Babson College - Babsonian Yearbook (Wellesley, MA)

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Apathy? . . . Certainly not! Feeling of futility? . . . Perhaps Not knowing how to get an in on leader- ship and World politics? . . . Most likely. Do Babson ' s potential leaders fathom the depths of mega politics? . . . Given the oppor- tunity they would definately find it exhilerat- ing. One note of optimism amidst the global crisis is that the students on campus are confused and confusion is the first step to thinking, and that too, thinking with tolerance. Khomeini ' s threat of an oil embargo may be irritating but will certainly not lead to Xenophobia on campus. There is definately some alarm on campus with regard to the direction of US relations with the rest of the world. Should the U.S. allow West Europe to capitulate from NATO? Should the CIA back off and not intervene in Afghanistan and not help the Muslim rebels against the Soviets, keeping in mind that it is the same breed of rebels, who in Iran, branded Carter and Senator Javitts as enemies of the people of Iran? Should the United States pros- trate itself for Mexican oil? Opinions differ enormously and three groups have evolved on campus. The first group is the Traditional Con- servatives, that Babson has attracted since day one. These people would probably answer no to the questions above. The second group is one of gung-ho entrepreneurs who love risks and would do anything under the umbrella of ad- venture and venture . Finally, there is a small group of egg-heads who are so swamped with rationality, arguments and counter-arguments that Macbeth ' s Life is a Tale, told by an Idiot, full of sound and fury signifing nothing. sum- marizes this groups latent bias. The tempo of Babson ' s intellectual input vis- a-vis global affairs is changing just as fast as the global issues themselves, and one gets the feeling that eventually the entrepreneurial in- fluence on campus would dominate and in an- other five to ten years, one would hear quite a bit of Babson ' s entrepreneurs trying to influ- ence and dominate the wide world of politics and business . . . Babson Inc.? Ramiz Allawala 10, You could plan a trip, or get your books by mail attend a concert. An Egyptian waves a friendly greeting as the first of three Israeli «| stay in shape, „y j ' — - get fast answers, o •J2 O a i Deng and Brezhnev: Icy Sino-Soviel relations are melting. Jimmy ' s brotherly 1 Greater Boston will be sunny today with highs in the 40s. Tonight will be fair und in the 3Us. Tomor- row will be mostly sunny with highs again in the 4(»s. • ' Top Exporter Spans Five Continents •s? - 140 ItJTaiiMMgBBn aHlMMUMttBBBBMHIBM B imBMM

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. . And The Door Was Locked Once the fire, on the third floor of Central, was out numer- ous questions arose. What caused the fire? Which room was it in? Who pulled that floor ' s fire extinguisher box off the wall? And most importantly, why was it locked inside a closet? The answers show that no one expected a fire. But, that is the problem, no one ever expects a fire. For this reason, students should always be ready. Carelessness is the prime ingredient to disasters. Fortunately, we can say that no one was hurt and damage was kept to a minimum. For the future, student s can see that fire is a real danger; It moves quickly, it causes massive damage and it kills. 139

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