Miller
Center will benefit all students
This
column represents the views of the Old Gold and Black Editorial Board.
After $10.8 million and nearly a year and a half of construction, the
university community will finally be able to celebrate the opening of
the new Kenneth D. Miller Student Athlete Enhancement Center.
The
great flag debate continues
By
Keith Helsabeck
The South Shall Rise Again!” is the slogan of a surprising number
of North Carolinians. My friends here at the university even debated
whether or not the Southern states had a right to secede from the union
recently. I was rather surprised that in a group of people including
an African American and people from various states I was the only one
to dissent against the slogan. Many say that the South and the Confederate
flag are symbols of a better time or a noble fight for independence
from the United States. The words that echo across the mouths of all
that believe that it was a noble fight are “states’ rights.”
They believe that the South fought against Northern oppression and that
it was fiscal policies at the federal level that created the enmity
between the camps by disastrously harming the Southern economy. They
remember Sherman’s march and Lincoln’s racist freesoiler rhetoric;
then say that the war had nothing at all to do with slavery since it
was not the immediate objective at any point in the war to give Africans
equal treatment or even to end slavery. They think of the flag as a
symbol of freedom from political control.
Stand-up
comedy delivers a harsh dose of humility
By
Matt Wilson
As I was walking around the campus a few weeks ago, I just happened
to spot a sign that read “Open Mic Night — Oct. 23 —
call Drew at (I don’t disclose phone numbers in newspaper columns)
soon to be a part.”
Living
in a culture of political correctness
By
Doug Hutton
Ever since the end of the Cold War, pundits and critics have been searching
for a name to define this new era. Some have called it the age of regulation,
the age of democracy or the age of the United States. The political
landscape has changed from one of constant tension to one of liberalism
while the world economy moves progressively toward completely open markets.
Pop culture, as Matt Wilson so eloquently stated in his column “Living
in a pop culture culture” (Oct. 11), has become obsessed with itself.
An
international point of view
By
Chris Plumblee
I had an interesting conversation Oct. 29 with a student in Egypt on
the Internet, and he had some interesting things to say about life in
general and the situation in America and the Middle East in particular.
Let me preface this by saying that this is not a usual thing for me,
to chat with people from other countries over the Internet merely for
something to do.
Why
everyone despises the golden boys of baseball
By
Jay Cridlin
I am the world’s biggest Arizona Diamondbacks fan.
To me, the sun rises and sets in Curt Schilling’s male pattern
baldness. If a day goes by when I don’t get down on my knees and
thank the good Lord for Tony Womack, I feel like less of a man. If Albie
Lopez were to ask for my hand in marriage, I must say that I would at
least hear his offer out.
Impossible
ideals plague students
By
Nathan Gunter
It can be so frustrating trying to do something that you have no idea
how to do. Case in point: I am working on my Teach for America application
right now. By the time you read this, the deadline will have passed,
and whether my essays are good or bad, they will have been posted to
an application on the Internet for a bunch of people who don’t
know the first thing about me to read and decide whether or not I’m
competent to teach inner-city high schoolers for two years.
Listeners'
demands must be met
By
Will Wingfield
"MP3 Crackdown” say signs distributed to students last week.
Threatening honor code violations, judiciary hearings and suspension,
Information Systems is urging students to stop sharing your files over
popular file-sharing services such as KaZaA, Morpheus, Aimster and the
like. This information has been echoed in mass e-mails sent by Resident
Technical Advisors as well.
