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PAGE 2 — THE DECREE — APRIL 15,1988 OFFICIALSTUDENT NEWSPAPER OF NORTH CAROLINA WESLEYAN COLLEGE Co-Edjtor-in-Chlef—Tom Rivers and Mike Trubey Staff Reporters—Mdank Boiling, Mark Cram, Sharon EvanSj, Pam Haittson, Dell Ixwis, Wayne Maru'n The Decree is located in the Student Union, North Carolina Wesleyan College. Wesleyan College Station, Rocky Mount, NC 27301. Policy is determined by the Editorial Board of The Decree. Republicaaon of any laatter herein without the e;?pre.>s consent of the Editorial Board is strictly forbiddeti> The Decree is composed and printed by The Spring Hope Enterprise, Opinions published do not necessarily reflect those of North Caro lina Wesleyan College, Library deserves students’ respect m ABouTW If a student needs a ccitain back issue of a magazine, his chances of finding the periodi cal are not too good. The same probably holds true for the newspapers. It is also disheart ening to see books and furni ture vandalized. These re sources in the library deserve better treatment. The periodicals are proba bly the most abused of all; they are constantly being mis handled and misplaced. It only takes a couple seconds to re turn them to their shelves , and you should take them the time to put them. And finally there is the problem of vandalism. This practice is not only expensive but can do damage to the school’s image. What would a perspective student and his/ her parents think when they see the indexes written on or furniture written on, or peri odicals misused and tom? The Wesleyan Community should not tolerate such treat ment. Many actions can be taken but the first must come from those who use the library. Take responsibility and time to make sure that when you use the library that it is left the way it should be—clean and invio late. Love underlies ’The Wall’ By JEFFJACKSON As an avid and faithful Pink Floyd fan, as I am sure many college stu dents are or pretend to be, I feel I must Cry to shed some light on the ingen iously constructed theme of the movie and the soundtrack to Pink Floyd’s The Wall, if my only result is to spark thought. Oddly enough, under the blazing guitar solos and shrill, gripping vocal mastery that is contained xnThe Wall, the concept of love proves to be the essence or impetus of the work. When one strips away the barriers created by the seemingly imravelable mystic of Pink Floyd, thethemeofthe movie and album is the betrayal of love to both a single young boy and the same adult male. The main char acter, Pink, encounters three such betrayals throughout his life that lead to his eventual downfall. The first sign of love tuming its proverbial back on Pink, occurs even before he was bom. Pink’s father was killed in World War II, leaving Pink with a strong, yet ignorant yearning for a male’s affection. This is best exemplified by the song, “Another Brick in the Wall, Part I." This tune expresses Pink’s naivete towards his father’s death, and also visually shows this depravity through his constant begging of paternal care from another individual’s father. Another component of Pink’s Inauguration created inconveniences Dear Editor; We’ve heard it on the news and we’ve read about it in all the papers how our new president is here for the students and will make every effort to improve the life of Wesleyan stu dents. Well, will someone please explain why his inauguration turned out to be such a major inconvenience to some smdents. A definite Catch 22 effect was felt. For more than two weeks the gym was set up for the event. Today the gym looks the same. I can’t shoot ball at all and my Larry Bird fade away is surely going to suffer as a result. And I don’t want to neglect the physical education courses having to be re routed and held somewhere other than the gym. But maybe it isn’t important to place an emphasis on classes at a college. Then came the hoop-la about the special dinner that Marriott was going to cater. Every day I heard about sign ing up, or not eating, because the meal was going to be spectacular. My friends and I dressed in our finest Letter to the Editor Sunday clothes and with great antici pation we arrived at the cafe. As my tie tightened around my neck as I heard my friend say “This is the same food we have everyday, it’s just dif ferent plates.” So here we sat with our Wesleyan family “some of whom we didn’t even know,” dressed to kill, eating the same food we always eat. The next moming I awoke early, famished as always, and proceeded to the cafeteria for a good hot breakfast. But when I got there all I had was cereal and cold doughnuts. Umm! Scrumpdelicious! By lunch time hunger pains were shooting through me and I could barely walk. It’s been 24 hours since I’ve had a good meal. I returned to the cafe anticipating a lot of leftover food from the “fabulous” feast the night before. But when I got there I have to eat in Doc’s for the second time and I am forced to eat cold, cold, chicken and Fritos, from a cardboard box! Now that’s living! I’m choking down ice cold chicken while everyone except the students are enjoying a feastof their own under the tent in the president’s front yard. I imagine very few of the guests were too hungry, though, after the conti nental breakfast that they enjoyed while I ate cereal. Well, we all go out to eatlimch and we are pretty upset about everything at this point. When we arrive back at school there are security guards eve rywhere and the parking lots are roped off. At least I no longer had to worry about my transmission being stolen with so many guards bearing with walkie talkies. As we near our regular parking lot, it is completely filled with cars, cars not displaying the appropriate Wesleyan decals and not a single ticket was given. I thought security could have had a field day with all of those cars. We finally get to park the car and we hitch a ride two miles back to the dorm. Finally the inauguration itself gets underway. There we are in our finest Sunday clothes, again. But this time we are sweating under the sun on the nicest of spring days. I could have done a dozen of fiin things outside, but instead I stood there, transferring my weight to from one foot to the other and pulling at my tie. If I had been a guest or a trustee I’m sure I would have enjoyed the ceremonies, I know a great deal of time, effort and energy was put to wards the event. To those involved I congratulate them on a great job. And I think Presi dent Gamer will continue to do an excellent job. I am just glad it is aU over because I’ve been inconven ienced enough! Some Concerned Guys parental handicap is in the way his uneducated mother treats him in his impressionable adolescence. His mother, in the absence of a male influ ence, raises Pink Floyd in a rather indifferent if not an uncaring fashion. If one listens or views the work entitled “Mother”, one can sense a sarcastic view of matemal guidance which stems from a life of wavering confidence in an incompetentmother. This insecurity simply adds to Pink’s overall ambivalence toward love of any kind. A third and perhaps most apparent reason for Pink’s insanity is his sepa ration from his wife. Due to an in creasing dependence on drugs, his marriage ended with his wife seeking affection from a more sober or other wise available man. The tune, "Empty Spaces” laments Pink’s sor rowful yet irrevocable loss of his wife to another lover. These three points illustrate the basic theme of Pink Floyd The Wall. However, the relation of betrayal of love itself may not be crystal clear. Of course, betrayal can be obviously seen in the case of Pink’s wife’s ac tions. But, in a parental sense, it may seem a bit hard to understand. A preschool child can debatably mistake a missing father’s absence for a failure of paternal responsibility on the grotmds of vented anger. The stress of living in a single-parent family when one is faced with a socie tal preponderance of dual-parent families child. Pink Floyd’s The Wall, whether absorbed by one from the film or audio, is a masterpiece of ambiguity in artistic expression. However, it is possible to narrow the components of this work down to a workable theme. I urge all Pmk Floyd aficionados to consider this viable tmderlying message of The Wall in the further appreciation of this form. On the other hand, if the premise seems un- foimded, enjoy unraveling the mys tery of The Wall.
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