University of North Carolina Asheville - Archive Yearbook (Asheville, NC)

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By May 18, 1981, 27 black children, ranging in age from 7 years to 22 years, had been murdered in Atlanta, Georgia The person responsible for these pointless deaths had not been found. In a time span of two months, two attempts of assassination were made: one on the life of a president, the other on the life of a religious leader. A celebrated singer songwriter was murdered outside of his New York City apartment. An elected representative the people pleaded guilty to charges of bribery. Students in a foreign country held 52 visitors hostage for more than 400 days. Local politicians argued and fought over the use of a natural resource — water. There were natural disasters also: fires, earthquakes, and sink holes. These disasters cost dearly in property, but most importantly, in lives. How does one compare the violence of nature to that of man? The display of the seemingly innate violence and selfishness of man over the past nine months was appalling. Perhaps, in ten years, when this book is reviewed, the grotesque qualities of man will be diminished, and only the love and fraternity will remain. It is within every one of us to make the conscious effort 24 fhp F atuie

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Robert Daughton, Physical Education Dept Alice Means, Business Office Joyce Dorr, Music Dept. 26 Academics Howard Harmon, Maintenance