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EDITORIAL
One More Time
One more time, what? One more time, apathy. Juet
one. No more will you hear about or read that word in
the Reader. As of now, that word is officially striken
from the resevoir of terms that will appear in the Reader
this year. I might also suggest that those of you who
are reading this do the same to your vocabulary.
In fact, the Reader doesn’t care about apathy. Let
me explain this before the SGA gets the terrible feeling
that they’ve been conned, by appropriating by a
unanimous decision, the Reader budget for this year. A
budget that will allow us to appear every week, with
some careful business management, and of course,
substantial advertising revenue.
Print is a persuasive medium, but the people who
choose not to strike that ominous and foreboding word
from their vocabularys, we must forget about. And
that’s being polite.
They are the people who commute, and live far
away, and think it’s a big hassle to come here in the
first place. This school is the means to an end they
seek, and they consider that end, namely some sort of
employment, to be infinitely more important than some
social affair or other form of entertainment held here,
at this school, for everyone’s benefit.
Well, like I said, we must forget about them. I’m
being politic again! Let them sit at home and commune
with their cows, or watch the grass grow, or watch the
cars go by on Rte. 230.
A university is a place where you’re supposed to
broaden your perspectives, to open up and let new
knowledge and experiences bombard your brain cells;
in short, to leant.
One might say, “Their is nothing going on here to
interest me.” I say, “make it happen, organize, get it
going yourself, you’ve got ideas, don’t you? then
implement them. This is not a Nazi Concentration
Camp, as some might consider it to be, there is
freedom. Use it, for the benefit of yourself and for the
benefit of all.”
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Every man has to leam the words, not til we have lost the
points of compass again as world, do we begin to find
often as he awakes, whether ourselves, and realize where we
from sleep or any abstraction, are and the infinite extent of our
Not til we are lost, in other relations. ’* (Thoreau)
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Notable Quotes
Carol AikSims
.Thn Adam*, Ann Claik, Orag Hall, Nallla Jlwanl, Virginia
Lahman, Diana Lauda, Karan Plckana, Robin Plana.
Ford and Carter were
stalemated—there was no deci
sive winner. Carter appeared
nervous and as undecided as
ever. Ford was too rehearsed
he had the opportunity to come
out strongly against Carter and
didn't
Patricia Manning-llth tenn
Both men were well-versed,
but Carter came out on top. He
seemed to hit the problems
facing this country. He seemed
nervous at first, but came out
confident and very knowledge
able. He knew what he was
talking about. Ford just
rambled on and on like he’s
been doing.
Letters:
Back in 1970 when I was in
Senior High School rules were
definitely rules, and I did what
was right I wore imitation
suede ponchos that were
property fringed and blue jeans
that were embroidered with
butterflies and other cute
subjects. Iwouldn't get my hair
straightened because, at the
time, anyone in my race who
didn’t wear a natural was
considered not black enough.
Everyone was constantly pass
ing judgement
I remember one time at a
class party, a boy I had disliked
for twelve years, gave me a
farewell kiss on the cheek. It
was pleasurable for a moment
until a girl named Gayle, who
always wore matching sweaters
and knee socks, giggled. 1
came to the conclusion that
with my black fishnet stockings
and black velvet blazer Td most
certainly receive a reputation for
being easy. And that was bad!
I began the long journey
towards emancipation, a search
for my own consciousness,
about two years ago. Along
with this search for “self’ there
is a certain amount of fear
because so much of what you
are is, most times, merely a
reflection of what those around
you expect There is a certain
balance which must take place,
a need to realize that saying
“this is me and I don’t give a
damn what others think” isn’t a
bit better than saying “my
existence is what the world
demands.”
William M. Kano
...Daborah K. Young
Patty Stanchak
.Robert L. Flatter Jr.
•Wayno Stott mai (tar
It is difficult and often quite
painful to evaluate yourself
throughout and discover the
right direction and discipline
you really need-a struggle to
obscure years of mother's
C.C. Reader
The Reader Asks
What M Yea Tkiak Of Tha Mataa?
Sue Rndman-7th term
By Debbie Young
Ken Love-7th term
Neither one said anything I
haven’t heard before. My
general opinion was that it (the
debates) was just boring, ft was
so bad I went and dried my
clothes instead of watching.
John Robinson-9th term
ft was boring. I had hoped
For a little mud-slinging, but
they never got down to any
basic issues, ft was not my idea
}f a debate. I hope the next one
is “better'’.
Seeking Liberation Of Self
training and schoolmates’ rules
and define what you really want
Oftentimes wanting to act
“natural” might be as much of
an act as any other. I remember
seeing a makeup company ad in
which a beautiful young model
eulogized the value of looking
natural. You too could look
natural if you wore the right
foundation, cheek color, mas
cara and lipstick.
From what Ive read and
heard of adult life in the fifties,
it seems that the same
constraints exist today. We’ve
just changed the command to
be followed, and the image to
be assumed. Back in the fifties
women felt they had to follow
the same dictate-stay home
and argue with five-year-old
brats. Then along came
mass-produced tee shirts that
said “you’ve come a long way
baby” which intruded on
women’s club meetings and the
new mission was to assert
yourself.
We should be intelligent
enough by now to recognize
that some things aren’t going to
work for all women. You have
to consider the individual
suggestions of every process. I
know a young woman who told
me she never considered how
3he really felt about children
until three weeks after her first
baby was bom. Then she had a
dream that the baby was a
massive hamburger and she ate
her at a Labor Day picnic.
However at that time it was
much too late.
h back of all the sayings
about what is best and most
fulfilling, behind all those
explanations and facts, will
come the reasons for the
individual case. My mother said
she enjoyed the snort time she
had to be home and watch her
children grow. I think Td have
September 30, 1976
Marge Sanford-10th term
The whole thing was very
dull and lacking in spontaneity.
[ was forced to listen to the
issues without having them
clouded by the personalities
involved, ft was valuable but
incredibly boring.
Regina Haughney-7th term
The debates only reinforced
my ideas I already had about the
candidates. Carter came across
better than I expected. They
shouldn’t have used so many
statistics. Who cares about
statistics?
more fun watching my shoesize
grow-but my decision to read
Moliere instead of A. A. Milne is
mine and doesn’t have to be
everybody’s.
Some place there is a part of
you that can be developed and
re-shaped and is very much
individual. When I was younger
I desperately had a need for my
parents to shape my world. I
really trusted mem— and much
more important I had someone
to blame when I was too fat,
didn’t get the grades I wanted in
school and was lonely on a
Saturday night
But that way of thinking
indicates a personal useless
ness, a personal distrust You
must take some risks, chance
some things now and then-not
ease along with undue optimis
tic good humor and figure that
Destiny will determine what’s
best in this world.
ft sometimes hurts to spend
all your emotions in one person,
career, way of thinking-some
times hurts because what is
g lined can often be minimal.
ut explanations for inaction
are only agreeable for a
while-then comes that empty
feeling again, and a whole lot of
frustration. I guess there is an
exciting feeling to being
confident, to saying “Til work
until Tm happy” and that’s all. I
guess 111 know when Tve
accomplished true liberation
when someone says “you look
horrible today” and I can say
“but I feel great” and not have
my whole day destroyed.
I really don’t need other
people giving me my identity. 1
think L can handle the
responsibility for my own life, if
you please, not rely on parents,
roommates, women’s groups or
men. My control on fife can
only be me.