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4 | Thursday, June 8, 2006 | The Red & Black
Colin Dunlop | Editor in Chief
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Lyndsay Hoban | Managing Editor
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Katy De Luca | Opinions Editor
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Majority opinions of The Red & Black’s editorial board
Dropping the ball
High rankings create high hopes
and sometimes big disappointments
At one point in the spring semester, five of
the University’s athletic teams were ranked
number one in their respective sports.
Of those five teams, only one came away with
a National Championship — the Gym Dogs.
However, the other teams all finished with top 5
rankings.
Being ranked number one is a great accom
plishment to any sports team, but what does it
mean really? Regardless of what the
University’s sports teams are ranked, students,
faculty and long-time fans will always cheer for
the teams to excel and do well.
Carrying a number one ranking throughout
the season is great for fans of the teams. They
get to see great wins by the team at home
throughout the season and hold high hopes
when it comes to championship time.
Even though a team might fall short of win
ning its top honor, fans should be impressed by
the team’s outstanding regular season.
Minus national championships, University
sports teams still won SEC titles as well as
numerous All-SEC and All-American honors to
make us proud. These accolades make us excit
ed to see what the future may bring and what
is in store for next season.
There are still two sports teams who have
shots at winning more championships for the
University.
The Diamond Dogs advance to Super
Regionals for the College World Series this
week and members of the University Track
team are qualified for the NCAA
Championships that are taking place this week.
No matter the outcome, they will still be
number one in our hearts — the only ranking
that counts.
He’s got the power
Adams's first veto leaves people with
a variety of questions
President Adams recently did something that
had never been done in the span of his 9-year
term to day — he vetoed an action of the
University Council.
In an action handed out in late May, Adams
vetoed the April 25 decision of the Council to
institute an 8-week pledge period among cer
tain Greek organizations.
Being the first veto ever in his term, we see it
as an odd move based on Adams’s past rela
tions with the University’s Greek community.
Matt Winston, assistant to President Adams,
said he vetoed the action because he felt it was
n’t the right descison. Adams would like to see
a change in the GPA requirements for Greek
organizations, which ties into his desire for aca
demic rigor.
Even though his action does seem surprising,
we applaud his decision because it would have
completely shaken up the Greek system as we
know it. The 8-week pledge period seemed like
an arbitrary restriction, so it is good that
Adams is calling for a reevaluation of the situa
tion before a change is made.
We like that Adams isn’t afraid to recognize
an error in hasty judgement passed down by
the Univeristy Council and that he does have
the well-being of students on his mind.
It can only be hoped that this is just the
beginning of a trend in which Adam will not
stand for random restrictions anymore.
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Prejudices close doors to experiences
W hen I was a child, my
parents always told
me never to judge a
book by its cover.
Even though I never con-
ciously avoided things or
held actual biases in my
mind, I was just as guilty as
everyone else when it comes
to the preconceived notion.
In my life, I have held
preconceived notions about
a fair deal of things.
Whether it has been peo
ple, places or things, my ini
tial assumptions have usual
ly been negated after I have
reached my own conclu
sions.
Over the years, my per
ceptions have included the
minor and the mundane,
but to me, they always have
been a big deal.
I’m always a sucker for
assuming the wrong thing
about the classes I decide to
take.
In fall of 2005,1 signed up
for an introduction to public
relations class thinking that,
since the Key said there was
a high percentage of A’s
given out, I was bound to
excel and give my GPA a
welcomed boost. However,
after receiving a D on the
first exam — and quite the
wake up call — I realized
that I was going to have to
put out some amount of
effort to bump my grade
back up to where I wanted
it to be (rest assured, I
ended up getting my A).
I am also set in my ways
when it comes to the sports
I like to watch. I grew up
with two brothers who were
crazy about sports, so
u.s.
L ove and terrorism are
two extremes with very
much in common.
They are both fleeting,
hard to define, impossible to
forget and hopelessly devot
ed to a cause.
But if love supposedly
conquers all, could it also
conquer terrorism?
What if the United States
stopped starting wars and
started ending them?
If we threw billions of dol
lars and military support
toward Africa to solve the
AIDS pandemic, battle
malaria and end the geno
cide in Sudan, would terror
ism still be a threat?
Of course, but it might be
a smaller one.
Sure it’s not our moral
and social responsibility to
fight other nation’s battles,
but what if America became
altruistic instead of an
imperialistic and economi
cally driven nation? Would
the Islamic extremists blow
ing themselves to pieces in
Iraq on a daily basis still
exist?
Probably. Like love, hate
never truly dies.
The war in Iraq has no
end in sight. I sat next to a
19 year-old Army soldier on
a plane the other day. His
older brother had been in
Iraq for the past two years,
and he also will be over
there come September.
In his graduation address
at West Point, President
George W. Bush said to the
graduating class, “We fight,
as we always fight, for a just
peace — a peace that favors
human liberty. We will
defend the peace against
threats from terrorists and
tyrants. We will preserve the
peace by building good rela
tions among the great pow
ers. And we will extend the
peace by encouraging free
Katy De Luca
following professional ath
letics was always a major
part of my life.
I grew up in the North
where baseball is king and
football isn’t the semi-reli
gious experience that it is
down here. Most of my
time was spent paying
attention to how my beloved
New York Yankees were
doing.
I have always considered
NASCAR to be below me. I
thought that it wasn’t a
sport and was just some
thing that was meant to be
the punchline of a Jeff
Foxworthy joke. What was
the point of driving around
in a circle real fast for 500
miles?
While browsing
ESPN.com one day, I came
across a picture of Kasey
Kahne, a 20-something driv
er who has the dreamiest
blue eyes.
Later that week was the
running of the Daytona 500.
Some people at work were
watching it, so I decided to
keep track of how Kasey
did. Now I’m proud to say
that I align behind no. 9.
The weekly races have
become a staple on my tele-
Lauren Morgan
▲
and open societies on every
continent.”
Does that last line include
the penguins oppressed by
the seal regime in
Antarctica?
America bore witness to
the horrors that penguins
must face from terrorist
mammals on a daily basis
through the film “March of
the Penguins.”
There were many audi
ence members in tears over
the tragic death of a baby
penguin.
Sure it’s not our moral
and social responsibili
ty to fight other
nation’s battles, but
what if America
became altruistic
instead of an imperial
istic and economically
driven nation?
But what about the death
of hundreds of women and
children in Beslan, Russia,
who were shot as a result of
a school seige by terrorists
from Chechnya in 2004? Or
the millions of Sudanese
who are falling victim to the
radical janjaweed.
Sudan is the new massive
genocide the world has cho-
vision set, and I get more
nervous watching a race
than I do during Yankees-
Red Sox game.
Ever since being named
summer opinions editor, I
have been thinking of what
I’d write about in my first
column. I looked at it as
quite the daunting task,
thinking I would never be
able to do it.
Well, look at me now.
Many people hold aspira
tions of writing for a news
paper but are intimidated
by the prospect of thou
sands of people reading
their work.
I’m here to tell you to dis
regard every notion you
have about writing and ease
your fears.
The opinions page is a
great place for people to
get their start writing.
Columns can be an outlet
for frustration about issues
or a place to advise the stu
dent body on a pertinent
topic. You can even joke
around about something if
you feel the need.
Letters to the editor are
also a great way to get your
self published. Whether it is
something administration is
doing to upset you or some
thing The Red & Black has
done (or not done), let us
know. We care about what
our readers think so don’t
be shy.
All I’m saying is don’t
knock it until you try it.
— Katy De Luca is the
opinions editor for
The Red & Black.
She can be reached at
opinions @r andb.com.
not war
sen to ignore.
Though the White House,
Capitol Hill, or any other
important law making insti
tution in the great U.S. will
refuse to admit it, we only
fight if we have something to
gain.
We won’t send troops to
the United Nations because
we can’t receive the same
pleasure we had defying the
U.N. when we went to war
with Iraq in 2003.
The U.N. wants someone
to help the Sudanese. The
Sudanese exported nearly
50,000 barrels of oil and
petroleum products per day
in 2000 and had completely
stopped importing foreign
oil.
If we conquered the ter
rorist janjaweed regime in
Sudan, Haliburton could get
full control of their refineries
just like Iraq.
In a time where many
Americans are fearful of gas
prices at the pump, an
extra 50,000 barrels would
certainly come in handy,
right?
Wrong.
American won’t mess
with Sudanese oil because
the refineries werebuilt by a
subsidiary of the China
National Petroleum
Company. China imports
about 1.5 million tons a year
from Sudan.
The United States would
n’t mess with North Korea
because of China, so
Sudan’s on the black list of
terrorist parties to crash
along with Iran, Chechnya,
and well, the entire African
continent.
For a country that was so
fond of a liberty based on
economic freedom back in
1776, we’ve come a long way.
— Lauren Morgan is a
staff writer for
The Red & Black.
should try to make love,
Colin Dunlop
Summer
brings new
look to paper
S ummer is awesome.
There I said it, and
now it's out of my
system.
Welcome to the first
edition of The Red &
Black summer style.
That's right — we publish
weekly on Thursdays but
that doesn't mean we will
be slacking as your infor
mation source during
these sweltering months.
We at The Red & Black
sympathize with all of you
who must endure this gru
eling task of spending
your summer in class
either getting ahead,
catching up or just staying
on track for graduation.
But just think, what
else would you be doing.
Swimming? Playing volley
ball? Waking up at noon?
Try instead to think
about your education —
that's what academic rigor
is all about. That brings
me to my next point: the
crossword. It's still here,
ready for you to hide
behind that guy in front's
head.
Just try not to be too
obvious — professors
know you don't count the
letters of the words in
your notes.
But to get back on
track, this paper is full of
more than just games.
There is a newly
designed page two. We fig
ured no one really cared
what happened in Uganda
on Monday night, and if
you did, you probably
went elsewhere for your
world news. Instead, I am
proud to introduce a
broader view of what hap
pened in your world over
the week.
We will try to give a less
serious tone to page two
by occasionally providing
bizarre news. People do
strange things all the
time, and sometimes we
all need to be reminded of
that fact.
In addition, we will
focus on a larger story
and even localize it as well
as provide briefs on the
most important news of
the past week.
I know venturing into
the big bad world may
sound scary, but lets face
it — some people come
from beyond Marietta and
their lives are affected by
more than just the remod
eling of 316.
Traditional fans of
The Red & Black will find
that all of their old
favorites are still here.
We will continue to be
your number one source
of University news and
information.
We will keep our fingers
on the pulse of this insti
tution so you will know
when the administration
makes decisions that
affect your lives. But if
you have a hot tip, be sure
to send it to our news edi
tor Cristen Conger at
ne ws@randb. com.
That goes for our
sports and variety depart
ments as well, which are
handled by Alex Byington,
sports@randb.com, and
RT. Umphress,
variety@randb.com,
respectively.
If you happen get
infected with news flu,
come up and see Jessica
Jordan, our recruitment
editor or email her at
recruitment@randb.com.
She won’t cure you —
just provide you an outlet
with which to capture all
that word vomit.
Finally, if you ever have
a problem with anything
you read in the paper
please feel free to contact
me at editor@randb.com.
If you have corrections,
complaints or even if you
want to tell us we are
doing a good job, please
let us know. We are all in
college to learn and this
newspaper is no exception
for the staff.
I mean, how would you
feel if you got a test back
without a grade on it?
— Colin Dunlop is the
Editor in Chief of
The Red & Black.