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Show WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER OPINION 18,2002 Yoiiir To dw; the editor: To After offering a gross generalization of the political and moral perspectives people are capable of (you mean I cant encourage DIXIE SUN personal responsibility and still sacrifice some of my money and time to help others without being hopelessly caught in an endless cycle of denial and and the two camps that individu- often align themselves with, Keith Kelsch suggests als that we solve social conflicts in by becoming more bee-lik- e our behavior Unequal bees treating themselves as equals in an unequal world9 Huh9? Sounds vaguely close to the caste system m India One struggles with what to say in response to an article that chides our insistence on standing still with a kmd of linear conclusion derived without an axiom as a constant frame of reference." the editor: What is with all have tried to follow Dr. Payne's advice in each of my classes, and when I have I the nega- tivism about Dixie State College, from within and without? bristle each time I hear unconstructive, critical comments about our fine college and its students, especially when such comments come from those attending college here. I never forget a conversation I had with Dr. Allan Payne about what institution I should attend after I graduate from Dixie this semester He told me that it does not matter where I attend - what matters is what I do at the school I am at He told me the key is to rise above and beyond what is merely expected by the professors How many of us can say that we do this? Or do we desire only to get our degree whether or not we are I will r wirniiisM tf afcaifcaicf iirflT ffc failed to do so, I know full well that H- - have only' cheated myself. But when I do try to master my subjects, my life is totally enriched thereby. 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