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Spring Hope
Dungan
SD50622 |
To
The Editor:
As an open-minded Appalachian woman, I have attended
several violence awareness events on campus. At the Walk for Awareness
in the fall, I was very disappointed to see that this event was
required for freshman participation and the only people that made
any sense at the walk were the women of NOW. I have also attended
several peace rallies in Boone, including a peace march last spring,
where we marchers were booed and given the finger by fellow “educated”
students. I was beginning to give up hope for my fellow students
until I attended the Vagina Monologues. For anyone who didn’t
get to make the event, The Vagina Monologues was a fantastic experience
I won’t soon forget. Thank you so much ladies for honoring
us with your talents to share a journey of self-discovery for women
everywhere. I feel I must recognize Ms. Ezell Williams, our very
own student senate president, who wasn’t afraid to stand up
for what she believes in. I only wish that more political leaders
on campus would do so. I look forward to more events like the Vagina
Monologues and the equally fabulous production of What’s Left
of Him, seen last spring. To me, college is a time of discovering
what kind of person you want to be. I only hope that more students
get involved and attend events like these.
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| Correctly express both sides to
story |
Nathan C. Hannan
Senior
NH27916 |
To
The Editor:
I am an advocate for peace. War should always
be the last option in world diplomacy. The portrayal of the opposing
voice at Saturday’s peace rally (“Boone citizens gather
for peace Saturday,” Feb. 18) was less than accurate, to say
the least. To label someone as a “war supporter” because
of a differing opinion illustrates just how closed-minded the peace
movement is to debate. “War supporters” could go around
calling anti-war protesters “hippies,” but that wouldn’t
get discussion started.
Do any of the “peace-nicks” really believe that someone
who supports the men and women who fight in this nation’s armed
forces actually want those brave Americans to face the enemy fire
and die?
No. The “war supporter” merely voiced his opinion that
we should show support for those who fight in our stead. They face
the gunfire and the enemy; they do the dying no one else will do.
They do it so you can have the freedom to speak your mind without
the fear of persecution for what you say, without the fear of foreign
enemies attacking and murdering innocent lives.
If “hippies” want diplomacy, then they should stand on
the White House lawn, if necessary, to get their point across or
write to their elected officials and stand at the doorstep of Congress
until they are either rejected or vindicated.
But poorly worded articles, in a PO-DUNK university newspaper, that
paint inaccurate pictures of both sides of a story are hardly effective.
Neither is a protest march in Tinytown, USA. Speak your mind, it’s
a free country, but don’t forget the reason why you have that
right. If you have forgotten, listen up. I’ll only say this
once. You are free because men and women fought and died all throughout
this nation’s history to save you from tyranny and persecution.
Please support YOUR United States fighting men and women. Don’t
let them come home to a rabble of ingrates.
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| Protesters are really Anti-Americans |
Adam C. Wiley
Sophomore
AW48428 |
To
The Editor:
I am one of the biggest supporters of our constitutional
right, as citizens of the United States, to assemble and express
our views openly. Lately though it seems to me that some of the
students of this campus, even though within their rights, have taken
protesting against Iraq beyond the boundaries of decency.
The now infamous “Buck Fush” slogan painted onto the Rivers
St. tunnel is a startling eye opener to what some of these protestors
are all about. Some of them are using our standoff against Iraq
to draw attention to what they really are, Anti-American. Another
great example is “Regime change starts in Boone,” also
found in the tunnel. What does that have to do with being against
war in Iraq? Honestly, nothing. It’s a stab at our own country
and our president who is doing nothing more than protecting our
interests as a nation. If the protestors were actually serious about
standing up for human rights and Iraqi civilians, maybe they should
start protesting against Saddam and his brutal, totalitarian regime,
in which hundreds of thousands of people have died. Then again if
protestors wanted to go to Iraq and protest against a true tyrant,
they probably would never be seen or heard from again, murdered
by Saddam’s henchmen. I think Kierkegaard said it best with
“Some people demand freedom of speech to make up for freedom
of thought which they avoid.
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