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Opinion
The Collegian
page 4 • August 26, 1996
Editorials
Letter Policy
The Collegian
that I attend-
Men's brains shrink, study discovers
by College Press Service
Drug tests among high school students have never been re-
quired until now; but in some places, students selected at
random will be given a drug test as they sign up for ex-
tracurricular activities.
National surveys show that drug use has increased among
high school students. However, the drug test that will be
given, will not test for alcohol and steroids, which are the
main two drugs that the survey showed was most used.
There would not be any point in giving a drug test that will
not test for the two most used drugs.
The Cleburne High School school board is going to set
aside $10,000 for drug testing; and the Azle school board, if
the vote passes, will set aside $20,000. Instead of drug test-
ing, the boards could find other ways to spend that money.
The people who will be tested are athletes, band members,
cheerleaders, Future Farmers of America and any other peo-
ple in extracurricular activities. The football players had
their first test Saturday, Aug. 17. Students in Azle whose test
comes back positive, will have to receive counseling. After
the second positive test, students will be suspended from the
activity for 30 days. The third positive test will result in
permanent suspension from the activity. In Cleburne, if the
test comes back positive twice, the student will be banned
from participation for the whole season.
The schools will draw 25 numbers each week and the stu-
dent assigned to that number will have to take the test. It is
possible that some student will never have his number drawn
and he will never have to take the test. Or there might be a
student who has to take the test 30 times. Therefore, draw-
ing numbers for the test does not seem like a logical answer.
Someone on drugs can pass the test. Most drug users
know the secrets of getting away with taking drugs. On the
other hand, some aspirins show up positive as drugs. It
would not be fair for someone to be accused of taking drugs
when all he really took was aspirin.
It is good that administrators are worrying about students,
but what students do on their on time is up to them. Stu-
dents do not need an administrator to tell them what to do
during their free time.
Ideally, the administrators will see that making students
take atdrug test is a waste of time and money. It is not up to
the school to tell students what they can and cannot do in
their free time.
men use the most. To clear out the
buildup and give the overused part
a rest, men should try using their
brains in ways that are different
from the normal routine.
For instance, lawyers could try
artwork and bird watching. Teach-
ers or journalists could take up mu-
sical instruments or gardening. Po-
lice officers might want to do more
crossword puzzles.
Men, by the way, begin lifq
with larger brains—and generally
larger bodies—than women. But
by middle age, their frontal lobes
have shrunk to the point where
they are the same size, Gur said.
I am a member of the Texas As-
sociation of Mexican American
College Students (TAMACS).
Like many members of the organi-
zation, I planned to transfer to UTA
after completing TCJC.
I am outraged by the move of
the Center for Mexican American
Studies (CMAS) from the School
of Liberal Arts to the School of
Urban and Public Affairs and the
removal of its staff.
CMAS is one of the main rea-
sons I chose to go to UTA. I was
looking for a school where I could
study the history and culture of my
heritage as well as have a good
journalism program to attend so I
can write and teach others about
the history of Chicanos.
Now CMAS is a community
outreach center for students pre-k
through 12 grade in Arlington.
Outreach centers are nice; but at a
university, so are centers where you
Philadelphia—Some women
have suspected it: perhaps grumpy
old men have always suspected it.
But a University of Pennsylva-
nia study has confirmed it: Men’s
brains shrink as they grow older.
According to the Penn re-
searchers, the shrinkage begins in
the late teens or early 20s and
eventually causes forgetfulness and
crabbiness. It also may be a reason
why women outlive men.
So the next time a boyfriend
forgets your birthday or grumpily
cancels a date to watch a basketball •
when asked to push a button after
numbers flashed before them. Men
had a lot more trouble than women
on the test, particularly older men,
Gur said.
Apparently, women’s brains
do not shrink over time, Gur said.
He attributed that in part to an evo-
lutionary need for women to stick
around longer to take care of off-
spring.
For those men wanting to
delay the inevitable. Gur suggests
brain exercises.
Apparently, a harmful buildup
of by products gathers and destroys
tissue in the part of the brain that
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“collegiate,” I decided
to attend a community
college.
After checking
out some of the
“major” universities
myself, I decided a
community college
met my needs better,
both financially and
intellectually.
Benefits abound
for those who choose
the same path I have
chosen.
Community colleges are much
more personal than universities.
A student who attends a com-
munity college chooses to be iden-
tified with his birth name, rather
than a set of numbers. I answer
quicker to someone who yells my
can do research and
writing so you will
be able to teach oth-
ers.
Dr. Jose Angel
Gutierrez and his
staff were criticized
for not doing enough
recruiting of Mexi-
can American stu-
dents. UTA does not
seem so concerned in
getting Mexican
American students
on campus.
In the four years
ed North Side High School, a
school with a Mexican American
majority, I do not remember seeing
anyone from UTA. That was be-
fore CMAS was in operation.
If CMAS were not there, I
would not want to go to UTA. I be-
lieve that I, as well as others in
TAMACS and in general, am proof
Eva-Marie Ayala, editor in chief
Andy Pham, associate editor
Sandra Escobar, south campus news editor
Jack Foltynowicz, Ricky Govea, co-sports editors
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Sarah Baker, Paul Dominguez, reporters
Heather Thomas, editorial cartoonist
Fairlle LaForge, photography editor
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disability.
game, cut him some slack. Maybe
it’s his frontal lobe, not him.
“Men spend most of their time
activating a certain part of their
brain,” explained Ruben Gur, a
Penn psychology professor who
led the team, to radio station
WKYW. “It is likely that this is
the part of the brain that will suffer
the most.”
The shrinkage was detected by
the Penn research team through a
series of brain scans on men and
women between the ages of 18 to
45.
In another test, the team ob-
served how men and women react
Drug test falls short
in local high schools
name rather than to
someone who yells my
social security number.
During their first two
years of college, stu-
dents take required
courses, many of which
are offered for a much
cheaper rate at a com-
munity college, which is
also closer to home.
However, there are
people who want to live
away from home. Oth-
ers think exorbitant tu-
ition rates are appealing. For those
people, I offer a solution—Las
Vegas Community College. Stu-
dents can lose money, live away
from home and still get the same
education they would at a major
university.
of the effectiveness of
CMAS.
The fact that the new
director is not Mexican
American does upset me,
but not as much as the
fact that the media and
other officials tried to
hide it by just mentioning
her Hispanic last name,
which she got by mar-
riage.
The fact that UTA of-
ficials did not seem inter-
ested in listening to the
Chicano community about our con-
cerns for our center upsets me most
of all.
Many leaders in the Metroplex
make up the CMAS Advisory
Council, a group that helps the cen-
ter and community stay closely
connected. They were led to un-
derstand Witt would meet with the
community to discuss our con-
Viewpoint
UTA's CMAS move angers student
Many of my friends
recently packed their
childhood memo-
ries, along with a few other essen-
tials, in the trunks of their economy
cars and drove off to college.
They probably cried a little as
they kissed their parents goodbye.
But five minutes later, alone in their
cars, they experienced indepen-
dence.
Armed with independence and
determination, most freshmen revel
in their new found freedoms.
I, on the other hand, am not
like most freshman.
I am the fish who swims
against the current.
Unlike most of my friends,
who think attending a major univer-
sity somehow makes them more
Community colleges can create
peace in the collegiate world.
Hazing is a major problem at
large universities.
If all underclassmen would at-M
tend a community college for the
first two years of their college ca-
reer, they would avoid the hazing
problem. If upperclassmen at major
universities don’t have the opportu-g|
nity to harass the freshmen, thenB
they can spend their time on more
valuable things—such as home-
work.
Community colleges can stop®
inflation by offering education a"
young person can afford without a
student loan.
The answer to life’s problems
therefore, is the community col-
lege. B
Cerns. As of Monday, August 19, ■
he has not fulfilled it. Although he ■
had a legitimate excuse for not
making one meeting, he had plenty
of chances to arrange another one
or send a representative.
I know this is not the 1970s ■
and situations involving discrimi-1|
nation and self-righteousness are
not as bad as they used to be, but
things are no where near where
they can be either.
What is happening at UTA is —
not just an isolated incident. Also ■
in Arlington, five officers are suing •
the city for discrimination and ille-
gal activity.
It is sad that we are still fight-
ing the same fights from years be-
fore. However, if people continue m
to fight, like those officers, only ■
then will progress be made because
nothing is going to change when
we, everyone, do not make them i
change. 1
Viewpoint
Not all fish swim away from home
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