Being the bigger person when it comes to little people  My friend called me on Sunday morning to tell me what had happened to Kay Yow’s memorial at the Free Expression Tunnel. He was understandably very upset. He did not understand how someone could do something so tasteless and hateful. The truth is there is nothing to understand. I remember after the shooting at Virginia Tech some students at Penn State thought it would be “cool” and “funny” to dress up as the shooting victims at Virginia Tech and parade around the street. This is not the same as the defacing of Kay Yow’s memorial, but it is very similar. Both acts were tasteless and cruel. I was upset when that happened and I was upset when I heard about what happened at the Free Expression Tunnel as well. We cannot let people like this get to us though. They make up such a small minority in this world. Whoever did this immature act does not speak for the UNC community just as those who imitated Virginia Tech did not speak for Penn State. We have to be bigger people who love, cherish and forgive one another. That is truly what life is all about and what makes it beautiful. The most important advice I can give, and it is advice that I give myself, is this: never take a day off from loving one another and cherishing one another, that is the best way to defeat hatred and remember those who are no longer with us. Those who commit evil and hateful acts don’t take a day off, so never take a day off from loving and cherishing one another. I know I will try my best not to. Drew Wallsenior, history education