Column: Keep an open mind at Open Mic

Open Mic "God Style" isn't as open as portrayed

Jalima Maldonado / Roundup

Open Mic “God Style” should be an event where all performers can give their own opinions and express their own feelings of how they feel about God.

Taking place today at the Student Community Center, the Open Mic “God Style” is an event where students are allowed to perform poetry, songs, raps, music, monologues and more.

There are plenty of skeptical Pierce College students who think the subject is narrow and close-minded. The event shouldn’t be considered a narrow subject or push performers away merely because it is centered around a religious subject.

Open Mic performers have the right to say how they feel about anything in general, without offending anyone. Performers and audience members should arrive with an open mind to new ideas and opinions.

We are all adults.

We should stop making God such a touchy subject.

We should come to understand that in a country like the United States, we should always be open to a different point of view and that everyone’s opinion about God is different.

Performers should not be limited to speaking a certain point of view. On the contrary, it should empower performers to step up and say how they feel about the subject in general.

This event should allow performers to express what they truly feel, and I do not think the performers should be there just to “praise the Lord” but to say how they feel about God.