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Tuesday, November 16, aoio | The Red a Black
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DmM Burnt! | Editor in Chief edltor@randb.com
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CMdmy Holbrook | Opinions Editor opinions@randb.com
Our Take
Majority opinions of The Red & Black’s editorial board
Middle East vote
SGA senators may vote on a resolution
to confirm its stance on Israel... what?
American presidents can’t solve the Middle
East crisis, but our own Student Government
Association is here to help.
Today, SGA senators may vote on a proposal
to affirm the group’s uncompromising support
for Israel.
This resolution includes such heartwarming
statements as confirming cooperation between
the citizens in the state of Georgia and Israel,
the danger of Iran and Israel’s status as the
only democracy in the Middle East.
The editorial board has one question ... Why?
Why have these specific senators taken
time out of their supposedly busy schedules to
parade what looks like an American Israel Public
Affairs Committee (AIPAC) press release?
We contacted certain SGA and non-SGA
members who support this proposal and
offered them space for a column defending their
position on this page. They declined.
SGA does not propose resolutions affirming
they are Republican or Democrat. They don’t
vote on whether Christianity or Judaism is the
correct religion.
The Israeli and Palestinian Conflict is just as
alienating and divisive an issue as political par
tisanship or religion. Voting on this resolution
would merely turn University students against
each other, marching this campus into battle.
The editorial board is composed of many dif
ferent people, with many different beliefs on the
conflict in the Middle East.
This is not an issue of pro-Israeli or pro-Pal
estinian activism. This is an issue of SGA sena
tors doing the job they were elected to do.
We still have plenty of problems on campus.
Why not worry about student fee hikes, cam
pus safety or transport concerns?
Save the foreign policy for future resume
padding and stick to helping students.
Courtney Holbrook for the editorial board
Future life choices
are tough to make
After four years of
college, the last
thing any graduate
wants to do is move back
into their parents' house
wondering what is next.
For me, this is especial
ly true. I’m so used to
coming and going as I
please that I’m just not
prepared to deal with the
sideways looks and judg
ments if I happen to creep
in the house at 5 a.m.
Even though I’m tech
nically grown, it is her
house, right?
I guess I can't complain
too much though. It’s the
perfect place for me to
gather my thoughts and
make my next career
move without papers
and tests clouding my
mind.
But I still feel like I’m
taking a step back.
My old bedroom at
home isn’t nearly as
sophisticated as the three
bedroom, two-bath apart
ment I share with my
roommates.
For the better part of
my time here in Athens, I
could not wait to gradu
ate. Now I'm dreading
leaving for good.
The importance of
planning has never been
more apparent than it is
right now. Although I am
still young, I wish I had
more definite plans.
I’m sure many seniors
are stressing about what
they will do when it’s final
ly over. We ask ourselv.es if
we’re ready to enter the
job market or if more
school is the way to go.
Take it from me you
don’t want to be in the
last months of your final
semester of school with no
leads. It’s not a good feel
ing.
Many people put mak
ing decisions off until the
last minute, but procrasti
nation really should be my
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Jessica
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middle name. We seem to
have a bond that cannot
be broken. Terrible, I
know.
I hear horror stories
from my recently graduat
ed friends about the bore
dom. I used to tell them
they were living the life.
Who would not want to
sleep in and not have the
stress of school on their
shoulders?
Some of my friends
took a different route and
opted to come back to
school for a second under
graduate degree.
Graduate school is a
great option. It will give
me more time to decide
exactly what type of writ
ing I want to do. I can also
gain more experience to
put my hard-earned jour
nalism degree to use.
Who knows, maybe I
will go somewhere far, far
away from those parental
eyes?
Hopefully it will not be
as gloomy as I’m predict
ing. My brother did it after
all, moved back home
after college to get his
masters in psychology. He
made it out again and is
living on his own enjoying
his new career. If he can
do it, so can I.
I’m looking forward to
what the future has in
store for me even though
I'm not sure where it will
take me. I want to make
sure my next move will be
the best choice.
I should probably start
on those applications now.
Jessica Walker is a
senior from East Point
majoring in publication
management
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Opinions
Israel proposal unfair to Palestine
Many students have proba
bly never met a Palestinian
or even believe them to
exist.
I am the granddaughter of
Palestinian refugees who fled
Palestine by foot for seven days in
1948. This was after they were
given an ultimatum: leave and sur
render your belongings or forfeit
your lives.
The fact that I am alive today
can give you a hint as to which
path my grandparents chose. This
was the same path millions of
Palestinians took, only to find
themselves refugees In neighboring
Arab nations, at the mercy of gov
ernment aid.
The Palestinian camps of our
day look too similar to the Jewish
ghettos of World War n. People are
packed in rooms without proper
electricity and running water. The
hearts of the Palestinian people are
filled with despair. I still have fami
ly who live in refugee camps
more than 60 years since the begin
ning of the conflict.
Today at 7 p.m. in the Miller
Learning Center room 148 our
Student Government Association
will possibly vote on a resolution
proclaiming our University’s sup
port for the United States’ stance
on Israel.
It is not their job to do such a
thing.
This resolution will only serve to
alienate, marginalize and intimi
date students who disagree with
Israel’s actions. Do we really want
SGA to transform this campus into
a place where students cannot
speak what they believe?
I am e-mailing all of our sena
tors to voice my opinion that this
resolution is an insult to the mem
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Seeing the same dress
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and re-wearing old prom
dresses gets old quickly.
“I hate showing up at
an event and seeing three
other girls wearing the
same dress as me that we
all just bought on sale at
the same boutique,” said
junior Meghan Moran.
Asa sorority girl. I’m
always looking for new
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ment.
This is where Rent the
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semi-formal and casual
styles, as well as an array
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jewelry available for four
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Rent the Runway has
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The website even has a
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ory of my grandparents. It supports
Israel's harassment of my family in
refugee camps.
I recognize there have been seri
ous casualties on both sides of this
conflict. It is not right, nor will it
ever be right.
However, these casualties do not
and must not negate the human
rights of the Palestinian people liv
ing in Gaza and the West Bank.
UN resolution 242 calls for the
abandonment of acquired territory
in times of war and withdrawal of
Israeli armed forces from occupied
territories. The Fourth Geneva
Convention states it is illegal to
transfer citizens into occupied ter
ritories.
Yet. illegal settlements have
filled these occupied territories
internationally recognized as
Palestinian. Israel’s illegal settle
ments bring violence, checkpoints,
water deprivation, curfews and spe
cial “Israeli-only” roads that further
break up the Palestinian territories.
These methods prevent the
Palestinian people from living in a
unified and peaceful Palestinian
state. This is the essence of an
occupation.
It is because of this blatant vio
lation of Palestinian human rights
that I have become active in an
organization called Athens for
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Aside from the fact
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screenings and hold events depict
ing the culture and hardships of
the Palestinian situation.
We are able to put up these
events in part because of the
money in small allocations funds
we receive from organizations like
SGA.
Disagreeing with issues SGA
proclaims as their stance could
jeopardize the financial situation of
opposing organizations such as
Athens for Justice in Palestine.
You may not agree with me on
the Israeli and Palestinian conflict.
Nevertheless, you must e-mail your
senators to reject this resolution so
our student body can continue to
express what they believe without
fear of repercussion.
Despite my family’s Palestinian
identity, I am an American. I love
my country. I am a patriot.
In the land of the free and the
home of the brave, I count my
blessings each day that I wake and
call myself free.
I would die for the flreedom I
have, and I will not stop until
everyone in the world has the same
independence.
Our founding father Patrick
Henry said, “Give me liberty or give
me death.” This battle cry, once
our American rallying point, can
now be heard on the streets of
Gaza and the West Bank. We can
no longer stand idly by and watch
inhumanity play out before our
eyes. Stand with me today.
Look for me in the front row
I’ll be carrying the American flag.
Nesrein El-Haddad it a senior
from Marietta majoring in
international affairs and
Arabic and is the co-president of
Athens for Justice in Palestine.
ens of outfits a year that
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No, your sequined
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by the homeless.
Regardless of my
wardrobe’s exponential
growth each year, it never
seems to hold anything
for the occasion.
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