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THE TWIG
EDITQRIALS
NOVEMBER 11. 1985
The TWIG
Co-Editors
Beth Blankenship Cynthia L Church
Cathy Manning, Production Manager
Vanessa Goodman, Assignment Editor
Michele Cherry. Business Manager
Sally Woolard, Advertising Manager
We’re Changing
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NOVEMBER 21st
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Correction
“Most significantly, pertiaps. voters rank -
the Greens ifirst among all parties in the
£ffea of environmental concern. And
while some polls show that 54 percent of
German voters still consider an SPD and
Green coalition in Bonn “a danger to
democracy,” other polls indicate that 52
percent of all-voters regard the Greens
positively, 46 percent ^ them negative
ly."
Environment
Vol. 27. No. 5
June, '85-p. 37
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It Had a Good Beat and
Was Easy to Dance to. . .
I’ll Give it a “PG”
by Beth Bianlienship
Co-editor
Recently the news has been filled with
reports, interviews, and editorials on rat
ing records like rating movies — P for
those with subtle terminology and X for
those Prince tunes that are just plain ris
que. I think this is a good idea, but it will
have some drawt»cks and must have
some strict regulations.
If you listen to today’s music com
pared to that of my mother’s day, you can
hear a great difference in not only the
music itself but the lyrics as well. No
longer does the boy simply want to hold
the girl's hand.
Our society has changed and with it its
morals. Children today are proned to this
change in schools, through TV. and in
music. It’s often hard to control what
children watch or especially hear through
music. Parents, if they’re like mine, don't
listen to the sanw type of music that
their children do.
There is, at present, no ban to prevent
any age child or teenager from buying
any record. Could you imagine a child
listening and repeating Eddie Ivlurphy’s
latest album or singing most songs by
Ready for the World?
Artists, under the First Amendment,
may express themselves in any way they
want- Obscenity laws are tough to'en-
force in America.
Therefore, the government cannot pre
vent artists from composir>g nor editing
their compositions. The record stores
cannot prevent “under age” persons from
buying records with adult language and
subjects in the lyrics.
If ratings are put on records, it would
t)e time consuming to listen, and try to
figure out what some of the groups were
saying, censor it, and then get it out onto
the market.
Record store owners would have to re
quire some identification from buyers to
prove whether they are "old enough” to
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Frankie Weems
[Continued from Page 1]
Outside of the Fine Arts Society,
Weems has her own artistic interests,
painting and cooking. Weems paints, but
prefers line drawings to water colors.
Wlien asked her favorite subject, Weems
repi ies, “I like the sea shore, boats in the
water along the pier." However, Weems
admits she is more of a mountain person
and often escapes to their house in
Blowing Rock. Colors are of great inter
est to Weems, as one might suspect
from her involvement with the Color in
Light program. "I like things that are bril
liant, "Weems interjects with excite
ment. As for cooking, Weems sees it as
an art in which she can be creative and
innovative. “I like to experiment with re
cipes, make up my own and improve
dishes.”
Since Weems is the president’s wife,
she has many opportunities to be crea
tive in the kitchen. She cooks most' of the
meals herself when enteiialning small
groups at faculty and tnjstee dinners.
Weems sees her role as being more than
just a hostess for the college but also for
the community. However, most of the
functions such as the freshmen recep
tion and Christmas carolling party occur
at their house. Dr. Spooner, assistant to
President Weems, thinks Mrs. Weems
has "the uncanny ability to make you
comfortable in her home. She takes pride
in the functions she hosts and is very
friendly, outgoing and inviting."
Weems thinks she is a “very lucky
woman” to be in the position she is in
today. “I’ve gotten to meet interring
people and visit interesting plaoes,” says
Weems. Her last adventure was in Africa
where she devoted much time to ob-
sen/ing wild animals in their natural
habitat. Weems shows the slides taken
there to elementary students in Raleigh
schools.
Wlwi Weems is not working with ttie
Fine Arts Society or entertaining guests
of the college, she enjoys reading. His
torical novels are her favorite, especially
about the settlement of the west. She
also confesses she is a James Bc^d fan
and cannot resist the movies. Although
Weenrts often finds herself alone in their
magnificent house settled back in the
woods a mile off campus, she rarely has
time to get tored or lonely. “There are
too many things to be doing,” Weems
says. She tries to attend as many Mere
dith functions as possible, but has found
that it is impossible to do it all. Going to
these functions, according to Weems, is
not a chore. “Although I'm- sometimes
too tired to go, I enjoy it once I get
there.”
.Out of all Weems’ activities vi,nth Mere
dith and her involvement in the com
munity, Weems thinks her greatest
accomplishment has been raising three
successful children and molding a happy
stable family life.
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