Alcala Yearbook 1997

i\ll I really needed Lo know aboul how Lo live and whal Lo do and how Lo be I learned in kinder8arlen. Wisdom was noL BL lhe Lop of lhe 8raduale-school mounlaln, but Lhe1'e in lhe sandpile at 6unday &hool. These are Lhe lhings l learned: <£>hare everylhifi8. Play fair. Donl hil people. Dul Lh in8s back wbel'e you found them. Clean up your own mess. Dool Lake lhin8s lhat aren't yours. 6ey you're sorry when you hurl somebody. Wash your hands before you eal. Flush. Warm cookies and cold milk are 8ood for you. Live a balanced life-learn some and lhink some and draw and palnl. and sin8 and dance and play and work everyday some. Take a nap every afternoon. When you 80 oul in lhe world, waLch ouL for lraffic, hold hand\), and .slick lo8elher. Be aware of wonder. Qemernber Lhe lillle seed in the 0Lyrofoarn cup: The rooLs 80 down and lhe plant 8oeB up and nobody really knows how or why, but we ere all like Lhal. Goldfish and hamsters and while mice and even lhe lilUe seed in Lhe 8Lyrofoam cup-Lliey BJI die. 6o do we. J\nd then remember Lhe Dick-and-Jane books and Lhe fir Lword you learned-U1e bi&Sesl word of al l-LOOK. Everylhin8 you need lo k.now i' in lhere Bomewhere. The Golden Qui= and love and ba~ ic sanitation. Ecolo8y and polilics Md equality and sane livin8. Take any one of lhose ilems and exlrapolale il into sophisUce.Led adulL terms and apply il lo your family life 01' work or yom 8overnment or your world and iL holds t.rue and clear and Grm. Think what. a beller world il would be if we all– -U1e whole world- had cookies and milk aboul Lhree o·clock every aflemoon Md U1en lay down wilh our blanke~ !or a nap. Or if all 8overnmenls had as a ba ic policy lo alway~ pul lhin8B back where Lhey found Lhern and to clean up Lheir own mess. i\nd il is sUI I t.rue, no maLLer how old you are-when you 80 out inlo lhe world. il is besl lo hold hand and stick Lo8elher.

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"5ecomin8 involved this year has crealed so many opporlunilies for me. I've mel more people. and nol only learned aboul others, bul also about myself 5ein8 more sclive in campus aclivilies has really creeled a beller ·colle8e experience· for me," 8ara 8lrauhal, 6ophomore.