Show IWMMb nan IIBfeU Have American citizens failed to live up to Martin Luther King’s dream? by Melissa Grogan staff writer A global of chess by Sam Pittman staff writer As the tension thickens in the Middle East and we draw nearer to war I find myself getting angry state employees The NFL has retaliated by ommiting Arizona as a with the major players in this for NCAA the end the talked Bowl about possible sight Super moving global game of chess Some of the the Fiesta Bowl to another state pawns that stand lo be lost in this What values are we teaching the next generation? We can preach game are dose friends of mine peace but if we do not value it in our daily lives then how can we Whenever a statement is made expect the next generation to do so It is not merely a question of about the intentions in the Middle another paid holiday but a question of what message we want to send East it is the president of our to future generations nation who makes the statement Martin Luther King had a dream On August 28 1963 he shared This brings several questions lo that dream with the entire nation "I have a dream that one day my mind Who died and made George four little children will live in a nation where they will not be judged Bush secretary general of the United Nations? How did it by the color of their skin but by the content of their character" We have yet to see that dream realized in this nation Individuals are stiU become the US involvement in the Middle East? What happened judged by their color and divided by their race However it is entirely this In see dream become to the words a a of to all the other countries who so possible reality sang sung by our parents titled "Carefully Taught” “You've got to be loudly protested? How did they afraid be to of whose made are and oddly taught people eyes people manage to Cade into the backwhose skin is a different shade You've got lo be carefully taught” ground and leave us holding die But if you can teach people lo fear and bate you can also teach them bag? lo love and appreciate This is a project every citizen can undertake Most of our leaden seem We as citizens have a voice However often times we refuse lo willing to pursue our course of acuse it We have become what King terms "the white moderate who is tion in the gulf even if it means more devoted to "order" than to justice who prefers a negative peace going to war with the nations of which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the Islam The notion that we would should we be see When we compelled sacrifice American lives to settle a injustice presence of justice” to speak out against iL As King once stated "Injustice anywhere is a dispute that should be handled by a we the wish to we threat to justice everywhere" If al force outrages me preserve justice stand the take a be we then must to injustice against Our willing enjoy responsibility as a member which still occurs in this nation and around the world If the United of the United Nations seems dear States had stood up against injustice when Nazi Germany invaded We are committed to containing Austria perhaps die genocide of millions of Jews could have been Saddam Hussein before he avoided becomes a major threat The Justice was the key to King's struggle It was the force which lesson of Adolph Hitler remains would grant freedom to his people end tension in the South and bring quite clear The more we concede this to in the spirit of reconciliation the country peace was This one of this world Dr King gave a gift peace justice higher the cost in lives gift and self sacrifice The best way we as citizens can thank him for this The people of Kuwait are Muslim They belong to Islam so gift is to preserve his dream and make it a reality let it be an Islamic solution The nations of Islam have been -fighting amongst each other long before the United States existed They have always struggled among families for control of real estate and resources It is Ihe way of the desert so let them fight each other Regardless of wether when they get within 1 mile watching fireworks from a sand dune we fight or back off the tiny lots of fresh water sally thirstmaking bar nuts nation of Kuwait is already devaswatching updates of the Gulf crisis watching MTV instead tated (this one's for you BK!) I agree that Saddam Hussein communication lack of-cannot be allowed to succeed fat a whiff of that fresh Saudi air this act of naked gasmasks aggression The national support opposition United Nations are responsible for (at least for the sake of spreading stopping Hussein A multigood moral the soldiers deserve national force should Invade Iraq at least that) swiftly not looking for one prayers for a quid answer I do not agree that the realizing it is of national interest turning our heads to a very majority of lives that stand lo be (Hell if someone has a cold in dangerous man and culture lost in this invasion should be Sybcria it affects us all because American The argument has been it could spread and we could get it!) used that we are (he only nation that can provide the mannower and Need I say more?! (continued on page 6) ‘ Nearly 27 yean ago our nation made a commitment That commitment the Civil Rights Act of 1964 guaranteed the end of discrimination and segregation in the United States Today's college students are hicky to have never experienced the immense injustice or unbearable hatred which was part of everyday life in the South And this disease which plagued our country was not indigenous to the area which it occured The harmful effects of hatred and injustice were felt across our nation And yet in the midst of this injustice one voice was heard above all others Martin Luther King Jr led the boycott of buses in Montgomery Alabama held rallies to register black voters at "white" lunch counters and led marches through organized sit-i"white” neighborhoods King Caught through civil disobedience because he knew "freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor it must be demanded by the oppressed" Wherever King led Ihe battle for justice he carried the message of peace And for his efforts King was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 It is for this reason that our country seeks to honor the man behind the fight Martin Luther King Jr with a holiday denoting his birth King brought to this nation a message which needed to be head the message of peace and brotherhood However I have become discouraged with the apathy I have witnessed in this country The Civil Rights Act of 1964 brought justice to the laws of this country and yet many individual's attitudes have failed to make the critical changes lo ensure that their treatment of others is just as welL Racial tensions are on the upswing racial murders continue to occur employers are accused of hiring based on race politicians attempt to stop minorities from exercising their right to vote and racial slurs have become the coin of mirth in today's society The lawbooks may show justice and equality but the actions of the American people tell a different story At a time when our country is calling for a peaceful solution abroad we are not united in honoring the man who brought peace at home Arizona has yet to adopt Martin Luther King Jr Day as an official holiday and the possibility of them doing so looks grim Arizona officials say they can't afford to have another paid holiday for ns An informative look of what is in and out during 1991 1992 Brad Gwyther editorialist In today's world it is very important to know what's fad and what's not This is a small but very informative list of what to expect with what's in and what's out for 1991 In fat free hamburgers desert style fatigues factor 48 simblock survivors talking condoms (Fbr those conversations that are hard to find during intercourse) dessert sand sculpting competitions recycling centers a military nut operation Out chicken the jungle warfare look tanning oil overacheivers flavored condoms dessert sand castles wastebaskets political intervention (Does Vietnam ring a bell?) game multi-nation- |