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October 23,1997
Wade Miller
Stop. Before you read any further, read Angela's story about SGA on the front page. Turn the page over.
Go on. Now! Do it. You know you want to.
Okay. Now that you have actually read something about TarJeton, it's time to find out what I think. I
DON'T CARE! I really don't care. I don't care about anything mentioned in Angela's story. Now take a quick
glimpse over to the next page. See all those letters to the editor. That's a lot, ain't it? But I still don't care.
Not going to lose any sleep over it. Not going to bite my nails. Not going to even think about it one second.
Why, you ask. Because. Because I've got a ton of other stuff to do this week. Like getting over the stress
from Mr. Lilly's tech project due date and studying for my Spanish exam, which I'm going to fail. Sure, I'm in '
SGA, but guess what, still not worrying.
Maria Mock, the high being in SGA, may have asked Sara Kocurek, the FRC head person, to resign. But if
you read in the constitution (oops, sorry, I forgot that y'all like to be pampered, so here's what it basically says;
"the president shall be the Chief Executive of all departments and branches of the Executive, and shall be
responsible for insuring that the duties of all Executive departments are properly carried out"). Let's rephrase
that. After reading what I wrote the constitution contained, you can start to understand why I don't care. Maria
had every right to ask her to resign because she is the head honcho of the executive council. There. End of dis-
cussion.
Don't care. Don't care. Don't care. Just so you'll know, I'm slapping myself in the head with the palm of
my hand. Don't care. Don't care. Don't care.
I'm sure Sara is a great person. I have only been around her a couple of times, and the last time was here at
the J-TAC office on Tuesday. To illustrate how much of a nice person she is, I'll give you an example. Here
she was, in the midst of a personal bad thing, and she helped me out. I needed a phone number of someone
whom I wanted to interview, and she helped track it down for me. This wonderful girl helped thoughtless, self-
ish me. See, she is nice.
Anyway, where I'm going with this is that it really doesn't matter if she was Mother Teresa, and it's a good
thing too because she would be dead. Maria can ask her to resign. It's right there in the constitution. Look
back up there and read it again. We may not like Maria's choices, but you have to hope that she's acting in the
best interest of SGA and the student body. So far, I like the way SGA is going, and I have no complaints.
Well, I think taking a vote about Sara's resignation was a bad mistake because it was useless.
I hope none of this sounds like I care because I don't. Sara said she was forced to resign, and Maria said
that she never said that, and Valerie Martinez, second high being in SGA, said that no one forced Sara to resign.
This is nothing more than she said, she said, and that game can go on forever. Trust me folks; I don't care.
Maybe, if there had been a fight with some blood and loose teeth, I might care.
Do you, the students, want to stop all this? Nod your head yes. Here's how we stop situations like this from
getting out of hand. Let's set up a monarchy. If SGA was run by a king, we wouldn't have these problems. I
would even volunteer my services as king. WE would love to be king. We would just behead anyone that dis-
agreed with us. We have the attitude to be king. We could do it, yet we don't know if we would want our son
to inherit this place.
Besides, we only have one dissenter. Read over there in the letters to the editor. He is Shawn Weathermen,
but we don't have to worry about him discovering our little plot because he no longer reads the J-TAC. We
don't understand that. Enough of the "we"crap. Why doesn't he just stop reading my commentary? That's
childish. Couldn't you see this guy, throwing down a ball, toy, or whatever, then saying, "Wade, I hate you, and
I'm not playing with any of y'all," and tromping off the field with his arms folded together and head drooped. I
respect his opinion, and he did take the time to write a letter. I just wonder why he ended that way. While I'm
on letters, I would like to tell everyone thank you for the letters. The whole university prospers from them.
Guess what though. I still don't care.
Shadoe McGhee
Many of you yvho haye been reading your e-mail lately might H<Kve noticed a person who js calling him/her-,,
self the e-mail avenger. This person has taken it upon him/herself to rid Tarleton of the evils of pointless email,
or at least the mail that they deem to be pointless. I am now on this person's hit list after only sending out one
reply to all messages. I'm not complaining though; I knew I probably was going to end up on the list when I
sent the message. I was fed up though. Who has the right to decide what's insignificant and what's not? I get
lots of mail that I don't care for, but I simply delete these. Call me crazy, but I just don't see the difficulty in
pushing delete a couple dozen times. Everyone is busy, but most of us find the time to,do this task and go on
with our lives.
The avenger brought it to my attention that some people are just deleting everything in their in boxes without
reading them. The avenger feels that this shouldn't be necessary for them to do because of us junk mailers. I
say that these people are lazy and probably didn't take the time to read many of these before hand. It only takes
a couple of seconds to skim a message to realize if it's relevant to you or not.
Personally, I think the real problem is the chain letters being sent. One list of the 101 Romantic things to do
is cute; 40 is annoying, but after the first couple you can tell which ones they are and delete them easily and
efficiently.
Let's do an experiment shall we. I'm going to go right now and check my e-mail, see how long it takes me,
and I'll report right back to you. I'm back. Did you miss me? Okay if you don't count, the phone calls, intru-
sions by coworkers, and other things (potty break) it only took me about fifteen minutes, that's including me
replying to a few people, reading the things that I found interesting and deleting. All in all, not to muck time out
of my busy day.
One interesting thing that I found was I had a lot of supporters. Several people e-mailed me, cheering me on.
I was sad to discover that a few people had given in to the avengers threats. I understand that they might have
been tired of the hassle, but I don't think this guy can go on forever, he will get caught eventually. I know I can
deal with his antics until that day. I encourage the rest of those on his hit list to, do the same.
John Evans
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Have you given any thought to your retirement planning? It is, sadly, a little known fact the benefits early
retirement planning can provide for your future.
For instance: Were you aware that contributing $250 a month to anauthorized IRA for ten years, beginning at
age 25 will have a greater yield upon retirement than contributing the same amount from the age of 35 until the
age of 65? Do the math, it is true!
Compounding interest rates are the best retirement tool we can use. Whether we find these benefits in com-
pany retirement plans or self directed retirement plans is irrelevant. The benefits far outweigh any sacrifice
required on the front-end. And an important element to keep in mind, social security will at best earn you
somewhere in the neighborhood of -1.5% to .5% (Yes, that is a negative sign!)
Unfortunately, the reverse is also true in reference to compounding interest rates. Making your first major
purchases after earning your college degree is both an exciting and confusing experience. From new cars to
first homes, the winners are those who have done their homework and are prepared for the lending process.
Educate yourself before hand on the current interest rates, terms, penalties and fees which apply to your loan.
Besides, nothing is more fun than being in control when talking with an automobile dealer finance manager or
a home mortgage lender!
A hypothetical situation. Your parents give you $20,000 as a graduation present to purchase a new car. You
select the car of your dreams and ironically, the purchase price plus tax, title and license exactly add up to
$20,000. What a deal! Now, the dealer is currently offering ai 1.9% interest rate. What do you do?
Many assume, write the check! But let's look a little closer. Even Certificates of Deposit from local banks
will give you 3.5% interest. And you can often find many short-term investments yielding up to 6.5%. At that
rate, you would be in the black 4.6% of your $20,000 by acquiring a loan on your new vehicle and investing the
capital from your parents gift.
Protecting your credit rating is also an important aspect of any lending process. While in college, you may
be splurging on a few of those "No Credit Necessary" credit cards. Have you read the agreements on those
cards? You are most likely paying 21% interest on those dollars. STOP! Pay those cards off as quickly as pos-
sible or, better yet, do not get them in the first place. ■
If unsecured credit is unavoidable, seek out the best deal. Their are basically two options that are
currently the "best deals." One, make sure your credit company is competitive with its interest rates. Do not
pay those 21% rates. Many companies offer rates as low as 12.5%. Two, there are often "specials" that credit
companies offer to attract customers away from their competition.
It does not require a degree in finance to understand the benefits of planning. Do a little homework, it could
save you thousands!
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Daylight savings time is set to end Sunday — as it does every year on the last Sunday of October — and
with it clocks across the nation will "fall back" one hour. In doing this, we will show our support for the war
cause — this was started to help us win World War I, you know — and maybe we can beat that kooky kaiser.
But wait, you say, didn't we already win that war? Well, yes, we did, but tell me this:* how do you think we;
did it? Superior force? Divine intervention? America, led by the anglophiliac Wilson, stayed out just long
enough while giving just enough aid to the Allies to keep them slightly stronger, then jumped in for the kill?
No. (
It is daylight savings time that keeps the evil forces of the Germans at bay. Right when they get their inva-
sion all coordinated, and are about to fly in disguised as commercial air carriers, we change the time. What
better way to defend your natiorf? ' -
Yes, that's right.
Right now as you read this, the kaiser is out there, watching... waiting... trying to figure out why all us crazy.
Americans are changing our clocks twice a year in order to conserve time. ;
I mean think about this, in my house there are 20 clocks. Do you know how much time it will take to reset
all those clocks? Yeah, I have four roommates to share the task with, but I'm the responsible one (scary -;
thought) in the house, so except for my roomies' alarm clocks I bet I will be the one doing all the resetting.
And I wouldn't be surprised if I even have to fix the alarm clock for one of them so that he will make it to
work on time.
Personally, I think all these clocks in everything are part of some conspiracy. I think someone is trying to
get us back for having a time change. Why else would everything: TVs, VCRs, microwaves, computers, cars,. 1
radios, stereos and even toasters have clocks in them?
And now what am I going to do in the mornings? i
With the schedule I had established for this semester I sleep until 8:40 a.m., then get up and get ready just in-
time tPEbt;il<0 minutes late,.tof,my,9, a.m, class. After the time changes 8 a.m. will become 7 a.m> I'qi going to j
J* getting yp, jin hour earlyj;,JJfhakwiH I do with that hour? I might accidentally show up to class-pn,.tim&:andJ
,that W0uM;f,ertmttlx ruip Pjo.j.Cltffprd's fun, as he.couldn't pretend to be giving a test as I walk iij,,,,, %
And what about the evenings? In my present schedule, I watch TV or talk with my roommates until about 2"!
a.m. With this hour shifting around, that's going to get all messed up. I might even end up going to bed before !
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Correction
On Oct. 16, the J-TAC report-
ed that Joy Werkmeister was
September employee of month.
She was the Student
Development Center employee
of the month, not the Tarleton
employee of the month. The
Tarleton employee of the month;
for September was Trudy
Carlson, a librarian in the Dick
Smith Library. The J-TAC
regrets any confusion this might
have caused.
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