Editorial
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      The
      opinions
      expressed
      in
      this
      column
      do
      not
     
     
      necessarily
      reflect
      those
      of
      the
      staff
      of
      this
      publication,
     
     
      or
      of
      the
      Student
      Union.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      I
      hope
      you
      all
      had
      a
      relaxing
      and
      fattening
     
     
      Thanksgiving.
      I
      did
      something
      this
      past
      weekend
     
     
      that
      I
      haven’t
      done
      in
      a
      long,
      LONG
      time
      (besides
     
     
      studying,
      although
      it’s
      been
      a
      long
      time
      since
      I’ve
     
     
      tried
      that
      either).
      I
      went
      to
      CHURCH.
      I
      went
      for
     
     
      various
      reasons,
      including
      guilt
      for
      not
      going
      in
      a
     
     
      zillion
      years,
      the
      fact
      that
      I
      have
      midterms
      coming
     
     
      up
      and
      need
      al!
      the
      help
      I
      can
      get,
      and
      the
      fact
      that
     
     
      my
      mom
      wouldn’t
      let
      me
      eat
      any
      turkey
      unless
      I
     
     
      went,
      among
      others.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      I
      don’t
      know
      if
      it’s
      the
      people
      I
      hang
      around
      with,
     
     
      but
      after
      racking
      my
      brains
      out,
      I
      could
      only
      think
     
     
      of
      two
      people
      I
      know
      who
      go
      to
      church
      on
      a
     
     
      regular
      basis,
      and
      aren’t
      more
      than
      ten
      years
     
     
      older
      than
      myself.
      Actually,
      after
      counting
      (while
     
     
      I
      was,
      supposed
      to
      be
      listening
      to
      the
      sermon)
      the
     
     
      number
      of
      people
      in
      the
      congregation
      who
      were
     
     
      anywhere
      in
      the
      ball
      park
      of
      15-30
      years
      old,
     
    

    
     
      I
      don’t
      think
      it’s
      just
      a
      trend
      among
      the
      people
      I
     
     
      know.
      There
      definitely
      seems
      to
      be
      a
      decrease
      in
     
     
      younger
      people
      going
      to
      church,
      at
      least
      in
      my
     
     
      parish.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Why
      is
      this
      happening?
      Have
      priorities
      changed?
     
     
      Are
      people
      too
      busy
      now
      to
      go
      to
      church?
      If
      I
     
     
      were
      to
      be
      perfectly
      honest,
      in
      the
      middle
      of
      final
     
     
      exarns,
      I’d
      sooner
      be
      at
      the
      library
      than
      at
      the
     
    

    
     
      chapel
      (depending
      on
      how
      desperate
      my
      pass/fail
     
     
      situation
      was).
      But,
      finals
      happen
      once
      a
      semester.
     
     
      (Ironically,
      the
      major
      Christian
      events,
      Christmas
     
     
      and
      Easter,
      seem
      to
      coincide
      with
      final
      exams
      at
     
     
      UPEL)
      What
      about
      the
      other
      thirteen
      weeks?
     
     
      Well,
      Sunday’s
      not
      a
      good
      day
      for
      me.
      I’m
      usually
     
    
   
   
    
     
      working
      on
      assignments
      for
      the
      upcoming
      week,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      catching
      up
      on
      sleep,
      banging
      out
      an
      editorial,
      never
     
     
      mind
      the
      fact
      the
      Sunday
      a.m.
      is
      usually
      the
     
     
      morning-after-the-night-before...
     
    
   
   
    
     
      /
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Pretty
      .sad
      excuses,
      huh?
      However,
      I’m
      not
     
     
      embarrassed
      to
      confess
      all
      this
      because
      I
      know
      I’m
     
     
      not
      the
      only
      student
      with
      these
      excuses.
      I’m
      not
     
     
      saying
      that
      makes
      it
      ok,
      but
      I’m
      fairly
      certain
      there
     
     
      are
      a
      fair
      number
      of
      others
      like
      me.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      I'm
      bothered
      by
      all
      this,
      but
      I
      really
      can’t
      say
      why.
     
     
      I
      don’t
      think
      it’s
      my
      wimpy
      religious
      convictions
      that
     
     
      are
      being
      disturbed.
      I
      think
      it’s
      more
      along
      the
     
     
      lines
      of
      concern
      that
      something
      which
      used
      to
      be
      a
     
     
      major
      part
      of
      society
      now
      seems
      to
      be
      disappearing.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Now
      I
      could
      be
      totally
      off
      base
      about
      this.
      Maybe
     
     
      all
      the
      young
      people
      of
      the
      church
      I
      went
      to
      had
     
     
      gone
      away
      for
      Thanksgiving
      weekend,
      and
      were
     
     
      attending
      another
      church
      elsewhere.
      But
      that’s
     
    

    
     
      what
      I
      want
      to
      know.
      Does
      anyone
      still
      go
      to
     
     
      church
      (or
      other
      places
      of
      religious
      worship)?
      Why
     
     
      or
      why
      not?
      Id
      love
      to
      hear
      from
      you
      about
      this.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Kristine
      Suzuki
     
     
      Interim
      Editor-In-Chief
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Letters
      to
      the
     
     
      Editor
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Dear
      Editor:
     
    
   
   
    
     
      On
      October
      3rd,
      I
      got
      out
      of
      an
      exam,
      zoomed
      over
     
     
      to
      the
      pit-for
      a
      sandwich
      or
      a
      bun,
      and
      got
      the
      most
     
     
      sorry
      excuse
      for
      what
      was
      supposed
      to
      be
      a
      "beef
     
     
      bun".
      I
      paid
      $2.64
      for
      a
      dry
      bun
      that
      had
      one
      side
     
     
      slightly
      buttered,
      the
      other
      side
      drier
      than
      toast,
      two
     
     
      slices
      of
      what
      I
      think
      was
      beef
      (the
      slices
      were
      sooo
     
     
      thin
      I
      couldn’t
      make
      a
      definite
      identification),
      and
     
     
      two
      pieces
      of
      mozzarella
      cheese
      that
      didn’t
      even
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      October
      12,
      1990
     
    
   
   
    
     
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