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-,i I ^ms nyie Safemite }ApriT2l, 2992 continued from page 2 Welte does believe, however, that "Black people are more respected up North" but the big difference is that rather than people being outwardly prejudiced, "prejudice is silent." She concluded by saying, "Here, it seems like peopleare proud to be preju diced, whereas, up North, not as many people admit it." Wendy Garrett, a freshman this year at Salem, presented a very enlighten ing view. Garrett, who spent her ear lier years in Pennsylvania before moving to Walterboro, S.C. just a few years ago, said that up North, "there were no blacks or whites. We were all just students." She continued, "I think they are more prejudiced here, here, there are just blacks and whites, whereas, at my old school, we had Italians, Japanese,..." Garrett's overall opinion was that "people are so bothered by the past- things that happened so long ago. They can't forget it and I don't know why they can't just wake up and live for today- live as people." Unfortunately, many people do live in the past, causing racism to persist and past historical actions are being continued from Page 3 forgotten which were meant to relieve people don't have a place to lay their Am/anVa r\f ifc « - . . . _ •' America of its racial tensions. "Somehow, Martin Luther King, Jr.'s legacy is being undone by university activists and leaders who claim to be advancing the rights cause," accord ing to LySouza's article. "But, alas," she continues, "the only consequence of their policies seems to be the encouragement of bigotry and racial division, which do not bode well for America's future as a multicultural community. "Universities were once thought a microcosm of society. But they are more than a reflection or mirror; they are a leading indicator." If people would just face their own prejudices and aim toward making the world a better place for the future, things would be perfect. But, since this is asking too much, educators need to take advice of people like Archer and listen to the concerns of students like Garrett to formulate a plan to start heading our nation in the right direc tion. Universities and colleges are prime examples of the racism problems of today. They reflect our nation as a whole in the mirror of racism. Baity's Discount Tire Sales See us for the following tires Goodyear Pirelli Michelin Hoad Hugger Bridgestone and for... Oil Changes Alignments Brakes Maintenance Winston-Salem 1081 Olds Salisbury Rd. 722-3018 or 724-6834 Yadkinville off 1-40 679-3131 w'’ Dealer Assoc. MasterCard Discover Vrsa American Express Choice traffic tickets? - DUII flUTO RCCIOENT? DOUGLAS J. 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I can't stop that kid on the comer of 4th and Literty from selling crack to anyone who'll look his continued from page 6 "I think I have an advantage over most guys on the team in that [all my life] I've been exposed to the [extra intricacies of what to expect of being well known in athletics]sports so none of this [fame] blows up my head." Grant feels that athletes sometimes get caught up with not only reading but believing what the media says of them and in the case of Christian Laettner, a teammate of Hill's, get hurt." I don't believe the hype."Grant emphatically said and he makes it a point to tell his cohorts not to believe anything that they read or hear about themselves. To help his image Grant says, "I go out of my way to be nice and do public speaking at Jr. High and High schools because I like to do them not because I have to do them. I just think that if you can help some body ou t, since we are considered role models, then you should go out here and share with the young people our way or help that woman who pitifully pushes her pink bicycle around all day long? And here I sit, now 4:15 a.m. typing an article that maybe a fourth of the school will read. Yes, I've become a cynic at twenty- one. Every effort I make at repressing that tendency has been killed only moments after optimism finally takes a stand. I'm still smiling, though, doing my part to try and make things good. If this is what adulthood is all about, I still want to go on with it....but I want to change it, and make all of you want that change as much as I do. But right now, I would settle for having the emergency phones in proper working order. ex{^riences, what we do in school and how we manage our time." Time management, he added was a very big portion of his life. The average student is out of classes and has some amount of free time before about 10 pm, it is very important for him to use his time as wisely as he can, this usu ally consists of missing many social activities and pulling all- nighters to keep his grades up while participat ing m athletics. His roommate Anto- mo who was the valedictorian of his mgh school and also an honor stu dent, shares that sentiment. "Hope fully if we can help them [you^ ^ple] out at all, then it's worth it" Grant added. Suddenly, the seriousness was over. There was a knock at the door and the part of their day I call "mst coolm w/the fellas" began. The ste reo booi^ as about 8 of their bud dies (all of whom were athletes) completely dominated the interview. Needless to say it was breath-taking ^use in the midst of Naughty by Tthe air Lpled with laughter, dancing, etc., a Sew element arose. His closest buddies be gan teasing him and volunteering un printable information about him to which Grant quickly retaliated by putting the attention on his roommate, who was trying very unsuccessfully to separate a mountain of laundry that looked like it took years to accumulate but were actually from a few weeks of living on the road during the ACC and NCAA Basketball Tournaments. Grant joked and was joked about his secret desires to play the piano and sing ,"Tender Love " or Moonlight in Sonata. They also shared their supersti tious rituals before their games of which If others caught on to, could potentially putmen'sunderwearmanufacturersout of business! TTiey continued to go back and forth with all of these inside jokes t>q)ical of any gathering of close-friends! They did the best they could to translate some of their cliche's and in side jokes to me and eventually I found myself the butt of a few jokes when I tried to make a comment in between aughing. I made the mistake of com- menting on how a clip of Grant doing hand of a guy on the other team be- ^ ■ • nobody laughed and brought to my attentioJI thatlonlythoughtitwasfmmy because Ihe Wll and that we wre ■? but a WomiS Cr was ^mindedofhowhei'veraieJS distinguish this because Ns graduated from Welselv and those sentiments. There was nn^ and Antonio's "Rarnhm" • ' After ^Pressions!! it was clear to^ them, ‘*tapressedand^“i'S>'““'‘' ■«pec. for them and Jfea^tL complish daily. ® *"^7 ^c- > i n 0! T1 « tn n o lo X) la( rei tra lee !asl he toi ca^ hei esl lat luc )rtl ack )r'tl lae esp >ab jbe Po Me Tu Ipri Sat *n of 1 iVei loi Ton
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