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£ £ Page 6 voice swept sighing with How I Miss My Roommate By DAWN RAYMOND How I miss my pygmy roommate. Standing on a chair or climbing up in to your loft were common feats I watched you attempt. Others were often confused by our laughter which frequently turned into tears. Noramah, our special "tree” awaits your return; for when you do come back it will once again be lit. But for now, the memories fill my life with many small bright colors. ^^4 Even Now, The Butterflies by Mel Allen, Jr. first dreams floating burst into glorious color fluttering delicately on silver-soft wings inevitably snatched down and pinned down and mounted under glass for inspection in a love poem / woke up hollow again this morning my thoughts echoeing through recesses where flesh used to be and your face like morning sunshine appeared before my eyes Yes i woke up hollow again this morning rolled from my empty bed and opening my window your voice swept sighing with the breeze-. and my tears yes tears fell m a miserable drizzle from the grey sky i woke up hollow again this morning and the cold steel light of the pale grey day stung my eyes which having just awakened recognized nothing but you -John Pargas Study Finds BlaMerwort May Be Hallucinogenic St. Andrews chemists studying bladderwort have released preliminary reports indicating the troublesome weed may be a hallucinogenic. In a study just com pleted, the two chemists discovered chemicals similar to psilocybin, the hallucinogenic found in certain exotic varieties of mushrooms. According to one of the chemists, "We're going to have to study the ef fects of this in dozens, perhaps hun dreds, of additional experiments. Un til all these experiments are com pleted, we won't be sure whether there really aren't red and green newts playing leapfrog under the causewalk and singing Led Zeppelin songs at three in the morning." Both chemists left their names off the report and asked for them to be withheld from this article. In the spring of 1985, college of ficials launched a research effort to discover a way to eliminate the blad derwort. While research progressed, chemicals were applied to the lake prompting 'no fishing' signs during certain months. Further research is needed because it could be that the hallucinogenic properties of these plants are the product of a reaction between the plants and the chemicals, and not a property of the plant itself. If so, the unusual Lake Ansley Moore bladderwort may be the only such plant in the world. And it won't stay for long. Officials from the Federal Food and Drug Ad ministration (FDA) are expected to ar rive in two days, prepared to cart away all of the stuff for "study". Ar riving with them are Nancy Reagan and a busload of sixth-graders wear ing "JUST SAY NO" t-shirts. Campaigns in opposition to the FDA's research plans are springing up across the Carolinas, with the coalition's headquarters located somewhere in Mescalineburg Hall. The main group in the coalition is called SOLD" (Save Our Lake Daisies), referring to the springtime blooming of the baldderwort. Other groups include college food service organizations, wondering about the nutritional qualities of the plant, the campus philosophy-religion-politics club. Symposium, wondering about the educational implications of blad- By Dave Snyder derwort, and a students' group called "SMOK Our Plant" (Students Meant to Overcome Killers of Our Plant), wondering about the entertainment capabilites of the psychadelic weed. The president of this last organiza tion, whose name must also be withheld, wishes to cooperate with the FDA and urges all pilgrims to Lake Ansley Moore to leave a sprig or two for the FDA to study. "They only need enough for one microscope slide, anyway," she says. An official of the college expressed regret for the health of the students and for a "misguided, drug- oriented"culture, but he did add with a smile on his face, "We'll finally get rid of the baldderwort, won't we?
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