University of Portland - Log Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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One of us vvas killed this year, not in the lVlekong, but shot dovvn right outside his house here in Portland. lLast year vve lost another brother, an Arab brother, senselessly and sadly . . .l From death through life vve traveled, meeting friends both nevv and old along the vvay, becoming lovers, becoming vved, even becoming parents. We even learned this year, some from books and some fro friends and some from those teachers vvho somehow transcended caste lines and met us more than half-vvay. lThere must be a special Hell for bad teachers where they all are condemned forever to listen to poorly prepared lectures delivered in an unintelligible monotone.l lThose of us students vvho are Inattentive and lazy are, of course, living our ovvn hell and imposing it upon our friends as vvell.l

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1 But the credit-hour system did make ninnies of us all, except those enrolled in innovative Honors programs. Lectures and sequences? They smacked ot the Medieval approach to Grace through paid absolutions and dispensations. No, the ansvvers were not easily apparent. Yes, the age-old questions vvere still to be asked... by each Woman and lvlan alike Who am l? What does it mean to be a citizen ofthe USA? Does it matter? Why? What is to be done? l-lovv may vve all live together in peace? For some of us Religion vvas the Flock-Jesus or Krishna. Faith of another sort anchored many ofthe rest ot us. We began to understand that our Earth is Whole, that vve are one vvith all living things whether air, vvater, earth, or tellovv creatures. We began to truly KNOW that vve survive together or perish together.