Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 16, 1995 Page: 3 of 12
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NEWS
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NOVEMBER 16. 1995
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Colloquium Section 9 works to stop Savage Inequalities
Andrew Mercer
Megaphone Staff
Working to provide
solutions to the tragic problems
addressed in Jonathan Kozol’s
moving book Savage
Inequalitiesx the members of
colloquium group nine are
sponsoring a supply raising
drive this week.
The idea is the brain-
child of facilitators senior Cara
Baker and junior Suzanna
Hooper. Baker said that the idea
came about when, “we sat down
before the year and began to
look at what we could do with
this class. After reading Kozol’s
book, we really wanted to try
and do something to help.”
They first considered
raising supplies for the schools
of East St. Louis, but found that
the schools were un-receptive
to their offers. When
questioned, Kozol suggested
that the schools were unwilling
to accept aid because of the
prevailing sentiment in their
community that they needed
to help themselves. After that
the idea of East St. Louis was
abandoned. Although
discouraged by this initial
failure, the idea survived and
Hopper and Baker began to look
at other options.
“We localized our
focus,” Baker said, “we
considered San Antonio, Austin
and Houston. We put a lot of
time and thought into it and
decided to stick with San
Antonio.”
Next facilitators and
professor Rhonda Seagraves
presented the idea to the class.
“The class response was
magnificent,” said professor
Seagraves, “They donated their
time, money and supplies. They
will be working the donation
tables, and visiting businesses
in the community to help raise
supplies.”
The focus of the drive
is to raise reading and writing
supplies.
“We wanted to choose
something we could help with,
and since 70% of children in
some San Antonio middle
schools are below reading levels
we decided to target that
problem,” Seagraves said.
Anything from pens, to
paper, to books or money can
be donated to the drive.
Students will take the items
collected at SU, plus the items
from the drives they are
sponsoring in front of Wal-Mart
and HEB, and hope to deliver
them to the San Antonio school
district by the first week in
December.
“1 think the idea has
been very well accepted by the
campus community, but we still
haven’t seen the kind of actual
support we are looking for,
however it is still early in the
drive. I think that one problem
is that people don’t understand
that even the smallest donation
will help, even a single pen or
50 cents can make a difference,”
Hooper said.
Recently this program
has raised a small amount of
controversy.
“Most of the facilitators
were receptive, but some
turned the idea around into
something it was not meant to
be. They suggested that we
were doing this so that we could
feel better
about
ourselves.
M y
response
was that ‘of
course we
are going to
feel good
because we
were able to
help others,
but that’s
not the
point-
justice is at
the heart of
the issue,
specifically
the lack of
it for some
poor
children.’
We, the
facilitators
and the
students, are doing this because
we want to be part of the
solution,” Baker said.
Both the facilitators and
professor Seagraves stress that
this project belongs to the
students.
"We did no* force it on
them, in fact it was just the
opposite—they wanted to do
this,” Baker said.
Students in the section
are very involved and excited
about this project.
“This is a way to apply
what we are learning in
colloquium. Instead of just
writing papers or doing
assignments, we are actually
helping people,” said first-year
student Kevin Moore.
The drive will continue
at SU today and tomorrow, and
First-year student Nikki Moore is a member of the colloquium group that is collecting donations for the
San Antonio community, (photo by Gordon Winner)
in the community for the next
couple of weeks.
To make donations
after this Friday, call one of the
facilitators or stop by
colloquium group nine.
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A word from counseling services
Long Distance Blues
Jessica Adams
Special to the Megaphone
Not too long ago, my
boyfriend of two years and 1
spent a year apart. 1 moved
from Ohio to Austin while he
remained in Ohio. That year
helped me understand a little
better what it is that students
who are in long distance
relationships experience. One
of the hardest things we faced
was maintaining good
communication. There were
several things that made
communicating difficult. One
major one was the dreaded
phone bill! Another was that
it’s hard to talk about
relationship concerns or
problems over the phone or e-
mail. You’re tempted to brush
these concerns aside because
you believe that it’ll be easier
to talk about in person. Yet
when you’re together, the last
thing you want to do is argue,
given you have precious little
time together. Things that are
relatively easy to talk about
when you’re together can be
much harder when you’re
apart.
There are other
challenges that a long distance
couple will almost inevitably
face. You might need to pass
up certain things for the sake
of the relationship. Have you
skipped going out to wait for
a phone call? Going out can
be tremendously confusing as
well. Despite having agreed
on how to handle these
situations, you may still feel
confused or guilty about going
out because you know that
your girlfriend or boyfriend
isn’t going out that night. Your
roommate, or close friends
may have a hard time relating
to your situation, which may
feel even more isolating for
you.
• So, how can you
manage those long distance
blues? I encourage both
people to think about whether
they want to invest the time
and energy a long-distance
relationship requires. You
may need to talk really directly
about how each person wants
to commit to the relationship.
When you’re together, have
fun and enjoy each other! Also
make time to talk about
potentially sensitive issues —
whether these concerns are
discussed or not, they’re likely
coming between you. Remind
each other that being apart is
a temporary situation. In my
case, working to make the long
distance relationship work was
well worth it; we’ve since
married, and we see that year
apart as an experience that
served to strengthen our
relationship and, ironically,
bring us closer together.
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