2 The Pen Dec. 1994
Editorials
EDITOR’S CORNER
Ironically, we are paralleling national events. As is the
case in government, come January, St. Aug will be expect
ing a new President. However, as is necessary with national
changes, one must be careful not to expect miraculous
changes overnight.
If indeed we are paralleling not only national but world
events as well, this international community that St. Aug is
needs to take heed to the world.
Before the former U.S.S.R. fell the people became
disillusioned with Gorbachev, and later when Yeltsin was
elected president, the Russian people expected conditions
to be equal to those of the West overnight. In Germany,
when the Berlin Wall was tom down and the Germanys
were united. East Germans expected immediate equality
of conditions with the West. When Clinton was elected,
the citizens of the United States expected an immediate
improvement in all things. When Mandela was elected, many
expected an immediate "improvement" in all conditions.
And now, with the new Republican Party in power, many
are again expecting an immediate resolution to all the "prob
lems" Clinton and the Democrats were not able to solve.
As each of the parties involved in the "expectation
game" discovered, "immediate" is a word of relative time.
Such will be the case at St. Aug. There is only so much that
can be accomplished "immediately". The fulfillment of "im
mediately" in business is sometimes 3-5 years, and if this is
the case at St. Aug, this means that the present freshmen
may be the only ones who will witness the installation of a
new president and the fulfillment of "changes".
Ishmael Smith
FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH
Some of the punks on this
yard, and that's right, I said
"punks!" need to get the hell off of
this campus.
Nah, first of all, let me qualify
that. The punks who were setting
the school on fire Friday night and
Saturday morning need to get on
up out of here.
Who in their right mind
would set fire to Penick Hall? Don't
you know that there are dangerous.
explosive chemicals that are stored
in that building? Suppose the deed
had been successful and Penick
had caught fu'e. Suppose, just sup
pose, that the flames had ignited
into a blaze before the fire-fight-
ers arrived. That means that the
Admisssions Building, Delany
4all, Baker Hall, and some of the
wooden trailers behind Penick may
have caught fire also. Who knows
how many sisters may have been
injured of even killed? Who knows
how high school fees would have
had to be raised to cover part of
the expense?
Listen, you poor, degenerate
slob, just because you do not want
to be here does not give you the
right to deny others that privilege.
Listen, St Aug may not pro
vide activities for the weekends or
give you anything else to do on the
weekends but Friday was beyond
me. The Alphas were hosting a
dance? Couldn't you have just
gone to the dance and let that in
famous heat in the Gym drain
you?
You good-for-nothings in
volved in this act of terrorism
need to be caught and expelled. I
won't say jailed, because you may
not have thought of the possible
outcomes of your childish act, the
variables could not appear in your
minute, Neanderthalic mind, or
the size of your brain could not
accommodate cognitive thought,
but whatever the case, whoever
you are, male or female ('cause
females are indeed capable of
these acts of terrorism. Check out
Left Eye [I know it's cheap, but it
is appropriate]). You've had your
moment in the spotlight. Free it
up for someone with something
constructive to offer.
Letter to the Editor
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Why is it that students at
St. Aug are always being told to
be like the students at N. C. State
o: Chapel Hill when it comes to
conformity? I don't know, but I
am tried of it. Yesterday I was
told not to come upstairs again
in the college union unless I
decide not to wear my hat. If the
union is supposed to be a relaxed
atmosphere for students, why
can't we do whatever we like in
it, as long as it does not interfere
with someone else's rights as an
individual. So-called adults
should not tell me not to wear
my hat just because they have
never seen the students at State
wear hats inside their buildings.
First and foremost, I am an
individual. The organizations I
have membership in do not
define me. We define the
organizations. Don't expect me
to comform when that is not the
question. The question is
whether or not you approve. I
don't care one way or the other
how you feel about what I do.
Sincerely yours,
R. Antonio Moore
Disappointng turnout at Kwanzaa
Extravaganza
On Saturday December 10,
vendors turned the walkway fi*om
the Seby Jones Art Galley to the
entrance to the Music Department
into a virtual mall of cultural
goods.
From Virginia to Atlanta
they came, bringing their wares,
fi-om oils to paintings, woodcarv-
ings to clothes, from jewelry to
books. It was all available. The
only thing not present were the stu
dents and the general public!
-THE PEN-
Editor-in-Chief: Ishmael Smith Assistant Editor-in-Chief: Natosha Kennedy Advertising Manager:
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