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EVENTS Combustible Edison, tonight at the New Brookland Tavern. Billy Joel, 8 p.m. Tuesday at LJVM Coliseum, Winston-Salem, N.C. Reserved tickets $39.50. Monday, February 8, 1999 The world by Angela Diamond and Ashley Melton Staff Writers It's the end of the world as we know it. Tbie ototamonf boo hnnn rr?oJr> ktrmor^lrind nnnnf 11UO OUAl^Uigxit X1UO UCCI1 iiiauc U\ UlCUilUiXU WUllt less times in the past, from Nostradamus to Michael Stipe, especially when significant dates were approaching. The year 2000 is another of those dates. Technically, the new millennium doesn't begin until Jan. 1,2001, but this isn't stopping many people from contemplating what's to come in less than a year. Some religious groups expect the return of Christ. Others look for the end of the world. Armageddon, The Rapture, Tribulation, The Apocalypse and the Second Coming are all names given to the period commonly known as the end of humanity. According to some religious beliefs, earthquakes, rampant volcanic action, fierce winds, tsunamis, sinking landmasses, famine, plague, world war and nuclear exchanges will accompany this period of time. Four million people are expected to make pilgrimages to Israel in 2000. In response, the government there is preparing to tighten security to prevent religious zealots from becoming violent and attempting to start Armageddon on their own. Christians, Muslims, Jews, Mormons and other religious groups believe in an eventual end of the world and the coming of a savior. They base their beliefs on hundreds of prophecies in the Hebrew scriptures, the Old and New Testaments, and other sacred books. Although these groups all have different versions of this savior, one common belief held by each is that no one knows the day or the hour when such an event T*nll Anmir Will UllUl Several fringe groups have been busy making prophecies and preparing for events to come in 2000. Some individuals and groups subscribe to the idea that the Y2K millennium bug will play a vital role in the end of the world. Liberia ere by Wiltiam Cramer Staff Writer Liberia was founded in 1822 by the American Colonization Society, as a ^ colony on the west coast of Africa for jtog free black Americans. T+ 1q+av* Wamn in rloru^>nHpnf nfl. Xt XUl^l WVUlil^ UiV/ UlUV^Viiviv^iiv 1XM . -.^ y. i iw-x? tion of Liberia in 1847. Liberia was used as an alternative to emancipation in |iMf "fr'-i the United States, where many African r. ^ Americans, or freed slaves, thought Mr they could never receive justice and equal opportunity. From the start, however, the move- 's 1825 : ment for colonization of free blacks in where they Africa was plagued with opposition without rac by both blacks and whites. Others 1 Some, for instance, thought free would bene African Americans should remain in ize and "civi the United States to fight against slav- Colonization ery and for full legal rights as Ameri- as a result c can citizens. various rea There was, it would seem, still a blacks reloci great support for colonization in Africa, idents of th< A number of people believed black James Mad Americans would be happier in Africa, # If you are under the age of 21 it is against the law to b All ABC regulations enforced. UNDERGRADUATE SPECIAL Includes 25 personalized announcemen 25 thank you notes and 25 foil No packaging & handlin MASTERS DEGREE CANDIDA Includes 15 announcements, cap, gc add 5% sales tax to all prices ? m m I. yiepaics II "The arrival of an Antichrisi times ... Some believe Musli thought it would be a Jew." They predict that the malfunction of the world's computers will trigger a plummeting stock market and runs on banks because of public fear and chaos. Such a situation, they believe, will present the best opportunity to facilitate World War III. A group in Minnesota made up of computer sci entists, doctors, teacners ana otner average citizens foresees such a disaster and is preparing for it by living on homesteads and stockpiling food and supplies. These millennium survivalists are offering safe havens, which include a cabin and 10 acres in the plains of Minnesota, for $40,000. For $60,000, you can buy a cabin and 40 acres. Other fringe groups believe the Y2K bug is the perfect excuse to implement martial law and a global census-and-identification system as a solution to replace failed governments and economic institutions. In other words, they believe the computer glitch will bring about the rise of a new world order. Some individuals' interpretations of Bible passages, combined with the world's move to a cashless society and the more frequent use of identification numbers, lead them to that same conclusion. They claim the presence of the number 666, the biblical mark of the beast, in UPC codes and other identification codes supports their theory. Others believe the Y2K bug alone won't spell the end of the world; instead, UFOs and the millennium bug combined will set the stage for the biblical Antichrist and the new world order. The arrival of an Antichrist has been predicted several times in the past. Some believe Muslim Saladin was it. Others thought it would be a Jew. During the American Revolution, it was popular to believe King George II was the Antichrist. sated as col JH Special to sketch shows Liberia in its first years. would be able to live free By 1867, the society 1 ial discrimination. than 13,000 emigrants, believed black Americans ceived land in Africa for fit the effort to Christian- leasing, annexing and 1 lize" Africa. The American lands along the coast i Soaety was formed in 1817 rivers leading inland. >f all those in favor, for the jn 1g2l, Lt. Robert I sons listed above, of free suaded African King Peh ating to Africa. Early pres- Montserado to the ACS a society include President ist0, at his head ison and Henry Clay. Because of the ACS's tions, Liberia's power o bors was quickly increasi Which Mosc from the 16th uy alcoholic beverages. sji 'suiop jpS injnnraq sip oj pes| May Gradua It's time to or< graduation announcemen and cap & gown 16,17 (Mon., Hies., Wed.) ):00 AM-5:00 PM Russell House Bookstore . $66.75 -- SAVE $5.00 ts, cap, gown, and tassel, - g* I envelope seals g charges. IjdllU iTE SPECIAL$63.85 la cr >wn, tassel, and hood 1609 Bloss< accepted Etc. The Gamecock )r the end t has been predicted several m Saladin was it. Others Napoleon, Hitler, Mussolini and Stalin were all suspected of filling the role. Recently, Mikhail Gorbachev and Saddam Hussein made the list. Even the pope has been suspected of being the Antichrist. Some groups believe the pope seeks to rule the world through a modern Roman Empire from the Vatican. According to S. H. Venour in his book "The Counterfeit Kingdom," while Christians keep their eyes on a future Antichrist, attention is taken away from Rome and the pope's evil plot. These and other predictions can be found in grocery store tabloids, hundreds of books published each year and countless Web sites. Survival guides and other helpful manuals on the subject are also widely available. Typically, though, prophecies for specific days do not come true, and the day comes and goes without incident. In 1998, a Taiwanese cult in Garland, Tex., pro ?- jh QUESTION OF THE WEEK: ow building remained the tallest l to the middle of the 20th century? punOJo 3(fl JO 30EJJRS 3ip ipE3U3q SJ313U1 ()| S30o uoijppunoj |PpilURJ <d sdsis S]| i|8iij sj3J3uj |8 Sj iesjq sip uea| jo j3m0j, ||3g 3i)j_ HaMSNV tes o\ 3 ler ts ? 3 (T ?? L far 9 ) ^ 1 r , Dm St. ^ (J claimed that God would appear in a flying saucer at midnight March 24,1998, on a certain TV channel. The event never took place. If their predictions for the new millennium don't hold up, prophecy writers will do as they have done every other time they failed to be accurate. They will readjust and move on. The penalty for false prophecy thousands of years ago was death by stoning. In our day, people have a more forgiving attitude toward those who have gotten it wrong. We allow them to revise their thinking, and we keep buying their books. ony for Am< rum, five casks of gun powder, five umbrellas, 10 iron posts and 10 pairs of shoes, among other items. By the 1840s, Liberia had become a financial burden to the ACS. Also, the > ?. w colony faced serious political threats, mainly from Britain, because it was neither a sovereign power nor a colony Hk - of any sovereign nation. The United States had refused to Hp** , claim sovereignty over Liberia, and in 1846 the ACS was forced to order the Liberians to proclaim their indepenamecoc ^ence. Hence, the African nation of Liberia was formed, lad sent more Todav. Liberia, an independent The AC S re- African nation slightly larger than Ten its colony by nessee, has a population of 2,771,901, buying tribal only 2.5 percent of which is made up. ind on major 0f Americo-Liberians, or descendants of immigrants from the United States Stockton per- who had been slaves, erto sell Cape Liberia has just ended seven by pointing a years of civil warfare with the Abuja Peace Accords. Free and open presiaggressive ac- dential and legislative elections were ver its neigh- held in July 1997, electing Charles Tayed. In a treaty lor and his National Patriotic Party I other native to power. [ in return for Although years of civil strife and ee barrels of the resulting exodus of most business CCUNTRIVIa j. i SITE Tin ? ht illllplif % tgli. v? : ***.?; i ^,'r, William Blake's "The Four and Twenty E the Divine Throne" was painted in 1803 jrican ex This bus was blown up during the sev< ended in Liberia. people have caused widespread eco- r< nomic problems, with peace restored d and a popularly elected government in- b stalled, the difficult task of rebuilding the social and economic structure of S Liberia can proceed. T Liberia has changed greatly in the years since its founding in 1847, but its ^0$limited '^FVom now until ! $42.C i^yiii)1 Wvv, J Wolff *-y Tanning Beds s $30 < 12 visits/1 month ^ J Call for reservations i/a/nj r\ 14 Rssembly St. 252-0005 O : OF THE DAY sd of the body you have? 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