Opinions Highacres ommentary Spring is finally here. Or, is it? We're all keeping our fingers crossed that Mother Nature is kind to us unlike her performance Easter week when she dumped 12 inches of snow on the area, cancelling school for a day. As the weather gets nicer day by day, college students are notorious for finding better things to do than at tending classes. At the beginning of the term it was an out and out battle for spaces on the parking lots on campus. If one arrived on campus after first period, he was almost assured a "pleasant" trek uo "agony hill." Now, though, it seems easier and easier to get a parking space at the top of the hill. Has enrollment dropped drastically? Certainly not! It seems easier to cut classes than to sit through lecture after lecture on a nice, sunny day. Although Spring is said to be a season of rebirth and renewal, for some students on campus it ultimately becomes a time of care-free attitudes and disconcern for By George P. Yanoshik, Jr. academics If $531 in tuition alone doesn't give the incentive to perform well in school regardless of the season, consider what cutting classes will mean. Not only will tuition money and money spent on books and supplies be wasted (whether the student is financing his own education or not), but cumulative averages will also drop due to infrequent class atten dance. If cutting classes and do ing nothing at all with an en tire day simply because the weather is nice is important to a person, he should not be enrolled as a "student." A student is "one who studies." Granted, studying is not a 24-hour-a-day pro ject for most and some leisure time is essential for a happy existence. At this time of the term, we must re-examine our values and our future goals. Many of us find that budgeting our time is ex tremely hard to do; and, ultimately, we take the easy way out. As Penn State students, we are here to fur- ther our educations an• ry to begin lifetime careers. Upon graduation, we will leave school holding a degree from a university with a fine reputation. College is the first step to the rest of our lives. Con sider this, when we even tually enter the working world after completing a Penn State education, will the weather dictate to us our actions? Just because we do not feel like going to work because it is a beautiful day will probably not influence our actions to any great extent. College is our "work" now. After a brutal winter, it may be very easy to pack it in and say forget about school. In the long run, though, it is the person who feels and acts this way that will be shortchanged in the end. THE HIGHACRES COLLEGIAN Vol. 17, No. 4 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Executive Editors Associate Editor Adviser COLLEGIAN STAFF MEMBERS News Editor Feature Editor Sports Editor Business Manager Assistant Business Manager Photo Editor Layout Editor ... Writers Photographers Artist The HIGHACRES COLLEGIAN office is located in the South Building Room 108. Office hours are Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 12:05 to 12:45 p.m. Other hours can be arranged by appointment. The COLLEGIAN phone number is (717) 454-6559 Unsigned editorials represent the official view of the COLLEGIAN—Views expressed in bylined articles are those of the individual contributor, and they do not necessarily reflect the view of the COLLEGIAN. Respon sible comment to printed material is invited. C •toom BUILD/NG 1 / Artwork by Tory Robertson April 30, 1982 Jerry Trently, Jr. Kelly A. Yale George P. Yanoshik, Jr. Lori A. Emerich Dr. Michael Santulli Terry McCarthy Pam Eppinger Donna Rose Roberts Jayne Ann Bugda James R. Nichols Tony Leshinskie Joe Krushinsky, Jr James Bagley Bill Boyer Mark Brennan Jayne Ann Bugda Mary Jane Cuba John Cusatis Jay A. Exner Stephanie Kocher Tony Leshinskie Nick Pisani, Jr. Will Robertson Alita Rovito Tim Swarr Pam Weeks Steve Zarick Tony Leshinskie Tom Swarr Tom Topoleski Jerry Trently Tory Robertson Page 18
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