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4 | Friday, January 14, 2000 I The Red a, Black
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A wrap-up of the week’s ups and downs
Staying power. Quincy’s decided to wait
while before going pro. But chances are he
won’t ignore that money forever.
Fix’er-upper. University housing has
unveiled plans for dorm renovations. What
will Myers’ residents have to complain
about now?
Something stinks. The sewage leak at
Sanford has everyone pointing fingers at
each other. We’ll just keep plugging our
noses.
Oh, and we’ll see you at the intramural
fields for this year’s spring football game.
Seeing double. Kelly and Coco Miller
were nominated together for the Sullivan
National Athlete of the Year Award. It’s
pretty cool to have the best twins in basket
ball playing for us ...
But it sucks that some judges think
they’re one person.
Checkered future. Big Dawg Shuttle
wants to provide students with free rides
home from downtown on weekends. Now
we’ll have to find something else to do at
2:45 a.m. besides pass out in some North
Campus bushes.
Final curtain. Alps Cinema, the only cheap
theater nearby, is closed for the first time in
12 years. Starbucks patrons, take note.
Baby steps. SGA has a proposal that, if
approved, will give more power to student
government in allocating activity funds.
Moving forward, even slowly, is what we
elected these people to do.
So what about those hot tubs in the main
library you promised us?
“You paid HOW much?” University Food
Services put some really nice new chairs
and tables in Snelling — all for a measly
$75,000. So what about that commuter meal
plan they said they didn’t have the budget
for? Hmmm, something’s fishy, and it’s not
the baked pollack.
Unwanted advances. Some middle-aged
loser is stopping girls on campus for help on
job applications — and then groping them.
This is just a reminder that campus isn’t as
safe as we all like to think.
Be careful next time you tell someone to
“get a job.”
Radioactive Russkie rodent remains.
University research personnel were cited for
incorrectly transferring dangerous radioac
tive materials from Chernobyl to the
University.
Thank God these aren’t the people
teaching us proper lab skills. Oh, wait...
You'll shoot your eye out! Speaking of
smart moves, how about those winners run
ning around pointing BB guns at fellow
dorm residents?
What do you need a gun for anyway? In
case somebody’s using your stall in the
bathroom?
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Boojy
A
Bryan M. Grantham
▲
Reflecting on
the freshman
experience
Forecasting a shiny, smooth future
I t was a beautiful day, one of
the last of the fall, when my
Mend decided to teU me some
thing that pretty much ruined
my day.
We decided to celebrate the
day the best way we knew — In a
smoke-filled bar drunkenly
yelling at a footbaU game.
When the commercials came
on, my Mend glanced around the
room to make sure nobody could
hear him and leaned forward to
teU me.
“I’m getting the prescription.”
The what?
“The prescription. You know,
for ... ’’ he motioned to his head.
He didn’t have to say any
more. This was a Mend of mine
who’s absolutely convinced he’s
going bald.
He’s 22, and he’s already start
ing to collect pamphlets on “his
options,” as he calls them.
My Mend had become a
quasi-expert on combating folli
cle challenges.
Name the drug or hair cover-
up, and he can name the side
effects.
He could rattle them all off,
from Propecia to Rogaine to that
hair paint you spray on your bald
spot.
He wasn’t exactly the most
fun person to have a dinner con
versation with.
After revealing his secret to
me, my Mend threw a quick
glance at my own hairline.
“And Andrew, no offense, but I
would start looking into it too if I
were you.”
My eyes grew a little wide in
surprise.
“No, your hair looks fine now,
but I could see you losing it once
you hit 30 or 40. You wanna go
ahead and prevent it now. You
gotta think about the future, you
know?”
I calmly took his advice with a
smirk and said goodbye.
Then I locked myself in the
bathroom and stared at my hair
line.
You gotta think about the
I occasionally enjoy reading
Hunter Towns’s columns.
Although the points he makes are
rarely the most thoughtful (or
even marginally intelligent), I
have long since appreciated the
need for a devil’s advocate.
This having been said, I have
one request: H.T., give up on the
“It wouldn't have happened if he
hadn’t been a good ol' boy”
theme. It may apply in one or two
cases, but once you’ve used it a
dozen times or so, it just becomes
a whine, and of all things, whining
won’t raise your credibility.
Give it up, and find a new
motif.
ANN GILLETT
Freshman, Columbus
Pre-journalism
Lichey not alone in
making contributions
We all love Kristi Lichey. She’s
highly talented and will unques
tionably be a key player for the
Oym Dogs' 2000 season.
However, It was not by her
performance alone that the Dogs
outacored four other high caliber
teams at the Super Six
Challenge.
Senior Brooke Andersen’s pol
ished performance gave the team
Andrew DeMillo
A
future.
Maybe it is possible. I’m only
21, but I could lose my hair really
quickly. It doesn’t seem to look
the same way it did a few years
ago.
Maybe this is my hair’s
revenge for that summer my
Mends and I thought a shaved
head would look really cool. (By
the way, it didn’t)
Or maybe it was payback for
all those times I would shine
flashlights on my pastor’s head
and perform a shadow puppet
show on his bare head.
I started having terrible
dreams of being taunted by every
hairless man I had ever teased —
fr om my chrome dome cleric to
my father to another colleague
who I affectionately referred to
as Kojak.
Would I, too, be subject to
such cruelty? Would others also
rub my head for luck before a
test?
Would my Mends start singing
the Mr. Clean theme whenever I
entered the room?
I never believed in fate, but I
was starting to change my mind.
Fate apparently was vengeful,
and probably bald as well.
I looked at old pictures and
started comparing the size of my
forehead over the years. It does
seem to have grown a little bit
too much.
And are those hairs in my sink
right now?
You gotta think about the
future.
Well, so what if it happens?
Looks aren’t everything, right? I
still have my health, I tell myself.
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solid numbers In all three of her
events, and junior Amanda Curry
gave us a good show on bars and
beam.
A number of the younger ath
letes also posted solid scores,
including freshmen Monica
Flammer and Anna Gingrich.
Here’s hoping your Gym Dogs
coverage this year won’t be all
Lichey, all the time.
This season Is the swan song
for seniors Andersen and
Caroline Harris; here’s hoping
they'll get a little attention in
your pages.
MICHAEL W. DEAN
Office of Graduate Admission*
Boyd Graduate Stwfies
Research Center
Racism is a two-sided
issue
I'm writing this in response
■ But then again, I'm not as in
shape as I used to be. I don’t
really work out that much any
more, and my diet — which basi
cally consists of cola and Hot
Pockets — has enough fat to kill
a small herd of cattle.
And what about my finances?
I don’t even have a trust fund or
any major savings. I haven't
planned for my retirement or
marriage.
Hell, I don’t even own a toast
er.
There’s no way I could think
about raising a family now. How
can I, knowing that my kids
would be doomed to a life of
standing in front of a mirror ask
ing themselves the same para
noid Narcissistic questions as
they munch on their cold,
untoasted bread.
I don’t even know how to pre
pare for a life as a bald man,
should it happen.
Would I have to form my own
clique of bald Mends to replace
my Mends, with full manes of
hair?
Would my only conversation
topics consist of "which way
should I comb my remaining five
hairs?"
So there I am standing in my
bathroom picturing myself 15 or
20 years from now: an old, over
weight, out of shape, broke fool
standing in front of his mirror
staring at his comb over, about
to spray paint his head and won
dering why the hell toasters cost
so much.
You gotta think about the ...
I look at my watch and realize
I’ve wasted about an hour of my
life on this paranoid rant.
Oh, to hell with this. I throw
on a hat and go for a walk out
side.
I’ve got better things to do
than worry about my future. Like
living in the present.
— Andrew DeMillo is a senior
in sociology <with a very full
head of hair, thank you very
much).
to pretty much all the columns
we’ve had on white racism
toward black people.
Tb tell you the truth. I am
extremely sick of hearing how
bad white people treat blacks
and make them feel so uncom
fortable.
Why am I so sick of hearing
about this? I’ll teU you.
Before anyone decides to
write any more articles or com
plaints about white racism,
somebody explain something to
me.
How is it that I can, without
ever being influenced by white
racists, go from liking every
black person until they do some
thing to me personally that
makes me dislike them, to hav
ing a general dislike for them
until they do something to make
me like them.
While this is not the way 1 feel
now, this is exactly what hap
pened to me in high school. This
Is half the problem of why
racism is so hard to get rid of.
So the next time someone
wants to write about racism, be
sure to distribute the blame
equally. It’s not a one-sided
issue.
BEN VANLANDINGHAM
Freshman, Albany
Computer Science
Ah, the joys of the fir st
I semester at a new school.
Many lessons are learned
j during the first four months
: at the University, but — as I
j discovered — many of these
i are learned outside of the
: classroom.
Probably the first lesson I
; learned was that I wasn't in
j high school anymore. Not
i studying or going to class put
; me on the fast track to a low
i GPA early in the semester,
j So, I had to get on the ball —
j I wanted to keep HOPE alive.
Classes with attendance
j policies really suck. I mean, if
j I can come to your lecture
j class once a week and make a
i B on the tests, let me do that!
; My really cool idea to have
i all 8 o’clock classes and get
I things over didn’t exactly pan
j out. Thank God my English
i teacher didn’t take roll last
I semester.
The food is better here dur-
i ing the summer. I remember
j being surprised by the quality
i of food when I came here in
I July for orientation. It's been
all downhill from there. And
; don’t even get me started on
i the fishy hours the dining
j halls keep.
! I didn't realize how much I
; could despise another estab-
; lishment until I saw Jasper
! Sanks' ’’fumble” against that
i little trade school in Atlanta.
: Just the mere sight of gold
I and blue makes me nauseous
i now. There's no doubt that
; next year Donnan, Carter and
i company will give Tech hell in
; Sanford Stadium.
I learned that age doesn't
i matter in college — especially
; at local bars downtown,
i Enough said,
i I didn’t realize just how
: much I liked pizza until I
i moved in across the street
j from three different places
: that deliver pizza. I may have
i easily spent more than $100
[ on pizza alone.
I learned that there is
; nothing more frustrating than
i paying $50 for a text book,
I never opening it, and then
j three months later getting
i only $20 for it.
j Even worse is buying a
; textbook and not being able
j to sell it back because the
: book became "outdated" (if
: you can call a two-year old
j book “outdated").
I was really pissed when
j the University Bookstore told
: me that my 1999 edition
; Sociology text “Tact My Way”
j by John Rocker was no longer
i useful to the department.
I’m really glad I stayed
i independent and didn’t go
; into a fraternity. As cool as I
! thought it would be to pay a
j bunch of money and get tied
j to trees naked and beaten by
j my “brothers” for hours, I
: decided I like my Mends free
I and painless I do like the way
! those guys tuck their shirts in,
i though.
What’s up with the bus sys-
j tern here? I mean, if you're
i waiting for an East-West or
i Russell Hall bus. it takes an
j act of God for it to come by
: for you. Apparently the
i University’s rule is that you
I have to see three Orbits, two
: North-Souths, and one East
j Campus Express before your
j bus comes for you. And I hear
i that the South Campus loop
: is making endangered species
; lists in some circles.
I learned that my cheesy
j pickup line just didn't work,
i For some strange reason, "Hi,
j my name is Bryan — I’m sin-
| gle and a nice guy,” didn’t
j exactly woo the ladies like I
! thought it would.
I'm currently taking sug-
j gestions for spring semester’s
; line — maybe something more
: subtle.
Most of all, I’m glad that
I’m here. I can’t wait to spend
my next few years here in
Athens.
I can hardly believe that In
just a semester, I’ll actually be
a sophomore — and I hear
that's the best three years of
your life.
— Bryan M. Grantham is a
sports writer for The Red <6
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