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Page 2, Nov. 5,1993 Pushed to the Point Exodus 20:13 says “Thou shall not kill." This law has come to be universal, and is taught by ministers and priests all over the world. The opening sentence from the cover story of the January 18th edition of Time Magazine states, “ The law has always made room for killers.” This is true. The law protects the soldiers, policemen. Fed eral Bureau Investigation agents, and even ordinary citizens who kill in self-defense. In some cases the law even commands that the life of a criminal be taken, through some form of capital punishment. There are some that the law does not protect, or consider to have the right to kill. Battered women who kill their boyfriends, or husbands are forgotten by the system. These women are not protected by the law, and in most cases they are arrested, tried and convicted of murder. Battered women are driven to the point where they feel as if there is no way out and nothing else can be done. “Between 22 and 35 percent of emer gency room visits made by females are due to a domestic dispute” according to The National League of cities. The blame should not be totally placed on the women, but also on the judicial system as well. “I didn’t want revenge, I just wanted out,” said Shalanda Burt, who is serving 17 years for the murder of her boyfriend. Burt reports that she told Carolina Central Univer- Cafe” opened their Sopho- law officials repeVtedly of'the beatTngsrand7on^^^^ •MAM aamaU j t • • iltAo an/1 on/1 Aon Vi/mica/1 men considered them as lovers quarrels. What should these women do if they can not receive help and protection from the proper au thorities. The battered women are faced with Marx’s theory of “Flight or Fight." Ecclesiastes 3:3 states “ There is a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to breakdown and a time to build up." If there is a law that protects the rights of battered women, then this one is it. ated andmade it's firs steps ShepardandMcLeanhoused into the world. Freshmen, Rush was the Sophomore Dorm and of1968 celebrated it’s 25th Latham was for Juniors, class reunion. An average The class of 1968 boasts of50 people from a gradu- of many successful indi- ating class of400 returned viduals, such as Lee Davis, to the sloping hills and ver- CertifiedPublic Accountant dant greens. Atlanta,Georgia.,Teacher Just how different was and Principal Nancy North Carolina Central Caldwell Morris and Julye University in 1968? Well, Brown Mizelle, Raleigh, Julye Brown Mizelle, Qass N.C, Business Hanner Allen of 1968 remembers when Lee, Cary, N.C.and Attcw- young ladies could only ney Cressie Thigpen, Ra- wear jeans on Saturdays leigh, N.C. between 8:00 ajn. to 5:00 . The Class of 1968 put pjn and socials were held down the building blocks for in dorm room recreation North Carolina Central rooms every Saturday night UnivCTsity students today. If so that students would not it v^asn't for their struggles have to leave campus in in the 60's, we would not be order to have a good time, able to have tihe t^portuni- After a sit-in protesting ties’we have today. The Class of 1968 Remembers A Different Decade of NCCU 1968 was an eventful curfew, the ciufew was fi- year. Dr. Martin Luther nally moved. Freshmen had King Jr., and Robert to be in at 8:00, Sophomores Kennedy were assasinated. at 9:00, Juniors at 10:00, and The fight for civil rights Seniors at 11:00. was at a high point and the Imagine that, struggle to survive was The “New Student UnicHi” raging. andBaynesHallopenedtheir Also that year, the North junior year and the “New Remember lilhen? In 1968: **9 Catalina Pontiac mas $5100 "fl room, room. 3 bed- 2bath- ranch- style brick house mas $31,000 -Gas ma-s betmeen .18- .25 a gallon -Men's suits mere $59.95 and sltoes mere $35
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