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By REUBEN GOODE
Guest Columnist
We all know Freud's conjecture that sex, lust
for and between humans, is a primary drive
which we remember from childhood and yet
r which, in our adult lives, becomes sublimated
and diffused into other forms. Following this
reasoning, the few pleasures which adults
enjoy are disguised, more or less, sexual
pleasures. If we could only return to or
recapture the bliss of childhood, we could have
sexual pleasures as we choose and from these
pleasures we could find ourselves in a state of
rapture. Joy would then be our prime feeling
and life as pleasant as it may be . . . all of this
is logical and compact and may easily be
believed. Yet there is a paradox. Why are
? children, the most restricted segment of
society in regards to sexual intercourse, the
most happy part of any community. It may be
that it is because children, both agewise and by
inclination, take joy in whatever they are
aoi ng. mere is virtual ecstacy 01 existence
each minute, whether the child be engaged in
moodiness, physical play, tears or laughter.
There is no reasoning out why to be happy, nor
if the world is such that we can be happy if we
behave correctly enough to deserve happiness.
The child is happy, that is enough. If you are
, ? happiness, you need not wonder what hap1
piness is. If you are pleasure, you need not
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you do search you will always find it. If you ii
asked a child why he is happy, if he con- o
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free with physical exuberance. We do not climb v
trees and sway in the tops, seeing Indian f
warparties and enemy ships on the horizon. We 1
do not live warlike adventures, nor fight c
galactic battles, save lovely ladies for tne sake
of glory. How long has it been since you've had
a friend you could abuse or be abused by, hate
or be hated by; and the next moment stand
together against any odds without fear. When
did you last think of courage, honor, adventure.
As an adult these are words and ideas, creeds
to admire or write novels about.
For a child they are ways of life. He lives
courageously, honorably and adventureously
without thinking of the words. In our lives
today, most courage and adventure is channeled
into sexual areas; there are no other
forms we can see these glorious feelings appropriate
to. It is we who have restricted our
own lives, no longer believing in heroes, adventures,
gods, causes, and saddest of all, we <
no longer believe in ourselves. Are our lives i
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Being Accepted
:k, Spring Semester 1977
sck, Academic year 1977-i
*, Spring Semester, J 977
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tudents Office Pendleton
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* Spiritual living: a!
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'"Vi \ Having been a student at
x m j Carolina for almost four and oneJ
(J / half years, I have noticed an obf
\ vious and disappointing state of
yV ^ apathy in the students' quest and
desire for the spiritual aspect of
Jn life. I'm not writing to condemn,
EH however, as I too arrived at
I Carolina my freshman year with
the intent to forget any spiritual
sedom
taidens and honorable wives? To say we live
i a tame age and have little need of fierceness
r pride, the fierceness and pride which allows
ou to kiss a lovely lady's fingertips as you
lory in your own strength, is to say nothing,
or does it make your life happy and you great
) yourself to say we live in a tame age. It does
lake you happy and great it you live or
nagine (they are not distinguishable) adentures,
if you are a strong warrior and loving
iend, wise and fierce, kind and capable,
oday we do not grow up, we grow down. In
hildhood our companions are Hercules,
ipollo, Venus, Tarzan, Hawkeye, Flash
lordon; we are Indian chiefs, lone froniersmen,
one swordsman against an army, the
irotector and progenitor of mankind.
In adulthood we are an accountant, a banker,
i lawyer, a factory hand, a traffic director, a
[overnment clerk. There is little doubt which
ife style will be nobler . . . But as adults we
an utilize one ability we retain from
hildhood: regardless of how we lived
esterday, we can chose how we live today. The
ihoice is ours. No matter what the events and
ircumstances are which fill our days, we can
ive as gallantly as any cavalier, as dutifully as
iny Roman, as completely as any Greek. It is
ill in how we see the world, in how we choose to
ice it. For we all must live till we die; if we do
lot live as we wish, who will live our lives for
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teaching I had previously encountered
and to begin a different
lifestyle here, one in which God
and the Church had nn inf1iiMuv>
Because God loves every individual
and offers each a
meaningful life on earth, the
forgiveness of sins, and a love for
all men, I feel compelled to express
this good news with the student
body of Carolina and all those
associated with the University.
God is alive; He's personal and He
can be your best friend. The
resurrection of Jesus Christ is not
just another religious or national
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clothing are displayed. This most
undeniable return from death is
the event that changed the dating
of history, a promise from God that
those who come to Him in repentance
and confession of sin can be
forgivenandhave new life. And best
of all, when a person comes to God,
through Jesus Christ, who was
brutally and innocently slain on a
cross, that individual begins a
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personal. inumuie ana eiernai
relationship with Someone who
loves him more than he can
imagine. For Jesus rose up from
the grave, is alive, and can be
known today, simply by asking
Him to come into your heart, the
center of all your actions. Now,
that's good news; and amidst a
world filled with hate, criticism,
back biting and even tne apathy
that can cause a person to give up
hope and watch his world slowly
become more like hell than like
heaven, I think good news needs to
be proclaimed!
ROD CULBERTSON
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