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What is Your Stance on the Second Amendment? Sarah T.
Most American’s should know what the second amendment of the united States Constitution says. The second amendment gives law abiding American’s the right to bear arms. It was foreseen that tyrannical governments might try to tax the citizens of this new nation without representation and it was also foreseen that these same tyrannical governments may use force to make citizens comply with those illegal taxes. So the forefathers who wrote the Constitution of the United States of America made it known that Americans will not be tread upon by unwarranted and unwanted authorities. There are a lot of citizens expressing their consternation over laws that will infringe upon this right. There are also citizens who believe that too much fire power is unneeded in this day and age. There are fears that the government is going to try and take arms away from American citizens due to all the media coverage of rampaging psychos. Upon asking the question of the week it was found that a majority of respondents agree that owning firearms is the right of every law abiding American, but some have arguments that sound valid. What is your stance on the Second Amendment?
Greg W.
“It is the 2nd “I’m all for our Amendment, not right to bear the third, fourth or arms, although five so logic tells I think there us that it was a should be some sort of mandatory high priority of the training or a class Founding Fathers to keep guns legal. at least before Plus they make a being able to get cool t-shirt that a license for one, sums it up best, like a driver’s “Guns don’t kill license. Some people, people kill states make it people.” Just be mandatory that safe everyone.” you take a full year of driver’s ed in school. Some are not as strict, only having to pass a written and demonstrative test. I don’t think it would be too much to require the same when applying for a gun license.”
Ralph B.
“ ‘Shall not be Infringed.’ The Founding Fathers were wise. Leave it alone and concentrate on the failing system that’s producing morally bankrupt, confused and sick individuals.”
Clay T.
“It is not to be altered, that goes for any of them.”
filmmaker who stated, ”Since I began in the cinema, I had the idea of making something out of life, of creating a symphonic film out of the millions of energies that comprise the life of
Tim D.
Amanda M.
“Guns don’t kill people...it’s the bullets.”
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Berlin – Symphony of a City Outdoor Cinema Springville Center for the Arts will present an outdoor cinema screening on Saturday, August 11. Berlin: Symphony of a Metropolis will screen under the black walnut trees on the side of Goddard (Town) Hall with live musical accompaniment provided by a trio of musicians from New York City. The film begins with calm and empty streets early in the morning and poetically follows the movements of the city as though it were a waking organism. Cinematography drives the film and creates an engrossing pace without narration or traditional plot. Director Walter Ruttmann was a prominent early German
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a big city.” He later made propaganda films and worked as assistant director on the controversial Triumph of the Will by Leni Riefenstahl. Musicians Sue Garner, Rick Brown and Bruce Bennett will provide an eclectic original score using percussion, guitar, bass, electronics and other instruments. Garner is a Georgia native, a painter whose voice, guitar and bass have been heard in a duo with Angel Dean, in the band The Shams (with whom Bennett played as well) and through her solo and band recordings on the Thrill Jockey and Matador Records labels. Drummer Rick Brown has no idea what styles he plays, though he recalls recording with people willing to call their music jazz, rock, noise, punk and “No Wave”. He’s played with Chris Stamey of the dBs, and composer/improvisors John Zorn and Guigou Chenevier as well as being a member of (among others) the groups Information, VEffect, Timber, Rattle, Fish
& Roses and Run On (these last three with Ms. Garner). Bruce Bennett, a filmmaker in his own right, presented a night of short film earlier in the season. He has toured Asia and Europe with cult hits, The A-Bones, described by the New York Times as “dedicated rock revivalists… who worship rockabilly, 1960s garage and anything having to do with that most cartoonish rock archetype: the juvenile delinquent in a leather jacket.” Their collaboration will provide a modern take on the century old tradition of silent film accompaniment. Admission to the event is free though a donation of $5 is suggested. Refreshments will be available. Arrive with a lawn chair or blanket at 8 PM at the corner of Mechanic and Franklin Streets in Springville. The film will begin at dusk. Running time: 65 minutes. In the event of rain the screening will occur inside Springville Center for the Arts at 37 North Buffalo Street. For more information call 592-9038.
“The edict that you can travel around the country freely at will was written before the steam engine was invented, before automobiles, before the Wright Brothers went to the Outer Banks. When the 2nd Amendment was written, if you wanted to have 100 bullets fly from the same point within a few seconds, you had to have 100 guns, and 100 people to hold them. Now you need a license to drive a car you need to show evidence that you can handle a car with prudence. And importantly, you need to INSURE your car in case you damage person or property with it. Perhaps weapon insurance is an idea we should think about.”
Hans Tashjian will Perform at the Springville Center for the Arts
Hans Tashjian will present an afternoon recital on August 12 at 2 PM. Tashjian, an SGI graduate and rising opera star, is a second-year Masters degree student at Manhattan School of Music study-
ing under Spiro Malas. Recent roles include Baron Ochs in Der Rosenkavalier and Plagio in the American premiere of Mercadante’s I Due Figaro. He has also appeared as a soloist with the Bach Choir of Pittsburgh and with the Bach Music Festival of Canada. He graduated with a Bachelors of Fine Arts degree from Carnegie Mellon University. Hans last graced our stage as a member of SLAM and we are proud to host his return. Admission is by donation with a suggested amount of $8. Proceeds benefit the Center’s capital project.
Pitt-Bradford to Hold Rural Health Leadership Workshops
The Pennsylvania Public Health Training Center and the Center for Rural Health Practice at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford will hold collaborative workshops on rural health leadership throughout August. In Bradford, the workshop will be held in Room 200 of the Seneca Building, 2 Main St., on Aug. 14, from 9 AM to noon. Additional workshops are to be held Aug. 21 from 1- 4 PM at the Community Education Council of Elk & Cameron Counties in St. Marys at a cost of $32 per attendee. The workshops, which have been approved for 2.5 credit hours for nursing and social work, will be open to all those who are community leaders, state or local health department program supervisors, health care educators, nurses, social workers, community-based non-profit organizations and representative leaders of service organizations. Lisa Chapman, pre-doctoral clerkship coordinator for the Center for Rural Health Practice, will present the workshops. To register, call (814)-362-5078 or email to contined@pitt.edu.