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Excuses, excuses ~ 8 » campus community is fair game. The wilder and more far out, the better it will have to be written. If you come in with a story about Sex and the Art of Refrigerator Installation, for instance, it’s going to have to be pretty darn good. And if it is, come to think of it* it would make a dynamite feature story with the appropriate photos. What would I get out of writing for The Spectrum? Not really one of your classic excuses, but still and all used quite often. First and foremost, the most heady reward is seeing your name in print. This is a by- line: The Spectrum is something you read religiously three times a week. Why not become a (tart of it? It is not half as boring as student government and a much more honest waste of time than lying by Lake LaSalle pretending to study. You are here to learn. I know short article every two weeks, number in <411 that you don’t You wouldn’t tell that cute have enough time, would you? You may even want to be a real heretic and give up going to the Pub for a while. I suppose this is the time to tell you about how you can get four credits for writing for The Spectrum. The paper has a course in journalism crosslisted in the English Department (Eng 202Y) and Cora P. Maloney College. It meets Tuesday and Thursday nights from 6:50 to 8:05 p.m. and is offered both semesters. Requirements: Eight all about that one. There is no doubt that I have learned more in eight months of writing and editing for this paper by studying and attending classes for three years. Come on, what better have you got to do? Read this mindless article? Type your way into this school’s history. Leave your mark on a great institution. Transcend yourpwn mediocrity and etch your being into a University that, all too often, shovels students through four vacuous years of irrelevant trappings from obtuse pseudo- intellectuals who exist solely in their surreal spheres and in which they will expire, in no- nothing nurvana. I you’re thinking, “Shit, what a sentence,” you’re already on your way up to 355 Squire Hall. Give it a whirl. ''You have nothing to lose but your mediocrity. The Spectrum lives! articles and attendance only two K nights a week. Now that’s a bargain if I every heard of one. And many of our editors started this way. If you move your posterior, you may still be able to register for this unique participation, learning experience. The Spectrum Journalism Course. I won't be interested in the assignments they give me. Yes, this excuse has been gaining popularity lately. The fact is we sincerely try to assign stories to people who have some desire to write them. We don’t exactly create a story optimally suited for your personality like your Unisex haircutters, but we never use undue force to make someone write a story in the hospital after the results of their refusal have forced them to seek professional medical supervision. If you don’t have your own ideas about what’s good for The Spectrum, we’ll certain listen, and if you do . . . Anything relevant to the by Bjorn Again Spectrum Staff Writer If your bruised ego needs a little intensive care, by-lines work psychological wonders. Although nobody ever reads them except other writers, you can easily convince yourself the whole world does. By-lines will gain you instant notoriety in your dorm / house / neighbor- hood / class / universe. - Besides the by-line, there are other innumerable joys of writing for The Spectrum. Joining The Spetrum is also a great excuse for finding out what is really going down at this school, as well as who, for making news as well as reporting it, for meeting people who think they’re important, as well as being someone who is, for getting your name on many pieces of paper instread of just one and for lingering longer on campus then three minutes after your last class. Editor’s Note: This article, written by , a former editor, is revised from the original printed in the January 18, 1978 issue of The Spectrum. The face may have changed, the office may have change, but the sentiments expressed remain: The Spectrum. (IB DRY CLEANERS Welcome to UB For Your Convenience we will Open on Wednesday Sept 12,1979 from 6*9pm Locations Main St. basement of Goodyear Hail Next to grocery store 1st fir Fargo Quad near the cafeteria Eilicott Here are some examples of our low prices. Suits men's/ladies 3 piece 3.25 And for those Cold Months Ahead sweaters slacks (up to 12\ width) 1.25 regular & ski 1.25 shirts & blouses regular or wool winter coats jacket (waist length) medium (pocket length) regular (knee length) above coats with fur add 1.25 2.75 2.90 3.00 1.25 dresses plain cocktail 2.50 3.50 blankets (single) 3.00 skirts plain 1.25 sorry, no suedes or leathers We will be open throughout the to serve your needs. Have a good year. i *- LIFE WORKSHOPS Welcomes New and Returning Students, Faculty and StaffI Vs* Mr office, 110 Norton Htl and become acquainted with oar program by picking up tbe Fal 79 Workshop listing. Assertive Behavior Skills Dance First Aid Yoga Death and Dying Photography Women and Alcoholism These ore only o few of over 30 workshops being offered which ore cred*-free, free-of-charge and open to SUNY/Buffalo faculty, students, staff, alumni and spouuses. Cal 636-2808 for further information. REGISTRATION BEGINS MONDAY, SEPT. 17 A program sponsored by the Division of Student Affairs Student Development Program Office and the Undergraduate Student Assoiation.
