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Attention!! Reflections At Night A city at night is shining. A few miles to the west, a car is parked along the side of the road. The radio is playing “A Day In The Life” as a couple of teenagers sit motionless in each others arms, staring up at the night sky. The sky is still, apart from a single airplane slowly crossing the stars. Aboard is a businessman coming back to town the day after his daughter s seventh birthday. At the airport he stops to pick up a last-minute gift. On his way out he gives a beggar five dollars to ease his guilt as he climbs into his new BMW The beggar takes the money and purchases alcohol. Weak and wheezing, he staggers through the inner-city slum district. No one stops Judgment How could I dare to judge another person when my own limited experi ence allows me to see beyond that person’s “front” and see what that person must have gone through to make them act like this; yet my experi ence is not possibly enough to show me if I would react the same way un der the same circumstances. And yet 1 must not let myself fall victim of another’s burden to the point which I can no longer help either of us. It is therefore logical that I should find some way to tell the difference between a person who is "good” but feels as if he were being forced to do something “wrong” and a person who has given up all trusting faith in other people and therefore also given up on themselves. Such a person would be viewed by the world’s standards as corrupt, and at this point in my life I feel that such a person would be able to overpower me and destroy what faith I have. So then, as I perceive the situation, the only logical means to tell the differ ence is to control yourself to the point of being able to accurately see what has influenced this person and then simulate this experience in your own mind. This situation much affect you as much as reality would. As this process is being completed, you must compare your own reactions to those of the other person. Only af ter this process has been completed can you begin to draw theories about this person’s innermost being, keeping in mind that this has in no way been an absolute experiment. This method has a great many problems; the first being that you must widen your understanding to the point of losing your own innocence. Such a process causes the user to mature and gain experience at an accelerated rate with little actual harm to himself, ex- cludig the burdens he lays on his own mind. to think he was ever anybody’s child. Cold, tired and hungry, he finally passes out in a pile of garbage as voices of anger escape a window somewhere above. The voices tearing at each other continue well into the night. And like every night before, the children huddle in the other room, trembling and crying. The neighbors close their windows and their minds, then turn away. But down below the noise has awoken a baby, who begins to cry. The mother goes to comfort the child. She holds her, rocking back and forth. A child rocking a child. Alone, this seventeen-year-old can not even tell the child who her father is, either of theirs. She begins to cry and dream Another problem is the large amount of time and the effort it takes “to know” each person. Invariably there will be some people whom you will simply not have the time or energy to “get to know. ” Another problem is that large margin for error which is present throughout all stages. Because this often inaccurate sys tem is one of the best I have found, I feel it preposterous to believe that I could judge another person to the de gree of forcing my will upon them. I must therefore attempt to live a pas sive life where I try to give everyone equal treatment and forgive the wrongs they may inflict on me, for I haven’t the right to tell them they are “right” or “wrong” or to say that I would not have done the same thing had I been in their position. Memories When I was a child I dreamed of this time. I thought it so grand. I thought it so fine. 1 had great hopes. I had great dreams. Now everything ends, Or so it seems. These are the memories of futures past. But they cannot stay, And they will not last. Where is the mystery, The sweet unknowing. Are times forever lost, Or still in the going? Is this why I waited, Or does something lie ahead? I try to think, But only babble instead. If these are the times That are the best in my life, Then why should I live With such agony and strife? These Attention!! submissions were written by Rick Watson, a fresh man business major. about a better family, somewhere, away from the streets. In the suburbs the son of the other family attempts to explain He is standing in his bedroom with his girlfriend as his parents fail to believe his story about a “late night study session. ” His mind is racing back to his childhood. Things were so much easier when he was his little sister’s age. His sister is asleep in her room, dreaming of a princess in a far off land who lived happily ever after A princess far away cries as she reads the latest headlines about her failing marriage. The storybook wedding turned into a gossip column marriage. John Lennon sang, “I read the news today... ” but did anybody else 9 The same mistakes were made today as yesterday. In a home in the country, a scientist stands in a doorway watching his two children as they sleep. They dream quietly, safe in the warm glow of their nightlight. He. himself, is troubled by his dreams. He wonders if somewhere in Russia another scientist is afraid, like he is. The sun is coming up over a city. A few miles to the west a car is parked along the side of the road. In the back a couple of teenagers are asleep in each other’s arms. This Attention!! column was written by R. Sean Dunham, a freshman theater arts major. LL-924 The pneumatic doors opened with a swoosh. Lt. Jack Fletcher entered the engine control room at a full run, pistol drawn. He was greeted only by the clicking of instrumentation and a rainbow of blinking lights. The steady hum of the ship’s engines vibrated the floor. He overturned a canister of cleaning fluid, the smell hitting him instantly. Damn! he cringed. No wonder this place is always spotless! He disposed of the canister in one cabinet and checked another. Everything was ready. The sound of approaching footsteps reached him. Hiding himself behind a control panel, he had a nearly unobstructed view of the entire compartment. A Thyrobian, Commander Zemansky, entered the engine room, the doors shutting behind behind him. He scanned the room, pistol ready, his two grey olfaction sensors standing straight up. Detecting no odor other than cleaning fluid, he withdrew his antennas, and padded over to the engineer’s control panel marked “Fuel Mixture. ” He inserted his identicard and began to push buttons, flip switches and turn dials. The panel lit up; buzzers and bells sounded. The ship’s vibrations grew stronger as the ship’s engines gathered power. Zemansky didn’t seem to notice the panel moving behind him. The Thyrobian fired his pistol as he turned, the broad red beam making a hellish crack as it made contact. A body slammed to the floor. “So, the mighty Lieutenant Hetcher is dead!” he said, laughing the high pitched laugh characteristic of his type. The commmander removed the body’s identicard and pistol. Still smiling, he placed both pistols on an instrument rack, turned, and removed his identicard fro the computer. He placed the stolen card into the slot, and continued his work. Fletcher stood silently. He brought up his pistol. When he clicked off the safety, Zemansky turned, a stunned look in his optical scanners. He reached for the throwing blade attached to his belt, but his superior reflexes weren’t enough. Fletcher fired, the thin, yellow- green beam emitting a piercing whine above the pulsation of the engines. The beam hit the Thyrobian full in the chest, knocking him backward. His orange lubricant and synthetic bone spattered the floor and the control panel that he had been working on. The sickening smell of singed flesh reached Fletcher’s nostrils as the would-be saboteur slid to the floor. He gazed at Fletcher from the floor, the unbelieving expression still held in his eyes. Fletcher leaned heavily on a control panel. He let out a deep breath, and wiped the sweat from his brow. Another officer entered the room. She hardly looked at Zemansky’s remains. She reached around Fletcher’s waist and pulled him close. Fletcher closed his eyes... A young man laughed. He removed an imaging projector from from his head and grinned at his adversary. “So much for the mighty LL-924, ” he said, imitating the Thyrobian’s voice. His opponent sighed. “An automation double in the maintenance panel, huh? Neat trick, very imaginative. Another game?” “You’re on. Gotta quarter?” This Attention!! column was written by Andrew M. Fischbach, a junior bioengineering major. 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