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Letter to
the editor
To all students:
Do you ever wonder if college
is a place of education or of
textbook learning? What I
mean is, education is learning
from either a textbook or a new
experience; not just textbooks.
I recently became educated in
Behrerxfs practices of education.
I attended Behrend for two years
before I transferred to U.P. and
always enjoyed the diverse
programming Behrend allowed
each organization. What I am
referring to is an incident the
first day of orientation. For
those who do not know what I
am talking about let me
explain:
The night before
orientation, past and present
students who attended Behrend
created chalk drawings/messages
on the ground. These messages
were not crude or vulgar, but
displayed the diversity of the
Behrend campus.
The next morning when the
group hoped the incoming
freshmen/transfers would view
their messages of diversity, no
messages were to be found. It
was decided by the
administration of the campus to
remove the chalk drawing
because they wished the campus
to be "perfect" for all incoming
students.
Also, an organization on
campus was immediately
blamed for something they
didn't do or knew nothing about
and the act was reduced to
"vandalism."
I personally know the
students who tried to convey
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their message to those who
never saw it I now know about
PSLTs rule that chalk drawings
without permission are
unacceptable.
Unfortunately I have to
question the wisdom of the
University: If you wanted
orientation to be "perfect,” why
doesn't the University let every
organization put chalk drawings
on the pavement?
Penn State is not a place to
close your mind to diversity or a
different culture but to explore
them. In doing so, students
either accept or reject difference,
but at least the knowledge of
diversity on Behrend campus
exists.
It is truly a shame when
students cannot express their
pride in the Behrend campus
diversity.
The question now is if the
group of students asked
permission to color the rainbow
flag on campus for orientation,
would they be given
permission?
I really don't think so.
Behrend's "perfection" takes
precedence over diversity.
I just hope in the future that
anyone who tries to get a
message across will talk to the
administration about chalk
drawing or other means, or you
may just be buried by PSU
bureaucracy.
Pamela M. Leins
University Park
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