The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 83, No. 36, Ed. 1, Wednesday, February 8, 1995 Page: 2 of 8
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Editorial
Kelly Perkins Editor in Chief
Amy Daugherity Managing News Editor
Melissa Stallings
Dr. Charlie Marler Faculty Adviser .
Jennifer Ficrro assistant sports editor
Sybil Johnson copy editor Tiffany Kondrup news page editor
Kit Morgan staff writer Jeremy Parish graphic designer
Jamccl Pccrally assistant photographer
Jay Smith copy editor Travis Whisenant sports editor
Mike Woods chief photographer
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lElementary students deserve music
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:'V-free musical instruments and
; jessons at school.
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viack of funds for musical instal
lments because music is considered
&css important than the school's
bother needs. The Dallas Independent
1 School District is conducting a drive
for musical instruments because of
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C-anced child" Bill Cormack the
DISD's director of fine arts told The
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r; Providing children with a musical
background can help them in all
pigrcas ot their studies it provides
Jjicm with a different perspective
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ILosing sports teams unify fans
To the editor: .
I have been doing some deep
'thinking lately ever since the Cow-
boys lost to San Francisco and I
-have finally decided to go public to
..come out of the closet and declare
my victimhood.
I must confess I belong to a spe-
cial nersecutcd minority ihe fans
'of losing sports teams. We have
uueu buiiuruig inuigniiy ior cen-
turies ground down by those arro-
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monsters the winners.
? We must correct this historic
injustice. I hereby declare the begin-
ning of a new liberation movement
the Losers' Liberation! We
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The Optimist encourages reader
response through letters to the edi-
vtpr but we reserve the right to
refuse to print letters that contain
" 'personal attack obscenity defama-
tion erroneous information or inva-
sion of nrivacv.
IJt-5 The Optimist refuses to print any
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gtiire or letters that bear requests for
SUie writer's anonymity
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j.quent writers and edit letters when
Klrchgth or grammatical errors
Become a prooiem.
' Letters submitted to the Optimist
Should be limited to 350 words or
'less. Address letters to:
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Abilene Texas 79699
Or brine them to Room 308 of
the Don Morris Complex.
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the Optimist Editorial Board or the university
than written classwork arid encour-
ages children to think creatively.
"Exposure to music at an early age
teaches children that there arc some
things of value that can't be seen
touched or expressed in words" Jose
Munbz a Dallas area band director
told the Morning News.
Learning to play an instrument
and becoming involved in a band or
orchestra can also help children
learn to work together. "Playing in a
band shows them the importance of
self-discipline and teamwork'
Munoz said;
Perhaps realizing the importance
of music the Dallas community is
pitching in to donate new and used
instruments to the school district.
People are donating money and
instruments! the Dalla1SSvm1MfbYrV
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'Orchestra- is nrorrrptingthedrivcr "
una loan music companies arc ouer-
ing discounts to help the schools buy
instruments for instrument deficient
students.
A community cooperative effort
should be initiated everywhere to
provide students with a tree music
education.
demand the abolition of all games
of competition come to think if
it all forms of struggle.
We call for th elimination of win-
ning losing scoring trophies play-
off games tests grades and the
whole devilish panoply rivalry
competition and struggle whether
athletic or academic.
Down with competition! Long
Jive inactivity! We all are winners
now. Someday when Losers' Liber-
ation has completed its work "win-
ning" will be listed as one of the
Seven Deadly Sins.
Just kidding.
Dr. A J. Hoover
professor of history
Board
Diverse communication
I heard this song today and it brought
back so many memories" my mom
said. "I was just about to call you."
The song was "Take On Me" by a-ha.
Remember that one? It had that hckety-
split keyboard line and the three Nor-
wegians with bufont hairdos. They
were my favorite band in junior high.
Anyway 1 got a little off topic think-
ing about those '80s hunks. It made me
think that anytime I hear "Goodnight
Chet Goodnight David" I will think of
Willard Tate.
Not that the song gets a lot of radio
airplay nowadays out if I ever hear it
again it will bring back some pretty
powerful memories of an emotionally
powerful weekend.
Willard knows how to use the power
of a song. He also knows how to bring
32 completely different people together
into a strong team.
He docs that once a semester when
lie leads his weekend communications
class. That song won't be the only
thing that will bring back powerful
memories.
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Purple parking places plague plebes
Whoever painted the ACU parking
zones different colors designated
most of the interior lots as faculty and
staff parking and most of the perimeter
lots as student parking. Maybe the
paiiltcr thought faculty and staff
deserved to park closer to their places of
work than students did. Hey no argu-
ment here
A few lone interior lots were splat-
tered with green blue or red paint giv-
ing a few early bird students the oppor-
tunity to park close to their classes. And
there was much rejoicing.
However a purple faculty and staff
parking sticker allows its owner to park
in these highly prized interior student
parking spop; without getting a .ticket
most of the time.
We don't deny your legal right to park
in our spots. But we do ask out of kind-
ness that you don'tpark there'.
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Wild wild West
Texas attempts to pass weapons bill
With the promise of Governor
George W. Bush's John Hancock
awaiting a bill legalizing concealed
weapons will soon be shooting its way
through the Texas Legislature
Austin insiders predict the bill could
pass through the House and Senate as
easily as a .44 slug rips through bone
and muscle tissue.
That would make Texas the 22nd
state where almost any adult with a
pulse can pack heat.
While many of the fearmongering
anti-gun folks will no doubt object to
such progressive legislation this
columnist chooses to only examine the
benefits. Without a doubt the Lone
Star State is in for a boon;
Although there has been a glut of top
10 lists in the Optimist of late one
more insightful series of items cannot
hurt. A bevy of blessings will come
from a law legalizing concealed
weapons. Here are ten of them.
10. Texas funeral homes should enjoy
a sharp but lasting increase in revenue.
'But probably the
most Important
lessons we learned
were the unintended
ones ... '
Melissa
Stallings
Read Into It
Every time I attempt to get up in the
morning I will think "Mind over mat-
tress." Although it didn't work this
morning in 21 days it might.
And every time someone starts to get
angry with rne I will say "Don't blow
your wig."
And I will remember that listening is
loving.
1 learned some interesting lessons in
Communicative Attitudes. My fellow
camperg and I learned how to hug how
to disclose our emotions to strangers
and iow to sit in a room for 32 hours.
"W don't deny your
legal right to park In
our spots. But we do
ask that you don't
park there out of
kindness.'
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Kelly
Perkins
Take it Or Leave It
cd to find no spots left because cars
with purple stickers have claimed sever-
al green parking spots. Most of the time
a nearby faculty pai king lot could have
been used instead.
A prime example would be the green
or off-campus parking lot between
McKinzic Hall and the tiurford Music
Center. Some students many of them
music and1 science majors arrive urputjd
7 d-mHtftilaim thcscTspots. Thciro'ption-
'A touristy Wild West
atmosphere will
return to former reno-
gade towns ... as
gun-totlng citizens
resolve their
differences...'
Kit
j Morgan
Chew On This
9. A touristy Wild West atmosphere
will return to former renegade towns
like Amarillo and Laredo as gun-toting
citizens resolve their differences in the
streets.
8 Investors in the currently slumping
burial plot industry can expect a greater
return on their portfolios.
7. After shooting abortion clinic
staffers fanatical rignt-to-lifers will not
have to worry about any pesky con-
cealed weapons charges.
6. Promising young mortician stu
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creates friendships
But probably the most important
lessons we learned were the unintended
ones the lessons we learned from each
other.
See we come to college to learn
information. We take two years of Eng-
lish some math some science some
physical education and we learn facts
and figures that we'll soon forget. We
study in our major to learn facts that we
hope we'll remember.
But we rarely take advantage of the
things we can learn from each other.
Sometimes we get so intimidated of
one another that wc lose the opportuni-
ty for communication. Wc assume that
everyone else feels differently than we
do or that we cannot relate to one
another. But we can.
Relating doesn't necessarily mean
sharing mutual experience or back-
grounds it means communicating in an
attempt lo learn from each other.
But when you take 32 people put
them in a medium-sized room with no
windows and force them to talk to each
other in order to receive two hours
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would be to park on the far side of the
Mabcc Business Building or acro
North 16th Street both requiring a sigf
nificant walk to the Foster Science
Building or Burford Center.
In an act of courtesy two professors
who teach near this area routinely park
in the nearby faculty parking lot and
walk a short distance to these two build-v
ings. They co"'d shorten their walk by
Sarking in green spots but they don't
tudents who know of their action
deeply appreciate their thoughlfulness.
Now Ira not saying students never
take purple parking spots. Wc do but A
we also get ticketed whereas faculty "
don't.
It is perfectly within faculty rights to
park in green blue and red spots. But
out of courtesy please don't park in thc
student interior lots. Don't do it becausff"
you have to; do it because you want to
make our day-a Jitile better by helping
us'gct to class onlimcH
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dents will become better skilled having
bonus cadavers to practice on. i
5. Trial lawyers will benefit from a
pointed flux in added caseloads as
shooting victims file lawsuits against
their assailants. ft '
4. Criminals who otherwise carry con-
cealcd weapons can now do so with a
clean conscience.
3.The measure would create an
increase in available organ donors. f
2. With the law's passage the Nation- '
al Rifle Association lobby can concen-
trate more fully on more pressing soci-
etal issues like lifting the assault
weapon oan i
1. Instead of having to keep iny .357 $
..ub.ui aiuanuu uwuy 111 my sock
drawer I will be able to conveniently
tuck it in my backpack.
Finally the Lege has come to its sens- I
cs and looks to approve something that
helps us all.
Everyone benefits from the privilege
of carrying concealed weapons even m
the victims. IT
credit it's amazing the communication
that develops.
W5.s?u'tl akc our experience at
ACU in the same way.
When vnn inV A nnn i ...
them in a small town and give them '
nothing to do in order to receive a
bachelor's degree we should be
amazed at the communication that
develops. i
Wc shouldn't complain that we have
Hnng.V(! on tle weekends let's
aik. Let s find out about each other and
...v vAjicucns.es we vc had.
Let s make new friendships with peo-
falkcdto "CVer W0Ud havfy
vl ruri.ikc ! eave here with a net-
We ti. C'suan friends. 1 would like
us all to. This network shouldn't just
occur between your friends in club or
your fellow campers in Willard Tate'A
weekend class.
Someday I want to call someone or
write a letter to say "I was just listen-
ing to an oldies station and I heard that
!ong and I thought of you."
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