Accomplishments of black community deserve praise

When will The Red & Black stop rewarding mediocrity with the front page slot [Thursday's "Soulja Boy requests hot wings, Gatorade"]? How was Soulja Boy’s eating habits relevant or newsworthy?

As a black student here at the University I saw the clear connection as I connected the dots of utilizing food choice to characterize an entire community of people harmfully. The Red & Black thought it pulled a fast one in Thursday’s front headline in its poor reporting and overall stereotypical article that consequently slighted most blacks under the disguise of chicken and juice.

I am not at all as surprised as my peers that the low-quality story made it onto the front page, just as Soulja Boy made it onto our campus and no one blinked an eye. But I simply ask my fellow students not to stand around your Snelling tables and be pissed.

Be proactive and stand for something or anyone will be able to pull the veil over your eyes and you will fall for anything. As we celebrate monumental moments such as the first black president and other triumphs of progression, our actions in our own communities must mimic a similar sense of forward movement in which blacks are not your chicken eating, Kool-aid drinking, superman-dancing fools and minstrel shows!

Monique Stevenson
Junior, Atlanta
English

Soulja Boy a poor use of our fees

So, we as students had to pay the University an extra $100 special spring semester fee to cover budget shortfalls, yet the Student Union feels it’s acceptable to blow $28,000 on a Soulja Boy concert?

Why couldn’t we use that money to cover the fees? I feel, and I’m sure many others do as well, that students should get to vote on what musical acts the Student Union brings to campus, especially if we are going to spend that much money.

Jared Peden
Freshman, Hinesville
Political Science