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HIGH LIFE
February 12, 1981
. And Again
Computer Scheduling
By Tommy Grant
Here wo go again! Another semester; report cards,
semester break, and once again computer scheduling!
Remember, we arenotthe only school with this problem. At
Page for instance, a couple of students found themselves
with six study halls and one lunch.
Actually, the lucky ones are those students who do not
receive a schedule of any kind. Their problem is tackled and
solved first.
As stated in an earlier High Life editorial, arena scheduling
would be easier and more hassle-free. At least everyone
would have a schedule to begin with!
Until the problems with “Socrates” can be solved,
students should not be used as experimental cases.
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Students stuck in the auditorium waiting for scheduling
solutions had this to say:
“It’ll be all right if the computer wiU shoot out what you put
“It’s nothing to write home to mom about.”
“Some more efficient way of getting students into classes
could be found. I strongly recommend arena scheduling.”
“I’m glad this is my last semester. I feel sorry for people
who have to go through this next year. Maybe in the future
this serious problem can be solved.
“Computer scheduling bites the dust. I can live without
it.’
“I think it’s just a bunch of trash.”
“It’s ridiculous — just sitting here.”
So, there you have it. When students complain about doing
nothing in school, it is obvious that something is wrong.
High Life has addressed this issue three times — just this
year. We invite your ideas and proposals for a more creative
way of dealing with class scheduling than the one we have
faced for two years. (Deadline for the next issue is March
13.)
Save Gas - Save Money - Eat AtGrimsley
By Van Alston
‘ T’ll never set foot in that
gosh-dam grease pit!” -- or
~ “Oh, gross; they serve
soybean burgers!” — or —
‘ ‘Not me. I’d rather go to the
Commons.”
Do these quotes sound
familiar? Yes, they do, for 73
percent of Grimsley stu
dents; and these replies
usually come after sombody
else says, “Hey, let’s eat in
the cafeteria.”
Why this attitude toward
limched served in the cafe
teria? Most likely it is
termed “socially imaccept-
able” by somebody’s cool
peers. Nobody (well, only 27
percent of students at Grim
sley, anyway) really weighs
the advantages school lunch
has over leaving campus to
purchase lunch at one of the
many fastfood restaurants
that are accessible during
the forty-six minutes we
have for limch.
Look at it seriously, folks.
For only fifty cents you can
get a hot meat dish, two
fruits or vegetables, a roll,
biscuit, or some type of
bread, and two cartons of
milk. Compared to two
cheeseburgers at Mac’s or
the “home of the whopper”
for the same price, the
cafeteria meal is a bargain.
It takes not over two
minutes to get to the cafe
teria from anywhere on cam
pus. You can eat at a
leisurely pace and then walk
like; and that’s when it is
nice to be able to go out for a
change.
* * *
over to the grove to socialize
for fifteen or so minutes
afterwards. But, if you go off
campus, you blow a dollar on
gas, wait in xiltra-long lines
to pay exhorbitant prices for
food, then drive back at a
breakneck speed, only to
discover that your watch was
slow. 'Then you get the
“happy” greeting from Mrs.
Keefer or Mrs. Pethel — and,
after three of these days, a
nice form letter from Mr.
Fuller inviting you not to
come to school for a day or
so.
The food in the cafeteria is
good, too — a lot better than
most restainrants around —
and the hamburgers are
all-beef, not soybeans as the
popular myth goes. Granted,
some days the food is bad, or
they don’t have anything you
The public schools have
hired Guerry Sterling, a
marketing research special
ist, to find out why kids don’t
eat in the cafeteria, and they
gave her $99,000 to do it
with.
The survey on February 9
was just a small part of the
extensive research being
done by Ms. Sterling for the
school system. 'This survey
gives students a chance to
voice their opinions and sug
gest changes for cafeteria
improvement.
Nobody wants to take a-
way your freedom, or close
the campus, or force you to
eat cafeteria food. But, there
are some people out there
who want to educate you
about the cafeteria, to
change it to suit you better,
and save you a lot of money.
After all, isn’t that what it
really comes down to? “If
it’s what we want, at the
price we want, and how we
want it, we’ll use it.”
The American Way —
think about it.
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By Mark Langston
The practice of busing
students from their own
neighborhoods to schools in
other areas for the purpose
of racial integration has
come imder heavy criticism,
and for good reason. Busing
is neither morally correct nor
is it proving to be economic
ally feasible.
The Declaration of Inde
pendence, further enforced
by the Thirteenth-Fifteenth
Amendments, states “that
aU men are created equal.”
These documents mean that
Americans are Americans,
regardless of race, religion,
ethnic background, or other
wise. It seems strange that a
nation which teaches its
children such beliefs would
insist on schooling them
according to their race.
Busing:
Con
If “aU men are equal,”
then race does not matter.
Students should attend
whatever school is closest,
according to the school’s
capacity. To segregate or
integrate schools beyond
their normal composition is
to cast doubt on the validity
of our nation’s most sacred
truths. And to those who
insist upon racially balanced
schools, consider that people
are not forced to live accord
ing to any racial balance.
Restaurants do not force
patrons to eat across town
because others eating there
are of the same race. Neither
are airlines required to re
seat passengers to insime
that both tourist and first-
class sections are equaUy
integrated.
Also, whyintegrate just by
race? If we are to bus, should
we not bus Catholics into
Protestant areas, Chicanos
into Italian-American areas.
Republicans into Democratic
areas, etc. . .? If we are all
Americans, then what is the
difference?
Furthermore, in light of
the increases in transporta
tion costs, busing is too
expensive. The estimated
cost of busing just 37,(K)0
students in Columbus, Ohio
almost two years ago was a
staggering eight million dol
lars! With today’s fuel so
expensive and its supply
xmsteady, the U.S. simply
cannot afford to maintain a
program which contradicts
its very heritage. Busing
should be stopped and its
funds put to better use.