![]() ![]() We met a few more times (always for a minimum of three hours) until Dr. The interview was the start of a conversation that lasted the next five years. We talked about many subjects, and, in a moment of synchronicity, we both realized there we had a connection and that the conversation was not over. The interview extended far beyond a discussion of the upcoming event. As a reporter, I was covering the visitation of Peter Singer for the Burke Lecture Series. He had retired a year prior to my involvement in the philosophy department. Although I was a philosophy major, I had not met Dr. Burke while working for the student newspaper. Burke was open to the potential possibilities of connecting with others in a way that was not focused on assignments and grades, but rather on wisdom and friendship. Whatever term is used, our relationship demonstrated the potential of breaking down the traditional barriers of professor and student. ![]() Burke could be called many things: Friend, mentor, professor, or advisor. I was lucky enough to learn from one of the wisest members of my “karass,” Dr. Tied with a purpose, you may be lucky enough to met people in your “karass,” or you may not. One of the tenants of the fictional faith is that we live life as a member of an organized team, called a “karass,” with the mission to work together to do God’s will. In the book Cat’s Cradle, Kurt Vonnegut creates a religion for the inhabitants of a faux Caribbean island. ![]()
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