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To the Editor
Staff member criticizes student for immaturity, irresponsibility
Ask Dr. John
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Freedom of choice brings responsibility
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Note: Boland, a licensed clinical psy-
chologist, is on campus 1-5 p.m. Wed-
nesdays and noon-6 p.m. Thursdays to
counsel with students and staff mem-
bers. Anyone wanting an appointment
should call 733-7408. Letters should
be sent to AD105.
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NEWS EDITOR
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LURAH PATRICK
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TODD VAN BEBBER
ROSS WOOD
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JEANIE SNOW
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Dear Editor:
Normally, I enjoy the letters that the students write
to 15TH STREET NEWS. I can appreciate both the
brickbats and the bouquets: no one ever said getting
through school would be easy. I must take exception to
the letter signed by JR in the paper on Friday, Sept. 18.
This student has problems.
I’ll take his/her comments one by one and, since this
student didn’t bother to identify him/herself. I will use
the more common. generic he/his/him, etc.,
throughout to save time and so as not to sound too
stuffy. I should mention that I work at Rose but am not
an instructor here and have no personal axe to grind.
Now my reactions to J B’s comments:
1. Yes, there are inequalities between what astudent
pays and what astudent gets, but these inequalities are
in the student's favor. If JB had to pay the full price of
his tuition, he simply couldn’t afford to go to school.
Who does he think pays for the utilities at Rose, for the
maintenance on the buildings, for the books he
borrows from the library, for the equipment in the
various labs, for the tutoring he is entitled to, for the
school nurse? I could go on and on and I haven’t even
Quest ion-&-Answer Column
By John L. Boland Jr., Ph.I).
Staff Psychologist
Q: Could you please say a word to
students here about responsibility?
I have worked with students for 20
years, and it seems to me parents
these days are giving their
children too many choices, and the
children are left thinking they can
do everything they want.
They don't consider time factors
or quality of time spent. Theyt
decide to try it all, and if they don’t
like something right away, they
just dump itand goon to something
else.
Please tell them that some things
take time to grow and mature. I’m
not saying we should stick to
everything we start, but young
people do need to learn about
commitment, whether it’s to
He claims. "Government cannot function if
anyone can say anything at anytime." He has also
stated that the only legitimate goal of anti-trust
action is increased economic efficiency. Efficient
for whom?
Although Bork's views are strongly based on his
interpretation of the Constitution, he seems to have
forgotten the Constitution declares all men are
created equal and a person has the right to pursue
happiness. Perhaps Bork should spend a day as a
black female with several children living in
poverty. Then let him judge what is fair.
mentioned salaries yet, but I think he may have the
idea. There would be no classes for him to attend if
these commitments were not met.
2. Most instructors care very much about the
progress of their students. Maybe this “superior"
attitudeon the part of one of his instructors was merely
an attempt to be polite to a smart aleck without
wringing his neck. If the lady has written a doctoral
thesis on the subject, believe me, she probably knew
what she was talking about. .IB's own attitude comes
through loud and clear in his letter, and it leaves a lotto
be desired. As far as respect goes, too many of the Rose
State faculty enjoy great respect forhisgeneralization
to make much impression. (Surely he learned in Comp
I about generalizations.) If he has run into an
instructor who gives him trouble, the division chair is
the place to take his complaint. If he has run into twoor
more “bad teachers," then I have to wonder about him
and why he is here.
3. As far as the textbook prices go, I'm with him all
the way; however, there is nothing James Williamscan
do about it, or me,or him, or the president of the school.
I suggest that he write to the publishers — it won’t be
studies, to work or to other people.
A: "Freedom of choice" is one of
the hallmarks of our democracy, as
you know. Mature people know,
however, that we are limited in
many ways by our genetics, our
learning experiences, our
intelligence, our family experi-
ences, our work experiences, etc.,
etc.
Any grown-up knows that it is
not true that “you can be anything
you want to be if you want it badly
enough.”
Each choice we make, each
commitment we choose, has
advantages and disadvantages. If
Joe chooses Joan, he must give you
Alice, Jean and Susie. Ifhechooses
to be an architect, he must perforce
give up his ambition to be a concert
pianist, a jet pilot or a big league
baseball player.
the first letter they receive.
4. Financial Aids has helped thousands of students
through college. I know many students who work one
semester to earn money to go to classes the next
semester. There are those who work nights so they can
attend classes in the daytime. There are such things as
student loans. I don’t know why he didn't get the
handout he wanted, but I have a feeling his letter didn’t
tell the whole story.
5. Now for the state legislature: JB must not pay
taxes or he would know that all the funds that the
legislature appropriates must be paid for, with his
taxes, my taxes, everyone’s taxes. Incidentally, the
race track will bring money into the state coffers, as
would a lottery if we had one. I don't see where the
legislator being DUI could have any bearing on his
problem at all.
6. The rest of the diatribe is too childish to deserve
comment. Grow up JB, quit blaming others for your
problems and settle down and get the education that
you so desperately need. You'll get out of your
experience at Rose exactly what you put into it.
-H.M.B.
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Editorial by Lurah Patrick
Judge Robert Heron Bork as Supreme Court
Justice — surely they jest. Apparently he is the
right nominee for President Reagan, in more ways
than one. Bork’s nomination will shift the court's
idealogical balance to a conservative majority for
the first time since 1930.
Bork has many views on justice to be sure. The
question is, how just are his views? Bork believes
the Constitution offers no right to privacy:
therefore, states may regulate or ban abortions.
Does this mean a rape victim, who's privacy has
obviously been invaded, has no constitutional right
to abort the spawn of her agressor?
Bork believes women, unlike racial minorities,
have no constitutional protection against laws that
discriminate against them. Are women then
expected to honor a constitution that does not apply
to them? Bork says sexual privacy is not explicitly
mentioned in the Constitution; therefore, legislators
are free to restrict it. It is not surprising that sexual
privacy is not mentioned in a document written in
colonial America, but times have changed.
He denounces the disappearance of religion from
public life and refers to Supreme Court precedent
as “rigidly secularist." Religion has not disappeared
from public life. However, personal religious
convictions are no longer inflicted upon the public.
He disagrees with a ruling that struck down
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There are no easy answers that
are worth much. There is no free
'lunch. Earning degrees in
medicine, law. special education
library science takes many years
and lots of hard work.
The skilled athlete spends
endless hours perfecting hisskills
and abilities. Salesmen spend
many years perfecting their
communication abilities.
Success in any of these careers
requires dedication, commitment
and hard work. Such success also
takes time, usually measured in
many months and years.
Virginia's poll tax. The poll tax intentionally
disenfranchised poor blacks. Bork should
remember the Fifth Amendment: “The right of
citizens of the United States to vote shall not be
denied or abridged by the United States or by any
state on account of race, color or previous condition
of servitude."
He believes the First Amendment protects only
political speech and not scientific, commercial or
literary speech as if political speech is not
commercially based and scientifically strategized
to manipulate the voters.
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