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November 3,1993 Campus Opinion Editorial: Youth Today by Elizabetb Rihani Evct since I worked in Washing- tcm. DC. this past summer, I have tried to avoid televisioa news alto gether. It just got to be too much to hear an impassive newscaster tell me night after night who had died, which small country had been blown off the map, and what precautions I should take wheni venturedoutof my home. After two weeks of forcang myself to endure an hour of death and destruc tion every evening, I decided to buy the Washington Post for af^araoce’s sake and open it di rectly to the comics. 1 got all the news I ne«3ed from Doonesbury. In watching ,^e news for that short time, however, I noticed some thing that really disturbed me—tiie criminals wanted for murder, rob bery and drug charges had gotten reallyyoung.Imeanreallyyoung. A ten-year old kills his four-year old sibling. Several middle schoolers are busted for cocaine posses^oa An child in elementary school is discov ered with a loaded weapon. A couple of teenagers are arrested for heaving a heavy object off an overpass, kill ing an innocent woman in her car. I could go on and on, but I don’t want to. I just want to know why and how this all came about. I guess we could blame inatten tive parents, broken homes, violence on television, or evil messages in rock music, but I don’t think any of those are the one'and only culprit. In fact, I have no idea how society has gotten so out of hand even in the ten or so years since I was litfle. The heaviest lecture we got in elementary school was on the dangers of smok ing or what to do if our houses caught on fire (stop, drop and roll). Now even the youngest children are being Meredith IK-raUI Kditor til ChUf 'I race} Rawh Pbotoi^tur . . - kmy Cartoooists. PlK)6)graph6is Tedmical Advisor..,, Faculty AdviMjr.,. m —.. JUtm EdlfArial INiho TbtMerediih Heraldt^j;mb\t4t9Abiy (|wCol}esefl»«niSt>auitte.^dciniC }wf ^ fuBded by and HtnMnutiat OM to ntatad^ CMKajniajpcnoBsl atudcs, iimdts, ^culforlibdotu stal«inu!B> AU letters «4iiot iftust \» signed. ICbe expmsAl in editor^ coiunuiit ilo'not 0ec««e8cily 1tK»e of Qie college a4MiateirMian.fK»!9 Of tUidttt tody. ’ ' ki tb« I'dlriir l^«lk) Bva^oa* ill be coounu kma»a8tH lypowifitBa SMitfbetitPfedby ihr|ttiibor. but M warned against drugs, guns and care less sex. That teachers even have to warn small children about AIDS is frightening. Well, I don’t have any answers, but I do wish our society wasn’t so desensitized towards all the horrible, horrible things going on these days. I think if we all woke up from our media-induced stupor and actually heard and saw what was being said in the movies, on TV and on the news, we might realize that what is goii^ on is not normal and should not be normal. I’m just glad I’m not a news caster—I’d be crying through the report every night. ■Letters to the Editor- I am writing in response to the October 27 article “Letters to the Editor” that appeared intheMeredith Herald. It was an article talking about how Meredith College should offer self-defense classes — I strongly agree. Meredith in the spring usually offers a karate self-defense class taught by Mr. James Emory which has proven to be helpful to Meredith students in the past. I.know this be cause my sister took the class here at Meredith in 1992, her senior year. It was such an asset to her that after graduation she joined the Emory Kvate School. Well, it has come to my attention ‘.‘throu^ the grape vine,” that MerediA is not offering the regular karate classes this spring. Yes, I know it is in the 1994 spring schedule, but Meredith has decided to take the classes away from Mr. Emory and the Meredith students. I feel that Mr. Emroy’s karate classes can only be an asset to Meredith students and add to what Meredith security is trying to provide. I don’t know the reason behind the removal of the karate classes, but I hope it is not because of the rumors about him. I realize that Meredith College does all they can to protect Meredith stu dents, but in my opinion I feel Meredith should allow us to decide whether we want to participate in the karate classes. I attended the October self-defense seminar where Mr. Emory was a guest speaker and I would like to see Mr. Emory’s karate classes accepted back on Meredith campus this spring. Jennifer Collins The 1993 Yearbooks are here! Yearbooks will be distributed to all undergraduate students who were registered fuH*time during the 1992-93 academic year. Distribution will take place in the Student Leadership Conference Room (located in Cate Center), according to the following schedule: Thursday, Nov. 4 Friday, Nov. 5 Monday, Nov. 8 9:30 a.m..to3:30 p.m. 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Seniors (’94) Juniors ('95) Sophomores If you are unable to pick up your book at the scheduled time, you may pick it up Monday, Nov. 8 between 1:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. Freshmen and part-time students may buy a yearbook for $10 at the Office of Student Activities starting Tuesday, Nov. 9 fhrough Nov. 12. If you have questions, call the Office of Student Activities and Leadership Development.
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