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by Jean Pate
By now everyone has
received their mid-term
grades. It is hard to enjoy
. spring break for worrying
about them. If most people
are like me, they spend
that time thinking of ex-
cuses for why their grades
are so low.
Here are some I tried this
time:
"Oh Mom, you know I
always bring them up by
the end of the semester."
"These grades don't even
count."
. '-'That teacher just
doesn't like me!"
"We haven't done
anything in there yet."
"Daddy, I can't, believe
she gave me a 'D'. It must
be a computer error."
If these excuses do not
work there are other alter-
natives. You can get mar-
ried and the school won't
send your grades to your
parents any more.
There is always the mad
dash home to get to the
mailbox before your
parents do. Or you could
hire someone to steal the
grades from the mailbox. If
you are really desperate,
you can refuse to pay a
traffic ticket or a book fine
and the administration will.
not even send your grades
off.
My mother believes she
has the perfect solution.
She says, "Honey, If you
would just study and go to
class, you wouldn't have-
any thing to worry about."
To which I answer,
"Come on Mom, get real!"
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Guest Editorial
by Javier Tamez
I love to run. Well, most
of the time anyway.
Some of the unpleasant
parts of running are nagg-
ing side pains which come
after a few miles, obnox-
ious drivers who try to play
"knock the runner off the
road," and roaming
canines.
This story has to do with
the latter problem.
Before last night, the
largest dog I ever had to
put up with had to leap up
just to bite my kneecap.
But the St. Bernard I met
last week while on my
nightly run saw me eyeball
to navel.
I was about two miles in-
to my run when I heard a
thunderous growl and saw
a huge mass of hair and
teeth running at me with
hunger in its eyes. My first
thought was, "Omigosh,
I'm about to become an
amputee!"
From past experience,
I've found that simply stop-
ping and squaring off to the
dog is enough to discourage
most canines. I quickly
found out that this was no
ordinary dog. He did not
even slow down his charge
toward me when I squared
off to him.
My next plan of action
was to stare him down,
hoping this would stop him.
This succeeded in only
slowing him slightly.
He eventually stopped
about 10 feet from me.
Here we were, in the mid-
dle of the street staring at
each other. Seeing I now
had a chance to live, I tried
to slowly walk around him.
I would take two steps to
the left, and the monster
would sidestep also. Two
steps to the right, and he
would follow. He was deter-
mined to not let me by
without at least a leg for a
souvenir.
The creature then began
walking toward me growl-
ing. I knew I was in trouble,
so I started to growl back.
This was the wrong thing to
do, as the dog then charged
me. In desperation, I let out
a yell heard all over the
block and threw my arms
up. It must have been im-
pressive, because the dog
turned tail and ran.
So I gave chase, whoopin'
and hollerin'. Until we got
to the edge of his yard.
Then he turned and
squared off to me. I knew
then that the game was
over, so I proceeded on
my way, grateful to be
alive and unscarred, ,
As I was running, I kept
wondering, "Isn't it
against the law to let dogs
grow that big in the city?"
I firmly believe there is a
long-standing conspiracy
against J-TAC staffers. I
don't know who instigated
the hostility, but I can feel
it creeping into my bones
every time I step into the
office.
This is the ninth issue of
the semester. Seven of our
issues have been put out
with at least one of our
trusty machines either
completely kaput or on the
brink.
One week our headline
setter was down, the MDT
(typesetter) was bleeping
obscenities in computer
language on its screen, and
a bulb went out in the photo
enlarger.
That was a week when
the Stephenville Empire-
Tribune saved our necks.
Whenever one of their
workers left a typesetting
machine, one of our staf-
fers sat down at it and
typed madly.
This week the MDT was
in a bad mood again. Fri-
day morning we didn't
know if we were going to
have a paper or not. Nancy,
the typesetter downstairs,
bailed us out this time.
Fridayafternoon the
repairman came. Ken.
We're getting to a first-
name basis, he's here so
often.
What I'm getting at in
this roundabout way is
this; Everyone is talking
about the world moving in-
to the computer age. How
will this be possible?.
Human beings are
moody, for sure, but they
can be threatened and forc-
ed to complete a job.
Computers are so
touchy ! Sometimes I think
they are humans in
disguise. They have
everything their way... if
they don't want to work
they don't work. If they
want to erase an entire disc
full of stored data, they
erase it.
They are taking over!
The sad thing is that we as
inferior human beings
must live with it.
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See what I mean?
Letters to editor
Ramblin' on
by Maria Weaver
We wish to thank the J-
TAC for much of the
coverage it provided of the
Foreign Student Festival.
We are grateful for the
publicity, stories and pic-
tures you provided and for
the campus-wide interest
your articles developed in
foreign student affairs.
However, we also wish to
voice our displeasure with
certain items you publish-
ed.
Your handling of the soc-
cer game was in error.
Thailand was the winner,
not (as you reported)
Taiwan, which did not even
field a team. We appreciate
your late correction. Fur-
ther your caption regar-
ding Thai Boxing was of-
fensive to those of us who
appreciate the sophistica-
tion and skill required to
master this form of self
defense. It is not a brutal
sport, as you suggested but
is an ancient and skilled
means of personal protec-
tion: ; The people of
Thailand regard Thai Box-
ing as an art of which they
are justly proud.
We call this to your atten-
tion in hopes that you will
give our soccer team and
our Thai Boxers the
respect we feel they are
due.
Sincerely,
(Signed by 24 Thai students
and advisor)
My name is Preecha
Yahom. I am a foreign
student from Thailand and
this is my first semester at
Tarleton State University.
Firstly, I would like to
thank you for the interest
the J-TAC had shown in
the recent foreign festival.
Secondly, I would like
to remind you that the
soccer tourney was won
by the team from
Thailand, instead of
Taiwan as your paper
reported. In the
championship game
Tuesday afternoon, the
Thai team defeated the
American team 4 to 2. The
teams that were involved
were Nigerian, Iranian,
Thai and American.
The students from
Thailand would like to
thank you, the American
people who attended the
festival, and we hope that
next year the J-TAC will
support the foreign
festival.
Thank you,
Preecha Yahom
twm j-tac
The J-TAC, student
newspaper of Tarleton
State University, is
published weekly during
the regular fall ?nd spring
semesters, with the excep-
tion of university holidays
and examination periods.
The printer is the Stephen-
ville Empire-Tribune.
Opinions expressed on
the editorial page do not
necessarily reflect the opi-
nions of the university.
The J-TAC welcomes let-
ters to the editor, but these
should not exceed 250
words. All letters to the
editor must be signed and a
local telephone number in-"
eluded. Libelous material
will not be printed.
Address correspondence
to: J-TAC, P.O. Box T-98,
Tarleton Station, TX 76402.
Telephone 968-9057.
STAFF
EDITOR: Maria Weaver
ASST. EDITOR: Donna
Kennedy
EDITORIAL ASSTS.: Jean
Pate, Scott Stevens
PHOTOGRAPHERS:
Javier Tamez, Jeff Arthur,
Tim Stewart
CARTOONISTS: Carol
Daniel, Kevin Seuser
1 AD 'SALES: Tammy
' Guthery '
AD LAYOUT.: Martha Rice
ADVISER; Byron Travis
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