service.
I lie Clarion apologizes for the error.
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Is it just me or it is great
having music during lunch on
Fridays? The music brightens the
otherwise drab lunchroom, and it
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when Ernie Mills called a line dance,
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