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EDITORAL:
Hitting A Challenge Headon
Eleven Student Government Representatives were placed
into offices last week at an uncontested election. Since then,
comments have been made concerning the election of these
people because of the one-sided slate of candidates offered
to the voters.
I sympathize with the students who cared enough to run
for offices. They are hitting a challenge head-on as they en
ter into their new positions. To put it simply, they are fac
ing a student body that is overridden with indifference.
Oddly enough, the students who know the least about poli
cies and activities here on campus, will be the loudest crit
ics of those who attempt to carry on the roles of govern
ment. The students who will repudiate the efforts of •the
leaders are those who are synonomous with "APATHY".
When there is work to be done . . . they are not available.
They excel best at criticizing, but they offer little or abso
lutely no solutions or suggestions to ease the qualms of
campus life.
From the sidelines of the arena they shout for changes
. . . for , action. But exactly what is it that they desire chang
ed? Do 'they assist in effecting reforms? Chances are they
do not. For them, campus life becomes a lofty seat of judg
ment wfiere they can, at best, "sound off" but "do nothing".
They htirl spears of degradation at the students who at
tempt to execute routine campus affairs and even the pro
fessors be . come victims of assinine criticism.
I wholeheartedly support, suggestions from conscientious
students -- those who are willing to offer constructive crit
icisms . . . plausible alternatives, but to those who make a
farce of our educational system through their indifference,
I offer these few words, `;,Solutions display intelligence: un
founded criticisms displays ignorance."
The S .U. B. at Highacres is a second home to most of us. We spend
hours sharing past everiences with our friends, contemplating the
future of the world, or even studying for the up-coming English Exam.
The S. U. B. reflects the student body at the Hazleton Campus. If
the students would take the time to look at the S. U. 8., they would
see that the S. U. B. also reflects the city dump. Do empty trays,
dirty dishes, and miscellaneous garbage reflect the charac'er of our
student body? Are the students a part of the mess in the S. U. 8., a
part that , is able to remove itself at will? The only way the students
are going : to prove •their responsiblity and maturity is to take care of
the things they have at their disposal.
Remerhtier, thle next time you sit down at a table and discover your
sleeve simiking up the remains of the •morning coffee, ask yourself, •
"S. U. B. or dump?"
THE HIGHACRES COLLEGIAN
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Dear Editor,
This is not an irate condemna
tion, nor is it a frantic appeal
to incite the masses.' Neither do
I wish to insult anyone. IVI3I
only hope is to bring into the
open a few points that, to date,
Most of us students, myself in
eluded, have ignored.
We, the almighty students, are
never wrong. _ We call Hibacres
a Day-Camp, criticize the curric
ulum, insult the professors be
hind their backs (and in some
cases to their faces), and do our
utmost to make life miserable
for ourselves.
Is Highacres a Day - Camp?
Perhaps. But I sincerely doubt
that conditions here are much
different from other places. One
boy I know cannot stand Univer
sity Park any longer than five
days a week; another transferred
back to Schuylkill Campus for
much the same reason. My best
friend at East Stroudsburg writes
about her "lousy campus", and
my "brother" at Valley Forge
lives for his few alloted days off,
to come home.
We seem to forget that High
acres is only a small branch of a
large university: it is virtually
impossible to schedule courses
at the whims of one or two
people. The small classrooms
only accomodate a few ample
per sections and most professors
do not want to take on four or
five sections a term. This is
their right-after all, they have
to prepare for these classes. If
they were to come to a class on
prepared we would be the first
to give tontine to thle fact, com
plaining Hea.-)en to. C,Pnyngharn
that "we was robbed".
As for insulting the professors
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April 16, 1969
COLLEGIAN STAFF
Marian Sipler
Elaine Pataki, Mary Kamerdze, Anne
Marouchoc, Nancy Anch,arski
Mel Topf
Toyce Rupp, JoAnne Volosky
APRIL, 1969,
- who , are we to mimic these
men and women when they hold
two or three degrees to our none?
These same students who imitate
the mannerisms of the "profs".
have not really spent ' much
time trying to know them as
people. I am not saying that a
degreg F ivings automatic respect
for tfle.fierson, but it does war:.
rant our respect to their pro
fessorship and authority if noth
ing more. We are the students,
they are the teachers and as long
as we are still working for our
degree this line line must be
drawn and kept.
Until this past weekend, I felt
a certain animosity for Highacres.
I did a pretty good job of cutting
her to shreds, too. Then, a very
wise man sat me down and re
minded me of the past year and
how hard I cried for fear of being
refused admittance.
"When you first went there,
you were glad to, be admitted
on the terms at khe'r discre
tion. Suppose, in the light of your
past few statements, you vtrere
be refused admittance next year.
You would feel pretty rank abOuti
that, would you not?
Being refused admit+ance for
next year is not likely and yet
it makes one: think. I strongly
recommend (to those who feel
that they can not stand High
acres any longer) transferring
to some other campus. It is
sure bet better that conditions
.will remain much' the same. It
will not be the campus or the
professors or the administration
who is at fault. Our feelings of
disgust and, futility stem, not
from the university, but fmm un
happiness within ourselves.
Sincerely,
Joanne L' Volasicy
Barb Sipler.
Helen Fuller, Pasco Pecora
Gwenn Cronk