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When I began dating, my father
gave me some very important ad-
vice.
"Manuel," he would say (he
called me that because it was my
name), "I have to warn you about
women, because there are things out
ther that can hurt you, make your life
very difficult and even kill you."
"You mean VD and AIDS?" I
asked innocently.
"No, I mean psycho ex-boy-
friends. Don't go out with a cheating
woman."
As far as advice goes, it may not
sound like much, but it's actually
very insightful. .
Men will cheat. This is true.
Few, if any, men can actually be
trusted. For women, I ay the best
chance they have at a faithful man is
to find one who will wait until after
their girlfriend/spouse is dead be-
fore they go after another woman.
This may sound like a rather
harsh judgement of men, but it's really
not as bad as it sounds.
Men will cheat, but at least they
try to maintain some kind of order
and harmony.
Women rarely cheat Ihey tell
their mate when there is someone
else. No cheating is involved; it's all
very honest.
Men have these secrets and
nobody gets hurt unless they get
caught Women will tell their big,
mean, weight-lifting, Charles Man-
son looking boyfriends that they wait
out with you.
Great.
The first lime we men get to
meet Charles is when he comes lack-
ing our door in screaming ft* blood
as we and his girlfriend are dying to
straighten our clothes.
She starts off telling him that he
has no business there and that they
are through, and she ends up next to
our bed at the Intensive Care unit
hying to explain that she had no idea
Charles was such a violent person
and that he was a jerk.
I think my parents saw it com-
ing. They always anticipated the
worst I would come home and they
would brace themselves for the news.
When I received my first speed-
ing ticket, I want tome to tell them.
"Mom, Dad, if I tell you some-
thing, you won't get mad, will you?"
I asked nervously.
My parents grew pale.
"You're getting married?!?"
"You got a girl pregnant?!?"
"What is it?,", they asked fran-
tically.
"1 just got a tickeL"
They were so relieved that, they
didn't even cape about the ticket arid
gave me the money to pay it
I guess paranoia has its privel-
eges.
Dating isn't always easy, but if
you watch your back, lock the door,
and keep your running shoes on, it
just might woric out
One more thing:
Never go out with anyone who
says their last boyfriend/girlfriend
' shouid still be in prison.
Pmanuel Alvear is Staff
Writer for the J-TAC.
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Help Crime Stoppers locate a
language translation computer.
On Monday, January 21, at approximately 9pm, a language translation computer was stolen from the first floor of
the Tarieton State University library. The computer was siting on a table with bodes. The owner left the table for
only a short time and when he relumed, the translation compiler was missing. The computer translates the Chinese
language to English. It is black in color; 4' x 5" with keyboard and a pop up screen.
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administrative discipline.
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Cowgirl takes
ride on the
wild side
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I hesitantly crept in to the small,
dark, smoke-filled room full of long-
haired people clad in black, leather
and chains. The band on stage was
making a lot of loud noises while a
pack of headbangers ran into each
other on the flow.
No, this was not a scene from
my worst nightmare. It was a bar
called Joe's Garage in Fort Worth.
When I first heard I was going to
Joe's with a group of friends, who
incidentally are accustomed to this
type of scene, I was apprehensive.
But being the kind of adventurous
person that I am, I became very curi-
ous as to how this cowgirl would fit
into a different crowd.
My first stress episode ( I stress
before everything I do), was about
what to wear. I had several sugges-
tions from my friends.
1. Definitley wear black
2. Leather would be good
3. Heavy Metal concert t-shirts
f : are always appropriate
Well, I didn't own any leather
other than my horse show chaps.
The only black concert t-shirt I owned
was Mason Dixon. My friend offerd
me his Cure t-shirt but I decided
against it And the sexy black dresses
just didn't fit me either.
So I made a decision. My Rock-
ies and ropers and big buckle would
do; after all I'm always writing about
being yourself. I did however take
the advice of wearing all black. I
figured I would blend in better.
So, with the attire situation unto
control, came the rest of my instruc-
tions for the night (given to me by
former editor Pmanny).
1. If'you slam dance don't fall
down.
2. If there are big body guards
don't take a stage dive. (For
those "uncultured" people, a
stage dive is when a person
jumps up on stage, jumps
over backwards and lands on
people.)
3. If you do take a-stage dive
mate sure there is sombody to
land cm,
4. Don't bump into anyone or
they'll think you want to llmish.
5. Attitude- when you walk in,
get the state of mind that you
own the bar and toe are your
customers..
Our purpose of going to this bar
was to watch a band called Rigor
Mortis. Unfortunately by the time
they hit the, stage following the pre-
vious bands called Necromancer,
and Agony Column, I couldn't hear
anything. I actually liked one song
during the night entitled "Missis-
sippi Queen" but I was later informed
it was really somebody else's song.
Actually my favorite song of the
night, which was sung while I stood
in the very center of the place with
my boots and buckle on, was entitled
"Country ****." Use your imagina-
tion.
Obviously this kind of music is
very different than what I normally
listen to. After a while of listening
to the conversation of my friends, I
learned that the point of this music is
to sound as evil as possible.
You see, the singers don't sing.
They yell in voices that sound like
they are throwing up at the same
time. Another accurate description
is that they gargle battery Kid on a
daily basis.
I lived through the night and it
was really kind of fun once I got past
the scared of people part I followed
most of the instructions and stopped
concentrating on how different I was
from everybody else.
I had this nightmare that every-
one in there was going to stare at me
or be mean to me. I only got a few
sideways looks and nobody messed
with me at all. These people don't
care about people who are different
I wonder if one of them would
be accepted as easily if they walked
into the Dodge House.
I doubt it !
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Julie Grider is Editor in Chief
of the J-TAC.
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