Temple University - Templar Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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X I We could not survive the long hours, the hard classes, the foul dates, the tough assignments, without a shoulder to lean on. We could not enjoy the great days, the hot topics, the A papers or the week-ends without friends to share with. Thank you for being a friend. (squared) 2 r

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xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx art © evan dorkin, 1995 Drugs seem to be a part of youth culture, used for experimentation, relaxation or recreation. Pot and nicotine are prevalent. Students even catch their puffs (of both ) around the Bell Tower. Alcohol is a common weekend drug. There also is the whacky hallucinogen family, including LSD. What is it about American culture that pushes us to reprogram our minds and bodies with outside chemical substances? Is it perhaps the drive towards an impossible ideal, showered upon us by the media, that makes us insecure about ourselves? Do we then feel so bewildered by life that we cannot face life unless we are not ourselves, or drugged? And if we use drugs to party. . .why do we need to alter our physical and mental state with chemicals to have fun? Don ' t we feel worthy enough to have fun on our own? Or are we incapable? Not all youth feel this way. Some choose to live a life free from drugs and alcohol. Some of these drug free youths refer to themselves as Straight Edge. They wear their lifestyle on their sleeve, so to speak, branding their clothing, jewelry, or bodies (tattoos) with the movements symbol, an X. (This symbol started when underage customers would go into bars to see bands, and would have their hands marked with an X indicating they could not be served.) Others, though not so branded, choose to avoid drugs for legal, emotional or physical reasons. Whether or not we are Straight Edge, a narcotic abuser, or an occasional loser (whoops, I meant user), we must be aware of the reasons we lead the lifestyles we lead. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx I fifelno differently. 1 X ' SHU. hMc rxctpt ye A»vl TAJ. 4888 W He vfok your livelihood! a iavofour W( . ' i| Y tonCxx} . .f i Soil. ' „ lil

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