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Show .,. . THE THUNDERBIRD • SOUTHERN lITAH UNIVERSITY • MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1993 • PAGE 5 WE GIVE YOU THE RIGHT PRICE THE FIRST TIME Love is blind and should also be deaf I know love is blind, but I wish it were deaf, too. Yesterday, I came to realize how the Rugged W riter got i~ name. I was trying to print 29 pages of a Senior thesis I've been working on all quaner - for a theatte class I no longer need since l changed my major to Communication. Now that is love. While doing my best to avoid listening to the rattle and hum of a printer that has seen better days, I related to the Bible in a way I never thought possible. Not only did I know Job, I was Job. Reincarnated. W ith a sttong belief in my writing and a failing belief in computers, l lcnew I must have faith. And I knew U2 must have a Rugged W riter at their srudio. Come hell or high water, broken ribbons or disconnected networks, frazzled nerves or missed classes, I was going to have my printout. Due at 5:00 p.ro., it was now 3:20 p.m., and though I was already late to oil painting class, not u nlike Van Gogh, I was willing to sacrifice my time, my porttait and my ears (both of them) to meet the deadline. And to get to know the lab assistant intimately. That poor lab assistant. Talk about Job. He had to put up with me and my bitching about the lack of veritable printers on this campus while he re-programmed his computer 12 or 13 tim<$ to stop printing mid-thesis so he could rearrange the paper which had caught, the ribbon which had caught, my hands around his throat which had caught (just kidding, umce). lt took me nearly as long to get my words in print as it did to get them on computer, and all I could think, when I coul.d think over the noise, was Thank God Jason White just gave Diana Graff $4000 for a new high speed laser printer and will I see it before l graduate? O ne of life's great questions . . .. While coming back from California after Thanksgiving (yes, l had a great time in San Francisco, thanks) we stopped in Elko to play nickel slots. l played a $2 roll then went to wash my once money-laden hands. As I watched din run down the sink, 1 overheard a little girl in a toilet stall tell her mom, "Now, it's important to remember, don't touch the toilet. n I've seen three friends today. I think they touched the toilet. These three have not only been through the mill, but have been kneaded and baked at no less than 400 degrees. One of them, Marlynn Smith, has even been sliced. Just had a gall bladder operation. She's a great lady and deserves lots of kudos for her work with poor students like me who wouldn't be at this university if not for her scholarship-sawy. Marlynn could use a little pleasure in her Life right now, but l can't even take her to lunch. It hu rts her to eat A nother one of my friends o nce possessed a great sense of humor but seems to have lost it with the change of seasons. She is now anti-Utah, anti-SUU and anti -English fo r a majo r (apparently because the department offers sequels before the originals in Winter Quarter class choices) and though she will remain nameless, you lcnow who you are, Ray. Oops. Ray's trip through the mill was made in a newly acquired car for which she lost most of her bread. My third toilet-affected friend is also in the English depanment {better watch out for their toilets) and told me that she can't wait until school is out so she can do nothing. I'm under the impression that the most excitement Annette Andrus has had chis quarter is cutting her hair. Isn't it sad when we sacrifice so much - ti.me, money, body parts and sense of humor - to attend college, when all we really long to do is nothing? We certainly don't need college to do that, do we! W e just need Cedar City. Well, it's almost over. Have fun studying for finals, and remember, don't touch the toilet. Sfll ..41fll0. TO Tttf <AfW <lOU! See Dr. Lynn G. Cranmer Southern Utah Dermatology •Skin Cancer •Acne •Specializing In Skin Diseases 586-6440 • 150 Altamira Ave., Suite 900 Cedar City .70 .BOTW 14K List $1695.00 List $2100.00 Kent Parke Jon Parke Lynn Parke •Direct Diamond Importer •Men's Wedding and Diamond Bands -Custom Designed Rings -Goldsmith •Free Financing • Large Selection •Prices starting at $299 Call for appointment 586-7009 r------------------------------------, 6" Sandwich : : : : :I Cup of Soup Bag of Chips Medium Drink 3 59: • : :I L------------------------------------~ 106 South Main Cedar City 586-9252 THUNDERBIRD CIRCLE DINING Specials Breakfast Burrito, 75¢ Hot Deli Sandwich $1.50 In the Country Store Monday - Friday . 8:30-3:30 Fresh Hot Bread Bagels, Pretzels, Popcorn Fountain Drinks |