- Nina Simone
Between the University Center, where I get lunch, and the building I currently work in, is a large open grassy area. And at any university, this is used for the same basic things:
- Students lounging around to talk, sleep, or study
- Students doing "active" things like throw frisbees or footballs, or walking their dogs
- Students protesting something
For not being a "major" university, I'm surprised and impressed by the sheer amount of protests/demonstrations that go on on this campus. Most involve some boring folk singer, unfortunately, and usually, draw a very small crowd.
Exiting the UC today, I noticed a much larger than usual crowd gathered, and could hear someone giving some kind of oratory with great enthusiasm and authority. What kind of protest or demonstration could entice so many students to stop in their usual walks of apathy?
A bible-thumper, literally. Standing there was a diminutive man, who looked to be the same age as the other college students, which made him even more interesting to me. Holding a bible in hand, and yes, thumping away, he was crowing about the immorality of the students around him. As you can imagine, this did nothing but amuse and delight the students to no end, who catcalled continuously along with the "preacher's" speech. Apparently, my own apathy wasn't enough to make me stop (I had to be back in the office in about three minutes, and I'm already damned to Hell as it is), but I got enough of his schpiel to feel a pang of sympathy for the poor guy, despite the fact that I probably wouldn't agree with a word he said. If ever there was a tougher audience to preach to about moral values, and his particular focus on LUST, it had to be a college crowd. But he bravely fought on, there were souls to save, don'tcha know?!
Rock on, preacher, rock on!
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