2- The Highacres Collegian, April 29, 1977
And Now
The Good News... To the Editor:
It is time to give some
campus clubs and organizations
the oppkrtunity to stand up
and take a bow. Throughout
the academic year, clubs at
Highacres have been sponsor
ing drives and activities
to benefit various charitable
organizaions.
With the coming of Spring,
a number of charity drives
have been undertaken at High
acres. The Circle K Club
sold daffodils, the profits
benefitting the American
Cancer Society. April Fool's
Day, appropriately enough,
was marked by activity spon
sored by the Fraternal Order
of Lunatics. However, the
fools used this day to under
take a very serious activity,
a drive for the American Can
cer Society.
Highacres Club Advisory
Council helped sponsor the
March of Dimes Walk-A-Thon
by acting as the campus reg
istration center. On April
20, the Student Union Board
held and ice cream eating con
test, with the registration
fees benefitting the American
Heart Association.
Comeriety, an annual cam
pus production, is presented
to benefit a camous scholar
"ship fund. Another ammual
ship fund. Another annual
charity drive is the "Trick
or Treat for UNICEF" program
sponsored by the Theta Sigma
Pi Sorority.
These Highacres clubs
and organizations should
be lauded for their civic
mindedness in sponsoring
these projects. It is hoped
that this trend will con
tinue^,
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EDITORIAL OPINIONS
Didn't you, as a science
major, ever wonder why you
must take Social Science re
quirments? Or you, as a psy
chology major, stop to think
why you need X number of Math
credits? And you, the engi
neering student, didn't you
ever ask yourself why you must
have History or Arts?
Wake up you sleepy gener
ation! Stop being so passive
about the education bu — —it
system! Why does a pre-Law stu
dent have to include a language
in his/her curriculm? Since
what ice age does a plant sci
ence major need calculus?
We were all told in grades
one through twelve we needed a
well-rounded education to be
well-rounded people(both in know
ledge of facts and in knowledge
of people). I definitely agree.
Having Biology in high school
prompted me to major in it in
college. Also, having Calculus
as a senior alerted me to the
fact that I definitely did
not want ot get into Math as
a career. Terrific!
Now, as a college student,
I am still getting that line
and, since I feel that I am round
enough, Ino longer buy it! I
want to get done, get out, and
get started with a job; not mess
around with courses that I won't
need and definitely don't want.
I think it would be great to
take an American History course
if I happened to be terribly in
terested in American History
even as I am a science major.
What really upsets me is that
I have to has£ or Hu
manities courses even if I
couldn't care less about
one of them.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Wake Up Students
either
Yet we go along with this .
crazy anarchy of learning.,
They say "Take this and that.
It's required." and we.say "Yes,
sir. Whatever you; say, sir."
We may grumble a little, but
we' never actually say "Why?
It doesn't relate to my field.
I don't like the subject. Arid
I will most likely never have;
any use for the material even
if Ido remember it. Thereofore
take your garbage courses and
stick them in your left ear!"
Why shouldn't you, the stu
dent, get the type of education
you reall need arid want? We
should be alerted to the courses
we need for our major and take
those courses. Then, if we.
have a few outside points of in
terest, we can always take a
course or two in those areas.
However,‘these "have to" and
required lines are ridiculous.
Wake up students! Ask
questions! And get answers!
You have rights as individuals!
Besides, who is paying whom for
your education?!!!
Karen Weber
3 r< i Term Medical Technology
Wbrthy Cause
To the Editor:
We wish to publically
thank all those who were
involved in making our April
F.0.0.L.5. charity drive for
the American Cancer Society
a success: Mr. Paul Cerula
and Mr. Elwood Tito; Mr. Milan
"Ziggy" Sigmund and Mr. John
Timbko, two who braved strong
winds to put up our sign on
the Library; Mr. Park Lenhart,
and most of all thanks to all
those who generously donated
their money to a very worthy
cause.
Sincerely,
The members of the
Fraternal Order, Of.