The Highacres Collegian, May 18, 1976 Sd&vtfat fifUtUoH’ Traditionally, the last Col- they want to see and tolerate legian editorial of the year injustices that should not be serves as a column of thanks passively accepted as they are. and praise to all the people Often I've heard complaints who helped with the paper dur- made about profs or administra ing the course of the year. tors on this campus - in the Veil, I'm going to try some- halls, the Commons, or the bath thing a little different this room. But few times have I year. Appreciation is fine, heard these complaints at a and lam grateful to all those Student Government meeting or people who helped the Collegian before an organization or per in one way or another this year, son that could take action and But I've got something more bring about some changes, important than a list of names Students do have power to talk about (and besides, (after all, a lot of people its more fun being unpredict- would be out of work if it was able - keeps 'em guessing). wasn't for us), but this power This year the Collegian has is lost in the disunity of the published editorials dealing student body, with different problems on So take off your blinders campus. I had hoped that two and look around. If you don't things would happen si a re- like what you see, don't just suit of these editorials: that sit there -do something about students would become aware, it. Though it may sound cliche, and that they would get in- Highacres is what you make it. volved. What actually happened I guess I've gotten in my was this: except for a few in- last word. It's time to move stances, students became aware on tb bigger and better prob of the problems presented in lems at that big U. Park in the editorial, and then dis- -the sky. missed the issue. The attitude of the student body on this campus is amazing (it must be in the water). Students here see only what £ - >1 final word Drop out? by Brian Miller For all those lost souls out there in your late adolescence, trying to decide what to do with the best years of your life, here's a suggestion—get an education. But, you say, "I'm already in a school of higher education getting a higher education than I got back in high school." No my friend and brother and sister, you may be in a school of higher education but unless you are enrolled in "Hustle 100' or "Survival in the City 212," you are not getting an educa tion* high or otherwise. What is "Hustle 100?" Well, it COULD be a course in learn ing to Make It. Not to make it in a $lO,OOO, fancy car and good pot with fine booze sense, but making it in a three-meals a-day, roof-over-the-head sense And if you are of the lower class, and most of us schmucks going to a state-supported Pennsylvania school are, the "Hustle 100" would be your most profitable course, far more im portant than your most needed course in your major. A journalism degree will not get you a job. A mathematics degree will not lead to the cozy apartment with the house trained English sheepdog. Kissing the interviewers ass and winking at secretaries and patting the right people's backs and general hustling will. You say you have a journal ism degree and you want a job because you work hard and you are a nice guy. Well, can you make a gin slurpee while pour ing a Schlitz in an over-crowed overheated bar? Can you grill cheesesteaks all night after pumping gas all day? Can you say "What can I do fur ya, pardner" 500 times while wear ing a cowboy hat? Because that is what 75 per cent of us are going to do, for Continued on Page 5
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