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Article Misinterpreted
Below is a reprint of an article by Sid Williams, owner and pub
lisher of “The Austell Enterprise,” which appeared in the July 20
edition of his paper.
“Georgians may soon be hearing a great deal from Governor Les
ter Maddox about beer and liquor drinking among students in the
state's colleges, if the situation is anywhere near that reported in an
article printed in ‘The West Georgian,’ student newspaper from West
Georgia College at Carrollton. As of last Friday, the Governor had
not seen this article, but staffers in his office have copies and the
Chief Executive, undoubtedly has read it by now.
“Frankly, the writer was amazed at what is disclosed in the article,
by-lined Bruce Hildebrand, whom we presume isastudent. Excerpts
from the article are as follows: ‘Shortly after registration, the West
Georgia College class of '7l begins its introduction to the most avid
sport to be found at the college - the consumption of alcoholic bev
erages . . . There in the seclusion of four panalled walls, a stereo
bleats and the young women are plied with an assortment of brews
. . . Tackle football (coed) was played and everyone appeared to have
a very drunk and enjoyable afternoon . . . Outdoor entertainment for
the nighttime lovers usually consists of blankets, brew, a portable
record player, a fire, and--- -
“We checked this with several former college students now em
ployed at the Capitol and they told us without exception that heavy
drinking and orgies is the rule rather than the exception at Georgia’s
colleges.
“We would think that the Governor will take a mighty dim view of
the college faculties allowing such to go on . . .”
We hope that most of the readers of Hildebrand’s article were more
perceptive than Mr. Williams and recognized it for what it was-a
humorous feature written in a tongue-in-cheek style.
Rules at West Georgia College by no means allow heavy drinking or
orgies. Disciplinary action is taken in cases in which breach of these
rules is discovered.
To assert, however, that drinking does not take place among col
lege students would be ridiculous. No college can guarantee that any
more than a parent can - without attaching a guard to each student
and locking them in their rooms at night.
Letter to Editor
Row Men Express Thanks
To the editor:
We, the counselors of Row Hall,
and the men residents would like
to thank the student body very
much for the success of our par
ty on July 12. Although there were
many people in our dorm who
worked hard, the party could not
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Studycade to see GUYS AND
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August 8. For reservations call
adult education, ext. 57, by Mon
day morning. Cost is $5.50 a per
son, including transportation.
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have succeeded had it not been for
the students.
We also wish to thank Mr. Don
ald Gehring and Miss Juanita
Smith for all the freshman par
ticipation which they created. Ad
ditionally, our thanks go to the
upperclassmen for coming and to
Dean Pershing whose cooperation
enabled all of this to happen. All
we can add is that we hope stu
dents will respond just as much to
our Miss Row Contest so we can
have another successful party.
Mark Stone, President
Hubert Cooper, Vice-Pres.
Don Withrow, Secretary
John McCanless, Treasurer
and the Row Hall men.
THE WEST GEORGIAN
Jim Traylor
‘Rawhide’ Drover Changes
Image in *A I istful of Dollars
That strange little haunting whistle begins over the credits and
right then you realize that “A Fistful of Dollars is goii to 1* (just
as the ads predict) “the first motion picture of its kind. ArK *
time you have finished watching it, you hope (just as the Producers
have promised in the catch-ads on radio) that “it won e •
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have promised in the catch-aas on
For the first thirty minutes or
so in “A Fistful of Dollars” you
can’t rationalize what is happen
ing on the screen. Clint East
wood, the clean-cut former No. 2
drover of TV’s “Rawhide,” is the
star, but something is different.
The clean-cut appearance is
gone. In its place is a heavy
growth of beard, a dirty Mexican
poncho, and, of course, anearly
chewed-up cheroot.
ABSURD PLOT
The plot is absurd. Two families
near the U. S.-Mexican border
are methodically killing each othr
er off for the privilege of selling
weapons to the U. S. Indians en
gaged in one of their periodic
uprisings against the aggressions
of the white man. The Man with
No Name, as Eastwood is known,
decides purely on a whim to play
these two groups off against each
other and whip out the threat to
humanity.
After the first encounter of the
Man withNoName with the hench
men of the bad guys (when he kills
four of them singlehandedly for
“insulting’’ his mule), we realize
that what we are seeing is nothing
but soupled-up allegory; the
struggle of hero vs. villain has
once again been thrown in front of
us and we must make the de
cision as to which will win the ul
Alan Whitman
Term Papers Kill Creative Thought;
Called a Form of Legal Plagiarism
Plagiarism: the act of taking and using another person’s thoughts,
ideas, or writings as one’s own. Plagiarism: the cardinal sin in the
academic community. Plagiarism: a word heard again and again in the
classroom when term papers are assigned.
The term paper has become an
exercise in accurate cataloging.
The “successful'’ student is the
one with the greatest number of
footnotes in his paper, the one
who finds the greatest numl ?r of
“authorities” on his subject.
He does not weigh one critical
theory, one man’s interpreta
tion of facts, against another. He
does not question the validity of
the reference or the authority’s
“right to exist.” He is not ex
pected to. He simply lists or
copies and MAKES SURE he has
correctly cited the source of his
references in the tradition of the
best style manuals. In short, he
Term paper: the act of giving
proper credit, by means of foot
notes, when using another per
son’s thoughts, ideas, or writ
ings. Term paper: the act of legal
plagiarism.
Why is it necessary for a pro
fessor to check every paragraph,
every sentence, every word in a
student’s paper? Why has plagia
rism become a major problem on
college campuses?
Why? Because professors en
courage the student to copy the
words of others, instead of show
ing that he understands the ma
terial by reaching his own con
clusions and forming his own
opinions. Colleges are killing
originality and creativity and de
humanizing students by turning
makers, original thinkers, into
monkeys and parrots.
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timate struggle between good and
evil no matter what the outcome
of this confrontation.
STORY STOLEN
At first the story line seems too
pat (as well it should since it was
stolen, literally word for word,
from “Yojimbo,” a Japanese sa
murai western by Kurosawa), but
a little reflection on it will re
veal that the story that director
Sergio Leone has put together is
nothing more than an advanced
myth of hero worship half-re
membered from the years when
we were children, memories
from the times when we dreamed
that we and we alone could con
quer the problems of the world by
simply killing off everyone that
stood in the way of our “goals
and high ideals.”
Eastwood has brought to life a
character that each of us has
created in his mind at one time
or another in idle fancy to solve
world problems. The number of
killings that comes from these
pictures is not a reflection of
true murder, but only a social
commentary on the basic question
of how man must treat the other
people who live in his world.
CONCLUDING SCENES
With the concluding scenes of
“Fistful of Dollars” we are sure
that Eastwood has not sold out the
follows directions.
Ideally, the student should learn
what the critics have said about
his subject from the professor.
He should be given the underlying
theories, the critical interpreta
tions,' the exegesis, in the class
room. He should listen and read -
and digest and assimilate and
reach his own conclusions, his
own interpretations. Then he can
write his paper.
The term paper is the student’s
chance to show what he has
learned about his subject. He
demonstrates his ability to use
the tools of problem solving and
interpretation that he has spent
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AUGUST 4, 1967
values which the dreaming-savior
has prized so highly. All the evil
people of the town have been
killed, each in a particularly hor
rible way designed specifically
for each individual, and the rum
blings of the Evil God Sex have
been heard only by the continued
reliance on the pseudo-phallic
gun symbolism used by both the
good and the evil.
It has been repressed and
“good” has finally won the fight
as Eastwood rides slowly by the
same locale that was used in the
first scene which stood then for an
upset world but now can be seen
as tranquil.
With the opening scenes of “For
a Few Dollars More” we im
mediately realize where it was
that the Man with No Name went
when he rode off silently into
the setting sun of the previous
movie. The shrieking chorus of
that ending becomes dominant
once again, and we know instinc
tively that man is about to be
saved again from some terrible
fate.
(Continued on Page 6)
% IBeat Georgian
Summer Editor - Linda Terrell
News Editor - Ed Tant
Feature Editor - Mary Jo Muse
Business Manager - Jim Trayloi
Photo. - Bruce Hildebrand
General Staff - Schatzi Lloyd,
Alan Whitman
ten weeks learning. He shows that
he has read and understood the
material, has logically developed
his topic, and has composed his
paper in an original and creative
manner.
Less and less emphasis seems
to be placed on originality and
creativity. They are fine in a
literary magazine, but not in a
term paper.
If a student does have any talent,
if he can think and write, he should
find out while he is in college.
Professors should encourage and
reward creativity. The student
should be given a chance.
The “Sunday afternoon” paper,
the “think” paper, the “critical
analysis” paper is the best place
for the student to show what he
has learned, what he knows, and
what he can do.