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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