ON BEING A COLLEGE STUDENT..
Upon entering college, students find
that more is expected of them than meets
the eye. A student who completes his edu
cation with just a degree is a failure.
College has become a building block. It
builds character, minds, bodies, and hopes,
by the end of four years, to build men and
women. For these reasons, various groups
of society have come to expect different
things from the college student.
Society, in general, expects the student
to conform to the norms which it has set un.
It assumes the student to be educated-and
aware, and to voice his opinions of assent or
dissent to the things which he sees about him.
In most cases, society knows that the average
college student is idealistic, and would at. ,
tempt to rebuild Rome in a day. Because of
these things society has assigned many dif
ferent roles to the student--builder, wrecker,
idealist, etc.
The Government expects many of the same
things of the student, but for different reasons.
The Government wants well-educated citizens--
citizens who are aware of situations in this
country and others, and who care enough to do
something about them. It wants leaders, and
fully realizes that the future leaders will
come frah the colleges. In short„ . the Govern
ment expects students to have ideals, and rep.
: - spect for traditions of this country. It
asks for support--but not unquestioning
support. Governments are not infallible for
they are executed by men, who make mistakes.
this, however, is not a reason for kicking
them when they are down, instead of helping
them back on their feet. It expects interest.
Perhaps all of these can be summed up in one
word--patriotism.
Duties of the students, from the view
point of the University include working to
one t s capacities, and making the most of op
portunities to learn. It expects students
to do something which, in some cases, they
have never been required to do before—THlNK.
It also expects that the student have an
open mind, colloquially speaking, "let it
all hang out." It does not encourage accep
tance, but rather an inquiring mind. It
expects adults.
The family, always wanting more for
their children, in turn expect more. Besides
wanting ambition from students, the family
expects all that society, government, and
the university expect--and even more. The
family wants the student not only to be a
credit to them and the "American way of life,"
but that he also be a credit to himself..
Responsibility, maturity, intelligence,
ambition, leadership,etc. are expected of
college students. The students are aware
of whet others expect of them, but some face
a dilemma which may even be more important
than the expectations of others--WHAT DO THEY
EXPECT OF THEMSELVES?
29 days till the Christmas Cotillion';;
To the Editor:
It has come to my attention that all of
the editorials printed in the Nittany Cub
express the opinions of your staff only. I
realize that you have certain editorial privi
leges, but why not find out the opinions of
Behrend students, before claiming to be the
"voice of the students."
Dear 0.P.:
If any student feels strongly enough a
bout an issue, and relates his feeling to us,
we would gladly write an editorial concerning
it. We pride ourselves, however, on the fact
that we print editorials that are of concern
to most of the students.
All University Day is an excellent idea,
because it offers the students of the common
wealth campus a chance to have a preview of
life at University Park. However, it is too
much to expect students to travel to and from
U.P. all in one day, and this is one of the
reasons why All U-Day was not comparable to
last year's UDay . . - Over-night housing is a
necessity for a successful All U-Day, but
since housing is not available the "Day"
should be planned on a weekend when housing
is available...that is not a football weekend.
The main campus offers many activities each
weekend whcih would offer an exciting time,
and a worthwhile trip. This should be discus
sed by the Behrend representatives at the next
OSGA conference.
Nittany Cub that she will be taking names for
a new strength to begin the first week of
Winter Term. There are only twelve members pa"
group, therefore if you are interested see '
"D.C." as soon as possible.
Ron Fontecchio
R. Paul Clement
Al Dorchester
Pete Eichenlaub
Anne Tomczak
Eileen Bowden
Karen Manuella
John Jackson
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M. Christopher
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NEW "GROUP" TO BEGIN
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