The North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 62, No. 53, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 5, 1978 Page: 2 of 8
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Commentary
Editorials
Bond$—Too Much, Too Soon
Denton needs a new arts center like it needs a hole in
the head.
There’s something peculiar about places like
Denton. They’re like minor-league players trying to
break into the majors. Denton likes to think of itself as
a tiny Dallas (e.g., “The Top of the Golden Triangle”),
Dallas likes to think of itself as a tiny New York, and
so on, and so on.
That’s the problem with the proposed arts center:
it’s too much, too soon—and at too great a price.
Surely, $2 million could be better spent on
something Denton needs. Another arts facility would
be an extravagance. If there is one thing Denton has, it
is a lot of facilities for arts, crafts, theater, dance,
drama, music, ad infinitum. With two universities, the
Civic Center and the Firehouse Theater, Denton hard-
ly needs another arts facility.
How many of Denton’s 50,000 or so citizens would
use such a center? The chances are only a small percen-
tage would. Those people could just as easily use the
public facilities or the ones at the two schools.
In addition, there are other, more pressing needs in
the Denton community to be reckoned with. The city
has just finished funding a senior citizen’s center, and
the money slated for the arts center probably would
keep the senior citizen’s facility in operation for a long
time.
What’s more, the $2 million estimated cost of
building the arts center is subject to change. Just take a
look at any building that has gone up recently and
compare the original price with the cost after comple-
tion. The same argument goes for the maintenance of
the center.
All things considered, the arts center proposal made
its appearance at the wrong time. It's too much too
soon.
Tom Lasorda pitched in the minor leagues for 16
years before he got his break into the majors, and to-
day he is manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Perhaps somday Denton will get its arts center, but
it will have to wait for now, and keep pitching.
—ALLAN COOK
Does Faculty Need a Lounge?
Why does the Faculty Commons Committee think it
needs a central faculty gathering place?
A 1977 faculty poll shows that 109 of 147 faculty
members who answered the poll supported some kind
of faculty lounge in the University Union. That’s 109
of some 800 faculty members. Fortunately, though, the
Union is no longer being considered for the faculty
lounge location.
There’s nothing wrong with a faculty lounge per se,
but it seems that there is a group of faculty members
that thinks the faculty should be separate from the rest
of the university community. Some faculty members
who support the lounge notion think faculty members
should have an exclusive lounge simply because they
are faculty members. It’s just like junior high—a quiet
place for teachers to get away from screaming kids and
talk about their problems.
What does seem to be wrong, however, is that the
sense of community one expects at a university is
broken down. If faculty and students work separately,
little will be accomplished. In junior high schools,
there is little students can offer to make the system
work better, but here we presumably are mature and
responsible enough to make contributions and help
deal with the problems American institutions of higher
learning face today, and anyone knows there are
enough of them to go around several times.
Such an elite separation would ultimately be
detrimental to the university. Without the free ex-
change of ideas among all groups on campus, students,
administrators and faculty alike, there will be no
growth. Dr. Eugene Wright of the English faculty said
the faculty lounge should be where the students are.
And he’s right. The faculty should be right in there
with the students, arguing together, working together
to solve the problems of the university community.
Community. That means everyone involved in
education, from the bottom of the ladder all the way to
the top—students, and faculty and administrators.
It’s like the pre-Revolutionary War slogan: “Join or
Die.”
—ALLAN COOK
Finals? Already? Yikes!
Lampoon Offers Studying Tips
The bad thing about the end of the semester is that
there are always those horrible finals to take. Besides
ending up with three finals each day, I always have to
get up at 6 a m. for some last-minute cramming. So
this year, I decided to take the advice of “The Harvard
Lampoon Big Book of College Life” on how to study.
1) Notes, notes, notes.
For centuries, reading and writing have gone hand
in hand for the “smart set.” Today, students incapable
of taking a note could hardly hope to write out a whole
exam, let alone produce an attractive party invitation.
Certainly you could try to take notes without
writing, but even inexpensive potato-block printing is a
victim of pernicious stagflation and changing fashion.
Letter Policy
The North Texas Daily welcomes and will
print letters from readers. ALL letters must be
signed and must include the writer’s address
and telephone number. Because of limited
space, letters should not exceed 200 words. The
Daily retains the right to edit.
Furthermore, when finals time rolls around, the proc-
tors will probably frown on your hauling a 40-pound
sack of Idaho spuds into the examination room.
No, writing is here to stay as America’s favorite
form of impromptu literary expression. Try to get on
top of the fad that promises to become a tradition,
a) Note what you read.
Peggy
Hendricks
The North Texas Daily
2nd Year North Slate Univeriity Denton Texas
Printed by the North Texas State University Printing Office
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RICK KELSEY, editor
GEORGE BELL,
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Joanna Bostwick, news editor Nancy Marshall, news assistant
Peggy Hendricks, news editor Sheree Bradshaw, news assistant
Allan Cook, editorials Bryan Reed, sports editor
Sue Morrison, editorials David Moore sports editor
LI2 Winding, entertainment editor John Harrison, photographer
Carol Stewart, entertainment editor Lee Latzer, photographer
Kim Ernst, news assistant Stephen Crothers, photographer
Sara Jacobsmeyer, news assistant Dave Gasmlre, ad representative
Martha Watts, ad representative
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University, is published daily, Tuesday through Friday, during the
long terms, September through May and weekly (every Thursday)
during the summer session, June through August except during
review and examination periods and school vacations.
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Southwestern Journalism Congress
PACEMAKER 6 TIMES ALL-AMERICAN 65 TIMES
Stationary letters and words are sitting ducks for the
beginning writer. They are totally helpless when the
enterprising novice is really bent on transferring them
into his notebook.
This last item is important. The over eager student
who copied "Elements of Biochemistry” into “The
Mill on the Floss" merely ruined two ordinarily enter-
taining books.
Always use a notebook. If you honestly cannot,
don’t take to the vindictive vandalism and monstrous
misuse of the usually cheerful yellow Magic Marker.
So many frustrated young ruffians try the lame excuse
that they "own” their books and can do anything they
please with them. They also shoot horses, don’t they?
b) Note what you hear.
The old maxim might well be "Those who can’t do,
talk.” The nonstop gabfests your instructiors indulge
in can be mines of information.
Don’t be ashamed to write while the teacher speaks;
odds are he or she will be flattered as long as you’ve
asked permission beforehand. On weekends, practice
by transcribing television programs, or get a friend to
read to you over the telephone.
c) Note what you think.
After months of devoted study, you may find your
free time encumbered by nagging thoughts, conclu-
sions and intellectual constructs. Turn this minor
nuisance into a major resource by writing out these un-
bidden mental guests. Keep a small pastel-colored (for
women) or morocco-bound (for men) diary full of such
cerebal debris, and you’ll find that your friends will
credit you with a full emotional life at half the cost.
2) Other general pointers :
a) Take a warm (not hot) shower before studying.
b) When there is a difficulty, make an outline.
c) Sleep soundly, but sanely.
Well, there they are, the best study rules around. But
if all else fails, remember: Your class can always
threaten the teacher with mass suicide.
The North Texas Daily
Page 2 Tuesday, December 5, 1978
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Pro § Con
The Arts Center Bond Issue
Denton citizens will vote today for or against a bond
issue to build a community arts center in North Lakes
Park. The $2 million bond issue would construct a
building with a proposed area of 53,750 square feet
within an exterior space of180,000 square feet, The
debt would be retired by an increase in property taxes
of 8 cents per $100 property valuation. No part of the
bond issue revenue would be used for operating ex-
penses.
This voter’s guide for today’s election was compiled
by the League of Women voters of Denton. The league
is a nonpartisian organization which works to promote
political responsibility through active and informed
participation of all citizens in their government. The
league does not support or oppose any political party
or candidate.
Pro
Con
• Denton should provide for the creative develop-
ment of its citizens as well as it does for their physical
development. It is difficult to carry out an organized
program of creative activities without the proper
facilities.
• The outline plan of the facilities of the arts center
provides spaces designed for drama, choral music,
musical theater, orchestral music, chamber music,
touring plays, dance companies, concerts, operas,
films, painting and drawing, sculpture, photography,
prints, crafts, touring exhibits, historial meetings,
educational classes, lectures, meetings, banquets, con-
ventions and parties.
• A survey of presently used facilities shows that
they are being used to capacity, as well as being un-
suitable in many instances, therby limiting many arts
programs. The proposed arts center would provide
facilities adapted to meet both present and future
needs of a growing community, for use by all organiza-
tions and individuals.
• Denton will be provided a coordinated, com-
prehensive arts program for all citizens in a fine
building that will appreciate in value over the years. It
will provide a convention center that Denton lacks.
• It will contribute to the economy by providing
more jobs, such as construction and maintenance.
• The proposed location at North Lakes Park is
already owned by the city, and there is room for expan-
sion.
• All maintenance costs, including a paid ad-
ministrator, will be covered by utilization fees, the
local hotel-motel occupancy tax, grants and endow-
ments.
• Denton does not need an arts center. We have
facilities at the two universities and in the town.
Auditorium space can be found if scheduling is done
far enough in advance. The Civic Center and the
Firehouse Theater provide some faculties now.
• Many excellent performances at the Denton
public schools and the universities at a nominal cost or
even free, are poorly attended. If citizens do not sup-
port what is readily available, can they be asked to
build another facility, or be expected to support it if it
is built?
• The bond issue would increase property taxes by 8
cents per $100 valuation. For example, for a $32,000
house, property taxes would increase $1.28 per month,
or $15.36 per year.
• Besides the tax increase, with the escalation of
building costs there is a possibility that the $2 million
from the bond issue might not be enough to finish con-
struction, and the city would have to seek other funds.
Once the building is completed, the city might have to
supplement operating costs—estimated at $84,000
annually—from funds which might be better used for-
more pressing necessities.
• The construction of an arts center with public
money would benefit only a small proportion of
Denton citizens. There are many other projects which
would benefit more citizens, including the needy.
• The proposed location in North Lakes Park
(between North Bonnie Brae and North Hinkle Drive
and at the end of the proposed Windsor extension) is
not central to the Denton population. With no public
transportation available, it would be inaccessible to
many.
Feedback
Jew Wishes To State Fact
Ralph Almour
P.O. Box 5456
NT Station
Before people on this campus make heroes of the
Palestinians who protested Nov. 29, and before more
protests of this type happen again, I would like to
state, as a Jew, a fact that is on my mind.
First of all, while the Palestinians are claiming that
they want a country of their own, remember that they
want to abolish Israel as a Jewish state.
There are 21 Arab states, of which all are
monarchies, as well as military dictatorships while
there is only one Jewish state. This Jewish state is the
only democracy in the Middle East with a freely
elected government.
There is no other places for Jews to go in the world
where they are persecuted as a majority in times of
haircu. And because of this fact, no matter how many
Palestinian protests there are, and no matter how
many Palestinian terrorist attacks there are in Israel
and elsewhere, Israel will survive.
Eyewitnesses Chide Council
Rosanne Dill
Cathy Richardson
2503 W. Prarie
School of Music
As two of the three eyewitnesses to the bloody acci-
dent (and it was bloody) which occurred Nov. 27 at the
crosswalk connecting the Music Building and Chilton
Hall on Avenue C, and having experienced many near
misses at that location, we wish to laude the Denton
City Council on its sagacious decision to relocate the
crosswalk. The council’s decision illustrates many
hours of planning and a shrewd insight into human
nature.
Even though we humans tend to take the shortest
distance between two points, we would be willing to
walk the extra 100 feet to the proposed crosswalk if we
though it solved the visibility problem. Moving the
crosswalk to where Prarie used to intersect Avenue C
will only give our pedestrian paranoia a new
direction—now we need not fear northbound traffic
but southbound! How noble that the City of Denton
can afford to nurture future lawsuits to avoid the ex-
pense of placing a flashing red light at the present,
more convenient, location or even a sidewalk patrol
(remember?)!
’Cause' Article Brings Response
Duane Sherry
410Vi Congress
Denton
Reading Sheree Bradshaw’s article, "Who’s Willing
to Die for A Cause?” brought to mind a question I had
to answer one time. When we were young kids, I
remember my brother asked me that if I had the choice
of dying or letting somebody else in our family die
which would 1 choose? 1 quickly said neither.
However, he made me choose and so 1 courageously
said that I would rather die than have to let anyone else
in the family die. I remember having guilt feelings
about my answer because I wasn't sure if I really meant
it. I remember spending a lot of time thinking about
how much I wanted to live and how 1 would hate to die
and the thought almost scared me to death as a matter
of fact. I also thought about how terrible it would be to
have to watch someone else in my family be killed. I
felt bad about selfishly wanting to live.
I think that if I had the choice today I would make
the most selfish choice and would have no guilt feelings
about it, I choose not to say what the choice would he,
because I’m not in that situation, and it really doesn t
matter. I’ve learned that being selfish is the highest
moral goal that I can ever personally achieve, whether
it be choosing to live or choosing not to live.
For me, choosing to live with a situation is selfish.
Choosing to die or give my life that somebody else
could live would be selfish, at least for me. I feel that
until 1 love myself I can't possibly attempt to act in a
loving or unselfish way to another person, no matter
what the situation.
My philosophy is that 1 wasn't put on this earth to
determine my worth by my willingness to die To
choose to die would be suicidal if it was done
deliberately for a worthless reason. For me to choose
to die would take a rational and selfish decision on my
part.
If this world was not so full of moralists and
crusaders who willingly kill and die for causes and try
to lead others to do the same it would be a safer and
nicer place in my opinion.
The people I try to watch out for are the one that
constantly preach about morals, one truth and on
God. Too many people have died in wars over religion
and disagreement in philosophy, I believe many things
and my ideas on life change as 1 grow. I have a per-
sonal faith and a set for morals unique to me. There is
not one person in the world who knows how to live my
life better than 1 do—or much less when I should
choose to die.
Another disturbing thought is govenment decision
on death. What is so important about dying for a
government? Once dead one can hardly enjoy all of the
"benefits” of being governed. If our government is of
and by the people, why does the government decide
when the people should die for the people. Going to
war or refusing to go to war are moral decisions and I
think ought to be person ones done with a lot of selfish
thinking.
The article said many things that made no sense to
me. Please let’s stop glorifying death. Life was meant
for living. As for me, I’m going to stay skinny and keep
jogging so I will be able to outrun anybody crazy
enought to try and kill me. What can I say?
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