Uganda speaker brings awareness, sparks reaction among students

In My Opinion

DIANA VILARES

EVENTS EDITOR

DVV722@CABRINI EDU around playing soccer, rough around outside, not find an adrenaline rush in taking a person’s life. that heartless feeling instilled in me and I think my Eagles are just settling to take a last place finish simply because they know they have the worst record as of now.

Carolyn Davis’ presentation on the war in Uganda left me nauseous.

To take away a child’s innocence is equally as appalling as shooting them dead.

Because I loved the Eagles all my life, I took such a strong, strong hatred for “America’s Team,” the Dallas Cowboys, whom we will take on this weekend.

I came to the realization that I am going to start to have more faith in my second favorite team, the Indianapolis Colts, with the great coaching staff and the classy players that look like a team until the last second of the game.

Maybe in years to come, when I have my kids and I am watching the games every Sunday, I can see the Eagles win a Super Bowl but really, I don’t want to hold my breath. Maybe I will just watch the Flyers this year, or pray for the best for the 76ers.

Davis visited Cabrini to talk about the war in Uganda and how the people are being terrorized in their very own homes and are absolutely hopeless due to very little help from their government. Their homes are burnt down, their children forcefully recruited as child soldiers, young girls rapped and then sometimes rejected by their families through no fault of their own.

The idea of a child walking around with a 20mm breaks my heart. It makes me angry. A child is expected to run www.theloquitur.com

Davis talked about how the country is struggling to keep its head above water while peace talks continue and its civilians try to return back to their normal lives but it’s difficult to travel to hell and back and still wake-up in the morning with the same goals and aspirations.

I wonder how these children will grow up after they are taken out of their drunken state of havoc. Will their families, those who still have them, accept them or dismiss them?

Everyone always talks about “unconditional love” but not everyone is often tested with situations like these. Would you blame the families for being apprehensive about their children? I’m not sure how I would deal with it. I don’t think I could.