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Constitution Day was celebrated Sept. 17 and Sept. 18 at City College with a noon-hour event outside the Cultural Awareness Center, honoring the nation’s most significant founding document.
Debate ensued as the celebration’s barbecue, free cake and guest speakers were dwarfed by a back-drop of graphic photos of human abortions being displayed on the Quad.
“We must all be thankful for the freedom we have to speak and debate in the open without fear of governmental censorship,” said City College’s Associated Student Government President Steve Macias, in a statement released Sept. 17. He added, however, that “the ASG has not endorsed any one side of the debate on the constitutionality of abortion.”
But the president’s statement was not reiterated by ASG Vice President Debbie Dixon who made an unscheduled appearance on stage and expressed her anger about being associated with the anti-abortion display.
“I am highly offended,” Dixon said. “I have rights, just as they have rights to not be offended!”
Other scheduled Constitution Day presentations included City College’s cheer and dance teams, with a singing of the national anthem followed by a speech on the Constitution by Craig Deluz.
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“How many of you are excited to live in the United States of America?” questioned the energetic Constitution Day speaker, as he walked onto the stage.
Deluz emphasized the importance of the Constitution in protecting the rights of minorities, and stressed that students should understand that the protections they enjoy in America are often not enjoyed in other countries.
“You don’t know how good we have it here,” Deluz said.
A $25 scholarship was awarded at the event to Zachary Turk, who was the only student to have entered an essay in a Constitution Day contest. The contest asked students to write a 500-word essay on why the Constitution is important to them.
“It’s an important issue,” Turk said. “It is the basis for all of our freedoms.”
Constitution Day is nationally recognized to raise awareness to the United States Constitution, and is required by federal Public Law 108-447, which can be found at the Library of Congress Web site (www.loc.gov), to be observed by all federally funded institutions of learning.
This year, the event marked the 222nd anniversary of the signing of the Constitution Sept. 17, 1787.
Free pocket-sized Constitutions were passed out to students and were provided at no cost to the ASG by the California Secretary of State’s office.