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FROM THE EDITOR: Another year at Niagara County Community College be- gins; will it be a repeat of last year? The Sophomores know what I mean, and unless something is done about it, the Freshman class will soon find out. Everyone bitched about not being able to decide what activ- ities we would have. How many showed up at Student Govern- ment meetings? How many complained about the coffee house not being opened? Who showed up to help work on it? This year let's start off right. Let's get off our rectums and work. College is what you make it. If you're bored and won- dering what to do, join an organization you'd be interested in, but don't just sign your name—work! Up until now, N.C.C.C. can be considered a \Glorified High School.\ Let see that changed. Assume the responsibilities of mature students and make N.C.C.C- a \REAL COLLEGE.\ Stop splitting forces; it ruins a spirit of co-operation. If you want to begin the Activist Student Society again, do so, but don't just talk, Do Something! It's up to you, if you want to get the broadening college is supposed to give—then Work a little—l know it might harm your delicate apparatus, but try. If you want to sit on your ass, then keep your big trap shut! I hope to see some of you doing things to change these conditions- » - - This article made posible by Student Apathy. Maze Students Prove Maturity by Bob Potter Congratulations, male students of Niagara County Com- munity College! In a matter of just five days, you have turned the newly painted walls of the Waldorf lavatories into a mess once again. It must be some kind of record. With a rich array of four letter words, woven into tricky little passages, you have proven your mental progress. Some- how, jsomewhere, between kindergarten and 12th grade, you must have missed some stage of your psychological development. Or could it be, that you never progressed beyond your anal erotic stage of development? That would explain the reason for spending enough time in the lavatories to write all that's been written in less than one week. May I suggest that you, the brilliant authors of these writ- ings, see a psychiatrist, N.C.C.C. can well do without you. CIGARETTE SMOKING: A Growing Danger I Smoking and Your Health— « Unlike the smoke rings that lazily rise to the ceiling and dis- sipate, the dangers of smoking re- main. Study after study confirms the grim report issued by the Sur- geon General's committee in 1964. Our hospitals and our ceme- teries testify to the accuracy of that report and those which fol- lowed : Over 300,000 Americans will die prematurely this and every year from diseases associated with cig- arette smoking, according to for- mer Surgeon General Luther Terry. This is almost ten times the number of Americans killed in Vietnam in the past eight years; it is six times the number of peo- ple killed on our highways in traf- fic accidents. How will they die? Lung can- cer is a major cause, killing at least ten times as many people as died from this disease in 1936. Hea.t disease, a major killer in its own right, takes an extra toll among cigarette smokers. Emphy- scma, a crippling and irreversible lung malfunction, which eventu- ally is fatal, once rare, is now be- coming more common among heavy smokers. All in all, the death rate among men who have been smoking since they were teenagers is double that of non- smokers. Despite these grim figures, nearly 4,500 children smoke for the first time, every day, accord- ing lo the National Congress of Parents and Teachers, which is now engaged in a program to dis- courage teenagers from becoming smokers. Small wonder then that serious steps are being taken to discour- age smoking. For one thing, new regulations will undoubtedly strengthen the warning that must be carried on each package of ci- garettes. Ihe warning now reads \Caution—cigarette smoking may be hazardous to your health.\ GRIPES AND LETTERS Larry Smith One of the major complaints on campus this fall is directed against the way registration was handled. Many of the students ended up with a choice between a schedule that was spread out over the course of a full day, and even into the evening; or taking courses that were not planned by the student or beneficial to the student. Indeed, many were faced by both. What was the good of pre-regis- tration when the chaos of the ac- tual registration resulted? Pre- registration would have been bene- ficial if the results had been tabu- lated to show how many students were interested in a given course. If it was impossible to hire instruc- tors to cover a given course, why were the students not notified of alternate courses before registra- tion? Another problem that could have been solved is the concentration of courses for all students. Instead of the schedule being spread out over such a long period of time, it could be concentrated into consecutive hours. This might be achieved in the following manner. The siudent body would be divided up into four quarters: A, B, C, and D. The school hours would also be separ- ated into four quadrants: I, 11, 111, and IV. All \A\ students would be assigned to quadrants I and 11. \B\ students would occupy quadrants 111 and IV. while \C\ students would be assigned to quadrants II and 111. \D\ students would be put in quadrants I and IV. In this way, students would be able to set up their schedule to suit their indi- vidual needs. (Students who work in the evening could be put into the \B\ or \C\ groups. The students who must work during the day could occupy group \D.\) SEE TABLE: This would cut down on the space problem in the cafeteria, library, bookstore, etc. Only half the stu- dent body would be on campus or in classrooms at a given time. Col- lege hour could be worked in with each quadrant of the day occupy- ing a period of two and a half hours. The most beneficial time for college hour would be after period I or 11. This would allow \D\ stu- dents to work a four to five hour period between college hour and classes. All concievable problems could he solved by the use of computers. Data fed into the computer would cost less. I believe, than hiring in- structors to sit and help students register. Even if the price was higher, the resulting benefits would be well-worth the extra cost. Com- puters are available! Why aren't they being used. It is my hope that this letter will be printed in the Herald so that some attention will help in the re- forming of the N.C.C.C. \draft\ laws. It is one of the major gripes on campus and it affects the fac- ulty too! Walter Frasher Why was there pre-registration during orientation? If a student was required to come back there was at least a two-hour wait in store for him, if not more. After getting into the registration roam, another twohour period was wast- ed trying to get the courses he desired. (That is if they, the courses, were not already closed.) It would save quite a bit of wear and tear on the students and the faculty if registration could be taken care of by computers. They are here; why not use them! The Student Nurses We have lodged a complaint which we hope your office will air for us It seems that even though we are among the first to register, our schedules are sometimes worse than of those registering last. Since we must spend all day Wednesday and Friday at the hos- pital we must arrange our sched- ules to fit Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. This leaves us little or no choice of teachers, phases, or courses. Some interesting activi- ties occur on the days that we have to work at the hospital; for ex- amole. the visit of Peter Jennings. Another draw-back caused by our schedules is the lack of time to mingle with students in other cur- riculums. Most of the students in non-nursing courses, which we take, are other nursing students because we cannot fit into other classes. Where does the expanding of horizons occur? Our complaint is valid, and we do have something to complain about. What can we do? Please make suggestions to help us, and leave them at the newspaper office or in the newspaper suggestion box. Thank you. Patrick Murphy Heavy, \now sounds floating through the air, my ears led me to the grounds outside of the main building. I sat there, thoroughly enjoying The Copper Penny lay- ing down some well-performed mu- sic. The group exemplified the hreed of musician that finally made it after years of practice and many, many \dungeon gigs.\ So there I was, digging the whole scene, when lo and behold, Freddy Gannon stepped out of the cob- webs of the past and reduced the performance to a lecture on why he is cool and why everyone else is plastic. He completely ruined \Get Back,\ especially the end- ing. He had the audacity to tell these fine musicians to change their style in the middle of a number. And then he ended it by flashing a peace sign as if it were nothing more than an \in\ thing to do. I Hope in the future that we will see more groups of the caliber of The Copper Penny, but please, do not exhume the dead. Vitamin C, found in citrus fruits, tomatoes, berries, potatoes, and fresh green vegetables, was first obtained from Hungarian paprika. Knives should be kept separate from other kitchen utensils. They should be washed and dried sep- arately. Trim sparingly such greens as cabbage, head lettuce, and chick- ory. Dark outer edges are rich in iron, calcium, and vitamins. To pep up canned baked beans, add to them small cubes of ched- dar cheese, a bit of mustard, and Worcester ire sauce. Heat thorough- ly in the oven and serve at once. Newscaster Speaks at N.C.C.C. by K. Grsfto On Friday. September 19, Peter Jennings addressed four hundred students and faculty at the Park- way Inn. Choosing \Campus Unrest\ as a topic, he .filled in the listeners on why campus protests take place. In his talk, he covered what hap- pened an the campuses last year and what he projects for this year. Most of us know what haoperved at such places as Cornell Univer- sity so I will discuss mainly about his nredictions. Mr. Jennings feels that protests will be taken off the campus this year. Instead of protesting Viet Nam immediately, protests will deal with the environment. How- ever, if the Nixon administration does not continue removing more forces from Viet Nam. there will be more demonstrations against the war. He also scoke briefly about cen- sorship and nomographic literature. In his nnimon; there should be no censorship in anv wav. Mr. Jen- nings also stated that after the first six months the novelty pf porno- graohic literature, etc. would die out. We had the privilege if *r>eakiner to him afterwards. Since he had visited manv colleges, we felt oer- haos he could give us some advice about what laninmee a student newsoaDer should use and whether it would be beneficial for the Acti- vist Student Society to revive it- self. His outlook as far as the news- paoer was concerned was auite liberal. He felt anv lan<niaee should be nrintahle (unfortunately the printers in this area don't agree with him.) Wp exnlained the of the A.S.S. to him. He Mtt it would be worth our while to start again this vear. but aroomnlish some- thing besides complaints. I am sure everyone enioved his talk as much as we did. Let's have mare speakers like Mr. Jennings. Stptmim 30,1969 2 OLD WEM) HERALD OLD WEIRD HERALD Published by and for the Students of Niagara County Community College at Niagara Falls, New York Editor Karen Gratto Associate Editor Robert Potter News Editor Raymond Lonsdale Feature Editor Donna Twist Sports Editor Gary Folkerith Business Manager Stephen Hertel Staff Cindy Sager, Fred Daichendt, Kathleen Eberlin, Douglas Bougard, Frank Semon, Susan Johnston, James Geltz. Editorial opinions expressed by the Old Weird Herald do not necessarily reflect those of the College Faculty or Administration. >mmM
