The University Press (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, March 14, 1975 Page: 2 of 16
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University Press March 14,1975 »2
/UftVEY
Patience is a virtue
This is not an easy piece to write, because making excuses for
poor quality usually winds up sounding like sour grapes.
We shall try to avoid that.
We have had many, many problems and difficulties fo late, most
of them attributable to our type-setting equipment. Earlier this
semester, our old equipment was replaced by a brand, spanking new
unit.
This development was greeted with great cries of relief by the
members of our staff. Even the new type-setter’s color, a lovely
royal blue, stood out in glorious contrast to the old unit’s
brown hue.
We had no doubts whatsoever that, thenceforth, we could get
down to the business of organizing ourselves into a tight,
professional news-gathering organization.
No way. We should have known better than to dream such
childish, sugar plum visions. Things are just as bad now as ever.
Last week’s issue was incredibly bad, as more than one reader
has pointed out. It seems that our shiny new type-setter is very
finicky about which computer tapes it will take. For a while ,we
could not set any copy in one of our point sizes. Then one of the
keyboards quit printing the character “6”. Now any line of copy con-
taining that character can be set on only one keyboard, which means
some lines will have to be run through that keyboard separately
from other copy in the same story, than pieced in.
Sounds like fun? It isn’t.
We have had to resort to much more desperate devices than that,
but we don’t have the heart to get specific. The typists say they can’t
read tear-stained copy.
We are not, despite evidence to the contrary, hopelessly in-
competent. We have all worked long (unpaid) overtime hours just so
we could get a paper, any sort of paper, out. We do feel our respon-
sibility to our readers. We are aware that every issue contains
timely material which cannot be re-run or held over.
If we may use a rather hoary analogy, we are on a treadmill
which seems to be moving faster and faster with each passing week.
It requires more and more effort simply to stay in the same place,
and lately, we seem to be losing ground.
What can we say besides we’re sorry? We can’t even promise to
do better next time because there is no assurance that we will get the
necessary cooperation from our mechanical colleague.
We are doing the very best we can under the present cir-
cumstances.'Please, please bear with us.
GWG
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Press staff. Such letters must be signed, under 250
^ words (letters over this amount will be edited to con- yy
form to limit), and submitted to the University Press
before 2 p.m. on Tuesday. Offices are located in the
Setzer Student Center.
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B lack Awareness Week
coverage is criticized
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor,
The response the University Press
gave to the Awareness of Blackness
during Black Awareness Week was
pathetic and also a slap in the Black
students’ faces here on this campus.
How is it possible for this vital chan-
nel of communication to the student
body overlook the importance of repor-
ting Black Awareness to the students on
this campus. Not only do they ignore
Black activities during the year, they
have also failed to respond to requests
for coverage on several occasions by a
Black recognized student organization.
How can the people responsible for
the articles in the paper find space for
the reporting of a theft of sunflower
seeds in the loans office by a hungry
squirrel on the front page when Blacks
and whites have so much disconcern for
each other on this campus.. And we
have the nerve to call this apathy. The
problem should be viewed for what it is,
ignorance on the part of 10,000 plus
people. And ignorance can only be
cured with knowledge. Therefore, an ef-
fective tone of communication is
necessary for this campus to conquer
this unnecessary dilemma.
It is time for the administration of
this school to see to it that responsible
people are placed in positions where
they must deal with the situation at
hand; the lack of communication bet-
ween the Black and white people on this
campus. If the administration does not
think it is necessary to scrutinize these
positions, then may be the ad-
ministration needs to be scrutinized by
someone on the grounds of those very
similar when the first Blacks attended
this school.
Blackness can no more be ignored
than whiteness on this campus;
therefore, it is high time for the Univer-
sity Press to provide coverage for
Black Awareness year round.
Spencer N. Charlton
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by Cheryl Daniels
When you’re headed down the road
on your way home during the spring
break or just our on a getaway ex-
cursion, and want to listen to something
simple and unflashy, there’s the Pure
Prarle League.
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No, it’s not a women’s tempefhnce
group (although the name was taken
from such a group in an old Errol Flynn
movie.) Pure Prarle League is a solid-
sounding, definitely “un-rock” band.
Country--yes, but not quite as ‘pure” as
their name might imply.
Their first album entitled “Pure
Prarie League” on RCA (!) is readily
identified by the comical Norman
Rockwell painting of a cowboy and an-
tique phonograph on its jacket cover.
What’s inside is just as light. There
are powerful tunes like “Harmony
Song” and pleasurable ones like “Doc’s
Tune,” an instrumental, and “Take it
Before You Go.” “Woman” and
“Tears” are sentimental, though still
carefree songs that will probably hit
home, too.
Pure Prarie League gives you the
feeling that they would be comfortable
performing in a legion hall as well as
before a Deep Purple audience in the
astrodome.
¥¥¥
Down home music to drive home by.
Unflashy, un-John Denver-y and en-
joyable. Pure Prarie League may have
introduced a whole new category and
soon find themselves “the best in good
driving music.”
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Cucancic, Gail. The University Press (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, March 14, 1975, newspaper, March 14, 1975; Beaumont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth499610/m1/2/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar University.