Greenville native making big in country music

Greenville native Steve Azar is making a name for himself in the country music industry and we at the DBJ salute his success. The music business is one tough business and although AzarÕs name is moving to the front of the charts, the real tale will be told after his next album. As the saying goes, Òyou are only as good as your last record...Ó is true in the business. Azar must have another big album or he will be a has-been over night. ThatÕs just how it is. If this young Delta musicianÕs second album is as big as his first, he will be on the way. We at the DBJ hope that this next album reaches is a blockbuster.

The War in Iraq

Many Delta natives, and Delta residents are serving in the war in Iraq at this very moment. We at the DBJ wish them complete safety while they are over there and we wish them also a safe return. War is an awful thing, but necessary to insure that in the end we all live in a safe and secure world. We at the DBJ continue to be amazed at the stupidity that the Hollywood elite display pertaining to this war. Perhaps this group should revisit the history of Germany and that region while Hitler was in power in order to gain a better understanding of why the war with Iraq must take place right now. Where would this world be today if the U.S. had not stepped in to stop Hitler? England could not accomplish this, and France, well, France has never won a war. Our country is right to proceed with the war in Iraq in order to insure a safe world for our children tomorrow and Hollywood should shut their emotionally-shaky mouths and be respectful of our men and women serving their country over there and also be respectful of our solderÕs families who remain here.

DSU presidential search

We at the DBJ are hoping that the DSU search for a new president will come to a conclusion soon rather than being drawn out like Mississippi State University experienced during their search for a president not that long ago. Why? Because the Cleveland community is extremely, if not all dependent on Delta State University - if DSU moves forward, Cleveland does also. If DSU slips, so to will Cleveland. DSU needs to select a president who possess more entrepreneurial skills than academic. DSU has so many possibilities, but that school will need a leader who can make rapid decisions and hold the line. Dr. David Potter set a course for this kind of thinking. DSU must continue in this direction for the sake of that school and for the sake of the Cleveland community.