EDITORIAL

Congrats to our tennis teams for not following the crowd

.. It is not often that the relatively calm sport of tennis arouses much controversy.

And ·even now, the controversy is not so much about tennis, but the spring training trips that local colleges have planned to South Carolina, the state that still flies the Confederate flag. The Hilton Head tournament has been a mainstay of many local college tennis teams for over a decade. But suddenly, the annual event has inadvertently become controversial.

Various groups have called for tourism and commerce bans on South Carolina, and staged protests. The largest protest yet was a 50,000 strong NAACP rally. Now, most of the schools have called off their travel plans and either cancelled their trips entirely. or planned trips to less controversial states.

The canceJlations, however, seem hasty. Why are schools suddenly forming new opinions about an old flag? The Confederate flag has flown over Charleston for 10 years. And Haverford College's women's tennis team, for example, has been training in Hilton Head for 12 years.

One wonders whether these schools are choosing not to go for the right reasons. Hilton Head was one of the towns that signed a petition to denounce the capital's flying of the flag. They are not a racist town. Why should one city pay the price of being labeled racist just because another city in its state may be?

And really, the flag may not necessarily represent racism to its people. The Confederate flag is a symbol of South Carolina's history. It may not be a positive memory, but it is a memory all the same. And if you do not learn from the past, you may be doomed to repeat it.

So we salute our tennis teams for not bowing to pressure from other local colleges and making their own decision. Let politics be politics, and let the students play tennis.

It's been two and a half years since 1 started here at Cabrini. I'm finally not a teenager anymore; I'm out of my parents' rule and living on my own. However, I've noticed something about myself and the students on this campus.

Why is it that we're finally considered mature adults, but every chance we get, we act like kids?

Has anyone wondered why there has been a shortage of cafeteria trays since the first snowfall? They can be seen scattered at the bottom of each hill on campus.

Sledding down the House 3 hill became so popular during the snow days that it probably could have been made a sport at Cabrini. rm thankful for everyone who stopped me from sliding into the

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cars, and I still have the bruises to things, wouldn't we all love to do remind me how much fun we had. this instead of writing lengthy paRemember our old favorite car- pers and preparing 1O minute pretoons from the 80s? You know, the sentations.

Care Bears, Strawberry Shortcake This past weekend, sibling and my personal favorite, Jem. weekend, was dedicated to all the I've seen several episodes of these kids. With so many activities that cartoons in the past year. When everyone could enjoy, I know we you can't find anything on TV, try all felt like kids again. Even going to Blockbuster. You'd be though living in a dorm can feel amazed what you can find in the like one big slumber party, having children's section. The videos pro- the kids there helped to bring out vide much entertainment and will the youthful qualities in all of us. make for a few great laughs and So why is it that we continue to memories. act like kids? Is it because we just

I'm sure all the girls will agree don't want to grow up or because with me that baby-sitting some- we realize that this is the last time times makes us feel like a kid we'll be able to do these things beagain. I find myself often playing fore we finally enter the so call wiffle ball and kick ball and I have "real world" found some really good hiding Whatever the reason is, I think places while playing hide and that we will always be kids at seek. And even when the kids are heart and should enjoy the things sleeping, I still find myself watch- that remind us of our past. ing Disney movies and reading the Berenstein Bears books.

How about all the elementary education majors? They get to carry around markers and colored pencils and are alway, making something crafty. Even though their schoolwork involves these

Linsey Heiser is the news editor of Loquitur. We finally know who is responsible for the cafeteria tray shortage. Wood Dining service is after her, and they know where she lives.

AFTER CATCHING HEAT FOR NAME-CALLING AND • FALSE ACCUSATIONS THE LAST FEW \VEEKS, W.E ARE TAKING THE HIGH ROAD THIS \VEEK. WE \VILL NOT USE THE \VORDS NAZI, TROLL, BOOGER, VAMPIRE, OR CRACKHEAD TO DESCRIBE THE ADl\:IINISTRATION THIS \\'EEK. BECAUSE, DAl\'IMIT, WE ARE PROFESSIONALS.

OOPS!

•The Amazing Larry performed during siblings weekend. Hilby, the German juggler, was already busy.

•Erin Crawford was not unconscious during the Misericordia game. She was fully conscious and played very well. We'reawhlllysorryforallorourmistakes!