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ROGUE NEWS
FRI., DEC. 18. 1970
by Connie Bulkley 1 ImmJ I
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The time has come to cut out
all the jokes about fighting and
to begin taking the problem
seriously. Not only has Ashland
found itself in the situation of
being on probation, but is
probably the school with the
worst reputation in the state.
While many people probably
don't care what other schools
may think about them, it does
make it hard on the athletes.
Last week the Rogue News
staff received a Crater
Comments newspaper with an
article pertaining to the
Crater-Ashland football game. It
ended with the following
statement, "It's not whether you
win or lose, it's how you play
the game. Ask Jerry Sutton of
Ashland."
So in this case, Ashland's bad
reputation was blamed totally
on one football player when he
wasn't even directly responsible.
People seem to forget the
importance of the probation.
One more fight and the result
would be suspension. It has now
gone past the point of being
funny. If suspended, Ashland
could no longer compete in any
type of interscholastic event.
The point is that in
attempting to defend Ashland's
honor, we have hurt it. In trying
to stand up for the athletes, we
may have kept them from
competing. That is serious, and
could even cost some honors and
scholarships.
Only when the students
realize the situation involves
more than a fun-filled fight can
the rujoblem be solved. Sure, lots
of pFoplc love a good fight. It
gets rid of one's own
bloodthirsty hostilities. But,
would AHS rather have a good
brawl or forget all interscholastic
events.
The tragedy of the situation
is that in many cases it is not
even the students involved in the
fights. However, they do
condone them. Everyone will
really have to get down on those
doing the damage, or the school
will certainly be suspended.
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To the Editor & Staff:
it may possibly be that I lack
a sense of humor or an inside
knowledge of some school joke .
. . Whatever it is, as Queen
Victoria was want to say 'We are
not amused."
For the past 2 years (one of
which I realize you were not
directly responsible for) the
Rogue News has been steadily
deteriorating and this "Special
Edition" seems to be a new
all-time low.
The "Coming Attractions"
section is possibly indicative of
the rising tide of un-funny things
which are happening that so
many people seem to think are
funny. What Miss Balog and Miss
MacGraw do with their time on
Friday night is relatively
unimportant to 95 to 99 of
the school. "Tooling the Main"
is possibly one of the more
unexciting things to do in
Ashland, or anywhere. Unless
one hopes to make a pick-up.
What Mr. Sutton and "his white
shirt section" do is also of
relative unimportance to the
majority. I realize Mr. Sutton is
considered a fine athlete, but . . .
I can't see that the drinking
that goes on is anything to be
especially proud of or that it
should be so, seemingly,
condoned. I don't mean that
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drinking is so sinful as to be
condemencd completely; I don't
personally feel that way about
drinking. I do feel, however, that
who has what party or
references to a "pre-New Year's
Eve all-school function" are not
what belong in a school
newspaper. 1 don't find the
statement "Latest statistics show
that 100 of the students prefer
drinking to going to school.",
funny or, for that matter, at all
true or even partially accurate; I
seriously doubt that 5 of the
students feel that way.
As for "Anything Goes?!?!?
On Friday Nights!!" and
"Lunchtime is Funtime," I find
the latter a repeat of a very
unfunny original article. The
former is not funny or typical of
what 80-90 of the students do
on Friday (or Saturday) nights.
1 do, however, agree with the
statement made . . . that
journalism advisor Mr. Brock
will die of a heart attack when
he sees the "Special Edition".
He has every right to die after
this latest example of poor
journalism.
Letters
to the
Editor
are
always
welcome
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Editor-in-Chief Connie Bulkley
Assistant Editor Kathy Nidever
Business Manager Kacey MacGraw
Sports Editors Ted Neuensch wander, Hugh Simpson
Reporters Denise Balog, Lind Brown,
Lois Hill, Jerry Scannell, and Larry Taylor
Advertising Managers Kacey MacGraw, Jerry Scannell
Photographers Denise Balog, Kacey MacGraw
Advisor Clifford Brock
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The other day, a discussion
arose about whether or not I had
any better suggestions as to what
these kids could do on the
weekends or free time or
whatever. First, let me say, I am
not condemning what the kids
do with their time. If they enjoy
"tooling the Main" or sitting in
Campus or having a party or
getting high or whatever, 1 don't
fault them. What I do fault is the
fact that accounts of these
activities find their way into the
school newspaper. If the staff
feels these out-of-school
activities are so important to the
entire school, why not establish
a Society Page? At least there
wouldn't be the hidden
references and insinuations that
exist now.
Once again, I do not fault
these people for their activities, I
merely fault the fact that they
appear in the paper as references
and insinuations that have very
little meaning for the majority
of AHS students.
Sincerely,
Kathy Shepard
Senior, AHS
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by Linda Brown
AFS
American Field Service has
been busy selling Christmas
cards. After the Christmas
concert this Tuesday night, a
reception will be held for
exchange student Patty
Menoscal.
Chess Club
On Saturday, December
12, the Chess Club had a
meet in Grants Pass. They
placed 3rd with Klamath
Falls placing 1st and Grants
Pass 2nd.
FBLA
On Thursday, December
10, the Future Business
Leaders of American had
their officers installed, and
initiated their members. The
meeting was held at advisor
Mrs. MacCracken's house.
The Phi Beta Lambda State
V-P Ron Surber and State
Treasurer, Georgia Varney,
were present. Ron Surber had
installed the officers:
President, Teri Carter;
Vice-President, Karren
Morris; Secretary, Sue Green;
and Treasurer, Gail Stavros.
Also attending the meeting
was guest speaker, Dr. Ethel
Hanson. Dr. Hanson is
Professor of Business
Southern Oregon College. She
had talked about what the
future holds for business
leaders, and what it takes to
get a good job.
Lettermen's Club
The Lettermen's Club had
their initiation for this week
It was secret and about 10-15
boys were initiated.
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The standing as of this
week is Seniors 7, Juniors 3
and Sophomores O. The
Seniors won the last challenge
by sending the most people
to the Drama Guild play.