Dear Editor:
I have read the furious articles on Carbondale's newly enforced encroachment laws. I have two words to say: STOP TRIPPIN! Oh, now you get what a lot of black students have been complaining about all along. We've been the victims of "the encroachment law" for many years now. Now that the po-pos have come to your turf, maybe now you can see how we feel.
You feel our dismay when we are almost to the drunken stupor phase and some flashlight cop starts to harass you. You aren't doing anything, right? Just standing there, trying to eat just enough so that you are sober enough to drive home. And hey, it's 3 in the morning, a whole hour and a half after they came to the Sports Center to break our party up. We can't even sit in the parking lots peacefully those nights when we don't want to pay to get in. And excuse me, but standing on the Strip with the alcoholic lean, while sour cream drips down your arm, is not particularly what they meant when they said "peaceably assemble." At least I don't think so.
But alas, you have found a law that will help you fight for the inalienable right of throwing up on Illinois Avenue.
Glenda Williams,
junior, health care management
Published on 11/17/05; 12:24:44 PM
