Africa: Submitted by Kenneth Mckeever, 13 August 21, 1983 This trip was really a cultural experience. This trip makes you think about the possessions you own and what they mean to you. The most thinking I did was when we went to Goree Island. While at Goree Island, we visited a slave house. There was an African curator there who explained to us what each room meant. While walking around the slave house, we came upon ÒThe Doorway Of No ReturnÓ; this doorway overlooks the Atlantic ocean and is recognized as the spring board to a life of slavery for millions of Africans. Just standing in the doorway. . . so much goes through your mind it is hard to explain. One thing that keeps going through my mind is that people would rather die than go through that doorway and live the life of a slave. I also learned from the people in Africa that even if you do not have many possessions, as long as you have love, that is more than enough to make it in this life. With this in mind I have decided that I am not giving up on the bike club. I am not going to let some petty differences between me and some of the guys stand in the way of a true brothership that I have with boys in the bike club. I enjoyed the rest of the trip, but Goree Island is a power point so that is what I choose mainly to talk about.