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Show OCTOBER WEDNESDAY, 1 6, OPINION 2002 THE VOICE OF DIXIE STATE COLLEGE OF UTAH PERSPECTIVE I FiCrtiUr Stocky THAT 5 lo5e Motley way more comfortable than by Ben Walker should get some sleep Inevitably, check home Im awake until 2 a m every mght ' Im developing bags under my eyes Big bags Bags so big the stewardess told me I had to them on my last flight forcmg myself awake morning, I throw off I am my sleepmg pattern now forced to take daily naps which, in turn, delay my Its an nightly bed time. After "every unstoppable of insomnia merry-go-roun- fall asleep while eating, doing homework and driving self-impose- Less playing underneath the sun Movies also keep me up late Without fail a movie is playing in our apartment every night. How can I say no to another viewing of Dumb and Dumber? Besides, Lloyd and Harry are extra entertaining when youre tired Late mght movies, however, often encourage me to sleep on the couch, which is probably a contributmg factor to my back problem. Although I lose much of my nocturnal sleep, I make up for it m the day I sleep after, or completely durmg, through classes I d Im not alone m this habit The average college student d probably shares my dilemma Why7 Whats so important thats going on m the mornings early hours that we couldnt be domg in the afternoon7 One excuse I use is the heat Til admit its cooling down here as Halloween approaches, but midnight tennis is still often sleep while reading, writing or having a conversation. On occasion, I fall asleep while showermg or shaving Those two can be dangerous I this sleep talk is making me tired, so if youll excuse me, I"m going to .. Ben fell asleep before he could finish this article He plans to finish it tomght at 2 00 All important things by Rafael Perez Dixie Sun I Fort -- need more sleep Dixie Sun I &F(bXj-5v?- 0 S7c-K&R0Ke- DIXIE SUN III Staff Writer lost my Franklin Planner Franklin kept me on task m school work all the and two weeks ago. My important issues in life Now living with- out the planner Ive come to the revelation, important things are by and large not very good things Jury duty is important, as are term papers, parking tickets, mandatory meetings, dentist visits, cleaning toilets, registering for the draft and showering Argue with this list if you like, but know that while arguing with lists may make you feel or sound important, its also not a very good thing When somebody boldly states, "Ive got more important things to do1" and then huffs off to take care of those more important matters, theyre probably mad at the fact that (A) there are some deeds that absolutely need to get done, and (B) those deeds are probably on some sort of list that starts with the headline, To Do." "Ive got more important " things to do Many times, you can hear this quote exclaimed m times of stress, moodiness, andor jealousy The louder it is exclaimed, the more aggravated the person you hear using it is no doubt perturbed that (A) someone has created a list of things to do for them, and (B) others have no list and instead are domg most of the time less important things there are more important things to do, more important things to shout about, and more important things to put on a list, there must be many unimportant and very good tbmgs to do If, however, see THINGS page 8 The evolution of entertainment Have you noticed how things have changed since the dawning of television? by Brock Bybee Dixie Sun Opinion Editor You know what's sad7 Brace yourself, here goes. Last mght after a hard day of lounging and around footwatching ball games, my roommates and I decided to watch some good old quality television We flipped through the channels and stopped at one of the most informative and entertaining shows on the air this season, "The Osbournes." Wow I don't think that I have been more disgusted m my life For an entire half an hour we watched the family dogs urinate and crap all over their house while ozzy and his wife sat around in a drunken stupor, swearmg at their kids. Real cool After this thoroughly enjoying display of filth and frustration, we watched bits and pieces of the Anna Nicole show Oh, be still, my beating heart (Insert sarcasm here ) I cannot believe this show Who wants to watch someone complain about how terrible her life is, even when she just inherited 90 The latest million dollars7 episode was about how the pillows on her bed didnt correto the interior spond decorators preferences of the motif m the room. Man, that girls got a tough life Its appalling to believe the lengths we will go to have Some type of entertainment m America We then went to one of our favorite channels on T, Comedy Central, a place we can always turn to for a good laugh-excefor the fact that I forgot tomght was the world premiere of their first movie, "Porn and Chicken ' Porn and Chicken7 Me being the naive idiot that I am, I investigated it, thinking it was a farmers movement to put clothes on errant poultry was I wrong1 It's about Ivy League students making pornographic movies m" order to "express themselves So I guess the only way to "express myselT is to do something wildly sexual that breaks the boundaries of television viewing Boy, Which brings me to my next point I will give a thousand dollars to the first person to find a station on television that doesn't have a sexually suggestive show or advertisement on it It's terrible that public attitudes have changed so much First, sex on television was shunned, then it was tolerated, now its embraced The attitude "If' you can't beat 'em, join 'em" has infected this country to the point where we think its unpopular to have a show that doesn't display some form of sexually revealing material I hate to do this by attacking one of the most successful shows on TV, but I challenge you to watch an episode of "Friends' and wade five minutes into the pro gram w ithout view'ing a sexual ly provokmg remark or action What has happened to our society7 Why has entertainment evolved so much that we now need have a public appetite (or the disgusting images in today's television and movie productions Now don't get me wrong-whea show comes out that is rude, disgusting, and shows people who don't even know theyre conscious, spewing pro faruty and making sexually explicit gestures at the cameras, I'm first in line to check it out (The sarcasm oozes here ) n guess the pomt I m trying to make is that we don't need this garbage m our lives any longer It might help to shut the TV off and do something different Read a book, see a play, go to the park I don't but staying at home and watching material that rivals the history of dung After all, I'm sure there is much better tasting entertainment than Porn and I know-anythin- g Chicken |