2008 Woodie Awards
Time for change
Name Withheld
Issue date: 11/3/04 Section: Viewpoints
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When graduating from high school, I looked forward to the exciting endeavors that lay ahead in my quest for higher education. Much to my dismay, I arrived at Prairie View High rather than Prairie View A&M University. The same immaturity that I found in the halls of my secondary educating facility, I found in the halls of my "second, secondary educating facility." At first, I felt that the students failed to realize that this was an institution of higher education.
I am greatly concerned with the caliber of students attending this institution which was founded with the sole purpose of giving black Americans an opportunity to elevate their minds. Unfortunately, this issue is due to flaws in the admissions policy. I am greatly apprehensive of my safety on this campus. The latter is mainly due to a lack of adequate security.
I have many complaints that probably won't be read by the majority of the students because most people will pick up the paper only to read the infamous 20 Questions. So, I have a few questions of my own. Hopefully this will get my point across: Who feels safe on this campus? How many people on this campus have guns? Who carries guns as a result of not feeling safe? Who hasn't been jumped by freshmen? Why is it that the faculty makes excuses for the absence of safety on this campus? Who came into this university with higher than a 2.0 GPA and a 900 on the SAT? Why is it that scholarship recipients lose their financial aid for making a 2.9 two semesters in two semesters in a row and have to go home, but those who engage in behavior that is prohibted don't lose a dime? How many people have been here four years and not passed the TASP? How many of those people are making an honest effort to pass the TASP? Is this Club PV? How many people feel above the law in a white tee? Who has ever heard of a gang called Dallas? How many people were offended by any of these questions? How many people are actually going to do something to change the state of this academic community? If you were offended by these questions and are not going to do anything to rectify the situation, why don't you just leave?
I am greatly concerned with the caliber of students attending this institution which was founded with the sole purpose of giving black Americans an opportunity to elevate their minds. Unfortunately, this issue is due to flaws in the admissions policy. I am greatly apprehensive of my safety on this campus. The latter is mainly due to a lack of adequate security.
I have many complaints that probably won't be read by the majority of the students because most people will pick up the paper only to read the infamous 20 Questions. So, I have a few questions of my own. Hopefully this will get my point across: Who feels safe on this campus? How many people on this campus have guns? Who carries guns as a result of not feeling safe? Who hasn't been jumped by freshmen? Why is it that the faculty makes excuses for the absence of safety on this campus? Who came into this university with higher than a 2.0 GPA and a 900 on the SAT? Why is it that scholarship recipients lose their financial aid for making a 2.9 two semesters in two semesters in a row and have to go home, but those who engage in behavior that is prohibted don't lose a dime? How many people have been here four years and not passed the TASP? How many of those people are making an honest effort to pass the TASP? Is this Club PV? How many people feel above the law in a white tee? Who has ever heard of a gang called Dallas? How many people were offended by any of these questions? How many people are actually going to do something to change the state of this academic community? If you were offended by these questions and are not going to do anything to rectify the situation, why don't you just leave?