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Page 2/Thursday, October 17, 1991/theJ-TAC
OPINION
Boo!
Trick or treating
is an ageless sport
Jordan Cannady
Around the Bend
I still remember the day I made
the decision that I was too old to go
trick or treating. Actually, if I re-
member it correctly, it was my wife
who suggested to me that a twenty-
eight-year-old man in a wolfrrian
costume might be a tad inappropri-
ate. I personally thought she was just
partaking in a little dog-in-the-man-
ger type jealousy stemming from the
fact that I always came home with
my pillow case swollen with Snick-
ers, jaw breakers, apples and an oc-
casional single size box of raisins
from some misguided health food
nut.
"If they didn't want me to keep
showing up on the door with my
pillow case, they wouldn't keep giv-
ing me treats, would they?" I was
busy putting on my hairy feet and
hands as I said this to her.
She waited until I was standing
in the stork position pulling on my
final foot before she whopped me
with the wolfrrian mask I'd asked her
to hold. "Did it ever occur to you that
maybe most people don't quite know
what to say to a trick or treater who's
taller that them? Maybe that feel
sorry for you. Maybe they are afraid.
Did you ever consider that?"
She had me at a disadvatage
here. '"Weil, what am I s'uppossed to
do with this costume? I've' already
jxiid for it." fhoped she would relent
at the practical aspects of this. I
hoped wrong.
"Let me put it to you in simpler
terms. If you go out in your wolfman
costume tonight, I hope you get
ticks." That was the last time this
wolfman went trick or treating.
I now have a young daughter
and can live out my submerged
Halloween frustrations through her.
She is, at thirteen, not as open to
dad's suggestions for costumes,
modus operandi and themes as she
was when' she was six.
Back then, she didn't care how
undignified her costume was because
dignity is an abstraction until you are
ten (if you're a girl) or thirty (if you
are a boy). I'm even a little afraid to
broach the subject in case this is the
she decidcs for herself that she is too
old for that stuff.
If that happens I will be left with
only Sammy, the Australian shep-
herd, to dress up for trick or treat. I
don't like the way Sammy eats each
piece of candy before it hits the linen.
Jordan Cannady is the Editorial
Cartoonist for the J-TAC.
CheeRS
and Jccrs
The J-TAC is
introducing a new
segment called
"Cheers and Jeers"
to be run monthly
on the Opinion
page. It will be
published on the
last Thursday of
each month with
the deadline falling
on the previous
Monday. The staff
reserves the right
to not print a Cheer
or Jeer due to lack
of space or taste
considerations.
Please submit your
name with the
Cheer or Jeer as
we cannot print a
statement without a
name.
Deadline for
this month is
October 28.
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^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
CIRCULATION MANAGER - Justin Bnswell
EDITORIAL CARTOONIST - Jordan Cannady
STAFF WRITERS - Pmanuel Alvear, Kelly Boren,
Brig Lopez III, Eric Lang
All must vote to save education's future
The future of education is in your hands.
The Texas Legislature is placing the issue of stu-
dent financial aid before the voting public on Nove-
mer 5. Voters will have the option to approve or cut
the Hinson-Hazlewood Student Loan Program by the
mere cast of a ballot
This isn't a decision that should be taken lighdy. Its
approval would allow the state of Texas to sell up to
$300 million in bonds to finance the program. A 'no'
vote combined with rising tuition fees will greatly
affect the number of students able to continue their
education.
Passing Hinson-Hazlewood will only do good for
both the academic and workplace community. Hie
money will help educate the next working generation,
enabling them to add new insight into their chosen
career field. All of these benefits are available to
Around the 3end
© 1991 by
J. Jordan Cannady
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Dr. NcCabe, I've got 8one good nevs and
some bad nevs. The good nevs is that
Jbhe. senator called and is donating thirty
thousand dollars to TarXeton to help vith
the cut back in student loans. The bad ^ j
nevs is, he gave us a personal check!
-t-aLJfs we. TT^ccsr—"
Letters to theEditor E3
Harassment is a
serious problem
in today's society
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society without a single cent coming out of taxpayers
pockets. The only thing that must be handed over is
an affirmative vote in November's election.
It is the responsibility of each student to take an
active interest in their education by voting on Novem-
ber 5. If you live too great a distance to drive home to
the voting booths, change your voter's registration to
Erath county or make reservations to absentee vote.
For those students who are not registered, the forms
can be obtained at the post office at 131 N. Graham.
Take the time to make a difference by voting 'yes'
for Hinson-Hazlewood. It will not only benefit you,
but will help students for generations to come. Leave
a legacy for those who will follow in your footsteps
-vote. Remember that the only people who earn the
right to question the outcome of are those who entered
the voting booth.
Tina Horton
Just as we proclaim to have
reached the verge of the age of equal-
ity, something always happens. As
of late, sexual harassment has cer-
tainly become the topic of every-
one's conversation.
With the recent Supreme Court
confirmation hearings of Clarence
Thomas, the United States and the
world has begun to lode further into
the issue of sexual harassment.
Blick's Law Dictionary defines
sexual harassment as "a type of em-
ployment discrimination, includes
sexual advances, requests for sexual
favors and other verbal or physical
conduct of a sexual nature prohib-
ited by Federal law."
The Federal law is stated in Title
VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act It
States that sexual harassment in-
cludes unwelcome sexual advances,
requests for sexual favors and other
verbal or physical conduct of a sex-
ual nature.
The only problem I have with
the Black's Law Dictionary defini-
tion is that its definition appears to
imply that sexual harassment is only
experienced "at one's employment.
However, sexual harassment
; may also take place injhp classroom,
•in a store or commercial pkice, ig.an
organization or on the street.
Many women and even men
never admit to be sexually harassed.
Various reasons might include the
embarassment they feel, the ridicule
they feel they will receive or they
might have not the same definition
for sexual harassment as another per-
son.
(See Problem page 3)
Parking lots pose
a serious problem
for Crockett hall
Crockett has a problem. This
problem lies in our parking lot No,
Crockett has plenty of room to park;
the problem is in the condition of the
parking lot itself.
This lot is a joke. The edges are
breaking up, there are huge (SCUD)
holes in it and there are several places
where the pavement is seriously
deformed The holes have been fixed
before, but obviously someone did
not analyze the situation very care-
fully because the holes were filled
with dirt.
Now correct me if I'm wrong,
but Stephenville receives quite a bit
of rain each year. O.K., let's exam-
ine this from a mathematical point of
view.
Now, dirt plus water plus a hole
equals a mud puddle. Correct? Now,
we will go one step further in this
concept Mud puddle plus car tires
equals a) a big mess b) dirty cars
c) a bigger hole d) all of the above.
Obviously, the answer is "d".
Come on Tarlet9n^0|ii^rfj^
people over here to patch^thfe &ziiig
sore up before my truck (or someone
else's) gets lost in one of these holes
and we have to call Bruner's to come
see if they can find it and tow it out!
This problem might be under-
standable and this letter might be
less sarcastic if this problem was
limited to just this semester, but this
parking lot has been in sad shape for
close to two years now.
If anyone has a decent explana-
tion for this lack of repair; then bud,
. «• wiif^itn.
let's hear it.
Sincerely,
James Pringle
Student extends
advice to freshmen
concerning TSU
Fellow freshmen, we have been
through a lot to get this far in Tarle-
ton. Homecoming week is over and
by now you probably have learned
how to survive college life. But if
you still have trouble, here is some
advice and encouragement. ,
*Don't expect any calls or let-
ters from parents. They were wait-
ing for this chance to get rid of you.
I mean, why else would they cough
up all this money?
*If you want a decent social life
here, do a lot of research in beer, •
agriculture and country music.
*Beware of the Financial Aid
Office, for their very existence is to
make poor students miserable.
*If you don't want to go Greek,
then just tell them that you don't have
any money.
*For Bender Hall residents, get
out while you can. The education
isn't worth half the trouble.
*And for basic writing students,
some words of encouragement. Don't
worry, you'll make that "C" some-
day.
I hope these words of advice
will help you in your stay at Tarle-
ton. I believe if students knew all
this before they became TSU Tex-
ans, college life would be a little
easier. Good luck freshmen!
Roderick Richardson
. TSU student
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examination periods. The printer is the Stephenville Empire-Tribune.
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Students' grades
earned, not given,
says TSU student
Common question between
students at TSU: What did >ou
make on the lest?
Too common answer: He
gave mo a 75.
Well, I hid*: to be the chic to
tell you but teachers do not give
>ou >our grades. They grade >our
eflorts and then rcj il the lesults
lock if) you. So ilk" answer to the
question aliuve should be — I mack
But tlieie docs stem to be ail
invisible line in this situation be-
tween "He gave me a 75" and "I
made a We all aspire to make
good grades and when we don't,
well, it's not our 1'aulL
No matter that it was Huirv
day Night Special at the dance
liaJj, a j*wl party al the apartment
complex or even a "Star Trek"
marathon on television, it's always
the teacher's laulL
'Ihey ntake lite tests too lurd,
asking questions llicy didn't prc-
jjyie us for over maleruil we never
covercd. And have you ever no-
ticed that the congregation for
tcachers standing outside under a
shade tree strategically schedul-
ing tests so that liiey all occur on
the same day for some of us?
Where's die justicc, light?
I think d'.s time to rethink our
status hero as students—time to
accept and acknowledge the fact
that we make good grades, both
good and bad. iliey are not lyven
to us. We are heie al college to
learn not only our major sub-
jects- -but to be responsible tor
wlio we arc and what we do.
Rachel M, Narnec
■1SU Student
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