War Whoop (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 9, Ed. 1, Sunday, January 22, 1995 Page: 2 of 4
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McMurry University War Whoop
January 22 1996
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Movies showing around town as of January 16 1996.
Park Central - 698-3540
Father of the Bride II Nixon
. Dunsten Checks In Datnogee
Waiting to Exhale Grumpier Old Men
UA Cinema Ten - 695-2122
12 Monkies
Eye for an Eye
Lawnmower Man
Two if by Sea
Don't Be a Menace
American Presidents
Westwood Twin - 672-1288
It Takes Two
Seven
Bio Dome
Toy Story
Heat
Tom and Huck
Sabrina
GoldenEye
Paramount - 676-9620
To Catch a Thief -Jan. 19-20
Forrest Gump - Jan. 26 8p.m.; Jan 27
2 & 8 p.m.
Vie King and I - Feb. 2-3
! iWith one semester completed this schoolyearmoststudentshavelearned to lovehate
or tolerate their roommates. If you have found that this situation will not work but you
just don't know how to get rid of your roommate take a look at this list one college
student found on the Internet on ways to freak out and possibly move out your
roommate.
1. Switch the sheets on your beds while heshe is in class.
2. Speak in tongues.
3. Ask your roommate if your family can move in "just for a couple of weeks."
4. Whenever heshe is about to fall asleep ask questions that start with "Didja ever
wonder why..." Be creative.
5. Listen to radio static or watch TV snow.
6. Open your window shades before you go to sleep each night. Close them as soon as
you wake up.
7. Buy Sea Monkeys and grow them. Name one after your roommate. Announce the
next day that that one died. Name another one after your roommate. The next day say
that it died. Keep this up until they all die.
8. Collect Chia Pets.
9. Tell your roommate that someone called and said it was really important but you
can't remember who it was.
10. Smile. All the time.
1 1 . Whenever you go to sleep start jumping on your becL.do so for a while then jump
really high and act like you hit your head on the ceiling. Crumple onto your bed and
act like you were knocked out. ..use this method to fall asleep every night for a month.
13. Hang stuffed animals with nooses from your ceiling. When you walk by them
mutter "You shouldn't have done that to me."
14. When your roommate comes in from the shower look up just a minute then lower
your eyes and giggle to yourself.
15. Shelve all your books with the spines facing the wall. Complain loudly that you can
never find the book that you want.
16. Create an imaginary cat for a pet. Talk to it every night act like you're holding it
keep a litter box under your desk. After two weeks say that your cat is missing. Put
up signs in your dorm blame your roommate. .:-
ByDeenaDuarte
At the risk of sounding like
ourparents reflecting on their
pre-college days my War
Whoop colleagues andlspent
an afternoon sharing "Where
were you?" and "Do you re-
member...?" stories. Topics
discussed ranged from the
Challenger explosion and the
Ryan White story to Weekly
Reader magazines and
Muppet Baby and Smurfs
cartoons.
Once we got on the topics
of television shows and car-
toons that no longer air we
could not help comparing
them to today's entertain-
ment. If s sad to think that
Barney has replaced Big Bird
as one of our children's he-
roes the Power Rangers have
replaced the American
League Superheroes consist-
ing of Wonder Woman and
Superman Green Lantern
and Spider Man.
Television sitcoms that we
would never miss were The
Facts of Life Silver SpoonsFam-
ily Ties Webster and Who's
the Boss. Now Ricky
Schroder Michael J. Fox
Alyssa Milano (I was a mem-
ber of her fan club) and Kirk
Cameron have become the
casts of Friends Beverly Hills
90210 and Saved by the Bell.
I wonder what sort of a
challenge today's popular
shows would give to those of
our middle school days. Can
you imagine Beavis and
Butthead against Bill and
Ted...with the winner com-
peting against Wayne and
Garth? I'd bet that the Biker
Mice from Mars combined
with the Care Beajs could
solve all the world's prob-
lemsbutTomandJerrycould never hang with Ren and
Stimpy. Also all the cartoon
characters back then were
small and cute. Today the X-
Men the Tick and the Teen-
age Mutant Ninja Turtles
overpower the Littles the
Wuzzles and the Smurfs.
(Inridently have you ever
wondered where all those
little Smurfs came from when
all there was was Grandpa
Smurf and Papa Smurf? Also
what color do they turn when
they get cold or experience a
lack of oxygen?)
I know you all have child-
hood experiences that you
may or may not want to share
with your McMurry buddies.
After laughing with my
friends about our trips to the
principal's office embarrass-
ing moments including first
kisses on the playground
Kangaroo and Fast Back ten-
nis shoes and who preferred
Transformers Hot Wheels
and G.I. Joes to Cabbage
Patch Kids (remember gar-
bage pail kids?) Strawberry
Shortcake and Rainbow
Bright I'd encourage every-
one to take a stress break and
explore the past You'd be
surprised at what weall have
in common.
War Whoop
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