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Editorial Worthy Teachers Try to imagine a class without a teacher. Students in this futuristic scenario wmilri sit - ? ?? W W.%. MHV iwrvjiv* V VVllipUWVl W/I minals ? electronic professors ? programmed to administer lessons, tests, corrections and grades. The computers would perform the normal functions of an instructor while minimizing expenses and maintaining efficiency. Despite the advantages of the described learning system a fundamental flaw remains. There would be no interpersonal relationships between the teacher and the students. A professor is the heartbeat of a course. A good instructor creates the course, adding the vitality needed to pump the knowledge continuously to the student. A good instructor is exciting but at the same time sensitive enough to receive a student's open mind. Students are the body of the course; they exercise the knowledge. The union of the two parts characterizes a working relationship that fails only when the body neglects the heart or the heart refuses to DumD. The Amoco Award, presented to outstanding teachers each year, is one method of honoring a faculty member. Students grateful to a favorite professor may take it upon themselves to nominate the instructor for the award. There are, however .simpler ways for a student to show his appreciation. Just going to class and keeping absenses to a minimum makes a statement on the professor's behalf. The same holds for completing the assigned course work. When a student participates in class and creates a one-on-one relationship with an instructor, the student is in effect saying "I'm interested." An instructor can be satisfied with positive feedback. Perhaps the best way to honor a prof asor is to apply his knowledge. A student practicing what the professor preaches is a I positive reflection of the professor's abilities. 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" * - .... mi bia uvea viiul nave ugypi ior as long as he lived, neglected millions of I believe this step was a Palestinians' rights to have direct insult to human intheir own free homeland. telligence and to the free Since Sadat gained power choice of the Egyptians in some eleven years ago, his selecting their president for governments had polls the next generations. After showing false results of not oppostion and dissatisfaction less than 98 percent in favor reached its peak during the of him being the president, past few months and the U.S. These results were so far media started showing the tommmmmi i ~ 71 IN WOMENS I dC?v .VICES J Ve who cares ? /V -> I f m+wm I 43;) rcounsleing^&4^ I ; and services + 1 v 1 PI zi es fj & civic groups I i ^ _ . j| 2Calzonc iseling & services | I and i- i f ^ /< il Contact With I I | 2: cokes Who Cares" I I j $5-20 ! ; Main St. Store C 24-Hour H I Answering Service I I ? I ?llllllllll ? II ||^| isgga" - m. The Editor He Wasn't Perfect Egyptians demonstrating civilization and relatively against Sadat in the great degree of freedom universities, mosques and compared to the extreme ? streets ail over Egypt. dictatorships that are still Sadat didn't try to ease the prevailing in the Arab situation by giving the countries. people more freedom, on the The assassination of any contrary, as we all know, he person doesn't make him a closed down the newspapers, good person, but we are magazines, mosques, always emotionally moved churches and universities in. to remember only the most parts of Egypt. positive points in his character and actions. I SADAT went to the ex- believe we should be more treme dictatorship when he objective and less one-sided ordered the arrest of the about any issue so that our most rvmnlnr inHiviHnolo in ?? 1? -* . ^ ^ , ?it? m?%u v iuumo ui cuuxi^oio iimy cvoivc closer i Egypt such as party" to reality and with greater leaders, authors, Muslim value to the public. and Christian scholars. The i figure reached about three thousand in less than a week, OMRAN MUHAMMAD in a country which was Chemical Engineering Grad known for its great_ Student A ^ Mauro's . < * 631 Main 799-4432 bTHAsLQs rv*i;? . u ^ciivci y nuurs I g;) Sun.-Thurs.: 5pm-11:30pm j'j \ Fri.-Sat.: 5pm-12:30pm j $"|^o"off j I | any size Pizza! 2 Free Cokes wilh i j ! sm;ill 1 B 4 Free Cokes with j 9 )nlv Expire* I large I 10 18 81 J Main St. Store Only ioTmi I