MLK should not have been snow day make up
Reggie Noble
Issue date: 1/27/10 Section: Opinion
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It also mentions a belief in "…an ordered, purposeful universe, the dignity of work, the worth and integrity of the individual, the obligations and privileges of citizenship, and the primacy of the truth."
Those are some of the same shared Judeo-Christian beliefs of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who this country annually commemorates on the third Monday of every January.
MLK Day has been recognized by every state as a federal holiday since 1999 and as a paid federal holiday since 2000.
This January semester, to many students surprise, no classes were scheduled for this day. In addition, there were two other days noted as "off" days for students during the three week J-Term.
Imagine my horror when I was notified that our make-up snow day would happen not on Jan. 15 (a scheduled off day), not on Jan. 22 (another scheduled off day), but on Jan. 18, MLK Day.
Making up that snow day would have been better served during one of the other two off days, rather than on a federal holiday that honors a man who shared a lot of the beliefs and values on which this school was founded.
This is especially a thorn in this writer's side when remembering that just last spring, we were excused from classes to celebrate "Sibley Day."
Lindenwood claims to be a center of cultural enrichment for its students.
As a Black-American student at Lindenwood, I must say Lindenwood has fallen short, and I am sorely disappointed.
I am disappointed that the powers that be would not choose to honor King's legacy on this day by choosing to make up the snow day on one of the other days off.
This was a chance for Lindenwood to truly make a statement, and it made the wrong one.
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