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LETTERS Self-love letter ten* lh*» \vhole self unt oiuli j ual*s sutii'S-. Having self comes from insecurity Self-esteem means taking j cure of the body and a pprei ; a! mg J's untuueiiess; eating good loads. avoiding i •.;111u on junk foods for long lie rinds, drinking lols of H ,0. getting plenty of sleep (not always easy 011 .1 104-hour -i week work schedule. but u worthy goal). even ising in fi fun way, and esptHiallv avoiding drugs Basically, it menus listening to the body's messages Self-esteem menus taking care of the mind learning, growing, taking risks, and fol lowing dreams without self criticism A persona an always learn from so-called "failures When things don't work out as planned, they usually work out even lietter in the long run Self-esteem means taking i are of the spirit inside of you that creative spark of light It's important to recognize that there IS no one else like you on Karth. ’i nu re spn ml. creative and wonderful just bv being yvho you really are! And we each of us have something to contribute to our world. I he gilt is inside you K.C Primbs Journalism Spending kills The Oklahoma (.itv bomb devastated a city. It was an evil, vicious and unforgivable act of the highest magnitude. Ill the aftermath of the crime. Amerii arts probably wondered how the Oklahoma City bomb compared to the bomb that destroyed Hiroshima. Because Hiroshima's bomb Mill'd bo, 000 people and Oklahoma < atv killed almost 200 people the forint-r was j more than 4110 timet at power ful as the latter. The 1*14 » Hiroshima bomb had the fun e of about 15 kilotons, or 15,0(10 tons of INI Many 1uo't itombs have a force of 45 mega tons —- 1,000 tones tile forte of a kiloton 1‘rior to the election of Kouald Reagan in I'lrtt). the United States had far more than the e<|invalent of .t half million Hiroshima bombs or 200 million radioactive Oklahoma City tombs More than 51 trillion has been spent (or li S mihtarv ‘needs'’since lotto During tfm time (merge Bush was vice president and president, the U S added the equivalent of more than 100.(too Hiroshima botnfis, or more than 400 mil lion Oklahoma Cats bombs In the past six wars, more Itian UK) million people (the population of to states the sire of Oklahoma) and every coun try in hastern Kurope have achieved independent e from Soviet rule Additionally. 14 of the 15 former Russian republics have severed ties with Moscow Despite these events ami the equivalent of one Oklahoma City bomb for evert man. woman anti child in Russia, some far-right fanatics are tr\ ing to ini reuse U S military spending If virtue can spring from vice, the real value of the Oklahoma tombing lies not in the authentii heroism of the rescuers, but in the reali/aition that the equivalent of hun dreds of lives for every death in that act of violent e can eas iiv la* saved by less U S mili tary spending Thomas Olsen Barstow, Calif Secular world, religion different Oy Stephen Crawford (OPE June 11). flu* author JL. .is! iit'--, the ( .ithidn t-hurt h, ami more sjhs ifit ally Pope John Paul li. (or their statu i'h on the roles of reii gious men and women in tin* ( hurt h and the Chun h's politit ally unpopular stand against abortion As I have argued so many times with the Emerald. I real !y have no problem with [«■»> pie wl it fortl theii wau cnted opinions and are willing to t onstrui lively argue their beliefs The editorialist's views, however, are borne mil of ignorant e I do not sav tins in any way to lie mean or insulting; in this ease it is just a fat t Now w ho am I to make sm h a provocative statement.' What is it that lends ,mv more credent e to my position above and beyond tins editorialist s' Well, for Starters, I will lie entering a seminary in the fall to begin my religions training for the priesthood, which of course means that I have spent several years already studying tin church's pariu ular traiii lions and dogmas Also, 1 have a newly atquired degree in philosophy, and mv main interests lie in moral and ethi cal questions of this sort, because it is just these very sorts of questions that shape our culture and our religion not |ust in tile present, hut in tiie future as well Tiie problem, in a nutshell, is that this editorialist (and pretty much everyone else who makes tiie same mistake) is looking at the role of men and women in religious life from a secular, humanism point of view that emphasizes OPINION status and power, taring esteemed in tin* eyes of others and the world’s < um opt of 'equality For «nm> |woplt>, sm < i’si is a well-paving |f»h a lamilv a im i> house, finaiit i.il sis uritv and all of the other trappings that are ai quaintod with sui h a life For others, mb ess is gauged as ta’ing held in high regard by others Still others define silti ess In lieltig aide to i hase goals and dre tins ami finding salisfai lion in their attainment As outrageous and perhaps even disingenuous. .is this might sound, this is not the view of the millions of roll gious people around the world (htr goal is doing the will of C.od, whit h means that you had tauter • hei k your ego, your ser ular goals and desires, and your sense of total Indi viduality at the tloor This is not on easy message I vt | welcome Hu! lean tell you that l have a feeling of equali ty*' with my religious brothers and sisters, regardless of their age. sex and nationality, that I nils deeper and mure pas • sionately that most people i an comprehend ()f course it i an ta- argued that tax a use I am a man. it is easy fur me to poutifii ate oil the equality of my religious sisters when I get all the tame fits of being a priest (whatever those might tac I would like to know) This, I admit, is a somewhat valid point, hut I have to reiterate that if you approat It this situation from a se< ular point of view bringing in normal human views of success and equality . you will never understand the humble awe and reverence we have for our chosen vex at ion As. lor the issueof abortion. I have had to crane to tin* dis i stun that there will !><■ no mid die ground for (leople who art* for abortion and for those who nro against it, !»?i alike \vt> art? not even able to agree upon the simpli? premises of the debate • n» Cm t hi that i"! the most part. pimple who art- pro abor tioo trul> believe that th»* (Atholii Church and, I sup pose, anti-abortion groups as n whole, art? against almrtinn because thev want to limit tlu* options of women, and them ■ ( ontrol over tlieir live-. I bis, of course, is a false assuitlp tioo I lit? < allude ( hurt fi tias always believed that a human lift?, unitpie. viable and spit t ini, begins at com eptiotl. and to terminate that life consti tutes murder, which, of i ourm?, is ?■ find urcit ( eptahle I tfo not understand why tilts is so hart) to understand, hut it seems to In? N<> in the einI. you i an keep rhetorh ol ovm population** and 'reproductive i fioii u," and you can also have your glass t trilings" and your 'equal opportunity Keep them ill tile set tilnr world where thev belong And before you embark on your i rtisadt? to emam quite the religious women of the world. I suggest that you talk with some of them, even hi tin? I\lignin? area, about equal opportunity and abortion. I would Im? willing to Ih?1 that the response that you would get would not be the one you would expect, or perhaps more to the point, the om? that you would wont to hear Stephen Crawford is n groi/n ate student in //iro/ogi —i————————i—Miiiifirnitfri' THIS WEEK _z, 3 4 6 main desk 4 i 6 3 JULY 17-21 ( andv, Snacks Drinks, School Supplies and much, much more! • I <»*er rales international > alls. 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