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Friday, December 3, 2010 | The Rbd a Black
Caray O'Neil | Managing Editor me@randb.com
Courtney Holbrook | Opinions Editor opinions@randb.com
Opinion Meter
A wrap-up of the week’s ups and downs
Upcoming finals
OK, bring on the Red Eyes, Shots in
the Dark and Crackaccinos finals
are nearly here. And we’re not happy
about it. Obviously it comes with the
territory of being in college, but the ■'■HP
number of sleepless nights that are f
going to accumulate among students
will be through the roof. We can’t wait
to curl up and sleep for days when
finals conclude. Let’s get it.
Wikileaks
After media speculation and Hilary’s
damnation, the new Wikileaks docu
ments have been released. What poli
ticians warned would destroy national
security was revealed to be a mass of a
diplomatic screw-ups and intemation
al name-calling. The editorial board
relishes the new information. This
is for journalists and American citi
zens everywhere. Julian Assange may
be not be much of a role model, but
transparency is always appreciated.
Editor resignation
The Red & Black covers stories that
athletic directors, drunken freshmen
and, this week, the paper itself would
rather not see. The editorial board
is embarrassed with former Editor
in Chief Daniel Burnett’s immature
behavior in the president’s box and
the coverage of the incident. Readers w
deserve better from their student
leaders, and The Red & Black aims to
deliver better from here on out.
New carpet in Tate
Only 18 months since the facility
opened, the carpets on the fifth floor
of the Tate Student Center will be
replaced to the tune of SIOO,OOO from
a reserve fund made up of last year’s
student activity fees. The administra
tion claimed that the replacement is jigfnL
necessary due to the “unpredicted
volume” of visitors in Tate. It’s curi
ous they didn’t foresee that the w
expansion would result in a high vol
ume of visitors, but more upsetting is
that students are being asked to pay
for the replacement. Students already
paid for Tate 2, and through our $l6O
annual facilities fee students we will
still be paying for Tate until about
2055.
Hanukkah
Spin that dreidel guys, the holiday of
lights is back. Whether it’s latkes or
sufganiyot, get ready to enjoy deli-
cious food and Jewish joy. Enjoy the
family time and make sure to see the
32-foot-tall menorah in New York
City. Who knows? It may even be the
editorial board’s favorite celebration
what other holiday lasts for eight
days?
Lost World Cup
The editorial board understands that
giving the 2022 World Cup to a coun
try the size of Connecticut with a
population lower than Houston’s will
help expand the sport in the Middle
East, but one number sticks out when rstmrnsz
comparing Qatar’s bid to the United §H|§§
States’ bid: 67,000. With a capac
ity of 67,000, Indianapolis’ Lucas Oil w
Stadium is the smallest venue in the
US’ bid, but it’s bigger than all but
one of Qatar’s proposed stadiums.
Really, FIFA? Good luck getting peo
ple excited about watching a World
Cup in 130-degree heat 12 years from
now.
Rachel Bowers, Courtney Holbrook,
Carey O’Neil and Robbie Ottley
for the editorial board
Quote of the week: “Here at Bes bar, we’re
going Cougar hunting... Why Cougars? They’re
actually hard to get. The 21-year-olds, if you
get enough shots, they’re too easy. But if you
get a cougar, she’s married; she might have
like, five kids; she’s kind of a challenge. Love
the challenge.”
—from Zach Davidson, a University alumnus,
in “Doumtoum: hour-by-hour,” Nov. 29
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3ARAHaUIMH!
Apps disconnect real relationships
Tis the season... for sex?
Forget the holidays of
sharing homemade cookies
by the fire this year, every kiss
begins with apps.
The annual present exchange is
an excellent opportunity to show
you understand your partner’s
interests, but I’m not sure electron
ics, especially iPhones, are the way.
You spend all year around elec
tronics writing papers, e-mailing
professors so why during the lon
gest break of the semester would
you want them to creep in?
I don’t own an iPhone, and if I
received one this holiday, I’d feel a
little cheated.
How personal is receiving a little
rectangle of pixels and circuit
boards?
While cell phones themselves are
generic, no-thought required gifts,
anew line of apps you can down
load before wrapping will jingle
your bells.
Nothing screams understanding
of your partner’s needs like the
penis enlargement app released
this week, which uses hypnothera
py while your man sleeps result
ing in a larger North Pole.
Size not a problem? What about
a decrease in desire due to the cold
Change needed in affirmative action policy
Affirmative action.
It’s a sensitive
topic most white
Americans refuse to
touch.
However, the idiom
“Bite your tongue,” never
quite caught on with me,
and I feel someone ought
to say it.
Why does affirmative
action still exist? Isn’t
this just another inherent
form of discrimination?
Affirmative action was
originally created to pro
mote equal opportunity
in America.
I think any reasonable
person can agree this was
a necessary step to estab
lishing equality.
However, this policy is
no longer accomplishing
its main objective. I
would argue it is working
unfairly to oppress those
that just happen to be
bom in the majority.
For example, I’m in the
middle of applying to law
school. On every applica
tion, I am forced to state
my race and gender.
In this case, being a
white male is not at all
beneficial.
I might as well say,
“Don’t pick me!”
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Dailey
In the United
Kingdom, their poUcy
equivalent to affirmative
action is even called posi
tive discrimination.
That’s an oxymoron if
I’ve ever heard of one.
Now, for those of you
who think I’m a racist,
just stay with me. Maybe
after I’m done ticking you
off, you’ll agree.
Everyone loves to
quote the Martin Luther
King, Jr. speech, “I Have
a Dream.” Among the
most famous excerpts is
his hope that his children
“Will not be judged by the
color of their skin, but by
the content of their char
acter.”
Affirmative action, as
it stands today, goes
against this and every
thing else King believed
in. It judges us on every
thing but the content of
our character.
This policy also under
mines the successes of
many in the minority who
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Samantha
aNb Shelton
weather? Jakub Koter’s “Sex
Drive” app ($1.99) uses binaural
beats, two tones of different fre
quencies, heard by each party
through a single set of headphones
to increase your lust.
Just mind the cord while you
deck the halls.
If your shared interest is already
Blitzen but you’re looking for some
extra holiday spice, try
Mountain Dev’s “Truth or Dare,”
($1.99) an app that lets you star in
your own pomo choreographed just
the way you like it.
Ever wonder how you and your
partner measure up? Chris
Alvares’s app “Passion” ($0.99)
rates your motions and volume lev
els to determine your sleigh ride’s
prowess.
For those couples separated
over the break, MyPleasure’s
“MyVibe” app (free), will keep your
lady buzzin’ on those lonely, winter
nights.
Now, I’ve held yes, just held
could reach their goals
without this unnecessary
handicap.
Just in this past elec
tion, Tim Scott, an
African-American, beat
out Strom Thurmond’s
son in a Republican
Congressional primary
and eventually won the
general election in a pre
dominantly white district
in the historical slave
state of South Carolina.
If that does not prove
a break in racial barriers,
I don’t know what does.
So do I believe there
should be any established
government advantages
at all?
Absolutely.
But rather than using
race, gender, ethnicity
and religion els the stan
dards for affirmative
action, the policy should
instead focus on benefit
ting those in lower socio
economic classes.
King desired to fulfill
the creed Thomas
Jefferson wrote in the
Declaration of
Independence: “We hold
these truths to be self-ev
ident, that all men are
created equal.”
This country has not
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my (guy) friend’s iPhone who
downloaded this app as a joke.
As it turns out, the best things
in life are not free, at least when it
comes to toys.
Although I don’t expect all stu
dents to actually give these apps as
presents, I suspect electronics will
appear under some students’ trees
this year.
But as Robert Carnes men
tioned in his column (“Cell phone a
poor zombie deterrent,” Dec. 1),
cell phones are disconnecting peo
ple from face-to-face communica
tion.
This season they’re potentially
reducing heartfelt gift giving or a
quiet, old-fashioned night in.
Instead of heading to the near
est Best Buy for your holiday shop
ping or structuring your break
away from school with electronics,
why not try something more per
sonal?
Making a homemade necklace or
building a gingerbread house is
more intimate than digital toys...
no matter how exhilarating the
apps.
Samantha Shelton is a senior
from Auburn majoring
in newspapers
Editorial board members Indude Robert Carnes, Courtoey Hotorcok, Carey OfieM, Meghan PMman.
Megan Thornton and Joe WWems.
yet accomplished this.
No matter the race
red, yellow, black or white
there are those bom
with a burden on their
back and a steep moun
tain to climb.
From the rural south
to the urban ghettos,
those in lower socioeco
nomic clEisses generally
receive poor education
and little opportunity.
These are the people that
should be given addition
al assistance to pursue
their aspirations.
I know what you’re
thinking.
Yes, I am a southern
white boy who referenced
“the oppressed
used the term “ghetto”
and quoted an MLK
speech.
But it is time everyone
In this country worked
towards pursuing true
equality.
Revising the objectives
of affirmative action is a
positive step toweirds
reaching this goal.
Let the criticism begin.
Jeremy Dailey is a
senior from Conyers
majoring in political
science
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