We need an instrumental music program that will better represent our musicians.
We understand, especially after the UV spoke to instructors in the performing arts department about the issue, that there are major impediments to starting an orchestra. For that reason, we don’t blame the department in any way for not implementing a program up to this point, and we know that there are great aspects to the Music Ensemble program.
Yet the school has clearly shown that it is committed to the arts, at least from the visual side, by making a new gallery the focus of the new Munger Hall. The performing arts deserve the same treatment, and with almost sixty students polled by the UV saying that they are interested in a new instrumental program, it is time for the school to act. We have excellent academic, athletic, and arts programs in all other areas, in terms of the number of students involved, the diversity of options offered, and the quality of the student work produced. We already have outstanding musicians and an outstanding instructor. What we’re lacking is a diverse program that gives more options to more students.
There’s a good chance you’ve never even heard of “White Rabbit Candy,” but you should have. The Chinese-born sweet is at the center of a controversy involving the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and poisonous milk, and it has led us at the UV to wonder why the FDA did not react more effectively.
The Food and Drug Administration must elect officers to ensure that the products harmful to the public health of American citizens are quickly removed from store shelves. A few weeks back, the FDA recalled “White Rabbit Candy,” which is made mostly of condensed milk and sugar.
“Seven White Rabbit candies is equivalent to one cup of milk,” the company advertises. This deceptive slogan led many to believe that the candy is healthy and nutritious. However, it is not.
Scientists discovered the presence of melamine, a toxic chemical, within the candy. So far, melamine has led to the sickness of 53,000 Chinese, the hospitalization of 12,800 Chinese, and the death of four infants due to melamine-infected infant formula. Recently, the FDA came across melamine in widely distributed eggs, vegetables, flour and meat products.
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