The Highacres Collegian, May 18, 1976
Sd&vtfat fifUtUoH’
Traditionally, the last Col- they want to see and tolerate
legian editorial of the year injustices that should not be
serves as a column of thanks passively accepted as they are.
and praise to all the people Often I've heard complaints
who helped with the paper dur- made about profs or administra
ing the course of the year. tors on this campus - in the
Veil, I'm going to try some- halls, the Commons, or the bath
thing a little different this room. But few times have I
year. Appreciation is fine, heard these complaints at a
and lam grateful to all those Student Government meeting or
people who helped the Collegian before an organization or per
in one way or another this year, son that could take action and
But I've got something more bring about some changes,
important than a list of names Students do have power
to talk about (and besides, (after all, a lot of people
its more fun being unpredict- would be out of work if it was
able - keeps 'em guessing). wasn't for us), but this power
This year the Collegian has is lost in the disunity of the
published editorials dealing student body,
with different problems on So take off your blinders
campus. I had hoped that two and look around. If you don't
things would happen si a re- like what you see, don't just
suit of these editorials: that sit there -do something about
students would become aware, it. Though it may sound cliche,
and that they would get in- Highacres is what you make it.
volved. What actually happened I guess I've gotten in my
was this: except for a few in- last word. It's time to move
stances, students became aware on tb bigger and better prob
of the problems presented in lems at that big U. Park in
the editorial, and then dis- -the sky.
missed the issue.
The attitude of the student
body on this campus is amazing
(it must be in the water).
Students here see only what
£ -
>1 final word
Drop out?
by Brian Miller
For all those lost souls out
there in your late adolescence,
trying to decide what to do
with the best years of your
life, here's a suggestion—get
an education.
But, you say, "I'm already
in a school of higher education
getting a higher education than
I got back in high school."
No my friend and brother and
sister, you may be in a school
of higher education but unless
you are enrolled in "Hustle 100'
or "Survival in the City 212,"
you are not getting an educa
tion* high or otherwise.
What is "Hustle 100?" Well,
it COULD be a course in learn
ing to Make It. Not to make it
in a $lO,OOO, fancy car and
good pot with fine booze sense,
but making it in a three-meals
a-day, roof-over-the-head sense
And if you are of the lower
class, and most of us schmucks
going to a state-supported
Pennsylvania school are, the
"Hustle 100" would be your most
profitable course, far more im
portant than your most needed
course in your major.
A journalism degree will not
get you a job. A mathematics
degree will not lead to the
cozy apartment with the house
trained English sheepdog.
Kissing the interviewers ass
and winking at secretaries and
patting the right people's
backs and general hustling
will.
You say you have a journal
ism degree and you want a job
because you work hard and you
are a nice guy. Well, can you
make a gin slurpee while pour
ing a Schlitz in an over-crowed
overheated bar? Can you grill
cheesesteaks all night after
pumping gas all day? Can you
say "What can I do fur ya,
pardner" 500 times while wear
ing a cowboy hat?
Because that is what 75 per
cent of us are going to do, for
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