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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (June 10, 1996)
VIEWPOINTS MHIQ.BlMS OPINIONS illllHS T0 fHI f01T0R Emerald gives students ‘Top Ten’ hopes for ‘96 ■ OUR OPINION Students get a nifty list of goodies from the editorial board Instead of die usual lov«« and hugs, syrupy ami tearful goodbyes and attempts «i chronicling a mountain of melodramatic memories, we want to put forth something tangible for students to look forward to next year — before summer sweeps away all of this year’s graduating seniors. So, here it is, the Emer ald'* "Top Ten Things We*d Uke to Sett On Campus Next Year." 4AA "new and I Won proved" Ma« Court The new roof is going to be great, but without further renovation, the building will continue to hinder recruiting and even con■ tribute to the involvement in post-season tournament play {can you say NIT?). With the successes of both basketball programs, the school can't afford to leave The Pit in its current condi tion. 9 More food choices in the KMU We know the KMU has some major (dans in the works for an upgraded Fish* bowl and food court (sched uled unveiling is fall of IW*8). but it would be great to make some other type of temporary food offerings available (breakfast any one?) in the interim &A library and computer raining course offered in conjunction with Writing 121. (anting through college takes more than |ust being able to sit through classes ,*f An end to the stupid f mascot controversy! Don ald is this University's beloved mascot thanks to a special agreement between the *< bool and Wall Disney himself beck in the '50*. end Disney should get off the school's case over the trade mark stink. If they won't, then the University should export logo* without a duck No Donald, no deal, 0* A kinder, gentler and Omnnt helpful financial aid department Students need better notification of ft nan ctai status and a bigger room where they can watt shorter peri ml* oftime to get mfor mation on school financing 5 More lighting on cam pus. Tins would solve many safety issues and probably cut down on the number of bike theft# as well. 4 A Dead Week that is art actual Dead Week — as in no term projects or tests held so students can spend the majority of their time studying for their tests. What a concept! 3 A tuition frwew* that uses grant money to offset the sky-nigh coat of tuition. A instead of just talking XU bout racism on campus, the different ethnicities should continue to look for creative ways to actually get together and communicate with each other. 4 A FRKJGIN* PLAC3B TO I PARK! The University needs to come up with more parking places for STU DENTS who need to com mute to campus. Examples could include getting rid of those damn parking meters and making everyone buy a parking permit the school could also work out an arrangement with the city to allow students to park in those ridiculous two-hour rones without grating a blasted JIG parking citation every time they pull to the curb and run to claas for the day. kiemtmrtmt HM» WMUWUIMM •<««•»<«• C»ta «m* MMttteft iHkkki !Vwt<M« ** mmmmmm Owwait IK ,131k.**.-*-1 ifeAlitfijf <** Ail^'lrir aiMAi'li a * —.’. a J...-*..:— ■ftfai f. . a. i-A>-- . ***** ****■- *■*«**■ *<■« «hwjpi>vi» «**r<! HP t3tyfl&«t*KV?t«»<,? W%| ;««*<**». f*tf «* Stt*» s**aM #mmmm **tnmfcwrt«wsSi«*. <***» Stung <««*%-«*. 5j»ws*<wu> ***** Wai^a-ie >'. *'•«». ■»*«'• r-'<: ng» v*r t** \*v ~n«n -.<w tfcat. 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Th# first Idas c omas from a hook I road whila still in high school more year* ago than I am willing to admit hare Tha book was written by Leonardo da Vinci and wa* a coUactton of hi* observation* on a myriad of subject* Of all that he wrote, only one sentence jumped out of the page# and linger* In my mind to thU day. He wrote. "The wealth of old age is the memoriae of youth." Material thing* can be acquired and lost, and the wealth of today can become tha poverty of tomorrow Cor vice vena) Relationship* come and go no matter how hard we try to maka them last People die, move away or simply grow apart. Kveo faith and belief* are not always constant Bui the one thing that seem* to stay with u* is our memories On sure, we lose a few now and them, but for every one we lose, others come to taka its plac e Aftw reading ih*i sentmua. I made up my mind to die a wealthy man. at toast by Leonar do"* measurement, and consciously set out to coUact the most vivid mwioriM I could It it ttill nut unusual for me to make teeming ly irrational trade* of materia) thing* and time tor experiencee, hut then I've learned that time will move on no metier what I do. and material things will eventually slip away while others r*»me to replace them Meanwhile, the memories remain The value of memories lies in iheir use At Ume*. they tan be a <*«utort in adversity or aim ply a heartwarming remembrance. Al other times. th#| can provide us with the information we need to make bolter decisions or to accomplish more lhan we thought possible They are also the foundation from which we view ourselves and the world around us The University provides .unpto opportunities to coiieoi memories, both good and bad. and whethef we collect« or« bunch. most of them wilt nift With u* until ftu* wjrw* die. They will to wn# part of the foundation upon which we build our live*, But they are lust one tip of a very large iceberg. Ito Vinci was only partly ngin He should h#v# said. "The wealth of old age is the memo ries of a lifetime:.* As we get older, the oMMnarto* don't stpp com tug If anything, they have the putetiUa] fo become even more intense. Graduation, to turn Winston ChunfulTs word*. "I* not the begin ning of the end, it is the end of a beginning.* Opportunities to collect experience, resulting in memories, will continue to surround us. It is up to us to seize them or peas them by. I've learned that if you seize the moment and it blows up in your face, the long-term damage is usually infinitesimal compared to a lifetime of regretting that you let the opportunity pass you by You can learn something from even the worst experiences, but you can't learn a thing if there are no experience* to begin with 1 don't regret any of the had experiences, but I do regret let ting a few choice opportunities slip through my finger*. The second idee is a bit more philosophical. I believe in reincarnation I won't go into the how or wny oi now i ve come 10 that belief. What I want to point out is the view of existence that comes from such a belief and how it tie* into the idea of col lecting memoriae If you know you have lived before and that you will live in the future, it nudes this life part of a continuum, not a one *no> cusp snoot where everything depend* OB gening it right the first time. The hem end note become* a series of oppor tunity*. not a once in a-lifetune proposition Pert at the hunttn p*vche it the need to improve, to grow and to "get it right,” Having this longer view of existence give* the freedom to live with the mistake* as well as the triumphs, because they are not the final word. I'hey am simply opportunities to learn and to improve I'hey provide the experience needed to make better decisions in the future Whether we loam from those axperiemw* whether we make those better decision*. varies from individual to individual, like classes, some people catch cm quickly, other* mors slowly and some not at all As you end this school year consider the po* aibiiity that life Is a series of memories collected from experience* that came from seizing (or being seized by) opportunity* Flie opportunities don’t stop with graduation or the end of <1 school year, and it is up to each of us as individuals to recognize and use them The experience* will continue to happen to us no matter what we do The memories will come and remain What lesson* w« leant from them, what use we put those lessons to, i* up m m May your future hold countless memory*. *nay s ou uw then, to make vourseU and tlw world around you a little l>eti*«t, end may you all die wealthy beyond your wildest iuigiiuiions Lany ttuftl, a ceroor mufortne/n fottmalkm iso cnfuamitt far the Ememld. e-mail Om/Melad *r<*0e ,w>r*gan rdu
