Creighton University - Bluejay Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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T-r R! Our generation must weather the ac- cusations of increased drug use, no social awareness, poor quality of education, non-competitiveness. OUR problems resulted in OUR laziness. Whose laziness got us billions of dollars in debt, out of competitive shape, and without an in- telligible social plan? Who is going to be asked to solve this? I wonder if Creighton prepared me for this. Some say the religious foundation of the school helps focus thought. Some say a predominantly white upper-class homogeneous student body insulates one from the real world not blocks from one ' s dorm door. I am stuck somewhere in the middle with a Corbett ' s stylebook for a paddle. Where is the burning light of knowledge now? Creighton tries to gain the best of both worlds. By beautifying campus and deal- ing dealing with various complaints from neighbors to University property and in- creasing security to end campus robberies, Creighton tries to remain its own com- munity, free from intervention by the police or the surrounding neighborhood. But, Creighton also invites various lecturers-- many very good if not well attended- to broaden and heighten the educational atmosphere. However, I ' m not interested so much in what Creighton actually decides to do to meet these criteria so much as I ' m curious what ef- fect it will have on both outsiders looking in at Creighton and us as well as how it ef- fects the students as they consider what is to be a Creightonian (Creightonite? Creightin?).

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The Year in Review By Joe Snipp On a hot day, you don ' t try to move, not at all, not even think- even mental ex- ercise breaks a sweat. But on a cold day, with every nerve dancing, you ' ll do anything not to think about freezing. So I ' m outside the Hitchcock Building sitting on the fourth floor fire escape thinking to avoid freezing. It seems that lately I ' ve been doing a lot of thinking and freezing. I ' m thinking we ' ve had more then our share of cold days. Robert Heinlein once wrote, Avoid making irrevocable decisions while either tired or hungry... Circumstances may force your hand so think ahead. As we get close to a nuclear understanding with the Soviets, it seems as if life relaxes. But the homelessness and AIDS grip our at- tention. Death doesn ' t come from the air anymore in a flash and a bang. Death comes in forgetfulness, carelessness. Quiet as a winter freeze. Will decision- making ever get easy.

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In the eighties, packaging is the pro- duct. Whether it be Cabbage Patch dolls or foreign policy, the substance is lost amid the wrapping paper. The Contras, for example, are most often trivialized along Communist paranoid Vietnam paranoid lines. Regardless of the side you are on (or the one you ' re against), it does little good if you see opponents as simply paranoid. The opponents may be, but chances are they do they do not see themselves that way. Before negotiations can begin one must admit that the oppos- ing view must be in some way founded or you would not be negotiating with them in the first place. After all, how can you bargain with someone you do not take seriously? Along with that, y ou must then accept that there is something about your position which is less then perfect, for if your position was perfect, why would anyone oppose you? Too often people seek the moral high ground, not to educate themselves or others, but merely to look down on everyone else. I ' ve met precious few people who respect another person ' s belief that they are right. Not that they respect differing opinions or views on issues, but that they respect another person ' s conviction of certitude. Maybe college attempts to not only teach you to be right, but to understand being wrong. This may be the tolerance that builds peace. ' .«is Wi » • - I UiI6£STPl£CI0f m i TOBACCO! EVEB SOLD fOJ? 1Q«,