University of Arkansas Monticello - Boll Weevil Yearbook (Monticello, AR)

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channels. We can get uninterrupted, reasonably contemporary movies, and even an R and (repent!) X-rated channel, depending upon whether or not we live in major urban areas. Fortunately for the viewer, these channels are robbing ABC, NBC, and CBS of valuable advertisers. Thus there is competition, thus there is more to TV. Nobody hurts but the corporate exec, and the overpaid actor, and we all sincerely pity them, don’t we? Luckily, they all drive diesel Mercedes’ or turbo Porsches, a little easier on gas than the old limo. On the home front, Frank White, a Little Rock businessman, dethroned Bill Clinton for the Governor’s office. Mr. White proceeded to turn back the hands of time, signing what has come to be known as the ‘Creationism Bill’. Heretofore, creationism, or the Biblical account of the creation of earth (i.e., first day, Adam and Eve, essentially Genesis) must be taught parallel to evolution. It’s sort of like equal time for two Democrats running for an office. They both represent the creation of man and, though each version occupies a distinct sociological position (theology vs. science) they are vying for universal acceptance, and thus ‘truth’. Education is meant to broaden the mind. Those persons who are devout Christians should not resent Creationism, but others, not necessarily atheists or agnostics, question not only the scientific validity of Genesis, but the apparent sidestepping of separation of church and state by the state legislature and Governor White. In a moral revival, Governor White has banned work-hour cocktails for state employees. Considering the fundamentalist religious movement in the U.S. today, one wonders if George Orwell, had he written 1984 today, would have placed Big Brother in a pulpit rather than projecting through loudspeakers. What is good and what is bad? That’s probably one of the key questions that we ask when considering the major news stories of the year. It seems as though the good of man is insignificant. It is skipped over, covered in the back pages, or vying with an auto accident or high-speed chase as the last item in a TV news broadcast. Maybe men have convinced themselves that they are evil. The evil, the wars and shootings are appalling to the point that viewers HUG Sram U7 —— Cem Sidyas — had a lurid fascination of them. It’s one thing to sit in your home and watch the executions of Iranian political prisoners, another to stand before the gun. The secret service agent who threw himself before President Reagan, for example, enjoyed only a day or two of the limelight. News is like man, both this year and for all years. It rolls on day by day, paying close attention to the bad and tiptoeing around the good, occasionally tipping its hat in recognition, not appreciation. ) N Time Capsule 115

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