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Editorial
Where do we stand?
Lights. Camera. Action. Several hundred television
crews from around the world took advantage of a rare
opportunity to watch U.S. Marines land and secure the
seaport and airport in Mogadishu, Somalia Tuesday.
Initial reports out of Washington indicate Operation
Restore Hope is a huge success so far.
According to President Bush, our goal there is to
reduce the level of violence. But what about the level of
violence in Bosnia-Herzegovina? How can we commit
ourselves to one area of the world and not another? In
this day of the peacetime military, humanitarian efforts
will be the new challenge. To go or not to go, that will
be the question. It is absolutely essential that a policy be
established in this area.
Nobody wants to see people in any part of the world
starving or suffering. But, we must be prepared to
commit to this effort for more than the estimated three
months government officials have predicted it will take to
end this operation. Once we have reduced the level of
violence, we will be obligated to ensure the Somolian
people get the humanitarian aid they need, not only for
the short term, but also for the future.
As college students, we need to be aware of how our
government handles these situations and how they plan
to handle similar scenarios. We've got to be the ones to
push for a standard or at least a decision-making
process. Let's hope that Operation Restore Hope truly
does what the title suggests and doesn't instead give the
Somolian people false hope.
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Opinion
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I'm going to address a
problem of mine--and maybe
yours as well, but I hope not.
I'm sittin' on the bed wondrin'
what I'm gonna do next. Sure, I
don't have to decide what I'm
going to do with my life until
the end of my sophomore year,
but this is all work--I'm not
having any fun. My parents
want me to go to college,
society only approves of
graduates, my friends all get
drunk, and I don't like any of it.
I'm not in control. I just don't
fit in with anybody. Don't tell
me "that's life" or "learn to live
with it", because I shouldn't
have to. I'm not clear on why I
pay so much money to do all of
this work and worry so much--
they tell me that it's so that I
can get somewhere in life, but I
can't even remember where I've
been, let alone think about
where I'm going. So what am I
doing here?
Maybe it's just a phase, but
I'm a first semester freshman,
and I'm already sick of it. It
feels like just another high
school, except here they go
ahead and suggest to you
(seemingly encourage you) to
break the rules. "Just don't get
caught."
It seems like this is all I ever
do. I don't see the logic in
paying for something I don't
like. I never have any energy
and it seems like I never have
time to do what I want to. But
isn't that contradictory? I
should do what I want--what I
really want, not what someone
else tells me I like.
Why am I not in control? I
shouldn't have to go with the
flow or do whatever anyone tells
me to do. The final decision is
mine, and I'm gonna do what I
wanna. Thinkin' for myself.
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From the Hip
It's good for me. . . it's like
soup, it's like nothing bad, let
me tell you that much.
---Innumerable thanks to
Kinkelahara and MLB---
Gary Johnson is first
semester history major
and a news reporter for
The Collegian.
Thursday, December 10, 1992
Gary Johnson
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