‘ continued trom... Page 5 There are places in the world at this time where | could be jailed or killed for publishing this. | firmly believe (because | experience its reality) that there is something within the human being that is able to make the right choice. This is the human conscience. ; For many people the conscious is so alienated by cultural forces of morality, law, and pressure to conform that it is inaccessible to the consciousness. Conscience is a most delicate and pure element of the human psyche, and is essential to a human basis for choice. The hazard at this point can be enormous. Hitler was a man who knew he could change the world. He had knowledge and will, but no conscience. examples of similar types, but with smaller ambitions. Conscience can be experienced in any relationship. If you cannot feel the pain of another, you are not in contact with conscience. Charles Manson. and Jim Jones are Now that we’ve waded through all) this technical stuff, we can get to the fun part. People are afraid to choose because they are afraid of the possibility of failure. | have come to see very clearly that without the possibility of failure, success doesn’t make any sense. Like- wise with good and evil, uglyness and beauty, etc. In other words, an essential quality of real choice is that one takes a chance. This is not something you can really grasp with the mind, it is-ssomething you experience in life. The results of taking a chance are likewise beyond the power of the mind. ' When you take a chance, you open the door between the mechanical phys- ical universe. and the world of pos- sibility. That place is not logical or understandable, in the sense that a beautiful face cannot be understood. It is simply there, a gift of God, which we can never repay. ; | would like to acknowledge the writings of J. G. Bennett and G. |. Gurdjieff as the source and inspiration for much of what is written above. ©0008 CCSCSCO OOOOSO OOOO OOOO OOOO OS OOOS OOOH OOOH SSOOSSOHOHOOOOOOE Ooops! Sorry Folks! ‘How Often do you. read the Other Press?” Sa aE REE eeemeneeeeeee eee | Because of possible libels that could be brought to- wards the Other Press, we are not printing the photos of the following people. lan Hunter “That piece of mispelled feeeeee ct*** | wouldn't line my bird cage with it!’’ Linda Keryluk “How often? | read it | only when it comes out.’’ Kevin Hallgate ‘Obviously | have to read th Other Press... ‘cause I’m . the president.’’ Dear Editor, We read your front page article, ‘‘Cafeteria packed’, in the March 18th issue of The Other Press. You made some errors. We would like you to correct them please. Nora’s name is misspelled; is should be spelled Nora Minogue. All the students in our class wrote the song, not just one student. Please write these correc- tions and put them on the front page of your next issue. Sincerely, Greg Mcintyre Mary F. Page ABE students Dear Students, Thank-you for your con- cern about the errors in the ‘story. The OP stands cor- rected. If the OP attempted to list all its mistakes on the front page, however; no space would remain for — ANINVITATION news. Youare officially invited to observe the continuing existence (despite cutbacks and the continuing entrenchments of civilization m the boonies) of the Maple Ridge Centre at. 11715-224 St. m (you guessed it) MAPLE RIDGE. Just make your way up the decrepit staircase through the sagging doorway to observe the art-deco coffee stain on the almost new 6 year old carpet. _ After you talk to our struggling secretary you can go downstairs to our 8X10 foot lounge area with our new fridge and hot plate and couch. Yes, next year at Maple Ridge, Douglas College hopes to continue offering the same high-calibre acudemic and vocational courses tt has become famous for all over Haney. But that is of it 1s not victim of the wave of cutbacks now sweeping the country. So supportus. Many students are adults taking ABE courses who face special problems, problems that would become infinately worse were there no Maple Ridge Centre. And remember, despite the aging building and mildewish walls, it eaists and shall fight for existance in the future, So come see the fight for education and have a coffee, on \the campus from the new coffee machine courtesy of your student council. “ Charlene Kamachi “| only like Wednesday nights when I can draw little pictures!’’ Doug Gubbe “T only read the Other. Press because they gave me a beer to say | do.’’ Warren Laine ‘lL only read my own stories and those written in Korean or Chinese or something. By the way, my fiance reads the paper, only when | send it to her though. ’’ Hee-Jeong Yoon “| only read it when my fiance sends it to me. | like his articles, however, let’s get some more Korean stuff in it huh2’”’ ‘Garfield’ “| hate the Other Press. | also hate Mondays and small kitty boxes.’