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Only you can stop it
Students from all across the state will converge in
Austin tomorrow to rally on the Capitol steps, protest-
ing another increase in tuition. If your bug* are
packed and your protest signs ready, more power to
you! Go down to Austin and give 'em hell! Talk to
Senator Nelson and anyone else who will listen about
your views on the proposed increase. But if you aren't
able to march on the Capitol, it doesn't mean jou ha\e
no voice. Call or write your senators and repraentu-
tives-their numbers can lie obtained in Dean Jergins'
office* Justin Lookadoo's office or in your newspaper^
'l'his is YOUR education and YOUK money they are
talking about. If you oppose this atop them. You arc
the only ones who can.
Around the 3end
Thank you Coach McAfee
Dear Editor:,
This letter is in regards to the
article about the resignation of
Coach McAfee. I would like to
know if the person writing about
the question had any idea of who he
was because the only people that
the writer asked were people that
really didn't know him. Why didn't
they ask at least one football
player, the people that know him
best! Well the reason that he did
resign was possibly in the attempt
to lose another football program,
what do you think of this President
McCabe? It is not to smart to get
rid of the best winning percentage
coach in Tarleton State University
The H-TSZC
*.Editor in Chief
Christy Moore
Opinions 'Editor
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CPfioto 'EcCitor
Marc (Barkis
Sports Editor
'RpcCericlii'Kicfiarcfson
EditoriaC Cartoonist
Jordan Cannady
features Editor
'Brig Lopez III
Cirmtation
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(Duncan Tarrish
advertising
Coordinator
Scott (J(ptie
Staff Writers
Jacque 'Jiggers
James 'Ricfi
Sid Safes Advisor
UfactMaxjottf Charlie O&ynoCds
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regular semester with the exception of university
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Moving up to NCAA
Dear Editor:
As you may know, Tarleton has
applied to join the NCAA Division
II, If accepted, Tarleton could begin
competlon in NCAA Division II as
early as the Spring of 1994, After
that, Tarleton would be on a two-
year probation period in which they
could compete in both NCAA and
NAIA playoffs. Here are some
arguments against moving to the
NCAA Division II,
First of all, would we be in a
conference, or stay independent?
Also, would we offer scholarships
or not? In a recent interview, Dr.
McCabe stated that Tarleton had ab-
solutely no plans to offer scholar-
ships, and if accepted into the
NCAA Division II, we would re-
main independent. By not offering
scholarships, we would already be
at a tremendous disadvantage. Not
joining a conference would put us
at another disadvantage, because in-
dependent schools usually play
tougher schedules. For example,
Notre Dame plays one of the
toughest schedules every year.
However, Nortre Dame is on even
terms with their opponents because
they offer scholarships. Tarleton,
on the other hand, will' not offer
scholarships but will play mostly
scholarship schools.
How are we to compete in the
NCAA division II without scholar-
ships? We have trouble with NAIA
Division I schools. Take football,
for example. Three of the four
games Tarleton lost last year were
to NAIA Division I schools. The
fourth loss was to a NAIA Division
II school.
Since Tarleton has no plans to
offer scholarships, why do we have
to jump up to NCAA Division II?
Without scholarships we will not
be able to compete. If we must
move up, we should go one step at
a time. First move up to either the
NAIA Division I or NCAA
Division III. Then, if we are
successful, move up to NCAA
Division II. In my opinion,
jumping up to the NCAA Division
II would be stupid.
Bod MacAdam ,
© 1992 by
J. Jordan Cannady
T** ****** • l-J
history. Coach Mac was a great
coach, he could draw up a play on
the chalkboard and it would work
just as he drew it up.
Coach Mac I wish you all the
success in your coaching career,
you have been a great inspiration to
the way I look at life.
Why don't you (McCabe) just
get to the more important things on
the campus, that is fixing the
student center completion date to
the year 2001 cause it will probably
never be finished by 1994. Is there
anything being done toward the
building of the "new student
center?"
Kyle Roesler
Cjet to fW\4\ d, crf-
q&y % pocket Look.
YES, THEY ARE TRYING TO
RAISE THE COST OF SEMBTER HOURS
FOR ALL ATATE FUNDED COLLEGES.
WHAT CANE YOU TO HELP FIGHT
BACK? BE IN THE VISITOR'S PARK-
ING LOT OF THE FOOTBAU STA-
DKJM AT 7:300 AM ON FRIDAY. WE
WILL GO TO THE CAPITOL FOR A
RALLY TO SHOW THEM HOW WE
FEEL.
Da Boys are Champs
Advice from Uncle Tom
When my great-uncle Tom
Edward (the drinking uncle) found
out I was to be married, he sent me
the following message.
Jordan -
I've been a bachelor for nearly
seventy years and consider my
self an expert on the field of
women. I don't want to meddle
in your life but I feel I must
warn you of one thing. No
matter how slight your fault,
miniscule your flaw,
insignificant you mistake, your
wife will feel morally bound to
tell you what you've done
wrong. Have a happy wedding.
I won't be there.
I know he meant the best, still, I
thought better about showing it to
my bride-to-be until after the
honeymoon. How could I explain
Tom to her. Uncle Tom had been
sharing his opinions with the
young men of the family for gener-
ations. I remember a story his
namesake, my uncle Tommy, told
about attending his first "boy-girl"
dance.
Tommy described the physical
torture endured at the hands of his
mother as he was plucked, preened,
pruned and spruced in anticipation
of this gala event. His hair was
slicked down with brylcreme, his
skin scrubbed raw with a soap made
out of volcanic rock, his ears were
invaded with the rough twisted
corner of a terry-cloth washcloth
and every nook, crevice and cranny
had been detailed. In short, Tommy
felt like a deck of cards that had just
been through a three day magician's'
convention.
He was dressed as if he were to
be layed out in an adolescent funeral
parlour. He wore a light blue and
white striped seer-sucker suit, a
white shirt with a collar, stiff as a
methodist, a dark blue clip-on bow
tie, and a tight pair of ox-blood
colored wing tips, the style you
would see on the feet of a book-
keeper.
My grandmother dressed him as
if he were a young, novice matad6r
being dressed in his suit of lights.
When done, he was thrust out of
the bedroom into the waiting *
clutches ^of the-gaggle of maiden
aunts, sisters, mothers, grandmoth-
ers, anxious to inspect him. He
was passed along from one female
to the next, struggling as his ears
were peeled back, his hair tugged
and spit slicked, nails checked for
dirt and biting, and the other endless
flaws inherently found in boys.
"I would have run if there hadn't
been so many of them" my Uncle
Tommy explained. "I'd made my
way to the front door when I heard
some one calling for me. It was
my Uncle Tom Edward, who was
sitting in the corner of the hallway,
by the umbrella stand and hat rack,
I couldn't push my way through and
none of the females seemed inclined
to let me go to him. He reached
out, grabbed me under the bow tie,
and pulled me through to him* like a
rag doll through a picket fence.
I still remember the rich mascu-
line smell of him and his bourbon
soaked tobacco, wool suit, the
emerald green tonic he used on his
hair, and the spice of Bay Rum after
shave underlain by three year old
Kentucky Sour Mash. He pulled
me in close and looked me straight
in the eye, man to man.
"Young man" he said,"I'm going
to tell you something about women
that I don't want you to ever for-
get." The way he said it I knew
that this was to be one of those few
truly epiphonal moments in life
where somfe mystery was to be
made clear. There was a moment
where we stood there looking into
each other's eyes where I saw the
future ahead of me, laid out in a
straight path of resolved and hard
work. He cleared his throat and
checked each direction before
pulling my head close to his.
"Always remember boy, when it
comes to women, the dumbest one
out there is smarter than you'll ever
be."
With that and a sly, conspirato-
rial wink, he gave me a gende push
back into the crowd. As I contin-
ued through the gauntlet, I looked
back towards my Uncle Tom.
He stuck his left arm out away
from his side, folded his right arm
across his chest, and gave me a
smile as he swayed back and forth
in his chair in a solitary dance. I
think he was telling me to have a
good time.
Jordan Cannady is the edito-
rial cartoonist for the J-TAC.
In case you have been in a
coma for the past month, the
Dallas Cowboys once again are
WORLD CHAMPIONS!!
For the past 14 years the people
of Texas have eagerly awaited the
return of " America's team."
The wait has been a roller coaster
ride of ups and downs for the
team. The cowboy's are finally
riding high once again, for tfyey
destroyed the Buffalo Bills in
Super Bowl XXVII, with a score"
of 52-1'/.'
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For the past 14 years super
bowl sunday has passed me by
unnoticed. The last super bowl I
honestly watched , was the 1978
super bowl , where Roger
Staubach's Cowboys were de-
feated by Terry Bradshaw's
Pittsburgh Steelers. After that
game I stayed in a deep depressed
state until next season started.
The true fan always stands by
their team win, lose, or draw.
For 14 grueling seasons I stood
by my Cowboy's through the
Danny White years, the ousting
of Tex Schramm and Coach Tom i
Landry by new owner JerTy Jones
and new Coach Jimmy Johnson,
and even through their 1-15 sea-
son.
Through it all the good and
the bad I have always been a true
Cowboy fan. That's what makes
this super bowl victory even
sweeter, I can say " I was a
Cowboy's fan when the
Cowboy's weren't cool" and hon-
estly mean it.
What an exciting season this
has been and hopefully many
season's to come. The way Dallas
•playcd against all opposing teams
"this season I doir't think-it is
premature to start talking a
dynasty here.
What a boost it is for all
Texans and undoubtedly for the
whole Cowboy's franchise. Da-
boy's are back in a big way.
Thanks Coach Johnson!!
Jed Stockton is a staff writer for the
Grassburr
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HammumM ID Di BUT:
Broken promises
i
Bill Clinton's biggest campaign
theme during the last presidential
election was change. After every-
thing that has happened since the
election, I am left with the ques-
tion, where is the change?
In fairness to Clinton he has
made some changes. He has started
off by focusing on two of the mosi
' controversial and decisive issues in
America, abortion and gays in the
military. On these two issues he is
making changes.
He has also made a change by
appointing his wife to oversee
health care. She is now responsible
for developing health care for all
Americans, regardless of what the
media says she is doing.
Except for the above mentioned
changes, it is business as usual.
Clinton has proved, once again,
that a person's word is no longer
valuable. People can no longer
take a person's word on something
and believe that the person will ful-
fill it.
Before he was even sworn in as
president, Clinton broke humerous
campaign proposals and promises.
The smallest pledge broke dealt
with his daughter, Chelsa. I 'can
still remember seeing Clinton talk
about how strong public education
is and that his daughter will attend
public schools. We all know now
that this is not what happened.
Chelsa attends a private school that
most middle-income Americans can
only dream about sending their
children to. One reason given for
this was the violence in public
schools in Washington D.C. For
people who live in New York,
Dallas, Chicago, Los Angeles or
other numerous cities in American,
this does not wash. Violence in
public schools across America has
become a daily affair. But, there is
no need to worry, Clinton still says
that public education is great.
Do you remember Clinton's
pledge to reduce the federal deficit
by 50 percent during his first term?
Well forget it. It isn't going to
happen. The reason; the budget
deficit grew by $18 million more
than he expected.
To some people this may seem
like a valid excuse, but when you
consider that the deficit for 1992
was around $350 million and the
overall deficit is about four trillion
dollars, $18 million is a drop in the
bucket. It is more probable that he
couldn't reduce the deficit by 50
percent. It was just a campaign
pledge to help get him elected and
nothing else.
Middle income tax cut. This
has a nice ring to it. Did anyone
else hear Clinton talking about it?
Well, forget this too. Clinton has
stated that there is no way he can
accomplish this. That's okay, it is
just another tool to get elected and
was never going to happen anyway.
How about Clinton all but call-
ing Ross Perot a fool for talking
about a gasoline tax increase?
(See Clinton page 6)
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