The Way I See It . . .Once Again

I miss being State and Nation editor so much. I miss writing the editorials so much that I had to jump back on the other side. So once again, I am going back to acting as “The Sentinel of an Enlightened Student Body” to inform you of certain things on this campus, in this city and our state and nation.
Just when you thought that the SUPD was trying to clean up its act, here comes someone who just had to put a frown upon my face.
I had to go to campus police headquarters to change out my tags so I could park in the proper places. So when I went into the office, there was Kevin Johnson, deputy administrator, an officer with the last name Davis, the new office attendant and a guest of Mr. Johnson.
Now, Mr. Johnson was the superior officer at the time and he politely asked Officer Davis to do a simple task for him in regards to my issues; this, mind you, was a task which could not possibly take more than two minutes. Officer Davis, who seems to be of the male species, smirked and let out such a sigh of nauseate and discontent that he caught the attention of everyone in earshot. He then looked at me and rolled his eyes like the messy females do when they are talking about someone’s mother.
Being the person that I am, I told him that his actions were not necessary and that it wasn’t professional at all. He just looked at me as if I were speaking correct English and he was ebonically originated.
His actions really shocked me. Not the action of rolling his eyes at me, after all, analyzing one’s behavioral traits are not my forte’, but when he defied his superior, I got upset. Mr. Johnson just kept walking and maybe he is just used to this imbecilic behavior, but I am not.
Who knows who was watching when this occurred? Such actions from such a subordinate is totally uncalled for especially when in the presence of others. If I had a boss, and if that boss were to tell me something to do that was of a professional nature, then it would be in my best interest to do so.
It should have been in Officer Davis’ best interest to do so when Mr. Johnson told him to do that task by Mr. Johnson.
I think he should be fired.
I know you all at the SUPD have been under intense scrutiny lately with your little “choke-hold” incident and other stuff, but enough is enough. If your office (among others) would employ better relations and professionalism training, a lot of this crap could be averted.
Now, on to other things in our state. While you all are concerned about whether or not we are going to beat Grambling in the Bayou Classic, you may not have to worry about that soon. In the October 24th issue of The Gramblinite, the sports section featured a couple of pictures and articles reflecting high school kids.
It is against NCAA policy for colleges and universities to feature high school kids. It is sort of an illegal recruiting tool. That is why we don’t feature the kids at Southern Lab. Can you say more “probation”?
Now also in our state and concerning our nation, whom will you vote for in the upcoming election in the senatorial race between Mary Landrieu and Suzy Terrell? I am voting for whomever embarrasses themselves the least on national television.
Back to our campus…
Lastly, I had the pleasure of being on the Jaguar Journal last week (you can check me out again next Saturday on AM 1300 at 9 a.m.). Anyhow, a caller accused the student body of not being active enough in the decision-making and issues relative to the administration and the university.
To the caller and to all of those applicable: our student body is very much concerned with the issues of Southern University. But in a sense, you are right. We don’t have sit-ins like back in the day. We don’t protest non-violently in large numbers. No one has died recently from demonstrations on campus.
Maybe it is because we as students are spoiled. But whose fault is that? I have seen all too often and too many times that whenever a student has a problem, they will call their parent or guardian and that student will be told to go and talk to someone in a position of authority. Then that person will go and talk to whomever is the root of the problem and all is squashed.
Parents don’t give their kids a chance to stand up for what is right. Why stand up when you can sit down and have your hook-up take care of things for you?
Yeah it’s true. We have been spoiled. But remember that everything on this campus from Mayberry to Jag-Tran to the “proverbial hook up” is because of people like you.
I have to go now though, because I have to go and talk to someone about getting the hook-up on some Bayou Classic tickets. I hope to see you all there.
And that’s the way I see it.