ft 16 The Tar Heel Thursday, August 4, 1977 Summ er: paradise lost for DTH Nothing is worse than nothing for a newspaper. The newsroom is a sad sight during these days of nothing. Pale, tormented looking people slither in and out of the office with the same plaintive question: "Anything happening?" The answer is always the same. The news editor sits quietly at her desk. The last time she spoke was in May when Graphics was dissolved for the first time. She stares at the telephone. . It never rings (Except for once, a month ago. The poor girl was so happy she nearly cried. It was a wrong number.). Joni Peters: Editor Nancy Oliver: Managing Editor Sara Bultard: News Editor Karen Oates: Features Editor Jeanne Newsom; Arts and Entertainment Editor Skip Foreman ; Sports Editor L.C. Barbour: Photography Editor Chapel Of The Cross An Episcopal Church Serving U.N. C. Since 1848. Next To The Planetarium At 304 E. Franklin St. Sunday Services: 7:30, 9:15, 11:15 a.m. & 5:15 p.m. Weekday Eucharists: 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, 10 a.m. Wednesday, 5:15 p.m. Thursday; Evening Prayer 5: 15 other days. The Rev. Peter James Lee The Rev. Charles J. Cook 929-2193 Tw cSwill tirs t t j Mm S M I -i 'h1vh( ? I J m erv you GOOD RECONDITIONED FURNITURE AND HOUSEWARES FURNITURE Reupholstered Couches, Sofa Beds - good as new Reupholstered Chairs - good as new .......... from $109.95 from $ 59.95 BEDDING Beds - used . 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Chapel HillCanfcoro. coil toll free 942-3141 .: Open: Monday-Saturday. 9-6 OPEN ALL DAY LABOR DAY, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 FREE PARKING AT BOTH LOCATIONS Goodwill Stores LAY-AWAY MASTER CHARGE BANKAMERICARD . We Deliver! Little does she know that the phones have all been disconnected because of articles about Southern Bell. The editor slumps into her office every morning. There is no mail in the mailbox. No letters to the editor. She stays in the office with the door shut all day long. Sometimes strange sounds come from behind the door. The photography editor does nothing but take pictures of near-nude female sunbathers. They all look alike after a while. Nothing happens in Chapel Hill in the summer. Sometimes we draw straws to see who will go out and commit a crime. Sometimes we make up news. Bill Moss is only a figment of our imagination. There isn't really a Student Graphics. We made it up. So the associate editor comes in and says, "Write me a sixty line column for the edit page." "About what?" 1 say. Already, a tactical error. Now I'm trapped into it. "Isn't there something you can write about?" he begs. 1 laugh in his face. Let's see there's already too much Graphics, too much about gays, no racial issue, nobody cares about Southern Bell or utilities even the thought of Chapel Hill drying up and blowing away is unexciting. I ask the managing editor for a column idea. She looks like the word "blurb." She swears too much. I am scared to death of her. I must really be desperate. By the time I get away from her, I'm obligated to research the (improbable) closing of the University, go get my fortune told (it cost five bucks), and shine her shoes for a year. Editors are aH alike. . : What happens to all the excitement of the regular year? Where are the four course loads, the campus beer sales, the Upendo Lounges of the past? What we need is a good Mike O'Neal to piss everyone off. But then again, Mike O'Neal was also made up just to excite everyone. What kind of summer is it when Star Wars is the social event of the season? The features editor comes in. She has a distant look on her face. She mumbles something about an article on mating habits of killer bees, and flees. Nobody notices. Someone suggests we run a twelve page paper witrrnothing but a cover and advertisements. The editor gets a slightly glazed look in her eye and an insane chuckle comes from her throat. She runs out of the room laughing. Nothing is happening. Nobody cares. There really isn't a U niversity. We made it all up. Is it sixty lines yet? Howard Troxler is a sophomore journalism major from Burlington, N.C. RAY of Chapel Hill, N.C. On the sunny side of University Square The indefatigable blazer . . . . To wear with jeans, pants, skirts, dresses In wide, wide , wale corduroy. Beige, brown or black 4 to 1 6. $80. Plaid wool slacks are $40.. f X IS k ,h 1 lib) iiu w - All J i - - ' : si - x--. m xt f . - ' "it ' n --ST H ' Isivt . ' Liy- " m J Km 0 tif-i. fel

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