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4 • The Red and Black / Finals ♦ Monday. Marcn 19, 1990
OPINIONS
The Red & Black
Established 1893—Incorporated 1980
An independent student newspaper not affiliated with the University of Georgia
Charlene Smith/Editor-in-Chief
Amy Bellew/Managing Editor
Robert Todd/Opinions Editor
■ EDITORIALS
A little advice
Whew.
It’s finally over — the quarter from hell.
Final exams are the last obstacles between the
students and the beaches, mountains, parties and beer
of spring break and the start of National Orgasm Week.
It’s been a tough quarter and everybody deserves
some time to release all the stress that has built up in
the past three months.
Now is the time to let it all out. Loosen up, catch a
few rays and relax.
Don’t even think about next quarter. Forget classes,
textbooks, professors and grades.
Don’t think about fees or libraries or term papers or
tests.
Do think about what to do with Rover while you’re
gone. It’s not very fair for ole Rover to starve to death
while you’re living it up.
Do remember to lock up your apartment and get
your mail stopped so it won’t be obvious that you’re out
of town. Also remember to to pay all those bills before
you depart or else you might come back to a powerless,
phoneless appartment with an eviction notice on the
door.
Do wear sunscreen on the beach to avoid unsightly
bums.
By the way, remember to practice safe sex and don’t
drive drunk. Look both ways before crossing the street,
don’t talk to strangers, don’t trust a man with a condom
on his nose, etc.
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■ QUOTABLE
"Place the condom on the tip of the penis and roll it up until you
run out of one or the other." —
Chester Sosebee. Hodgson's Pharmacy pharmacist on how to
properly apply a condom.
Red and Black unpatriotic
After reading the March 8 edito
rial "Bozo Button,” I spent my
morning searching the Constitu
tion of the United States for the il
lusive “right to an education.” Alas,
I was not able to find that right in
our beloved Constitution, but I am
sure that the legal experts at The
Red and Black or the National Stu
dent Lobby might be able to help
me.
The fact of the matter is that
U.S. Rep. Newt Gingrich, R-Ga.,
was absolutely right in his asser
tion that “education is, by defi
nition, a privilege ” Even the editor
says that an education should only
be given to those with the “desire
and ability.” If education was a
right under the Constitution it
should have nothing to do with
ability, but rather every Jow Blow
off the streets should be entitled to
an Ivy League education.
I do find it ironic that The Red
and Black editors scream and
whine every time a bill is brought
up in the legislature to regulate the
personal behavior of students in
the area of drugs and alcohol, but
at the same time they want the
government (i.e., the taxpayers) to
foot the bill for our education
without demanding responsibility
on the part of students.
The editors at The Red and
Black and the National Student
Lobby would have our government
to be an instant teller machine. All
the money you want with no ques
tions asked. Fortunately for Ameri
cans we have wise lawmakers like
Newt Gingrich who see how dam
aging that mentality could be.
I think President John F. Ken
nedy offers the best quote for this
issue: “ask not what your country
can do for you — ask what you can
do for your country.”
I think the editors at The Red
and Black would have it the other
way around.
Dean Clark
freshman, history
Jewry month successful
This February Georgia Hillel
sponsored a World Jewry Month,
which celebrated and recognized
Jewish heritage, traditions and va
lues.
Throughout the month Georgia
Hillel addressed issues and causes
affecting not only the Jewish com
munity, but issues that in some
way affect every person living in
the University of Georgia campus
community.
Hazar Gabriel wrote in her
column that Hillel “ignored the im
portant issues relating to World
Jewry.” In the course of only one
month, Hillel began a recycling
program, recruited students to
work at the Athens Homeless
Shelter, hosted a day in which all
campus ministry religious organi
zations had the opportunity to
learn about one another’s faiths,
and, in cory'unction with the Black
Affiars Council, Hillel held the first
Black-Jewish dialogue on this
campus.
Today’s world is changing so
rapidly that it is impossible to ad
dress all issues and concerns, but
World Jewry Month was successful
in educating, motivating and in
creasing understanding and unity
on the University campus.
Progress and understanding
Lake time, and World Jewry Month
made great strides in achieving
these goals.
Linda Mann
Georgia Hillel Executive Board
Andrea Frolich
vice-president, Georgia Hillel
Suzanne Levy
secretary-treasurer, Georgia Hillel
Saccoism dogmatic
The religion of Steven Sacco
(March 14) is interesting. In his re
ligion people are absolutely des
tined to ignorance of spiritual
matters. Mankind’s innate desire
to know the meaning of life can
never be met, so we are forced to
grope aimlessly and fruitlessly. By
this religion one knows absolutely
what exists and what doesn’t; what
is true and false. One knows abso
lutely that people are spiritual
equals, that all religions are equal,
and even knows definitely certain
attributes that God doesn’t pos
sess.
My dictionary defines dogma as
“a definite and authoritative tenet
put forth without adequate
grounds; an arrogant or vehement
expression of opinion.” Sacco ends
his column by stating dogmatic be
liefs are “certainly” wrong. Where
then, does the “new” religion of
Saccoism stand? Saccoism is dog
matically anti-dogmatic and abso
lutely relative, yet as comforting as
a child’s blanket from scary abso
lutes.
Tim Savisky
graduate student, ecology
Marijuana is for slobs
I sure hope The Red and Black is
satisfied. Twenty zillion people
crowd the Tate Center to condone,
emphatically promote and other
wise celebrate the abuse of mari
juana. For the past two weeks,
meanwhile, The R & B has fol
lowed every movement NORML
has made giving these “slobs”
without a true cause and/or life all
the positive press they could
muster up. Be for real!
Everyone with half a brain
knows that legalization of mari
juana is saying YES to slitting our
nation’s wrists! What I really want
to know is who gave these banana
heads the go-ahead to pubically of
fend the health-conscious student
like myself.
Andrew H. Scott
senior, physical geography/german
Thanks for sympathy
In response to Phillip Foil’s
March 9 column I would like to
thank him for “feeling bad” for the
“left-wing ideologues.” However, to
compare this country’s left wing to
the communists in eastern Europe
is like saying the conservative
movement in the United States is
equal to the fascist movement of
old Germany. In fact, the liberals
and conservatives of the U.S.
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aren’t very far left or right in com
parison with other countries.
It is for this reason I was
shocked to see Foil end his column
by associating the UGA Young
Democrats with far left ideologies.
This comment couldn’t have been
more timely considering a group of
Young Democrats, including my
self, were in Washington just four
days earlier. We went in order to
show our dissatisfaction with the
presidential cuts in certain college
grants and to lobby for more
funding to offset the increasing
costs of a college education. Educa
tion is such a liberal cause. (Don’t
let the education president find
out.) Also a few weeks ago those
same “crazy liberals” traveled sev
eral times to the state capital to
successfully lobby against a bill
that would keep 18 to 20 year olds
out of night clubs.
So it would seem that Foil either
has very little knowledge of the
UGA Young Democrats, or is
spreading misleading information.
Our members range from conser
vative to liberal, not just one or the
other. However, when conserva
tives try to keep two thirds of Uni
versity students from dancing,
attending concerts, and socializing
at nightclubs, then the Young
Democrats will “step to the left”
and defend our college life.
Phillip Smith
co-president, UGA Young Democrats
Oscar Wilde blunder
I am shocked by The Red and
Black’s lack of knowledge about
the greatest literary artist ever to
have existed. In the March 9 edi
tion of your paper, there was a pic
ture of a young man appreciating
Oscar Wilde. The Red and Black
mistakenly called the book he was
reading *The Portrait of Dorian
Grey,” when instead the correct
title is The Picture of Dorian Gray.
Second, The Red and Black used
the wrong spelling of Dorian’s last
name. The spelling G-r-e-y is
simply a variant of the spelling G-
r-a-y. I have never seen “grey” used
in the nominal form until last
Friday in your paper.
The mistake rather upset me.
Oscar Wilde was overlooked and
wronged during his lifetime, and
now I feel he is still being over
looked. I adore Oscar Wilde and I
felt it was my duty to correct you. I
hope you plan to make you own cor-
retion in a future edition.
Melanie Powell
freshman, speech pathology