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—Guilfordian, December 7, 1983
Letters
"But the point is, the ropes
course creates risk artificially,
placing the element of risk as the
integral component of the pro
gram." Not 50...1n fact, the se
cond statement counters, not
complements, the first. By
agreed-upon definition the course
is yet another activity with some
risk. Nothing unique there. I
don't see how the course creates
risk "artificially" any more than
does hockey or football. Indeed
Carter's injury is usually thought
of as a football or basketball
player's injury. Well, I'll admit to
my cultural bias toward
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American team sports too.
The ropes course is simply a
vehicle with which it's O.K. to
take a calculated risk-after you
seek out the facts, plan, act
carefully, work with your com
rades (by choice), and
(especially) risk in striving for a
worthy goal. And the great ma
jority of risks at "New ground"
are ( or should be, if spotting and
group safety are well-attained to)
perceived risk, as distinct from
actual risk.
"New ground" may or may not
entail a spiritual experience,
again depending on group and in-
dividual objectives; "Seek and ye
shall find." Folks might praise
God, pray, worship together, or
in solitude, and credit God with
hard-won successes there, or
elsewhere. Last Friday, a group
of junior high kids did this with
their Youth for Christ
facilitators, who were a little
disappointed that the youth didn't
have so much of the group spirit
as well. Probably most groups
don't pray or otherwise
acknowledge God there.
In this writer's view, the fine
group feelings there are possibly
as much sensual as spiritual. I'm
not judging here, and I love and
value the group feelings. It is my
belief that a bona fide spiritual
experience must involve some
acknowledgement of the Higher
power, not just revelling in the
power of "our wonderful group."
It seems that folks today never
mention the name God, Yahweh,
YHWH, not because they are
afraid of uttering or writing the
Hallowed name as were the an
cient nomad Hebrews, but rather
because we often lack the faith,
the belief, the courage to
acknowledge a power higher than
ourselves in a sometimes skep
tical and disbelieving world. Yes,
and praise God, any one or group
of us can claim a spiritual ex
perience at "New ground," in a
quiet room, or in the starlit hills
above Kabul. Locally, New
Garden Friends Meeting surely
has more going on in the way of
real spiritual experiences than
New ground does though.
Thank you Rachel Purpel for
your articulate letter. The "New
ground" experience needed
"de-mystifying" and hopefully
our letters and others' input will
accomplish that. Importantly,
some changes may need to be
made in use approach, as you
point out. How can I help?
Thanks, GUILFORDIAN for
this space to explore some
philosophical issues of real im
portance, insofar as we may
acknowledge that some of our ex
perience on a ropes course can be
a life metaphor. And let the
course just be fun! The Project
Adventure motto is "Go for it!"
Tagyoureit!!
Sincerely,
Ray Rimmer
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Taiwan experiencing drain
.Cain/ms Digest News Service
Many Taiwanese college
students are electing to stay in
the U.S. after graduation—so
many, in fact, that Taiwanese
government officials are
studying the problem and
working on ways to draw
more of the expatriates back.
These students study in the
U.S. and Europe because of
low-quality and non-existent
programs at home. Even 70
percent of graduates from the
more prestigious home univer
sities continue studies abroad.
Of the more than 80,000
students who left their home
country over the last 30 years,
most see little to draw them
back.
After college, graduates find
they not only can find
challenging jobs easier but that
they can earn three to four
times as much by staying
abroad. Higher standards of
living and more moderate
political climates are also at
tractive.
Until the recent shift in
Taiwan's economy to more
advanced, technical fields
from agriculture and
Status
symbols
sinking
Campu* Digest News Service
Fe've- labels, lizards and let
ters vvill be dominating our
clothing in the future, say
fashion experts after a 10-year
popularity period.
But clothing manufacturers
like Izod, Pierre Cardin, Bill
Blass and Diane Von
Furstenberg have already seen
the writing on the wall and are
gertly playing down the status
symbols on next spring's line,
anticipating consume/ de
mand.
"My theory is that con
sumers are much more
sophisticated and aware. They
can depend on their own
taste," says Karen Massel,
fashion director of the Atlanta
Apparel Mart.
assembly-line manufacturing,
well-educated employees were
not missed as much. Managers
are in demand now, in addi
tion to scientists and other
skilled workers.
The number of students
returning to Taiwan has in
creased somewhat over the
years (17 percent from 1970 to
1981), but the government is
now actively trying to over
turn the brain drain.
Actions include visiting
U.S. universities, surveying
for available Taiwanese jobs
and encouraging industrial
growth. Taiwan's National
Science Council, for example,
three years ago set up a
science-based industrial park
outside Taipei. The park, with
lots of room to expand, has
drawn 32 companies and 60
expatriates so far.
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the rituals of ancient Greece! At
any rate, we'll see you in
January. Save me a place in the
Walnut Room, or better
me to a Dolley's - Pizza
(ummmm!) & I'll tell you an
evenings worth of crazy stories...
Mrs.
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employee. Her service is not
equivalent to a U.S. Post Office,
and therefore she is not permit
ted to perform the duties of that
office. She does not have the
authority to weigh packages.
In order to provide students
with the most effective mail
delivery, Mrs. C. divides the U.S.
mail into categories, according to
what she believes to be of the
most importance to students.
"First-Class Mail receives top
priority, then package notices,
and finally, newspapers and
magazines," She also suggests
that students Receiving
newspapers and magazines
should try to pick them up
regularly. Those big items make
it more difficult to distribute
mail, and for other students to
retrieve theirs.
There are also other things that
students should remember that
would make mail delivery run
smoothly. Students should pick
up mail daily and get their I.D.'s
before trying to get packages.
Mrs. C. requires an I.D. before
packages can be given out, not to
make things difficult, but, she
states, "It's a question of protec
tion of private property, for
which I am responsible."
When asked whether or not a
work-study student helping out in
the mailroom would relieve some
of the pressure, she responds,
"that would be a good idea, ex
cept for one problem, there's not
enough room back there for two
people to work effectively."
Students will always be waiting
for mail from home and friends,
and will always get angry when
nothing arrives.
In response to the efficiency of
the U.S. Postal Service, Mrs. C.
says only that "Patience is a vir
tue."