The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, November 20, 1981 Page: 3 of 16
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BEYOND THE HEPGES/by Michele Gillespie
UT Daily Texan editor
resigns amid criticism
The editor and managing editor
of UTs newspaper, The Daily
Texan, resigned last week amidst
divided Texan staff sentiment. The
resignations of Don Puffer and
Paula Angerstein were preceded
by a 20-member staff walk-out
and group resignation after former
editor Puffer refused the group's
request for his resignation.
Jenny Abdo, former Texan
news editor and spokeswoman for
the group that resigned, said,
"That was our last resort. As we
have said all along, we've tried to
work this out for months."
The group admitted they had
"left the door open," agreeing to
return if Puffer resigned.
Said Puffer, "The secret to
putting out a paper is cooperation
and communication. These people
who resigned (the twenty staff
members) won't let us do that."
General manager of Texas
Student Publications, Loyd
Edmunds, reported "begged"
Puffer and Angerstein to stay on
but to no avail. "I'm disappointed
that they resigned," he said. "It is
going to hurt the Texan."
Puffer, though he felt the
accusations aimed at him were
unjustified, asserted that he
resigned "for the good of the
Texan." He added, "I'm not going
to tear the newspaper apart just to
oppose them."
Apparently, Puffer and
Angerstein accused Abdo and her
supporters "of attempting to
sabotage the Texan." Revealed
Puffer, "One of the things that
both angered and saddened me is
that these people were willing to
destroy personal relationships on
this staff."
A letter criticizing Puffer and
Angerstein's performance was
submitted by Abdo's group to the
TSP Board: "These complaints
have been brought to the attention
of the editor and managing editor
several times. No measures to
correct the problem have been
taken in 46 issues of publication.
As veteran staff members who
have invested two and three years
in improving The Daily Texan,
and who have worked on
professional newspapers, we can
no longer work under conditions
involving unethical practices and
unprofessional behavior."
TSP Board President Betsy
McCole said she was unsure
"exactly how a new Texan editor
and managing editor would be
se.lected." McCole also said that
the TSP Handbook merely
indicates that the TSP maintains
responsibility for appointing an
editor when one resigns, but does
not provide a procedure. Said
McCole, "We are in the process of
hashing that out."
Gambling subsidizes
Columbia undergrad
Columbia Universityjunior Ken
Emerson won $5000 at a casino in
Atlantic City and now plans a trip
to Las Vegas this Christmas to win
at least $6000 more. Emerson
gambles to finance his college
education — tuition, room and
board.
Emerson recalls the brief forty
minutes that earned him a cool five
grand saying, "There was a crowd
three rows deep watching me and
some guy kept yelling, 'Screw the
House, screw the House.' 1 just
kept on winning. They thought it
was luck."
But luck it wasn't. Emerson
counted the blackjack cards and
began betting seriously once the
numbers were on his side.
Unfortunately, the House
recognized it and Emerson was
duly escorted out by the casino's
security guards who have the right
to remove card counters.
"1 cashed my chips and met my
friends on the street," Emerson
said. "I told them, The bad news is
I just got ejected. The good news is
I just won five G's.' Then we all
went nuts."
"You sort of feel like a criminal
— it's all a big cops and robbers
game," he said. "You try to conceal
the fact that you're watching every
card, and at the same time you've
got to look around to see if they're
mobilizing security forces."
"The most important thing is to
create the image of a 'big gambler.'
You try not to seem too concerned
about losing big money — and you
never avert your eyes from the
casino personnel. You chat with
them."
"After what I've done, I don't
think of money in terms of
something you really have to work
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makes everything you buy seem as
though it were free — money starts
to lose a lot of its meaning."
New army Gl bill would
pay for college tuition
Currently under consideration
by Congress, the Veteran's
Educational Assistance Act of
1981 would both revamp the Gl
Bill and add new incentives for
college students to serve in the
military. The Secretary of Defense,
under a Preservice Education
Program, would authorize a
payment of $300 per month for a
maximum of 36 months to all
students enlisted in the program.
The students must then repay each
month of benefit with one month
of military service.
Another provision of the bill
would authorize the Secretary of
Defense to pay off educational
loans for students who commit
themselves to the military after
obtaining a loan. The government
would repay a maximum of 15% or
$500, whichever is greater, on the
loans. Started as an experiment
last October, current legislation
would extend the provision for
another two years.
In addition to these college
student enticements, several other
proposals are contained within the
act to retain those already in the
service, including the establish-
ment ol attractive educational
benefits:
—$300 per month benefit for 36
months following three years of
active duty,
—$600 per month benefit for 36
months following six years
active duty,
—an additional amount to be
determined by the Secretary of
Defense for those individuals
with critical skills,
educational leaves of absences
for up to two years.
The Committee on Veteran
Affairs and the Committee on
Armed Services have acted
favorably towards this bill in the
House and similar sentiment is
expected in the Senate. With a
supportive Reagan adminis-
tration, the bill is expected to
become legislation early next year.
D00HESBUKT
duane!
LONG TIME: I ^ IND&D.
BUDDY! YOU HCHAW! I'M
SOUND &ACK N TOMN
local i starting from
i SCRATCH!
r
i needed ami/
challenge, rick
i've signed on
uiith.. ready
for this?..m
TERM0NDALE!
NEVER MORE! HPS GCXN6
M0NDALE? FOR IT IN W. I'M IN
ARE YOU CHARGE OF SCRAPPING
HtSOLP IDENTIFICATION
WTTH LIBERALISM AND
JIMMY CARTER.
what? yvu
wow. talk
1KH0Ui
To£?ch :mavhavs
gave up 00
ing symbols
SERIOUS,
FOR JERR 'r
9uane-
brown?
to change
his name.
ANP GIVING
f MM A WHOLE
HEW POLITICAL
PERSONA
£
(e B'l&c/fc
ITS AN INCREDIBLE OPPOKMTY
FORME RICK! I REALLY THINK
WE'VE GOT A SHOT AT SI IM0N
PAL& PEOPLE HAVE GIVEN ME
COMPLETE OWE BLANCHE ID
CREATE A NEW WALTER M0NDALE'
\
ANEWIMTERMON
MlE? WHAT A MINP- D0NT WORRY,
B0G6UNG THOUGHT. IT'LL ALL BE
ARE YOU SURE YOU
KNOW WHAT 'YOU'RE
KING, Pt^WE7
thatswhat hey.c'mon.
they said if something
ABOUT w like that hap
pened, i'd pull
the plug.
AND I'M HAVING MY
FIRS T MAKEOVER SESSION
WITH M0NDALE TODAY AT
HIS LAM OFFICE !
'jert TIGHTLY
CONTROLLED
/
4
new dick
nixon.
TTSCmAlNCYGREAT I'M SURE mu
TO BE WORKING wm CON, PLANE.
YOU AGAIN, WALTER. I REMEMBER
i I HOPE I CAN BEOF THE WONDERS
■- HELPTDYOURCAM- Y0UUSEPT0
:#USN.^s—^ WORK FOR
CARTER.
AS I UNDER-
STAND TT, YOUR
CHIEF WORRY
PJ6HT NOW tS
YOUR IMAGE
AFRAID SO, DUANE.
WITH MAINSTREAM
LIBERALISM IN DIS-
ARRAY, I'VE BEEN
LEFT WITHOUT A
VIABLE POLITICAL
PHIIOSOPHYOR
PROGRAM.
>
ASIDE FROM THAT, THOUGH, I'M IN
PRETTY600DSHAPE. iVEGOTA
STR0N6 CAMPAIGN STAFF, SOLID
FINANCIAL BACKING, AND THE
EARLY SUPPORT OF MANY PARTY
REGULARS.
WALTER, BEWREIWORK UP A PRO-
GRAM FORYOU, YOUHAVE10UNDER-
S1ANDTHE KEY TO REAGAN'S POPU-
; LARTTY. GARRY WILLS PUT IT BEST
WHEN HE WROTE, 'REAGAN DOES
^ NOT MEAN THE ^ /-=&
„ MEANNESS OF \\^in \ WW
; HIS VIEWS."
mean
in6?
MEANING H&S A NICE GUY.
THAT SEEMS TO OOUNT FOR. A
LOT. YOU CAN BE SHALLOW,
INSENSITIVE, OR HOPELESSLY
OUT OF TOUCH. BUT IF YOU'RE
NICE ABOUT,
TT.ALL/S
FORGIVEN1
SO IS LOSING. TRUST ME,
WALTER. YOU NEED A NEW
POUVCAL PHILOSOPHY
FOR THE EIGHTIES. NICE
IS THE-WAY TV GO
HOW ftoOUi YOUR.
FIRE-IN- THE-BELVY
PROBLEM
under con
trol. i'm
willing to
kill now.
BUT I'LL OKAY. THEN
BE ACCUSE!? WE'LL CALL IT
OF COPYING NEO-NICE.
REAGAN! \
(B&tftm&au— -
neo-n/cet
what sort
' of political
. philosophy
■ is that?
.<75 wceness
with a liberal
FACE. NICENESS
that actually
.ares
you see, walter, the trick
is to get people to think i
you're so parn affable
that maybe yolk pol! - tgjm
c1es arent so bad
after all.
now, then, you'll need
some anecdotes. reagan
0h ."as shown us that there
" is nothing like a good
story to distract people
from the business
athand v
u
how about 6000! ] .
jimmy carter a little ![^
.anecdotes? shabby,
/ but good: ;
walter. exactly mm well, it,has
kind of philosophy to BE to
are we looking
. for here? any
guidelines 7
REAGAN, ANP.
preferably,
TO THE RIGHT
OF KENNEDY.
i see. have you you mean. the
CONSIDERED ONE of NEW REALISM?
the NEW hybrid I PONT KNOW,
philosophies, a LA THEY SEEM to
hart or TS0N6AS7 BE TRYING
I'LL BE CANDID WTTH YOU, DUANE.
WITH MY LIBERAL PAST DISCREDITS?.
I'M LOOKING FOR A WHOLE NEW SYS-
TEM OF POUVCAL VALUES. I PONT
NEED SPECIFICS YET, BUT I DO NEED
TOKNOWWHATI
STAND FOR. CAN"
YOU HELP ME?
HAVE IT BOTH
WAYS. I WANT
SOME CRI6INAL
INSIGHTS.
well. i'm not sure
yet, walter. how
much are you hull-
ing to spend'
WHATEVER
it takes
im not
afraid of
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