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20 Years Ago
In The Ciuster
NEW STUDENT CENTER IS BIG STEP
FORWARD
The New Student Center is open and
in business and Mercer is the better for
it.
It is hardly disputed the food is better
and it certainly is better served. After
the wivil War army trays of tin used by
suffering Sherwood residents, it is
perfectly easy to eat off plates. (We
almost fainted with ecstasy when we
spied the table for salad dressing.)
What’s more, the kitchen looks like a
kitchen - where food for human beings is
cooked and made ready for serving.
You can’t argue with the space. There
are rooms upon rooms (though empty)
and when physics classes clear out next
yi ar, there'll be still more room. And
hive patience. The rooms will be
fi mished. They will not stand empty and
u teless in the years to come.
The Co-op hasn’t been in business
k ng enough for judgement to be passed.
It is a bit of a disappointment to see the
o d booths and tables that wobble on all
fc-ur legs. But on the face of it, even the
Co-op is improved.
Don’t forget the convenience of your
o an (personal and private) mail box. No
more Whaling your dial to find your mail
box empty. Now you can just look
through the little glass to see if there’s
any there. Wonders will never cease.
Thus we close this salute to the
Student Union Building. Long may it
stand.
Beauty and
Beast Contest
Sponsored
Each year, along with all the other
activities of homecoming, Alpha Phi
Omega sponsors the Beauty and the
Beast contest, which runs the week
before Homecoming.
The contest will run February 13-18. It
will be located in the Co-op.
•This year, the money raised will be
given toward the establishment of the
new recreation room in Sherwood Hall.
In the previous three • years of its
existence, the contest contributed to
many Macon area charities.
Students vote for their fa\y>rite couple
by placing money in the appropriate
container. The couple “earning'' the
most money is the winner.
A trophy will be awarded to the winner
and a prize will be given to each couple
participating.
Contact Alpha Phi Omega at Box 82
for a contest application.
242 PlffTS were accumulated la Mercer’s blood drive on Jan. 31. Tbe blood drive
was dedicated to former Mercer student Oden Still. Still was shot last quarter and the
blood be received at the Medical Center enabled him to live. He la presently
recovering. , Photo by Andy Cook
Short People;
The New Minority
By Hal Brodsky
Foreigners, minorities, gays...all have
had their share of time in the scope of
the shotgun of American humor. But
now a new bunch of turkeys have
stepped onto the shooting range: People
of less than average height. It all started,
this summer with the release of Randy
Newman’s hit single “Short People.”
The song has become quite controver
sial. Some radio stations are even
refusing to play the song. This is mainly
due to such lines as “They have little
legs/ they stand so low/ You have to pick
them up/ Just to say, ’Helk>.”'
Naturally, a newspaper with a “contro
versial" nature ?uch as the Cluster's
simply cannot let a story such as this one
rest in peace. Naturally, neither can
Mercer's students. Some responses to
the musical question "What is your
reaction to the song ‘Short People' and
the controversy surrounding the song?"
by Mercer students are printed below:
"I think the song is pretty obnoxious
and tacky.''
-Regina "Margo” Sullivan 5’6”
"I tH-H what Margo said is pretty
obnoxious and tacky."
-Suzanne “Suz” Fugate 6’4”
“I don’t think I’m short, I’m 5’ir\”
-Jay KnightS’ll”
"I think it’s very accurate in
describing my philosophy of life...and
I’m 6*1’*.”
-PaulTosaiS’l”
"I think it is somewhat of a funny
r **ig' but lt could possibly hurt people’s
feelings. I think it implies that short
people are not just short in height, but
they're short mentally, too.”
-David Sulzbacher 6’5”
”1 think it stinks. ”
-Judy McDaniels 5’1”
"I think the controversy is wrong, but
I like the song.”
-Martha Brown 5*10”
"It's not far from the truth.”
•Karen Lazarus5’6”
"Well, 1 think the song is cute. I don't
see why people are getting upset about
/- \ v
it, because it is only a song. If they made
one about tall people, I wouldn’t care.”
-Adrianne Jenkins 5’7”
"I don’t know - it’s just dumb to me.”
-Jayne Meeks 5’6”
"I never thought about it actually.” -
-Kim Angle 5'5”
"I think it’s funny. Of course, short
people probably don't think it’s funny.
•Nancy Turner 6’7”
"I think it is cute and has a lot of
meaning behind it if you listen to the
words. I think they should write one for
tall people like me and Beth.”
-Patty Lyle 5’7”
”It isn’t long enough’.'
-Steve Reed 5’10”
”1 don't know, I haven’t listened to it
that well, but I'm one of them. I think the
man who wrote it looks kind of weird!
•Lisa Smith 5’2”
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Toilet
Paper
Shortage
By Hal Brodsky
It has come to our attention that a
certain fraternity here on campus has
become involved in a project which calls
for the "procurring” of toilet paper (of
all things), from various campus '
facilities, leaving the users of these
facilities with nothing to use.
According to our sources, each pledge
in this fraternity (let’s call it “Kiss
Fanny” or KF) is required to make a
donation of 16 rolls of toilet paper, not to
mentfbn the cafeteria's Sunday table
cloths.
What everyone is trying to figure out
is just what KF is planning to do with
these paper products. Some say they will
be used for Homecoming decorations.
Also, they may poeaibly plan to:
1) Wallpaper their frat house.
2) Build a new frat house.
3) Wipe up this campus.
4) Do 7,438,91*1 Bounty Tests.
6) Have a roller Derby..
6) Print an inter-fraternity newspaper.
7) Do Mr. Whipple impersonations.
8) Surround their frat house and “roll
the joint.”
9) Use it to curl their hair and infiltrate
the sororities.
10) Wrap themselves like mummies
since they are all a bunch of mothers
anyhow.
11) Experiment in organic farming (if
rumours are true some of the paper was
already used).
12) Soaking up the fountain and
transport it to their frat house.
13) Sending it in to be recycled into toilet
paper.
14) Disguise themselves like rolls of
toilet paper and snesJi into girls’
bathrooms.
16) Make the pledges do everything on
this list.
Homecoming Survey
The results of this survey will be tabulated and given to White Hollis for planning
future homecomings. Please place the results in the red boxes placed around campus
before Friday, Feb. 10.
1. Please circle your class
Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior
2. Please Check the following activities that you plan to attend during Homecoming
week.
□ Monday, February 13 - Pie in the Face - Chapel Break
O Thursday, February 16 - Movie - The Front - 8:00 Student Center
Q Friday, February 17 - Skits 6:30 - Beer Gardens
□ Pep Rally
□ Bon Fire (
□ Saturday. February 18 - Display Judging 2:00
□ Basketball Games Against Georgia State.
6:00 Girls 8:00 Boys
□ Dance -10.00 Monument Room Coliseum
Bahd-Symbol 8'
□ Toby and the Tot elections - held during the week
3. Do you think that the fact that the Bears are having a better season this year than
in past years wjil contribute to the spirit of the homecoming'/
□ Yes D No
4. Please check the words that best describe your altitudes toward Homecoming
□ exciting □ apathetic □ spirited
□ boring O fun
□ enthusiastic □ childish If Other
6. Dp you feel that the Toby and Tot contest adds to the spirit of Homecoming?
□ Yes □ No