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The Rambler
Opinions
April 13,2005 3
Campus
Comments
What is the highest price you
are willing (not forced) to
pay for gasoline?
Carrie Yonovitch
junior
political science
"You really have to pay what they
charge you. You pay or you don't
go anywhere."
Adrien Cardenas
senior
political science
"Nothing. Gas is expensive! $2.05,
but it's still ridiculous."
Valerie Mitchell
junior
finance
"The most I'm paying right now is
$2.45, but what 1 want to pay is
$1.85."
Sascha Sciandra
senior
math
"Honestly, it doesn't really matter to
me. I drive a car that gets 38 miles
per gallon."
Kim Webb
professor of accounting
'I think considering what other coun-
tries are paying for gas, the prices
we're paying are not as bad as we
think they are."
According to the American Petroleum Institute's Web
site, "The national average retail price (including taxes)
of regular-grade gasoline on April 4 rose to a record of
$2,217 per gallon. This is the third consecutive week of
record-setting gas prices. This week's average price is
43.7 cents above the average price a year ago."
Photos by Christine Peirce
The Rambler
h ounded in 1917 as The Handout
Harold G. Jeffcoat. Publisher
Kelli Lamers. Adviser
Whitney- Fowler, editor-in-chief
Nici Sandberg, news editor Phil McNeary, campus life editor
Jillian Jones, photo editor Patrick Johnson, sports editor
Alejandra Morado, advertising manager Jad H Saxton, entertainment editor
Rachel Carter, business manger Christine Pein e, opinions and managing editor
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Rambler Ratings
Thumbs-up to all the students who took
the time to vote during the 2005-2006
Student Government Association
elections. -Joanne Oport, junior
Thumbs up to The Rambler staff for
their accomplishments at the Texas
Intercollegiate Press Association
competition April 8-9.
Thumbs down to the construction
affecting the residents on campus so
much. The boiler in Stella Russell Hall
this past week is enough!
Thumbs down to the students on
campus who can't flush a toilet. Your
mother shouldn't be responsible for
that, and neither should anyone else!
Early registration:
Where is the 6 equality'
within the alphabet?
There is much to be said about the cur-
rent registration process that, at first
glance, would suggest equal opportu-
nity for all students of the same classifica-
tion. However, because of split days, some
students are getting the short end of
the stick.
Beginning now, students may
register for classes based on classi-
fication division aw/last initial. So
those of us with "P" (or heaven for-
bid "W") as our last initial get to be
beaten to classes thanks to the won-
derful "A" students and all those
"G" ones as well.
Maybe this change came about
when the registrars wanted some
peace in their office the morning of early
registration, especially with the mob that has
gathered the past three years, yet somehow
this is destructive to the "equality" of what
signing up used to be.
Last year, people may have risen four
hours earlier in the morning so that they
weren't the 30th person there, risking the
possibility of losing a teacher they prefer, but
at least it was left up to those who wanted to
work for it the hardest.
This year, classifications are divided up
by last initial per day. So, one might expect
the A's to go before the N's, but it starts with
the G's, suggesting a rotation of some sort to
give more equality to all letters of the alpha-
bet, but no. The A's still go before the Z's
because the divided sections are G-L, A-F.
and then M-Z. Does anyone care about
equality at this campus?
It's bad enough that the end of the alpha-
bet has gotten leftovers their entire life from
all the folks with last names that come
Christine
Peirce
before theirs, but the fact that the entire first
half of the alphabet still goes before us, just
reversing the first two quarters of people,
doesn't make us second-half-of-the-alphabet-
people any happier.
University of Texas at
Arlington registers students per
number of credits, not classification
and initial. In fact, they break it all
apart by sets of 15 hours. The only
groups excluded from this policy
are graduate students and those
within the UTA honors program;
these two specific groups are
allowed to register prior to all other
students, but everyone within either
~~category have equal opportunity.
I do not agree with the fact that the rest
of the senior class can register one or two
days before I even have a chance to take dibs
on a class. Let's face it: We want specific
professors, and I know that the good ones
will be taken, and I'll get the professor who
everyone didn't want because they spit on
the class or assign so much more work while
you learn zilch. Yes, I want a professor who
challenges my thought process, but I don't
know if I'll get that chance as I sit here in
the second half of the alphabet.
It may be more convenient for the regis-
trar's office to randomly divide up lexers of
the alphabet and'say "fend for yourself' to
the diligent students who have always
showed up first in line to guarantee classes,
but they could do the same thing via the
Internet with a fairer method.
Christine Peirce is a senior mass communication
ma/or and the opinion and managing editor for The
Rambler.
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Dear Editor:
As a graduate of Texas Wesleyan, albeit a distance learning
program, I am appalled at my recent discovery that female athlet)
the nickname "Lady Rams."
According to Merriam-Webster's dictionary, a ram is
Main Entry: [I] ram
Pronunciation: 'ram. Function: noun. Etymology:
English ramm; akin to Old High German ram
male sheep
Pray tell, how can a female be a lady male animal? It seems to me that women known as
"Lady Rams'* appear to be confessing some gender confusion, not something generally considered
desirable, particularly in Christian circles. Or perhaps they are attempting to advertise themselves
as the Ram's ladies, which doesn't sound quite appropriate. 1 admit calling themselves the "Ewes"
doesn't sound attractive either.
1 understand that many schools place the word "lady" before the ndme of the mascot so as to
i women's teams from the men's. But in most cases, the mascot name refers to an
Sstangs, eagles, coyotes, tigers, etc.) with no male or female denotation
fcould with ease be a Lady Mustang or a Lady Eagle. One could NOT be a Lady
Ram, or at least not easily.
1 have mentioned this to several acquaintances who have at first stared blankly, then
with laughter, |[ow, in certain circles, the mere mention of "Lady Rams" brings forth lai
suggestions of "Lady Bulls," "Lady Roosters" and other such ridiculous nicknames.
Perhaps The Rambler could instigate a discussion or elicit suggestions for renaming the
women's teams at Texas^Wesleyan. Or it might be that the official mascot for the school could be
changed to something that would be appropriate when preceded by the designation "Lady." After
all, to be called a sheep is generally not a compliment. One does not wish to be sheepish.
A female Texas Wesleyan Graduate, but NOT a Lady Ram
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Michael Jackson:
'Celebrity
status will
never fade'
Life according to Michael
Jackson reads like
something out of a fantastic
fairytale. In a land where
elephants and giraffes roam
neighbor-
hood
yards
like inno-
cent
pussy
cats, Mr.
Jackson,
if you're
nasty, is
in charge
of hous-
ing and development. The
air is warm and crisp, the
games are a plenty and lull-
abies are filtered through
loud speakers.
Lately, the king of pop
has become more like the
king of popped. Yes, every-
thing in "la-la" land is
imploding right in front of
his face, and there's no one
to blame but your royal
highness. With child
molestation charges spring-
ing up like wild flowers,
Jackson's neighborhood is
becoming more like the drab
side of town where the sun
doesn't shine. Soon, every-
one on his block will find
another subdivision to live
in where the actual defini-
tion of safety is, "you can't
touch this."
I don't know if the king
actually committed the
crime of child molestation
and I cringe at the mere
thought of it. I've been a fan
of his music and slick dance
moves since I was a child
and even tried to emulate
him. Let's be real here, who
didn't like Thriller and
Billie Jean. And by a show
of hands, who never made
an attempt to do the world
famous moonwalk? On
plenty of occasions I have
even tried to take my voice
up an octave to screech the
words, "hee-hee."
Since the first child
molestation charge back in
the '90s, Michael's music
has suffered. Instead of
going back to his roots and
submitting quality tracks
such as Man in the Mirror,
and Remember the Time,
he's lost himself in the shuf-
fle with exotic shopping
sprees and brow-raising
plastic surgery. Let's not
forget the baby-dangling
episode he starred in over in
Europe that was a big hit in
the rerun circuit.
Michael Jackson's
celebrity status will never
fade. He will forever be
known for his hip-swaying
robotic grooves as well as
his uncanny ability to cut
rug. But the negative side to
Michael is something that is
rapidly taking over and soon
will encapsulate everything
that is him.
Jackson's house seems
to have been built in sand
where the tide is soon to
wash it away. The recent
allegations of child molesta-
tion accompanied with lack-
luster CD sales are pure
proof that one day Mr.
Jackson's neighborhood will
soon be filled with barbed
wire and cell blocks.
Phil McNeary is a junior
mass communication major and is
the campus life editor for The
Rambler.
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