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December 3, 1979
This week, the editor received a letter from an mdividual
which quite adequately portrays his own feelings on the subject ot
Iran. For this reason, this week's editorial has been replaced with
a Letter to the Editor.
Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor,
Yesslr, patriotic spirits are running high these days. People of
every creed are standing up and yelling to Jimmy Carter: “Bomb
the Ayatollah. Death to the lunatic.” All over the place, we are, as
a whole [well, almost], united in our stand against the new leaders
of Iran.
It occurs to me that, in all fairness to the people of the world
that the Iranians may be In the right. Yes, they may have some
justifiable reason for w anting the shah back in their country . And
they may even be justified In their determination to fight the
“Imperialism" of the United States of America.
We don’t hear that word anymore. Imperialism. Sounds like
something out of the late nineteenth century , or perhaps out of
communist propoganda magazines of the late sixties. But it is
perhaps a true accusation when levelled against the larger
industrial nations of the world. Not that there is anything wrong
with keeping embassies in foreign nations. But we must stop and
ask ourselves: does espionage go on, headquartered in our
embassies? Arc we, like we accuse the “commies”, involved in
try ing to control governments so that they will be our friends? And
are we supporting tyrants, like the shah, who murder people,
refuse freedom to their subjects, and eventually cause the type of
destruction (In the other direction] that is being witnessed in Iran
now?
I believe that we, the government and people of the United
Slates, must take a great deal of the responsibility for the plight of
the Americans imprisoned In Iran. We have, though our attempts
to stay in the good graces of the rich oU dictators of the world,
spurred the anger that has led to attacks on our embassies around
the world. The small nations are standing up. They refuse to take
us on our terms anymore.
And what is the American response to this? Rather than
applaud the attempts of students fighting to establish a new
government that is responsive to the culture of Iran, we threaten
to “retaliate.”
1 suppose we are going to have to bomb ourselves, in order to
keep this thing from happening again.
For those of you not able to understand my line of reasoning,
rU pul it to you In simple mathematical terms: If “a” causes “b”
to happen, then “a” decides to punish those responsible for “b”,
then “a” is going to be the object of pimlshment.
Yes the Ayatollah Is a bit crazy by our standards. But I cannot
help but remember that Iranian students have been screaming to
the people of the United Sutes to help them, to help get the shah
deposed because he treatened the freedom that the students
thought we Americans cherished so much and wanted the worid to
share.
1 wonder where they got that silly idea.
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Life on the Lunatic Fringe
Chapter 1 - And You Think This is Easy??
It
by JFP & CJB
They descended on Sambo’s
at 3 a.m. There were only two of
them now, the editor and his
trusty gopher. They only had
three dollars and fifty cents
between them, but it didn’t
matter. Their purpose was not
to eat, but to escape.
It was a ritual now: work on
the paper until one or two, then
break for Sambo’s, the only
place open. They were insane;
insane to be there working all
night long on the paper, insane
to be at Sambo’s. But someone
had to do it. Someone had to get
the paper done.
There were helpers once in a
while. People who wanted to
help but really didn’t under
stand the fifteen thousand dol
lars worth of sensitive equip
ment. There were those who
said they would help, but never
showed up. But the regular
crew, the editor and the gopher,
were there, staying up all night,
putting the paper to bed.
Their bloodshot eyes revealed
to everyone in the place(all six
of them) that these were stu
dents. Usually, their entrance
was marked by slapstick antics,
or semi-loud complaining. They
dressed, almost always, in
either suits with loose ties and
shirtsleeves rolled up (carrying
their coats over their shoulders),
or in bluejeans and various
jerseys. The editor wore sneak
ers with his suit; the gopher,
workboots. The waitresses ne
ver fought to get to them: they
were lousy tippers, unless one
of them had remembered to
save enough of their weekend
money to be able to purchase
more than a salad and coffee.
DOONESBURY
It was December, and-
weather had turned sea*,'
cooler. Twenty six degr^
sign across the street said TV
were wrapped in hean'J
and the editor’s glasses,.,
ed up as he walked in.
I’m growing steadily tiret
this,” he said. '‘Everv
you and I spend Sunday nif
putting together a paper
whatever scraps of news*, 4
dig up. 1 want to be perfej
honest with you: I don’t bk
the paper. But you are gettij;
be a bit of a bother.”
“You want coffee?” the«t
ress asked.
The gopher looked at :
menu.
“No,” replied the editor,;
looking at her.
“Hey, I wanted coffee," 5
gopher said as he realized tk
the waitress was gone.
“1 didn’t. We havetodrinl
all night at the office, anii
would like something a k
different when 1 come here,"
“Half the fun of coming'
Sambo’s,” the gopher argue,
“is drinking four or five cups:
coffee and spending the rest:
the night running to the bat:
room.”
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