All this talk about emergency management has got me thinking. It dawned on me the other day that if a tornado swept across Drury campus, I'd be more confused than Toto. So I'm holding a self-imposed tornado drill. As the sirens are sounding in my head, screaming and pleading for me to find shelter, I'm trying to reflect back on the tornado drills we had in the residence halls.
Paul Davis was incredibly out of line in his attack on The Mirror. I understand that there were many errors in the issue in question, but his comments were uncalled-for. The Mirror staff is made up of human students. As humans, we all make mistakes, and this trait is often buoyed by the fact that we, as students, have far too many "irons in the fire.
Drury University exists as an institution comprised of students. Sure, we have alumni, faculty and staff members and administration, but the real reason we are all here is because of the students. Without students, there would be no Drury. Why then, at the two-day inaugural celebration last week, was there appallingly low student participation? Maybe it was the confusing and inadequate advertising or maybe it was the insulting treatment and recognition of Drury students.
We learned about recycling in grade school. The green arrows. The three Rs: reduce, reuse, recycle. Some of us, though, have barely recycled since grade school. We see recycling bins around campus and think, "Oh, good. Good for the earth." We see other people using these bins and think, "Great.