Show h : I Page 12 —The Herald Journal Logan Utah Wednesday March 1 2000 ' k' Winner confute assumptions By Calvin R What Petersen PhD a chimera Continued from Page 11 port to be true of all people across differing circumstances usually break down rapidly under even cursonr examination For example if is bask to human nature how then is man! What a novelty! What a monster what a chaos whai a contradiction what a prodigy! Judge of all things imbecile are we to explain why people someworm of the earth depository of times risk their lives to save the life Of truth a sink of uncertainty and error a complete stranger? the pride and refuse of the universe! Yet cultural beliefs about human ' —Pascal nature continue to exert a powerful self-intere- influence sometimes getting us into trouble with ourselves A prime example of this is the belief in “free will” Whatever “fire will" is taken to mean it has obvious limits that go generally unrecognized Many psychological processes including perception and emotional reactions appear to be largely automatic occurring without conscious intent or con- trol We recognize this in die way we speak about feelings That is we “deal” with our feelings we don’t choose them Similarly we “fall” in love indicating that perceptions and emotions are taking precedence over conscious intent ami rational choice i Human nature is extremely perplex- Indeed ing any review of history or even the evening news reveals our species to be capable of the most glori- ous and most reprehensible of acts Yet the confusing nature of human nature has never generated any shortage of assumptions and beliefs about it Western culture has traditionally regarded human nature as sinful and man as only redeemable through good works faith or grace The Enlightenment produced die very different idea of the mind as an empty slate to be written on by the World for good or ill Yet this makes it difficult to know where to place the blame for human failings Karl Man found the root of the problem in individualism and Only when all share and share alike will human struggles cease and our better side prevail In con- ie deserve this7H — even when they have taken very good care of themselves It is as though having “free trast capitalism sometimes limits seems to be self-intere- st This is all greatly simplified but it choice” means that one is somehow in control and therefore responsible for every aspect of one’s being including failures of the immune system! But maybe it’s human nature to assumptions about human nature have shaped the course of history Howev- nature and then believe and behave accordingly human nature is not a very useful Broad generalizations that Calvin R Petersen PhD is a psychologist in private practice with UfaSpan Mental Health Services generally regarded as an inherent aspect of human nature and that the individual must be allowed free expression in the best interest of alL- - make assumptions about human illustrates how much differing er from a scientific perspective coo-ce- pt pur- - down-to-ear- diem all to Miami Beach's Joe’s Stone Crab restaurant on this slightly overcast February afternoon' “She said “If you win you’ve gotta take us all to Joe’s Blonsky who agreed to spring for lunch if he won die big money never thinking he would But on Feb 4 die corKmeicial litigation lawyer was as good as his word plunking down about $1200 for soft shell crab shrimp and dripks for 13 pals from the law offices of Arapm Burtingtoo Wdl ud Crok- And the biggest worry for die guy check the who cashed a week before? (No they don’t take out taxes when you win the big one) Whether he had enough room on his credit cards to pay for it all “Look at him He just bought a watch for $70 after all this and he’s totally happy" says Palmero who cut short a recuperation from minor surgery to celebrate with Blonsky at on “I have often walked on this street before but die pavement always stayed beneath my feet before” However at die other end of the emotional spectrum depression and anxiety sufferers often view their conditions as a failure of will or resolve The absurdity of this line of thinking becomes even more evident when we hear patients with serious or terminal illnesses ask “What did I do to self-inter- excesses but st “If it would have been me I’d expected limit have spent like $10000 He's just ' Sure he expected some attention: that humble" His first purchase after the Jan 15 Indeed Blonsky may be die most taping was an unlisted phone numguy to win $ million ber Sm national TV And he knew rtf the celebrity that Admittedly the lawyer greeted die show’s first million-do- lalready' lives well Working in his lar winner John Carpenter who firm’s penthouse offices above landed everywhere from “The Late South Bayshore Drive he driShow With David Lettennan” to die ves a leased Audi holds Marlins TV Guide after winning die cover of season tickets and owns a late last year Still Blonsky condo in exclusive Coconut top prize was surprised by the attention paid to Grove He says the jackpot represents him as Millionaire's first Y2K suc- "several years’ income” but Blonstory ’ The day after his victory aired he sky doesn’t expect the windfall to change his fife much spent 11 hours Adding interviews in “Don’t get me wrong it’s a lot ' his office from ABC's “Good more money than I’ve ever had Morning America’’ “Inside Edibut I know some people (for whom) tion" and “Entertainment Tonight” making a million bucks is a bad as well as Miami independent station year” said Blonsky who doesn’t WAMI-TCalls also came from plan to buy a new cat “Hie notoriwhere Millionaire began England ety stuff is much bigger than the and Carpenter have only Blonsky money” won the jackpot in either The notoriety stuff indeed Since winning the top prize in a version' He turned down offers from “Live game show that has nearly revoluWith tionized prime-tim- e TV Blonsky has Regis and Kathie Lee” “The found his 13 minutes in the media’s Rosie O’Donnell Show” “Martin cross hairs stretching well past its Short” and “Leeza"Joe’s J r 34-year- : gen-trifi- ed two-bedroo- m V on - in flying around and I'm like Fete Rose — banned from baseball and stuck on the sidelines? ' Some experts say Fairey is typical of a cult of fans that has grown around die new crop of prime-rim- e i: ’? game shows contesThey’re tants mostly middle-ag- e men drawn to the bright lights and big money compete for money that day felt cheated when he didn't succeed and told the producers so When the ’i chance came to appear on Greed he bought a plane ticket to Los Angeles and almost qualified foe that show Now officials at both series say that because of rules limiting player crossover on competing shows he can’t appear on either program for a “ r year ' It was like a prison sentence tor Fairey a past Jeopardy winner and Fox-TV- ’It feels like I’m in game show purgatory” says Fairey 43 trying to “Who knows how long these shows are gofog to last? All these game shows enjoyable time even if they only win $1000" Beverly adds “But for guys like Doak it’s a passion that goes way beyond that” Based on contact he has had with fans through his Web site Beverly says they often are male white and extremely Competitive: “If you saw them (playing parlor games) at a party they’d be the ones for whom winning or losing really means something" Beverly adds “A lot of them have a tremendous history of qualifying on these shows and it’s almost an affront to them if they don’t succeed now” V al well-educat- ed Thanks to the explosion of new shows there’s a new playing field for dine veterans — who use email and die Internet to trade tips and gosf ’ sip is almost a sports-typ- e of (“This almost an obsession mentality with these guys" says Steve Beverly a professor of broadcasting at Union University in Tennessee He has spun his own love for game The show selects contestants through a telephone-base- d array of — such as (http'7wwwpublicusitnetsbeveilyi “ordering" questions v four a states from ndex— gameshowJuml) arranging group of “I’ve talked to lots of people who east to west shows into an authoritative Web site The Game Show Convention Center 1 j Honor roll Military notes Scholars in Graduate students on ttie 1999 Fall Semester Honor Roll at Utah State University have been Saraeva Long Chen La Zhou Lu Jennifer Lugo YUina Luo Trenton Mabay Darren Roy Eddns Evans Qui Fang Rima FayadPaul Sang Feng Carol Dan EHe Joeeph Michette Fanger Fender Jki Feng Frankman Arlene Fuentea Ikuko FuJIsakl Jason Gage Samuel George Teamrat A Ghezzehei Jason Tally Good son Geprge Qordoni Steven HsJdsrt Lucs Murray ranifflOHSiwfiy Brian Hansbrow Brandon Hatch announced by the School of Graduate Studies A graduate student must carry nine or more credits and earn a 375 or better grade point average to achieve honor rol Cache Ooonty vuimi hr ob vitw Kenneth R Albrecthtsen Lacey Rachelle Hester Sydney Hicks Leighla Allen Angela J Austin Erica Sue Chenoweth Jason R Jones Ryan Randall Hobbs Barbara J Hokett Jared Holland Jeffery Hote- Tobin Scott Jones Janette Jean Lee Kelli C Myers Jason M Net- Jeremy Hoth Eric Howard I son Shaytin L Peck WNiam Huang Mateusz Hupert Derek G Jack Christopher Jamee Joet M Poppleton Jennifer B Roth 'Leonard M Simmons Roger Carl Jan Harry 8 Jasper Landon Jensen Kenneth Jeppesen Theobald Jeffrey Weston Vance Jt Jared James Douglas Watt Catherine Chunjiang Jl Jeong-Youn- g Johnson Julie Anne Johnson Wooley Christopher Wright ' Melanie Jones Steven R Jordon Logan Marianne Judd Muriel Justls Suhail Abdul Ahmed Osama Zaki Akasheh Stephanie Anne Alberta) Kang Kevin KeHy Ann Ken- Russell A Allred Scott Blake Alfred nlngton Kody Kennington Susan Kenzler Mazan Khattab Yurachat Jeffrey D Anderson Justin L Bad Roger Alan Bannister Jared Ford Kiangseri Misty Killpack Deena Barnes Karotyn D Barnes Jeffrey King Jonathan Krum Elena Kiytsi-n- a M Bateman Dharmendia Kumar Heidi Amy Ryan Borg ' h Michael L Brower Darien B Brown Kupiec Jid Laing Christopher Rick Lacaide JFYuan Lee Can Garth L Bryner Krzysztof Bsymek LI William B Cade Tyler J Caldwell Jbisong Liang Sterling Lidded Michael Ed Calles Heidi N Casper-- Minglin Liu Yaodong Liu Yunjing Francis Maccartyr Lisa Emily Schmidt SE&$SIjSSS Ittri mart Jam Voraphan Manomuth Heather Mariger Gary Marlowe Kevin Marshal David Mat-so-n Hemantfi Maturt Christina May Casses McCteary 8Mpom Ann Ryan Smart Shanon Smletana Marla Ann SmlL Gretehen Smith i peyn oUmgi uivki v Andrea -a rttt Angela MiSsap Richard MSched Nancy Monteith Rebekah Morris David Mortenson Lorin Moser Anna Marie Moyle Hilary Nelson Patrick Nsison Robin Newbokl Scott New bold Akiko Ogawa Aaron Olsen Brent Olsen Takeshi Omura Eric Orton Lael Palmer Preston Parker Ted Parkin Andres Pastorino David High School and Samuel W Thomsen from Mountain Crest High School have been named w- wni inon i4f Gwo-Shlu- an Pater Nicole Petersen Oranee Phaewsaard : fravtt Tnonw - 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