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• ••the University of West Georgia should make designated smoking areas,
and those areas should be the only places that people on campus are allowed
to smoke.^
- Lisa Meridith, student
Stan the Squirrel finds anew home for Spring
The View
From My Front Porch
With Larry L. Peel
larry@ioncinema.com
I have been watching
Stan with renewed interest
the last few weeks, as the
weather has been relatively
warm (overall) and it is
apparently mating season.
Having given up on his
ceramic love (those of you
who read last semester will
recall his plight with my
statuary), he has joined the
other young studs in pursuit
of that crazy little thing
called love.
Of course Stan is not
CAMPUS EVENTS
Thursday March 8, Id
• The University of West Georgia Opera Workshop presents
“Hansel and Gretel", Townsend Center. 8:15 pm
Tuesday March 13
• Dr. Walter M. Kimbrough speaking. Campus Center Ballnx)m.
7:00 pm
Thursday March 15
• UWG Jazz Ensemble performance. Kathy Cashen Recital Hall.
8:15 pm
Monday March 19-24
• Spring Break
Monday March 26
• Women's and Men *s Golf
Tuesday March 27
• College Night hosted by Zion Campus Ministry. A Place of
Refuge Church, buses and transportation will be provided at the UCC
at 7:00 pm
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the only squirrel in my
yard, he is just the most
easily recognizable due to
the deformity of his tail.
Stan, like the other apparent
males in the territory
- I presume they are males
from their behavior, since
there are no obvious clues
from appearance - has
begun a series of spectacular
acrobatics which is
apparently designed to
gamer the attention and
eventual favor of the local
female populace. Kind
of reminds me of spring
at UWG in fact. I sat and
watched the Cirque de
Squirrel taking place along
the center and edges of my
front yard - the dogs have
the back- and I was quite
honestly amazed at the skill
and prowess these creatures
have. Occasionally I saw
one of the females ease
down a tree and watch, but 1
believe there are a few more
than I saw still lingering in
the trees.
Stan of course was
the one 1 watched most
closely. He dodged and
darted, leaped and soared.
He climbed my deer feeders
and made gallant efforts to
jump from one to another.
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occasionally even making
the landing. His tail sh<x>k
like a maraca giving unheard
music to his lustful dance.
He chattered and sang in the
way that only a squirrel can.
At long last the brave little
female came across the
yard and stopped. Stan and
two others stopped. They
all stared at one another for
what seemed like an eternity
but was likely only seconds.
Suddenly there was an
explosion of activity as the
two began rolling around
like high sch(x>l wrestlers,
the female sitting up with
her paws held casually
below her chin in a look of
feigned interest. The two
males split up and started
jumping in the air. The
Smoking policy lacks teeth
By Lisa Meridith
Guest Writer
Liner idi / @m\. westKci.edu
Although the no
smoking within 25 feet of
any building rule seems to
be a g(xxl idea, it really d<x)s
not prevent non-smokers
from having to experience
the health problems caused
by second hand smoke.
Regardless if people are
actually following the mle
or not, 25 feet is generally
interpreted as a few steps
right in front of the building,
st> anytime someone has to
walk in or out of a building,
there is a pathway of smoke
that surrounds it. A vast
majority of smokers do
not actually want to step
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female still Uxiked. Finally
Stan got an upper hand, or
should I say t<x>th, and bit
his competitor (irmly on
his hindquarter. T he newly
crowned loser bolted for the
trees and Stan ran in circles
around his new’ mate. They
ran off into the trees.
A couple of days later
I found Stan diligently
gnawing at the opening of
one of the old birdhouses
I have on poles along
my property line. Some
would be quite upset at this
behavior, but I like Stan, so
I just pulled up my trusty
green chair and watched. He
finished the hole and began
gathering leaves and twigs,
which he then Ux>k to the
house and shoved inside.
tix) far from the building
when it’s cold, which is
understandable, but they can
easily put an extra layer of
clothing on.
They choose to smoke,
damaging their txxlies on
their own accord, but they
should not have the right to
damage others. Some people
are allergic to smoke, and
allowing smoke to take over
the campus may cause some
one a great deal of pain one
day. I know’ when I w alk into
a puff of smoke; I get light
headed and feel as though
I’m going to be sick. I’m
sure there are worse effects
on other people.
To sol ve this pr< iblem the
University of West Georgia
should make designated
I watched in amusement
as 1 thought of how my
spring-cleaning involves
getting things OUT of my
house, while Stan is getting
things into his. Curious as to
w hether 1 would be prime to
watch Stan raise a family, I
turned to the Internet. After
consulting several sights, I
validated my sad intuition.
Like most males in the
animal kingdom (and the
humankingdom some would
say), male squirrels simply
mate and leave. The female
raises the young alone. I
was slightly disappointed
in my furry little friend for
not stepping up to the plate,
but 1 understixxi. I think
he is going to have a grand
bachelor pad though.
smoking areas, and those
areas should be the only
places that people on campus
are allowed to smoke. In
doing so, the innocent non
smokers will easily be able to
avoid those places, and their
health will not be affected.
Other than just designating
certain smoking areas, those
areas should be enforced,
because most people are
not even following the 25-
foot mle. There should be
a warning for first time
offenders aid a punishment
for repeat offenders. Faculty
should actually say, “You
can’t smoke here” when
someone is within the 25 feet
of a building. In doing so,
nonsmokers will feel safer
on campus.