CAPITAL TIMES, November 15, 1989
Lifton from,
talked about a need for man to connect to
man through a sense of immortality. He
said humans gain a sense of immortality
through family, religion, and one's
achievements and influences.
"We all have a need to feel connected
to those who have gone before and those
we expect to go after our finite and
limited life span," Lifton said.
Lifton described the contemporary
self in terms of the "Protean" style,
which comes from the ancient sea god
Proteus who could change into human,
animal, or natural shape.
The "Protean" style, which he
attributes to historical causes like the
mass media revolution and the threat of
nuclear war, is "a series of explorations
of the self in which one tries various
involvements with peoples, ideas,
interests, and events." He added that .
today one's involvements can quickly
change with little psychological cost.
In the "Protean" man, a struggle of
ideas and beliefs exists compared to the
past where shifts in beliefs were very
rare, Lifton said.
"The difficulty is in holding to any
belief system for a long period of time,"
he said.
Because of the threat of nuclear
destruction, Lifton said that humans
have a shared fate. An "if I die, you die.
If you survive, I survive" mentality
exists, he said.
He shared a scene with the audience
in which an American and Soviet doctor
examine a sick patient together with no
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concern over the conflicts between our
two nations. He said this scene showed
the growing awareness that man has
towards other man.
Some of Lifton's works include "The
Nazi Doctors: Medical Killing and the
Psychology of Genocide," "The Future
of Immortality and Other Essays for a
Nuclear Age," and "Death in Life:
Survivors of Hiroshima."
Lifton is also a founding member of
the International Physicians for the
Prevention of Nuclear War, which was
awarded a Nobel Peace Prize in 1986.
As a hobby, Lifton draws bird
cartoons
"The birds can say things more
directly than in my other writings," he
said.
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Dr. Irving Hand
Award
Penn State Harrisburg professor
Irving Hand this fall received the 1989
Award for Excellence from the Central
Pennsylvania Chapter of the American
Society of Public Administration
(ASPA). The award recognizes Hand's 40
years of public service.
Hand's years at PSH are marked by
his direction of the institute for State and
Regional affairs, and the operation of the
State Data Center.
Among other achievements, Hand
established the Economic Development
Research and Training Program in 1987,
and chaired the Regional Conference of
ASPA in Oct. 1988.
Lights out!!!
Jon Fleck
Capital Times Staff
About a half-dozen houses at Meade
Heights were without power for about
two hours Sunday night, Nov. 5, caused
by, of all things, a squirrel.
"Believe it or not a squirrel got up on
the wires and somehow shorted out the
power,' said George Young, coordinator
of the residence living program.
Some students have been complaining
about power outages that shut off some
electrical appliances momentarily like
digital clocks.
Young said that power surges rather
than power shorts cause these
disturbances.
"Every so often the power doesn't
necessarily go off, but the power surges
disrupt things like digital clocks,"
Young said.
Students, however, did manage to take
the power outages in stride especially
one in late September that caused two
half-hour blackouts.
Heavy winds shorted out a transformer
pole controlling all power to Meade
Heights and the dormitories, during
which students were out taking walks
and meeting their neighbors, said
Heather Pudlowski, a Meade Heights
resident.
"Everybody seemed pretty calm about
the whole situation," Pudlowski said.
"My roommates and I ate our lasagna in
the dark."
Pudlowski also said that some students
did not have candles or flashlights
leaving people literally in the dark.
They still had music though.
"Thank god for batteries," she said.