McMurry War Whoop (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 2, Ed. 1, Wednesday, October 4, 2000 Page: 4 of 8
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The War Whoop - Page 4
Band adds new
by Dalila Lara
It's football season
again and no half-time
show would be complete
without the McMurry
Marching Band. This year
the band is playing better
than ever and earning
good reviews for higher
quality performances and
greater enthusiasm.
Scott Taube the
band director is very
proud of this year's group.
"This band fits with every-
thing McMurry stands
for" Taube said.
The band has over
forty students with vary-
ing majors. Taube said he
enjoys seeing music ma-
jors playing alongside
non-music majors and
making music together.
To him this is what
McMurry is all about get-
ting involved and partici-
pating. Because of that
Taube makes sure that the
music the band plays is as
varied as the students. In
the first game the band
played "America Plus"
from Taube's arrangement
of Neil Diamond's "The
Jazz Singer." In the sec-
ond one they added "Ve-
hicle" by The Ides of
March to the show. The
band also marched in the
West Texas Fair and Rodeo
parade on September 9th
right before the first foot-
ball game.
Another new addi-
tion to the band is the ba-
ton twirler Reena Harris.
Her twirling was featured
in the first show.
Harris is from
Haskell Texas and is eigh-
teen years old. She is a
freshman this year and is
majoring in Political Sci-
ence. She has been twirl-
ing for ten years starting
when her mother signed
her up for private lessons
at age nine because Harris
had expressed an interest
in it.
Harris has com-
peted in U.I.L. State Solo
and Ensemble for twirling
and is a member of the
National Baton Twirling
Association. .Shehas won
tunes twirler
Reena Harris new addition
to McM Band's halftime
performance. Photo by
Theresa Wilson.
many awards in various
competitions.
Harris said she
loves twirling and is very
excited to be doing it at
the college level. "I've
been doing this all my life
and I'm happy to be a part
of the McMurry Marching
Band" she said.
Taube regards
Harris as a good fit for the
band. Harris practices
about two and half hours
a day one of those hours
with the band. During the
show she performs with
various batons while the
band marches on the
field adding variety to
the band and the half-
time show.
The band also per-
forms concerts in addi-
tion to marching. Con-
certs are scheduled for
Homecoming Christmas
and at other times during
the spring.
Band members ex-
pressed excitement about
the upcoming year.
"Band is a great place to
show off your musical tal-
ents and it doesn't take up
much time" said return-
ing band member Sara
B.ullock. . .
LETTERS continued
from page 3
statement "At the very
least sidewalk messages
scribbled in chalk seem in-
appropriate for religious
purposes" who has the
right to say where you can
put religious messages? If
you can't put things pro-
claiming spiritual beliefs
on the sidewalk but it is
okay for Delta Beta then
something is wrong with
society.
--Joann Thomas
Hey Theresa!
Lighten up! It's just side-
walk chalk ... and trust me
God is pleased with ANY-
ONE who is not ashamed
to outwardly proclaim
their faith whatever me-
dium is used.
-Lauren Eubanks
True I do not ap-
prove of some of the say-
ings that have been placed
on our sidewalks or the
fact that someone has de-
stroyed what others have
worked very hard on but
whose place is it to deem
them "these so-called
Christians"? I would hope
that Ms. Wilson takes a
deep look in the mirror
and realizes just how
many people she of-
fended. -Lacey Buchorn
About the sidewalk art
when Ms. Wilson called
whoever wrote on the
sidewalk non-Christian
and pseudo- or quasi-
Christians I was offended
with that comment. Yes
some of the items we could
have lived without seeing.
On the other side I don't
believe it was Ms. Wilson's
place to insult the people
and tell them it's not their
right to write on the side
walks. Ms. Wilson also
stated that the messages
scribbled in chalk seem in-
appropriate for religious
purposes. On the con-
trary I think it's a brilliant
idea to tell everyone about
something positive that
has touched your life in
such a way that you have
the need to share it with
the world. I am a Chris-
tian and I am upset that
Miss Wilson wpuld tejl
someone that it is inap-
propriate to share the
word of God.
-Unsigned
The argument the
author uses is completely
absurd. It seems she is at-
tacking Christians more
than she is attacking the
sidewalk art itself. The
author says that it is dis-
respectful to write over
the chalk art of other
people andor clubs. Is it
then disrespectful for us
as students to walk over
the chalk art? Of course
not but I asked that ques-
tion to prove that neither
walking over or writing
over the messages is dis-
respectful. Also the argu-
ment that the author uses
is contradictory. It may
be disrespectful to write
over other people's writ-
ing but that is not the
question at hand. What
should be argued is
whether or not there
should be writing on the
sidewalk. The author's
second objection is that
violence should not be
promoted on the side-
walks and that it should
not be connected with
Jesus. The author asks
"Shouldn't Christians who
spread the work of God at
least know and under-
stand the founding beliefs
of Christianity?" If the
author knew about the
Bible herself she would
know that it contains
much more violent acts
than any that might be
implied in the words
"Jesus can beat up the
Devil." I don't think the
message was intended to
promote violence but to
merely make a statement
that Jesus is more power-
ful than the Devil.
-Drew Hillhouse
To tell you the
truth I don't really mind
the chalk drawing that the
Delta Whoevers and the
"So-called Christians"
paste oh every sidewalk.
It's kind of interesting to
walk to my classes and to
see the new art that these
people have drawn all
over campus. It gives me
something to look at on
my way to class besides
trees and grass. And I be
Wednesday October 4 2000
lieve that there is this
thing that the government
calls "the freedom of
speech" that actually al-
lows these hoodlums to
write whatever they want
wherever they want to.
-Shaleek Rice
I was reading the
article in last week's paper
about Christians writing
on the sidewalks and I
must say I was quite
shocked. I believe that
there could have been a
more diplomatic way to
approach the subject.
Anonymous
Sidewalk art is a
very good idea and a won-
derful way to display posi-
tive messages. I believe
that everyone should take
advantage of such an ef-
fective way of communi-
cation as long as they
proceed to do so in a posi-
tive manner. I do agree
however with the state-
ments made in the col-
umn concerning the
wording of the proclama-
tions. The phrases should
have been thought out
carefully and written
tastefully. Otherwise
people on campus receive
a different message than
what might have been
sent by the "artists."
Groups and organizations
should take advantage of
the opportunity to relay a
positive message as long
as they are sure their mes-
sage is clear.
-Marie Dodd
In reality what one
writes on the sidewalk
does not determine
whether or not you are a
Christian! I think that Ms.
Wilson should write an
apology to the student
body for the way she ste-
reotypes us for what we
write on the sidewalk. And
also no one really cares
about what people write
on the sidewalk. It is just
another form of freedom
of speech and Ms. Wilson
should not take this so
personal.
-Unsigned
Your second argument
See LETTERS page 8
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