February 1,1995
Campus Extras
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UNDERSIDE continued
from page one
allegiance to both God and state. To
many German Christians this was “one
and the same. ” But Bonhoeffer felt that
this much allegiance to the country
was wrong because one of God’s ten
commandments is “there shall be no
gods before me.” According to
Bonhoeffer, the purposes of God will
be coerced by the purposes of the
state.
Bgnhoeffer told how he believed
that his prison cell is getting smaller
and smaller. He thought that each night
while he was asleep the prison guards
would take a piece of his cell away and
make the cell smaller. This scenario
illustrates the mental anguish that
Bonhoeffer experienced while he was
in prison. Bonhoeffer revealed that he
made it through his confinement by
remembering all of the great experi
ences God had granted him through
out his life.
Before Bonhoeffer was in prison he
spent time in Harlem, N.Y., with a
black pastor and theologian named
Frank Fisher. After spending time with
Fisher in the Harlem church,
Bonhoeffer viewed life in a totally new
way. Bonhoeffer began to view life in
the perspective of all of the Germans
who suffered.
In 1939, Bonhoeffer went to
America to give a lecture. With the
persuasion of his American friends, he
decided to go to New York and stayed
there for four to five weeks. His Ameri
can friends pleaded with him to stay in
of Germany. But after a few weeks
Bonhoeffer got depressed because he
was in the wrong place. He needed to
return to Germany to help those who
were suffering.
Bonhoeffer returned to Germany
and joined a conspiracy against the
German government. Bonhoeffer be
lieved that “not to speak, is to speak
and not to act, is to act. ” He felt that he
must not just sit in church and pray,
but that he must also go out and do
something about the German govern
ment. This strong belief caused him to
end up in prison.
Before Bonhoeffer died he held a
cross close to him and remembered
that there is victory in all things.
Bonhoeffer then said,’’This is the end,
but for me it is the beginning.”
Bonhoeffer’s close friend and biog
rapher, Eberhard Bethge, said of
Bonhoeffer: “When he was silenced
for good at age 39, he began to speak
more loudly than ever before.” Staggs,
who played the part of Dietrich
Bonhoeffer, is presently the Pastor of
Woodland Baptist Church in San Anto
nio, Texas, and a dortoral candidate at
Austin Presbyterian Theological Semi
nary at Austin, Texas. Staggs performs
his dramatization of Bonhoeffer’s life
to audiences across the country.
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LETTERS continued
from page three
Dear editor;
Since the beginning of the semes
ter, the Noel House has been ignored
too many times. From what I’ve been
hearing, this is true for Carroll as well.
There are about seven freshmen
living in the Noel House, and this is the
first year where freshman were able to
live in the house. We don’t find out
about half the things that are.going on
at Meredith, a situation which is frus
trating, especially for us freshmen. For
example, during the election week of
freshman class officers, some of my
friends were talking about who they
should or shouldn’t vote for. I didn’t
have any part in this discussion be
cause we at the Noel House had no
clue as to who was running.
The election did not bother me as
much as Cornhuskin’. We were not
informedabout anything until we went
to freshmen practice. Before the meet
ing, my big sis had asked me if I had a
“word.” I knew right then that we
were left out on something again. We
had no participation in the Can Art
because everybody forgot about us.
How would you like to be left out of
something as big as Cornhuskin’?
I’m not writing this letter because
I want sympathy. I just want the Noel
House to be well-informed, just like
the other dorms. Is that asking too
much? It’s aggravating when you find
out about the events after they have
already taken place. We’re the big,
white building across from the dining
hall. You can’t miss us.
Mia Ahn
Dear editor:
I am writing this letter to show my
concern about Meredith’s rules on
quiet hours. I am not condemning quiet
hours. My concern is that 7:30 p.m. is
way too early.
Yes, I know that there are students
who like to do their homework early
and go to bed. Well, if this is the case,
then we have offered to us the library
as well as the Cate Center.
In my opinion, quiet hours should
be form 10 p.m. to 7 a.m.
We are all mature, young adults.
We should know when too loud is too
loud. Having quiet hours later will not
let us forget to shut our doors if we
want to have our radios louder, laugh
with our hallmates, watch television
with the volume turned up a little bit,
scream if something is funny and talk
ing in the hall. If any of these events
should occur now, we have to stop
and think about quiet hours.
If Meredith moves quiet hours a
little later, I feel it would prevent a lot
of those complaints of other halls so
early in the nights, and of course, those
dreadful fifteen-dollar fines.
All in all, I feel having later quiet
hours would help both types of stu
dents, the ones who like to study early
and those who don’t.
Kimberly Ann Talley
Dear editor:
I am writing this letter to express
my concern about the hours of the
Belk Dining Hall. The hours really need
to be changed.
During lunch, the hours should be
longer than they are. The hours should
be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.. Many stu
dents have class during the current
hours of the dining hall. They aren’t
able to eat the food which their par
ents are paying for. Some students also
just wait until supper to eat. If the
cafeteria hours were longer, students
could eat in the dining hall every day.
During supper, the hours should
start at a later time. 'The hotirs should
be from 5 p. m. to 8 p. m.. Students who
eat early often get hungry before they
go to bed. If the hours were longer,
students wouldn’t have to eat early but
could eat at a later time and wouldn’t
get hungry. Some students also have to
eat early because tbe dining hall is
closed when they get out of class.
Perhaps the staff could consider
these changes so that more students
could enjoy balanced meals.
Kaye Dawn Harrison
Corrections from 1/25 issue
• The Programming Board is not
part of the executive branch of
SGA, but part of the Student Life
Committee.
• The Programming Board is holding
elections for its chair, not for
members.