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The Rrd and Math. Taesday. January 23. 1ST*
Perceptions
Get tough policy
Living with flu
A new get tough policy
concerning the Regents’ exam
policy should eliminate unpre
pared students in upper level
classes.
As it is now outlined, the exam
should be taken after a student
has taken 105 hours. The test
measures basic reading and
writing abilities. It is scheduled
to be taken after a student has
completed the basic courses at
the University so it can be
determined whether the student
Letters
has absorbed all the knowledge
should have.
The problem is that in the past
students have not signed up for
the exam until considerably after
the completion of 105 hours. This
was causing problems for both
the Registrar and the students
because if a student doesn't pass
the test he must then enroll in
remedial courses, regardless of
how that may interfere with
graduation plans
With the new policy a student
‘Best should
hold jobs’
TO THE EDITOR:
In reply to the Jan 18 story called
Discouraging Minorities" I would like to
make a few points The part about the
University making no positive strives to
find minorities is a little hard to
understand It seems to me that if a
person, black or white, wanted a job at
the University he would find the
University before it found him I'm not
putting anyone down for being black or
white or any other color but let’s face it,
if a person is unqualified he or she is
unqualified Not that all blacks are
unqualified and not that all whites are
unqualified
Would you go to a doctor of your same
racial group just because he is of your
group or would you go because he is
qualified'’ I personally would want the
best regardless of his or her color or
nationality 1 have always believed that
America is the land of opportunity but
that doesn't mean that an opportunity is
going to ambush you and take you off to
a high paying job.
Most of us black and white must make
our own opportunities Whoever wrote
that article also slated that there is only
one black out of a faculty of thirty-two in
the School of Law I am not a law student
but I have heard that the School of Law
here at the University is one of the best
in the whole country It only stands to
reason that the faculty is just as
excellent as the record of the school. Why
should this be sacrificed*’ Why make
waves'* To me it would seem reasonable
to leave the best alone If only thirty-two
faculty members are needed why hire
more of any race, creed, or color'* When
a position does come up give it to the best
person available Why should it matter if
this person is male or female, black or
white**
If the School of Law here ever goes to
hell then you have a reason to complain,
but I would consider it to be an honor to
have the opportunity to learn from the
present staff I am certain that the one
black person got the job because he is
qualified not because he is black As far
as not showing up to class goes, that
doesn't seem like a very good way to
learn the law.
WES BLOUHER
can’t become a junior until the
test is passed. If he flunks the
test then he’ll be prevented from
signing up for any credit courses
and must instead take remedial
and review English courses.
The plan isn't problem free by
a long shot. There are going to
be a large number of new
students in the Special Studies
program at a time when this
program is already experiencing
growing problems. And there are
going to be problems with
governing transfers and students
who receive financial aid. But
the policy should be helpful in
catching those students who are
not prepared to graduate from
college in time to offer them
some help.
Several schools across campus
have already notified their
students of the policy changes.
The new policy affects all
students. In order to take the
exam this quarter all students
must be signed up by Friday.
Oglethorpe bridges the gap
between dorm and apartment
Jon Dancy
Brian O’Shea
You may have read in the paper the
other day that a strain of Russian flu has
been discovered on campus, which is sort
of a misleading statement One gets the
impression that the flu was hiding under
some rock on north campus when doctors
dug it up However, as I and many of my
fellow victims can attest, the flu was not
‘People are
no worse’
TO THE EDITOR:
I am writing in response to Elisabeth
Wooley's article. "Don't Condom other
People," I leel that she is right in many
ways, but she has also over exaggerated
something that does not really exist.
People don't realize their real prejudices
and hates until they actually listen to
themselves I have found this to be true
with many people in many situations
Unfortunately this is just the way
society is People will always criticize
and condemn others for various reasons
This is something that will never end just
because it is part of today's society.
It would make life rather dull with aU
perfection and no competition People
need to criticize and be spiteful as well as
complement and praise This is an
equilibrium that needs to exist in society
The good must come with the bad
I think Wooley's opinion about the
! University's campus is totally exag
gerated People on this campus are no
worse than on any other campus I feel
that the atmosphere is just right and no
change needs to be made in this so called
situation
MONIQUE SUHETTEWI
The purchase of Oglethorpe House by
the University Housing Department is not
a fat-witted plan to dally away 2.3 million
dollars, far from it! It's a concerted
effort to improve the quality of housing
offered by the Housing Department
According to Dean of Student Affairs,
Dwight Douglas, the acquisition of
Oglethorpe House will upgrade the
University facilities Oglethorpe House,
with private bathrooms, plush furnish
ings and large rooms, will give students
seeking accommodations through the
Housing Department a choice among
several alternative living arrangements
Jon Dancy is a graduate from the School
of Art, and Sciences
Upperclassmen and graduates who do
not wish to shell out the extra bucks for
an ahartmem will have a dorm free from
Die ddgMctiotis and ificonveniences of a
RuMndlkd dorm And during the
sum**? quarter when occupancy is tow
for t Ogletho rpe and for University
Housiiig. dorms that do not have air
coadhHUnt (Creswelli could be closed
down Obviously, some of the criticism
leveled at the University has confused
the issue.
The purchase is not intended to
increase the housing capacity Five
hundred students live there In other
words, we don't need a new dorm
Presently, the Housing Department has
seventy vacancies. And Chancellor
Simpson has predicted that enrollment
will level off or drop in the next ten
years
Likewise, the purchase of Oglethorpe
House is not intended to bring an end to
the fall overflow problem Contrary to
some student opinion, overflows do not
result from a covetous desire to make
money They exist for two reasons: (1)
overflows in the fall balance out the
vacancies in the winter bring down the
price of dorms—saves students money,
and 12) taxpayers have a right to be
accommodated by the University—pro
vided they are willing to live in overflow
areas The only solution to the problem is
to charge higher prices in order to
maintain vacant dorms
Why buy a dorm teeming students?
Students have the benefit of a well-run,
plush alternative to University Housing
and it doesn't cost the University a dime
Again the answer is two fold.
First, Oglethorpe has not been
operating at full capacity over the last
five-year interim Occupancy has fluctu
ated between 70 and too percent The
University believes it will he more
successful Secondly, the Housing Depart
ment can employ its maintenance men.
power plant, etc., to make living at
Oglethorpe House less expensive
The money is not state money It
belongs to the University The 2.3 million
dollars come from bonds and from the
auxiliary fund of the Housing Depart
Brian O'Shea is
Red and Black.
staff writer for The
discovered, it started attacking people on
campus and demanded attention
In case you haven't been attacked yet,
let me tell you about it. Merriam Webster
I believe it was. best described the flu
when he said "flu: n. influenza,
shortened form."
As Gen. Sherman would have said.
"Flu is hell"'
I first began to suspect something was
wrong when I woke up last Monday
morning and I couldn't talk. I was
feverish and my chest felt like there was
something heavy on top of it Even after
my roommate stopped standing on it.
This kept up for about a day and my
condition was deteriorating, so I trucked
on up to Health Services. Have you ever
wondered why there is no bus to Health
Services? I guess it would be silly. I
mean, after all. sick people should walk
across campus in freezing temperatures
to prove they are serious about wanting
medical help.
But anyway I went up there and got in
line behind the other 30 million people
(what a turnout for a campus of 22.000)
who had the same thing. When my turn
came. I told the woman at the desk as
best I could (recall 1 could hardly talk)
that I had the flu. She sent me to a doctor
who checked me over and said I was
suffering from upper respiratory conges
tion. 1 had a cough and I couldn't talk I
thanked him for enlightening me
He did. however, prescribe medicine
which helped me considerably. (I hope
you apreciate that doc—that's the closest
thing to a compliment you will ever see
in this column )
As I recuperated from my dreaded
disease, my hallmates and I commiser
ated over this flu which was taking its
toll. About four or five of us had the thing
at the same time and you know what they
say about misery
It was my neighbor, Roger, who
brought us all to our senses. "You know,
if Ford was president, he would have
kept those Russians from contaminating
our blood. Yep. Jerry would have
developed a vaccine After all, he kept us
from getting that pig stuff in us, didn't
he’"
He's right And now that Jimmy has
officially recognized Peking, we will all
probably have Chinese flu next year
That's something to remember when
election time rolls around again
If you haven’t caught it yet. don't. If
you do get the flu. go to Health Services
when you first get sick and let them give
you something for it. Then take your
medicine and get plenty of rest.
SOMETHING IN THE AIR: If you've
noticed a peculiar smell hovering over
North Campus as of late, my spies tell
me it is just the batch of horse manure
those politicians in Memorial Hall are
cooking up for distribution in the
upcoming campaign If any of you guys
are looking for campaign promises. I've
got one for a smart young politician The
only requirement is that if you use it, you
gotta fulfill it too
Here it is: Have you ever wondered
why other universities in the state,
especially the ones in Atlanta, sell tickets
to local theaters to students at a discount
white the University does not’ Someone
ought to promise to look into that and
correct the situation I know a lot of
people who would go to movies if they
could afford them
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK: You
can't blame the weatherman for his
foibles; after all. he works for a
non-prophet organization.
Adaptation 101
ment. It cannot be used to make other
improvements around the University.
The funds cannot be used to make
improvements for the handicapped, to
grant more financial aid for students, to
supply the extra 2 million needed to
complete Phase I of the student center,
or to create parking for those who park
where the student center construction
will be To find answers to these
problems, pleas must be addressed to the
state legislators and to the Board of
Regents
Although the acquisition of the
Oglethorpe House is a merited plan, I
share the sentiments of the current
residents 1 don't want any changes
Oglethorpe provides a co-ed atmosphere
and a freedom of lifestyle comparable to
apartment life. University control would
change the atmosphere There are
numerous amenities that the Housing
Department cannot provide—such as,
pool parlies, casino nights, excellent food
service, trips, etc.
As an apartment-dweller. I believe that
Oglethorpe bridges the gap between
apartment life and dorm life in a way
that the University cannot Student costs
are high Off-campus housing has gone
up 10 percent this year. Those who
cannot afford apartments can have some
of the amenities at Oglethorpe Because
of the present state of the economy—de
clining purchasing power, rising prices,
high interest—Oglethorpe serve a need
that ultimately makes the University a
more attractive school
Chuck Westbrook
The jump from high school to
university is a very large one Many
entering freshmen are equipped with
nothing more than a pogo stick to make
the leap Even if a high school senior has
taken every available course at his
school, he would still be unprepared for
the little things the college catalog fails
to mention. Therefore, a new program
should be introduced into the core
curriculum to bridge the gap between
high school and college Let's forget
about the unnecessary things like math.
English, and science and concentrate on
the practical subjects beneficial to the
university student We shall do this by
looking al a partial list of proposed
courses for pre-freshmen
Chuck Westbrook is a freshman in the
School of Arts and Sciences.
LINESTANDING 102
This course is designed to prepare the
student for the majority ot his life at the
university In this course the student will
learn: How To Form A Line and Which
Way It Will Move; Eliminating The
People In Front; Avoiding Conversation
With Creeps; Aging Gracefully In A
Bookstore line
CAFETERIA FOOD 232 («3 Celsius)
This course is required for those
wishing to live past their first quarter
Courses include Why Did My Sesame
Seed Move?; Dirty Silverware With Or
Without Food; Is That Jello or Mashed
Potatoes?; How To Mend Plaster With
Grits; The Identimat—Friend or Foe?;
The True Story of "Au Jus."
TOILET HUGGING 234
Prerequisite: Cafeteria Food 232.
UNIVERSITY PARKING tat
Includes: How To Convince A Station
Wagon It's A Compact Car; Mending
Fenders; Rearview Mirror-Fact or
Fiction?: Hubcaps—Are They Worth Re
DUcing’, Removing H-Zone Stickers;
Illegal Parking Begging cops—uo tears
Work?
DORM LIVING 105
Covers the topics: Snore Prevention;
How To Identify R A s; Learning To
Shower In Public. Poster Buying; Wall
Banging. Your Friend, The Cockroach,
Maids In The Bathroom—To Blush Or
Not To Blush; Sleeping on Cement—The
Dorm Mattress.
BUS RIDING 333
This class will have in-depth study in
the following areas: How To Stand In
One Square Inch of Space . Sitting Beside
The Obnoxious And Surviving; Prevent
ing Wrinkles While Waiting For The
East-West Bus; Bus Driver—Animate or
Inanimate?
LAUNDRY 100
This course gives each student expert
abilities in the field of laundry The finer
points of washing will be taught
including: Cheating the Dryer; Forcing
Three Loads of Clothes Into One
Machine; What To Do When The
Machines Scream; Hypnosis By Watch
ing Clothes Tumbles; Selling Shrunken
Shirts to Midgets
INTRODUCTION TO CLASSES 1M
This is a class on classes and the skills
needed to prosper in those classes These
skills include: Making "A”s on Once A
Week Study. Sleeping In Class With Eyes
Open ; Taking Notes At The Rate of Two
Thousand Words Per Minute; Talking In
Class Without Moving The Mouth; How
To Cut Gasses Twelve Times A Week
SORORITY-FRATERNITY a.7l
This course is divided into nine major
categories They are: How To Crease
Khaki; How To Yell "See You Al The
House ; The Art Of Blowdrying;
Inducing Nausea With Alcohol; Identify
ing Topsiders; Becoming A Party
Animal; Creative Busvwork; Stringing
Gold Beads