1990_11 The Daily Collegian November 1990

              Friday, Nov. 9, 1990
Simple gesture
restores faith
Wendy J. Karsevar
us on
turning us off?
Patrik Boylan
Hey brothers and sisters,
let's talk. I could tell a pointless
story about ph one sex. or shop¬
ping malls, but would you care?
No, I could bitch and moan and
attack hordes of innocent people,
but will I? No.
The ones I'm after are the
guilty ones. People who. for all
their good inb-nrions, are the only
racists visible in the campus' eye.
Those wtaii nrreara the Tarowt- ■
"White" in every sentence that
erupts from their ruurow mouths.
We are C-A-U-C-A-S-I-A-N-& Can
you spell that, boys and girts? I
thought not. 'coz W-H -I-T-E is
much, much easier. Shorter too.
"Bffectlveay irritated everyone
with a brain on campus." was
what one C-A-U-C-A-S-I-A-N said
about yesterday's column by
Ignaclo Sanchez.
Mr. Sanchez, and the people he
represents, is annoying the wrong
people. Not outraging, not Inciting
outbreaks of interracial and
brotherly or sisterly love, but Just
plain turning us (possibly non—
C-A-U-C-A-S-I-A-N-S as well) off
of the movement Who wants to
follow a group of fro thing-at-the -
mouth revolutionaries? Espec tally
revolutionaries who are in power,
as Mr. Sanchez so eloquently
pointed out in his column yester¬
day.
If-ive.theW-H-J-T-Bs       ,.:
populataon caTt*"aaa*rcaa"i*fpos await
OppaT **a*ja*a"*, and dfiatitet Iwg force,
the way to change us is not to
pull our tail, kack us. beat us with
youwworrjs or otherwise abuse
us. You dont succe ■■fully run for
office (re-election) by kicking your
constituents In the teeth day after
day.
You had the wolfs attention.
Now you have lost it.
We don't believe in this kind of
governing body. And I for one
won't support it next semester,
come election time.
Call me racist, gang, but please
return the favor.
In a day and age when the world
rages with wars and rumors of
wars, and every form of the media
seems overwhelmed with features
of abuse, murder, rape,
kidnaping, fraud and other such
negative acts. I'm sure that many
of us sometimes tend to focus on
the negative aspects of life. Or at
least I do. But. not today. This
morning on my way to work. I
stopped at an Arco station to get
gas. When I got back into my car
after fueling up. I turned the key
to find no response whatsoever.   •
Instantly I knew my battery had to
be dead, and 1 tried to think of
exactly what to do. as opposed td
my usual tendency to panic. I was
concerned about blocking
anyone's way. at eight o'clock on a
busy weekday morning. Within a
few minutes, a man pulled behind
me. and waited patiently for me to
pull forward. When he saw me try
to push my car out of the way, he
quickly Jumped out of his own,
and proceeded to help me. I was
grateful enough for that; but then
he told me he had cables, and
offered to give me a start. As he
jump-started my car. he     »
mentioned that my tires looked
low. I nodded'and thanked him for
helping me. but before I could
leave, he pulled out a tire gauge
and proceeded to check my tire
pressure and give them some
more air. I thanked him again,
and wished him a good day.
As I drove away from the station
and continued to work. I couldn't
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help being overcome with feelings
of gratitude and awe. This man
had never met me before, and
probably had better things to" do
with his time than help some
automobile-illiterate get her car
started. For all I know, he could
have been late to work himself.
But I s til 1 couldn't help thinking
that, true. Jump-starting
someone's car may not be that big
of a deal. It was Just his simple act
of kindness that touched me. His
willingness to go out of his way.,
and do something in which he, in
no way at all, would benefit from.   .
Today, the world, at best, seems
to be obesessed with a "me-flrst"
attitude. With the sophisticated
technological advancements of
modem times, there seems to be
an attitude that accompanies
society, which sometimes tends to
make me worry about where the
ideas of ethics and morals have
gone. While our knowledge grows,
our priorities seem to be reverting
back to barbaric times when all
that mattered was pleasing
oneself.
I don't really feel that I am so
close-minded as to believe that ,
there are no gooi people left in the
world. I beheve there are more
than we know, and I also believe
many people are sensitive to the
values, needs and ethics which ■   "
make us human. All I'm saying is
that, as of late. I wony about the     ,
condition of the society in which I
See Humanity, page 3
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