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A noble intention but unfair.
That's the way we describe
something that's occuring
which both students and faculty
alike despise: Saturday classes.
beginning this summer,
students were practically hoodwinked
into taking classes two
Saturdays during the first
summer session. It's not that
the information wasn't printed.
The front page of the class
schedule says that, at the left *
hand middle of the page in
small type. In fact, the registrar's
office was kind enough to
put an asterisk by the
information.
Saturday classes keep
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Now that the smoke is beginning
to clear from the Israeli
bombing of Iraq's nuclear reactor,
it seems appropriate that
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Let's admit it. Students are
not interested in reading every
last syllable of a classs schedule.
They are only interested in
finding out when their classes
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side schedule, where students
look to pick out course numbers
and class times, there is no
mention of Saturday classes.
So the situation was and is
like this: some faculty members
are giving special quizzes and
tests to make sure students
attend Saturday classes while
others don't require that
students attend and in fact,
admit to the students that
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they'd rather not be in class
themselves.
Now this foolish measure has
some fine intentions. To make
the schedule better for teachers ^
to gain certification for advancing
their careers is one of
the best reasons to push the
schedule back and start classes
at a later date. But USC
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compensate for the time, making
every class minute more
accountable to themselves and
the students. Too many times,
precious minutes of class time
are wasted because of poorplanning
professors.
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One begins to think that the 1
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thinking of a cause which would
help education in this state but
they seem to be doing it by only ]
looking at one side of the issue. ]
How can Saturday classes be ,
held when both students and
faculty oppose the measure?
This was something not only
done in complete secrecy but
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students will be forced to
attend the class or miss needed
material and more than likely
will not put up much of an argument
to the measure. But it
is another in the line of gross
infringements of student
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Israel's action was right or
wrong, a major point has been
lost beneath the deluge of analysis
and condemnations. The
I simple fact is, a very dangerous
precedent has been set.
It is much easier to take an
extremely unpopular action
after someone else has done it
before, than it is to be the one to
take such an action first. Although
Prime Minister Begin's
judgement was wise enough to
call for the attack before the
plant was operational, will the
next nation who feels threatened
by a neighbor with the
capacity to build nuclear
weapons be as responsible when
they arc forced to make a
similar decision.
There are currently about 240
nuclear reactors operational or
nearly operational through-out
the world, everyone of which is
capable of producing bomb
grade material. Every nation
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has enemies, none of which are
particularly thrilled with the
idea of having a nuclear device
exploded within their own territorial
boundaries. Would it
not now be just as easy for a
country to carry out a similar
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would provide insur?t
such a country would
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Just when are the people who
run this university or have any
position of power or influence
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that students are not just
provided for the rules that ^ M
administrators make? They are
supporting this university with t
their tuition monev. USC
should be thankful for the peo- '
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democracy. fashion that
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destroy a reactor in another very brief p
country, even if it means that the water se
thousands may die from the were accom
effects, just as loner as the at- had run doi
tacking nation remains safe? down-strear
who were or
The most disturbing aspect forateleph<
of this event does not lie in the is when the
event itself, but instead, lies in sort of conc<
the over thirty years of history here, and sti
that has brought us to such
precarious place in time. In None of tl
order to create what military of any kind
experts call a stable balance of nightmare a
power between the Soviet time washec
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that will ensure everyone's two hours 1
safety, governments have bystanderei
created a technology that has out of necet
now gotten out of hand, and can telephone, v,
no longer be adequately water's surf
regulated through peaceful
means. In order to provide what There is o
the power companies and oil was a fisht
monopolies call safe, econ- weather. As
omical, and cheap energy for was fishing
ours and future generations, more intere
maniacal industry has been would not e
created, with no concern for responded v
anything but a marketplace
that is ignorant enough to ac- After sue
cept such a useless and danger- people becai
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direction must be immediately Have we, a
reversed, because if it is not, the selfish lives
future will not be one filled involved in
with peace and security, but we mawill
be filled with the instant species witl
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arching in the vicinity of wl
panied by no more than al
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me and call a rescue squad,
second tragedy took place.
irned manner, these people
>od there.
?ose standing idly by offer*
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s we realized that the swif
1 the body down river, rap
re had to cover. In the end
ater by the rescue squad
itfer to assist, but by the d
isity was forced to abandc
hile his companion was dyi
ice.
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I waded downstream and
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a ted in catching fish thar
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rith another cast of his line
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ids and I decided to escape
irday afternoon out at the
/ at the river, hut ended in a
id confused.
>t directly behind where we
s, and the circumstances
re such that they cannot be
we were left with such a
le to the fact that a human
ut because another tragedy
>n; the tragedy of a society
bout one another. To clarif\
id.
oung teen-ager swimming
ring for help, claiming that
it had not surfaced. After
ids, the five of us went int
here the boy went down. W>
bout four other people wh<
iver to help. As we wade?
our feet, we yelled to other
ly way they could, either g>
or join us in the water. Th
Instead of reacting in soir
s just stood there, and stoo
si suggestions or assistan
Ti)e scene soon became
t current could have by th
idly expanding the a!rea<
, the body was found abe
that was called, not by
rowning boy's fridend, w
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in me searcn ana run t<
ing somewhere beneath t
particularly nauseating. )
nd also enjoying the fir
reached the point where 1
lp uh, but no, he was mui
i saving someone's life. H
for his assistance hut. onlv
ndered, have the American
md destruction that nothing
5 can move them to action?
into ourselves and our own
x> allow ourselves to become
iswer's are not easy to find,
t to call ourselves a superior
I express emotion, suddenly
re to re-evaluate.