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Columnists
list top ten
annoyances
Campus
Marginalia
Lisa Hendon
Lanell Gonzales
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- This is the time of the semester
when things REALLY get bad. Do
you find that all your professors are
assigning 10 page research papers,
books of at least 999 pages, projects,
ecL, ect. and expecting you to do
them ALL before finals ?!?
Do you find yourself waking up
in a cold sweat in the middle of the
night because you have realized that
finals are only THREE WEEKS
AWAY? Do your find yourself
becoming crabby, nervous, instable
and turning into a regular Mr. Hyde?
Are other people getting on your
nerves and bugging the daylights out
of you? Don't fed alone: there are at
least two other people on campus
who feci the same way!
Therefore, we are devoting this
column to THE TOP TEN THINGS
THAT ANNOY US in an effort to
vent our frustrations before finals
(and because at this hectic time in the
semester, we have no creative, pro-
found, didactic, introspective or
controversial things to say),
DRUM ROLE PLEASE
The Top Ten Things That An-
noy Us are:
10. Total strangers who come
up and ask to borrow a whole semes-
ter's notes. Do we look like we ape
recent graduates of Stenography
Institute? If you can't adtjress us by
name, we don't trust you with our
notes. Go away,
9. Recipients of A's who insist
(depending upon the assignment) that
they either did not study or that they
composed their papers in fifteen
minutes. They lie.
8. People who say "What are
you worried for? You always make
an A." No comment (only bodily
harm).
7. People who freak out, act
rudely and seem out of control, only
to blame their atrocious behavior on
PMS. Everyone knows that people
who truly suffer from PMS don't use
it as an excuse. Chill out.
6. People who say "Smile, it
can't be that bad." It is.
5. Husbands who look at you
with wolf-eyes after you've been up
until 1 a.m, studying for a test Get
real. We have a headache.
4. Professors who say, "Would
you like a take-home exam?" No
comment (for obvious political rea-
sons).
3. Students who say, "YES,
we'd love a take-home exam." Watch
your back.
2. People who want to impress
the professor with profound contri-
' buttons to class discussion (and who
(tone on and on and on, aimlessly).
Get a clue.
And the number one thing that
annoys us is: People who constantly
whine about things that annoy them.
Get a life.
We feel much better. We have
found in past semesters that laugh-
ter, especially laughter directed at
ourselves, (and most especially the
hysterical variety), is the best de-
fense mechanism against the mur-
derous and/or suicidal tendencies that
are part of what we call the "Finals
Are Almost Here Syndrome." Hope-
fully we can now maintain our tenu-
ous grasp on reality until the end of
the semester. We hope that you can,
too.
Lisa Hendon and Lanell
Gonzales are students at TSU.
This is the last issue
of the J-TAC for the
Fall 1991 semester.
The next issue will
be published on Jan.
16, 1992.
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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
STAFF WRITERS - Pmanuel Alvear, Kelly Boren, CIRCULATION MANAGER - Justin Boswell
Brig Lopez III, Eric Lang
AD SALES - Scott Rone
EDITORIAL CARTOONIST - Jordan Cannady
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Don't let stress get to you
It's that time of year again. There are tests to take, bills
to pay, class projects to complete, more tests to take... The end
of the semester is the most stressful time of the year.
It's important to deal with this stress constructively,
rather than bungee jumping off Moola or trying to cross
Washington Street during lunch hour. Stress is an all to
common situation to which students are extrememly suceptible.
Left unchecked, it may lead to mental or physical problems.
One solution is attending the "How to Survive Final
Exams" seminar on December 4. Sponsored by the Dick Smith
Library, the seminar will seek to help students find ways to
manage, control and relieve stress. While this may be the
perfect solution for some students, it may not work for others.
Another suggestion for relieving stress is taking some
time away from whatever is causing you the anxiety. Go to the
movies, visit a friend or make your way to the gym and exert
your frustrations on a raquetball. Whatever-works for you!
Sometimes sitting down and making a time schedule
for all of your papers and projects helps relieve the tension
because you now have your time planned out and no longer
have to face everything at once.
Though these next few weeks will seem like an endless
confusion of classes and hours spent in the library, don't panic.
Christmas vacation looms ahead and will be here before you
know it.
© 1991 by
J. Jordan Cannady
IN AN ACT THAT BROUGHT TSU TO
ITS KNEE'S, THE FOLLOWING OCCURS:
[INSPIRED BY HIS HISTORY TEXT,THEl
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ENGLISH MAJOR BROKE $ 10 IN
CHALK TO PROTEST WIS BREAKAGE
DEPOSIT.
Oral and Jordan want it all
Jordan Cannday
Around
the Bend
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
Library late fines
Apples for professors
Tuition
Breakage deposit *
For combatting satanic conspiracy
876.00
36.00
16,080.00
10.00
$104,000.00
*we English majors are notorious for our breakage
Tulsa newspapers reported last week that Oral Roberts and his son
Richard (Dick) Roberts have mailed out a million letters to their
followers asking each one to send them $500. They need this
$500,000,000.00 in order to save their ministry from an insidious satanic
conspiracy. Who could blame them for asking.. The last thing I want in
my lift is any sort of insidious conspiracy affecting it This brings me
to my own request
There are some 6,420 students at Tarleton. I would like each and
every one of you to dig down deep into your hearts and wallets and send
me $50. I need this $321,000.00 for the following:
1. Lunch at the Student Center for 1 semester $ 92,000,00
2. Blue books and Scantrons for required exams 3,000.00 *
3. Parking fines 2,700.00
4. Class ring, class watch, class jewel for navel 1,973.00
5. Sufficient Cliff Notes for a BA in English 8,886.00
6. Tickets for Tarleton Drama productions needed 3,200.00
to pass any class in the field of humanities
7. Mums 1,790.00
8. Xerox charges at library 89,000.00
You probably think that Oral, Dick and I are greedy, self-serving,
manipulative, conniving and unscrupulous. You're wrong! We are not
conniving. The Roberts have announced that they themselves will do
without a paycheck for one week. As to me...well, I'm going to let them.
It has become too easy to poke fun at some of the spreaders of the
word. The television has become a national forum for any errant
preacher to make his public mea culpas (Latin for I'm sorry I got caught).
Still, it seems that the greater the fall, the more certain the return as some
repeat offender swaggers up to the podium and proclaims "I am a sinner"
followed closely by a casual "I'll be back!"
Am I really poking fun at religion? I don't think so.
Oh, and while you make out your check for $50 to me, would one
of you seniors out there also send me a senior parking sticker so I can get
out of white parking hell?
Send your cash, checks, money orders and Betty Crocker box tops
to:
The Jordan Cannady Relief Fund
Sandy Clams Mobile Home and RV Center
Stranger 'n' Fiction Lane
Trailer number 69
Mule Shoe, Texas 75111
Jordan Cannady Is the Editorial Cartoonist for the J-TAC.
The J-TAC is published on Thursdays during the regular semester, with the exception of university holidays and
examination periods. The printer is the Stephenville Empire-Tribune.
Only articles in the Opinion section of this newspaper express the opinion of the J-TAC olai'f. Columns and/or news
articles do not necessarily express the opinion of this university or this newspaper.
Inquiries regarding deadlines may be made by telephone to: Editor: 968-9056; Newsroom: 968-9057; or the Faculty
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Letters to the
Q Editor E3
Columnist needs to
learn to praise self
for own successes
To the Editor
I am writing regarding Ms. Tina
Horton's article on telephone regis-
tration. Come on Ms. Horton - grow
up! If an eloquent computer voice
telling you congratulations on gradu-
ation makes your day - I think you
need to reevaluate your reasons for
wanting a university degree.
This is not elementary school
where all your achievements and
successes are rewarded. This is a
university and your own self satis-
faction of completing a degree should
be sufficient. By now you should
realize you don't always get that
special pat on the back after every
good thing you A) whether it be a
school, a job or in life.
You have to hold your head
high and realize your own successes
as well as your own failures. Your
attitude will display your success to
others around you without bells or
buzzers or computer voices telling
you congratulations.
Sincerely,
Tonya Johnson
Financial aid needs
reorganization,
reform by workers
Dear Editor
I am writing in regards to the
extreme inefficiency of the financial
aid department here at Tarleton State
University. This inefficiency is re-
flected in various aspects of the of-
fice? Yet, before I trudge into the
somewhat long-winded attack, let
me first say that I am a new member
of the financial aid community.
Never before have I had to deal with
this office and perhaps I am merely
seeing the way all financial aid
(henceforth referred to as FA) of-
fices are run. However, if this be the
case, I find it difficult to believe all of
the FA offices have survived.
The first aspect I would like to
deal with is the unbelievable lack of
organization. Let me support this
statement with a few examples from
my own experiences as well as those
I have observed and/or heard about
through FA gripe sessions.
The oceans of people that sur-
rounded FA at the beginning of
school is not where the problem lies.
They can't help that many students
require aid; However, because FA
has been doing this for so many
years, one would assume they would
be better prepared. "Did you turn
this in?" "When did you turn this
in?" and then there is the inevitable
"I can't find it"
For example, I turned in my
GSL (Guaranteed Student Loan)
form with some other paperwork
during the "rush." A few weeks
later, I received my award letter that
required me to bring the letter itself
along with my GSL form. I went to
FA and the following dialogue is an
account of my experience:
ME - "Hi. I brought you my
award letter."
FA - "OK, let me key this in and
we'll see where you are,"
ME - (thinking) "Yes, I'm al
most home MAMA!" (yeh,
right)
FA - "You need to turn in your
GSL form."
ME - "I have."
FA - "Let me check your file."
Five minutes later.
"I can't find your file."
Mind you, this was 3 to 4 weeks into
school, after the mad rush had died
down.
FA - "Are you married?"
ME - 'No."
ME - (thinking) "Are married
people in a separate file cabinet?" '
FA - "You shouldn't have turned
it in yeL- We won't even take it until
you have been approved."
ME - "Well, you did,"
Okay, IH stop here - needles to say
this exchange went on and finally
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