All opinions smell the same

Political independence in this country is granted to us through the freedoms we enjoy every day.

The individuals who created the Constitution of the United States felt these freedoms to be unequivocal to the success of a free nation.

In my education here at Millersville, I have been and continue to be a sponge to the political atmosphere this campus contains.

The key to Millersville political atmosphere just as the overall mass culture we live in is rhetoric.

Rhetoric from the left and right side give students here on campus a way to discover what they believe.

I have always had the sense that many people on this campus venture into the left hemisphere of thinking, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with this.

I have always felt opinions are the intangible that combine all of us, though we feel they are the intangible that separate us the most.

The separation from my way of thinking to individuals on the left side of the sphere makes me curious.

The curiosity I have for another individual’s opinion is the way in which they express it. The passion in the words, gestures of their body, the aura that seeps out of their pores and conveys why they believe their stance is the right one, intrigues me.

The opinions held on this university are essential for each of us as students to grow.

The shaping of our minds happens every day inside and outside of the classroom.

A brilliant example of this is a presentation I attended by the Black Student Union.

The speaker, which the BSU presented was Dr. Juwanza Kunjufu. A man of sound facts and knowledge who conveyed a message mainly toward African American students but managed to make an impression on me.

He made me think, what does it mean to be American?

American, a single word that attempts to describe what “we” are as a country, is too difficult to ascertain.

Their are opinions from millions of people in this country that shape the word America.

Opinions from Caucasians, African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native Americans and every individual who ever called this land home can raise a hand to this question but deliver an invalid answer.

The simple fact is that no one really knows what it means to be an American.

I call myself an American every day. The reason I do this is because I believe in the principles that the laws and policies of our country were created under.

Next time you decide to call yourself an American, keep this in mind.

The single greatest document that any group of individuals has ever created presently has a man of mixed race as the executive, a woman as the speaker of the house, and a Senatorial confirmation of a woman of Hispanic decent.

This is the diversity we live in everyday.

Take every opinion in as though it may serve a purpose for the future.

The future of our country and freedoms are entrenched in the shape or our opinions.

These opinions are shaped by the everyday diversity we live.