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ThE E mpa th “In the Spirit of Truth ” Reggae 9kww«w Concert The Mighty Invaders, who rocked the college two years ago, will be back Saturday, February 18, at Somerset Hall. The eight member reggae band from Jamaica will be playing the popular songs of Peter Tosh, Bob Marley and Jinmy Cliff along with some of their own fine music. Admission is two dollars for students, three dollars for non-students. Tickets will be available at Charles Hall and at Captain Tom’s Cferhouse. At the door tickets are one dollar more. V o l u m e 5 N u m b e r 3 College Colors Change by John Harvey February 21, next Tuesday has been established as "Selection E&y" for the question of the possible change of the nickname and colors for St. Mary’s College athletic teams. A group of students, including Amy Roberts and Joe Szymanski along with Director of Athletics, John Harvey, has received more than seventy nickname suggestions and nearly twenty-five color combinations. Frcm this list, the committee has chosen those most often suggested and which represented main themes, such as the area’s colonial history, aspects of the college’s natural environment, etc. The selection ballot will also include the present nickname and colors. All St. I^fcry’s College students, faculty and staff are eligible to vote next Tuesday at a table which will be set up downstairs in Charles Hall during the lunch and dinner meal hours. Student I.D.’s may be requested. Exact times for the poll will be posted this week on campus. The committee stresses that it is important that everyone interested in this issue cast a vote either to retain the present name and colors or to change to one of the new proposals. Discussion of the choices and wide participation in the selection will better validate the final decision. The most widely supported and representative nicknames, along with "Saints", are: 1. St. Mary’s "Colonists" 2. St. Mary’s "(Blue) Crabs" 3. St. Mary’s "(Blue) Herons" 4. St. Mary’s "Mariners" 5. St. Mary’s "Seahawks" 6. St. Mary’s "Sailors" The color combinations which will appear on the ballot, along with black and gold, are: — Photo by Karin Corea 1. Blue (royal) - Green - Gold 2. Blue (royal) - Gold 3. Gold - Green 4. Blue - Gold - White Most students felt that use of the color blue would represent our unique location, green could highlight another part of our natural environment, and gold would show St. Mary’s sunsets and is also one of the colors in the state flag. ON THE Way to Beruit by Tim Howie Editors Note: The following essay was written by a freshman in Andrea Hammer's composition class last semester. In subsequent issues of The Empath similar essays will be published. The written word is meant to be read and in order to facilitate a dialogue of contemporary issues The Empath is opening its pages to responsible essays by both students and faculty. (Ve welcome any response in the way of letters or additional essays. For more information contact The Empath in the basement of Charles Halit ext. 314. Being somewhat of a hawk by nature, I was rather enthused when I awoke the morning of October 25, 1983, and my father told me the United States was in the process of invading the Caribbean state of Grenada. Cubans and Soviets influence Grenada, I thought, and this invasion will show than that we, not they, are the boss of this hemisphere. Emotions ran high, not only my own but my family's, and, as I later found out, the general public's. I felt like waving an American flag that morning. But, in some of us, the mind is stronger than the heart. I soon became much less emotional about the invasion, and my logical faculties began to take over. I began to wonder if the invasion was justifiable. By the day after the invasion I began to realize the many reasons why the invasion was wrong. Television news programs informed Americans on the day of the invasion that the primary concern was the safety of the 1,000 American medical students studying at the St. George’s University School of Medicine on Grenada. The safety of a thousand Americans is indeed a cause for concern, but to what extent should we have been concerned with the safety of the students on Grenada? Were they really in danger, or was their safety merely an excuse for the invasion? Of special interest to this question is the amount of protection given to the students on the first day of the invasion by the "rescuing" forces. The True Blue medical campus, one of two, was secured at 8:50 am three hours and fourteen minutes after the first troops landed.(Ed Nfegnuson, "D-Day In Grenada," Time Magazine, 7 November 1983, p. 25.) For over three hours the students, supposedly in enough danger to warrant the invasion, were left unattended. Yet, in this time, none were taken hostage, harmed, or even threatened. This long period casts seme doubt on the actual danger faced by the students. Consider also that by nightfall of the invasion's first day the students on the other campus, Grand Anse, had yet to see the face of a single American serviceman. (Ibid.) In all this time, the Grand Anse students, like their counterparts, were neither harmed nor threatened. It is true that Cubans and Grenadians surrounded the campus, but they did so "knowing that United States forces could not use heavy firepower with the students so close." (Ibid.) In light of the fact that students were not "rescued" for over thirty hours by the invasion forces, but were not harmed or taken hostage in that time or in the weeks prior to the invasion, it can be concluded that the Please See p.4
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FullText | ThE E mpa th “In the Spirit of Truth ” Reggae 9kww«w Concert The Mighty Invaders, who rocked the college two years ago, will be back Saturday, February 18, at Somerset Hall. The eight member reggae band from Jamaica will be playing the popular songs of Peter Tosh, Bob Marley and Jinmy Cliff along with some of their own fine music. Admission is two dollars for students, three dollars for non-students. Tickets will be available at Charles Hall and at Captain Tom’s Cferhouse. At the door tickets are one dollar more. V o l u m e 5 N u m b e r 3 College Colors Change by John Harvey February 21, next Tuesday has been established as "Selection E&y" for the question of the possible change of the nickname and colors for St. Mary’s College athletic teams. A group of students, including Amy Roberts and Joe Szymanski along with Director of Athletics, John Harvey, has received more than seventy nickname suggestions and nearly twenty-five color combinations. Frcm this list, the committee has chosen those most often suggested and which represented main themes, such as the area’s colonial history, aspects of the college’s natural environment, etc. The selection ballot will also include the present nickname and colors. All St. I^fcry’s College students, faculty and staff are eligible to vote next Tuesday at a table which will be set up downstairs in Charles Hall during the lunch and dinner meal hours. Student I.D.’s may be requested. Exact times for the poll will be posted this week on campus. The committee stresses that it is important that everyone interested in this issue cast a vote either to retain the present name and colors or to change to one of the new proposals. Discussion of the choices and wide participation in the selection will better validate the final decision. The most widely supported and representative nicknames, along with "Saints", are: 1. St. Mary’s "Colonists" 2. St. Mary’s "(Blue) Crabs" 3. St. Mary’s "(Blue) Herons" 4. St. Mary’s "Mariners" 5. St. Mary’s "Seahawks" 6. St. Mary’s "Sailors" The color combinations which will appear on the ballot, along with black and gold, are: — Photo by Karin Corea 1. Blue (royal) - Green - Gold 2. Blue (royal) - Gold 3. Gold - Green 4. Blue - Gold - White Most students felt that use of the color blue would represent our unique location, green could highlight another part of our natural environment, and gold would show St. Mary’s sunsets and is also one of the colors in the state flag. ON THE Way to Beruit by Tim Howie Editors Note: The following essay was written by a freshman in Andrea Hammer's composition class last semester. In subsequent issues of The Empath similar essays will be published. The written word is meant to be read and in order to facilitate a dialogue of contemporary issues The Empath is opening its pages to responsible essays by both students and faculty. (Ve welcome any response in the way of letters or additional essays. For more information contact The Empath in the basement of Charles Halit ext. 314. Being somewhat of a hawk by nature, I was rather enthused when I awoke the morning of October 25, 1983, and my father told me the United States was in the process of invading the Caribbean state of Grenada. Cubans and Soviets influence Grenada, I thought, and this invasion will show than that we, not they, are the boss of this hemisphere. Emotions ran high, not only my own but my family's, and, as I later found out, the general public's. I felt like waving an American flag that morning. But, in some of us, the mind is stronger than the heart. I soon became much less emotional about the invasion, and my logical faculties began to take over. I began to wonder if the invasion was justifiable. By the day after the invasion I began to realize the many reasons why the invasion was wrong. Television news programs informed Americans on the day of the invasion that the primary concern was the safety of the 1,000 American medical students studying at the St. George’s University School of Medicine on Grenada. The safety of a thousand Americans is indeed a cause for concern, but to what extent should we have been concerned with the safety of the students on Grenada? Were they really in danger, or was their safety merely an excuse for the invasion? Of special interest to this question is the amount of protection given to the students on the first day of the invasion by the "rescuing" forces. The True Blue medical campus, one of two, was secured at 8:50 am three hours and fourteen minutes after the first troops landed.(Ed Nfegnuson, "D-Day In Grenada," Time Magazine, 7 November 1983, p. 25.) For over three hours the students, supposedly in enough danger to warrant the invasion, were left unattended. Yet, in this time, none were taken hostage, harmed, or even threatened. This long period casts seme doubt on the actual danger faced by the students. Consider also that by nightfall of the invasion's first day the students on the other campus, Grand Anse, had yet to see the face of a single American serviceman. (Ibid.) In all this time, the Grand Anse students, like their counterparts, were neither harmed nor threatened. It is true that Cubans and Grenadians surrounded the campus, but they did so "knowing that United States forces could not use heavy firepower with the students so close." (Ibid.) In light of the fact that students were not "rescued" for over thirty hours by the invasion forces, but were not harmed or taken hostage in that time or in the weeks prior to the invasion, it can be concluded that the Please See p.4 |