1994_09 The Daily Collegian September 1994

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Tuesday, September 13, 1994
'ERSPECT1VE
By Jeff Smith
"Perfective. Webster's Ninth Collegiate Dictionary
describes perspective as the capacity to view things in
their true relations or relative importance. To view your
own task in a larger framework.
Welcome toanew semester and a new school year! I'd
like to welcome students to yet another year, those new
freshman who are just starting to discover the wonder¬
ful challenges and experiences that are part of college
life. New students who've traraferred here for only God
knows why, and give thanks to all the faculty and staff
that help make it all possible!
The beginning of every new school year has always
held a certain uniqueness forme, a particular excitement
and expectation as I embark upon another semester. I
see each year as a new journey that I get to take. As with
all journeys, there is a new beginning with all kinds of
new goals and desires to reach by the time the journey is
concluded. Ifs like that for each year, we have a new
beginning, a new chance to make this school year better
than the last and to make our education mean some¬
thing.
So you may be asking, what's mis to do with any¬
thing? What is he doing by starting off with that word
perspective and all this rambling about journeys? Ifs
been my experience, that students tend to go through
eachsemesterwimveryUttieelsemmindbutGPA'sand
what we're going to do this weekend. Not that there is
anything wrong with making sure you do your best and
get a good GP A or relieving the stress of the week I see
the problem that many of us worry too much about these
things atthecostofwhatwe are really doing here. We're
here to get an education, to think for ourselves and to get
training for a career.
Socrates was a man that devoted his life to the search
for the true, the good and the beautiful. Many of the
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I   The following is a list of crime-related inddents at CSU, Fresno during the week of Saturday Sept 3
Ihrough ThursdaySept 8,1994. The Collegian will provide a campus crime blotter on a regular basis.
By David John Chavez
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INCIDENT
Three individual were arrested for public intoxication.
A vehicle was stolen from lot S during the football game.
A non-injury vehicle accident occurred at Barstow on campus.
Dujpig a routine stop, the driver having an outstanding felony was arrested
Individual arrested for public intoxication. *\
An unattended purse was stolen from McLane HalL
A book bag was stolen from in front of the bookstore.
A vehicle was vandalized in parking lot P.
A vehicle was stolen from parking lot C
Threebicycles were stolen.
Three subjects were arrested for possession of a controlled substance. One of the
suspects had committed petty theft with prior burglary convictions.
A bicycle was stolen from the area of Industrial Technology.
Individual reports receiving a suspicious letter from an unhappy student
Cash stolen from a booth south of the bookstore.
An unsecured bike, found neaWhe college union, placed in storage.
A female student reported being harassed.
A purse containing cash was found in the cafeteria.
A wallet was stolen from an individual
Subjects arrested at Bulldog Stadium on outstanding Warrants.
stored. An unlicensed driver was rited during routine traffic stop. The vehicle,
whose registration had expired more tKSft a year ago, was towed.
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young men that sat and listened to him
wereshownhow to trunk for themselves, to
ask questions and by this dialectic process
they were able to gain a new perspective
that they did not have before. AH! There's
that word from the beginning!
Now what doesSocrates ha ve to do with
us today? Our modem education system
was founded upon what he devoted his life
to. Sadly to say, Itfrink Socrates Would be
extremely disappointed with whatouredu-
cational system hasrJecome and how we
have abused it
Instead of pursuing truth and using that
knowledge to better ourselves and our
environment, wejeam only enough to get
through that final. Let's get that passing
grade so we can graduate, get that job we
want and make all kinds of money. We
think that this will make us happy and will
make us rich. What about respective? The
capacity to view things in their relative
importance and to view things in a larger
context?
I think we need to step back a*nd get the
big picture here. What are we domg here on
this campus? Why have we paid nearly
$1,000 to take classes that we just try to pass
to graduate? I think we can all say that ifs
because we're required too. However, be-
ing required to is a good reason because it
helps to add perspective to our field of
choice. Weneedtooeabletolookatthings
in different ways-until all becomes clear.
How do we gain that perspective? As I
mentioned, some of the classes we take
help to add that perspective. However,
there are many ways that are much more
fun!
There are more than 200 students orga¬
nizations on campus. There's eveiything
from religious, political and social groups
to career orienteci groups. For business
majors there are several you can get in¬
volved. If you want to sit around and play
chess all clay, then join the Chess Quo.
You can find out all about the campus
groups in USU #306 or in the front of a
campus directory if you can find one.
Something else to think about There are
over 100 countries represented here by
international students. Why not develop a
friendship with an international student
and get a perspective of what another
culture is like and how they see our cul¬
ture.
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