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Page 2/Thursday, November 14, 1991/theJ-TAC
OPINION
/ have tested HIV positive..
Johnson's words
shock the world
Meredith Foster
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 Boswell
EDITORIAL CARTOONIST - Jordan Cannady
STAFF WRITERS - Pmanuel Alvear, Kelly Boren,
Brig Lopez III, Eric Lang
AD SALES - Scott Rone
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Beep? What
do you mean
"beep"?
I've only experienced this feel-
ing once before. The first time I
had this feeling was when I found
out the Challenger exploded. The
second time I experienced this
feeling was when I found out
Ervin "Magic" Johnson tested
HIV positive. Both experiences
began with denial, and then led
into shock.
I now understand what this
country went through when
President John F. Kennedy was
assassinated. Denial, then shock.
My generation will remember
where they were and what they
were doing when the Challenger
exploded, and most will remember
where they were and what they
were doing when Magic made his
announcement. Experiences like
these are inevitable. We have no
control over what happens, yet we
can control how it affects us. It
was Magic's decision to announce
to the world that he has this dis-
ease, and it was the right decision,
if not for anyone else then for
himself.
What is ironic is how this
country, and the world is handling
this situation. AIDS is not new
to anyone. People, even famous,
and children have died from this
disease for years.
professional basketball for 12
years, tests HIV positive, and
knowledge all of a sudden
becomes reality. My question is,
will this reality last? Can a
basketball player that is HIV
positive turn AIDS awareness into
AIDS reality? Can one man make
people think twice?
For the moment, for today,
yes he can. Maybe if he
continues to speak out, and if
everyone sees that even Magic can
not escape AIDS, then maybe
everyone will realize they can't
escape it either. I certainly do.
This man's life is not about
death. It never has been. For 12
years Magic has worked miracles
on the basketball court, hopefully
his talent won't stop there.
Meredith Foster is the
Advertising Coordinator for
the J-TAC.
Safer sex is an issue that must be addressed
With last week's shocking announcement of Ervin
"Magic" Johnson's infection with the HIVvirus, many
students are now having second thoughts about
unmonogamous sex. This is a concern that should be
voiced in the minds of all college students.
In years past, the only dangers of having unprotected
sex were the risk of venereal disease and unwanted
pregnancy. Times have changed. People, especially those
in the typical college age range, should get the simple yet
lifesaving message through their heads—SEX WITHOUT
A CONDOM COULD AND MAY KILL YOU.
Yes, we said it. Condom. A word that seems to
frighten the American public even more than AIDS. This
is evident in that all of the major television networks,
except for Fox, refuse to run prophylactic commercials yet
they will run public service announcements telling you
about the dangers of AIDS. If theyH speak out about the
disease, why not tell the public how to prevent it?
However, this brings this discussion to another
point. There is no such thing as "safe sex". This is a
misnomer. The only way to have "safe sex'1 is to have no
sex at all-abstain. Condoms may help prevent the spread
of AIDS but are in no way foolproof.
Please, for your own safety, that of your partner and
the future of our society, wear a condom or insist that your
sexual partner do so. Students may recall that old saying
from sex ed. in high school--"If you can't talk about the
issue of condoms with your partner, maybe you should not
be having sex."
It should sadden the world that, even after all of the
years of PSA's and lectures and warnings from all sides of
the isgue, it took the infection of someone famous like
Magic Johnson to make the public open its eyes.
It's about time.
Tina Horton
Around the J3end
© 1991 by
J. Jordan Cannady
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THE HUNT FOR THE "MISS OCTOBER"
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As I sat with bated breath and a
steady finger, I eagerly awaited for
THE question.
Then there it was - "Will you be
graduating this semester? Press one
for yes, press two for no."
At last, the moment was here.
The moment I had waited so
long for was here.
As I gently pressed the number
in the upper left comer of the tele-
phone dial case, my heart began to
pound and my ears tuned in for the
next sound.
Then there it was ~ the let down
of my final registration call.
"Eeeee," a beep; that's all I re-
ceived for making the big push.
After questioning several of my
fellow comrades I found that they
were also let down by this insensi-
tive sound. Second of all, I might
consider myself to be priviledged
because a couple of them did not
even receive a beep.
I had anticipated what would
happen alter I pushed the button "1",
I don't actually know what I ex-
pected to hear, but I definitely ex-
pected something more than a beep.
This insensitive beep I received
made me feel that I was perhaps a
contestant on a game show and I had
sponse deserV&SA " wrong-answer"
beep.
After pondering upon the inci-
dent and speaking with others who
felt the same, I decided to write this
column in hopes that the process
might be changed.
Since my first telephone regis-
tration call three semesters ago, I
have wondered what the machine
would say alter I pressed the "1". I
had often thought that it would say
"Congratulations!" This would be
agreeable for some students.
Another friend even suggested
a verse of "Celebration" might be
acceptable.
I am not suggesting that Tarle-
ton completely change their "ever-
so-popular" response to the ques-
tion, but I do suggest that Tarleton
have the eloquent lady, who speaks
(See Beep page 6)
I ean stop anytime I want to, really I can
Jordan Cannady
Around the Bend
The ninties will be known as the
decade of neurosis and obsessions.
You cannot turn on the television
without coming across a commer-
cial for some hospital offering to
cure you of some social disease.
Drink too much? Do you smoke
like a Risky's BBQ? How's your
gambling going, lost your family
jewels yel? Have you found yourself
snorting more and enjoying it less?
Have you been running into PecWce
Herman in the movies a lot lately?
Does the apple of your eye require a
little religious cult deprogramming?
Do you eat everything short of the
plankton in the ocean? Are you
afraid of flying, driving, heights,
crowds, flea circuses, excessive body
haii? Have you been picked up for
filching lipsticks in Walgreens? Do
you hate everybody? Does every-
body hate you? Do you suffer from
writing endless examples?
Well buddy, if there's a problem
in your life there's some hospital out
there willing to cure you of it for a
modest token of your appreciation...
something like five a* six thousand
should cover it, thank you very much.
My wife thinks that I have an
obessive personality. Not about
everything, mind you, just one thing,
I like joining clubs. Doesn't sound
that bad does it? Well I agree, but my
wife thinks I carry my joining clubs
to an extreme. I have joined the
following clubs in the last year you
be the judge.
I. Book Clubs
1. Science Fiction Book Club
2. Quality PapcrBack Book Club
3. Historical Book Society
4. Horror and Fantasy Society
5. Mystery Book Club
6. Double Day Book Club
7. National Geographic Travel-
ers Club
8. Writers Digest Book Club
9. Boating and Sailing Society
10. Audobon Bird Book Club
11. Bon Appetite Cook Book
Club
12. World of Dance Book Club
13. California Highway Patrol
Book Club
II, Compact Disk Clubs
1. Columbia House Record Club
2. BMG Disk Club
3. Reader's Digest Family Disk
Club
4. Playboy's Music for the So-
phisticated
5. Heritage House of Classical
Music Club
6. Heritage House of Jazz Club
7. Hee Haw Productions Koun-
try Klub of Records
HI. Miscellaneous Clubs
1. Swiss Colony Jam of the
Month
2. Mogen David's Wine of the
Month
3. Pet Safari's Tropical Fish *
Exchange
4. Nut World's Nuts from around
. the World
5. Jacque's Bikini Briefs for Men
of the month club
6. Pennsylvania Ammish
Scrapple and Plain Clothes
. Club
7. Khonigberger Gourmet Kaf-
fee Club
I agree that on the surface this
looks like a lot of clubs, but in real-
ity, I only belonged to most of them
for a short time. The last club I
joined was the Khonigberger Gour-
met Kaffee Club. The reason I gave
my wife for joining was, that for only
$7, I'd receive one pound of their ex-
clusive Swedish Gourmet Blend
coffee and a ten cup automatic cof-
fee nak;r worth $49.99 retail. The
coi; vacii;; or membership are that
every six weeks I will be shipped
two pounds of their coffee for only
$10 per pound. The deal is that 5 may
quit anytime and never purck,.;s a
thing. How could I not join?
Let's examine the offei. The
gourmet blend of Swedish co:Tco is
the only coffee in the universe en-
dorsed by the King of Sweden.
"He'd probably endorse generic
panty hose for a couple of bucks,
too!" my wife replied I don't think
so.
Also, the free coffee maker, what
a deal! Sure enough, she had to shoot
that down too.
"You already have two coffee
makers and an espresso machine.
What the hell do you want another
coffee maker for?" She has never
been able to see the big picture. What
if my other three machines stop
working? What if we threw a huge
coffee Klatch someday? What if I
just want another freebee!
With the talk shows full of sto-
ries of husbands who leave their
wives for younger women, other men,
join the priesthood or just plain go
south, wouldn't you think my little
hobby should be tolerated? I don't
do drugs, drink to excess, smoke,
gamble or tom-cat around, I just
want those eight books for $3, ten
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compact discs for 99 cents, my jar of
red currant preserves they always
send out in November... I wanna be
me.
She made me swear that I'd quit
the Swedes as soon as my bounty
arrived. I swore. I really meant it
My marriage means far more to me
than a pound of beans hand picked
by Olaf Svoigenson on the hillside
of Mount Smorgasbord.
Two hours ago I received the
package. It contained all they prom-
ised.. and more. It included a glori-
ous catalogue filled with eye-pop-
ping delights; Belgian cream aides,
colonial pewter coffee measuring
scoops, Danish ham and cheese, trays,
Portuguese lace doilies made by
monks and beautiful mugs... all quite
reasonably priced. I ;vji't resist. I
promised her I'd quit. A husband's
word must be his bond.
Oh, my God. The invoice says
that with my first shipment of coffee
I will receive a complimentary se-
lection of their finest gourmet cof-
fees from around the world. I see
they've, included and extra member-
ship card for a friend. If I convince
my mother-in-law to join, IH receive
two free mugs!
I gave in.
Jordan Cannady is the Editorial
Cartoonist for the J-TAC,
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