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University Parking...Again The hotly debated topic of parking is once again at the forefront of our small community. Thankfully, though, we have a new avenue to explore as, at least this time, it is not students who are clamoring for more and better parking but the faculty and staff. Well, sort of. While it still remains true that there seems to be a wealth of parking spaces available, at least to the students who are not so selfish and lazy as to expect to park right next to the building in which their class meets, this is not exactly the case with our esteemed faculty and staff members. Presently, there are, as noted on the ASU website's interactive map, approximately nineteen (19) parking lots with designations for faculty and staff. Now, this may sound like more than enough given the size of Angelo State, but one must also take into consideration that seven of these lots are on the east side of campus and are only convenient to park in, for a faculty member, if they hold classes on the track, softball field, the dormitories, or in the Junell Center. In addition to this egregious oversight by whomever it is that planned that out, consider this of the 19 lots with faculty designations, only two (2) are reserved specifically for faculty and staff, and those two are only readily handy for access to the Administration building and the CHP. The others are shared lots with student designated lots for commuting students. How fair is that? Plus we must also take into account the fact that many students don't pay any attention to parking enforcement as it is, and care nothing of getting a paltry citation for $10 if they park in a faculty space. That is just plain disrespectful to those who are seeking to enlighten and enrich the minds of students. And now, to add to the plight of the faculty who fight daily for parking, and our education, a new idea drummed up by administrators that would cause faculty and staff to pay for a parking pass in what has been deemed "premium parking lots." Now, while this doesn't seem all that harsh to us students, for faculty and staff it is a huge blow. Parking, at present, is free to them a perk, albeit small and easily overlooked. So, why make them pay to come to work? They do their best to educate students and a huge cost to themselves both financially and Continued on page 3 By: Samuel Clemens page Volume 6, Issue 4 Rabi’l Day February 27, 2009 Angelo State’s Finest Paper Since Fall 2006 Picture of the week Mardi Gras

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By: Samuel Clemens Volume 6, Issue 4 Rabi’l Day February 27, 2009 Angelo State’s Finest Paper Since Fall 2006 Continued on page 3 Now, while this doesn't seem all that harsh to us students, for faculty and staff it is a huge blow. Parking, at present, is free to them ‐ a perk, albeit small and easily overlooked. So, why make them pay to come to work? They do their best to educate students and a huge cost to themselves both financially and

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University Parking...Again

The  hotly  debated  topic  of  parking  is once again at the forefront of our small community.  Thankfully,  though,  we have  a  new  avenue  to  explore  as,  at least  this  time,  it  is not  students who are  clamoring  for  more  and  better parking but the faculty and staff. Well, sort of. While  it still remains  true  that there seems to be a wealth of parking spaces  available,  at  least  to  the        students  who  are  not  so  selfish  and lazy as  to expect  to park  right next  to the building in which their class meets, this  is  not  exactly  the  case  with  our esteemed  faculty  and  staff members. Presently,  there  are,  as  noted  on  the ASU  website's  interactive  map,         approximately  nineteen  (19)  parking lots with  designations  for  faculty  and staff.  Now,  this may  sound  like more  than enough given the size of Angelo State, but one must also take  into considera‐tion that seven of these lots are on the east  side  of  campus  and  are  only       convenient  to  park  in,  for  a  faculty member,  if  they  hold  classes  on  the track, softball field, the dormitories, or in the Junell Center. In addition to this egregious oversight by whomever  it  is that planned that out, consider this ‐ of the  19  lots  with  faculty  designations, only  two  (2)  are  reserved  specifically 

for faculty and staff, and those two are only  readily  handy  for  access  to  the Administration  building  and  the  CHP. The others are shared lots with student designated  lots  for  commuting          students. How fair is that?  Plus  we  must  also  take  into  account the  fact  that many students don't pay any  attention  to  parking  enforcement as  it  is,  and  care  nothing  of  getting  a paltry citation for $10  if they park  in a faculty  space.  That  is  just  plain          disrespectful to those who are seeking to  enlighten  and  enrich  the minds  of students. And now, to add to the plight of  the  faculty  who  fight  daily  for     parking, and our education, a new idea drummed  up  by  administrators  that would  cause  faculty  and  staff  to  pay for  a  parking  pass  in  what  has  been deemed "premium parking lots."  Now, while  this  doesn't  seem  all  that harsh  to  us  students,  for  faculty  and staff  it  is  a  huge  blow.  Parking,  at      present, is free to them ‐ a perk, albeit small  and  easily  overlooked.  So,  why make them pay to come to work? They do their best to educate students and a huge  cost  to  themselves  both            financially  and 

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Sloth Breeds Disease Sloth breeds disease. Lazy people piss me  off.  Off  is  a  bug  spray  that  kills bugs  which  are  annoying.  Annoying people piss me off as well. Well  is a thing  you dig  to  get  to water  that  is under the ground. Ground up beans is what  makes  coffee.  Coffee  smells deliciously  wonderful.  Wonderful people  make  me  happy.  Happy  is what happens when all  your dreams come true. True lies is a movie. Movie magic  is what  occurs when  a  film  is finished  being  filmed.  Filmed  things are  recorded  through  all  of  history. History  is  a  boring  topic  to  discuss with  someone.  Someone  once  told me that it is okay to poop on yourself as long as you either clean it up or eat it within an hour. Hours are demarka‐tions of time. Time is of the essence if you  choost  to  believe  it.  It  was  a terrible  movie,  but  a  great  book. Book‐It  was  an  awesome  program back  in elementary school,  free pizza is  the  shit.  Shit  is  brown.  Brown things  are  gross.  Gross  national    product,  like  we  have  any  of  that anymore,  is  supposedly  what  we produce  in  this  declining  country. 

Country  music  SUCKS,  it's  a  fact  of life. Life is a hodgepodge of mistakes. Mistakes  are  the  result  of  careless‐ness  and  idiocy.  Idiocy  is  the         behavioral  patterns  of  people  who act like idiots and shirk their responsi‐bility  to  their  friends  simply because they  feel  like  they want  to do  so. So la ti do. Do or do not there is no try is a  stupid  cliche.  Cliches  make  me   angry  because  they  express  feelings and ideas about things that no longer hold any relevance whatsoever in the scope  of  life,  liberty  and  the  pursuit of  the  American  dream.  Dream  of what you want, then make it happen. Happen  upon  a  cracker.  Cracker  is  a term  for  retarded  white  people.   People are as dumb as they choose to be.  Be  is  a  verb.  Verbs  are  not  fun because  they don't  allow  you  to  call people  colorful  names.  Names  are things  given  to  people  by  their     parents because it would be a terrible thing if no one had a one. One,  singu‐lar sensation, every little poop I take. Take one down, pass  it around, now we all have a communicable disease. 

It’s  amazing  to  read  some  of  the theories  that  people  come  up with on  their  own.  Occasionally,  the  li‐brary calls upon  the physics depart‐ment to assess the validity of a book that someone is trying to publish on their  own.  Usually  it  is  someone who  wants  to  bypass  the  peer     review  of  the  science  community. What ends up happening  is  that we read  quotes  from  this  book  at  our weekly  meetings  and  laugh  about how bad it is. Recently,  the claim was  that gravity is  the  result  of  the  rotation  of  the Earth. The faster the Earth spins, the greater  the  gravitational  attraction is. This  is completely wrong, but  for the moment  let us  try  to  figure out why  someone  might  come  to  that conclusion. After all,  for centuries  it 

made  sense  that  the  Earth was  flat and at the center of the universe. Imagine  (or  try  if  you  are  bored enough)  that  you  are  twirling  a       yo‐yo  above  your  head.  The  faster you  twirl  the  yo‐yo,  the  more      tension there is in the string. To put this  simply,  the  yo‐yo  now  feels heavier. So can we say that gravity is modeled by our yo‐yo system? No. The yo‐yo is being accelerated while you  twirl  it  around  and  is  trying  to escape from its orbit. As long as the string  can  handle  it,  the  tensional force will increase to keep the yo‐yo in  its  elliptical  path.  But when  the string breaks, the yo‐yo will fly off in one direction. Did  I mention  that  if you  are  actually  trying  this,  you shouldn’t  do  it  in  a  glass  house? Sorry about that. 

What  analogy  can  we make  about the  string  breaking  in  our  yo‐yo system? Well, we have  rockets  that leave  the  Earth, maybe  that’s what it’s about. But  in  the yo‐yo  system, our  “gravity”  increased  until  it reached  a  breaking  point.  In  the Earth  system,  gravity  decreases  as you  get  farther  from  the  center  of the  Earth.  This  makes  space  trips much  easier  and  more  controlled than  a  sudden  breaking  of  a       gravitational string. This  brings  up  a  point  about        Occom’s  Razor.  You  might  be       familiar  with  this  from  the  movie Contact  starring  Jodie  Foster.  “All things  being  equal,  the  simplest explanation  tends  to  be  the  right one.” The yo‐yo system of gravity  is simpler  than  Newtonian  gravity, 

which in turn is simpler than general relativity,  which  is  again  simpler than  chiral  gravity.  However,  all  of these theories pale in comparison to the  simplicity of  the gremlin  theory of  gravity:  Earth  sends  invisible gremlins  to  keep  you  anchored  to the ground.  Should we abandon our other theories about gravity for this simplest of explanations? Don’t  say ‘yes’ you fools. By the way, the guy that is trying to publish  this  book  is  all  over     Wikipedia  trying  to  fit  similar      theories  in  as  alternatives  to  what has already been peer‐reviewed  for centuries. Frankly, I won’t sit idly by while  this  kind  of  disinformation  is proliferating  an  otherwise  comfort‐ing nexus of knowledge. 

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time‐wise,  is  it  necessary  or fair to treat them as another member of the herd of cattle being  pushed  through  the 

gates  of  our  university?  The  most  outrageous  thing,       besides  the  obvious  punitive  implications,  is  that  this would really do nothing to alleviate the parking epidemic. Teachers  paying  for  parking  only means  that  they  now have  to  dole  out  money  to  lose  a  parking  space  to  a thoughtless and carefree student rather than the present free  inconvenience.  Instead  of  this  asinine  plan  to  force our professors  to pay  for coming  to work, why don't we, the  student  body,  put  together  a  petition  to  stop  this     injustice.  The  system  works  as  long  as  you  have            connections and a strong will, and maybe a bankroll that rivals the national debt. Personally,  I would hate to think that plan would come to fruition     because I know that in the worst  case  scenario  that would  soon  follow, we,  the students,  would  be  losing  some  of  our  best  and  most     beloved  professors.  More  on  this,  and  maybe  some     beastiality, next week.  ‐‐Samuel Clemens 

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Parking

The  telephone  company  was rep lac ing   above ‐g round          telephone  lines  with  buried lines.  In one  sparsely populated farming  area,  if  lines  crossed  a country  road  they  would  dig  a trench  halfway  across,  so  rural traffic  could  continue  through. Then  they  would  fill  in  the trench,  and  dig  a  trench  on  the other side. 

One  morning,  local  farmers called  the  sheriff  to  report  a smashed‐up pickup.  Inside were two  ranch hands who were  last seen the previous night, heading home after last call. You see... 

On  their  way  to  the  bars,  the men  had  decided  to  play  a prank.  They  stopped  their pickup,  and moved  the  flashing 

warning signs from the trenched side  to  the  good  side  of  the country  road.  Crime  scene   analysis  later  confirmed  that they  were  the  culprits  who moved  the  flashing  stands.     Investigations also revealed that at the time of the accident, they were  driving  at  an  excessive speed  with  an  impressive amount  of  alcohol  in  their      systems. 

No  crime  scene  analysis  is        capable of determining whether the  ranch  hands  forgot  their prank,  or  chose  to  see  what would  happen  if  they  hit  that trench at a high rate of speed  in the middle of the night. 

No   good   prank   goes              unpunished. 

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Dear Pragmatic Patsy,  I  have  this  problem…My  BF wears  a  thong  all  the  time. He  says  it  feels  invigorating and  that  it  also  makes  him feel  protected  at  the  same time. I  just find it really hard to  “get  in  the  mood.”  Not only  does  he  prefer  thongs he  also          prefers  lace…he says  its  light  and  doesn’t bunch as much. How do I get him to wear   normal big boy underwear?   Sincerely, Granny Panty Lover  Dear GPL,   Dump  him.  What  the  heck. This  is  serious  business… your  boy  has  an  unhealthy fetish and it needs to stop. If that doesn’t get his attention nothing  will.  Dealing  with this  is  not  worth  having  a          boyfriend.  He  probably  has other  issues  too  that  will come up  later so  it  is best to e n d   i t   n o w . “Invigorating”????   Tenderly,  Pragmatic Patsy  Dear Pragmatic Patsy,  I’ve  been  blacking  out  a  lot lately…  Anemic Alex 

Dear Anemic Alex,  Perhaps…a  result  of…  not enough  red  meat?  Your     letter was vague. Maybe you blacked  out  in  the middle.  I think  though,  based  on  all the information I have, it is a   result  of  too  much  alcohol consumption.  You  should definitely  drink  less.  First, start  not  drinking  as  many nights a week, then cut back on  the  actual quantities  you consume.  Obviously  those Vegas Bombs and  Jaeger are taking  a  toll.  These  really may impair your ability to do    accounting.  Although,  that may  not  be  your  major.  I    assumed  it was because you are anemic and your name is Alex  you’d  make  it  a  triple threat  and  go  with              Accounting.  But  you  might be  Criminal  Justice  major,        perhaps  Finance  or  even Communications.  Anyway, regardless of your major, you need to get checked out by a doctor,  even  though  my    advice  should  be  sufficient. Your  doctor  will  probably only  confirm  my  insanely   astute sentiments.  Tenderly, Pragmatic Patsy 

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Movie Review

Hello ASU Campus. Last Friday of February is already here, which means only two more weeks until Spring Break! Not much here so let us dive right into our movie review for the week. This week’s film is Taken. Now it is a little old, having come out into theaters late last month but it won the vote count sent in by our readers. Taken is about an ex-CIA official, (p layed by Liam Neeson), who knows the

troubles and problems of the world. He reluctantly gives in and allows his 17 year old daughter to go to Paris, France for

the holidays. U p o n h e r arrival she gets kidnapped and B r y a n ( N e e s o n ) travels to Paris and starts to t r a c k h e r down. This is a

very intense high-packed action film. Great martial arts and fighting scenes but there is plot. All and all, I give it 4 and a half Logan Steaks out of 5.

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