'age Two - Highacres Collegian, Feb. 17, 1977 You Can’t Be Cool In College Many of us at Highacres have seen, at one time or another, the effects of vandalism on this campus. This year espec ially, acts of vandalism have increased. Ask a member of the 5.G.A.,5.U.8. or R.H.C. how many additional dollars had to be spent this year to replace broken and destroyed equipment. The air hockey machine in the Commons has not operated all year due to the fact that someone kicked in the coin box and totally demolished the in terior of the system. The pin ball machines have been kicked in too, net once, but repeat edly. Chairs all over campus have been written upon. In C-l es pecially, there is writing on both the seats and the backs of the chairs. There are ob scenities and kindergarten scribblings on walls, floors, doors, and anywhere someone can find space to write. By sitting on the pool table, a table which was only recently recovered, leveled and had a leg fixed, it has once again become broken and abused. The ping-pong tables are now in need of support to even stand so as to be use able. The S.U.B. and S.G.A. have recently allocated an additional $5O to replace destroyed equipment. In The Residence Hall, chairs, tables, lamps and recreational equipment have also been destroyed. Rooms have been robbed, personal items destroyed, walls written on, lights smashed and objects ripped off walls. In the Library,’ books have been ripped off and magazines and periodicals, not to men tion reference books, have Unsigned editorials represent the official views of the Collegian as determined by The Board of Directors. Views expressed in bylined articles are those of the indi vidual contributors and do not reflect the official Views of the Collegain. Responsible comment invited. Letters to the Editor should be signed and mailed or delivered to EDITORIAL OPINIONS By John Page Collegian Editorial Columnist been destroyed and torn up. In the past two years, 524 books have been stolen from our cam pus library alone. It costs our University $l2 to process the replacement of a stolen book, plus an average of $l2 for the cost of a Liberal Arts book and $24 for an average Science or Technology book. If you assume half the books stolen were Science books and half were L.A. books, a total of nearly $16,000 has been spent to replace stolen books. If you are a piano player, look around and ask yourself, "Where is there a good piano, in working order, that I can use?" No piano on this campus is in excellent condition. Most are totally useless. Pieces have benn removed and keys banged up so bad that even if they do work, an "A" would probably sound more like an , "F sharp". Although we are now all college students, many act as though they were still in high school and trying to impress their "friends". Put high school out of your minds. It is time to realize that you cannot be "cool" in a college by destroying it. Open your eyes. It is your money you are throwing away and mine too. I don't want my higher tuition dollars going to replace some thing that some "nerd" has de stroyed. I am in college to learn, but this learning will not include learning to live on a destroyed, demolished campus. This campus belongs to all of us, and I am one person who will put up one hell of a fight before I will see it de stroyed by vandals. Tip Of The Ol’ Hat The Residence Hall Council has instituted a series of open forums with Highacres administrators, staff members, and students leaders. These forums are set up as opporn tunities for autorities in thed respective fields at High acres to speak and discuss with Highacres students infor mation and issues dealing with their respective fields. Forum speakers have includ ed Dean Joseph McCallus, Dean of Student Affairs, Bruce Young, Athletic Coordinator, James White, Career Development and Placement Counselor, and the members of the Student Standards Board. These forums to be beneficial to the students, with good size crowds attending and excels lent exchanges of questions and ideas occuring,. These for ums have provided open and can did communication about important and pressing issues concerning Highacres. They have provided students with information about programs and activities available to them that they may otherwise not have found out about. We tip our hats to the Residence Hall Council for instituting this program and hope that this program can continue and programs similar to it can be instituted in the future not only by the R.H.C. but also by other campus organizations. The Highacres Collegian has donated a copy of the book, "Two Worlds of Andrew Wyeth: Kuerners and Olsons" by K.S. Gilbert and J.K. Holt to the Highacres Library. The book deals with an exhibit by. Wyeth that is presently being displayed at New York's Museum of Metropolitan Art.
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