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Editorial...
See John. See John go to middle school.
See John leave school and smoke a joint.
Scary story. You bet. A new survey
found that drug use is on the rise for kids
as young as 13. The survey found that
youngsters are smoking marijuana, using
cocaine and crack, taking LSD pills and
sniffing glue and air fresheners.
The study of 500,000 students found that
26% of eighth graders drink alcohol; 16%
of eighth graders smoke cigarettes; 4% of
eighth graders smoke marijuana; and 0.7%
of eighth graders use cocaine.
These numbers are staggering. The study
found that drugs are easier to obtain and
fewer eighth graders condemn the use of
them since the study was last conducted.
Our country needs to get serious about
our drug problem. We are sending
billions and billions of dollars overseas to
help the oppressed in other nations, while
our children are killing themselves. We
need better education. Our nation's young
needs to learn that drugs are evil and so
are those who deal them.
John deserves better.
Opinion
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From The Hip
This sucks, this sucks, this
really sucks.
Somehow, I got stuck with
writing this. I have no idea
where I'm going with this. Like
I really had an idea where I was
going with my last "From the
Hip."
The thing I can say is that my
first year of college has been a
year of ups and downs, rights
and lefts, and a lot of sports
articles for this paper.
I have to thank my sports
editors, Matt and Keith, for
making my articles look correct.
I have to thank Arnel for the
great photos that take up the
space near my articles. (I'm now
wiping the Charmin from my
nose).
I also have to thank the
women's softball team for
winning so many games, they
make writing so much easier.
In all seriousness, this may
be kind of funny. Considering
the conversation here is
revolving around "Mr.
Wiggly","The Jolly Roger" and
"Hooters", how can I not think
of something to write about.
What I have found out about
the staff, the one that's here
Wednesday, is that it is a staff
of deep, loyal integrity. Yeah,
right and I'm going to be
rooting for Philly teams
somaiay.
I think the reason I'm writing
this is because I don't want
Arnel to take all the credit for a
"Film the Hip" this week.
Right now my mind is blank,
but I have to keep writing so
the Sunda= Kid doesn't get all
of the credit.
I have to give him some
credit. He gave me a ride home
for Easter, but I quickly retract
that for how nervous he made
me before I met my girlfriend's ,
family. He's lucky that I let him
bum around me.
The thing that I'm trying to
stay away from is the deep,
personal story that sometimes
appears in this spot and bores
me to daub when I read it
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I don't know why I'm always
complaining. I guess it's the
southern (Pennsylvania) boy in
me.
This is getting frustrating and
hectic. For one thing, I can't
think of something to write and
another thing, the paper doesn't
look like it'll be finished for a
while. I think I'll be gone before
that.
To wrap it up, I wish the
softball team luck today against
Buff. State, so I can write
another easy article. Arnel, my
ETH is finished before yours.
HA! HA!
Joe Mouillo
Collegian Staff
From The Hip
...the sequel
Okay, so here I am again
writing my second From the
Hip. Half the reason that I am
writing this is because I don't
want Joe taking all the credit for
writing one of these things for
this week.
I guess it would also be a
cheesy move if I mentioned
names of people that would
appreciate seeing their names in
print, such as: Nicole
Gialanella, Kimberly Porter,
Erik Bidets, David Shields,
Julie Stocker, Sue Mazur, Jim
Serafin, Yesho Atil, Joe Mycka,
Shirley Climpson, Rich Fiordo,
Shannon & Val @ State
College, Joe Mottillo, Missy
Rosenblum, Missy Davis, and
Hal "Fric-n-Fracture" Coffey.
There are several things that I
still haven't figured out since I
came to Erie three years ago.
Why do Erie drivers insist on
making left turns across traffic
after the light has been red for at
least 10 seconds? Why do Erie
"convenience" stores close at
midnight? Why don't Erie radio
stations, attention JET-FM, play
songs like No Limit by 2
Unlimited or The Hit= by AB
Logic? My favorite, but now
defunct, Pittsburgh radio station
Mixliunz 100.7fm always played
stuff like that. Heck even B-94
plays the extended version of
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My dream is to open a Hard
Rock Cafe in the Strip District
in Pittsburgh. Like you
couldn't tell if you've ever seen
the license plate on the front of
the van I drive: HRD RK
CAFE. It'll be the first Hard
Rock Cafe in the United States
to have its own dance floor with
a lighting system to rival
anything ever produced. by
George Lucas' Industrial Light
and Magic studio. There will
be a large screen TV in the place
so that many of my patrons can
watch the Pirates beat the
Phillies and Mets repeatedly, the
Pens annihilate the Rangers on a
regular basis, and the Steelers
win the AFC Central year after
year. Mr. Stocker, you'll have
to add a new wall to your den.
Now that I know that Joe has
completed his From The Hip,
there are several things that I
would like to say. Julie & Sue,
thanks for all the fun we've had
so far this semester. Mrs.
Motullo, don't worry about Joe,
if he has learned from the
mistakes that I made my
freshman year, he'll go far.
Mrs. Rosenblum, I hope you
liked the photo I took of Hugh
several weeks ago. Joe and
Steve, how can you stand living
in that glorified cubicle that I
used to live in? Cia & Pam, I'll
miss you guys in the Fall.
Greg, we're listening to the
techno remix of Speed Racer.
Dinky, a/k/a Greg Kristen, how
come I've made numerous visits
to Fantastic Sam's without
having my hair butchered?
Time for a Pens cheer. Ho!
Just had to insert that since
Matt's from Philly.
Amel &delta
Collegian Photo Coodinator
... As we last saw,
Butch Cassidy and the
Sundance Kid were
seen riding into the
Erie night. (Insert
sneeze here!)
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