The War Whoop (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 4, Ed. 1, Thursday, October 14, 1982 Page: 2 of 7
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WAR WHOOP; Oct. 14 1982
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Hi Indians!
Excitement is Anally starting
to hit our campus. Just think
about what all has happened
around here in the past few
weeks. A helicopter landed in
front of our cafeteria the
annuals came in our school
pictures arc ready to be picked
up today pledges arc doing
weird things and the men of
Makona all wore suits to class
on the same day.
Those things arc all very
spine-tingling but the best is
yet to cornel These next two
weeks will fly by with breath
taking moments.
Actually I may be over using
my adjectives a little in des-
cribing the events that happen
and arc going to happen but it
makes for more interesting
'reading right?
Anyway there arc some neat
activities coming up. Nomina
tions and elections for class
favorites arc next week. There's
also a Halloween dance coming
up. It will be Saturday the 23.
Everyone is supposed to wear a
costume and prizes will be
given for the best ones.
And of course the biggest
event of all begins the 28th
HOMECOMING1
We all know what an impor-
tant time Homecoming is. It's a
time for ex's to be reunited
fantastic tipis to be built royal
ty to be crowned another
football game to be won and
overall fun to be had.
You know what the best part
about Homecoming is? If you
guessed getting Friday off from
school you're close. Actually
the best part of all is having a
date to all of the activities.
Since all of you upper class-
men arc pros at this dating
business I will direct my
attention to the Freshmen.
First of all a date is needed
for the Homecoming show on
Friday night and to the bonfire
afterwards. Next a date is
needed for the football game
Saturday afternoon and also for
the dance that night. Of course
you don't really have to have a
date to attend any of these
functions but it sure is more
fun that way. It would even be
more fun to have a date to every
class and for every meal in the
cafeteria but unfortunately we
live in a real world.
Back to Homecoming. There
are a few rules that all of you
Freshmen need to know about
as far as dating at Homecoming
goes.
First of all men you've got
to let the lady of your choice
know you want to take her
before an hour before you're
ready to go. The more advanced
warning (oops I I mean notice...)
she gets the happier she'll be.
Secondly dress up for your
date to the show and the dance.
Your favorite jeans with holes in
the knees and your gym
sneakers won't hack it this time.
You don't need to rent a tux
but some dressy pants and a
sport coat would be super.
Thirdly don't be a cheap-
skate. I know money doesn't
come easily but every girl
deserves a mum. Have both
your names put on the ribbons
in glitter and she'll treasure it
forever.
Now for you women. Believe
it or not even guys with big
mouths can be shy when it
comes to asking you out. Let
them know you're interested in
them. You can do this by
saying "I am madly in love
with you I"
However if this is too bold an
approach for some of you there
Spirit
arc many other ways to capture
his attention. One way is to
pretend you're on the news-
paper staff and you need to
interview him for a story. Tell
him you've done some research
for your story and you realize
he's a man of great intelligence
and talent. You have also
concluded that his wonderful
personality is second only to his
superb looks. After stating this
casually mention that through
further research you have
noted that he only lacks one
thing in the outstanding life that
he leads.. .and that is a date to
the Homecoming.
If you arc one of the lucky
girls and already have a date
then the main thing you need to
work on is getting him to get
you a mum. The solution that
seems to work the best for this
problem is to tell him how lucky
your roommate is to have a date
that is so wonderful to buy her
such a gorgeous triple flower
mum. Go on and on describing
all kinds of ribbons hanging
from it etc. That usually solves
your problem.
Have fun these next two
weeks. Don't forget to vote on
favorites and don't forget the
Halloween dance. See you at
Homecoming!
ALACUMBA
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A Word From
In spite of everything we arc
doing to make the WAR WHOOP
a much better paper we under-
stand there are some of you who
are taking a bit longer to get used
to our new cvery-othcr-week
schedule.
Perhaps the new schedule
would be easier to accept and get
used to if for once we had
distributed the paper on ANY
KIND of schedule.
That has to date not
happened.
Our first paper the Back-To-School
edition was (as scheduled)
on the stands the first day
students began arriving on
campus. After taking an extra
week or two to get organized our
second paper was scheduled out
on Sept. 17. It did not arrive until
Saturday morning Sept. 18. The
third issue which was to be on
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Reaganomics fluster feline
My cat and I were sitting
around the other evening reading
the paper when she ran across an
editorial that really made her fur
stand up. The author was indig-
nant because despite the large
federal deficit millions of dollars
arc being spent by the armed
forces to provide veterinary
services for pets of military
personnel.
Natasha (my cat) was obviously
upset over the author's lack of
concern for her kind. But despite
Natasha's irritation at this article
it did propel us into a fruitful
discussion concerning govern-
ment spending in general and the
proposed balanced budget
amendment in particular.
Natasha took the pro side while I
remained opposed. Our argument
went something like this:
Natasha: So why arc you so
opposed to a balanced budget
amendment?
Met Because as every student
of economics knows a balanced
budget is not always good. Often
the government needs to run a
deficit in order the stimulate the
economy.
"Natasha. Very true but looking
at the economic situation over the
past years wc should have had
some balanced budgets. Obvious-
ly deficit spending has gone
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1 didn't make an appearance
until around 1:30 that afternoon.
No wonder you're having so
much trouble adjusting.
But before you plant a bomb
under the WAR WHOOP office
door or do Something disgusting
to one of our staff members at
least give us a chance to make our
excuses.
That excuse so far has been
the TNM & 0 (Texas New Mexi-
co and Oklahoma) Bus Lines
operating out of the local Grey-
hound Terminal.
Let me explain: Our paper is
written here on campus then
typeset layed out and pasted up
at the THRIFTY SHOPPER a
local shopper newspaper. From
there our pages are shipped to
the THRIFTY SHOPPER'S
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beyond economic pump-priming
to political expediency. We need
some sort of measure to shock
these spendthrifts back into
reality.
Mei Granted but not by dis-
arming a potent economic
weapon. I realize that the pro-
posed amendment would allow for
deficit spending under certain
circumstances but the measure is
still an overkill. It would in the
long run do more to undermine
our ability to deal with economic
fluctuation than it would to help
the economy.
Natasha: Yes I can sec your
point and you may be right. I
really don't sec why we're
arguing about this subject any-
way. Everyone can sec that this
amendment is just an issue
Reagan has created in order to
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LARRY
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take people's minds off the eco-
nomy during the mid-term
elections.
Met And it's a smart political
move too. If the Republicans can
distract attention from the failings
of Reaganomics and focus it on
this amendment they could make
an impressive showing in Novem-
ber. They have already made
good progress in convincing the
public that a balanced budget will
cure all our economic woes. Now
if they can succeed in convincing
the public that the Democrats arc
responsible for preventing a
balanced budget by opposing this
amendment the Republicans will
have an effective though arti-
ficial platform to sell to voters.
Natasha: The pity is we'll
probably buy it. Hand mc the
comics will you?
NCWS Editors 5hf11lf Wnt-ron.
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Yorstonj Asst. News Editor: Elsa
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