Page 2-GAS LIGHT-Tuesday, March 22, 1977
EDITORIALS
Hell For Hair
Washing ones hair, what a
boring and tedious ritual this
can be for the millions of
Americans who daily or weekly
grab a bottle of their favorite
shampoo and give the scalp its
ritualized workout. Workout?
Yes, maybe, if you’re using the
wrong *iind of shampoo.
Manv people buy shampoo
without even looking at the back
label and checking out the
ingredients. Glancing at the
back of a typical bottle of
shampoo or creme rinse, shows
some of the following: Water,
Cetyl alcohol, Steryl alcohol.
Animal urea, iMethylparaben,
and Hydrochloric acid. Yes,
that’s right, even hydrochloric
acid. These ingredients cer
tainly seem to be out of place,
especially in such substances as
hair conditioners.
Many of the ingredients put
into shampoos are there as
detergents. Certainly no ones’
hair is dirty enough to use such
substances as contained in a
box of Tide. Even so, when was
the last time that you felt your
hair dirty enough to use animal
urine (urea) on it. Out of the
urine is taken out certain
proteins which are said to be
helpful in building body. But
really now, can such really be
so? The most important thing
that glazes the back of many
shampoos is the ingredient
hydrochloric acid. With all of
the other “cleansing” agents
already mentioned, I wonder
what this is supposed to do -
burn the dirt out? Seriously,
any previous chemistry ex
perience will quickly point out
what a serious and dangerous
chemical hcl is.
It must be pointed out that
each of these plus the addition
of many other left unmentioned
are more than likely used in
very small quantities, and with
very little hazards involved.
Even so, the next time you feel a
burning sensation in your eyes,
or you’re picking up a bottle of
your favorite shampoo, look at
the ingredients. Not all
shampoos are made in the same
way, so in order to gel the best
one for you, check out many
before buying.
This is written entirely in the
reporters own opinion, no
persuasion on the reader is at
all intended.
Sandra Jenkins
Students At Early Registration
Southern Drawl
With the election of Jimmy
Carter, Americans everywhere
have been faced with an out
break of “Southernitis”;
reportedly hitting 2 out of every
3 Americans, and with a higher
rate than that in the north.
Not since “Gone With The
Wind” have the cultural and
physical aspects of the south
even been noticed, until
recently when the south “rose”
and put a peanut farmer in
control of the nation. With this,
what used to be a great barrier
between the north and south has
greatly diminished, leaving an
influex of southern propaganda.
One of the more prominent
pieces of propaganda is a book
called “How to Speak
Gaston Then And Now
One sometimes is tempted to
remember the good old days a«
a Golden Age when nothing was
ever wrong. No one would eve'
want to throw a discouraging
light on those happy days when
the Gaston Warriors were the
Gaston Rebels. (What hap
pened to the Warriors?) What’s
his name was the college
president -Oh, yes. Dr. Benson.
That was about ten years ago.
Who would ever tbrget the
exuberant basketball boosters
who would run around the
campus hauling the cannon
Irom place to place to fire it --
much to the dismay of the
typing students.
Or would you believe the time
someone built a pyramid of beer
cans on the library roof?
George Ball was glad to see the
college was finally getting some
school spirit. Wonder if they
ever caught the culprits'
^'es, the good old days wore
fun - but there were only two
completed buildings in those
days; those were the classroom
building and the library. The
Tech building and The Ad
ministration building were
under construction. Later the
Industrial building would be
built for one half million
dollars. This month Gaston
(College received the keys to the
new Myers Center -- ap
proximate cost -- three and one-
half million dollars. It is
doubtful that graduation
exercises will be held on the
front lawn ever again.
It was a proud day lor Gaston
when the enrollment topped 51X1.
A far cry from the present
enrollment of approximately
2.900.
Does anyone remember when
a counselor was a non-person
that was never on campus when
vou needed him. Today with
our counselors and advisors, not
to mention the Coordinator of
Academic Advisement, there is
no reason for a student to have
trouble selecting a program or
registering for required
courses. The help is there; you
just have to ask. Also students
planning to transfer to a senior
institution can receive guidance
from their first quarter at
Gaston until they enter their
next school. If that is not your
bag. The Placement Office will
try to help you find a job.
To one returning to Gaston
College after an extended ab
sence, there are many, many
new things - The Myers Center
almost opened, the A.V. Dept.,
the Industrial Building, the
parking lots, the new “down
town” campus, new programs
of study, new clubs to join.
Speaking of clubs, remember
the Dolphin Club? They were
famous for sellmg cupcakes.
Claude Davis always called
them "The Flippers.” The
Gamma Beta Phi Society seems
to have cornered the cupcake
mar’Ket now.
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faces, but it is good to see some
o( the familiar ones loo --
Everette Warren (his hair used
to be black), Ken Davis, Don
Killian, Berge Beam (the
mustache is new), Miss Fowler
and Dr. Hartung (Does he still
write Algebra with one hand
and erase it with the other?).
Gaston College isn’t like
“Topsy” who just grew; Gaston
has grown following carefully
laid plans. Over the next fifteen
years, you will see much more
growth.
Recently plans for campus
expansion were presented
before the Board of Trustees.
Myers Center will be the hub of
a pedestrian oriented campus.
Parking lots will be around the
perimeter. Cars will have
access to the campus from the
Dallas-Bessemer City Highway.
Eventually Gaston College will
have ten buildings on its main
campus.
No “ivy-covered ” halls for
Gaston College, but the rich raw
smell of red clay being moved to
make way for bigger and better
things.
Southern', by Steve Mitchell. It
is a hilariously written book of
common words with southern
pronounciation and definition as
well. The book was written as a
handbook especially for
yankees in hopes that it would
teach them how to talk right.
Below are some of the more
used words in the south.
AHMOAN - “Ahmoan have a
drink, you want one?”
AIG - “Which came first, the
chicken or the aig?”
ARSHTATERS - “Ah like
arshtaters but ah hate to peel
them.”
BARD - “He bard my shovel
and never brought it back.”
CO-COLA - “Ah hear that they
even sell co-cola in Russia.”
DAYUM - “Frankly mah
dear, ah don’t give a dayum!”
EYETALYUN - “You don’t
have to be Eyetalyun to like
spaghetti.”
FAY AN - “It’s hot in here, cut
on that fayan.”
GULL - “She is jest about the
purtiest gull in town.”
HALE - “War is hale.” “It’s
hot as hale.”
IDINIT - “Mighty hot in here
idint it?”
JAWJA - “Jimmy Carter is
from Jawja.”
MOANIN - “Good moanin
sur.” f.
MUNTS - “I aint seen him in 3
munts.”
OVAIR - “Where’s yor
daddy? He’s ovair sur.”
PEYUN - “Give me that
fountain peyun boy.”
PO-LEECE - “Here comes
the po-leece man.”
RENCH - “I’ve got to go
rench mah hands off.”
SINNER - “Boy, have you
been out to that new shoppin
sinner?”
STOW - “Son, go to the stow
and get me some more milk.”
TAHM - “What tahm is it?”
WAWST - ““I got stung by a
wawst.”
WUK - “What kind of wuk do
you do? Sandra Jenkins
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Registration
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REGISTRATION - The mere
mention of it can set off as much
of a differential in emotions as
the casual mention of WAR.
But, in reality registration has
been made into a little war.
The problem of registration
has and always will be one in
which the solution will have to
come as a gift - this does not
mean that many have not tried
in vain efforts to help ease the
situation, only, when the real
solution does come, it will in
more probability be one that
has been staring us in the face
all along. In essence, we see a
problem that has become so old
among students, registrars, and
faculty, that it has become
institutionalized into a
“traditional gripe.”
What is it about registration
that causes an influx of gripes
and few answers, from so inany
students? Is it getting here at 4
in the morning, standing in line,
or getting trampled by fellow
students all going in the same
direction and all at one time,
that seems to be the biggest
gripe among the registors?
Students claim that the busiaess
office should send out the
registration packets in advance
in order to keep down the lines.
This may keep down the line to
pick up the packets but think
about the line that would form
while having the packets
checked. Also, students losing
packets or having torn the cards
would be in the same position as
before. The registration cai-ds
have, to be in perfect condition
in order to go through the
computers, so students bringing
damaged cards would be sent
back to pick up new cards at not
only an inconvenience to the
students, but also an extra cost
to the college as well. So far,
this simple solution from the
students has not been con
sidered as an improvement but
only as a hinderence to an
already real problem.
The complaint about the lines
by the students is also weak in
the sense that many would wait
in the same line and with no
gripes if the line led to tickets
for a concert or a basketball
game. In one instance the
problem of standing in line is
verified. Little room for
movement of the hands, no
room for breathing, and being
pushed upon for one or more
hours, is a problem that only the
students can solve. The in
stance that one person makes a
motion toward the door, gives
the same illusion as that of a
herd of thirsty elephants sen
sing water. It is that bad.
Registration is a problem
when the students make it such,
and until a reasonable answer
for the problem is given, the
same procedures will follow as
always. (pushing-picking up
packets ... cursing the system-
having packets checked ...
griping-having room reserved
for you in class)
Sandra Jenkins
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