Don't steal from Debartolo
Letter to the Editor
One of the most frequent complaints I hear around campus is that people feel they have more rules here at school than they do at home and it seems as if we are constantly babysat by the administration. Well, I am now getting a clear understanding of why some of these things need to take place. Before I explain, I pose this question to you, would you ever enter a friend‚s home and rip down a family portrait that they have on the wall?
In my four years here, I have seen many traditions ruined because of the irresponsibility of students, such as the ticket campout. Well, my fellow students, we are now in fear of losing one more privilege. Last Saturday night during the SUB movie at DeBartolo, the portrait of the donor of the building was ripped off of the wall. Now this act may have seemed funny at the time, but it has put the SUB movies under some serious heat and we now have to live in fear of any other incidents being the reason that movies are cancelled forever. This is disappointing, especially since student affairs recently allowed us to start showing movies in DeBartolo 101 and SUB has just purchased new lenses for the projectors so that the picture takes up the whole screen. Both of these things are for the benefit of the 1000 students that watch SUB movies on a weekly basis.
Ideally, I would like to see the return of Edward DeBartolo to the wall of his building.
However, more importantly, I am requesting that everybody who attends SUB movies in the future show some responsibility.
Please, realize that one stupid action may seem insignificant, yet it will directly affect the entire student body of today and the future. I don't want to have to hire a security guard to sit outside the movies and create one more situation where intelligent, young adults are babysat.
Ross J. Kerr
Board Manager
Student Union Board
February 8, 2000
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