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Opinion Equal treatment Moderation IS the key • As representatives of a liberal arts college newspaper, the editorial staff of the Phoenix comments on the views and attitudes of the times. However, occasionally one also has a Greg Elba After my friends had put me an addiction. Large doses of duty to PC?int out irregularities and injustices which others may "You can't save everyone, to bed the next-thing I recall alcohol, taken over a period Ignore. Discrimination and harassment, whether physical or but you gotta try." Bruce is someone pushing my of time, creates a morphine- verbal, is an ugly reflection of the fears and insecurities of its Springsteen: 1978 interview. shoulder. My first thought was like substance in the body proponents. Why people .need to assert their superiority by With my living hero's words my companion from that eve- that causes it to crave alec- hurting others is a question best left to each one of us to I begin my statement on ning had joined me and hcl. Once this substance has con~ider. All ~f us, at one time or another, have made nasty something most of 'You know needed more room. However a hold of someone it never religious, ethnic, racial or sexual remarks. little about but indulge in with that person began requesting lets go. Anyone who over- Here at Western Maryland College, there is a section of alarming frequency. I am re- my relinquishing the bed in a drinks can become addicted, t~e student body that is t~e r~cipient of much hate and ferring to alcohol. liquor, deep voice It suddenly alcoholism doesn't play favor- bigotry, even though their Identities remain unknown. The beer, wine, booze, suds, dawned on me that not only ites. homosexual community at this college is almost forced to live brewskis, chillies, by any was I in the wrong bed, I was Now ask yourself, is your in the close~ because. of the ignorance of the "straight" world. other name we drown our- in the wrong room. drinking interfering with your It is amazing that In a country founded on freedom of selves in this stuff. As best as I can figure it, I responsibilities? Is it hurting individuals that a segment of the .population is forced to live Thanks to Madison Avenue must have arisen to make use your relationships with other underground, afraid to reveal to outsiders who they are we can't help but to believe of the facilities and became people? I am not asking any- because ~ a fear of ostracization. They are forced to fight a that to bring out your best, lost on the way back, ending one to give up booze; asking bailie agamst the narrow-mindedness of society; a battle, in and for all you do, and for the up in the wrong room. You college students to stop view of the strides this country has made in human rights, winners, and that one day the can imagine my embarass- drinking does about as much should be totally unnecessary. best will come, we owe it to ment the next day when he good as asking James Watt Those of you who condone this altitude towards gays ourselves to keep Carriage greeted me with "Good morn- to keep his mouth shut. I am know who you are. Try and remember the last time you thought House and House of Liquors ing, sweetheart." What a cut- recommending moderation. someone was qay and said,"Hey, you faggot!" Now put in the black up. But I digress. Just take it easy. yourself tn their shoes. Would you want to be on the receiving Now don't get me wrong, I Clearly on a path to a Alcoholism causes more end of countless slurs by people who did not even know you? enjoy getting blown away as problem, I was saved by misery and pain in our society Imagine keeping ~m~aspect of your life in.complete secrecy. much as the next guy. As a medication. Due to an internal than most can comprehend. We, the editorial staff, ~re not askinq you to support matter of fact, I have been disorder unrelated to alcohol, And take it from someone homosexuality, that IS an individual decision. But, we do ask blitzed, trashed, smashed, I was prescribed daily medi- who's been there, detoxifica- t~at you open up your minds and accept that people are blasted, wasted, ripped, de- cine for a year. Alcohol was tion wards are not where you different. stroyed, and plastered so forbidden, I was pleased to want to visit someone you many times in the last eight care about. find that I easily gave it up. Shortage upon us years the brain cells required I've never gone back to my been to the edge, and I've Van Halen said it well, "I've previous levels of consump- to figure it out are long since deceased. tion stood and looked down. You Dear Editor' We realize that cleanliness Time now for one of Greg's Several of my friends have know I've lost a lot of friends Concerning the issue of the is next to godiiness but un- humorous drinking stories. not been so lucky. I have there, I've got no time to toilet paper shortage - less we get toilet paper we Two years ago on St. Patrick's several friends who are full- mess around." what's up? It seems 10 us that won't be next to anyoneI Day I went to the Pub to fledged alcoholics in their I am not messing around, the Bill of Rights gives us the While we, too, consider trees celebrate. Being of Irish de- early twenties. They simply please be careful folks, the right to life, liberty and the valuable (maybe the shortage scent I felt it my duty to cannot stop drinking. thought of losing anyone else pursuit of happiness. How is due to a protesting ecologi- consume as much green Bud- Alcoholism is a disease and to this damn sickness deeply I can we be expected to per- cal group) we consider clean- weiser as I could an addiction, just as heroin is disturbs me. liness more valuable! 1 ,sue happiness without toilet So far this letter has treated paper? We understand that the cleaning ladies don't the issue at hand as a joke, RAID: Roaches State Demands clean on weekends, therefore however it is far from that - it by Sunday night we expect a is in no way a laughing William A. Mann basement, when the same unless their demands are shortage - however, all day matter. So please could Long ago, in a galaxy far far roach comes up to me with met. Dirk Legs, Military advi- Monday there was no more someone find toilet paper for away, or was it yesterday in than one half roll of toilet the residents the basement of Rouzer. Well about six of his friends, they sor and editor of the under- surrounded me and this time ground insect news, said, paper to supply all of White- Thank you any way, I was sitting there gave me a list of written "We really don't want to see ford 2nd (and we stole it from Whiteford 2nd residents watching my laundry go demands. The gang said they any blood shed over this but Whiteford 1sn. through the spin cycle, when were with Roaches for the we know how filthy humans The this rather large winged roach I pest population of Rouzer, a can be. They keep breeding and our traps and poisons political approaches action very me. Before potent just can't keep up." group, with close ties to pro- Phoenix could make a move for the abortion. had considered a good com- When asked if the roaches extra strength Raid on the One of the roach acti tsts shelf, this creature starts rat- Editor tleling off this tist of demands was heard to say, "Since we munity relations program, the now outnumber the students answer came as a surprise. It Associate Editor in~~~ ~o~i~i~ha~~~~~\i~t't~~ here 32-1, we thought it seems thai in the early 70's Managing Editor. halls, dimmer lights and the would be a good idea if the there was a move toward News Editor Eric Greenberg evacuation of all human life college gave us our own roaches and humans living as Sports Editor.. .. Philip Block from Rouzer, this rude bug building." He went on to say, one. This included eating the Features Editor Laura Kleber spits on the. floor and asks "This situation happened a same food and sleeping in Layout me, "You got that?" Well I few years ago when we de- the same bed etc. etc. movement As the hippie Copy Editor Soto most certainly did not -have cided we needed a place to died out, again the two organ- live, "it", and I resented the intru- but the administration Photo Editor... . .......... Dave Dante sion. After all I am not in the tried to give us the dining isms went their separate Photography. Carlos Ortega, Steve Baily, Beth Austin habit of speaking to insects hall, of course we turned it ways Business Manager.. . Peter W. Spartan except for the damning of the down, opting for the better The roaches noted that their Advertising Manager... . .. Kathy Marvel odd fly. I was really steaming, cuts of garbage served in the plans for educating Hill stu- Publishedby and for the studentsof ~estern MarylandCollege so I reached for the Raid and hall trash cans around cam- dents about the insect failed The opinions expressed in this publication do not necessarily he took off pus." when they lost the bid to reflect those of the staff or administration. It must have .been two days Rouzer's pest population is clean up after homecoming We welcome commentsand/or suggestions.Pleaseaddress all before the next close encoun- convinced that should there Presently, there is a plan in mail t.o The Phoenix, Box 1, Western Maryland College. ter of the insecticide. Again I be a very cold winter, the the works to make half of Westminster,Md. 21157 was hanging around Rouzer's bugs will most certainly riot Coni 3