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Monday, April 12, 1999
THE MAROON TIGER
PAGE 11
On death and resurrection
In the wake of Passion
Week, and yet another
rousing Thursday church
service (otherwise known
as Crown Forum), I would
like to offer a few ramblings
on my conception of Death
and Resurrection. In Crown
Forum on April 1, 1999
(insert your own April
Fools' connotation here), in
conjunction with Spiritual
Emphasis Week, the
students of Morehouse
were once again subjected
to blatant proselytism, this
time at the hands of Rev.
Charles Adams. I will even
salvage for a later date my
contention that his fiery
sermon, coupled with
mandatory Crown Forum
attendance, constituted a
serious civil rights violation
against the college's non-
Christian contingent (and
yes, one exists). The most
disturbing aspect of the
program was both Adams'
message and student
reaction to it.
Rather than
offering insight into any
particular spiritual
concepts or issues, Adams
chose to delve into the
political rather than the
spiritual
realm and
proceeded
to offer one
of the most
romanticized
accounts of
Clinton's
administration
I've heard
in recent
memory.
What was
most
disturbing
in all this
was the
lack of opposition to
Adams' commentary. Upon
questioning my fellow
students as to their
appraisal of the program,
comments ranged from "It
was tight," to "It was the
best Crown Forum we've
ever had." Did anyone stop
to ask just why Clinton
visited Africa? Was it merely
for diplomacy or was it as an
agent of neo-colonialism?
Did Adams bother to
explain why welfare and
affirmative action have both
taken major hits during
Slick Willy's stint? (Sent
those grad applications to
Berkeley yet?). It is not that
I am particularly concerned
with partisan politics, since
it takes relatively little
contemplation to choose
between the Capitalist
Party and the Capitalist
Party. Rather, it is quite
disheartening that this lack
o f
questioning
is generally
indicative of
the anti
intellectual
religious
fanaticism
plaguing the
college. The
type of
psychological
manipulation
offered by
Adams is
the stuff
regimes and
cults are made of. Even
among those students who
are not active participants
in any religious body, a
sense of passivity
surrounds their approach to
world issues. Our very
survival is based on
addressing the issues of
racism, sexism, and
homophobia which we
choose to escape from in the
anesthetics of religious
emotionalism and
intellectual apathy. Critical
thinking is the savior being
executed on our crosses of
materialism and
accomodationism. The
question at stake is, will
there be a resurrection of
challenging intellectual
discourse, or will we allow
Morehouse to dig deeper
into the grave of
complacency, dragging our
communities down along
with us? Now gone' and
marinate on that for a
minute. Peace.
Lavelle Porter
History
2000
Our very survival is based on addressing the
issues of racism, sexism, and homophobia
which we choose to escape from in the
anesthetics of religious emotionalism and
intellectual apathy. Critical thinking is the
savior being executed on our crosses of
materialism and accomodationism.
.
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Continued from page 8
3/4 of a tank, your $8 is
intact and a weekend of
possibilities.
The first rule of weekend
activities for the broke student
avoid clubs. Don't spend all
your weekend loot getting into
a club Friday night to look at a
bunch of women you just saw
for free that afternoon at Lower
Manley. If you are broke and
have to get out on the town, hit
the house parties(free
admission!), and if you're
smart, you'll bring a botlle of
water. This water can be easily
removed and replaced with the
drinks you "borrowed" from
the party.
If you desire the company
of the opposite sex, and you
have a VCR, you have a ready
made date. Don't bother with
Blockbuster or Hollywood
Video. Borrow movies from
friends or pop in that old
Wrestlemania )OGI you've got
stashed. It may not be
especially romantic, but it's “
free. j
a
If she gets hungry it's time /!
to show your skills. Make her j
some brown rice and Kool-Aid J
to wash it down (if she's with 1
your sorry ass, she's either; j
poor,too, or your game is just
on point).
Saturday morning, get on j
the phone and hit up all those 1 j
aunts, uncles and godparents
j
just to "see how they're doing."
Hint at how broke you are, evoke
some type of pity and watch the
checks come streming in.
Saturday afternoon, study. It's
free and productive. Saturday
night, repeat process from Friday
night or possibly enjoy a fine
evening of Playstation and malt
liqour swilling ($1.59 for a 40oz.,
so you can splurge). Now it's
Sunday and you've survived the
week on $20 ... and you've still
got $3 left. Do some laundry or
reward yourself on a week of
Brokeniggadom well done by
eating at that haven of the
BrokeNigga, Checkers.