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THE COUGAR CRY. JANUARY 22, 1974 — PAGE 5 Februorii • HCflIRT fnOflTH • 1974 Sunday Monday Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday Friday Saturday Your HEART FUND Fights Heart Attack • Heart Defects « Stroke I J High Blood Pressure 1 2 My 1974 Resolutions Work-Study For Veterans PARTICIPATE V Tlv fivlvia By Myrna Romdeck I firmly resolve: 1. Not to let Jackie affect my mode of dress this year. My husband, crying and shaking, convinced me that it wasn’t I who was married to Ari when he emptied his pockets and showed me three bank tokens, a matchbook cover from the Funny Farm, and a badly chewed worry rock. 2. Not to use all my food stamps for frozen shrimp, egg rolls and pizza. 3. To speak kindly to my family at least once a week even though I am a full-time college person. 4. To put forth real womanly effort to control my hysteria and lapses of memory when the dishes have to be done, clothes have to be washed and ironed, loud - mouthed crumb catchers have to be pried and prodded, and 600 pages of homework have to be done in two-hours’ time. 5. To keep my homework caught up; at least until Tues day —' or get my teachers a worry rock, too. 6. To forget getting any help from the Glad Hands, the Scrubbing Bubbles, Mr. Clean, CJeraldine, the White Knight, or Wally. I’ll just wait for the U.F.O.’s. 7. To conserve energy —■ (I tire easily anyway) —I electricity — use reflector tape, straight blades, and icy streams. — gas — make like a glider— get up speed, cut off motor, and coast. —toilet paper — carry a large, brown bag to school. —heat — turn down thermo stat, move fast, and pray that my Armstrong heater still works. 8. Not to act hastily. Give careful thought to my resolu tions, and do like everybody else does—forget it! THE SKI SONG (Sung to the tune “Holly Farms Named A Chicken After Me”) 0 say can you ski In the snow joyfully? If you can, I’ll drink to you If you can’t I’ll drink to me. Well, I’ve done it twice. My first time and my last time (at the same time). Why do they do it? To drive for an hour over treacherous, icy roads just for the purpose of being exposed to freezing weather while being punished by bumps and bruises, frustra tion, humiliation, risking life and limb and the driving back over that same icy road just to ski, is insane. I’ve done it once, “nevermore,” quoth the chicken. Excluding myself, the folks that were at ski school seemed to be doing rather well. Asi I observed them (from the bar) 1 made my nominations for the Skiing Hall of Fame. May I have the envelope please? Charles Hale — He gets the Al fred E. Newman award. James Nichols — He gets the “look at me. I’m skiing” award. Sandy Brooks — (Miss College Transfer). She is just recover ing from a broken leg. Sandy gets the “I’ll bet your doctor doesn’t know you’re here” award. Jim Robinson — This guy gets the “I wanna be captain of the racing team” award. Glenda Stanley —> (It wouldn’t hurt her if she did fall. She only weighs 91 pounds.) She gets the “Which way to Aspen” award. Ford Markle —' (With a name like that he has to be good. That’s Drof Elkram spelled backward). He gets the “Are you sure this is the way Dick Clark got started?” award. Nancy Lee Culbreth —' She gets the “I didn’t miss anything” award. She hit two trees, one light pole, four bodies, one tow rope and was finally stopped by a fence. Reba Taylor — She gets the “Why don’t they put brakes on these things?” award. Terri Adams — She gets the “Pure Guts” award. She was up and down more times than all the drinks in the clubhouse. She’s little, but she has more guts in her thumb than I have in my whole body. My feet are bigger than her skis. AND HOW ABOUT OUR SPORTY LEADERS? Cheryl Poston — (A beautiful girl. Why does she risk maim ing that perfect body; I don’t recall seeing her on the ground.) I’ll give her the “Hi, I’m Cheryl, ski me to Appalach ian” award. Bob Goforth — (Does pretty well. Besides a guy who bums up Volkswagens can’t be all bad.) I give him the “I feel good all under” award. Jack Roche —■ (Really good. Has a small fortune tied up in equipment. Looks like a trav eling ski store.) He gets the “Well, if you’re gonna do it, you may as well go first class” award. Janet Haigh — There also. In top form. She’ll probably make a regular habit of the sport. I’ll give her the “It sure looks easy” award. Brenda Moore — Smart girl, did not show up. She gets the “I already knew that lesson, anyway” award. Dianne Hepler — Did not sign up. And I mention Dianne be cause the only reason she didn’t sign up, she hurt her leg in Karate class. I’ll give her the “Your Kung is okay, but your Fu needs working on” award. I’ve been to three goat races, two county fairs, and one ski school. I’m going to stick with the goat races. A new work-study program for veterans enrolled in full time courses of education or training under the G. I. Bill or VA vocational rehabilitation program is in its third month. This program, authorized by Public Law 92-540, allows vet erans to work for a maximum of 100 hours during each fiscal year at the rate of $2.50 per hour. The student worker may be located at a VA installation or at his or her school. As far as possible, the VA tries to make work assignments which capitalize on the stu dent’s interests so that the work will become a practical extension of his education. Work-study assignments may include activities such as par ticipating in the VA’s Outreach program, keeping in touch with vocational rehabilitation train ees at the school, assisting in regional office paperwork in volving trips of one day or less within the area, helping at the veterans’ registration desk at school during enrollment, or performing a variety of other services to the VA. In selecting student-workers, the VA gives preference, as di rected by law, to veterans with physical disabilities. Other fac tors considered are availability of transportation, motivation, and the compatibility of the duties to be performed with the veteran’s disability. Student workers will be used to supplement the regular work force and will not replace any VA employees. Further veter ans under the work-study pro gram are not to be used for staffing the full-time Office of Veterans Affairs established by the school to qualify for the cost of instruction payments to institutions of higher learning. Any veteran interested in participating in this program should contact Mac Warren or Coot Gilreath in Student Serv ices. Lest We Forget By Frank Perez During the first week of January, the English Depart- m e n t presented a movie, NIGHT And FOG, which told of the horrors of the Jewish con centration camps in Nazi occu pied Germany. After viewing this film, I conducted an un official survey on the opinion of the viewers. Some of them felt that they were being com pelled to view a film that did not relate to their ideas of life. Also, another comment was that they had just as soon for get that they had actually seen this film. Furthermore, the film itself had little relevancy to our way of life, and the prob ability of its re-occurrence was (especially here in the good ol’ USA) close to nil. Many took the interview more or less in jest, under the assumption that English teach ers were the interested party rather than this COUGAR CRY reporter. However, the English Department had nothing to do with this survey, nor did the History, Psychology, or any other department. Although general reaction to the first survey was negative, a second survey conducted three days later by the same reporter with viewers from a different class was in almost direct con trast to the first. They felt that the American public need ed an occasional reminder that all is not as lovely as one might wish. Another question was “Could something that terrible happen here in the land of the red, white, and blue?” Some said, “Yes, imless we keep continu ally alert to our system of checks and balances.” In conclusion, a faculty mem ber, commenting that incidents in the film were not unlike others in history, mentioned the prison camps during the Civil War. He also talked about how a hatred towards any peo ple by other people can grow. For example, he compared atti tudes toward the Orientals dur ing WWII and the American treatment of the Indian when the West was won. So before we insist we’d never stoop that low and com mit such atrocities, let’s make an honest search for our own blind spots. Graduation By Nancy Lee Culbreth A letter has been mailed to the students who will be gradu ating in the spring, asking them to vote for or against holding commencement exer cises. The enclosed cards are supposed to be filled out and returned to the Student Serv ices no later than February 1, 1974. If you have not returned the card, please do so. The commencement exercise is important to a number of students who will be graduat ing. Some have worked hard and long hours with tremend ous odds and feel that to re ceive their degree, with family and friends watching, repre sents the height of academic accomplishment. To some of the more mature students, graduation is like the reality of a dream come true. To return to school after a number of years is not easy, to say the least. Taking care of one’s home and family, plus doing untold hours of home work is a sign of true dedica tion. Not to allow the students who want to have commencement exercises to have them because the minority of students is not interested, is unfair to those who have finally reached this long-awaited goal in their lives. By Sylvia Haymore P-art of your life is your school. A-ct as if you care. R-ally to your school’s support. T-ake part in school activities. I-nvest your time and talent. C-omplacency breeds waste. I-nterest becomes creativity. P-rotect your investment in your school and live up to its standards. A-dd School Spirit to your schedule. T-ravel in the world of enthu siasm. E-volve from complacency to creativity and be an asset to WCC. COUGAR CLASSIFIED WANTED. Ads for the paper. Drop them in the Cougar Cry Box in the Student Commons. WANTED: Taylorsville High School’s Cosmetology Depart ment offers you the oppor tunity to have your hair done — from a wash and set to hair coloring — at Beauty School rates. Open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily. No ap pointment needed. FOR SALE: A Swindle 1. RCA non-color TV Set 21” screen 2. VM/Voice of Music Rec ord Player Both used but in good condi tion. Hate to part with them. Will haggle for price. —Rob NcNeill. FOR SAL£: One female puppy; looks like part shepherd and part take-your-pick. Very, Very friendly. Can be seen by contacting Nancy Cul breth —‘ Student Commons. FOR SALE: (from “Honest John”) 1965 Ford station wagon. Mostly rebuilt — see John Cashion. (The price is right!) FOR SALE: (from “Honest John”) 1965 Ford Ranchero— Great I’il truck — See John Cashion. FOR SALE: 1950 Vte ton Ford pickup. Originally owned by a little ole lady school teach er. $350 or more. For more information, see “Honest” John Cashion. ATTENTION Watch For Homecoming News In the Next Issue. WANTED: People interested in humanity — the Heart Fund is close at hand. Watch For I Centerfold Next Issue
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