EDITORIAL
"Right As &romp"
Whether or not this is an editorial in the strict
sense of the word is a debatable point. What this
piece is, is more like a bit of esoterica. To you
engineers, not too familiar with the language,
esoterica, according to Webster, means esoteric
items; further than that I won't take you, so use your
own dictionary.
Usually Tuesday night is the scene of some sort of
dance or disco keggar at the Student Center. This
Tuesday was not. Consequently a• larger number of
people showed up at the Lamp Post Inn than usually
do on Tuesdays, Tuesdays.
A man was there who, in my opinion, was a true
giant: in stature as well as intelligence, intelligence.
Having an affinity with people of this nature 1 was
automatically inclined to indulge in conversation with
him, him. He was eventually flagged for shooting the
chalk all around the pool table without bothering
about the billiard balls, balls. He won the game even
though he had no competition. Who would want to
shoot a game of chalk on a billiard table, table? And
what are the rules?
He had eyes that were set close together, for he
had a narrow nose. He was about five feet three
inches tall and about 43. His dentist must not have
been one of the more proficient of that calling if he
had a dentist...
Richard could talk to anybody, although, nobody
understood what he was saying. You could
sometimes catch glimmers of enlightenment in his
conversation; otherwise you would just nod your
head and agree with what he was trying to say. On
top of this, as the night drew on, he got fired up; a bit
inebriated.
Richard was easy to get along with. You could say
anything at all to him, nothing mattered. Degrade
him with lewd or base remarks and it had no effect.
A nd that was the case. People sometimes enjoy being
superior and making jokes at the ineptness of others.
But does that make them better? They are certainly
more capable of dealing with others in the real world
than he was, but what fine attribute is it to make jest
of an incompetent? It's not.
It's not as though this man was totally devoid of
sense. Those glimmers of enlightenment sometimes
did smack of the truth. He was aware of his position
in the world. He was aware that he was thought of as
a clown, and that he was harmless. He was aware
that he was a fall man. When anything happened he
would be blamed for it because it's easier to pin
something on such a person as he. He made the best
of it. He entertained everyone present, collectively
and individually. He made everyone laugh either at
him or with him.
There should be more Richards in the world. In
fact, there should be more Richards at the Capitol
Campus.
Maybe he would make a good prof. "O.K . students
for today's lesson we are going to play musical
chairs." He wouldn't care if you didn't have an
immaculate attendance record; he wouldn't care if
you said something not quite academically sound;
and he would certainly be open to negotiation when it
came time to write down the grade on the record
book. He'd make a great prof.
It often happens anyway that it's'the people in the
class who make the class interesting or stimulating,
provoking thought patterns previously unknown to
you for you hadn't looked at it that way before. The
prof is sort of a guide leading you down a
predetermined path that finally takes you to the
magical land of Oz. With Richard the path would be
open to lefts and rights and yield signs and detours in
reverse, forward, slow or fast. The students would be
the teacher, with an occasional comment tossed in by
the man in the front of the room.
Administrators would have no need to fear him.
He would work cheap. The idea of unionizing in order
to have bargaining power and more input into the
direction his career would be taking
would be as remote to him as Middletown is to me. So
if any administrators are reading this I think you
should look up Richard; it would put an entirely new
perspective into your school, school.
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The Vociferous Mock Made On Us
Dear Sir:
In regard to the vociferous
attack made upon the C.C.
Reader in last week's Letters to
the Editor column, I offer the
following rebuttal:
To Ms. Cox,
1. Cris, you say that you
resent the fact that part of your
tuition went to pay for the
April Fools' issue of the paper. I
would like to point out that the
C.C. Reader is the most
independent student activity on
campus. This is due to the fact
that they raise a substantial
part of their operating expense
by taking ads from local
business establishments (none,
by the way, complained how
their advertising fees were
spent). Therefore, I suggest
you direct your misgivings to
those organizations on campus
which are funded entirely out of
S.G.A. and then squander those
funds on activities which, if
attended at all, are attended by
Life After The Presidency
This is the first of several
columns that I'll be supplying to
the editor of the C.C. Reader
for the remainder of the term.
As most of you know, in my placing bets on just when the
position as Student Govern- maintaince department would
ment President, I was supposed turn it into the Mohave
to stimulate debate on Heights!
things going on and off campus, Now, I have no proof that
and not, as others would think, our lawn mowers make our
to create it. green grass brown on purpose,
So I had to remain but it just seems to happen. I
somewhat quiet in voicing my hope this year is different. So
opinions on the floor of the far, its not to bad.
S.G.A. Senate. On a more serious topic; it
That is until now. seems that everybody and their
There are many things that cousin has said something
I have opinions about, so taking about that infamous April fools
on the editors challenge, this issue. Well, settle back, it's my
multi-media student will com- turn. I've always believed that
mence writing and hopefully I'll Yes, I found parts of it sick. the students in the Business
be able to get some things off Yes, I thought parts of it had Administration Program are
my chest. (And I don't mean my too many four letter words. winners and the recent Student
"Three Stooges T-Shirt"!) And yes the people who raised Government elections prove it
In the space available for complaints have a good case. to the whole Capitol Campus
this week, I'd would like to put But the thing that really upsets community. All four of the new
in my two cents worth about a me is that some people that SGA Executive Officers are
small, yet important object that complained like crazy to me, Business Administration stu
all of us think about now and were some of the same people I dents!
then. Grass. caught in Vendorville having a On behalf of my colleagues
I don't mean that grass! I good laugh over some of the on the faculty of the Business
mean the grass that keeps articles that appeared in that Administration Program I
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the handful of club members
whose self-interest is being
served.
2. As a fellow student of
constitutional law, I suggest
that you reread New York
Times vs. Sullivan and Cohen
vs. California. Both of these
cases render your argument
about a school newspaper being
different in regard to First
Amendement protections Moot.
3. I agree with your
observations that a student
newspaper should reflect the
"aggregate interest" of the
student body. In the issue
published the week before the
April Fools' edition, Mr. Kane
placed an ad asking for any
interested students to submit
material for the April special.
Six or seven students re
sponded. That, my friend,
constituted the "aggregate
INTEREST" (emphasis mine)
of the student body.
4. In regard to your opinion
that "...that issue reflected a
"Lawn Boy" in business.
Did you take notice of how
nice the grass grew this spring?
Myself and a few comrades are
YOUR FAVORITE SONG,
ALBUM and/or ARTIST:
very small minority of sick
individuals with no ethics or
sense of responsible journa
ism..., "I agree with you. That
is your opinion, and we all know
what they say about opinions.
Now turning to Mr. Lavin's
letter,
1. Mark, I am a Pre-Law
student with about 40 hours of
Political Science/Law related
courses under my belt. In all
that time I have never heard
the term "bona fide expression
of press freedom." Would you
care to define it? (Please cite
relevant statues and case law.)
2. Until you can meet point
one, your call for Mr. Kane's
resignation as a condition for a
return to such a nebulous
concept of such dubious merit is
absurd and does not deserve
reply.
Michael J. Burke
Public Policy
From my point of view as
S.G.A. President, I was more
mad at the inaccurate, sloppy
news stories, and reporting
that the paper's staff put out
than their attempt at satire.
And that's the last on this
subject you'll hear from me.
Next week, some observa
tions of a Capitpl Campus
institution: "The Studyholic".
Cliff Eshbach
Business
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