Last year, while running for SGA President, I had as one of my ideas that the administration showed no form of Christian commitment on campus. Last year, I got applause by the students for my stand on the Christian commitment issue. Last Tuesday, the administration took a stand on the issue by bringing an outstanding religious leader on campus, and the students failed in their duty to uphold their part of the bargain.
According to a previous assembly speaker for this year, Presbyterian College was founded by religious leaders, but a present day religious leader is welcomed on the PC campus by a very small audience.
The moderator of the Presbyterian Church, who spoke last Tuesday, has been written up in national magazines. He is the first Black moderator that the Presbyterians have had, which is a giant step in the fight for racial equality. Five years ago, that would have been unthinkable. Besides the moderator of the Presbyterian Church being at assembly, there was also a rare appearance of Marc Weersing on the stage.
Perhaps, the reason for the small crowd was the absence of signs on the bulletin boards advertising the assembly. But, there were extensive ads for the film on Mecca. So, the conclusion to all of this is that the Arabs are more important than Christians.
I think that we must examine our priorities, and we must attend those assemblies that will better our minds, as well as our bodies, whatever that means.
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