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PAGE 2 — THE DECREE — OCTOBER, 30,1987 OFFICIAL STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF NORTH CAROLINA WESLEYAN COLLEGE Co-Edftor-lit-Chlef—Tom Rivers and Mike Trubcy Staff Reporters—Melanie Bollings Mark Crum, Sharon Evans, Pam Harrison, Dell Lewis, Waync Martin ?Se £>eetee is located, in the Student UnioK, North Carolina Wejfejfao Cfelleg^ Wesleyan College Statioa, Rocky Mount, NC 27580* fio^i*determin«t by the Editorial Board of The Decree. of any njaiter bereiii without the express consent of the Edjtoriai fi^Ksnl is strictly forblddeti. The Decree is composed and ^^mattil^The^ktgHppeEnferprm, C);>vaiDO$publis]ied not neccssarilj' reflect those of North Caro- }wa WieslQraQ CoUe^e^ Don't play games with alcohol use Last week was Alcohol Awareness Week, in case you didn’t know. You probably enjoyed the movie Sunday along with the mock drinks. You probably had a good laugh when you joked about getting drunk off of the mock drinks. But alcohol abuse is a ma jor problem in America. Mil lions of people are affected directly and indirectly by people with alcohol in their system. Barring abstinence from alcohol the only sound alternatives are moderation and having a designated driver. Most of you have heard this before and maybe you might have done it before too. But apparently the message has not been a part of your judgement. How many of you went home from homecom ing drunk or even buzzed? You’re playing Russian rou lette with your life and the lives of others. Here at Wesleyan no seri ous accidents have happened in the past three years. So next time you plan to go to a party off campus please have the wisdom of designating a per son who wiU stay sober and drive you back. Or if no one wants to stay sober please stay over. Remember that the risk you’re taking also means gambling with other people’s Hves. Creative help wanted: all Writers and artists Attention, all you closet writers and artists out thett in the real world: Do you have any poems, short stories, essays, or drawings you Would like to see in print? North Carolina Wesleyan College’s literary journal Aspects is how accepting, nay requesting, works of merit for a winter issue. We invite stu dents, stalT^ and faculty to submit. Please givfe any $uch works to Steve Ferebee in the English Department. The deadline is Nov. 20, so you have plenty of timeto polish. We also Weed editorial help and creative minds of all sorts. Along with the theater and music opportunities, reflects some of the creative energies on your campus. So type them up and let the commu nity know you; MISSILES c' * Sergeant serves with pride Military service has value (Editor’s note: the following is a response to leaflets posted by the War Resisters League.) By MSG PAUL VARSEL Ben Franklin said there never was a good war or a bad peace. He also signed the Declaration of Independ ence and assured that the United States would go to war with Britain. He was an idealistic and courageous man hoping for a better time. He was also a realistic man and recognized that the time had not arrived. Another group of idealistic people in America — and on the North Carolina Wesleyan campus — still hope for a better time. Like Franklin, they go about their day to day business and try to make this a better world. Unfortunately, some of these Americans are not like Fran klin. They lack his ability to see the world as it really is, a place filled with danger and alive with imperfect people. These few lack Franklin’s courage of conviction and refuse to sign their declaration. While Fran klin boldly faced death, these un known anti-war/anti-military advo cates timidly avoid disfavor from a few fellow citizens. I am not ashamed or embarrassed to sign my declaration. My name is Paul Varsel, I am a Master Sergeant of Infantry in the United States Army, and I teach ROTC at N.C. Wesleyan College. I am frroud of my job and I am very good at what I do. It would, however, make me very happy to live in a world where my job was not neces sary. I realize that war is the most wasteful exercise that humans in dulge in. All humans! War is not an American phe nomenon. We did not invent it and we are not always the best at it. Ever since we started playing at it in 1775 it has been expensive, embarrassing, and opposed by other members of the nation. That opposition, the freedom to dissent, has always been one of our most cherished liberties. The right of the nation to protect its citizens and its interests around the world has always been another, greater liberty. Exercise of both these liberties is an expensive proposition. I, and others like me, are the people that make it possible for this great nation to continue to enjoy lib erty. I serve in the forces which guard out country and our way of life. Fre quently, I am forced to subordinate my own personal liberties to guaran tee the freedom of others and rarely do I enjoy the bounty from our way of life. Rather than such up the larg esse of a rich country, I am often sent to the frontiers of our affluence to insure that day to day living goes on unimpeded in the United States. I do this because I realize that every liberty has a responsibility, and I am prepared to take on part of the nation’s burden. It is old fashioned but I feel that I owe this country something in return for the freedoms secured for me by others. There are students here at N.C. Weslevan that think the same way. I am here to pass on my skills and experience to this new generation of defenders. How ever, I do not work for free and I admit that it is expensive to keep me on the payroll. Unfortunately, it is cheaper to have me around than to live in this dangerous world without me. But I don’t get anywhere near $300,000,000,000. If you watched the Iran-Contra hearings this summer you noticed the sheaf of paper held up by Rep. Hyde (R-Ill.) that was a big as an un abridged dictionary. That was the Fiscal Year 85 Appropriations Act which allowed the Federal Govem- ment to operate for one year. It is the sort of document that resists being summed up in a single page handbill. Don’t take anything at face value when people try to persuade you to their point of view, especially with simple “facts.” That last statement also applies to this article. I am will ing to talk with anyone, anywhere, at any time in an unofficial capacity. Veritas Vos Liberabit. Alcohol enforcement policy has not altered By JASON SHEPPARD Returning students on N.C. Wesleyan College campus seem to feel that the enforcement of the school’s drinking policy is more readily enforced than last year. How ever, according to the administration, this may not be the case. Steve Cohen said that the policy, which according to the handbook states, “The purchase, sale, distribu tion, display, or consumption of alco holic beverages is prohibited in any public area on college premises or at college sponsored activities. Public intoxication and all forms of parties serving alcoholic beverages are pro hibited,” is basically unchanged from last year. The notion that the enforce ment has been “stepped up” may be due to more strict interpretations by a new administration. This may seem like bad news to students. However, Cohen said his administration is not running a maxi mum security prison. “I have no problem with students drinking qui etly in their own rooms,” Cohen said. It is when this gets out of hand that he is forced to step in and deal with the problem.
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