Do You Agree with Travis?

"Do you agree with Travis?" Well do you? For the last two weeks, our campus sidewalks, billboards, and message boards have been bombarded with that same message. With no other form of explaination, no further details, but just those exact words, sprawled everywhere on campus. From one end of University Ave. to the other end, that message has intrigued people. And for some people it made them so upset that they felt inclined to write "FUCK TRAVIS" with chalk throughout the campus. But whatever your views, your intrigue, your inquest, everyone seemed to be captivated by the phrase.

And finally last Thursday people found out what "Travis" was talking about. In fact, Travis is a real person. He is a senior here at UND. He spoke this past Thursday on his life, experiences, and his faith.

Yes, Campus Crusades for Christ was behind this whole media bliz. The genius marketing campagin envoked feelings that overcast a shadow on other issues that were going on during the same time period on campus. While everyone was engrossed in figuring out who the hell Travis was, and if they should really agree or disagree, our campus was dealt a major blow by the NCAA. We can no longer use the name the Fight Sioux as our mascot, but that really doesn't matter because we were too worried about Travis.

Now I really don't agree with Travis and his Evengalical views. And gauging from half the campus' written comments towards the media campagin, other people don't agree either. But that is not the point. Student's priorities were completely out of skew. We were focusing on the trivial and pathetic, instead of focusing on the more important issues facing our university.

As a side note, I find it very interesting that every time there is some sort of gay related event schedule, the C.C.C (Campus Crusades for Christ) has to come out with this big media bliz and schedule other events to overshadow any other event.