The Northern Plight

I have a question… or perhaps I should add a (s) to question because even though I only have one at this time I’m sure a few more may pop in at any random moment.

A friend of mine over skipped chapel last semester and had to pay close to 300 dollars in fines. In the midst of their complaining about the system, I chose to play the devil’s advocate and explain that there were ample ways of keeping track of your skips and in the end it was their own fault. Their emotional response was that why should they get punished for not slashing and dashing while hundreds of other students who don’t go to chapel even once a semester get off scot-free?

Why do the honest people always get the poop end of the stick?

I was never a big drinker in high school. The “not a drop” policy at NCU kind of bugs me. Why did the AG decide to take a stand on that? I believe there are plenty of other sins and vices that sneak right under the radar. I think there should be a no tolerance policy at NCU on pride, gluttony, or sloth. I definitely support a dry campus and the fact that underage drinking is bad and illegal. But (for instance) shouldn’t a 25 year old married commuter be able to have a couple glasses of wine at his cousin’s wedding reception? Drinking is one thing, getting drunk is another. It’s the same as surfing the internet and looking at pornography or gambling away your money online. With the internet you have the capability to misuse it and abuse it, and if not used correctly it can easily become a tool for sinning. Why haven’t we outlawed the internet at NCU? It’s just as capable as destroying lives as alcohol.

Why did we choose alcohol as the poster-boy for sinning and view it as the first step down the road to Hell?

I’ll have more later. I’m late for an awesome class that I actually did my homework for.

-Schroeder “The Web Composer” Bernstein

front page:
TEXT MESSAGE SENT DURING CHAPEL

local:
HOT GIRL TO ENROLL IN FALL

politics:
NCU STUDENT SUPPORTS OBAMA JUST TO GET ATTENTION

health:
ALTER CALL PRAYER PARTNER POLITELY OFFERED BREATH MINT

student life:
SENIOR SIPS SUSPICIOUS MALT AND HOP BEVERAGE, GOES STRAIGHT TO HELL

technology:
PROTECTIVE CASE DESTROYS AESTHETIC APPEAL OF HIP NEW GADGET

opinion:
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