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Page 4 Letters to the Editor Bring bacl '80s video games I loved Matt’s column in the last week’s Clarion. But he failed to mention something near and dear to my heart: 80s video games!! Games like Galaga, Ms. Pac-Man, Space Invad ers, Star Wars (the original vector graphics game, mind you). Super Mario Brothers, and many, many more!! I hope this will be remedied. -BJ Wanlund DearBJ., I apologize for leaving out video games in my 80 s article. It’s truly a mistake on my part, as I thoroughly enjoy them. I’m currently addicted to SoulCalibur III, which Ijustpurchased two weeks ago from the Blockbuster bargain bin. To stay on topic, the 80’s played a significant role in the development of video games. The ones you listed— Galaga, Ms. Pac-Man, Space Invad ers, Star Wars, and Super Mario Brothers— got their start in that decade, and many continue to grow into gaming behemoths today. The first game I ever played was Robocop for the origirml Nintendo Entertainment System which debuted in 1989, and was developed by Data East However, it wasn’t until recently that I actually began to appreciate the impact that the 80’s had on the gaming world. My personal favorite gaming company is Square-Enix, which was started in 1983, and transformed into Square soft in the mid 90’s. Then in 2003, the company merged withEnix to become Square-Enix. This infamous develop ment team is responsible for the Final Fantasy series. Kingdom Hearts, Bushido Blade, Xenogears, Star Ocean, and many other amazing hits. But, itwas during the 80’s when this company hit it big with Final Fantasy: the rest is history. I suppose I would have to say my favorite 80’s game would be the original Pitfall for the Atari system. Swinging over pixilated alligators on vines made of equally entrancing squares was one of my favorite things to do when I was growing up. Also, Pong was great This only makes me think that the simplicity of games back then is, infact, what made them so great—not that theflashy ones ofthe present aren t fun. PS., I hope this response has satisfied your 80’s gaming appetite. Sincerely, Matt Rutherford Fellow Gamer Managing Editor Opinion The Clarion September 22, 2006 Where is the evidence? by Tom Cowan News Editor The SGA’s special ses sion to decide the im peachment of president Aaron Motley has been a subject of debate and many questions. Some have asked, how could Motley have avoided im peachment when he ad mitted guilt? I think the obvious answer is that the purpose of the meeting was to decide if Motley’s level of guilt warranted impeachment. So let me ask this: would it be possible for sen ate and house members to vote on this decision fairly without accurate information on what Motley took responsibility for? My question concerns the premises of the meeting—that ac cording to Campus Life, Motley took responsi bility for disorderly conduct, failure to comply, lying, and violating alcohol policy. While Mot ley did not deny responsibility of these charges during the meeting, he later stated that he was unaware of having taken responsibility for all four violations. Motley claims that the only document he signed relating to his student code violations was a Brevard College Behavioral Agreement. Part of the agreement makes clear to Motley that further violation of the school’s alcohol policy could result in his suspension or expul sion, but the document does not show relation to any of the other three charges. Motley claims not to have signed or said anything that, to his knowledge, acknowledged his responsibility for anything other than an alcohol code violation. So if Motley isn’t lying or dumbly mistaken, what is the explanation? Dean Sue Yowell, head of Campus Life, could not offer one, and says, “As far as I know, Aaron took responsibility for the four charges.” Dean Yowell declined to release or shows any documents proving Mot ley admitted responsibility for the charges. When I asked Motley if he would have taken responsibility for the other three charges had he understood that he was doing so, he said, “In hindsight, I would have taken responsibility for the disorderly conduct charge, but not the charges of lying and failing to comply.” I would also have thought that it wouldn’t have been in Motley’s favor to take responsi bility for two charges that he didn’t agree with, but luckily for him and the interest of the stu dent body majority, four charges of this nature were not enough to tip the scale toward im peachment. While the answer could be extremely reveal ing, I don’t expect we’ll find out the truth be hind this situation unless Campus Life can pro duce a signature proving Motley wrong. You would think that a clearly signed document of this nature would be part of due process when someone formally admits to student code viola tions. Without such a document in sight, how can we not ask questions? ■ The Clarion staff Adam Beeson Matt Rutherford Editor in Chief Managing Editor Tom Cowan- News Editor Zach Browning- Sports Editor Molly Carlson- Layout & Design John Billingsley- Photography Zack Harding- Arts & Life Editor Jamie Michaels- Opinion Editor Emily Wade- Copy Editor Dr. John Padgett- Faculty Advisor staff Writers Lange Eve Amethyst Green BJ Wanlund Chelsea Deming Josie Guinn Unsigned editorials represent the collective opinion of the staff of The Clarion. Other opinions expressed on this page are those of respective authors and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the faculty, staff or administration of Brevard College. ■Letters Policy The Clarion welcomes letters to the editor. We reserve the right to edit letters for length and content. All letters intended for publication must be signed. All correspondence should be sent to: The Clarion, Brevard College, 400 North Broad Street, Brevard, NC 28712 Send Email to: clarion@brevard.edu
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