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.Yen’ Officers
Thurmond Tillman, Student Government Association
president, begins this quarter the task of guiding the SGA
through the coming year.
This is not an easy task, or one to be taken lightly. In the
future months, Tillman will undoubtedly face tough issues
such as resubmittal of the campus beer proposal,and lack
of parking spaces.But perhaps most important, Tillman will
have to face and familiarize himself with anew college
president.
Tillman has a good vice president in Dan Knabb. Already
taking steps in the direction of obtaining student en
tertainment, Knabb seems to have the interests of the
students at heart.
We wish both new officers a good year in office. This
should definitely prove to be a year of changes. Let us hope
that they will work to make these changes productive.
Romanian Choir
The Romanians did come.
Billed as winners of many an international music festival,
the 42 students who make up the choir of the Cipriam-
Porumbesco Conservatory of Music in Bucharest,
Romania, lived up to all expectations.
Clad in festive costumes made by their homelanders, the
choir members presented an audience of students, faculty,
and townspeople a little Romania in their hour long recital.
Repaying the visit made by the West Georgia Choir two
years ago, the group performed in the United States
recently under the auspices of the Ambassadors for
Friendship, and East-West cultural exchange.
Such an exchange is beneficial in many ways.
Not only does it provide a means of exchanging ideas and
culture, it is also a way of promoting friendship with those
who live behind the Iron Curtain.
We congratulate the people of West Georgia College who
were involved in promoting the choir’s performance in
Carrollton. The choir was indeed excellent.
But most important, we thank and congratulate the
college students from Romania and West Georgia who have
participated in this cultural exchange. Devoted students
have been the key to the success of the Ambassadors for
Friendship.
Michael Booth
The Registration frame
The GAME OF REGISTRATION is a fun and
exciting game for all ages and can be played by 3
lo six thousand players, a Parker Fun House
game.
OBJECT OF THE GAME: For players to
successfully move from start to finish, eluding
the hazards, by any means possible. Players
receiving the desired class cards and no broken
bones win the game.
BASIC PLAY: Each period begins with a face
off at the front door of the H.P.E. building.
Players who have time cards become the at
tacking team, and staff workers become the
defending team. Attacking players may move in
any direction (horizontally, vertically and-or
diagonally) towards the door Movement away
from the door is an infraction of the rules and
carries a stiff penalty of going to the back of the
line.
Attacking players squeeze, push, and hack
their way to the door. Entrance to the playing
area, however, is a maze of hazards and pitfalls.
Defending players guard the door and entry by
attacking players is gained by time card,
bribery, or a quick right to the jaw. Next, the
famous fines table blocks the way. Attackers
must clear this hazard only by paying the price,
either in cash or blood Defenders are allowed
many options to stop the attackers, either by
fines (which sends the attackers to the penalty
box) or by moving so slow the attacker loses
interest and leaves or the attacker falls asleep.
After the attacking players pass these hazards
he enters the scoring phase of the game.
SCORING: An attacking player scores when
he obtains a class card from a defender. This can
tie done by grabbing, snatching, or coercion.
(Note: During this period of play most physical
action is disallowed. Only hip-checking, above
the waist blocking, and certain strangulation
holds are allowed Defending players are also
allowed holding two yards in front of and behind
the card tables.)
Attacking players score by announcing to the
defender that he will take the card. He then must
Jack Anderson
Lon No I and Cambodia's Downfall
WASHINGTON —Administr
ation spokesmen have
suggested that Congress will be
to blame if the Communists
take over Cambodia. An
emergency appropriation of
over S2OO million, the
spokesmen have indicated,
would save the Lon Nol regime.
The secret military reports
from Cambodia tell a different
story. They tell of heroic
fighting by some Cambodian
army units. But for the most
part, the military campaign has
been mismanaged, the supplies
have been mishandled and too
many military commanders
have been more interested in
lining their own pockets than in
saving the country.
The Lon Nol regime, in short,
has brought about its own
downfall.
For example, the army is
desperately short of troops to
man the barricades guarding
the capital city of Phnom Penh.
Yet the city is full of young men,
subject to the draft, who simply
have bought their way out of the
army.
Some are phantom soldiers,
who are carried on the army
rolls but who have paid off their
commanders to let them stay
home. Others paid bribes to
avoid the draft in the first place.
The truth is that it would take
more in a financial transfusion
from the United States
to save Lon Nol.
Nevertheless, the Pentagon is
pushing ahead, without
congressional approval, with
plans to pump still more
millions into Cambodia. A few
days ago. the brass hats sud
take the card and move away from the table to
allow other attacking players to score. A
defender may, however, challenge the attacker
for possession of the card by announcing he will
attempt to steal the card In this case a face-off is
held at center court. The card is dropped be
tween the players and the first one to emerge
with the card is awarded the points. Any means
of achieving this is allowed, except for the use of
firearms and knives.
PASSING THE CARDS: The cards may be
passed only if a conflict of interest is found to
exist for the attacking player. The card may be
passed by the attacker announcing that a card is
"in play.” At this time the card becomes open for
possession by either an attacking or defending
player. All interested players form a scrung
formation (as in rugby) and the card is then put
into play as in a face-off.
PENALTIES: Penalties, both major and
minor, are given when an infraction of the rules
occurs. Offending players are given two minutes
for minor penalties and five minutes for major,
the time is spent in the penalty box where a
continuous recording of "'Diey’re Coming To
Take Me Away” is played. When an offending
player has more than two major or three minor
penalties during the game he is automatically
suspended for the rest of the game.
END OF PLAY: Flay is ended when the at
tacking players obtain the desired class cards or
simply give up Exit from the playing area
cannot be stopped by the defenders unless the
attacking player lacks either a data card or
sufficient funds to pay for the game. In this case
all scoring is declared null and void.
If you enjoy the GAME OF REGISTRATION
try some of the other famous Parker Fun House
games like: DROP-ADD, a fierce one on one
game that matches wit and endurance;
EVALUATION, where each player tries to get
his credit by begging, pleading or threatening
law suits; and GRADUATION, a baffling
mystery game for all ages.
denly announced they had been
"overcharging” Cambodia for
weapons. They waved the
magic wand and, presto, they
"found” another $21.5 million
for the Lon Nol regime.
Juggling the books is not the
only way the Pentagon has
"found" funds for the war in
Southeast Asia. For years, the
military men have relied on an
ancient piece of legislation
called the "feed and forage”
law It dates back to 1820. Its
original purpose was to protect
soldiers in remote areas from
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running out of food and supplies
before Congress could appro
priate funds for them.
Thus, the "feed and forage”
law allows the Pentagon to
contract for certain items
before they have the money.
Congress comes along af
terward and automatically
approves the transaction. This
has been used for a variety of
purposes that have nothing to do
with "feed and forage.”
Nearly $l5O million in "feed
and forage” funds, in fact, went
to support the war in Southeast
Asia.