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Editorial Opinions
Faculty Seeks
To Educate
The current trend of academic planning in higher
education is the creation of general liberal arts and
science programs. In both undergraduate and
graduate education, the stress is now upon com
prehensive, inter-disciplinary studies. Graduate and
professional schools, as well as industry, are
recruiting students with more general educational
backgrounds. Institutions now realize that with
specialization comes isolation, and isolation is the
fundamental weakness of the specialized student.
While attaining educational depth, the specialized
student has isolated himself in an Ivory Tower
(perhaps Ivory Cellar would be more appropriate).
But the fundamental question has yet to be
resolved. Is it better to vocate or educate? It was one
of the major points of debate at the SGA meeting
which rejects the faculty proposals.
It is'somewhat refreshing to see a reversal of the
traditional roles. The students have become ardent
supporters of the traditional approach of vocational
training, while the faculty and the administration
have become the radicals. The faculty and ad
ministration have attempted new programs, in order
to achieve the educational objectives. of the
university. The Behrend students seem to want
vocational training. The Faculty and the Ad
ministration want to education.
Campus Security
Proves Valuable
Hot words, conjecture, and
perhaps a bit of mud has flown
fast and furious since the rapid
growth of the Security Depart
ment during Winter Term.
Everything connected with the
Security Office has drawn con
troversy from almost every
faction on Behrend it appears the
war has only started.
The student marshalls are
among the first members of the
security office that come to mind.
To put it bluntly, many doubt if
they earn the money that they are
paid. Although an eight per cent
budget cut has gone into effect,
there is more doubt if they are
doing anything worthwhile.
The basic function of the
student marshalls is to man the
security office telephone 24 hours
a day, seven days a week.
Perhaps this does not seem a
significant contribution to the
campus, but it is. This service
provides a clearing house for
information, a switch board after
5 p.m. and a number to call in
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case of emergency. There were
several instances this year, when
the security office and the
Pinkertons have taken students
to the hospital and brought them
back without charge. The
Pinkertons are there in case of
emergency and can be contacted.
The matter of traffic violations
is of concern to everyone who
drives a car. The money collected
from the violations is allotted to
the SGA and then to a con
tingency fund. Here it is
available to campus
organizations that might need
funds for financial dilemma.
Without the Security Office, the
parking situation would be worse
than it is now. If this money were
not collected, the student body
would not benefit from the funds.
What is obviously necessary is
an investigating committee to
study the Security Office and'see
exactly what its duties en
compass. Perhaps this will dear
the air about what the Security
Office actually is.
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Specialization Needed
Job Hunting Too Tough
By Doug Leichliter
CUB Managing Editor
It’s a cold hard world outside
Behrend. This has been a fact of
life for quite some time. The time
has arrived when the average
student should quit deluding
himself. If anyone is going to
make it in this world, he must
have something to offer a
prospective employer.
The facts are evident. Holding
a liberal arts or general science
degree is a common thing and the
number of degree holders far
outweigh the number of positions
open. It is necessary for the job
hunter to have something more to
offer than just a general liberal
arts degree. It is a world of
specialization and if you have no
specialty, a very good possibility
exists that you might spend the
first years of your adult life
scrounging around for a good
paying job, or struggling for
survival.
lotted
by Shylock
S.G.A. is very noisy about the
“security problem” but is there
any action really being taken?
Food and Housing seems to be
the best administrated depart
ment on campus.
A special thanks to Mosteller
and Company for their beer can
dean-up.
Many students are glad to hear
that Behrend graduates will not
be forced to wear caps and
gowns. Like the 1970 U.P.
graduates, some have elected to
donate the gown fee to charity.
Very commendable.
Also commendable was the
J.R.C. All Night Party - Rick
Jones deserves everyones
thanks.
The library IS open until
midnight Monday through
Thursdays.
Weekends are pretty quiet
without the East Side Keggers—
all of their leaders have left
school for a variety of reasons.
Is the action really in 265?
Bleep!
It is necessary for the student
to realize this in the first or
second year of his college
education, and develop a
specialized skill to offer an
employer upon graduation. The
major problem is that many
colleges do not offer any struc
tured program within general
liberal arts or general science
programs. Perhaps this is the
difficulty with Behrend today.
The Student Government
Association recently turned down
an outlined proposal of the
Academic Planning Committee
for these exact reasons. SGA
asserted that the program was
too general and didn’t really offer
the student a specialized
education. For this it is necessary
to go to University Park.
This does not mean the nature
of education at Behrend would
always be general. The sub
committee proposed that within
15 years Behrend would develop
sufficiently to offer specialized
programs for the liberal arts
student. In the 10 years that
would precede this development,
the main concentration would
remain with the general science
and the general arts and science
majors. Therefore the average
student would be forced to
transfer to University Park to
receive the degree of educational
specialization that he wants.
Since this would leave fewer
students at Commonwealth
Campuses, the quality and
variety of courses will be limited.
Many believe that it is of more
importance to Behrend that
emphasis be placed upon
specialized courses within a
general degree.
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