Newspaper Page Text
W--*«
P»|f <
TV Red »nd Black
Thursday, Sept 2B. ISB3
THE RED AND BLACK
Established 1893—Incorporated 1980
Charles H. Russell, General Manager
Mike Tidwell, Editor-in-chief
Susan LacceUi, Managing Editor
An Independent student newipaptr not affiliated with the University of Georgia
Opinion
Even nursery rhymes can kill folks
Time to step down
Eighteen months and numerous indictments later, justice
finally has been rendered upon the king of the state Labor
Department: alias the department of fury A Fulton County
grand jury Tuesday indicted Commissioner Sam Caldwell on
charges of falsifying expense reports and using Labor Depart
ment employees to maintain and repair his cabin cruiser docked
off the coast of Brunswick, Ga
Caldwell’s indictment on fraud charges should be of little shock
Widespread corruption within the department has been reported
continuously over the past 18 months Finally the kingpin falls
And although Caldwell is dow n, he certainly is not out
Top state officials said Wednesday that it was too soon to ask
Caldwell to resign Gov. Joe Frank Harris said he regretted that
the indictment “has become necessary .” But state leaders think a
conviction would be the only reason to remove Caldwell. State law
would require that anyway
True, Caldwell is innocent until proven guilty That goes unsaid
But what’s been said and said too softly is that Caldwell is the first
elected state official indicted on felony charges since 1959
Although that was a long time ago, ethical standards still stand
No matter what the general attitude is at the state Capitol,
Caldwell should step down and put an end to the controversy
surrounding him and his office. It's in the best interest of the state
and Caldwell too.
Humpty Dumpty tat on a wall
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall
All the King’s horses and all the King's men
Couldn't put Humpty Dumpty buck together again
I sat in front of the television watching in disbelief
as some faceless, nameless congressman invoked the
tortured ghost of Humpty Dumpty in order to make
some dubious point I was watching one of those 24-
hour cable news stations and. at 2 a m . the scenario
seemed all too surreal
There in the hallowed chambers of Congress,
where the words of great statesmen have shaped
America's history, sat a man babbling nursery
rhymes He was trying to draw some analogy to
Lebanon but. based on his mode of discourse, he
probably didn't know where the country' was or what
was going on there ! told myself it was a bad dream
or a joke or something
It was none of the above Welcome to the squab
bling. confused and often childish world of Congress
1 have long since grown tired of watching such
Capitol Hill theatrics. It's a place where talk of
Constitutional grandeur and of service to the people
is as thick as it is cheap It is an increasingly
spineless body that, particularly since January 1981.
has done little more than serve as a groveling knave
to a one-man presidential government
The American Constitution is an endangered
species, quickly slipping into the seedy depths of
fallacy The premise that the two houses of Congress
represent a substantive check on the actions of the
president has been reduced to the status of a simple
nursery rhyme And there appears to be little hope of
rehabilitation
Since Ronald Reagan took office almost three
Mike Tul nell
There in the hallowed
chambers of Congress, sat a
man babbling nursery rhymes
years ago. the news out of Washington has changed
little: what Ronnie wants. Ronnie gets Even the
Democratic-controlled House, for all its talk of fair
ness, has done little to dent the top-heavy blueprint of
voodoo economics Even the U S Senate, despite
Republican control, has forgone any semblance of
prudence and voted for an MX missle system that
even the Soviets find amusing
Ah. but the work of Congress is never done Having
granted Pentagon wish lists that are unfathomably
fantastic and mismanaged, our elected oficiais are
now ready to go even further Having signed federal
budgets that leave Americans as a people $20» billion
further in debt every year. Congress isn't satisfied
Having licked the president's boots on virtually every
major domestic and foriegn policy issue, our
representatives are now ordering up another batch of
rubber stamps
This time the issue is Lebanon This time the stakes
involve the threat of an immediate, potentially ex
plosive war It is not the kind of war that brings back
the specter of a slow. Vietnam-type escalation It is a
war directly involving American forces, that has
alreadv begun And finally, it is a war that Congress
appears readv to take an 18-month sabbatical frojn
and watch the'shooting from Capitol Hill box seats
The Reagan administration has already staked
American prestige in Lebanon With the repeated
bombing of Druse military positions, sometimes
without the provocation of attacks on U S Marines.;
Reagan has sent a clear signal to the world that the;
American government is devoutly siding with the
fragile Lebanese government
And although American peace-keeping efforts are
admirable in intent, such an overt military com
mittment involving troops and U S Naval firepower
places the United States in a less than enviable
position If current US military support fails to;
preserve the I^ebanese government, which is an
increasingly real possibility, then the U S. will be
faced with the options of significantly expanding
American military involvement or pulling up stakes
and abandoning a year and a half of American
sponsored peace negotiations Given Reagan's fervor
for preserv ing American prestige, the former option
would seem more likely
Such a scenario is frightening and must not be left
up to one man. Unless Congress crawls out from
under its shell and immediatelv invokes the War
Powers Act. it may find itself trying to piece together
all the king's men for a long time to come
Mike Tidwell is editor in chief of The Red and Black
'Are we paying to get raped... or muggedT
TO THE EDITOR:
This letter is addressed to residents
of the Reed Community, to President
Davison, and to University Police It is
a letter of Ipar and of outrage
There has been a problem for some
time now concerning the lack of
parking space for Reed Community
residents True, a new parking lot was
added last year, but the meager space
it provided in no way alleviated the
problem The University Police con
tinue to ticket residents who park on the
grass and in other non-designated
spaces Therefore, the many un
fortunate residents who cannot find a
legal spot are forced to either park
illegally or in the lots of the other halls
Not only does this cause an in
convenience, it endangers students
physical well being Women returning
alone to the dorms at late hours arc
particularly endangered Walking
alone at night from a legal parking
place near Lipscomb or Russell back to
the Reed Community makes a woman
an easy target for mugging or rape
I don't care how many people safely
return to their dorms The danger is
still there After someone is raped or
mugged, the words "we're sorry, but
we're trying to provide more space"
aren't worth the breath it takes to say
them And the blame for such an in
cident will lie solely with the University
such
administrators who permit
atrocious conditions to exist
Students are required to pay $15 for a :
parking permit this year For the Reed
Community that means paying money
to get parking tickets or to put them
selves in physical danger
I don't own a car I never will until
University parking conditions improve
I have no desire to be the unfortunate
woman who is raped because she
simply parked in a legal spot
I don't care what it takes This has to
stop now, before anyone is seriously
injured We pay to attend the
University We pay to live in dor
mitones We pay to park Are we also
paying to get raped, attacked or
mugged'’
CHERYL RICHTER
Pavne Resident
If Alex wants to gripe,
OK, but please leave out
the useless accusations
TD THE EDITOR:
Since Alex Johnson admittedly based
his entire attack at Patterson High
School's principal Joe Clark and his
educational methods on some "rosy TV
report." how can he be so sure that the
students there are not learning
anything 0 Has he ever been there 0 Did
he interview any of the participants or
try in any way to get a first hand un
derstanding of the students ex
perience 0 Or is Alex Johnson really
God. and hasn't revealed himself as
such vet?
Editorial: ;>4:MSOB
ChffCupy I J« r M*Iim* Jordan
f ramt Puff* Cops F.Jilar AlnJalmwi
Asst Ffonf f«|fCopv MU"' K»» MjJ«
Copy f<f Hoo Jsmc* Kfitdte> and Lim
PlUdWtl
Nr»« Edit* Ond> Oorfr
Fdifo'M! Editor HrthGutfW
Spo'tBlditor TuddHotrumb
PHo<u«rapAy Editor Sam Walton
4Mortal* Nrwi Editors CUnr* Makrm»*i and
Tommy Sum
AMiitdic Spun. Editor Ed Thomas
Assistant Pttoto Editor ('Mrttt Cm
IGA Indus Coordinator Mickey Hi«inb.dhom
Wnsor ft«f»rt«n linon Br*»»«ll and SUc>
Lam administration Grog Fraoman
ill Smith MrvK*a Franrinr
I affair* Kliubrth Varth
Advertising: 543-1791
AdvartwinfOi factor Dan Stout
Stisdant Advertising Director t armrn l lmar
Advertising Representatives Marti Hrvum
Khunsld t'agle CharM* Dashat Usa Karla
Tim Forresl Kan Mollis KHen Marion Ptivlli*
l*opr Steve St Haimond Scott Spencer Gre*
VAhrrki Stave Whipplr
t'iassifled Representative Sheila Phillips
Inside Salas lam a Hughsni
Production: 543-1791
Production Manager Katleen iTialkei
Production Staff Sonya Boltin. Brenda
i lev eland larolvn Graham Mary KHen
la Rochelle Ginger Pirn more Karen
Thacker Tammy Turner
Contributions
THE RE11 AND BLACK < USES Oil 0*1 u pubhihod Tureday through Enday - uiUi the nrepuai
el holiday* and roaminaliwi prrwafc by Tha Hid and HUc* PubhUung Company Inc a non profit
i-angan wwapapar ma alfUialrUntth Tbr Cmroratty dOocyia 123 Nunh Jachaon Si Athana. Gnargia
,o SarmJdaia poalagc paid at Athana Gaorxio Sidwcnpnor rate i* 124 per rear POSTMASTER
Sand addraar rhaiwes In IZ1 North Jnrhion Scram Athana Umraia wool
Tha Had and Blath nalromaa lariaro to tha adilor and pnnu thorn a> *paca parmiu Dua lo apaca
limitation and toga! coronjoratiom all lactan are whyor! lo rundard aditing tor I,ha loro malarial and
length Short letter! are peeteered To ha ronaidarad tor pUgicatiun Imtart mint ha typed thadileapec
ad an I ih apace tine They mrot include tha name addreaa and telephone number ol tha nnlaa Pleaae
include diatom , taaoifkation and mayor oa appeupriale ubnulicalinn proleeaor l moo ullicer air
We can omit your name in pnM lor a valid renaoo on rerpnat
bauare ahouldnol raread 2 -r double apreed lypannttan page.
The Rad and Blnct ano pnnu guanl adilonat rohmma under the lama roeahtam that apply to kttare
, °. U t^rodha THE EWTO* The Hed'Tnd Hlach IS N Jachaon Si.
Athana GA Mil Leoan can aha ha drtreared to Un erhmnal tghre at th> abore addraaa trdeproiwd
in any arnia Had and Blarh • claaaiAad ad huaao on campro
■-| maaaiaij e. The Rad and Bloch tahaa than unowned edunaja. are tha gaataaa at tha
•man <a ugrad rokanra er carlsene and are aot naceaaanly tboar ol Tha Had and Bloch Pvbhahmg
Ca I nr
The am,re comma at TV Hod and Blach are Copyright MO by Tha Had and Blac* Publahang Ol.
Inc All nght* reaarvad Kepnntiby pal miaaioc. d th*ichtor-i
Incpnne* concerning article* that bare appeared m The Bad and Blach duaitd ha made at lha echtanal
opicei atn SOU* lawunaa about adrertimag duaild ha made al Ibt Ommaaaidnce 'W MBIT*
Maybe, just maybe, the reason those ;
students are scoring higher on Stan ;
dardized tests is because they finally
are learning something 1 am no
defender of Joe Clark's methods If
Alex Johnson wants to complain about
the educational system's apparent
conformity to standardized tests, fine,
but he should leave out omniscient
statements like "Too bad they don'f
learn anything ”
MARKIRLE
Arts and Science^
Punch that time dock one more time
The student body at this university is divided into
two distinct groups those who work and take classes
and those who only take classes
Members of each group rarely desire to be a part of
the other group
Those students with part time jobs would be hard
pressed to remain financially solvent without their
weekly paychecks, and those without jobs say their
grades would suffer if they had to give up several
hours a week for some pointless job
Each position in the "jobs in college" issue has a
unique philosophy of education as its premise
Some people believe that the four or so years spent
at the University are solely for education In other
words, "higher" education, not "hire” education
These same people also stick their parents with the
large financial burden that college creates Of
course, a checking account and an auto are necessary
for buying books and driving to class "All the kids
have got ’em. Dad.” they say
And many parents respond to this logic, believing
that a well-raised child gets everything he needs
My father would modify that idea a bit
"A well-raised son or daughter pays for what he or
shecan and borrows to fund the rest." he would say
This bit of "real life" education is probably worth
more than most anything one can learn in four
years of tedium in University classrooms
In order to pay for what one can. one must have an
income A job becomes necessary at this point in the
w orking man's logic
Almost everything that pays should be considered
by a job hunting student
Empty pockets are the impetus for open-
mindedness
There may be 25.000 students in Athens, but if you
really want to work, employ merit can be found
Persistence becomes very important when job
hunting
Those students with part time
jobs would be hard pressed
without paychecks, and those
without jobs say their grades
would suffer with a job
Tell an employer you'll check back in a week and
then show up in two days Be willing to do anything
Prostitutes, blood sellers and aluminum can
collectors all stand head and shoulders above those
sloths who could support themselves by working but
chose not to
Those who do work bring home a paycheck or raise
their own money in whatever proper way they can.
and experience a certain pnde and freedom Though
they are often shackled to a job that has nothing to do
with their projected careers ttiey have at least eami
what they own
These meaningless jobs are only stepping stone
The sum you save from a quarter of part time wor
may allow you to buy a good used car That car ma
free you to take a more profitable job further froi
home That increased profit may allow you to wor
less hours if you want to get involved in other things
And every job you part with on good terms becomi
very valuable as "experience in later interviews i
as some place to refer potential employers fc
references r 1
All along the way. part time jobs teach importai
lessons in responsibility Fo» example, getting whei
you should be on time will get you far
Admittedly. taking a full course load while workir
at a part time job is difficult, but added together
]^ 5 ' n ' 5 hours at work equal less than
full time real job each week Thirty hours is a ligl
load by any standard and it leaves a lot of time fl
w hatever else needs to be done
abOUt ““*■* “ 'he happiest years of «
Most jobs will do more good than harm lo the soci
'*fe Many people meet their be
fnends by either serving them or being on the ji
yourv ‘ lf mu » ln « many rnn-c
thermll parties because of work, but the really ir
porum^enterumment events can be asked off for i
The two groups of workers and non workers rema
intact Surely none of the pampered prodigies fa-
2VwlJn 8 * *PP |lC!l ' 10n * But maybe son
of my fellow students in the School of Hard Knocl
have been heartened by what I've said
afS^ !"?* Ck * k « more time ft
afternoon Y ou 11 be a better person because of it
U 0 *”“ r *» “» Coll.,, of Arts a.