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LETTERS
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We can.
Next. Mr. Sanders made the
mistake of accusing the basketball
team of not being unified. I dare to
say the basketball team is by far the
most unified group on this campus.
We all live on the same hall, which
means we shower together, sit in
stalls side-by-side, we spend at
least two hours per day for all three
quarters, including Christmas
break, training for the season. I tell
this not in a plea for pity, but rather
in a boastful manner, because each
player on the team is honestly like
a brother to me.
Mercer is here to educate people.
Education, in my oproon. is far
more than what a book or a pro
fessor's lectures can impart. It is
also about learning how to deal
with people Supporting athletic
teams is one way to accomplish
this. This contributes to that much
needed sense of "belonging" that
we yearn for. Having spirit also
gives us a chance to vent some of
the frustration that accompanies the
pressures of school work. Give
positive yelling a try... it does
wonders for the soul. If you have
trouble squeezing the games into
your schedule, talk to Mary
Wilder, she gives a great lecture on
time management.
As for our dropping to Division
11 so we can win, I will jut let our
3rd place standing in the con
ference and last week's defeat over
the number 19 ranked team in the
country speak for themselves.
Of course I want people to know
that I received "a great education."
but it certainly would not hurt to
say we also had a great sports pro
gram. Why not make everything
the best it can be? Georgetown and
Duke do it.
To those who insist on running
our atheltics into the ground in the
future, at least do a little research
on the topic before jumping to con
clusions. Then take a look atthe in
dividuals within the program
before making such sweeping
generalizations.
Sincerely offended.
Tracy Vaughn
Sanders neglects
to offer
solution
Editor
In the last edition of the
“Cluster", the righteous Mr.
Sanders offers some insightful
observations concerning the ques
tion of the Mercerian atheitic spirit.
Although his unique position
enables him to perceive Mercer
University as a clique-ridden in
stitution, he neglects to offer the
educated reader a solution to the
problem. Perhaps he does not have
the time to share such a revelation
because he is too busy studying for
those really tough courses that on
ly he has. However, let us try to ar
rive at one possible solution in an
attempt to solve the dilemma Mr.
Sanders present* us with.
Mr. Sanders' objectivity enable/^
him to classify those who eat in the
cafeteria as soccer players, basket
ball players, baseball players,
rednecks, poor druggies, stuck-up
girls, stuck-up guys, nym
phomaniac men (not women mind
you), and those whom God has
chosen. He is able to convey such
a clear judgement of these people
because he has a bird's-eye view of
the situation. Yes, Mr. Sanders is
the lone individual who absorbs his
meal hovering angelically above
the scum feeding below him. Sure
ly there must be some way by
which we can persuade Dan to at
least eat with us mere mortals!
After all, Jesus broke bread with
the sinners... and they weren't even
athletes.
In order to accomplish such a
worthy goal, we must cast off our
•'clique-ing” nature and replace it
with the enlightened doctrines of
Dan Snaderism. First, the tables of
the cafeteria must be arranged in a
circle to symbolize the unity and
equality that we feel with one
another. Although this might entail
the purchase of new tables, it is but
a paltry sum to pay for the salva
tion of this "tough Baptist school".
Secondly, we must seat ourselves
in boy-girl, boy-girl fashion in
order to ensure that none of that
“clique-ing" goes on. Of course
wc must make sure that the stuck-
up girls are not sitting beside the
stuck-up boys or, heaven forbid,
beside the nymphomaniac men (not
women, mind you). One would
also have to ensure that the rich
druggies sit well apart from the
poor druggies; for in this new era
of unity and equality, the rich kids
might be compelled to share their
drugs with the less fortunate. As
the average student apparently has
problems distinguishing who these
people might be, perhaps Dan
would be willing to point them out;
for he has obviously passed judge
ment upon their moral character.
The final touch would be to all
dress alike, maybe Amish style, to
remove any final distinctions that
exist between us. Only then may
Dan Sanders descend right in the
middle of the circle, "as he should
be", and grace the flock with his
sovereignty. Maybe he would even
enlighten us with a pre-dinner ser
mon, or better yet, feed us all with
a loaf of bread and a fish. This will
definitely reduce the price of a meal
ticket; "Mercer is real expensive,
you know."
Then if someone asked you
where you went to college, and you
said Mercer, they would not rep
ly, “Wow, cool, man y’all (that's
for the rednecks) got a great
R.O.T.C program!", but instead
exclaim "Wow, that’s the school
Dan Sanders went to!" Who
knows, they might even ask you for
your autograph.
Tom "soccer player" Konrad
Charles "clique-ing sheep" Yood
SGA Presents
the Premier
Last Chance
Lecture Series
with
Dr. Mary Wilder
6:00 P.M.
Trustee’s Dining Room
Thursday
March 9, 1989
