15th Street News (Midwest City, Okla.), Vol. 38, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, September 12, 2008 Page: 2 of 6
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Page 2 • September 12, 2008
OPINION
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People should serve community, share talents with local youth
Guitar Hero: Like air guitar and the radio only more expensive
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Staff Members
Graphic Artists
Brian Allen
Jessica Mayes
life was spent with a sense that
the educated, rich and powerful
had an obligation to help those
less fortunate than themselves.
What does this statement have
to do with students and the great-
er RSC campus community?
AQUARIUS
(Jan. 21-Feb. 19)
Plan ahead but be
flexible when the
situation changes.
CAPRICORN
(Dec. 22-Jan. 20)
Educate yourself on
the options avail-
able to you. Strong
research will clearly
show the path ahead.
Staff Writers
Elizabeth Blevins
D.J. Hamerski
H. Alexander Shafer
have the room to list them all, so
I will focus briefly on one.
RSC's adopted schools, Telstar
and Willow Brook are among the
most ignored schools in the area.
Someone once told me these
schools are not “wanted” by ei-
News Editor
J.L. Morrissey (jmor-
nsseyt^rvu^du)
Photographers
Chelsea McIntire
Eric Tatom (etatom@
rose.edu)
Coordinator of Stu-
dent Publications
Julie Lesko-Bishop
(jlesko-bishopGrose
edu)
Secretary
Carol Bene f ee (ebene-
fee® rose edu)
TAURUS
(April 21-May 20)
Smile in the face of
trouble, this tactic
will banish it at least
for a little while.
had done this, Mark D. would have beaten
them into submission.
H Now that's a real guitar hero.
55 So where do these jokers get off?
I guess they drank one too many Rockstar
Lattes and thought they were somebody.
Yeah. Just another alter ego enema, like cap-
puccino the ninety nine cent beverage that
you could have bought at 7-11, which has
roughly the same effects as a $2.50 energy
drink.
But I drink those Rockstar Lattes when I
can afford them, so really I shouldn’t disre-
spect.
Basically. Guitar Hero grants you the same
satisfaction as turning up the radio and play-
ing air guitar, only playing air guitar costs a
lot less money.
They say hate the player not the game, but I
won’t listen. No. not me. I’m actually putting
my hands over my ears.
I hate on both.
"Backroom ” Dave contributed to the writ-
ing of this report.
Graphic provided by MCT Campus.
VIRGO
(Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Don't waste emotion
on situations that are
beyond your control.
Circulation Manager
Paul Kim tpkim@rose
edu)
Tech Support
Scottie Seger faseger®
rose edu)
GEMINI
(May 21-June 21)
Bad week ahead,
try to be resourceful.
Couch cushions, car
floorboards and foun-
tains may be the only
options.
CANCER
(June 22-July 22)
Severing local slav-
ish devotional ties is
the way to spiritual
enlightenment. No
more Starbuck's for
you!
we take minutes of our lives and
dedicate them to others.
These children are worth your
time. The 15th Street News had to
opportunity to work with some
of these children last semester.
One had no TV or toys because
the family could barely afford the
rent and food.
Things we, and our children,
may take for granted are desper-
ately sought by them.
An hour of your time will mean
the world to them and they need
to hear words of encouragement.
They need to hear, “you can go
to college.” They especially need
to hear it from those that have
been or are in similar situations.
The adopted schools program
is currently seeking volunteers
and tutors to assist at both of
these schools. Consider what you
can offer, whether you have time
to volunteer repeatedly or only
once, any amount of time is pre-
cious to those students.
For more information contact
Dr. Joanne Stafford at 733-7373.
To learn more about service-
learning in general, contact Sher-
ri Mussatto at 733-7503.
A little or a lot doesn’t make a
difference; the choice to make a
positive impact on another’s life
is all that matters.
PISCES
(Feb. 20-March 20)
It’s time to update
and change. Add
more pizzazz to your
life.
Do you think hunters were mad when
“Duck Hunt ’ came out on Nintendo? I don’t
know, but I am a musician, and the video
Features Editor
Bryan Mangieri
(bmangieriGrose.edu)
ARIES
(March 21-April
20)
You will receive a
financial windfall,
use it wisely. Or
blow it all on one big
purchase. Use your
brother's best judg-
ment.
SAGITTARII S
(Nov. 23-Dec. 21)
No one ever said
practice was fun but
it does give you an
excuse to get out of
doing something you
hate.
Here it goes again .
Well, the elections are to the point when our candidates
for President will start the time honored tradition of laying
aside the political debate and get away from the "big" is-
sues. It is time for the real mudslinging to begin. When the
barrage of negative press from both sides is over who will
even remember what started it all?
It is mind boggling that such educated people in a con-
test to lead the greatest nation on earth can result to play
ground name calling with such regular predictability. What
ever happened to the UNITED States of America?
Perhaps, America should force the candidates onto a
grade school playground, into the sand box and let them go
at each other until the last one drops The last person to
give up is the one who will lead the world.
Bring on the name-calling, hair pulling, sand kicking, mud
throwing and insults to the mothers. Who ever can deal
with all that and still want the job just might be qualified to
do it That is what America really needs.
Someone who just will not give up the course just because
it is hard. This country has some hard times ahead in the
next few years, believe it. With a strong leader, whoever
that may be, we will persevere as always.
Maybe not a “sand box winner" but someone willing to get
hurt in the press to lead the country well is the right idea?
LEO
(July 23-Aug. 22)
Monetary gain will
bum you. Seek ad-
vice from a legal
professional.
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LIBRA
(Sept. 23-Oct. 23)
Yes. it was a bad de-
cision but you have
time to make up for
it now.
SCORPIO
(Oct.24-Nov.22)
By the Power of
Grayskull! Repeat
that 12 times and
even you will smile.
Grumpy Gus.
20
s
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momesdeesssngeg
ther Mid-Del or
Oklahoma City
Public Schools.
Even if that
is wrong, let’s
be honest, OKC
Public Schools
doesn’t have
the money to
fully fund their
schools. These
children’s edu-
cational respon-
sibility falls on
the community
at large.
Do we want
The Feed the Children booth at the productive mem-
service learning fair shows the many P .
ways that one could help change the bers society
lives of the less fortunate in the sur- or do we want
Bulletin Board: Are you ready to rumble?
-HE qREA SANDPOX OF POLITICS
become a songwriter, and to be more specific,
to become a songwriter who penned songs of
the same caliber as Weezer’s “El Scorcho.”
a love song dedicated to a half-Japanese girl
who never heard of Green Day.
Also I thought learning the instrument
would set me apart from the pack in high
school, granting me an iota of cool.
But much like how everyone’s a comedian,
now everyone's a guitarist. ,
So any loser with enough free time on his
hands and decent hand eye coordination can
the other kids want to play it with me. But the call himself fl rock-star lust because I played
real reason is because I suck at playing Guitar Operation cdoesn't mean I can call myself a
game “Guitar Hero” makes me irate.
It angers me for a few reasons. It gives a
false sense of accomplishment, and none of
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Editor in Chief
Racheal Price (rprice®
roseed)
Assistant Editor
Josh Pace (jpactQrose
edu)
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Hero. Maybe that's why nobody wants to play-c surgeon, with a straight lace.
it with me. Because I suck. ’ Anyway,no imaginary band will ever com-
During high school, in my first band named pure to the legend of Sexboy. which I shared
Sexboy. we learned a mean cover of the with second guitarist Mark D. and his older
Ramones' “I Wanna Be Sedated." All these brother and vocalist, Allen. We never enter
years later, when I tried my hand at the Guitar tained an audience outside of Mark D.'s disas-
Hero version, a virtual audience booed me off ter area that was also known as his bedroom.
Slage but we actually did it unlike these "gamers."
And what’s ironic is I never wanted to be At least we left ourselves open to be booed
known as a guitar hero until the advent of this by in 1 the people who we could cram into our
video game. It’s jealousy, I tell you. makeshift practice space.
At the age of 15,1 picked up the guitar to Not that anyone ever booed, because if they
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BY RACHEAL PRICE
Editor
2d NY TAK ON LIFE ...
Vsy BY BRYAN MANGIERI
“ Entertainment Editor
Simply everything.
The students of RSC are re-
ceiving an education that will
eventually lead to a better qual-
ity of life and weowe it to the
greater community to return the
investment being made in us.
This call a
to serve Emaaseaaamm
Edmund Burke, Irish politician extends
and philosopher, said, “No one to faculty Ei
could make a greater mistake and staff Ema
than he who did nothing because as well.
he could do only a little.” No one
Burke believed passionately in is off the Edi
his words choosing to serve his hook when
contemporaries as a champion it comes
of British Colonists' rights - in- to assist-
eluding the colonies of India and ing other
America. He was a strong critic Americans ”
of the East India Company and in need. EjE ’
the French Revolution. He also Many of 2T--022-55
sympathized with the Irish-Cath- you missed
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poraries because he was driven to Center din- McIntire) gang Dangers
do what he thought was right. His ing room, and drug ad
but the opportunities to help did diets?
not begin and end there. Many of I hope that we want produc-
those organizations still seek vol- tive members of society and we
unteers and will happily accept can’t have that without your help,
sincere and willing people. While all children will not grow
So many worthy opportuni- up to be negative drains on soci-
ties exist out there but we do not ety. the number will decrease, if
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