Page Two-Highacres Collegian, May 7, 1974 edna: the poor studenti philosopher This is my twelfth col umn since I landed at High acres. I have seen and heard many things. What goes in one ear usually comes out my pen. So here is a lesson in "Righacres Double Talk." "Lend me a quarter for a phone call"--really means--"I want to play more air hockey." "Don't write more than one bluebook, it's quality, not quantity"--really means-- "Sixteen pages of your chicken scratch is plenty." "It may only be twenty five multiple choice"--really means--"It will definitely be thirty-five multiple guess, ten completion, and an essay." "Have you seen Dale?"-- really means--" Where has Dale left his lunch?" Nig!Tants On&plan XLiliD QF DIRECTORS John Busher...Editor-in-Chief Maria Rovito.Exeontive Editor Dale ilialok..Dusiness Manager Linda Gallagher. Managing Editor Prod Eolet.Produotion Manager Lawrence Suhreasoulty Advisor rc7ri NEWS: D. Serfaeo-Editor, D. 'Borger, C. Kokinda, N. Meiser, N.J. Rovito, C. Tito. ENTEITAIMST: S. Tatsko-Editor T. Seo. FEATURE: D. Berger-Editor, Edna, M.J. Rovito. EDITORIAL' N.J. Rovito-Editor, J. Mullen. ADVERTISING: J. Roslevieh-Mana ger, L. Gallagher, D. Mack. PROTOGRAPHYt Anyone with a oanera. SPORTS: MLA• DeLazio-Editor, W. Michael• COMPOSITION: D.Bever-Manager, L.Gallagher, P.Kolet, W. Michael, J.Roelevich, Rovito, D.Serfase, D.Walck. The COLLEGIAN ie located in the Publications office in the S.U.B. game room. "Would you like to help?" --really means--"I just vol unteered you f0r...." "Don't worry, all you have to do to pass this course is"--really means--" Worry!" Mr. Schneider would like to see you"--really means-- "The computer has denied your existence again." "Congratulations, you have just been selected for really means--" Please send cold cash to see your name in print." "This is the end of this column"--really means--" Edna has run out of philosophy." VAGABOND BUGS by Deborah Berger When I was called upon to write up a piece concerning the gypsy moth problem, my first impulse was to chuck the COL LEGIAN Assignment sheet and submit an article entitled "Re vealed! Chorus Members Receive Their Grades Because They Pro-, vide Free Musical Entertainment For The English Faculty During THE Faculty's Office Hours (Or The True Reason For Dr. Suhre's Leaving The South Building)" and'then wait for the general response, which may or may not have been fun. The fact is that I don't know any more about these moths than the next person, but I wasn't about to go out of my way to learn anything new with a deadline creeping up my spine. You would do the same thing, I be lieve; you will agree that school is a nice venture when it doesn't interfere with one's literary efforts. At any rate, I do know that it is in poor taste to joke about gypsy moths, and, Lord knows, is is virtually impossible to joke with them. I speak from personal experi ence. Also, while I believe that any creature associated with those persons of the Gyp sy persuasion is a creature to be reckoned with, I also be lieve that, if the stars were earning their salary, a minor pox would fall upon the indivi dual responsible for this appel lation. It is positively defam- continued from bottom SAing (few things are negative ly defamating), to the Gypsies, 'anyway, if not to the moths. e have seen that, unfortunate ly, nothing seems to be defam ating to Porthetria dispar this side of the River Styx, and no amount of name-calling is going to change their way of thinking. Again, I speak from personal experience, as a person who would no sooner refer to these beasties - (who are to be held accountable for more defolia tion than the Duke of Mantua) as "gypsy moths" than to walk into a Shinto temple and hol ler "Banzai!" It is just not tactful. Now I would possibly con done The Gypsy Moths as the name of a singing group-- we have become rather blase about these things and would accept anything as the name of a singing group without sur prise--but that is another story. It has always seemed to me that the Slash and Burn Policy should be the title of a foreign aid program pro posed by two Congressmen. This concern moths only by imaginitive overtime. The Spanish word for " moth," by the way, is 1121 7 illa, which sounds for all the world like an ice cream flavor. While we're on it, the Spanish word for "Gypsy" is gitano, which hardly sounds very flattering. The French have a word for "moth" which sounds obscene. I would like to know what the'Gypsies call the French, at least when they are in good moods. But be that as it may, I am all in favor of the trendy project of getting the winged pests out of their Srbuscular howffs, just so long as we do not get ethnic about it. PERFECTION by James Mullen A year ago when I was tak ing the International Understand ing course offered on this cam pus, Dr. Miller, the instructor, presented a question to the class which ran along these lines: What effect does the media, and television in par ticular, have on the public?
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