St. Edward's University Hilltopper (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, November 18, 1983 Page: 3 of 6
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Friday, November 18, 1983
HILLTOPPER
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Letters
School’s spirit mortally wounded
Contributed by Fr. Clem
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Commentary
Living faith essential
The present state has shown the
university has been very poorly
But not until this last month did
that other side, the darker side,
become obviously dominant at this
institution. Three people were fired.
In a time when everyone knows our
economic problems only too well,
Terri Marshall
Freshman, Education
It might still happen. But it seems
impossible right now, when some of
the very people who most clearly
saw that vision have been told they
will no longer be a part of it.
Ken Fesler
Senior, Pre Law
Jim Gonzalez
Freshman,
Photocommunications
chosen to think like a loser, to act
like a loser, and in effect to insure
that St. Edward’s becomes a loser.
Fear is remarkably destructive. . .
and contagious.
Marina Tijerina
Senior, Math and Physical
Education
we were not so surprised to hear of
cuts. But the way in which they
were made, the reluctance of the ad-
ministration to be honest with us,
even face to face in a supposedly
“Open Forum,” betrays not only
the confidence of the fine people
who were fired, but betrays the
trust of this entire institution in its
leadership.
Lisa Burke
Sophomore, Undecided
It’s distressing to see the universi-
ty in such a rough situation.
I’m sorry the position cuts had to
happen but I understand their pur-
pose. I hope the university eventual-
ly raises the money to renovate the
buildings and make St. Edward’s a
better place.
Dear Editor,
This institution has survived fire,
tornado, depressions and two world
wars. It will probably survive the re-
cent recession.
But will its spirit survive?
In the years I have been intimate-
ly connected with lovely place on
the hill, I have personally grown.
By ROBIN MICK
Contributor
A Thanksgiving Prayer
Let us pray: We thank you Lord for sustaining the world. We
thank you too for the courage of so many people, for children born,
for those who have gone before us in faithfulness, for the love that
exists between man and women, for friendship that goes beyond all
frontier. We thank you for the hard work that is being done in fac-
tories, universities, laboratories and studies devoted to meeting the
material, spiritual and educational needs of all people. We pray that
peace and justice may be stronger than violence and injustice and
destruction everywhere in the world, beginning with us, here in our
city, our family, through the power of your spirit. May we be willing
and eager to share our abundance with those who are without.
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Text and photos by Marlene Fortuna
Students elaborate on present and future status of SEU
Johnny Zamora
Freshman, Criminal Justice
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Almost everyone has now been
moved out of the Main Building.
We are told the building will be
reborn. But is hard to believe its
spirit will continue.
Name withheld on request.
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Life is more complicated than it
used to be. We need more help to
sort out who we are. A call comes to
us in this age, the call of the Spirit.
We are called back to God, to the
essentials, firm faith and deeper
personal prayer.
Each of us prays and reflects in a
unique way, yet this variety in per-
sonal prayer converges in one voice
of adoration, man’s response to the
richness and variety of his creation.
What is needed today is a living
faith. Our faith must become alive
in ordinary events of daily living.
There is a group on campus headed
by Bro. Jim Hanson which is look-
ing for ways to promote and
preserve faith and prayer.
In an effort to reach out to
Through these years I have seen
hints of another side, a real-world
side in which individuals were
betrayed by people they thought
were friends, by people they had
worked hard to please and to whom
they tried to show loyalty.
Maria Cortinas
Senior, Management,
Marketing
The university won’t be as effec-
tive in the future.
A large portion of students are
business majors. What kind of
career positions will the business
grads receive coming from a univer-
sity in which the administration
can’t handle their budget?
It could have been grand. Im-
agine. An institution based on love
and trust, on personal attention, on
caring for one another. An institu-
tion where students and their prob-
lems as they sought to learn about
the world they were about to enter
were truly first priority. An institu-
tion where any student, regardless
of his level of learned abilities,
regardless of country, was welcome
as long as he had the desire to learn.
An institution where students
learned how to deal with those
around them by the example of the
staff, faculty and administration.
For me now the spirit of this in-
stitution is dying, rapidly. It is being
strangled, not by financial crisis,
but by the reluctance to continue
thinking like a winner, like we are
part of something special. Our ad-
ministration seems to have forgot-
ten who we are and what we’re
about. Our administration has
Before the decision, many of us
were willing to continue sacrificing,
to bite the bullet, to forego the
salaries the rest of the world gets
because we thought we were part of
something special, something that
rose above material concerns. But
speeches about working for the
common good fall on deaf ears
now. It has been made incredibly
clear that the common good can be
good only when it involves us all,
not the few who are “lucky”
enough to survive the axe.
This institution also has grown.
The people who make it real have
shown a remarkable courage, a
determination to prove the value of
small things in the face of almost
overpoweringly successful larger en-
tities. Small things. . .like loyalty to
one another. . .like sharing a vision
of what can be, despite the
obstacles. . .like believing. . .like
knowing what really counts in life.
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everyone the group offers prayer
services in East Hall Chapel Mon-
day thru Wednesday with Spanish
services Monday and Wednesday at
10:00 p.m. and English services
Tuesday at 10:00 p.m. They offer a
group discussion/rap session in
Premont Hall Chapel every other
Thursday at 9:00 p.m. The group
supports the Oblate Community in
promoting the Marian devotions at
the Grotto at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday;
and, the Speaker’s Committee Plat-
form in bringing humanitarian
issues to light for everyone.
In hopes to serve all faiths, the
group would like to hear from you.
If you have any suggestions or
recommendations of events you
would like to see on campus that
would help in building faith please
contact Bro. Jim Hanson through
campus mail.
Trouble Clayton
Sophomore, Education
There are valid reasons for the
position cuts. The presi-
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dent’s decisions are mainly for the managed.
sake of the students. The termination of Sr. Jean’s
The students seem to be looking position will negatively effect stu-
from the outside and are not really dent services. The responsibility will
aware what is going on. be heaped on one person for
academics and student services.
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The present situation is not shock.
something to panic over. If I hope the money from these cuts
everyone joins together to support will be used wisely for the improve-
th eunivers ity we will survive., ment of the university. I don’t feel
We pulled through financial pro- that these problems will reduce
blems in 1972 and we can pull enrollment in the future.
through now.
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Glenn Glover Susan Cunningham
Senior, Computer Science Senior, English
The positive moves benefit the In light of recent administrative
university. It indicates to the moves I can only comment that to
students that the administration is keep an optimistic outlook I’ll hope
getting at the heart of the matter. that what they are doing is
It shows they are taking a very necessary
business-like approach to straighten But what are they doing? The
out the budget books. paper tells us the administration
doesn’t seem to be communicating
to a large group.
The administrative cuts were not
The cuts were needed for the a wise decision.
university otherwise the president Others who already hold posi-
wouldn’t have resorted to such tions will be burdened by the ontak-
measures. ing of these jobs. It also causes ten-
I hope the school will not go sion for faculty who wonder if they
under before I graduate. will be next.
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