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6 In-depth Editorials Friday, November 19, 1982 Veteran's Day Thoughts by John Cox Staff Writer VETERAN'S DAY THOUGHTS I. In his Veteran's Day speech Ronald Reagan said a very strange thing. He said that the lesson the US learned from Viet nam was "that we should never ask our men to serve in a war that we do not intend to win." That is certainly a surprising statement. I was -- and still am - convinced that we learned an entirely dif ferent lesson from our Southeast Asian fiasco. We lost the Vietnam War. We thus discovered that we are not indomitable. President Reagan would perhaps agree. But his solution is to amass such great quantities of napalm, defoliants, and nuclear weapons that we can effectively obliterate any people who dare to vary from the American conception of utopia. The real solution, however, is to apply the true lesson we learned from Vietnam: Uncle Sam is not the world's policeman. The US has to realize that we have no monopoly on moral rectitude; we must learn to respect the rights of Infirmiry Suffers by Joy Elizabeth Opaleski Editor in Chief Sickness overcomes us all at one point in our College career. When the need arises, it is nice to know that you are in good hands. Unfortunately I do not feel that is so at Guilford. At the end of the November 5 issue, I took to my bed, exhausted and ill, having contracted the local virus. By sleep ing through Friday's office hours at the clinic, unless I wished to go to the emergen cy room, I was stuck until Monday. That is my first complaint. After a weekend of dosing myself with vitamins, aspirin and Tylenol 3, and suffer ing through the torture of complete bedrest, I visited the infirmary. Having called and finding out that no appointment times were available, I was told to go to the Clinic and I would be "fit in." As I was on) my fourth day of fever, dizziness, shakes, coughs and congestion, this was less than optimum. Totally unsatisfactory, however, was the. other peoples, lest someone else snap off a few more fingers in our too-often blind right hand. 11. It seems that America has forgotten the real purpose of Veteran's Day. Throughout the nation people and groups - of all political persuasions -- take ad vantage of Veteran's Day publici ty to further their own interests. Ronald Reagan and many others of the "patriotic" type speak on this day of the necessity of keeping the Russians in their place. They say we must renew our commitments to being a world policeman and to building armed forces second in power to none. In the same vein peace groups use this day to stage disarmament vigils and make speeches calling for a policy of detente with the Soviets. Both sides believe the media coverage of Veteran's Day provides an op portune time for them to put on a show. Regardless of political views, hardly anyone respects the true purpose of Veteran's Day. (I myself am guilty of this, having participated in a vigil last November 11th.) Veteran's Day treatment I received. Dr. Peter Blomgren's bedside manner is very lack ing. After asertaining my approximate condition, he mentioned that he did not recommend bedrest, but I should have car ried on this weekend as normal indeed I should even be attending classes This con cept was inconceivable to me, and I told him that he did not have my trust, what's more, I was returning to the shelter of my bed. "That's probably a good idea, since with that cough you are still very con tagious" was Dr. Blomgren's reply. Great. If I hadn't said anything I would have been infecting the rest of the campus. I am less than impressed with our good Doctor. Speaking with ladies on my hall, I con tinually hear complaints. Dr. Blomgren's attitude during one gynecological check-up was so poor that he inspired fear and anxie ty in his patient during a routine exam. Not good. When Chris had a substitute nurse from Moses Cone, this woman came a little too close to injecting my roomate with frozen allergy serum. This is downright scary. Something needs to be done. Have you had an experience, good or bad, in the infir mary? Write it in a Letter to the Editor so campus opinion can be determined and ap propriate steps can be taken. It's your health; it's your concern. is the one day of the year set aside for us to remember those people who - for right of wrong, good or bad - have died for our country. Just one day of the year, America, let us all halt our unceasing clawing for political advantage and honor the sacrifices of our predecessors. Food for Thought By Wendy Brown Activities Director One thing that almost all on campus students have in com mon is the Guilford College cafeteria. Since the dorm rooms are not equipped with kitchenet tes, most students find this ser vice a convenience. However, that is not to say they like it. In fact, if asked, many will gladly list all the faults they can find with the food service. As a worker of the cafeteria, I can personally observe students and their reactions to the food. The most pessimistic type of per son will generally saunter up to the counter with a knowing look of disgust on their face before they have even seen the food. When they reach the counter I ask them what they would like to eat and they look at me as if I've lost my mind. "Eat," they say, "you mean you call this food?" Yes, I do call it food. It may not be food of the highest quality, but it's edible. Yet, some people don't seem to realize what college cafeteria food is. Nor do they realize that the people working there, such as the student servers, have nothing to do with the taste of the food. Cafeteria cooking is not "Mom's home cooking" or a meal at an elegant restaurant. It is merely an economical way of serving 1,000 people. And Guilford College does a good job at it. I recently ate at a University Cafeteria, and being a vegetarian there wasn't much food from which I could choose. So, I chose a salad which consisted of a half a head of lettuce and one cherry tomato. Guilford offers much more in their salad bar. I realize that everything is not fresh, but at least there is variety. I con cluded after my meal and observ ing the food at the university, that Guilford is a definite improve- LOOK OUR That's About Stand By Iris Velvin Standardization is both the boon and the bane of modern society. Mechanical standardiza tion ushered in the Industrial Revolution, which in turn has led to the conveniences and frustra tions of modern technology. Not only machines, but other things - such as social conventions, laws, and fashions -- have become uniform. But the dichotomy of standardization is nowhere more apparent than in the area of language. Linguistic uniformity is ob viously beneficial in many ways. Until meanings, spelling, and grammar were standardized, people could not communicate nearly as effectively as they can now. But this ling ' ~Mc sameness can also be rigid ana repressive. People don't experiment much with words, phrasing or usage anymore. Even slang is becom ing more-or-less universal; terms may perhaps be in digenous to certain age groups or types of people, but thev are rare- ment over most school cafeterias. One last point to consider is Epicure, the school's food ser vice. Hired by Guilford College, the service provides the highest quality of food possible with the money that the college has allot ted them. On that kind of a budget I think Epicure is doing pretty well. So the next time you walk in the cafeteria door and saunter up to the counter, try to remember that you are getting pretty decent food for the price you paid and after considering this you'll see it's not such a bad deal after all. ly confined now to specific geographical regions. Many col loquialisms have disappeared from common usage. No one wants to call attention to themselves by speaking dif ferently. Distinctive accents do persist, particularly in certain areas of the country such as Boston, Br rooklyn, or the Deep South. Stan dardization is slower here, but still at work. Linguistic uniformi ty will prevail, for two very good reasons: mobility and media. To day's society is mobil, and most people come into contact with people from other parts of the country. In communication, ac cents become neutralized by con stant contact with differing ac cents. The view of language becomes national rather than regional. Media also helps in this neutralization of accents. Listen to your radio and television.Local radio announcers usually have a minimal accent, and television newscasters for the most part have perfect, unaccented voices. Even in TV shows, distinctive ac- Can cents are rai part of cha such as empl of a South bishness of listen to the lack of acce on TV, and consciously accents. Pe growing up t their constai have perfect cents when I The benef dardization society: C become ea: curate. But effects to t sadden me benefits. Re| pearing witl accents. I fe; will also fa with one big ing, stultifyi want to be ju And I don't \ Chancellor.
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