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Show Signpost November 18,1980 Page 4 Signpost Staffl Editor-in-Chief Maeei Holmes Managing Editor Sandy Downey News Editor Michael Bouy Features Editor Wendy Moore Sports Editor Ron Bevan Photo Editor Charlie Pomerleau Reporters Shonda St. James Jonathan Morrell John Donahue Dorothy Alsup Bryan Shiffer Kevin Okleberry Bryan Lange Columnist Doug Harris Marty Martinez Dave Struve Business Manager Julie Sumner Asst. Bussiness Manager Tracy Socwell Salesmen Mark Jensen Mike Drake Scott Blanch Production Manager Don Williams Layout and Art Rick Jones Hamid Janversan Dave Petersen The Weber State Signpost is published by the Media Board dur ing fall, winter and spring quarters. The Signpost is published Tues day and Friday except during examination and vacation periods. Letters to the editor are encourag ed. We reserve the right to edit for libel, to fit available space and to fit the needs and standards of the college community. Names of authors will be withhheld in the case of justifiabte'reason. All letters must be signed. Articles and photographs are also encouraged. Opinions expressed on the editorial page do not necessarily represent those of the studentbody, the administration, the Media Board or that of the Signpost staff. Subscription price: $20 for the school year. The office is located in the east side of the Union Building across for the games area, room 267, phone 626-6359. The mailing address is Signpost, Weber State College, no. 21 10, 3750 Harrison Blvd., Osden, Utah. 84408. Adult Relationships Need Respect by Maggi Holmes Hey, I am twenty-three years old. I can vote now even. I have been able to vote for 5 years. I consider myself an adult. I came to this campus as an adult, anyway I was treated like one before I came here and I would appreciate being treated like one now. I have not noticed very many boys and girls on this campus but I have heard administration and faculty refer to WSC students as childern. Now the administration and faculty have had alot of experience dealing with youth I am sure they know something I don't. I do know that sometimes we act like we were ten years old, but I would like to suggest to the other folks that perhaps students act young because we are treated young. Many of us are ignorant but ignorance does not necessarily suggest immaturity. Many older adults are ignorant too. The staff at WSC has the same tendency. If a person just older than my age bracket trucks into the snack bar they get first priority. I may be true that professors and intellectuals deserve a little respect but so do I. Just because my favorite Disease Sweeps WSC A dreaded disease has swept over the campus of Weber State College leaving afflicted students in various states of duress, dilemma and depression. Known by such disparate terms as "mid-quarter blues" or "medial-term melancholy," it usually occurs 3-4 times a year at institutions of higher education and at some universities. In mid-November, the "blues" strike particulary hard since the carrier is concurrently suffering from "pre-holiday syndrome." The thought of Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays rapidly approaching muddles the thought processes of not a few undergraduates. Mid-terms, the scourge which signifies the disease's onslaught, are taken with a pessimistic sigh of resignation mixed with the somewhat comforting thought of"half-way-there-ness." Nonetheless, this short-lived bit of hopefulness cannot begin to counteract the "blues" relentless and methodical invasion of the student's mind, soul and body. Exterior symptoms of the ailment may include: profound mutterings between classes to oneself, unprofound mutterings to others during classes and of course, unrelenting, driving urges to write letters to the Signpost complaining about the dormitory cafeteria food. What can be done about this malady has been argued and debated over the years. Some veterans of the "blues" recommend cold jogging followed by a paced shower. Anything that will shock the senses but not the administration is suggested by a few recovered victims. Still others find temporary, if not habitual, relief in pharmaceuticals of some legality or the other. One coed swears by her system of marathon meditation consisting of chanting punk rock lyrics while listening to WSC football on a transistor. But, most just write letters to the Signpost complaining about the dormitory cafeteria food. outfit is made of blue jean instead of wool does not mean that I can be discounted. I have value and so do the other students in my age group. My generation as all generations before mine have a tendency to use slang and casual language when young. The other half of WSC tend to treat me as if the only words I understand are those I use. I up grade my language when I speak with the respected, they tend to down grade theirs. I up grade mine out of respect but I am not sure that down grading of langauge is done for the same reason. I think rather that they think I will not understand what they say if they don't. But that does not expand me. And expansion is why I am on this campus. Nor does it create respect and respect is what the faculty desserve. In the classroom it is different, not many professors down grade their language in the classroom where I could use it. There are several professors that lecture over my head. The same professor will down talk me on a social level. Conversations cn become very simplistic. This change of speach paterns comes across as a conterdiction. On the one hand it seems the professor is trying to impress me with his intelligence and on the other to impress me with his stupidity. I will admit that the classroom situation is difficult and sometimes it is necessary to develop different kinds of communication skills to deal with it but I have seen instructors adjust comparitively naturally and retain that naturalness after class. It is just a few respected individuals that make my stomach turn with injustice and spite. And I react with spite. My heart and mind fill with words of even a lower level of communication and I tend to ignor and discount those people. And that's not good for I need their minds and they need mine. Open, fair and honest talk is one of the greatest communication tools and it needs to be expanded beyond the classroom because I need to learn social etiquette, fairness and honesty as well as acedemia and those are oft best learned on a social level. I do not mean to suggest that every faculty, administara-tion and staff member ought to take responsibility for students social lives. I do want to suggest, however, that fairness and respect belong in all adult relationships. WERC Desires Coverage Dear Editor, I was fortunate enough to attend a "Brown-bagger," sponsored by the Women's Educational Resource Center. Raya Rubin was the speaker-she was the kind of women that made you glad you were part of the "human experience". She gave you hope for the future of mankind. Unfortunately, many women who would have enjoyed her as much as I did were not in attendance. We had been told to look for an announcement of WERC activities, time and place in the Signpost. When we asked Mary Jo Latulippe why it wasn't in the paper, she told us, an appropriate article had been prepared and accepted by the paper for publication of Tuesday, Nov. 11 and then had not appeared. It does, not seem unreasonable to expect coverage of activities related to WERC in the Signpost. I would much rather read about Raya Rubin's courageous and inspiring story, reinforcing the dignity of man, than Mike Arave's personal problems. Terry J. Broadhead i filled the g,as tank; YP. emptor's PME, gm.T vri oOLD UE A L ifTLE p,L- AM! OK, QUART ftg i ji f" 'V |