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PAGE 2 THE TWIG NOVEKIBER 19. 1980 THE MEREDITH Editor Managing Editor Assistant Editor Reporters Columnist Features Photographers Sports Editor Business Manager Circulation Layout Editor Layout Staff TWtG COLLEGE Cartoonist Advertising Manager Exchange Editor Faculty Advisors Sonya Ammons Deborah Bartlett Ann Stringfield Nan Davis, Maresa Firth, Wendy Fischer, Beth - Giles, ^irene Hritzko, Maynell Johnson. Susan McDonough, HeidiNill. Kathy O’Brien, Cindy Rinker, Linda Sellers, Sandra Vail, Cynthia Washington Cindy Rinker Ann Stringfield Terri Hoffman, Jackie Duong, Kelly Sullivan. Lory Whittemore Darla Stephenson Mary Jacque Peterson Terri Hoffman. Susan McDonough Susan Jones Maresa Firth, Maynell Jfrfmson Allison Hwieycutt, Heidi Nill, Linda Sellers, Cynthia Washingtmi Wendy Fischer Carolyn Dunn Ann Stringfield Dr. Donald Samson, Mr. BUI Norton, Dr. Thomas Parramore Letter to the editor ««Save the Flies** Crusade should begin Zap! Zap! Two flies are felled by the stroke of the old Empath. I wonder. Splat! Splat! Two additional beasts lie crushed under a novel. And now I agonize. As I sat in my office last night, I had to wonder why I was murdering these creatures of God. Before the night was over ten score and more lay slaughtered on the desks, walls, ceiling and floor. Who started this useless war anyway? No doubt it can be attribute to human kind in their infiiute wisdom. But a new consciousness is arising. Individuals are beginning to reject their socialization and are thinking about offering a chance for flydom to live in peace. Indeed, flies are an evolutionarily advanced species. Comparable on a smaller scale to the friendly creature many of us viewed in the movie “Alien.” Just think, it has been calculated that a single housefly producing an average of 120 eggs per laying, with half developing into females, and with seven generations per year per female, could produce 6,182,442,727,320 houseflies in the space of a year. If the human race could just overcome their traditional hatred of flies, I bet we could make an agreement that would be mutually beneficial to both species. So I am advocating an approach, that at first might meet with some resistance, but will in my opinion, catch on quickly. Radical social change had been known to stem from college campuses, so let’s give it a try right here at ole’ SMC. The first step would be for the SGA to establish a “Food for Flies Committee.” Carrion could be purchased from ARA and placed all around campus. This would show the flies that we really mean to make amends for our past atrocities. Secondly, since the flies are the most numerous residents on campus, the IRH- C should develop a corrolary organization. The Residence Hall Fly Council, working in conjunction with IRHC, could bring cultural events and blood drives to St. Mary’s that the flies would appreciate and enjoy. Thirdly, the college should set up a ‘‘Fly Ap preciation Week.” This could parallel Caroline Hall’s “Be Nice to Your Hall Week.” Additionally, the Biology Club should establish a program to “save the Muscidae.” Indeed, if whales and Manatees qualify, why don’t flies? I suppose there is some sort of bias on the part of humans against non mam mals. Let’s put down our fly swatters and bug spray, and put an end to this immoral killing. Who knows what flies could do for us in the future? STEPHEN McHENRY Editorial Reprinted from The Empath, St. Mary’s College of Maryland.) To the Editor: A proposal has been submitted by the Academic Steering Committee to eliminate the corequisite of a lab with the General Biology I course. Laboratory experience is an integral part of a well- rounded liberal arts education. Lab work supplies hands on experience which gives concrete evidence for abstract concepts presented in lecture. It also promotes discipline, initiative, inquisitiveness, and responsibility which are valuable qualities in any field of study. We the Biology Advisory Committee, are alarmed by this sudden detrimental change in policy. We agree with da Vinci’s assertation, “experience is .... the source of knowledge.” Sincerely, Terri L. Hoffman Paula M. Wetherlngton Elizabeth B. Dawkins Sandra L. Vail AnneEarp The Constitution, Part II by Cindy Rinker Articles II through VII of the Constitution form a fur ther outline of the powers of the federal government. The executive power of the president is outlined in Artile II, including his elec tion, qualifications for the office, and powers of the president. It also calls for the presidents to make periodic reports on the state of the' union and to be the formal channel of communications between the U.S. and other governments. Article III of the Con stitution establishes the supreme court and its judicial power. This Article also defines treason and states the conditions under which a person may be convicted of teason. Polities ’80- Article IV states rules of the federal government which the state governments will abide by. This includes the requirement of each state to recognize and accept legal actions and records of all other states. The procedure for extradition of fugitives from one state to another and also the procedure for ad mission (tf new states into the federal union are establishes in Article IV. Each state if guaranteed a “republican form of government,” and protection from invasion. The procedures for amending the Constitution are outlined in Article V. Proposed amendments must be submitted to the states and approved by three-fourths of the states. Article VI establishes the power of the national government over that of the state government. It proclaims that Constitution, the laws made under it, and treaties as the “supreme law of the land.” The final article of the Constitution, Article VII, lays out the procedure that was used in adopting the original Constitution. Next week: The amend ments of the Constitution. IJl^ESCO and the world informatioii order by Christopher Flannery Dr. Flannery is an editor at Public Research, Syndicated. It does not surprise us when news agencies in the Soviet Union report “im perialist plots” in Afghanistan while massive Soviet armies sweep into that country. It comes as no surprise when western broadcasts reporting workers’ strikes in Poland are jammed by the Soviet government so that they cannot be picked up on radios in the Soviet Union. We un derstand in a general sort of way that the Russian peoples suffer under an ideological despotism, and that two rudimentary instruments of such despotism are the sup pression and distortion of ideas. We know, when we think about it, that over every foot of territory controlled by Soviet armies, the Communist party in Moscow controls the instruments that inform men’s minds. We are less accustomed to reflect that most of the world’s peoples suffer under one or another form of despotism - whether ideological, tribal, military, racial or religious-and that censorship and propaganda are therefore not the ex ception but the rule for gathering and distributing information. Still again, when we think about it for a moment, we know that it is only in those diminishing portions of the globe which, taken collectively, are call^ the Free World, that there is unfettered collection, dissemination, and discussion of the “News.” (Continued on Page 4) oul? 5ToMeS> 0&IM& CNG tmT' UAiISS 6^5 wrm of •jeflHS.. WWSe, A5 , , , Al^ tPOST Reprinted from the Technician.
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