Spring Break
"Five days of voting registered 837 total votes, with Gold Standard Party candidates winning all four [Student Government Association (SGA)] executive council positions," read the April 23 edition of the University News. In other words, less than six percent of UMKC's student body visited the ballot box.
It was the day that supposedly changed the culture in America. The day was supposed to be a wake-up call for all Americans. It was Sept. 11, 2001. Where do I begin? Shall I speak of the dead or the still living? Shall I speak of the anger or the sadness? Six years removed, I guess these questions don't mean much.
The expression on my face after watching poor Miss South Carolina answer her final question in the recent Miss Teen USA pageant has not changed. By now, you have YouTubed the clip and amused yourself over and over again. But I have to ask the question, why are we so amazed? A beauty pageant by definition is a pretentious show that has no real importance or meaning.
If you're looking for a true sign of how far we've come since 9/11, skip the new video from Osama bin Laden and focus on the police bust of terror plotters in Germany last week. The basic facts of the case - the nature of the plot, who was behind it and the fact that the good guys won - tells you what you need to know about how we're doing.
"It would be easy to look at Iraq and see that we haven't done much change since 9/11. But if you stop and think about what we are doing in Iraq, you realize its going to take a lot longer than six years. We can't expect them to change their lives." Alicia Hunter Freshman Biology and Psychology "I think the killing in Iraq is mindless.
Sexism on the UMKC Campus Recently a flier was posted all over campus announcing the cheerleading tryouts. It called for "strong MALE bases" and informed readers that "the best way for a guy to get strong is to get a girl on top." I find this type of sexual explicitness and blatant sexism disturbing.
