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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.
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Graduation is a season for memories
Writing the Emerald's U*t column of
the school v«mu M>wn» to call for
something momentous
ThU U a time of change. of end
ing* and beginning* A lima to reflect on what
ha* been and to plan for what may be
it would It* utual to turn up rather than recap
th* m hooJ year, make a few observations and
give thank* or go to-balls; fll offer two simpla
nil*** that h*v« nn^only Mood me in good «t«ad.
but also played a major rot* in shaping my life.
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
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