Serving DeKalb Community College Vol. VIII, No. 3 Friday, October 13,1978 Are You A Triskaidekapho DEKALB COLLEGE L1B^ARY The Straight Scoop About Friday The 13th OARKSTON, GEORGIA by Bill Maher, Phil Roskstroh horseshoes are the most Hitler favored the number and Staff Members popular charms. seven. He planned major bat­ Friday the 13th is con­ When Adam and Eve were tles on the seventh of the sidered to be the unluckiest evicted from the Garden of month. He also had the nazi of unlucky days. Never take a Eden, Eve snatched a four- swastika designed to resem­ risk or begin a new enterprise leaf clover (which were plen­ ble an ancient Buddist on this day. Superstitions tiful in the garden) as a symbol representing the behind this day are based on remembrance of her days in Wheel of Life. many factual events and paradise. Also, the rarity of Cornelius Vanderbilt had upon ancient fables. the plant contributed to its the legs of his bed placed in- Historically, Friday is a day value, although seeds which dishes of salt to ward off at­ of calamity. Jesus died on grow only four-leaf clovers tacks of evil spirits. Friday. Eve tempted Adam are readily available now. Somerset Maugham had with the golden apple on One old saying on the luck of the "evil eye” symbol carved Friday. The biblical Flood the clover: One leaf for fame, into his fireplace and had it began on a Friday. It is also /One leaf for wealth, /One stamped on his stationery and believed that, on a Friday, the leaf for a faithful lover, /and. books. Greek god Zeus attempted a One leaf for glorious health. Winston Churchill petted new position while frolicing Saint Dunstan, a blacksmith black cats to obtain good with Aphrodite on his water by trade, encountered the luck, while Napoleon bed. He injured his thorax, time, forbade any layman to your left shoulder, “ right into devil at his door. The devil Bonaparte feared black cats sunk Atlantis, and created light the three altar candles the devil’s face” . Salt was wanted to be “ shoed.” and the number thirteen. static which interfered with with one taper, although a once a rare and expensive Dunstan, recognizing the evil Al Jolson always wore old FM radio reception for priest was permitted to do so. commodity. It was economic fiend, severely beat the clothes to open a new show. thirteen years. In the Boer War, British waste to spill any. Also, salt is prince of darkness about the Admiral Lord Nelson The number 13 is catas­ soldiers conserved matches a purifier, a preservative, and head, neck, and body. The tacked a horseshoe to the trophic. It represents the by using one to light three a symbol of the good and las­ devil screamed for mercy, mainmast of his ship, and number of men present at the cigarettes. The long ting qualities of life. One and Dunstan released him - Harry S. Truman kept one Last Supper. The Greek illumination from the match source of this superstition is but only after the devil over the door to the Oval Of­ philosophers and gave the enemy time to zero Leonardo da Vinci’s painting promised never to enter a fice. mathematicians scorned it as in on the soldiers, and the of the Last Supper - the house protected by a Mary, Queen of Scots, had an “ imperfect” number. In third man was often a perfect betrayer Judas has ac­ horseshoe over the door. her fortune told by a deck of Norse mythology, there were target. Blackbeard accidently cidentally spilled salt on the Dunstan is also credited with cards shortly before her 12 gods present when Loki, killed his thirteenth wife table. the invention of the toilet death and was dealt a handful the spirit of evil and dissen­ when whe attempted to get Umbrellas are to be used seat, which he hung next to of spades. sion, stormed the banquet the third light from a match. only outdoors. Failure to the horseshoe to inspire The award for being the hall (making him the 13th The flame set fire to her nos­ adhere to this dictate will br­ regularity. most superstitious goes to guest) and killed Balder, hero tril hairs which the crusty old ing about the “ righteous Early man was puzzled by Charles Stewart Parnell, a and most revered of the gods. pirate tried to extinguish with anger of the sun". Umbrellas the rabbit: At the rabbit’s nineteenth century Irish Through the centuries, a with his polo mallet. were first used by the cleverness while hunting, its Nationalist statesman. Parnell number of other myths have Breaking a mirror will bring Chinese as early as the 11th ability to burrow refused to sign a legislative become connected with Fri­ you seven years of bad luck. If century B.C. Members of the underground, its meeting bill that had thirteen clauses it day the 13th. Breaking a mirror is broken, remove it political and religious with other rabbits on moonlit it. He waited until a mirrors, spilling salt, and from the house immediately heirarchy used them not only evenings. Man was fourteenth clause was added. opening umbrellas indoors and bury it to counteract the to ward off the hot rays of the particularly impressed by the While superstitions are forecast trouble. Lighting evil consequence. The length sun, but to protect them from animal’s swiftness, which was based both on fact and fic­ three cigarettes with one of the prescribed misfortune evil spirits. Because of the due to the powerful hind tion, the Open Door staff match foretells of doom. came from the Roman belief umbrellas special relation­ legs. The rabbit became a sign refuses to believe in them. To Although three is generally that the body was physically ship with the sun, it is wrong of good fortune, and its hind taunt the belief in Friday the considered to be a lucky rejuvenated every seven to open it in the shade. foot became a treasured 13th, all staffers have decided number, it represents the years, and he became, in Good luck charms have charm. to come to school. Pass the Holy Trinty, and one should effect, a new man. been used for centuries to Superstition has many rabbits, foot and the be careful of its use. The If you spill salt, simply take ward off bad luck. Four-leaf followers. Among them are horseshoe, please. Oh, by the Orthodox Church, at one a pinch of it and toss it over clovers, the rabbits foot, and the famous and infamous: way, triskaidekaphobia is the fear of the number 13. Put Parking Decal On Your Car If driving a car without one, get temporary permit from security. Page 2 Editorials SGA Report Thanks for the Pint by Bill Maher In behalf of The American cryoprecipitates which are newspaper & The Advertising Counui E Red Cross Blood Services of skimmed off and injected Atlanta and Circle K, the into hemophilia patients. Today is sponsor of Wednesday’s Serum albumia is then the first day Blood drive, the Open Door separated from the blood and would like to th^njc every used for patients with kidney of the rest donor. The Red Cross needs and liver diseases. Gamma of your life. about 750 pints of bl j»od each globulin is separated to be week for the Norttf Georgia used in patients unable to area and has always con­ produce antibodies to fight sidered DCC as. one of its infection. Plasma protein Give primary sources. fraction, which is used for Unknown to many donors emergency shock treatment, is the fact that the blood you is the last to be separated. blood, Cartoon from Running A Muck, copyright 1978, by John gave Wednesday was already The remaining plasma is so it can Caldwell, published by Writer’s Digest Books (128 pp. $3.95) being used Wednesday used to replenish large losses be the evening. Every hour a station of blood caused by accidents fiist day tigers and bears. Any student wagon, loaded with the most and operations. In just one by Phil Rockstroh with information on whereto recent donations, sped away day, the pint you gave might of somebody Associate Editor obtain pampers large enough from the gym to the Red find its way to ten or twelve The Tuesday, October 3 else’s, too. to fit an average size elephant Cross laboratories where the needy recipients. Thanks for meeting of the SGA included are requested to contact the platelets were separated from the pint. discussion and debate on maintenance crew to help the whole blood and rushed Oh, by the way, if the such issues as a circus in the avoid a possible strike. to leukemia patients, who donation is unusable then a gym, T-shirts for SGA In other decisions, the need transfusions every other Red Cross technician will Red Cross. senators, and the formation council voted to appropriate day. drink it for a cheap high. No The Good Neighbor. of a garbage removal patrol. money for the T-shirts to be The remaining plasma is one ever told me I had 151 The idea of DeKalb's own worn by the senators and then frozen for twenty-four proof running through my anti-litter squad is the brain­ killed a request that South hours to produce veins. child of Vice President Don Sirard, who entertains Campus students be ad­ illusions of being the pied- mitted to Central Campus piper of DeKalb’s garbage functions. problem. Other business included: Don is disturbed by the A vote to proceed with ten­ The DeKalb College Concert Band needs your support.