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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 27, 1988)
■ Attention!! ■■ Thoughts before sleep Unfortunately, Silver Taps was held again tonight. As I lay here in bed in my dorm room, with everyone else around me asleep, it makes me sad to think of my fellow Aggies who have died. I often stop and wonder, “what was this person like?” I wonder if 1 would have gotten along with him or her. 1 wonder if this person had a loved one, someone special and dear to them, who was left behind to mourn. I wonder if this person shared my interests, my hobbies or my ideas. I wonder if I ever saw this person on campus before, and if so, did we say “Howdy” to each other. 1 hope we did. But most of all 1 wonder, if the situation was reversed, and they were playing Silver Taps for me, would this person wonder about me and wonder who 1 was? My alarm clock says 2:49 a.m. and still I wonder. Still 1 wonder . . . As I stand in fromt of the darkened Academic Building and stare up at the night sky, 1 wonder what it would be like to travel among the stars. 1 wonder what it would be like to visit other planets, other worlds. I wonder what the stars are make of, how they got there, and what God is really like. But most of all, I wonder if the dead can still see the stars in the night sky. My alarm clock says 2:53 a.m. and still 1 wonder. Still 1 wonder . . . As 1 lay here in bed, I wonder what it is like to die. I wonder if it is a great feeling of relief, or if it is painful. I wonder if when 1 die, will I meet others who have gone before me, or will I be alone. 1 wonder if heaven is one big paradise, or if it is what each person’s own idea of true paradise is. I wonder why man must grow old and die at all. But most of all I wonder when and if they will play Silver Taps for me. My alarm clock says 2:58 a.m. and still I wonder. Still I wonder . . . Photo Phelan M. Ebenhack This weed’s Attention!! column was written by Russell Lee, a junior business administration major. This week’s Attention//photo, submitted by senior environmental design major John Star Baxter, shows him holding a neon tube outside a farmhouse in Wellborn. Editor’s Note: This Attention!! page will be used each week as a forum for you, our readers. We encourage you to submit any original work that would be suitable for publication in At Ease. Opinions expressed on the Attention!! page are those of the author, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of The Battalion, Texas A&M administrators, faculty or the Board of Regents. Pictures for the Attention!! page should be black-and-white shots that are unique either in content, angle or technique. Columns, essays or poems should be no longer than 500 words and should be either printed or typed. Don’t forget to put your name and phone number on anything you send us. Then drop it off at The Battalion, Room 216 of the Reed McDonald Building. Be sure to specify that it is for A/Ease. Page 2/At Ease/Thursday, Oct. 27,1988
