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4 | Thursday, March 6, 2003 | The Red & Black
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Represent masses
The Student Government Association is
looking for senators to fill empty seats
The Student Government Association Senate
is in desperate need of senators from several
large colleges at the University.
Eleven representatives are needed in all, with
vacancies in the College of Education, College of
Forest Resources, Grady College of Journalism
and Mass Communication, the Pharmacy
School, the college of Veterinary Medicine and
the Graduate School.
SGA represents students to the University’s
administration and makes decisions which affect
all students.
Without a full house of senators, not every
one’s voice can be effectively heard. Each school
has a designated number of seats allowed based
on the number of students in the school, and
these numbers have been carefully determined
so that each college gets the representation it
needs.
When vacancies are left open, it keeps the
school from having the representation needed to
properly make all constitutes’ voices heard.
Any student can become an SGA senator if he
or she has 2.5 G.EA. and is a student in one of
the colleges that is in need of a representative.
Differing a little from typical SGA elections,
the selection of senators in this round will not
include a vote, but rather an interview with cur
rent SGA officers, to be held March 25-27.
Also, this selection doesn’t require students to
collect petition signatures, making life easier for
those interested in applying.
Any student interested in becoming an SGA
senator should send an e-mail to
(ugasga@uga.edu).
Speak out on war
Protests held across tlw United States help
students take a stand on national issues
In what may seem to some like a throw-back
to the days when students’ parents were
protesting war in Vietnam, American citizens on
all sides of the impending war on Iraq are taking
a stand.
And nothing could be better for our nation.
While some may say the line between pro-war
and anti-war is dividing citizens in two, we
believe nothing makes you stronger than a little
competition.
Take a free-market economy for example.
Competition helps make each company as
strong as it can be and makes them keep within
reasonable boundaries where prices and product
qualities are concerned. The same is true for
protesting organizations.
On Wednesday, college students across the
nation walked out of classes at approximately 2
p.m. and met in a chorus of anti-war protests.
More than 360 rallies organized by the National
Youth and Student Peace Coalition were held.
Thousands of students took a stand against a
U.S. invasion of Iraq.
Today, University students are rallying for U.S.
troops, showing the other side of the coin. They,
too, are taking a stand, voicing their united
desire to support American armed forces.
No matter how you feel about a possible war
in Iraq, international involvement in the war on
terrorism or the deployment of U.S. troops to
the Middle East, let your opinion be heard.
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^tPiNV To A WEED!
Waffle House conspires against me
I was flipping through the
channels the other day
looking for something
worthwhile to watch before I
made my daily trip to the
’Roo, the Kangaroo Gas
Station located on Baxter
Street.
I stopped on the USA
Network and watched “La
Femme Nikita” — garbage.
I moved to TNN, which
used to be “The Nashville
Network” but has since been
taken over by yankees.
Instead of Bill Dance fish
ing shows and country
music, TNN now shows
Columbo reruns — heinous.
Finally, I arrived at CMT
— Country Music Television
— and stared at two
Abercrombie and Fitch
models trying to pick a
banjo.
I tossed the remote in the
trash, disgusted.
“What the hell is the
world coming to?” I asked
my roommate, who found
the remote and flipped to
MTV.
Carson Daly was being
attacked by a horde of pre-
teen Kate Spade-wannabes.
I hopped into Loretta, my
black Ranger, and high
tailed it to the ’Roo.
I tried to listen to the
radio but the Brumby tower
thwarted me again.
Insane with the urge for
good music, I opened my
CD case to find my Allman
Brothers collection missing.
I started crying, and the
lady at the ’Roo consoled
me by selling me a caffeine
and ephedra-laced pep pill.
I asked myself, “Self,
what happened to music?”
Where are Flatt and
Scruggs when I need them
most?
My experiences have led
me to believe that I am a
victim of a dastardly con
spiracy that has ruined my
Brad Stephens
ears for good.
It all started at the Waffle
House eight years ago.
I was sitting in my usual
spot, enjoying my usual
meal and talking to my
usual waitress, Sharon.
Everyone that worked there
knew my routine and what
songs I liked on the jukebox.
Hell, Sharon and I were a
famous duet for quite some
time. Our rendition of
“That’s My Story” by Collin
Raye was excellent, if I do
say so myself.
That day I noticed
Sharon was acting a little
bit funny. I asked her what
was up and she pointed at
the jukebox.
I walked over to find that
my beloved song No. 281
was replaced by none other
than Tim McGraw and
“Indian Outlaw.”
I demanded to see the
manager but he was off that
day, fishing at Wax Lake in
Aragon.
There had to be a way to
get this worthless song to
disappear. I started a move
ment along with Sharon,
Bonnie, another waitress
and Steve, the head cook.
We called it Operation
BIOFWHF — Ban “Indian
Outlaw” from the Waffle
House forever.
The manager, in short,
refused to take it off, citing
its popularity with 15-year-
old girls.
Not giving up, I accused
him of being “all about” Tim
McGraw and threatened
him with the ultimate
weapon, “the Waffle Doo
Wop,” a horrid song which
somehow finds itself on
Waffle House jukeboxes.
I came in one afternoon
with 83 quarters and said all
of them would go toward
playing the horrid “Waffle
Doo Wop” song if my
demands were not met.
McGraw soon was
removed from the jukebox
and my song eventually
returned.
The manager was
brought to his knees and he
never changed anything
again that I noticed.
Now, I turn on my radio
and television to find the
aforementioned noise pollu
tion ringing loud and clear.
I think the Waffle House
manager devised a plan to
get me back for beating him
at his silly game.
He had an agreement
with all media moguls in
which he offered them free
hash browns for life in
exchange for never playing
my favorite songs.
Oh, how I hate that man
ager! I will have my revenge:
I plan on donating $1 million
to the Huddle House in his
name.
No, seriously, there is
nothing good on television
or the radio anymore.
America’s entertainment
media has taken a nosedive
of late, and I want to know
why.
I know I could just turn it
off, but what’s the fun in
that?
Maybe that’s the answer,
however. If we just stop
watching and listening, the
horrible sounds and visions
will go away.
— Brad Stephens is a
senior in advertising.
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Tony Cole didn’t know how good he had things
Greg Woods (“Cole striv
ing for 15 minutes of fame,”
March 5) could not have
been more justified in his
criticism of Tony Cole.
With all the exposure of
Cole’s sexual assault
allegations, you would think
Cole would have had
enough.
Cole is doing nothing but
making himself look selfish
and petty.
Instead of exercising his
mouth so much, he should
have concentrated on
practicing basketball.
Maybe then he wouldn’t
have felt the need to
compensate for his lack of
skill with this desperate
attempt at superiority on
ESPN.
SERA SIMS
Freshman, Hampton
Pre-iournalism
Fort Valley offers
more than research
The article titled,
“Tuition may increase
$1,000” (March 4) was very
well-written ... until the last
paragraph.
While I understand the
schools named are not
“research institutions,”
there was no need to single
them out or to print this
at all.
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As a proud graduate of
Fort Valley State University,
I realize that the school may
not be a Research I
University.
However, Fort Valley
offers many aspects of the
“college life” the University
will never even be able to
fathom.
JOHNETTA FARRAR
Grad. Student, Macon
Pharmaceutical and
Biomedical Sciences
Univ. basketball fans
should look for truth
Clearly the truth will not
set you free, or at least that
is the case for Tony Cole.
I am writing in response
to the Opinion column by
John Loftis (“Harricks gave
Cole one last chance,”
March 4) regarding the
current basketball scandal.
The phrase “winning
conquers all” comes to
mind immediately.
Cole’s education and
room and board do not
come free, but from enter
taining and performing on
the field.
Loftis overlooked this.
He also dismissed the
serious allegations against
the Harricks by glossing
over their past history
surrounding scandal by
commenting on Harrick’s
personal character.
Additionally, he appeared
to justify Harrick’s possible
law-breaking activity
because it helped Cole, the
delinquent, and he should
be praised, or at least not
repremanded for such
activity.
Whether or not Harrick
or Cole are good people is
irrelevant.
The issue is whether
Harrick broke the law, not
whether this is a matter of
revenge on the part of Cole
or whether he should be
appreciative.
Maybe students should
look past winning and
begin to gain a conscience
that does not believe in
winning at any cost, but
rather in the search for the
truth.
GEORGE MORGAN
Junior, Mcallen, Texas
Speech Communications
Hilary Hilliard
▲
Last week’s
other major
sports blow
A s Tony Cole was dealing
punches at our athletic
world last Thursday,
women’s sports were
receiving a blow of their
own that hit just as hard as
Cole’s unexpected knock
out.
About the same time
Cole made his charges, a
panel commissioned by
President Bush came
back with a list of recom
mended changes for Title
IX. That’s the law that
bans gender discrimination
in federally-funded aca
demics, but is best known
for opening more doors to
women who want to
participate in sports.
Last week, the panel
recommended Bush “alter
some of the enforcement
mechanisms of Title IX,”
The Washington Post
reported.
That means the 15-
member commission had
problems with the way
some schools justify how
they comply with the law —
most likely that minor
men’s sports often are
cut to balance out the
amount of money and
students involved in
women’s sports.
That is definitely a prob
lem in the athletic world,
and it needs to be solved.
But the report doesn’t
list plausible measures for
how that will occur.
Instead, it features weak
language that signifies a
lack of conviction.
In fact, two of the three
female athlete panelists
said they felt the recom
mendations were inade
quate, because during the
eight-month study, they
never heard testimony from
legal experts or civil rights
activists who could have
added perspective to the
debate.
These women are so
vehemently against the
panel’s recommendation
that they have filed their
own minority report, hop
ing to draw attention to the
panel’s lack of consensus.
Their minority report
says “many of the recom
mendations made by the
majority would seriously
weaken Title IX’s
protections.”
One of the objecting
panel members who wrote
that was Julie Foundy —
president of the Women’s
Sports Foundation and
captain of the U.S. national
women’s soccer team.
She told The Post that
the commission’s final
recommendations don’t
“acknowledge that women
are still being discriminated
against and that over 80
percent of schools are still
not in compliance.”
That’s a serious charge
after playing tug of war
with your fellow panel
members for eight months.
And it’s a courageous
charge as well.
Foudy has stepped up
and shown that no matter
how progressive we think
society is, women still are
struggling for equality in
sports.
They obviously strug
gled for an equal voice on
this panel.
Last week, the press sec
retary for the Department
of Education told The Post
that officials were disap
pointed in the need for the
minority report.
“It’s somewhat surpris
ing, given that this has
been an eight-month-
long process,” she said.
The commission’s lead
ers “believed they tried very
hard to accommodate all
of the commissioners,
including Ms. Foudy... ”
So the panel was trying
to accommodate its mem
bers, instead of champion
gender equality? Nice.
Hopefully, the Bush
administration will closely
examine this attitude,
as well as the minority
report, and look for better
ways to amend Title IX.
For Bush, the smartest
move may be to start from
scratch, and that may
mean with a whole new
panel.
— Hilary Hilliard is a
senior in newspapers. Her
column appears Thursdays.