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the J-TAOThursday, March 7, 1991/Pag^ 3
Spring Break "I'm losing my mind ..."
encourages
trips to Padre
Spring fever takes its toll
tim
It's almost here (drum roll)-
spring break! Time to pack the es-
sentials (bikini, beer, another bikini,
libido) and hit the beach.
Every year about this time stu-
dents plan their usual "mecca". The
"break from the bodes" gives every-
one a chance to relax, Some use this
week to rest at home, others work
throughout the week and still others
- the majority- head south to Padre.
I recall when I was in high
school, the hot spot was Ft Lauder-
dale. After my first viewing of
"Where the Boys Are", I just knew
. that one day I would pile into a car
with five other girls and find that
chast romance on the Florida beach.
Knowing that my mother would
never allow me to go to "Sin City" I
opted for the scholastic approach. I
joined the science club two weeks
before spring break and traveled
with them to Disney World, sure that
I could catch a bus to Ft Lauderdale
from there.
/ > Well, I went, I partied and I
attempted to get to Ft Lauderdale. I
neveg made it and I didn't fulfill my,,
quest for romance. I returned home
with fond memories of "It's a Small
World After All" and bruises sus-
tained from an unplanned jump off
our balcony.
Since that eventful trip to Flor-
ida, I have yet to go anywhere for
spring break. However, I have heard
many a stay and tall tales about :,uch
trips.
During my freshman year in
college, I recall six of my closest
packed themselves and their essen-
tials into a Ford Escort with their
"Padre Naked" and "Padre or Bust"
scrolled all over the windows. They
drove off into the night with the
thought of booze, guys, tans and
...well that's about it.
It just happened that their voy-
age was made around the time that
the devil-worshippers performed
their rituals. With tales of horror ap-
pearing on the television daily, I
eagerly waited for their return.
Well, they all made it back
safely, well-tanned and ready to tell
enough stories to compose a journal.
I bet that we sat around for hours
just listening to the stories of adven-
ture from the first night they were
kicked out of their hotel to days on
the beach and nights in Matamoros.
We covered every detail. Even the
one honor of the whole trip, when
one was attacked on the way back to
the Texas border.
They all learned a lot from the
trip and surprisingly a couple even
returned with unspent funds. I'm
sure every person who goes there
learns, something about life, sp Padre,
is perhaps beneficial to students as
well as the island's economy.
Once again this year I will stay
home and work. But for all of those
who celebrate the rowdy American
tradition of migrating to South Padre
Island - I wish you luck and happi-
ness. Party enough for those who
can't make it but please don't sink the
island.
Tina Horton is a Staff Writer
I am losing my mind and no-
body cares. (I'm not kidding).
I go home at night and have the
same nightmare. I'm sitting in the
office in front of this very computer
that I am sitting at now. The room is
dark and silent I hear a voice from
the darkness repeating "We need your
column Christy. We're waiting." I
am typing as fast as I can but the
screen is still blank.
I wake up in a cold sweat
For some unknown reason, 1
have recently become neurotic. I
have trouble remembering simple
things (my telephone number, my
name, when I last saw my apart-
ment). I'm not even of the legal drink-
ing age and I already have Alz-
heimer's disease.
I find myself doing stupid things
and doing them often. I stand in front
of the elevator and push the button
repeatedly as if that will make it
airive faster. Why?
I've recently acquired the habit
of coming in from wok and ironing
the clothes that 111 wear the next day.
Why don't I ever wear them?
Perhaps one of the most neu-
rotic things that I do is to work 40
hours a week and only get paid for
ten. What is wrong with this picture?
After trying on my swimsuit, I
decided that my diet needed a little
improvement so I went out and
bought real food. Cottage cheese,
fruit, carrots and other such mother-
approved items. Anyone want to
guess what happened?
The fruit and vegetables are yet
untouched and the cottage cheese
has long been disposed of. How-
ever, my twinkie and Dr. Pepper
supply is fast dwindling ~ unfortu-
nately I am not
You see, no tiling I do anymore
makes sense. I don't know when I
lost it or where. I'm beginning to
wonder if I ever had it As a matter
of fact, what is it?
I think that I know the solution
to my own problem (which will
probably save me countless hours of
intense counseling therapy).
Spring fever. ■ .
Warm sunny weather and classes
don't exactly go hand in hand Oth-
ers obviously feel the way I do be-
cause attendance in all of my classes
has been virtually nonexistant.
Spring break is oily six school
days away. You can make it fellow
Tarletonites! Go the extra mile!
Make your professors happy! Go to
class!
We can make it--I promise. We
have to. South Padre is depending
cm us! _
Christy Moore is Features Edi-
tor for the J-TAC,
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12 HR. CAPSULS
DEAR SADDAM: HOPE YOUR FEELING BETTER SOON - TRY SOME OF THESE!
friends who migrated to Pladre. They for the J-TAC.
TSU
Texans for a Safe University
, CRIME OF THE WEEK
FOR WEEK OF
PROPERTY DAMAGE TO A BUILDING:
Between 9:30 PM on Saturday, March 2 and 10:45 AM on Sunday, March 3, a
glass door pane was broken at the TSU Campus Post Office. The door was the east
. outside door that allows entrance to the Post Office. It appeared that an unknown •
suspect took their fist and struck the door in the middle causing it to crack in numerous
directions.
3/6/91
If you have information that could help solve the above crime,
Crime Stoppers wants to reward you for your help.
REWARD RF.OI JTRF.MF.NTS
FELONY TASKS - The offender must be arrested and Grand Jury Indictment issued for same.
MISDEMEANOR CASES - The offender must be arrested and complaint and information filed by the
County Attorney or referral to the Dean of Students at Tarleton State University for administrative
discipline.
CRIME STOPPERS will pay you up to $1,000 on felony crimes and up to
$100 on misdemeanor crimes.
CALL 965-CASH
PERSONS INELIGIBLE FOR REWARD
Peace Officers or members of their immediate family.
Members of the Crime Stoppers Board or members of their immediate family.
Any party to the crime being reported or a member of their immediate family.
INVESTIGATOR, RANDALL DOLLOFF
T. S. U. CRIME STOPPERS COORDINATOR
Crowded prisons
criminals to go
free
I]
ILL
All of my life IVe always wanted
to be a lawyer. My favorite TV
shows and movies have been the
(Mies where the detectives and inves-
tigators solve every theft, murder
and bust every drug dealer in town.
I know that in real life there are
hard-core criminals running free in
society. I had a little run-in with an
ex-con last week.
This man came into the store
where I work to pay for the twenty
dollars of gas that he had already put
into, his truck. He walked in and
handed me a pulse card and told me
he wanted five dollars in cash also.
I looked at the pulse card and
then back at him. I told him that we
didn't take pulse cards and asked him
if he had another credit card or any
cash with him. He told me no.
I had never run into this sort of
problem so I called the store owner
to ask him what to do. He told me to
send the man to a pulse machine to
get the money so he could come
back and pay me.
So I gave the man directions to
the nearest pulse machine and got his
license plate number and the name
off of the bock of his pub- o card and
sent him on his way.
Only when he left, he drove
towards Granbury!
I was so mad. I gave him about
fifteen minutes before I called the
cops. They sent an officer to the
store and he asked question after
question and I answered as best I
could.
The officer ran a check on this
man to make sure the vehicle wasn't
stolen. It wasn't They got the man's
home address and phone number.
The officer then explained to
me that he didn't know what the
judge would say about the man not
paying for the gas since I gave him
peimission to leave the store. The
man could simply tell the judge that
he meant to come back and pay for
the gas next week - not the same day.
The best that the officer could
do was to call the man at home later
and tell him that he forgot to pay for
(he gas he took
I told him I understood and the
officer left telling me that he would
be in touch.
Anyway, I finished the day,
hoping that man would find the
decency in his heart to come back
and pay. At closing time, the man
still hadn't come back and I \yas very
disgusted.
I heard a car drive up and I saw
that it was the same officer who had
taken the information about the
incident from me earlier that day. He
walked in holding a stack of papers
in his hand.
"I want to show you something,"
the officer said. "This goes to show
that you never know what kind of
people come into this store."
The officer showed me a list
three pages long of previous offenses
committed by my little friend, rang-
ing from DWI to armed robbery.
This man had been arrested
twelve times for DWI and had been
convicted six of those times. He had
also been arrested for armed rob-
bery, personal robbery, assault wiih
a deadly weapon , and so many oth-
ers I can't remember them all! .
This man had Just spent twenty-
five years in the penitentiary and is
currently out on parole. The officer
said the incident with the gas would
probably violate his parole and send
him back.
I can honestly say that I didn't
feel the least bit sorry that I called the
police on this man. And I can't help
but think that people like that should
be locked up and throw away the
key.
But I also know that the prisons
are overcrowded as it is and there are
people who have done things worse
than this man had. And in order to be
a good lawyer, I would have to put
aside my personal prejudices against
people like him.
I've heard people say that jus-
tice is not locking up the people who
deserve it; it's making sure innocent
people go free.
Amie Campbell is Managing Edi-
tor for the J-TAC.
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