The Cadre, Oct. J4, ]975, page 6 
     
    
   
   
    
     North Americans 
     
    
   
   
    
     Is there any reason for 
     
     .us to be uptight about the 
     
     society in which we live? 
     
    
   
   
    
     What difference does it 
     
     make to a university stud- 
     
     ent as to what is happeni- 
     
     ng in the world? Let's face 
     
     it, aren't we all 
     
    

    
     here in knowledge college 
     
     for our degree- that small 
     
     white piece of paper,thnd 
     
     then go out into the job 
     
     market and sell our spec- 
     
     ialized field of interest 
     
     to whoever will take us? 
     
     Aren't we in school to ab- 
     
     sorb knowledge like a spo- 
     
     nge soaks up water only to 
     
     be squeezed or utilized 
     
    
   
   
    
     when it is needed? Come on 
     
     brothers and sisters, let's 
     
     stopkidding ourselves! 
     
     Let's ask ourselves some 
     
     basic questionsltahat are 
     
     we really doing in school? 
     
     Why do we need a universi- 
     
     ty? Do we have to go to 
     
     school to prove to our se- 
     
     lves and our parents that 
     
     we are intelligent? 
     
    

    
     The questions I pose to 
     
     all of you who are here for 
     
     the degree and the supposed 
     
     canadian or american dream 
     
     which comes afterwards are 
     
    
   
   
    
     as follows. Is what you are 7 
     
    
   
   
    
     learning in university 
     
     helping you to more clear— 
     
     ly understand the problems 
     
    
   
   
    
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     of the day? Is your colle- 
     
     ge education preparing you 
     
     to practically and concret— 
     
     ely translate this knowle— 
     
     dge you are gaining so that 
     
     you can make the world a 
     
     better place to live in? 
     
    

    
     Is your education helping 
     
     you to know yourself? Have 
     
     you learned to accept your— 
     
     self for what you are? Have 
     
     you learned to think clea— 
     
     rly, critically, and rati— 
     
     onally? 
     
    

    
     If any of you read the 
     
     Cadre last week, there was 
     
     an article on the Canadian 
     
     Bishops Labor Day Message. 
     
     In my mind, this article 
     
     has to beone of the most 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     of ours. 
     
    
   
   
    
     We’re Northern 
     
     Electric, and if you’ve 
     
     been assessing the 
     
     Canadian business scene 
     
     with an eye to pin- 
     
     pointing your first career 
     
     move, you may already 
     
     know quite a bit about us. 
     
     Growth that’s been called 
     
     almost explosive. Tele- 
     
     communications product 
     
     development that’s been 
     
     termed fantastic. ' 
     
    

    
     We are on the move 
     
     and to maintain this 
     
     momentum, we need 
     
     more talented people. 
     
    

    
     ; You see, as big and 
     
     l booming as we are, we 
     
    
   
   
    
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     If you’ve spent the last 
     
     few years learning the business of 
     
     money management, we’d like to 
     
     talk to you about managing some 
     
    
   
   
    
     know we’ve hardly 
     
     touched the surface. 
     
     There’s a whole world 
     
     waiting for better means 
     
     of communication. South 
     
     lies the giant American 
     
     market; East, the chal- 
     
     lenging European 
     
     Common Market and 
     
     West, a Pacific Rim 
     
     potential so big we can’t 
     
     even measure it. We’ve - 
     
     already established ef- 
     
     fective bases in these 
     
     markets, but to be as 
     
     big a part of them as 
     
     we want to be, requires 
     
     sound financial planning. 1 
     
     So we need people— 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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     N technology. 
     
    
   
   
    
     ambitious and enthusias- - 
     
     tic finance and accounting 
     
     graduates who can be as 
     
     creative with money as 
     
     our engineers are with 
     
     telecommunications 
     
    
   
   
    
     Of course, our 
     
     standards are high. But 
     
     then, so are the financial 
     
     rewards and career oppor- 
     
     tunities for Commerce 
     
     graduates who can help 
     
     us achieve our goals. If 
     
     what we offer appears to 
     
     match what you want, 
     
     talk to your Campus ' 
     
     Placement Officer. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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     - rchy of the Church, as a. 
     
     whole, has taken in quite 
     
     a while; Throughout the 
     
     whole message, there was a 
     
     cry for justice, commit m- 
     
     ent, responsibility, and 
     
     freedom for all those who 
     
     are exploited and oppressed. 
     
    

    
     I seriously thinkthat 
     
    

    
     it's about time that we as 
     
     students and North Americ- 
     
     ans take a critical look 
     
    
   
   
    
     at the worldin which we 
     
     live and the harsh realit— 
     
     ies that we virtuallyxtend, 
     
     to ignore. Let's take some 
     
     time out for a minute and 
     
     see what's happening in the 
     
     world. 
     
    

    
     1) There is economic, po- 
     
     litical, and social injus— 
     
     tices existing in the wor— 
     
     ld at every level of soci— 
     
     ety. ‘ 
     
    

    
     2) There is a fantastic, 
     
     amount of violence in our 
     
     cities as well as legitim- 
     
     ized violence which can be 
     
     seen on T.V. in the form 
     
     of Cannon, PoliceStory, the 
     
     Rookies, Hockey and Footb- 
     
     all, etc. , 
     
    

    
     3) There is abortion, in- 
     
     sanity, suicide, population 
     
     explosion,insecurity, inf- 
     
     eriority, pollution, greed, 
     
     racism, exploitation, mercy 
     
     killing, neglect of old p— 
     
     eople;_alienation_from-C§g, 
     
     work..- land ,7 13nd - memes...  
     
     each other;lack"of,cornmun—,I 
     
     ication, openness, sincerem 
     
     ity; various physical dis; 
     
     eases that are related to 
     
     smoking, drinking, chemic- 
     
     alized foods, and lack of 
     
     physical‘fitness. 
     
    

    
     4) There is crime, rape, 
     
    

    
     ,mgrders, divorce, child ab- 
     
     use, unemployment, inflat- 
     
     ion, capital punishment, 
     
     poverty, malnourishment, 
     
     and starvation. 
     
    

    
     5) There are undeclared 
     
     wars in Northern Ireland, 
     
     the Middle East, and vari— 
     
     ous portions of Africa, 
     
     Asia, and Latin America. 
     
     The scar s of Vietnam are 
     
     still not healed. 
     
    

    
     6) Since 1945, western 
     
     nations have spent over a 
     
     trillion dollars on weapoy 
     
     ns; The 5 nuclear powers have 
     
     now , conservatively, the 
     
     capability of 30 times ov- 
     
     erkill— or cinderizing this 
     
     planet 30 times over; Tiny, 
     
     obscure nations buy arms 
     
     before they undertake devF 
     
     elopment or offer their pe- 
     
     ople bread; they buy the“ 
     
     arms from great powers who 
     
     have special interests in ' 
     
     seeing them underdeveloped. 
     
    

    
     7) To further cémplicate 
     
     such appalling madness, hu— 
     
     manity is divided along 
     
     caste and racial lines; the 
     
     "have" and the "have nots" 
     
     polarity. The "haves", ones 
     
     third of mankind, are mos-' 
     
     tly North Atlantic, and 
     
    
   
   
    
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