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How will you be remembered?

» Leaving your mark on the sands of time

   
   

Margaret Matthews
Senior Columnist

[or listened to a television
newscast which announced

announcer interviewed someone
on the program, asking him,
“How will she be remembered?”

film world at the age of 19 asa
young actress with a sultry voice
who played the leading lady

in the 1944 Humphrey Bogart
film To Have and to Have Not.

It was probably her best film
acting, and she portrayed such
sophistication and maturity that
one could hardly believe she was
only 19. Although she acted in
many other films throughout her
career, this film stands out as the

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: mark that she left on Hollywood. ,
: and society in general.

   

I think of others who

: have made their mark on the
: world, some in positive and
: others in negative ways. For
the passing of Lauren Bacall. The :

instance, Adolf Hitler, the

: German dictator and notorious
: racist who hated all Jews and

: exterminated six-million of
Bacall made her debut in the : them in the gas chambers—

: it’s clear that his atrocities

: ostracized him from any kind
: thoughts that anyone might

: have had of him.

Another despicable man

: was Saddam Hussein, who was

: responsible for the deaths of

: thousands of innocent people.

: The coward hid underground in
: a tunnel for eight months and

: grew a beard to disguise himself :

until karma caught up with him : downtrodden outcasts of society. :

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On the

: flip-side of the coin,

: there were civil rights

: activists like Mahatma

: Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr,
: and Nelson Mandela, whose

: non-violent strategies were

: successful in bringing social

: justice to oppressed people

: living in three different parts

: of the world. They will long be
: remembered with fondness and

: goodwill by generations to come. : for petty childish offences.

As Winfrey grew older, she
: overcame these obstacles and
; put them in the past.

I think of another person,

: Mother Teresa—small in

: stature, but very big-hearted—
: whose love and compassion

: for suffering humanity took

: her to the slums of Kolkata,

: where she lived a life of poverty
: and dedicated herself to the

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6. Always have a smile on your face—this will
brighten everyone’s day, including yours.

Her name
will go down
in the annals of
history as a self-
sacrificing person whose

: heart knew no bounds.

Another person who has

: made a tremendous mark on

: society is Oprah Winfrey, a

: philanthropist who spent her

: early childhood living in poverty
: with a grandmother who was

: harsh and used a stick on her

Winfrey’s rise to fame and

fortune, and her tremendous
: business acumen, enabled

: her to fund her philanthropic
: work, like the Oprah Winfrey

Leadership Academy for Girls

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: in South Africa. She’s inspired

: children and young people living
: in the United States to give their
: time and energy by fundraising

: for worthy causes and making a

: difference in the lives of the less

: fortunate.

People like Bacall will be

remembered for their skill and
: contributions to an industry,

: notorious villains will not

: be remembered fondly, and

: generous figures like Winfrey

: will be remembered for their

: charitable work. People in

: Canada have the opportunity

: to make an impact on their

: communities by helping others
: or donating their time or money
to charities.

Which leaves the question:

how will you be remembered
: after you have gone?

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g. Read the Other Press to stay updated on
campus news and events...

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: Campus to get involved yourself!