Students
can change ticket pickup policy
This
column represents the views of the Old Gold and Black Editorial Board.
Much has been made of the numerous changes surrounding the men’s
basketball team this year, and with good cause. The construction and
completion of the Kenneth D. Miller Center, a new student seating arrangement
at Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum, the decision to do away
with ticket pickups for fall semester games, the return of Midnight
Madness to campus and even the team’s new uniforms are all indicative
of a new era of Demon Deacon basketball.
America's
new war is a racket
By
Shariq Torres
Former General Smedley Butler of the U.S. Marine Corps said, “War
is a racket; possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely
the most vicious ... Out of war a few people make huge fortunes. Nations
acquire additional territory (which is promptly exploited by the few
for their own benefit), and the general public shoulders the bill –
a bill that renders a horrible accounting of newly placed gravestones,
mangled bodies, shattered minds, broken hearts and homes, economic instability
and back-breaking taxation of the many for generations and generations.”
Media
has lost it since Sept. 11
By
Matt Wilson
I think we all knew this would happen.
I was reading in last week’s Newsweek when I came upon this happy
little blurb: “CBS … execs are considering green-lighting
a romantic comedy set in the aftermath of the Sept. 11th strikes. The
series … would star a middle-aged couple brought together when
their spouses are both killed in the WTC collapse.”
All
citizens have the right to fly the Confederate flag
By
Chris Plumblee
Ask yourself this question: is it worse to display something that some
people find disturbing because it undermines the authority of the United
States, or to burn the U.S. flag in protest to some action taken by
the United States? Is it worse to believe that the Confederate Flag
is a symbol of heritage and a fight for freedom along the same lines
as the American Revolution, or that the United States should withdraw
from the world community and strictly deal with her own internal problems
until they can be straightened out? The point I’m making, regardless
of whether you personally believe that these rights should be protected,
is that the Confederate Flag, regardless of how you feel about it, is
no more a symbol of hatred than many other things that are fashion statements.
Students
must show respect for others
By
Michael McDermott
I am writing this as a result of the disturbing events that occurred
at the Chess Night Event Nov. 2 in Johnson Residence Hall. The event
had been proceeding as normal when we received a visit from three jokesters
attempting to ruin our peaceful assembly.
American
schools need changes
By
Doug Hutton
Prior to the war on terrorism, education was President George W. Bush’s
top priority entering the fall session of Congress. After the initial
shock eventually subsides, it should return to the forefront of the
domestic agenda. It is the only issue that has the possibility of drastically
changing our future by shaping the minds of this nation’s children.
Somehow, though, the education agenda must combat our status as the
only industrialized country that falls far below Western norms in standardized
testing.
America
must end this war, defend human, civil rights
By
Kathryn Spangler
On Nov. 3 I attended a North Carolina Anti-War Conference, which was
sponsored by Amnesty International, the Piedmont Triad Anti-War Committee
and the International Socialist Organization, on the campus of UNC-Greensboro.
The conference was an opportunity for anyone to learn more about issues
such as Islamic fundamentalism, the origins of terrorism, the history
of Afghanistan, the role of media propaganda, U.S. foreign policy in
the Middle East and alternatives to war.
Taking
a return trip to Kerouac's world
By
Nathan Gunter
For some reason lately I can’t stay out of Border’s. I go
in there and I browse, poring through the literature section for something
I can read that will satiate this need I have to absorb every bit of
the world, of culture, of knowledge there is. But my problem is that
I never can pick out a book. I’ll pass by The Scarlet Letter, or
Crime and Punishment, and think how moved I was by these stories, and
consider purchasing new copies to make new notes in new margins …
but can’t bring myself to do it.
Astonishing
Legends of Sport!
By
Jay Cridlin
It is time for this week’s edition of Astonishing Legends of Sport!
in which we spin absolutely true courageous tales of athletic vim and
vigor, especially when Cinderella’s back is against a wall near
the brink of elimination and all 110 percent of the chips and marbles
are down on the line near the whole ball of wax.
