Minnijean Brown Trickey of Little Rock Nine visits PSH
By JAMES SPEED
STAFF WRITER
JKSSI6I @PSU.EDU
"You must walk through ...
straight through the gusts of fear
and fury"
This statement captures the
essence of the . Little Rock Nine,
nine African-American students
who, in g 957, were integrated
into Centtal .High, an all white
school in Little Rock, Ark.
The nine faced tremendous
adversity in their quest for equal
rights. Angry mobs lined the
streets in front of the school
to protest desegregation. On
one occasion the nine had to be
police escorted away from the
school for it was feared they
would be killed by the mob.
Minnijean Brown Trickey was
one of the nine students, a fierce
and courageous woman, even in
her youth. She was expelled from
school for dumping her bowl
of chili crrk a white student for
tormenting-her.
Radar magazine crowns 50
BY SEPIDEH SAFAEE
STAFF WRITER
SOSSO34OPSU.EDU
We have all looked for the list of
the 50 best colleges in America, but
we have never bothered looking
for the list of the worst colleges in
America. Radar Magazine wrote
an article on the 50 worst colleges
in America rating everything from
the worst
Ivy League,
the biggest
rip-off, to
the most
closeted
schools.
The 50
worst
colleges are
as followed
rated by
Radar
Magazine.
The worst
college
According to Radar magazine, the campus of USC, Los Angeles is the most superficial of
all colleges.
in America is University of
Bridgeport, (Bridgeport, Conn.)
with an acceptance rate of 33
percent, total cost per year is
$39,107, and the four-year
graduation rate is 87 percent.
This campus is considered
to have meager academics,
and a shady administration.
Trickey was 16 years old when
she was involved in one of the
most important movements in
American history. She has gone on
to become a social activist and has
won numerous awards including
the Lifetime Achievement Tribute
by the Canadian Race Relations
Foundation. She also served on
the Clinton Administration as
Because of the city's violent
crime, 60 percent students
are scared to live on campus.
"Despite all this, the university
managed to boost its undergraduate
enrollment due to aggressive
recruitment of international
students," said Radar Magazine.
According to Radar
Magazine the most over
rated college is Harvard University
(Cambridge, Mass.), with an
acceptantrateof9percentandafour
year graduation rate of 87 percent.
This is the most elite school in
the land. It is almost impossible
to graduate with less than
a B+. Ninety percent of the
class graduated with honors.
The Most Degenerate Student
Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Workforce Diversity.
On Monday Oct. 6, Trickey
gave a presentation to Penn State
Harrisburg students and faculty
about her experience as one of the
Little Rock Nine. She spoke with
great conviction and got to the
heart of American Civil Rights.
In her presentation, Trickery
spoke briefly about her experience
at Central High School. She
mentioned facing the angry mobs
that threatened her. She spoke
about her frustration at being
expelled over a minor incident,
and the cards that circulated the
school afterwards reading, "One
down, eight to go."
But mostly she focused on the
now, how the Little Rock Nine
had changed a nation, and how
our generation has to continue
the battle. She challenged that we
not sit idly by, but instead be pro
active and get involved.
"Americans do not like to talk
about our issues," said Trickey.
"We like to look around at the rest
Body: San Diego State University
(San Diego, California) the
acceptant rate is 44 percent, a four
year graduation rate of 17 percent,
and a total cost per year of $18,994.
Majority of the student body takes
at least six years to graduate.
There has been a total of 785
drug and alcohol related arrests
on campus in the last two years.
"SDSU is just a place to
spend those magical
seven years that fall
between high school
and your first job
at the warehouse,"
says one student.
According to
Radar Magazine,
University of Southern
California in Los
Angeles is considered
the most Superficial.
Acceptance rate is
25 percent, four-year
graduation rate is
65 percent and the
total cost per year is 49,489
dollars. "A three-ring circus of
Beamers, buffed blondes, and
occasionally natural tanning, USC
is "not a good place to be ugly."
"In fact, USC is a silicone
bubble of high-gloss narcissism
and Hollywood entitlement
that attracts the affluent,
Oct. 22
of the world and cast our
judgments on them and
ignore our own faults."
Trickey talked about
education: Go to school,
she said, learn what
they have to teach you,
question it, but most
importantly take charge
of your own education.
Until recently, the
story of the Little Rock
Nine has gone untold.
It was not told how the
Governor of Arkansas
sent his national guard
to stop the Nine from
going into school. It was
not told that President
Eisenhower sent 1,200 soldiers to
protect the Nine and escort them
as they entered Central High
School for the first time on Sept.
25, 1957.
Only one of the nine graduated
from Central High school
before it was shutdown, after
only one year of desegregation.
Trickey ended her presentation
worst colleges
genetically blessed SoCal beach
dweller." Said Radar Magazine .
Trump University
is the most
dubious degree
students will ever
earn. Students are
tricked in taking
this online class.
The acceptance
rate is 100 percent
the average cost
per class is 995
dollars there
are no tests or
grades and do not
even bother with
college credits,
there are not any,
students do not
evenearnadegree.
According to Radar Magazine the
ugliest campus is Drexel University
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) with
an acceptance rate of 72 percent,
four-year graduation rate at 13
percent and total cost $45,875.
"Students pay to go to a school
that is not well maintained with
its cracked sidewalks, megatons
of gray concrete, their run-down
classrooms, and giant looming
smokestacks," says Radar
Magazine. According to Radar
Magazine this campus not only
does not have enough athletic fields
with a poem by Antonio Machado:
"Walker, your footsteps are the
road, and nothing more. Walker,
there is no road, the road is made
by walking. Walking you make
the road, and turning to look
behind you see the path you will
never again step upon. Walker,
there is no road, only foam trails
on the sea."
for the 13,000 some students going
there, but the one strip of
Photo courtesy of uartsjournals.com
Drexel University, voted ugliest campus is
located in downtown Philly.
vegetation, it is known as
the "rape garden" not only is
this campus hideous
but it is also not safe.
According to Radar Magazine,
the biggest rip-off school is
Hampshire College (Amherst,
Massachusetts) with an
acceptance rate of 57 percent,
four-year graduation rate of 47
percent. For only $47,790, this
liberal arts school will
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