Fire in my Gut
Terry Carroll recalls how he became interested in Student Government following his return to campus after two years of service in the Vietnam War.
Interview on 2011-03-24 00:00:00 -0400
Transcript
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The thing that triggered my decision to get back involved in student politics
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is that I picked up the first Technician and the story was whether we were going to have Wilson or Slater sandwiches,
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that there had been mold on some things in the cafeteria.
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And I'm looking at the Technician and people are dying and things going crazy and the world's getting all crazy
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and we're talking about whether we're going to have Wilson or Slater sandwiches because of the bread,
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and I'm like, you know, shouldn't there be something a little deeper here?
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So that really kind of pissed me off, if you want to be honest,
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because I'm like we're asleep here.
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The world is on fire and we're just sitting about, you know,
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wondering what we're going to have to snack on during the football game.
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So that really was probably what put the fire in my gut.
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