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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
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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
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