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Editorial 05: On the Apathy of a University Hypocrite

This article contains nothing new. It does not pretend to be inspiring, uplifting, or thought-provoking. It is not the work of genius, or even of a mind, but of a man. It contains neither truth, nor fallacy, nor fact, nor fiction. It is a non-arti- cle intended for a non-audi- ence, and when they read it, they will not know themselves.

| think more, therefore | must be more. -GEORGE BERNARD SHAW

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ances, | traveled to the moon, explore the seven seas, and trekked the frozen Arctic on a six-sided piece of cardboard. But | am neither unique nor special. Every child had captained a cardboard cruiser. Our forma- tive years were spent as rum- pus room generals, bathtub beauty queens, and sandbox alchemists. We were creative geniuses altering out perception to entertain ourselves and to grow beyond the confines of practicality. Then we blinked — and died.

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Someone who | am told was wise once said, or wrote, or read in a fortune cookie that, “our World is our perception, our perception is our Reality.” To me that sounds like flip sides of the same coin. It’s like one of those lines out of a poem that leaves you clueless until you are told how to interpret it in class. But what do [| think it means?

I think it means you bet- ter take a look inside. | think it means a flood of regurgitated bullshit responses from people hungering for recognition of their starved intelligence. | think it means drawn half-smiles and indecisive blank stares. | think it means uniqueness is not a nose-ring, a brand name, a trench coat, or a haircut, but rather the fruit of your skull, the pure crys- talline beauty of an unadulterated human thought. Think now, or forever rest in peace!

This is not a new age attack on consumerism or on the long list of pre-conceived notions and dictated beliefs around which our society bases its culture and economy. If it must be something, then it is an elegy of frustration written for a box.

Steven Forbes Student

Jessica BEEBE Steven FORBES Adam GAUTHIER

Kristin LITTLE

Natalie PENDERGAST

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