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Show 10- -- WEDNESDAY, AUGUSTAN DIX1ESUNLINK.COM Do you have an issue rjKi . yu need resolved? Our advice columnist is cu nS'ent ready to dish some wisdom. Send your questions to Amanda Jacobs by emailing AskAmandaJacohsgmail.com The ets wowed by W.O.W, BY MATTY JACOBSON Opinion Editor Take the J while it lasts be- cause this wont be a pecially never liked carnivals on a college campus. It always seemed like such an elementary school way to try and get college students to have fun. Why not just throw a kegger? Ill di- arent really a grown-u- p way of having fun, but acronym type of person. If youre a returning student youll often hear this referred to as the when it comes to the carnival turnout it looks as though Im alone. Every year the carnival gets a ever-redunda- nt W.O.W. Week. Youll know if Im in the crowd because youll hear me yelling down the people who call it that. But who am I to tell students in a higher education atmosphere the correct way to use acronyms in a sentence? So Ill digress. Instead Id like to focus on what is sure to be the busiest week in terms of extra-curricul- us ar activities. Some are tional and some are brand new. Some sound like a lot of fun, and others seem like they might just work for one year only. Lets run through the list of activities, and Ill give them each a rating depending on my own experiences and whether or not the activity seems like it would be worth my time and therefore worth your time. tradi- W.O.W. Carnival Its no secret that Ive never been a fan of carnival-type A gress again. I feel like Im not alone in the assumption that carnivals and bouncy castles normal week on campus. Im talking about W.O.W., or Week of Welcome if youre not an jnti eates 3jzer Jitm pretty good turnout, and, from what Ive heard, the students have a genuinely good time. Where else can you get your hamburgers and chips and slide down a huge inflatable slide in one sitting? Ill give the W.O.W. Carnival two and a half out of five bouncy castles and a promise that I just might recommend the carnival to students next year. If you happened to make it to the inflatable heaven that was the encampment mall, then Im guessing you had a blast. I personally sat in the doorway of the Jennings building and watched as the castles and slides slowly blew up. Just witnessing it made me tired. Needless to say, I didnt attend the bounce fest, and Im sure I saved myself from either broken bones or a broken ego. tional Dixie State College Week of Welcome activity. But as far as I know, this will be the first time Mr. Las Vegas has graced the stage at DSC for questions and answers with our student body. Do college students appreciate a man like Newton? I certainly think they should. After all, he sings the song that is constantly stuck in my brain: Danke Schoen. I hope every student who wanted to got a chance to Q & A with Wayne Newton I so wish this was a tradi Im giving our student government nine out of 0 Las Vegas dancers (gender of choice, ii Pre uies, jean AZ MOM! TAE TZTST AEEK Of SCHOOL lUAS SO EXAAUSTZAS! x BARELY AAS) EAOUSA TIMS TO SUMP ZA TAE BOUACY CASTLE BESOT Z UEATSOTA TAE AUSE ZATLATABLE SLZZE. ZT T AS TO USA TAkzAS AOTES ATTAE TATAS AOTTO A q&A, AAZ Z' ALMOST TAzLQ tOAEA iOE PLATES) MZAUTE TO TZA ZT." BUT AT LEAST Z SOT ALL LAUASTYSOAE ATTAE TO AM UAACE TAAAKS ASAZA TOT AELPZAS ME OUT lUzTA BOOKS AAj TUZTZOA. Z SEEL ALL SAOAA UP AO Ml go to this event. atmospheres. I es- - 1 of course) for their success in bringing Newton to campus. I hope this becomes a tradition. Im looking forward to whomever our college books for next year. Im crossing my fingers for Gallagher. Club Rush You cant avoid Club Rush. If you have any classes between the Institute building and the Browning Resource Center, then chances are youll be strutting your stuff down the diagonal. Every semester the clubs and organizations on cam pus gather on this sidewalk that cuts across the northern encampment mall and offer students a chance to find out more about clubs and hopefully sign up for them. While the socially anxious person may find Club Rush a bit daunting, its still a good idea to brave the diagonal at least once. You never know what Club might be perfect just for you. Club Rush gets five out of five bowls of candy (something youll see a lot) for giving students the opportunity to better themselves through campus Peaceful resolution as shocking as violence the poor treatment of Londons lower class and minor- BY PAYTON DAVIS Staff Writer ity groups over the years. After looking at even a Over the course of minute's worth ing days earlier this 1 month, burned, looted and demolished property in an attempt to put heat on the riot-er- of footage of the riots, you would think a situation such as this one four terrify- should be avoided at all s English government. Some say the riots are because of the shooting of Mark Dugan, a man who was fatally shot by police on Aug. 4. Others believe these events had to happen due to WENEQOT POPULATIONS IN REVOLT IN ENGLAND, FRANCE, GERMANY THE US, ITALY SPAIN, CHINA, THE MIDEAST, ON AND ON, AND NOW YOU'RE TRYING TO TEH M- E- dies down and unfortunately many people die or are injured. The people soon must go back to their normal lives and live with the fact that these issues they are so passionate about are still unresolved. If extreme violence doesnt costs. Obviously the thousands of rioters who caused havoc on the streets of London be- lieved this was their only tion. Are riots ever an ,peci accomplish anything then what can? The answer is the peaceful protests that many leaders such as Gandhi and tremely violent protests come off a little too strong. These people will be much more focused on the harmful activities you are doing than why you are doing them. It is hard for people to join your cause and sympathize with you when you are burning their homes down. A true revolution requires thousands, or even millions of effective way for people to deal with issues? Martin Luther King Jr. used. These protests are more successful for many reasons. people, as opposed to just a few who appear to be crazy. Yes, these groups may be true rebels who are trying to For the most part these For many people who are go against the establishment, op- angry riots are highly ineffective. Eventually the anger unsure which side of the ar- gument they are on, the ex- - but they could honestly use a little leadership. Many times cult for law enforcement and government to disrupt. If they do it looks terrible on their part. What are you really hanning if you are ing your opinions in a giv- way? For example, during the Civil Rights Movement when police officers were seen assaulting people who were peacefully protesting, people's eyes were opened to tire injustice that was going on. Honestly, I think nearly everyone feels upset with the way tire government handles things at one time or another. The way people choose to rioters actually turn on each other because instead of handle these issues is what differs. Some people decide using reason and having a strategy they realize how small the odds of them being successful are. Or they get to do nothing while others choose to bum down build- scared and just start trying to destroy anything that moves. With a great leader, who will let them know the plan and what they are up against, this wouldnt happea One last thing to consider is that a riot is most likely only going to occur once; law enforcement and government will make sure of that. To get people to pay attention to your cause and show political leaders why D you feel a certain way you must do more than just cause 3 damage and then disappear, q Peaceful protests are diffi ings and hurt other people. If you are able to find a middle ground where you let people see what you're fighting for, then you will truly win people over to side. your will be Being pleasant for people who expect protests to be a bloodbath. When one of tire top non-viole- nt rising sports is based on beating another person up in a cage, many of tire top programs on television are centered around murder scene investigations, and the nightly news is all about people doing hann to others, then being can be truly shocking. non-viole- nt activity. But those who actually have to stand outside in the 1 1 weather will tell you its no picnic Well, maybe a picnic m the desert, I guess. But those students who laugh in the face of sunburns an additional bowl of iays jieyc i;ir the i 'aceh ;ople Mteg jsar neai get candy for their atr nl." efforts. Minute to Win It The Minute to Win It is new as far as I know. Ill rai They see SKEWED page 11 jac Lf Riuwd Bnggs Editor-m-Ch- Taylor Grin, Nms Ediloi Shelby Misrasi, Spans Editor Edi Ashley Putnam, A & E tv McKoye Meehan, Lifestyles Matty Jacobson, Eiltor Opinion Editor Editor Bryan Uhrt, Online A lyssa Grossen, Multimedia Editor Editor Tyler Marsing, Photo Rhett Sullivan. 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