In the News... 
o 
n October 3, the two Germany* 
were reunited after 45 years of division. 
The Western Allies lowered their flags 
and ceded their occupation powers on the 
previous day. 
Last week President George Bush took 
his 5-year, $500 billion deficit cut plan to 
the American people. 
Th e United States imports 290,000,000 
barrels of oil from Iraq and Kuwait annu-
ally. The Safe Energy Communication 
Council estimates that raising U.S. auto-
efficiency standards by 2.75 miles per 
gallon could save that much. 
o n September 30, the Soviet Union 
and South Korea agreed to set up diplo-
matic ties, ending decades of hostility 
between the two nations. 
David Souter has been confirmed by 
a 90-9 Senate vote as the 105th justice to 
the Supreme Court, 
In 1975, 32% of Americans thought 
men had a better life than women. Today 
that figure has risen to 49%. 
Clocktower Survey 
Results page 4 & 5 
Reverse Weekend 
by Garde Monthie 
Th e opportunity for girls to ask and plan a fun date came to 
be here at Union College last weekend as the Associated Student 
Body sponsored Reverse Weekend, other wise known as GPA 
(Girls Pay Only), or Saddie Hawkins. To some students, the 
event was eventless, but to those with courage it was a fun filled 
weekend. 
Comments about the weekend ranged from, "What is it?" by 
Denny Sexton to "It was a nice idea," by Lincoln Underwood. 
Melody Kramer felt the situation was too high pressured. 
"Guys on this campus get freaked out. Just because a girl asks a 
guy out doesn't mean you want to marry him, but we need to 
have reverse weekend because guys just don't ask girls out." 
Alongthe same line, Rick Gruesbeck claims, "It is made up to 
be such a big deal, which sometimes ruins friendships." His opin-
ion was that it is more acceptable in some parts of the country 
than others. 
To the extreme, Jeff Scoggins thinks, "They should make 
every weekend reverse weekend. Girls should always ask the 
guys out. It makes it easier on the guys." 
Jandra Koenke, known to be more conservative still likes the 
old fashioned methods of dating where the guys ask out the girls. 
"I don't like this so called women's liberation bit." 
Overall the feeling on campus is positive about the reverse 
weekend, as shown by Jim Christen's comment, "It should be 
encouraged to be done more often. It is kind of nice to have the 
shoe on the other foot for a change." 
A 
"And So It Goes" 
Rebuttal page 2 
OCTOBER 
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Inside UC 
3 
And So It Goes.... 6 
Backward Glance 7 
The Fudgevine .... 8 
2 - The Clocktower 
Letters 
Editorial 
Leland Krum 
Can you believe it's already time for 
mid-term break?! This year is almost one-
fourth over. Hold on to your seat, the 
roller coaster has just crested the first hill 
and it's all downhill from here. There are 
no brakes on this roller Coaster. (The 'C' 
starts a mystery message. You won't find 
the answer after page 3.) 
There's always a risk you take when 
dealing with ethical issues, or anything 
that is controversial. To some people that 
controversial issue is "frOm what side 
should the toilet paper hang?" Other people 
couldn't care a hoot. It all depends on 
where your hot spots are. 
I'd like to share with you some pos-
sible hot spots. Here is one of the com-
The 
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THE CLOCKTOWER is a bi-monthly 
publication of the ASB. It is a forum 
for student-oriented news and opin-
ion. All letters, personals, stories, 
poems, kingsize Snicker bars, large 
$ bills, and loose change should be 
in our mailbox by Thurs. at noon 
for inclusion the following week. 
All unsigned editorials are the opin-
ion of THE CLOCKTOWER and will 
be written by the editors. All other 
opinions expressed are those of the 
author and must bear his or her 
name. THE CLOCKTOWER reserves 
the right to edit and/or paraphrase 
letters for reasons of clarity and 
space. 
ments that we received from the Clock-
tower Survey concerNing the Middle East 
situation. 
"What relevance does our opinion have? 
We don't/can't know the many complex 
factors involved with our current Middle 
Easter conflict. These opinion surveys 
have no credibility because the opinions 
we have now are based solely on the 
interpretations of the largely liberal media. 
"We shouldn't try to impress our-
selves by reGurgitation the opinions of 
others in the news. Why couldn't you ask 
the opinion of an expert/professional or 
maybe a UN military advisor? If this 
occured, your 'survey' might carry some 
worthwhile information." 
Turn to page 4 & 5 for chaRts graphing 
the range of student responses. 
* A 
D ear Editor: 
Thankyou for the well-written and 
thoughtful articles on the Persian Gulf 
crisis in the last issue. They almost make 
a pacifist of me. 
1 do wonder, however, what our own 
society would be like if there were no 
policemen/women, and what the world 
would he like if no one played the police-
man's part on the international level. 
Ralph Neall 
Rebuttal to Editorial4'And So It 
Goes", Sept. 26, 1990 
AAy friends and I hold the same moral 
standards as you, but we do not normally 
put it in published form. But since your 
article appeAred, we see that there needs 
to be a re-evaluation of this subject. 
Sex is not the "be-all-end-all of exis-
tance." However, God did create it to be 
an important part of our lives. The choice 
that each of us has to make about when to 
first have sex should be between God and 
ourselves. Sex is not an issue that you as 
an individual can analyze and make gen-
eral staTements about. The attitudes on 
the Union College campus have been 
pathetically generalized. "Judging from 
the amount of sleeping around that takes 
place here..." You cannot speak for over 
700 people and their personal standards. 
The aspects of college that we were 
shown in high school were not for obtain-
ing a life-long partner, but for a higher 
education. If attending Union College is 
only for aquiring a Christian partner, it is 
a very high price to pay. College is not the 
only place to find a Christian partner. 
If you are remaining chaste for the soul 
pUrpose of gaining respect from others, 
you need to reexamine your Christian 
values. Your decision about chastity is 
between God and you, not the rest of the 
world. 
We agree with you about the need for 
more caring on this campus, but this 
shouLd not only cover this subject. In 
your article you said, "We can change 
what we do. We cannot change what 
others do, but we can change what we 
think about what they do." We should 
care for people and accept them as they 
are even if we don't agree with the choices 
they are making. 
In closing, we feel thAt you exhibited 
your right of freedom of the press. 
However, a subject of this magnitude and 
influence should not be published in a 
paper that is read by boardmembers and 
parents of this school withouT proper 
educated information. The generaliza-
tion of this subject can cause a negative 
image to be imposed. Other channels 
that could help make a difference should 
have been used. 
Sincerely, Lisa Osborne & Corleen 
Gillham 
OCTOBER 
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Calendar 
Oct 8-10 Midterm Exams 
Oct 8 
ASB Senate - 3rd Session 
Oct 10-16 Midterm Break 
Oct 17 
Classes Resume 
Oct 19 
Vespers - Bonfire 
CABL Cafe 
UFC Movie 
Oct 20 
FES "Frankly, Ben Franklin" 
On 21 
ASB - Sale of the Century 
Oct 22 
ASB Senate - 4th Session 
Oct 24 
Next CLOCKTOWER 
Inside UC 
The Clocktower - 3 
ASB Fund 
Raising Blitz 
by Craig H. Carr, ASB President 
Fund raising is just not my thing," 
said one student when asked if they would 
help with prOjects this year. Well, I'll 
tell ya', it can be fun. Okay, stop laugh-
ing, I'm trying to be serious here. 
- Sunday, October 21, from 12:00 noon 
to 5:00 p.m., the A.S.B. will be hosting 
the largest garage sale of the century ever 
to hit the Union College campus (well, to 
our knowledge anyway). Here's how it 
works: people from all over Lincoln are 
donating items to be sold or auctioned 
off. All the profits go to the student 
center reNovation fund. 
Now you're sitting there saying, Oh, 
that's nice; hope they make some money 
out of it." Well, in order to make this 
thing a real success, we've got to have 
your support. You can become involved 
by signing up in Student Services to help 
during the day of the sale; or better yet, 
bring some things back from break that 
neither mom, dad, or you can use any-
more (you know, garage sale stuff). Items 
are being stored in the student center 
auditorium-to-be. 
Get involved in this year's A.S.B.! Our 
future depends on each one of us, and the 
sooner we raiSe the rest of this money, 
the sooner we have our new student cen-
ter- 
.. 
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Have a terrific breAk! 
1 
Voting 
Registration 
October 17,1990, from 10 a.m. 
to 2 p.m. there will be voter regis-
tration in the lobby of the Dick 
building. Students who consider 
themselves residents of Lancaster 
County will be able to register. 
Remember to exercise your 
voting right by registering now. 
Confirm information with Linda 
Skinner or Steve Gibson. 
UC's Own 
"Married With 
Children..." 
by Todd Hoyt 
o n September 13, Michelle and Brian 
Kittles on welcoMed their 6 pound 8 ounce 
Son-Devon Michael Kittleson. 
They 
awaited Devon for 61 hours at St. Eliza-
beth Hospital. 
When asked what it's like being a full-
time student and a full-time parent Brian 
exclaimed, "Cowabunga, dude!" "Every 
spare minute is filled with studies, a baby, 
and a wife," saYs Brian, "and that's not 
including the hours from mid-night to 
four in the morning when Michelle feeds 
Devon." 
Brian is currently studying to be a 
Secondary Education teacher, and his 
emphasis is in Physical Education and 
Business. Michelle's field of study is in 
Early Childhood. 
BriAn and Michelle would like to thank 
all the people who visited and gave sup-
port to them. They would also like to 
thank the people who kept them in their 
prayers. 
Union College would like to congratu-
late to the KittlesoN's new arrival. 
J\ 
Continued from September 26 issue. 
Dan McShane writes from Korea. 
D ear U.C. Students, Faculty, and 
Fans, 
Westward ho! was the cry as I boarded 
my plane bounD for LAX-going west to 
get to the East is a bit strange. At LAX I 
changed planes and sat next to a Thai-
American en route to Thailand to study 
the language more. During our talk I 
found out she was from the University of 
California. 
She was on the brink of 
Christianity. When we parted I gave her 
my copy of the little green Bible the 
Gideons had passed out at the school, 
receiving a promise it wpuld be read during 
her stay in Thailand. God blesses. Back-
ing up a bit, while on layover in Hawaii I 
met some of her friends. They hit me 
with some pretty hard questions, mostly 
doctrinal and philosophical. Always be 
prepared to give an answer, ok? 
I arrived BACK in Seoul on June 20, 
where the Lord blessed me with the meeting 
of some new friends and reacquainting 
with old ones also. After a short orienta-
tion I was off with my new family to the 
southeast corner of Korea to the city of 
Pusan, my new home until they move me 
or I return home, June 1991. Since then I 
have been from Pusan to Seoul to Tai 
Chon Beach (west coast in the middle) 
and back to Pusan. Do I like to travel? 
You bet I do! 
So what am I doing in Korea? Good 
question. I'll let you know the answer 
when I find out...Oh wait a minute...wrong 
answer! Where to begin? I'm continuing 
to develop the academic excellence of the 
Korean nationals which shall afford them 
the opportunity to join those who will 
receive a golden crown-or maybe a 
mansion or at least be able to see the city 
whose builder and maker is God. I'm 
teaching Bible and on the side English 
(those who have been here do tell!) 
In my Bible class the first term there 
was a young woman who decided to be 
baptized. She studied with the pastor and 
on July 28 she Joined our family along 
with one other student. Both arE still 
studying with the pastor and attend church, 
vespers, and mid-week meetings with that 
First love passion that I hope and pray all 
oF you are experiencing. 
We should 
continued on page 7 
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Survey 
Comments 
The student survey contained three 
possible responses to the following re-
quest: "Please state your postition on 
America's involvement in the Middle 
East." (1) America should be more aggres-
sive. (2) Keep up the good word boys. (3) 
Johnny should come marching home. A 
place was also provided for comments; 
here are some of them. 
I'm sick of this issue! What does cam-
pus opinion have to do with the situation? 
If each student and faculty and staff mem-
ber would take time to write to his or her 
congress person, then perhaps campus 
opinion could make a difference. 
Instead of beating the issue of Amer-
ica's involvement in the Middle East into 
the ground, why not hit something closer 
to campus events-the Nebraska AIDS 
Conference. And instead of asking "Joe" 
or "Jane" student his or her opinion, ask 
a student whose life is or will be affected 
by the subject of the issue. 
If you, The Clocktower, do decide to 
approach the issue of AIDS, I would hope 
you would ask nursing students, premed 
students, and other students (perhaps social 
workers), about their opinions on this 
issue. This is just my personal opinion, 
and reiterates what I've heard other stu-
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that the rest of the 
world, together with 
the U.S., lets him 
know that such ac-
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On the other hand, 
we need to depend less 
on the Middle East 
for our oil supply. We need to tap more 
crude oil out of Alaska, Texas, and 
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by Garry Treft 
Mischief, humor, a school prank and 
pranksters. Did they exist at Union College 
during the early years? Yes. I have 
discovered other humorous anecdotes, 
besides the one shared last issue, that have 
made our history interesting. 
Here is another one of them. It in-
volves a "feast" several of the boys had 
since normally the students were served 
only two meals a day, though many stu-
dents with farm back-
grounds were used to 
eating three hearty meals 
every day. (Please re-
member this was before 
students were allowed to 
have microwave ovens 
and refrigerators in theiig 
rooms.) Thus begins the 
tale of "Mock Chicke|i" 
or a Perplexed Precep-
tor. 
^"""jL 
"The College Bjuftf* 
ing was constructed1 wuii 
a flat lead trough around 
thetop floor. It was built 
of lumber covered with 
tin, forming a trough 
about eighteen inches in width which 
passed along in front of the attic win-
dows. It was possible for a daring fellow 
to crawl out of his window and walk 
along to a room down the hall, but this 
sort of promenade on that narrow path 
some seventy feet above the ground was 
not recommended. The windows were 
not very high but extended almost the 
entire width of the narrow room making 
it possible to hand something out of the 
window, set it in the trough, and push it 
out of sight to the window of the neigh-
boring room. 
"Four of the noble knights occupying 
adjacent rooms decided to have a third 
meal celebration and at the same time 
escape the routine of 'mock' chicken soup. 
They would feast upon the genuine ar-
ticle. Procuring a fat hen by means un-
known one cold winter evening, they 
prepared her for the pot down on the 
campus below and, putting the fowl in a 
bucket, carried it up to fifth floor. Re-
moving a plug in the high pressure steam 
radiator of the times, they attached a 
small tube to it. Setting the bucket con-
taining water and chicken upon a chair, 
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H 
they ran a small rubber hose from the 
pipe to the bottom of the water and draped 
a blanket over it for a cover. Soon the hot 
steam passing through the water caused it 
to boil vigorously. Unfortunately, for 
the pranksters, the blanket did not hold 
the odors, and soon the savory aroma of 
boiling chicken was wafted down the 
long hallway and came to the nostrils of 
that ever watchful guardian of the study 
period, the preceptor. Sniffing as he went, 
like a good hunting dog, he traced the 
odor right to the door of 
the room where the stew 
was simmering away. 
"The four boys, know-
ing that they dare not be 
caught outside thei r room 
dugrtig study period and 
feanng possible detection, 
staged in thei r own rooms 
wjfh the doors locked. 
Hearing that familiar step, 
lhey.: prSjpared for the 
worst.Jtn response to the 
f^p they opened the win-
I
dow, hoisted the bucket 
out into the trough, and 
pushed it out of sight just 
in front of the window 
next door. 
When the professor was 
admitted, the boys feigned great inno-
cence and tremendous industry, when in 
reality they were licking their chops in 
anticipation of the savory food simmer-
ing so beautifully at hand. Looking about 
the room carefully, the preceptor, finding 
nothing, concluded that he had come to 
the wrong room and, taking his leave, 
went to the room next door where the 
boys, upon hearing his knock, pushed the 
bucket back down the trough to the first 
room and admitted their guest. After a 
careful search, the preceptor concluded 
that his olfactory senses had been playing 
tricks upon him and went down the long 
hall wondering about the whole episode. 
After a period of waiting, one of the four, 
acting as a scout, gave the all- clear signal. 
After the lights went out, the boys went 
ahead with the original plans for the 
banquet, enjoying their feast from the 
bucket that had traveled." 
This humorous event in the life of 
Union College is taken from pages 68, 69 
from Union College of the Golden Cords, 
by Dr. Everett Dick. 
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Mock 
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And So It Goes 
The Clocktower - 7 
Kelly V. Schmitt 
Recently a good friend of mine left 
town to start a new life as a graduate of 
Union College. The world out there is 
cold, very cold, but she knew it was 
time to move on. I got to know her 
this last summer when we were both 
left on this campus and all of our other 
friends had gone. We became personal 
friends of several of the clerks at 
Blockbuster because we have watched 
more videos in the last few months than 
most people have seen in their lifetime. 
While we watched, she cross-stitched 
and colored, and I cross-stitched and 
paint-by-numbered, and we both ate 
restaurant chips with mild salsa. We 
played Trivial Pursuit until 3:30 in the 
morning. We shared Harry Connick, 
Jr. and Alexandre Dumas' The Three 
Musketeers. We went to Issues class 
and fumed and cheered while others 
fought out the abortion issue. We gave 
one another weekly updates of General 
Hospital. We bemoaned our single 
status until we realized that for now we 
liked it better. We laughed and cried as 
we shared personal crises. I did all this 
with a person that a year ago I rarely 
spoke to and in fact did not even like. 
When I discovered that she was my 
sister's friend, I simply could not 
understand the relationship. 
I lost a lot of valuable time because 
of this attitude. My life has been 
enriched because of my friendship with 
Jodi McKellip, and through her I have 
gained new friends and new attitudes. 
I discovered again that people are not 
always who they seem to be, and they 
are not always perceived as they might 
want to be. 
My first discovery of this principle 
occurred when I was a sophomore in 
academy. Near the end of a story too 
long to tell here, I found myself on a 
residential street in Columbia, Missouri 
on my way to a theater to find some 
absent-without-leave-from-the-admini-
stration friends. With me was a 
classmate in whom I had found much to 
disregard, but as we walked I discovered 
things about him I never knew before, 
things that made him a real person who 
had an interesting life, rather than the 
shallow existence I had previously 
OCTOBER 
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Pictures of God 
perceived. Instead of a swaggering 
demeanor, I saw someone who pre-
ferred romantic movies over Rocky. I 
saw the gentle side of an admitted 
BMOC. The epiphany of that instant 
was one of the great growing up 
moments of my adolescence, and one 
that I am continually rediscovering. 
Often the only way I can do this is 
by viewing a person through someone 
else's eyes. I might see a male who 
seems haughty and insolent, but when I 
imagine that his girlfriend must see a 
world traveller who has interesting 
stories to share, and moreover cares for 
her very much, the haughtiness and 
insolence falls away and I have made a 
new friend. When a good friend's boy-
friend treats her like the dust of the 
"We are who we pre-
tend to be, so we must 
be careful who we 
pretend to be." 
earth and she still loves him, I see a 
twistedly humorous and creative person 
with bad habits. I do not have perfect 
vision, so I must borrow the eyes of 
others to find a different perspective. 
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. writes, "We are 
who we pretend to be, so we must be 
careful who we pretend to be." Some-
times I catch a rare glimpse of the inside 
of someone from the person himself. In 
Sabbath School a few weeks ago, a 
lesson teacher who is a senior expressed 
the uncertainty that most seniors face as 
they try to peer into the future. This 
came from someone whom I thought 
ought to have no doubts about the 
future. He will be entering a field with 
a comparatively high entry-level salary 
and is almost certain to find a job 
IGHT 
NINETEEN 
HUNDR 
before graduation. I, on the other hand, 
have no such thing to look forward to. 
I have plans, but they are not of the 
career type. Without that flash of 
insight, I would not have any idea of 
the reality of his apprehensions. 
With God it is no different. I often 
get out of touch, and it is only with 
another's eyesight that I can gain a clear 
picture of Him. New perspectives force 
themselves on me everywhere I look. I 
learn that my friends who drink are not 
bad people, but people who drink who 
may be looking for something better. I 
learn that some of my friends who go 
dancing do it because it is fun, and not 
to get drunk or pick someone up. I 
learn that pride prevents some people 
from being who they really want to be. 
I learn that all of these people come to 
my church. I learn that Christianity is 
for sinners, and not for saints, and that 
Christ did indeed come not to call the 
righteous, but sinners to repentance. I 
learn that it is not so easy to condemn 
people when God Himself will not do 
it. 
I learned all this from my friends. 
All this I have read in my Bible, but my 
friends have shown me the principles. 
To all people there is more than the 
surface, and because God sees what is 
below, it becomes more difficult to 
criticize what we can see. 
And I must thank my friends for giv-
ing me this picture of God. They 
remind me of His grace and His mercy, 
and allow the same grace and mercy to 
open my mind and see others with a 
new perspective. 
Dan McShane from page 5 
count our blessings and rejoice with heaven 
over the repentant sinners. God is good 
to us, we only need to look around to see 
just how good. 
Please keep us in your prayers-we 
need it and we keep you in our prayers. 
My letter writing time is over now. Time 
to be a teacher again. The Lord bless you 
and keep you all...until we meet again or 
Jesus comes. More to come. 
Daniel McShane 
P.S. Thanks for writing everyone. I'll 
try to write you all back, ok? 
A 
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8 - The Clocktower 
The Fudgevine 
Acid, Bitter, and Sad 
Gathered and Edited by Tim Chapman 
Wh at do you know, Is this an article 
from Tim? Here in the Clocktower, after 
such a lengthy hiatus? I would like to tell 
you that it is true, 
but due to both 
the amount of 
time, and the 
general state of 
my creative abilities, this piece of litera-
ture might just not approach the level of 
Article and stay down in the area of 
Clocktower Writing. 
Oh well. After sitting out the first few 
weeks of the Clocktower season due to 
managerial and wage disputes, I finally 
decided to blow the dust off the ol' key-
board and write what I like to call, "I So 
Wish It Went..." Well, actually I just had 
no desire to write earlier, but now I'm 
rearing to go. 
Well, I wonder if anyone got around to 
writing The Grapevine for this issue. 
Probably not, but just in case, the next 
part of my article shall be called, "The 
Fudgevine." 
Judy Glass thinks that A fudgevine is 
what fudgesicles grow on, or so I have 
been told. I was pleased to receive many 
complements on the grapevine last issue, 
my only regrets is that I didn't write it. 
(Actually I'm quite pleased to not have 
written it, but don't tell Carl that.) I 
would hate to offend anyone in The 
Fudgevine, so I will take a suggestion 
from ASB presidents of the past, and have 
the "Inanimate Objects Fudgevine." 
Did you here that The Rockpile and 
the bush in front of Rees have been seen 
getting quite friendly out on front cam-
pus? We hear that soon wedding bells 
may ring for the speed bump in the park-
ing lot and the nets on the tennis courts. 
Could it be that Yoda's three fingers have 
flown off and scratched Luke's face of 
their own free will, thus ending the Star 
Wars saga? Note: If you have no idea who 
this is referring to, good. 
Enough of this. Instead, we go on to, 
"Weevils and You", the article of mysti-
fying questions. This is the first question: 
What cataclysm caused the earthquake 
damage behind Rees Hall? This is not the 
first question: Do you approve of George 
Bush's actions in Saudi Arabia? (I don't 
know, in fact I didn't know he was there.) 
Sports facts 
Is there life after almost anything goes? 
Can Tangy Taffy really be considered 
food by the Bookstore? Is Barry Forbes 
really an 18 
year old in 
a cheap tie? 
And why 
hasn't any-
one else on this campus read James and 
the Giant Peach by Roland Dahl? Can't 
we get some culture around here? I am 
appalled. 
Well, that's all I have forya, being that 
I had 5 hours of time to think, produce 
and type this piece before it went to press. 
I feel I have let my reading audience 
down, but what's new? Never fear, though, 
for highly amusing things are going on 
here at the school. What, you ask, well... 
Santa is on his way. So is Zebee. Every-
one's favorite mention in the Clocktower 
is back: Shayne's Mustang. Elvis had been 
sighted once again, the clocks are going a 
bit haywire, Trevor has a new friend 
named Damon Bob, and Byard is still a-
smilin'. 
What else can you ask for? See ya next 
time. 
JfX 
Record 
fighting fish 
• The longest recorded attempt by an 
angler to bring in a fish: 
33 hours, 5 minutes 
• 
Donal Heatley of New Zealand fought 
a black marlin off Mayor Island, New 
Zealand, on Jan. 21 and 22,1968. 
• The fish - estimated at 20 feet long 
and 1,500 pounds - towed Heatle/s 
12-ton boat 50 miles before breaking the 
line. 
SOURCE: Guinness Sports Record Book 
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