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Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor:
We, being students of TSU,
wish to give our reasons why
other TSU students should
support the Democratic candidate
for -President, Jimmy Carter.
Governor Carter's proposals
include:
. I) Giving top priority to
reducing unemployment. This is
something that concerns all
college students. Mr. Ford has said
that he would prefer people on
welfare than on a job works
program where they would pay
taxes.
2) Carter has called for less
sec.recy in foreign policy and for
' Jtougher bargaining with the Soviet
, Union. Mr. Ford has given the
..United States' technology to
Russia but we have received
nothing ,in return from his so
called "detante."
3) Gov. Carter has proposed
cutting out waste in the defense
budget. Mr, Carter knows how to
accomplish tfil^task because of
his vigorous faavy background.
4) A large part of Gov. Carter's
new programs include
reorganization of the federal
bureaucracy to cutting down the
number of federal agencies from
1900 under Ford to about 200.
He was able to successfully
accomplish a reduction on the
state level in Georgia. He has also
called for complete revamping of
the wasteful Welfare plans system.
5) Gov. Carter has called for
balancing of the federal budget.
Under Mr. Ford it has risen more
than §200 billion since Mr. Nixon
was in office.
6) Gov. Carter has called for
plugging tax loopholes in our
present tax system. This raises
taxes for people with incomes
over $50,000 per year. Mr, Ford
doesn't want this because in his
term of office, he himself, has
become a millionaire.
7) Gov. Carter favors energy
planning for our natiori. Under
Republican administrations we
"have seen no coherent policies and
a, rampant rising of gasoline and
natural gas prices.
8) Gov. Carter favors tough
conservation laws which; will be
enforced.
These are only a fevy of the
positive proposals which Gov.
Carter stands for. We feel these
proposals and others are necessary
for a strong and vigorous nation.
We hope you will support our
candidate, Jimmy Carter, in this
years national election.
■>' Sincerely,
Johnatha'n Staten
Patricia Blassirigajpe
i Carter for President
Campaign .Workers
Dear Editor:
Having been a Tarle'ton student
and living ip a University-owned
dormitory for five w^eks, I have
been required to eat in the
University cafeteria. Having had
to eat there, I have found that the
food leaves something to be
desired!',It seems that the persons
responsible for , preparing our
meals would want us students to
be able to say that the food we
get at Tarleton is "just like
Mama's home cooking."
Apparently, they do not! ,
' /'
1 will admit that one or two
meals a week are good. But 1 did
not pay $300 for two good meals
a week.That is an outrageous price
to pay for approximately 25
good, "square" meals for a
semester.
If the food in the cafeteria
continues to be "less .than good";.
1 think that eating there should no
longer be a compulsory
requirement of students who.live
in the dorms. I think we, as
Tarleton students, deserve better
food than we are being served.
How about you? ■ '
Sincerely,
Jan Kerr.
Dear Editor: \
Students from California
colleges are collecting poems for-'a
college poetry anthology. We
invite student and faculty poets to
participate in anthology: The
anthology will encompass, poets
from across the United States and
Canada. The contents of the
anthology will consist of both the
work and poems. ■
The submission period deadline
is Jan. 1, 1977. Those poets
whose poems are accepted will be
notified by Feb. 15, 1977. The
intended publication date of the
anthology is May, 1977.
The conditions for poetry' artd
artwork submissions are as
follows:
Submit only five poems for,
consideration.
Each poet will receive
one-fourth cent per poem per
copy sold of the anthology.
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KALEIDOSCOPE KAREN
by Karen Michqud
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Being a veteran at dorm living
and sharing houses while going to
school also means being an expert
at meeting your roommate's'
parents.
Now, not every introduction is
the same but there are certain
characteristics similar to all
meetings! the nartie, questions
concerning all sorts of trivia, etc.
Herq. are two cases of "Meeting
Your Roommate's Mother." •
Case -k~-'YHit?~rofM>inaiL> and
youitd!<xil$tim> eacfiMlffl-i : Y |.i -
"Mom, I'd like you "to liieet Kf
She's1 my roommate for THIS
semester."
On hearing your name
mentioned you come crawling out.
from the depths of your closet
where you were looking for your
other-dark blue tennis'shoe.
"Hi, Mrs. C." You make faces
while trying not to sneeze as the
dust settles.
"Oh, so YOU'RE K.! Mrs. C.
7 #
looks you over head to foot. Now
you understand why rot>my dear
is so weird. Her mother looks like
. a cross between Ann Landers
worst problem and Erma
. Bombeck's funniest nightmare.
"My daughter tells me you're a
sophomore this year," she sniffs.
From the inflection in her voice
you can tell that's not all her
daughter has been telling her..
"Yes, m'am." You brush off
the remnants of Mast night's
peanut butter and wheat germ on
rye sandwhich from a chair and
invite her to sit down, .
"Is this your second year at
this school?" She lifts her
eyebrows at-every other word. It's
Beginning to bother you. .
"' "'"No., m'am. It's my third year
here,I went to another school two
years before that."
''And you're only a
sophomore? What other school
did you attend? Why are you still
just a sophombre? Why did you
leave the other school?" She's
beginning to sound, like an
application form.
"Well, I went to ~U but got,
kicked out. So I figured I'd start
all over again and here 1 am. As to
why I've been a sophomore for so
long, I have this bad habit 1 can't
seem to break. It's called.
All poets will receive 1
complimentary copy of the
anthology. -
Please submit with your poems
a Self Addressed Stamped
Envelope.
The anthology will be
distributed in colleges and
bookstores in your state.
Poems may be written in
French, Spanish, Russian, Italian,
and English.
Art work should be in black,
pen and ink.
We need your help in making
this anthology possible and we are
asking for a $10 donation per
poem accepted to cover
publication and distribution costs.
We are hopeful that the $10 will
be refunded to you in residuals.
Jay Elliot
P.O. Box 15051
San Francisco,
CA 94115
Dear Editor:
Why are pep .rallys held only
for home football games and
never for off games? It seems to
me that if you want a full time
football team you should give
them full time support!
I am aware that many Tarleton
football fans do give the team
constant moral backing; my
complaint is that the'cheerleaders
and school do not seem to do so,
I think the team would
perform with more school spirit
and with a greater will to win if
they were backed by more school
spirit.
I think scheduled pep rallys for
all football games would create
more enthusiam in the fans arid
the team.
Sincerely,
Pam Oehler
Editor's Note: The following
letter was received Tuesday in
response to a letter to the Editor
which appeared Oct. 7, with the
suggestion that it be used as
another side of the UNTURKEY
Thanksgiving, proposal Both ■
letters have been reproduced in
full for the benefit of J-TAC
readers.
Dear Vegetarians:
I have just read your letter to
the editor (copy enclosed). It
would • be very easy for me to
write saying that persons who
would use your tactics to promote
an UNTURKEY Thanksgiving
have about as much logic and
common sense as , the animals
mentioned in your letter;
therefore, maybe persons of your
beliefs could be sacrificed instead
of the animals.
However, this is not my
response to your plea for others
to, join your cause because I
happen to look at the whole
picture and not let my emotions
unreasonably affect my thought
process.
Instead my answer to you is
THINK before opening you
mouth or picking up your pen to
write, I readily agree that many
helpless animals have been
sacrificed. On the surface I like
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flunking."
"Oh." You
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could tall '■ she
wanted to ask but was-afraid;of
the answer. She asks anyway.
"Why did you get asked to leave
-U?" " ; ;
"1 kept getting caught sneaiking
guys into my dorm room." .1
offered no further explanation.
She didn't seem to want one.
Your roommate looks over
your head at her mother with an
"I told you so" in her eyes.
They're both really getting on you
nerves by now. ,
"Listen, K," her mother's Voice f
• •• f"V \
goes into that maternal'soft but ^
serious tone; "while I'm Ijere I'd
like to request that you don't play
your stereo all night. :. and so
loud, either. My little girl needs to
Study you know;" There goes her
eyebrows again. She reminds you
of Mother Nature and the
margerine hoax.
"Sure," you've had it. Here it
comes. "And while we're making'
requests I'd like to ask that vou
give her money to buy her own
shampoo . . . and razor." ■■■ -•
"What? But 1 do give her
money. Dear, what do you spend
it on?"
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The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 21, 1976, newspaper, October 21, 1976; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth141354/m1/2/: accessed May 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Tarleton State University.