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  • Page 5 WESTERN CAROLINIAN June 15th, 2012 CAN PUTS. VLE WS Donkeys and Elephants are not American Tyler Auffhammer, Staff Writer From the Federalist Party and the Democratic- Republican Party duking it out for post-Revolutionary War America in the late 18th century to the Grand Old Party and the Demo- crats fighting over stimulus money and immigration in the 21st, political parties have always been present to assist the separation of the people of the United States of America. Not at the time of his election nor during his ten- ure as the first president of the United States was George Washington associ- ated with any political party. In his farewell address in 1796, Washington said of political parties, However [political parties] may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambi- tious and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government, de- stroying afterwards the very engines which have - lifted them to unjust dominion. For a man who most of us proclaim the Father of His Country, we may not have heeded his final words of advice. Yet Washington was not alone in his knowledge of the dangers of political par- ties. Alexander Hamilton .and James Madison would write about the dangers of domestic political factions, i.e. parties, in Federalist Papers No. 9 and No. 10, respectively. They would address the destructive role of factions in breaking apart the young republic in their writings. These men, Founding Fathers and early leaders of this great country, could see the destruction and havoc that political parties could and would reap upon Amer- ica. If these men could fore- see this over 200 years prior, then why did we not heed their advice and abolish the party system? Well, money is the driv- ing factor for mostly every- thing today, and political parties are not an exception. The majority of Republi- cans and Democrats that are called upon to vote in the Electoral College, the body of people that elects the President of the United States, are often among the highest paying donors to their respective party. Political parties and their members also make heaps of money campaigning for their political prospects and some of it ends up in the wallets and purses of these politicians and their sup- porters. Also, politicians asso- ciated with a certain party tend to vote along party guidelines and not on what they personally believe or what is right for the country. Sure, political parties do play an important role in KKK legislation. Some would say that they are a good way of joining groups of like-mind- ed people together. Often, that looks like this in Con- gress: Republicans on the right, Democrats on the left. However, remove the nifty tri-colored signs and what do you have? Americans. The label political par- ty is the only thing keeping them in power. Were we to abandon the labels like Re- publican and Democrat, we would simply be Americans. Sure, some value money more than others, some value others things more highly. That separation is natural. However, the unit- ing of like-minded people under one banner to unjustly subvert power by sheer ma- jority is not American. Its Nazi Germany. We can all agree that we are different. Some of us are conservative, some of us are not. Some of us oppose same-sex: marriage, some of us do not. That is the great thing about the United Offer only valid at this location: 284 E. Main St. Sylva + 828.631.3100 kk tek & States, the fact that we have an opportunity to have our own beliefs and values and can voice them appropri- ately. However, political parties, as Washington said, seek to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government. This unjust dominion (as Washington stated) that political parties have seized from the American people is more easily abol- ished in writing than in reality, but, as Americans, we do have the ability to fix this. The American popula- tion outnumbers Republi- cans. Americans citizens also. outnumber Demo- crats. United under one banner, Americans can take back their country from the reigns of unprincipled poli- ticians and their oppressive political agendas. After all, America is not about who is red and who is blue. Its about the red, white and blue. Belcher brings new dawn to Cullowhee Ryan Alexander, Co-Editor-in-Chief David Belcher was officially inaugurated as the Chancellor of West- ern Carolina University this spring among much fanfare and celebration. Belcher replaced former Chancellor John W. Bar- do, who stepped down in 2010. Belcher had been the interim chancellor for a year before he was of- ficially inaugurated. In just one year on campus here at Western Carolina, Belcher is al- ready a beloved figure among students. Where students on campus rare- ly saw Bardo, Belcher is always walking around talking to students and faculty about issues and improvements that can be made to the university. At sporting events, Belcher is a die-hard supporter of the Catamounts, usually among the loudest of fans cheering during basket- ball games in the Ramsey Center. At the Southern Conference Basketball Championship, Belcher was in the middle of the student section as_ the Catamounts battled the Davidson Wildcats for a berth in the NCAA tour- nament. : Belcher has been an integral part of the Mil- lennium Initiative on campus, a long-term plan to improve WCU in the coming years. While Belcher was not the driv- ing force behind some of the beautification projects that have been completed over the past year, most notably the overhaul of The Quad, he was the head of the university when the projects were finished. Students and faculty alike are excited at the prospect of a new face of the university after the long tenure of Bardo. With his fresh ideas and fiery personality, Belcher looks to bring in a new era for Western Carolina, an era that already has brought in drastic chang- es. Belcher was behind the decision to remove former Athletic Direc- tor Chip Smith and bring in Randy Eaton from the University of Maryland. With his fresh ideas and new perspectives, the future looks incredibly bright here in Cullowhee as the university transi- tions into a new age in its history. The university is in good hands under the care of Chancellor Belcher for the foresee- able future. ult of using th d and ope Off
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