lective butt of the SIU administration and the Carbondale City Council (you know who you are). Those past and current student leaders that exemplify everything I never want to be, however, will strangely enough, be the ones I miss the most, because they possess an essential circus side show value that is dif-ficult to find.

Nevertheless, anyone can judge, but the people who are judged and continue on are the great ones. Yet because of the way many great men and women have been treated this past year, they are packing their bags and their dreams and moving on. That is the way I will remember SIU and Carbondale. The saddest part is that we once loved SIU and Carbondale, but as with any love, it fades after years of abuse.

To those of you who will remain here:vote, and don’t believe ever- ything they teach you. Take chan-ces and stand up for what you be-lieve in.

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Don’t let the simple minds of this community stifle your dreams or your ideals.

And to those bent on making Car-bondale better through student thought-cleansing:quit telling peo-ple they will fail, because you are a failure. SIU’s bad image is not caused by the students; remember, they are only here for a few years. It’s because the long-term leader-ship has no comprehension of how to keep the great people and get rid of the parasites.

Thanks to A.W., my parents, Dr.P and everyone else for everything. A sincere thanks to the Prez, E.S.; it’s your loss that hurts me the most.