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Fage z/Tiiursday, October 10, lyyiythej-i AU
OPINION
Pass the hamster, please
Eating habits
dangerous
to all within
near vicinty
Jordan Cannady
Around the Bend
I recently came across one of
the more bizarre news items I've
seen in a long time. The Fort
Worth Star Telegram reported that
the president of Sigma Alpha
Epsilon at the University of
Houston allegedly bit off the fin-
ger of a woman he was eighty-
sixing from a party in the SAE
house. I don't know why I bother
saying "allegedly" in this case.
Both he and the victim agree that
it was her finger and that he bit it.
V/here the stories differ are in the
conflicting reasons for the exces-
sive nibble.
Back in Houston, the victim
claims that she was merely trying
to stop a brawl when the Prez
punched her in the face, popped
her unlucky digit in his mouth
and snapped the end off.
The fraternity president
claims that the woman and her
boyfriend had become rowdy (in a
frat party?) and in the ensuing
struggle, she leaped astride his
back and began yanking back his
head. As she pulled on his head,
1 her finger accidentally slipped into
1 his mouth where he bit it,
accidentally.
The courts shall decide who is
•at fault. I am, however, inclined
t6 believe the young man's ver-
sion. I say this not out of some
misplaced loyalty to one of my
own gender, but instead, out of
my knowledge of my own eating
habits. If you have ever eaten
luYich with me before you know
that, if something enters my
mouth during my daily feeding
frenzy - it is history. My loose
cannon style of eating is a result
of having been reared in a house-
hold of six children - five of
whom were boys. In general, sur-
vival meant being the fastest at
the dinner table. Often times
whole place settings would vanish
" in the blinding flurry of forks,
knives, hands and snapping teeth.
One Thanksgiving the gravy
boat vanished between courses.
As this was the gravy boat my
Aunt Pat had given my parents on
their tenth anniversary and as my
Aunt Pat was sitting at our dining
table when the boat disappeared,
this made for a family crisis and
required our getting out a bottle of
my Uncle Tom's (the drinking
uncle) ten year old Kentucky Sour
Mash. Once well oiled, my aunt
soon forgot about the gravy boat
aj; well as Thanksgiving to boot.
In our house the general rule of
thumb was, if you had a favorite
pst of belonging you didn't bring
it to the dinner table. You only
had to see my brother Brian work-
ing a hamster or a slinky down
his gullet once to know that this
rule had teeth. I have tried, in the
past, explaining to others what
this nightly event was like. The
best analogy was thought of by a
first and only time dinner guest of
ours, the Rev. Blaine P. Endicott,
a visiting Anabaptist missionary
to Brazil. He related the story of
how, while performing a mass
baptism in the Araguaia River he
lost an entire congregation to a
school, of Pirahnas. "...and at
least they" he said as glared down
at the carnage on our table "had a
fighting chance with those devil-
ish fish!"
Back to Houston. The man
has been arrested and the woman
will have the Slate of Texas repre-
senting her interest. I realize this
is not an amusing incident to the
Iwq that are- involved! I would be
more than a little miffed if some-
one bit off part of my finger. I;
(See Hamster page 3)
EDITOR - Julie Grider
ADVISOR - Charlie Reynolds The J-TAC
MANAGING EDITOR - Christy Moore
FEATURES EDITOR - Tina Horton SPORTS EDITOR - Mike Marbach
PHOTO EDITOR-Marc Parks ADVERTISING COORDINATOR - Meredith Foster
STAFF WRITERS - Pmanuel Alvear, Kelly Boren CIRCULATION MANAGER - Justin Boswell
EDITORIAL CARTOONIST - Jordan Cannady
Thomas should receive close scrutiny
Several members of the Senate Judiciary
Committee, The White House and the FBI knew of the
sexual accusations aimed at the Supreme Court nominee
Clarence Thomas. In fact, in late September the
former received an affidavit regarding the accusations
from Anita Hill.
The American people were unaware of this
information until two days before the vote that would
quite possibly confirm the nomination of Thomas.
Hill's accusations ranged from occurrences
such as having to continually turn down Thomas'
requests for a date to his unacceptable remarks about
pornographic movies he had seen that portrayed sex
with animals and group se$.
The Senate represents the voice of the people.
Why then were the accusations kept seeret--to protect
the good name and integrity of the accuser? the
nominee? What about the basic rights of the public to
have a trustworthy government and more so a Supreme
Court Justice free of such severe charges?
The White House claims Hill's accusations part
of a "smear" tactic. Strong supporters of Thomas feel
that there are too many discrepancies in Hill's testimony,
that Thomas has been forced long enough to defend his
credentials throughout the confirmation process and
that his family has suffered unduly.
Our political leaders seem to have already made
their decisions without hearing the voice of the people.
Until Monday, they had apparently assessed the
situation and relieved Thomas of any wrong doing.
Undeniably Thomas should by treated as
innocent until proven guilty. And the resolution of this
most recent allegation should be obtained as soon as
possible. However, if Thomas is elected as the next
Supreme Court Justice (a lifelong position), his
decisions will affect the basic rights of every United
States citizen. These citizens deserve the right to be the
judge first.
Around the Bend
© 1991 by
J. Jordan Cannady
you max bring judge thomas dp now ?
for our annual fishing expedition.
oh, and would you please tell the
I,
senator FRori'-fl&ssachusett^' not to
take the wheel when we are in
water ... it makes us
nervous!
, > kit':-
I
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GONRRMAT
E3 Letters to the Editor Q
Article brings back memories for student
Dear Editor:
Thank you for your arti-
cle, "Silver Bugle Evokes
Memories Of Times Past". It did
bring back many nostalgic mem-
ories of my own experience as a
freshman student at Arlington
State College during the year of
that final game in 1958 between
the Plowboys and the Rebels.
Well can I remember those joint
TSC-ASC pep rallies where ASC
and TSC students would exchange
yells, counter yells, jibes and
what ever. Well can I remember
those Arlington and Stephenville
city limits signs that would have
to be stolen for each other's bon-
fire as well as those buthouses
bearing the name of the opposite
school that would appear at the
top of each other's bonfire. Back
then the main spirit event at both
TSC and ASC was not homecom-
ing but the annual TSC vs. ASC
football game.
You are indeed right:
TARLETON HAD NOTHING
TO BE ASHAMED OF. The
Arling-ton teams of 1956, 1957
and 1958 under coach "Chena"
Gilstrap, which included two
Junior Rose Bowl championships
in Pasadena, California, were
without doubt the strongest in the
school's entire history, But the
Plowboys, team and student body
alike, never seemed to let the
Rebels intimidate them. The 30-7
upset defeat that Tarleton gave the
Rebels during the year of the
Rebels' first Junior Rose Bowl
Championship in 1956 tells a lot
of the story. Arlington's only
loss that year was to its arch rival
Tarleton.
It is sad this long rivalry
had to come to an end, but
Tarleton and Arlington simply
took radically different directions
after the Texas Legislature in
1959 granted what would
eventually be full senior college
status to both schools. Tarleton
continued to have pride in its past
heritage and remained loyal to the
Texas A&M System while
Arlington broke with its past
completely and defected to the
"Tea Sipper" System. Today
Arlington no longer even plays
football. Consequently it would
probably take a lot of researching
and searching to find out what
ever happened to the Silver Bugle
or where it might be.
While the actual rivalry
of those years may be something
of the past, those nostalgic mo-
ments are revived by people such
as yourselves who take the time
to research them.
Sincerely,
Carlos Lleguer
TSU Graduate Student (Theatre)
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Continuing
Gulf action
induces
questions
Campus
Marginalia
Lisa Hendon
Lanell Gonzales
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Looking back on the anxious
weeks of the Gulf War, we recall a'
myriad of emotions that gnawed at
'our taken-for-granted sense of well
being. We imagined scenes of ter-
rorist bombings and foreign sand-
banks littered with American crapses.
We shrank from the request that
we,, as a country, be prepared to
make supreme sacrifices, while the
scars of Vietnam woe still so red and
angry.
Moreover, we questioned the
moral and ethical ramifications of
our actions, wondering whether the
war was begun for altruistic or eco-
nomic reasons. Were we truly pro-
tecting the world from a potential
Hitler (avoiding the disaster of ap-
peasement), or were we simply trying
to maintain our financial interest in a
hostile region of the world?
As the war drew to a close,
however, we celebrated a victory
fthat left our prfde" and sense of nrtond-
ity intact The scenes of Iraqi sol-
diers grateful to be captured and the
reports of tortured and murdered
Kuwaiti citizens convinced us that
we were justified in our actions.
Furthermore, our swift victory and
small number of casualties reaffirmed
our "divine" mission. We main-
tained our status as the "city on the
hill."
In light of recent events, it now
seems as though we "miscalculated"
Sadaam's intent to keep his word.
While the allied forces maintained
their credibility by pulling out of the
region when it appeared that the UN
resolutions were met, it is unfortu-
nate that we now may have to return.
However, if renewed conflict is
warranted, neither economics nor
ideology will be the determining
motives. We will be fighting for
what we feel to be our personal safety.
An angry madman with a nuclear
bomb is infinitely more threatening
than an impotent, imperialistic,
Middle Eastern radical.
The cost of "protecting" our-
selves will undoubtedly add to our
already staggering investment in the
region. Perhaps it would be more
efficient to hire an assassin. OJlie
North would be an ideal choice as he
has already achieved heroic status
for illegal activities. As long as
Fawn is included in the package to
shred any memos related to the mis-
sion, we can maintain at least the
illusion of a government with integ-
rity. (Although it is rather ironic that
it is less ethical to have one man
assassinated than to bomb an entire
city.) If the plot does leak out,
however, Mr. Bush can simply say
that he has no memory of it, express
his regrets at the unfortunate inci-
dent and plunge wholeheartedly into
establishing relations with the new
government.
Regardless of the outcome of
the current tense relations, the uncer-
tainty will linger. Unquestionably,
our President followed a course of
action that he felt was necessary and
the soldiers deserved a rousing wel-
come tome. But war, whether won
or lost, should never be cause for joy.
People die and many are left brutally
scarred. It is a sickening price to pay
for a resurgence of patriotism and
unity. What does it say about us, as
a country, when we have to send our
citizens to die in order to feel good
about ourselves?
Lisa Hendon and Lanell
Gonzales are students at Tarleton.
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