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4 | Monday, May 2, 2005 | The Red & Black
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prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
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Government for a redress of grievances.
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Majority opinions of The Red & Black’s editorial hoard
Don’t stress out
Give yourself some breathing room
during upcoming finals exams
It happens every year.
You’ve been pulling all-nighters for weeks
trying to finish up term papers and stressing
about turning in final projects.
And now, your reward?
It’s finals time.
Don’t worry, we’ve all been there and
although it might seem like the torture will
never end, there is an end in sight.
But in the meantime, here are a few tips to
get you through it all.
>■ Organize your studies.
Make a list of all the things you need to get
done and when they should be accomplished.
Once you know what you have to get done, it
won’t seem as daunting.
> Find time to sleep.
All the Red Bull and coffee in the world
won’t help you unless you find a little time to
nap. Even if it’s just for an hour, you’ll do
better work and be more productive if your
body isn’t running on fumes.
>- Get off the facebook and Instant
Messenger.
No, seriously. You’ll be amazed how
efficient you can be when you’re not scouting
for high school friends and checking away
messages.
> Get out of your chair.
Go for a run, try out the latest yoga DVD.
Do something to get your blood flowing so
that when you return you’ll be better able to
concentrate.
Summer Safety
Cut out these phone numbers and keep
them handy for a fun, safe summer.
> Athens-Clarke County Police
613-3330
613-3345 (after hours)
> University Police
542-2200
>- St. Mary’s Hospital
548-7581
>- Athens Regional Medical Center
475-7000
> University Health Center
542-1162
> Poison Control
(800) 222-1222
>- Rape Crisis Center
353-1912
> Athens-Clarke County Fire Department
613-3360
>- American Red Cross
353-1645
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Can new pope grow beyond John Paul n?
The selection of Joseph
Ratzinger as the new pope
has been met with both joy
and resignation.
Joy because Ratzinger,
the new Pope Benedict
XVI, is respected, learned
and clearly capable. ...
Resignation because he is
seen as a man of yesterday.
Benedict XVI wants
reconciliation with all
churches, and dialogue
with all religions, right and
needed bridge-building in a
globalized world.
If we are to judge by his
past, he will also carry on
the late pope’s conservative
view of women and homo
sexuality, his hardheaded
opposition to contracep
tion and abortion, as well
as his determined defense
of celibacy.
Questions like these put
the church at odds with
widespread beliefs in the
West and have caused a
shortage of priests in many
places.
The big challenge will be
to make the connection to
broad, secular currents in a
way that make the church's
insistence on its own values
and beliefs more relevant
for more people than today.
It will be exciting to see
whether Joseph Ratzinger
as pope will live in the
shadow of John Paul II, or
if he will grow beyond it.
AFTENPOSTEN
Oslo, Norway
Let’s hope new pope
doesn’t last long
Britain’s Guardian news
paper remarked this week
that the election of Pope
Benedict XVI, formerly
German cardinal Joseph
Ratzinger, “will clamp the
cold hand of foreboding
‘round the hearts of all who
care about the developing
world.”
Indeed.
It was also a bitter dis
appointment for forward-
looking Catholics who want
their church to contribute
to the material upliftment
of the world’s hungry,
homeless, ragged and dis
ease-afflicted billions,
rather than merely minister
to their immortal souls.
Nicknamed “God’s
Rottweiler” and “the
Panzer Cardinal,” Ratzinger
comes out of Catholicism’s
most intellectually rigid,
Eurocentric and authoritar
ian-hierarchical traditions.
Believing the church has
an absolute monopoly on
truth, these denounce all
other perspectives as false
and all internal reform ini
tiatives as “relativism.”
The 78-year-old leader of
the world’s one billion
Catholics is hostile to the
ecumenical movement,
which seeks closer ties
between Christian denomi
nations, and has banned
the phrase “sister church
es.”
Loath to broaden the
concept of Europe beyond
historical Christendom, he
is unlikely to build on his
predecessor’s tentative
overtures to Islam. ...
The cardinals’ conclave
made a safe choice, but one
that betrayed the clear
majority of the faithful, now
concentrated in South
America and Africa.
Progressive people, both
Catholic and non-Catholic,
can only hope that
Ratzinger’s advanced age
ensures a swift succession.
MAIL AND GUARDIAN
Bloemfontein,
South Africa
China is positioning
its massive market
Japan is about to begin
talks with ASEAN as a
whole, including Vietnam
and four other countries
with which Japan has not
yet had bilateral talks.
Japan and Indonesia
have already agreed to begin
trade negotiations separate
ly.
In the run-up to trade
talks with those countries,
Japan should not set a bad
precedent by signing a poor
agreement with Thailand.
China has already taken
an aggressive stance by
liberalizing imports of some
agricultural products from
ASEA countries.
China’s strategy is to win
over other Asian countries
by opening up its huge mar
ket of 1.3 billion people to
those countries.
Japan should take advan
tage of its own strengths. To
realize wide-ranging cooper
ative operations with other
countries, Japan should
offer cooperative programs
that will enhance the other
parties’ competitiveness.
If Japan, an advanced
industrial country, intends
to have its trading partners
swallow a bitter pill, it
should set an example by
taking it first.
A meaningful free trade
agreement should be sought
to realize an “East Asia
Community” that Japan
aims at creating.
AS AH I SHIMBUN
Tokyo, Japan
Europe still passive
democratic exporter
Proud of being the
biggest and most passive
exporter of democracy in
the world, Europe has not
changed tactics with its
neighbors ...
From Croatia, to Bosnia,
to Serbia-Montenegro, to
Macedonia and Albania,
they all have a possibility of
entering the (European)
Union if, and when, the
respective governments
have satisfied precise condi
tions of legality and of
democracy...
But the point is to avoid
that the Balkans become
once again a turbulent area,
if not a war zone, in the mid
dle of the EU.
Europe has already done
something.... But everyone
knows that the most impor
tant challenge arrives now,
with a name that is not very
reassuring: Kosovo.
It is clear that the inter
national community, with
Europe as a leader, has
decided to intervene.
Peacemakers are already
visualizing a formal opening
of negotiations between
June and September. But
the road is covered with
land mines, and in the
Balkans this expression has
often had a literal sense.
CORRIERE DELLA SERA
Milan, Italy
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ANNA FERGUSON
A little bit of
therapy does
a body good
W ell, here we go,
my very last
column for The
Red & Black.
(Dry your eyes.)
I want to write some
thing meaningful, but not
cliched. So what can I tell
you that has not possibly
been said over and over
in this very space for the
last week?
Two things.
The first is about a
certain furry-browed pro
fessor who has taken to
stalking the halls of the
journalism building.
Although I only took
one class from Professor
Conrad Fink, that one
class was the absolute
turning point (or perhaps
starting point) for my
future.
I learned more in that
one semester last fall
than I have in my entire
educational career.
If you, my fellow
student, ever have the
opportunity to take a
course taught by him, or
to just have a conversa
tion with ol’ Fink, I urge
you to jump at the
chance.
You will never regret it.
My second and final
piece of advice has noth
ing to do with the first. It
has to do with a topic no
one really ever talks
about around here, but
something that needs to
be noted.
And this has to do
with the University's
Counseling and
Psychological Services.
That’s right, therapy.
Clear away all your
misconceptions about
what you think therapy
is.
It is not lying on a
black couch while Freud
dissects your dreams or
analyzes your choice of
language.
It is simply an experi
ence of going to talk to a
person who knows how to
help you deal with things.
I don’t know anyone,
especially in college, who
could not benefit from a
little bit of counseling.
Maybe you are overly
anxious.
Maybe you are a little
depressed.
Maybe you drink a
little too much or just
had a really bad break
up.
Or maybe, you just
need a little guidance to
help you figure it all out.
Whatever it is, a pro
fessional can help you
effectively sort through
and deal with it.
We at the University
are lucky to have a place
where we can go and
receive this kind of assis
tance, since the health
center offers six free
visits per semester to
students.
It was about this time
last year when I walked
into the University coun
seling center to get a lit
tle perspective on my life.
I went in, was refereed
to a local therapist, and I
have been happier ever
since.
Therapy is not a
shameful or embarrassing
thing. It is just this thing
where you go and talk
about your life, and this
person helps you put it in
perspective.
Who couldn’t benefit
from a little perspective?
Here is the number:
542-2273. Call them.
Okay, kids, that’s it.
I’m done.
Thank you for reading,
or at least skimming, my
articles for the last three
years.
I wish you all the best
of luck in wherever your
lives may lead you.
Oh, and keep reading
the newspaper, you just
might learn something.
— Anna Ferguson is
about to graduate from
the University, but until
May 14, she is a Variety
Writer at
The Red & Black.
PLINIO LEPRI | The Associated Press
A Pope Benedict XVI joins his hands during the
first appearance of his papacy at the window of his
apartment overlooking St. Peter's Square at the
Vatican, for the Sunday Angelus prayer on Sunday,
May 1.