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Michael Booth
UFO’s and Liberated Women
According to a south Florida
college professor, the United
States Air Force has, since 1948,
been in the possession of an
alien spacecraft and its crew.
The aliens have been
described as humanlike in
appearance. They are about
four feet tall with blond hair
protruding from a large skull.
The most startling discovery,
however, was that the aliens
were all male.
That implies that even a
technically advanced civ
ilization does not consider the
female equal to the male. It
further implies that women’s
liberation is strictly an earthly
phenomenon. There is no such
thine as COW (Cosmic
Organization for Women).
The following is an encounter
on the planet Eblook between
Major Ffone of the
Space Corps and his brooding
mate. Selica
Major Ffone: Listen, for the
last time. There is no place for
you females on our expeditions.
You’d just get in the way.
Selica: Why can’t a woman
go’ > We’ve got just as much
intelligence, probably more,
than you men ever will have.
lx>ok at my skull. It's just as big
as your is.
P: That’s just because you’ve
been snorting a lot of happy gas
lately.
S: You’d sniff it too if you had
to sit at home and look at these
drab purple walls all day.
P: Why do you think we in
vented the 3-D cinema screen
for you women? You can sit at
home ar.d watch “As Eblook
Turns’’ or some of those other
shows.
S: But I don’t want to watch
the screen all day. I want to get
out. I want to see the wonders of
the universe.
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P: You don’t know how good
you’ve got it. The universe is a
pretty boring place. Just a
bunch of rocks, some stars, a
few planets, that's all.
S: I want to see that stuff. I’ve
even heard that there is a planet
called earth where they have
semi-intelligent life forms.
P: What a bunch of nonsense.
1 can tell you with assurance
that there is no intelligent life on
earth I’ve been there. 1 know.
S: Well, I’ve heard rumors
that there are people on earth.
I’ve heard that they have
something called the United
States Air Force.
P: You’re really stupid. You
don’t l>elieve in the United
States Air Force do you?
S: It's possible you know.
We’re not the only intelligent
!>eings in the universe.
P: Anything is possible, baby.
It's even possible that some day
women will be allowed to serve
in the Space Corps. There’s
always a need for maintenence
and custodial help on our
flights.
S: Sure, That’s all you think
we women are good for -
cleaning up after you men.
P: No, that’s not all women
are good for. I can think of some
interesting alternatives.
S: I don't want to hear about
it.
P: Alright. But I don’t want
you to think I see women purely
as maids. I personally would not
mind if women were allowed in
space. The thing that bothers
me is that we'd always be
behind schedule because the
women crew members would
never agree on what to wear.
And could you imagine how
much luggage they would
carry? Our ships would never
get off the ground.
S: You’re exagerating, as
usual.
P: And they would gossip the
whole trip. It would drive me
insane. Talk-talk-talk. Why do
you think we men take so many
trips? It’s to get away from the
female mouth.
S: So. The truth comes out.
You don’t have any reason to
keep women at home. You men
just want to take off by your
selves and have a big fun trip. I
wouldn’t be surprised if some
hanky-panky is going on under
the guise of scientific in
vestigation. These expeditions
are probably a bachelor’s party
from start to finish. You
probably don’t even go any
where. You just circle around
until you get a hangover and
come floating home to mama.
Well, no more. You can just go
live on earth for all I care.
So the battle of the sexes has
reached across the vastness of
the cosmos.
Letters
Concert
The Editors:
1 am writing this letter in
response to a story written by
Carey Smith which appeared in
the Nov. 1 edition of “The West
Georgian.”
In the article, (which con
cerned last week’s ATO
sponsored concert) Ms. Smith
quoted me as saying, “The less
than desired attendance at the
concert was attributed to
Greeks who did not want the
ATO’s to make money and
freaks who felt the same way."
In all due respect to Ms.
Smith, that article is one of the
poorest examples of objective
writing I have ever seen. Not
only was I misquoted
throughout the entire story, Ms.
Smith took the liberty of taking
my original statements (the
parts she didn’t hack out) so
badly out of context that they
did not even carry the same
connotations.
Like I told Ms. Smith, “Even
though the concert was a great
success, there are many
reasons why attendance was
somewhat below expectations.”
Some of them are:
1. Some students went to watch
the world heavy weight fight.
2. Some students went to the
concert in Athens.
3. Some students did not have
$2.00 to spend on a concert.
4. Some students did not want to
spend $2.00 on a concert.
5. Some people had seen both
bands before and did not think it
worthwhile to go to the concert.
6. Some students had never seen
the bands before and did not
think it worthwhile to attend the
concert.
7. Some people never attend any
function of this sort at school.
8. Some people had mid-term
tests to study for.
9. Some people got too messed
up to drive to the gym.
etc, etc, etc.
Oh yeh, there might have
been some Greeks who didn’t
want to attend an ATO concert
(sad but true) and there were
probably some freaks who did
not want to attend a concert
sponsored by a fraternity (also
sad but true).
It is my opinion that with over
5,000 students at this school, we
could find enough qualified
person el to operate our school
newspaper and let horrible little
girls like Carey Smith stay at
the country club where her idle
gossip will not offend anyone.
I
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If however, our student body
cannot muster up enough
qualified personel to run the
paper, 1 suggest that “The West
Georgian” purchase a cassette
recorder for Carey Smith so
that in future interviews she can
at least make a feeble attempt
to write the truth, the whole
truth, and nothing but the truth.
Mike Morrow
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Reduced Drills
The Editors:
Some concern was expressed
by one of your leaders in the
October 25th issue in regards to
mandatory fire drills on our
campus. Since we are a state
financed institution, fire drills
are mandatory. The dormitory
is a particularly vulnerable
structure as it is occupied at
night. The National Fire
Protective Association states
that the number of fires that
occur at night is two times
greater than those that occur
during the day. This is
especially true in residence
halls since they are susceptible
to the most common of all fire
causes - smoking and matches.
According to Mr. George M.
Lanier, Chief of Operations of
the Inspection Division, State
Fire Marshall’s Office, fire
drills are required in residence
halls in order to insure that
residents are aware of proper
evacuation procedures and
escape routes. No specific
number is required.
Therefore, after speaking
with Mr. Lanier and Mr. Grant
Stanford, Campus Fire Mar
shall, a joint decision was
reached to revise our present
policy on fire drills.
Drills will continue to be held
during early morning hours but
will be limited to one per
quarter.
Vicki L. Carrithers
Director of Housing
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Applause
The Editors:
Asa junior transfer student
attending West Georgia for the
first quarter, I am somewhat
amazed at the avalanche of
student criticism toward the
Department of Public Safety.
When I first arrived on
campus, I was given a pamplet
titled, “Traffic Code” which
clearly stated the rules and
regulations governing the
traffic situation on campus. For
the life of me, I cannot see what
basis a student has to complain.
With the students I have
talked to, not one has been
issued a ticket unless he or she
violated the traffic code. This
seems to be a quite simple
process. Why can’t more
students understand it?
The Department of Public
Safety has been fairly enforcing
ihese rules. I will not, however,
attempt to organize a fan club
for Chief Johnson and his
associates; my efforts would be
wasted because I would
probably wind up its only
member. I will just say that this
is one student who feels the
department is not just an im
portant building on campus
The people there are even
important because they are
doing a fine job and I applaud
their efforts.
Chuck Carter
African Heritage
The Editors:
In your Nov. 1 issue you state
that the African Heritage
course is anew offering at West
Georgia. The fact is, it has been
offered here since the spring of
1969 when I first taught it. In the
winter of 1970 a second course
on Africa-Contemporary Africa
was introduced.
The purposes of these courses
has always been to give the
students a deeper un
derstanding of Africa, its
culture and its history, and the
present situation on the con
tinent In addition the African
Heritage course has attempted
to show the significance of
African culture on American
culture.
In the course an objective
view of Africa and African
history has always been at
tempted according to normal
scientific practice. The study of
African authors from various
disciplines and different parts
of the continent has therefore
been an integral part of the
courses.
Ernst M. Bjerkerot
Assistant Professor of
Sociology.
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