2008 Woodie Awards
Some Words for Those Who Are Left
Diogenes Placencia
Issue date: 4/28/05 Section: Perspectives
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Dear Administrators,
As I sat outside on the ledge of the general chemistry lab, I could not help to think that my time at Sacred Heart University was coming to an end. I sat there like most days in the afternoon thinking of all the efforts and guidance that Professors such as Dr. Snetsinger, Dr. Habboush, Dr. Alkhateib, Dr. Farber and even the unappreciated adjunct faculty of this school like Dr. Flemming and Dr. Glans have given me. I expanded this thought on those outside of the chemistry department...people like Dr. Grady...Dr. Molitierno...Dr. Ventimiglia and their efforts to educate me. Their efforts and their guidance has made me the person that I am today; whether a knowledgeable chemist going to graduate school or a competent individual well rounded in most areas, I owe it all to them. But the single person that kept coming into my mind was Dr. Babu George...his love for the department, chemistry, the integrity of the school, and most importantly his students prompted a single question in mind...How can a man work so hard, give everything that he had, and yet barely make a dent when it came to the current situation of this school?
Same situation you ask? Let me start by saying this...the labs of the chemistry department are as archaic as the ruins of Athens. And the focus of this piece is not to cry foul on behalf of a student from the chemistry department but more to open the eyes of those that are starting out now because after my four years here, I am angered at the fact that our facilities are falling apart...I'm angered at the fact that faculty are not being compensated for their efforts. My heart breaks to see that the apathetical attitude of the student-body has reached a level where they do not even notice that these very things that I mention are hurting their very own education because so much more can come out of this institution. But my source of frustration is directed at one source and one source only...not the faculty...not the broken cabinets in the lab...not the students...but at those who command this very institution...You!...the administrators! The hypocrisy that stems out of some you and your ears it is just oozing out because your insides have been corrupted by it...your very souls, your very hearts, and your very minds. You dare to use the Catholic faith as a backdrop to cover your wrong doings...the Pope would be rolling over on his grave if he knew what was being done in the name of Catholicism...and I will not charge all of you who are part of this group I know that all of you are not guilty...but those of you who are guilty of this charge, you know who you are...and this is your indictment.
As I sat outside on the ledge of the general chemistry lab, I could not help to think that my time at Sacred Heart University was coming to an end. I sat there like most days in the afternoon thinking of all the efforts and guidance that Professors such as Dr. Snetsinger, Dr. Habboush, Dr. Alkhateib, Dr. Farber and even the unappreciated adjunct faculty of this school like Dr. Flemming and Dr. Glans have given me. I expanded this thought on those outside of the chemistry department...people like Dr. Grady...Dr. Molitierno...Dr. Ventimiglia and their efforts to educate me. Their efforts and their guidance has made me the person that I am today; whether a knowledgeable chemist going to graduate school or a competent individual well rounded in most areas, I owe it all to them. But the single person that kept coming into my mind was Dr. Babu George...his love for the department, chemistry, the integrity of the school, and most importantly his students prompted a single question in mind...How can a man work so hard, give everything that he had, and yet barely make a dent when it came to the current situation of this school?
Same situation you ask? Let me start by saying this...the labs of the chemistry department are as archaic as the ruins of Athens. And the focus of this piece is not to cry foul on behalf of a student from the chemistry department but more to open the eyes of those that are starting out now because after my four years here, I am angered at the fact that our facilities are falling apart...I'm angered at the fact that faculty are not being compensated for their efforts. My heart breaks to see that the apathetical attitude of the student-body has reached a level where they do not even notice that these very things that I mention are hurting their very own education because so much more can come out of this institution. But my source of frustration is directed at one source and one source only...not the faculty...not the broken cabinets in the lab...not the students...but at those who command this very institution...You!...the administrators! The hypocrisy that stems out of some you and your ears it is just oozing out because your insides have been corrupted by it...your very souls, your very hearts, and your very minds. You dare to use the Catholic faith as a backdrop to cover your wrong doings...the Pope would be rolling over on his grave if he knew what was being done in the name of Catholicism...and I will not charge all of you who are part of this group I know that all of you are not guilty...but those of you who are guilty of this charge, you know who you are...and this is your indictment.