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Western Carolinian Volume 70 Number 07

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  • Commentary Reflections on a silent protest: By Jennifer Scism + Wenewsmagezine On Thursday November, 10, the members of the College Association forthe Advancement of All People participated ina silent protest. This protest was designed to make a statement concerning forms of discrimination. Across the nation, there is a widespread belief that people have freedom according to the implications. constitution; however, forms of dis are still prevalent today, and C) our university community by making ie known. Holding signs that pictured various scenes and people, CAAAP members showed. WCU that all people deserve to be treated equally and fairly, no matter their gender, ethnicity, sexualorientationorlifestyle, Adrienne. WCnewsmagazine addressed, and new issues of civ liberties have arisen. The Civil Rights Movement is offen considered a thing of the past oe can be reversed. Intergeneratior and Interracial models are necessary progression. The old school civil rigl workers were very diligent in their efforts} however, itis time for those same individual to stop referring to the Movement ad something they participated in years ago It is also time for our educational syst to stop referring to the Movement as if i ended when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was Avery, the organizer of the demonstration sald, assassinated. Every citizen of this country needs to realize that the Movement I's about time that people on campus andthe is not over, especially minorities. It's okay to be proud of the accomplishments administration realize that discrimination is in achieved during the dawn of the Movement, but it's damaging to refer to the the world, and it's right here on this ampus.1 entire Movement as something that ended. If minorities and other concerned chose to do a silent protest becausd {wanted citizens want to see things change, they should stop merely praising history and people to realize that discrimination is out become active. If people want to see situations improve, they should support there. | wanted people to see the silent protest events and organizations that promote equality and multi-culturalism. CAAAP is and think about it over and over today, tomorrow and the next day. one erganization on campus that provides that opportunity to students, faculty/ Miss Avery is accurate when she says discrimination is still in existenoe, _staffand community members. Itis difficult to make people realize that the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's. Adding fuel to an already blazing inferno WCU student participates in Red Bull Music Labs By Gary Takacs + Wenewsmagazine s In cities such as New York, Atlanta, Seattle and Philadelphia, ten lucky in high schoo! and my cousin writes rhythm and blues in Nashville, Lee said, winners are chosen to take part in a session of the Red Bull Music Labs, TheRed Music runs ramped in my family. It's like a wildfire. Bull Music Labs are designed to introduce future music industry professionals Lee says it wasn't coo! to be a choirboy in high school, so he used to into the life of music production. Designed to accommodate any musigal style, record his songs on a tape deck at home, songs about school and personal lfe, the Labs have been a highly sought after production series. JUst something to relate to others. That determination has brought him a long | After being handed a demo CD and some way. In 2001, Lee recorded his first CD with nine acoustic tracks critical admission information by Red Bull campus: of original lyrics, music, personality and emotion. Lee also representative, Westem Carolina University students competed in his high school state concert choir competition, Sarah Reade and Lee Fayssoux jumped at the chance losing only by one point, ironically, by the judge who would to apply for this once-in-a-lfetime opportunity to, become his concert choir director at WCU that same year. participate in the five-day seminar in Greenville, S.C. Everyone has to have a plan, so what's in store for Lee was chosen tobe one of the ten participants singer/song writer Lee Fayssoux? Aside from becoming the slated to gain valuable on-hand experience and insight new front man for local band Moose Knuckle, graduating in into the art of modern day music mixing and production. December and playing music with friends around campfires or This isn't just another lecture series either; it's an nightclubs, Lee is responsible for his three-tiered homework. tense five-day course of production, sound editing assignment from the Red Bull Music Lab staff. The first and digital mastering with music industry professionals step is to get four solid musical gigs booked using his new at the heim. cl n. Both of these in producing and copyright laws. Using the valuable experience and top quality music supplied by the Red Bull Music Labs, Lee and the other particip ready to accelerate their production skills. Before that, Lee had to ge somewhere, and like many famous musicians before him, Lee starte his family upbringing.
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