Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 6, 1994 Page: 4 of 12
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OCTOBER 6. 1994
FEATURES
page
Not
Quite
the News.
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\ Summan of Kunts That Didn't Happen This Week
Chris Pleper
Megaphone Staff
SU mortality report released
SU Health Services, a
subsidiary of Marriot
Services, in conjunction with
The Department That Refers
You to a Real Doctor, released
a publication today that
reveals the leading cause of
early death among SU
students. It turns out that
walking up to the editor of the
school newspaper and
informing him of the absence
of page 12 leads to more acts
of violence, mayhem, and
homicide than any other cause
on campus. Also ranking in
the top five were saying the
words “1 found a typo, ayah,
nyah, nyah, nyah, nyah,"
which precedes beatings 98%
of the time, wearing one of
those “SU Academics: 4.0“ T-
shirts, and asking Pres.
Shilling why he shaves his
legs (a fact).
Alternative Octel voices available
For those of who pine
for someone other than Marsha
on the other end of that Octel
connection, your dream has
become a reality, the Bizness
Ofus has just signed a contract
with Voice Options, Inc., a
subsidiary of Marriot
Services^ that allows up to 20
different celebrity and non-
celebrity voices for your
message system. Some sample
messages include:
* (Frances from the Commons)
Hello, what can I getya: review,
send, check receipt, . . .
potatoes? Anything else?
* (O.J. Simpson) Hey, this is
OiTEL Voice Information
Processing. Please dial the
number of the person you are
calling, if you think Tve been
framed, press #. If you think
A1 Cowlings did it, press 1.1
you think I did it, go to hell
* (Susan Powter) WHAT AR^
YOU DOING CHECKING YOUf
MESSAGES WHEN YOU COUIE
BE EXERCISING, YOU LARD
BUTTED HIPPO! HANG UP ANT
HIT THE DECK RUNNING
MAGGOT!
* (Counseling Services]
Greetings, and thanks foi
calling us. We value your cal
and you as a person. If yot
want to commit suicide, press
1, if you want to drop out oJ
school, press 2. If you want tc
talk to a Counseling Services
representative, stay on the line
because we value your call jus
as much as the other 498 call:
we get 4 day people just like
you.
New TV series begins on CNN
Keeping with
tradition of completely
televised war coverage, CNN,
the Crappy News Network,
unveiled their newest prime-
time series for the Fall season.
Entitled America Invades, the
show covers the invasion of
whatever developing country
the US is bullying around that
particular week. Theodore
Turner, head of CNN, said,
“America Invades is just the
kind of show America wants
to watch. It’s Americans
watching Americans kick
ffdn-Americafis’ asses. I
mean, that’s better than
American Gladiators, which
is still a good show because it
does have the word
“American” in it and people
are kicking ass.” The first
show premieres on Oct 13
with the covert invasion of
VOlldUd UMO htMiivitri <9
AlexTrebek.
SRO gives voice to whole campus
Jennifer Clothier
Megaphone Staff
Student Reaching Out
(SRO) is a new organization that
hopes to unite all the different
organizations on the SU campus,
according to Jaime Woody,
director of Student Activities
and SRO sponsor.
The year old
organization was taken from a
pilot program at Texas
Christian University and
modified to fit Southwestern’s
needs.
“Originally at TCU, it
was a program that was more of
a service fraternity and since
we have a lot of service
organizations here,” said
Melanie Rast, a member of SRO.
“We decided to have a umbrella
organization that all
organizations could come
together under and cooperate
to solve problems.”
SRO is an organization
complied of students, staff, and
faculty. There is no hierarchy
in the organization only a
person to convene the meetings
and note taker, according to
Jaime Woody. The
organization’s prime focus is
on ideas.
“The organization is
structured that way to allow
everyone to have a voice,” said
Woody. “It is really an open
organization.”
In a series of retreats,
SRO members have
brainstormed what they feel
SRO members participate in an activity during last year's retreat.
are the main problems on
campus and those ideas are
what become the focus of the
organization, according to
Woody.
Last year’s concerns
included apathy, stereotyping,
alcohol, sexual harassment,
minority recruiting, lack of
power, community and
administrative concern for
appearance. These are topics
the organization will continue
to work on this year.
“Last year, at the end
of the year, we left these
topics,” said Woody. “This
year, we will pick them back
up and continue to address
them along with the new topics
we brainstorm at our upcoming
retreat.”
Presently, SRO is
involved in alcohol awareness
week, the softball finals at San
Gabriel Park, and MASA’s
upcoming campus dance. SRO
is also planning a retreat on
Nov. 5-6, which is open to the
entire campus community. The
fee is $25.
SRO meets every
Tuesday at noon in the SUB
ballroom. Meetings are open to
anyone interested in the
organization.
Woody feels that SRO
is one of the most unique groups
on campus because it allows
everyone to have a voice.
“SRO can be a really
effective vehicle for anyone who
cares about Southwestern to
drive,” said Woody.
Faculty Focus: Dr. Blackburn
Philososphy prof a "raiser of questions
Jason Embry
Megaphone Staff
Challenging his
students to never limit their
ability to think and question
anything and everything, Dr.
Tom
Blackburn of
t h e
Department of
Religion and
Philosophy is
one of the most
and admired
professors on
campus.
After
spending
some time
with Dr.
Blackburn
(actually he _
prefers to be
called Tom), it is intriguing to
see how his approach to
education and the pursuit of
knowledge reflects his
Dr.TM
experiences and personal
history.
I|a What previous experience
do you have as a professor and
how did you end up here at
Southwestern?
Hi I came out
of graduate
school and
taught at
Harvard for
three years
and then Notre
Dame for four.
I came here in
the fall of
1988. I had
gone to a small
liberal arts
college,
_ E a r 1 h a m
College in
Indiana, that in many ways is
comparable to Southwestern. I
discovered Southwestern
through an ad for the job. I had
grown up in Texas but didn’t
know about [the school}. Once
I found out that it was near
Austin, which was the one part
of the state I thought I could
happily return to, and finding
out about the character of the
place, I’m now in a place with
values much more in line with
my own.
Q: Based on those other two
schools being the two academic
giants that they are, how are
different from students at the
other schools?
Hi I think there is some
difference in preparation. A
higher number of students at
Harvard and Notre Dame came
out of private high schools. But
apart from that and some of
what comes with that, in terms
of ability and interests, I don’t
see huge differences. In terms
See Blackburn page 5
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