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Third-year law student, Brian Glasser, whotestified as Columbus, said that the explorersought only to convert the Native American peopleto Christianity...
...limited to blindly paying homage to that person, especially at an institution of higher learning. We should take the time to study the achievements of the person who the holiday is named after. It is in this spirit that the Minority Student Alliance (MSA) sponsors the observance of Columbus Day on Widener stems this afternoon. This observance of the holiday consists of a silent vigil from 12 p.m. until 1 p.m. and will be followed by a speakout by student leaders of the sponsoring organizations...
...vigil will take another look at the Columbus Day holiday. When asked about Christopher Columbus' most important achievement, most people think of the obvious, his so-called "discovery" of America. Every American schoolchild can point to the teacher that told him of Columbus' discovery of America, and the person that taught him the famous nmenonic device "in 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue." I can remember seeing the painting of Columbus meeting with native Americans on a beach in a history book and just placing that in my mind as Columbus' discovery of America...
This picture alone can underscore the idea of the misunderstanding of Columbus' arrival in the Americas. When Columbus arrived on Hispano in 1492 there were people there to greet him. How could he discover a land that was already inhabited? This is a perfect example of the African proverb, until the lions has historians, the story of the hunt will always glorify the hunter...
...Columbus' discovery has always been glorified by European scholars, scholars of the people who most benefited from the voyage of Columbus. As an enlightened community, it is time to look at Columbus' arrival on this continent from different perspectives, so that we can come to a more accurate and complete telling of this story...