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     wHo IS IN THE "CAVE"? Senior: "Therefore, for your Senior: "Let me tell you 
     
     universe to exist you must- my Skeptical friend, that 
     
    
   
   
    
     exist. You are a necessary reality is NOT as “9 599 it, 
     
     condition for the existence although “hit “9 do 399 13- 
     
     .of your universe, and the real to “3' ' 
     
     'opposite is not true." 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Bhilosophy Senior: "There is 
     
    
   
   
    
     only one person in the world, 
     
     and that is every person in 
     
     the world. In his world there 
     
     are others and, he too, is 
     
    

    
     in their world. I an part Freshman: "Explain why." 
     
    
   
   
    
     of your world, and you are Senior. "wh , Senior: "In a sense, yes, 
     
    

    
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     part of mine. I am not part TEEEEFEHQ?, The answer but it goes beyond that." . 
     
     of the universe —- the uni- . 
     
    
   
   
    
     im 1 is if our existence 
     
     verse is part of me. You a S D Y , y , 
     
    
   
   
    
     were dependent upon the 
     
     _areNEart_of’thejupiverse for 
     
    
   
   
    
     . - existence of your universe 
     
     me; is. you are contained in which is dependent upon YOUR 
     
     that.universe which is part 
     
    
   
   
    
     / EXISTENCE; then your existence 
     
     or ma' I am part Of that Twould not be.possibls, nor_ 
     
     universe wfiich is part or -would the existence of your 
     
     you' You are therefore universe be possible simply 
     
     part Of me and I am part of because you would not exist 
     
     you' The difference be- to maintain the existence of 
     
     tween your universe and my your universe in which you 
     
     universe is that I am in think might maintain your 
     
     your Universe and you are . existence, and of course, 
     
     in mine. I am not in mine 
     
    
   
   
    
     _ that is absurd." 
     
     and you are not in yours; ' "’ "a “ 
     
     because your universe does Freshman: "It seems YOU are 
     
     not contain you, you con- making of yourself a god!" 
     
     tain it. It is similar with Senior: “fiaut, aren't we all?" 
     
     me is. my universe does not ———-—-—- \ 
     
     contain me -— I contain it. 
     
     There is a universe for 
     
     every person, but he does 
     
     not exist in his universe; 
     
     he can only exist in others, 
     
    

    
     ‘ who,in turn, can only exist 
     
     in his; And this is true Of [but a reality nevertheless." 
     
     all people". . i . «—~ - 
     
    
   
   
    
     Philosophy Freshman: "I fail 
     
    
   
   
    
     to see why an individual can 
     
     not be part of his own uni— 
     
     verse. Explain." 
     
    
   
   
    
     Freshman: "It's a matter 
     
     of perception?" 
     
    
   
   
    
     Freshman: "You are a 
     
     visionary than?" 
     
    
   
   
    
     Senior: "No! A realist! But 
     
     I see that what you believe 
     
     reality to be compares in 
     
    

    
     no way with mine. Are you 
     
     familiar with Plato's 
     
     analogy of the "Cave"?" 
     
    
   
   
    
     Freshman: "Is that where 
     
     you perceive me to be?" 
     
    
   
   
    
     Senior: "1 found you there!" 
     
    
   
   
    
     Freshman: "Then enlighten 
     
     .ms if you can Uh Plato and 
     
     lead me into the light of 
     
    

    
     ‘truth!" 
     
    
   
   
    
     fSenior: "Your sarcasm, my 
     
     unforunate friend, serves 
     
     only to confirm your status 
     
     as beinggthat of a cave- 
     
     dweller." 
     
    
   
   
    
     Freshman: "I think not! 
     
     Perhaps, eventually we may 
     
     become "as gods", as you put 
     
     it, but to—day we are 
     
    

    
     mortal men; a reality which 
     
    
   
   
    
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     may seem repugnant to you, FrBShman And YOU, my 
     
    
   
   
    
     friend, are alienated!" 
     
     Stan Dalton 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     in exchange of ideas ensued. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Senior: "Consider, if you 
     
     did not exist,-would your 
     
     -universe exist?" 
     
    
   
   
    
     'Freshman: "No. I guess it 
     
     would not." 
     
    
   
   
    
     Senior: "The existence of 
     
     ‘your universe is dependent 
     
     ,upon your existence?" 
     
    
   
   
    
     Freshman: "It is according 
     
     to 
     
    
   
   
    
     Responsnbn Il’ry? 
     
     The four panelists had 
     
    

    
     just finished their inter— 
     
     esting, if rather formal, 
     
     -monologues. Now it was time 
     
     ‘for discussion. The chairman 
     
     asked for questions from the 
     
     .audience. A prolonged sil— 
     
     enCB followed. Finally she 
     
     directed a question to one 
     
     panelist herself, and was 
     
     given an appropriate answer. 
     
     Another period of silence. 
     
     No questions, no partici- 
     
     pation no reaction at 
     
     all! The discussion, on- 
     
     titled "Responsibility", 
     
     and intended to examine 
     
    
   
   
    
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     the responsibility of women 
     
     toward society, was going no 
     
     A where. The audience, a 
     
     heavy concentrAtion of fe- 
     
     males with a few males 
     
     scattered here am d there, 
     
     didn't seem to care about~ 
     
     the topic. Finally, some of 
     
     the males in the crowd had 
     
     ’to start the ball rolling, 
     
     even though it meant as— 
     
     suming a "dominant" position 
     
     in something created for the 
     
     benefit of the female popul— 
     
     ation. Now that action had 
     
     been initiated, some of the 
     
     female species began to get 
     
     ‘involved, even to the point 
     
     '0? asking questions. As the- 
     
     evening progressed, the aud 
     
    
   
   
    
     ience, with the assistance 
     
     of the panel, eventually re- 
     
     laxed and the discussion 
     
     flourished. Such topics as 
     
     open residences, co-ed res- 
     
     idences, women's role in 
     
     society and women's concept 
     
     of herself were among those 
     
    
   
   
    
     discussed and a free—wheel— 
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
     Unfortunately, by the time 5 
     
     that the session ended, the 
     
     majority of the audience 
     
     consisted of males and off 
     
     campus females. It seems 
     
     that many of the residents 
     
     of Marian and Bernadi a had. 
     
     decided forfigge reason or. 
     
    
   
   
    
     another that "responsibility 
     
     had nothing to do with them. 
     
     On the ofifiié, the people who 
     
     were involved in the seminar' 
     
     seemed to get something out 
     
     of it, but, then, if they we 
     
     were responsible enough to 
     
     participate in the first 
     
     place, they were not the. 
     
     ones who could reap the most 
     
     benefits from this program. 
     
     The people who had the most 
     
     to gain were not "respon- 
     
     sible" enough to attend, or 
     
     if they did attend, were not 
     
     mature enough to benefit 
     
     from it. .1 
     
    

    
     The topic next week is 
     
     ngeX".  starts at 7 O'ClUCk 
     
     in Marion Hall LounQB- If 
     
     you were "irrESPOnSible", I 
     
     please —— don't be "sexless"! 
     
    
   
   
    
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