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few years, are you taking full advan
tage of all the resources the Career
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aid that they can give students is un
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or senior year, you can have the CDC
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man or sophomore, the CDC can help
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Not taking advantage would he det
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Note To
Bars:
by Molly Wilkins
FSView / Florida State tin' erity
There is nothing like seeing a hot
guy in a baseball hat. There's a hint of
sex appeal and mystery ‘A hen a guy
looks up from beneath the brim. HWA -
ever, there is a big dillerence it he's
out at a club. To most s omen. it's a
fashion faux pas right up there v,ith
(gag) wearing tennis shoes out. When
it comes to club and bar hopping. the
rule is hats off, guys.
"If a guy is dressed up, a hat doesn't
make sense," said Janet Grezlovski, a
senior at Florida State University.
"There's a time and place for every
thing. In the daytime, hats are fine. But
seeing a guy at (a popular local hang
out) with a baseball cap on lets me
know that he's not legal to drink yet."
And if they can't buy you a drink,
ladies, what is the use of conversation?
You see, men, girls have this radar
thing going on when they head out.
One signal is for the ex-boyfriend, one
signal is for his new girlfriend and the
final signal is for older guys to buy
them drinks. They steer clear of hat
heads.
Hat heads are also a red alert for bad
hair. Why else would a guy be wear
ing a baseball cap with his club out
fit? "The frat guys wear them to cover
ugly haircuts," FSU senior Dave Riley
said.
Bad haircuts can be the downfall of
a guy's social life. If this happens, a
guy should not cover up the rat's nest
with a hat and go out. He should sit at
home until his hair grows out or buy
some Dep.
"I don't wear hats out. They're stu
pid. Mama should have taught you
better," sophomore Dave Kandel said.
Hats are great for the crack of dawn
classes or for cheating on a finance
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hrend pass you by. Stop in to the Ca
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Guys In
Hats Off!
test. Abercrombie hats look great with
khakis. and hats with the college logo
are great lor f oothall games.
Fur the eAeriiitt time. need to
i - )ort their thou. "Nl\. It iend, \korild not
,land
to() inti,_h time n !hide hair FSt
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Lohiatlo , Ho)! Hill!!
- There time and
place for everything. In
the daytime, hats are
fine. But seeing a guy at
(a popular local hang
out) with a baseball cap
on lets me know that
he's not legal to drink
vet.''
classes, hats are easy because you
don't have to worry about your hair,
hut it's not appropriate to wear them
While most radar-eyes have been
blurred by booze, the girls can spot a
hat boy from a mile away. If a fresh
man wants to be known as an under
age freshman and not approached by
the babes, then fine, wear the hat. But
what most of the male population is
concerned about, second to sex, is
picking up a chick at the bar. If this is
the case, leave the hat by your bed and
put it on in the morning.
"We're too busy looking at the girls
to he worrying about the hat." FSU
senior Dave Riley said.
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hthouse
- Janet Greilovski, senior
at Florida State Univ.
EDITORIAL
The voice o
The reasoning behind the insanity
I know that most of you reading this
column arc expecting to find one of
my normal tirades directed at a por
tion of campus that in sonic way has
caused offense, in my opinion, since I
last wrote a column, hut unfortunately
I am going to have to disappoint you.
From the comments that I have re
ceived in the past few weeks concern
ing my recent "Bitchin' by Mike" col
umn (YI3/991, it seems that everyone
just thinks that I am a mean, vindic
tive person, and all that I enjoy doing
is attacking other people whenever the
mood strikes me. I know that it is a
very rare occurrence for me to say
something nice about someone or
something, hut 1410 have some nice
things to say now, ❑t least relatively
nice (please, no one faint).
The reason that I never seem to have
thing good to say is that the only
wit to get had things changed is to
let people know that these things will
not go unchallenged. II I wrote a
happ\ sugar coated column every
seek. and nes er called attention to the
problems on campus. would they ever
gel. fixed . ' In my opinion. no they
ouldn't. One of the purposes of a
college ness Timer is to serve as a
mechanism of change for the school.
The paper should give the students a
voice. which is hard lor the adminis
tration to ignore. and I reel that we
should take advantage of this voice.
The sad thing is. many students just
don't seem to care about what goes
on at I3ehrend at all. The level of
school spirit on this campus runs
amaiingl) low. Our sports teams get
almost no support, except for a few
die-hard fans, and the various on cam
pus iieti‘ hies that itre put on by cam
pus organi/ations go largely
underattenticd Wln, is this? Is it he-
Cause Vic alt.: a satellite campus of
"nMilitC Penn State, so \+C locus all
Rush to roc road
Handling a rowdy roommate
A sear of college can he frustrating
enough sA idiom has Mg the hassles of
dealing with a roommate. Simple
problems can turn into huge disasters
ss hen roommates don't get along. But
metal! it can he a rewarding experi
ence. Yeah right. is probably what
sou are thinking.) Of course. there is
aiss ass the chance that son were
blessed \A ith a roommate Of your
choice. Whether you were friends be-
Dore or just nivel for the first time when
hecome roommates. living to
tlctlier successlulk calls for sincere
el lons tov,ard compromke and coop
eration. I)on't cxpect that your room-
mate \+. ill he \ our hest friend. It's nice
\w hen it happens, hut it's not the norm.
From personal experience I can tell
you that arranging your lifestyles
around someone else can he difficult.
Like many people returning or just
starting college this year. I came hack
not knowing \kilo my roommate was.
At first. I v. as dreading coming hack,
just because I knew I would he start
ing with someone new. I did not even
knov, who my roommate was until I
received a letter from her, informing
me that we would he rooming to
gether. I will admit that I am lucky
because my roommate and I get along
wonderfull),.. Still I have found that
problems arise when you live with
another person, hut there arc ways of
SEPTEMBER 17, 1999
of our support on them, with nothing
left over for what is going on right
here at home? I certainly hope not.
In the words of Dean Lilley to a stu
dent who had just return from what
he called main campus, "University
Park is not main campus, this is main
campus. - A vast amount of the stu
dents who pursue their studies at Be
!trend are planning to complete their
degrees here. We need to support our
school, and work to change the cam
pus for the better.
We can just sit hack and let the ad
ministration shape the campus the
way that they feel is hest, and don't
get me wrong, they have done a lot
of positive things for the school. But
unless we make ourselves heard, our
ideas might not he a part of their plans.
They won't know what se want. So
whenever 1 see something vs rong on
campus. or something that could he
changed to make the campus better. I
write about it. And thus "Bitchin' by
Mike - was horn!
Most likely, there will he people on
campus w Ito don't agree with my
views (and some of you are very vo
cal about it). 'Then let yourself be
heard and write a letter to the editor.
Contrary to popular belief we try to
print eery letter that we receive, but
letters are lew and far between. That
is what the paper is here for, to ex
Angela Rush
dealing with these issues. In a civil
manner. hopefully.
One common problem between
roommates can he room cleanliness.
Sometimes someone who is really a
neat person ends up with someone
that is messy, or maybe one of you is
a neat freak. Whatever the circum
stances are, both need to discuss the
subject of cleaning. Discuss who
cleans what and when. Divide all the
cleaning responsibilities. If someone
isn't doing his/her part, do not wait
around or leave a note. Talk it over
with each other. Do not create hard
feelings and increase problems: work
at solving them. Students should re
member that they arc not living alone
and that roommates have responsibili
ties to each other.
Conflicting schedules seem to cre
ate another problem among room
mates. Roommates definitely need to
reason
Rush is the Wire
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press the views of the students. Hunt
ing me down. and complaining to me
that you don't agree with what I wrote
will get you nowhere. First of all, if I
took the time to write an entire col
umn about a topic, then I am pretty
set in my views. I most likely won't
change my mind, so save your breath.
Second, ranting to me insanely about
something I wrote most likely will
piss me off, and you could find your
self the subject of a "Bitchin' by
Mike" column dealing with the amaz
ing amount of stupidity that can be
found at Bchrend (and I really don't
have the time to write a column that
long, hell I'd need half of the paper
to do it justice!)
But, don't get me wrong, Behrend
is a great school. If I didn't feel this
way, then I wouldn't he going here.
The faculty and administration are
constantly striving to provide us with
a quality educational experience, and
there arc many individuals who are
constantly working to make this cam
pus even better. This is my fourth year
at Behrend, and the amount of change
that has taken place in this short pe
riod of time is terrific. The adminis
tration is trying to take Behrend into
the 21st century, unfortunately, stu
dents (with a few exceptions) just do
not seem to want to get involved with
these changes. But there are a few
people who really do not get the credit
that they deserve.
Ken Miller, the Acting Dean of Stu
dent Affairs, is, in my opinion, one of
the hardest working people on this
campus. He should become the per
manent Dean of Student Affairs for
the amount of work that he puts into
his job. His energy and drive have
helped to make this school what it is
today. The Student Affairs office runs
many programs that greatly benefit
the student body, such as coordinat-
discuss sleeping hours and work
schedules with the other. Let one an
other know what type of person you
are, morning or night. Remember to
keep in mind that showing respect and
being courteous to your roommate
sets an example of how you want to
he treated.
One of the biggest problems I have
found is that a student's study time
varies. When one of you wants to re-
lax and veg out in front of the TV and
the other needs to study, and if that
person does not want to leave the
room then compromise needs to come
into play. If neither of you want to
leave then you need to figure out a
time schedule in which you both can
agree for studying times, TV time, or
quiet time. Another alternative would
he that you alternate nights in which
one of you leaves to study in the li
brary or study lounge. I personally
can't study with the TV on and I tell
my roommate if I need time to study
and she completely respects that. And
I would do the same for her if she
needed me to.
Have you ever had a roommate that
borrowed something and never re
turned it? As you can imagine, this can
create problems. I know I would be
upset if someone did not return some
thing that I lent them. Find out your
roommate's feelings about lending
Send all letters to the
editor to:
bebrcoll2@aolcom
ing the Freshman Interest Group pro
gram (which is near and dear to my
heart), working as an advisor to the
Student Government Association, and
just taking time out of his schedule to
listen to students' ideas. Thank you
Ken for all of your hard work, it does
not go unnoticed, and I, for one, ap
preciate all of the help you have pro
vided me with this year.
There are other people I could men
tion here, but by now most of you
reading this must be wondering how
all of my ramblings in this column tie
together. If you haven't figured it out
yet, I feel that Behrend is a great place
to be going to school, but there are
always ways that we can make things
better. But we does not mean only
the administration, it means all of us;
students, faculty, and administration
together. We need to all get involved
to make a difference.
So next time you read something
on this page that questions why some
thing on campus is done the way it is
(a.k.a. me hitchin' again about some
thing or other), don't view it as an out
and out attack by some insane editor
with an urge to bitch, it is a sugges
tion for something that could he
changed to make the school a better
place (and yes, sometimes it will
sound somewhat irate, as I said I like
to hitch). I know that I don't have all
of the right answers, hut I still feel that
I should try to help bring about change
though my hitchin'. Who knows,
maybe some of my ideas might actu
ally he right, and if not, I'm sure all
of our loyal readers will let me know.
P.S. - Don't worry, for all of you
who enjoy reading my "Bitchin' by
Mike" column, it will appear again
soon, as there are many things on
campus that could he changed, and I
almost always feel the urge to hitch.
his/her belongings to other people
including you. These items include
clothes, money, hair dryers, stereos,
cars, etc. Some roommates don't mind
lending to their roommates but do
mind lending to other people. Find
out.
Let your roommates know your
feelings. Don't he afraid to talk to
your roommate and let him/her know
what you are feeling. Imagine your
roommate having a brunch of friends
show up out of the blue. You were just
settling down to study but now there
is so much noise and commotion go
ing on. This would annoy me if I was
trying to study. Discussing times in
which each of you can have friends
visit will ensure that they will not be
coming at an inconvenient time for
you.
Communication is the key to re
solving and avoiding all roommate
conflicts. It is better to discuss prob
lems as they arise and not to bottle
them up to the point that it creates ten
sion between your roommate and
yourself. Remember that by showing
common courtesy and compromising,
you can create an atmosphere in
which the two of you can live com
fortably. Remember you have to live
with this person for the rest of the year
so make the best of it, and I wish you
all the best of luck.
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