Page 6 . The Lion's Eye pinion September 21, 2004 Letter to the editors: A welcome, and a challenge, from SGA Dear Penn Stater: I take great pride in welcoming you to Penn State as your Student Government President for the 2004-2005 academic year. You are about to embark on one of the greatest journeys of your life: college. It seems like yesterday, I began my college career at Penn State. At this moment, students all over the country are being advised on how to go about their college careers: how to pick the right classes, become involved, graduate without being in debt, how to fit in, etc ... Get involved. You can see the difference in your grades. Join an organization; join a club, we have over 30 clubs here on campus. There is a club for every interest you can think of; and if not, it is simple to start one. I can help. I urge you to take the challenge to overcome temptations. Do not allow yourself to be over- whelmed. Take everything one at a time. You will succeed. We are here for an extraordinary rea- son: to learn. I wish you the best of luck in all of your future endeavors here, there, and every- where. If you'll remember the lessons taught by Dr. Suess, you'll remember there is no limit to the places you will go. Kevin Krauss SGA President Letter from the editors: Infusion of new energy has left us feeling giddy The first couple of weeks of school have absolutely flown by. Already, most of us have had our first exams skipped a few classes (naughty, naughty), and pigged out at Java Joe's. After being here for the start of a school year for a few years, we're excited. Why? Because of you. Yes, you. You, at the open mic who broke the stool. You who participated in the SGA Tug of War. Even all of you who ate the free hot dogs. Why do all of you get us excited? Simply because of your involvement on campus. It's been awesome. During Common Hour, there are students in the apple orchard playing Ultimate Frisbee, hacky-sacking and whatever other games come to mind. There are students relaxing in the gazebo. There is laughter. There is fun. There are good times in the sun. But there are still so many activities to look forward to during the common hour, after the common hour, and even before it. We hope to see all your friendly faces everywhere we go. Maybe even help us review some of the school events. We're always looking for fresh new writers to add flavor to the paper. You know, spice it up a bit. Sarat and Gonnifer ~ MISSION STATEMENT | don’t have a break between classes. | go home; | have a lot of time between classes. work done. Jamielle Johnson Sophomare Nella Saoyen Senior | go to the brary and get my home- Rich Hawkins Freshman Common hour | go | do my homework; | go to the gym. to work and steal during common food. hour | talk and eat lunch with friends. Liz Segal Sophomore Andy Fernandez Sophomore Erin MacQueen Freshman Aggressive drivers can drive you right to breaking point There are so many drivers driving carelessly these days. Just maneuvering down Route 1 has become a dangerous task. Drivers are rushing, honking at people to get out of their way, tailgating, and flicking off peo- ple that are driving too slow. Now I know that it's hard to follow someone who is driving like a turtle, but have a little respect. Give him the benefit of the doubt. Maybe he’s lost, and we all know what it feels like to be lost. And so what if they're old. Would you want someone to disrespect your parents or grandparents while they were driving? People are so quick to judge, immediately mumbling under their breath that the person in front of them should have their license revoked, when in fact you're the one with the problem. If you're rushing because you're late, maybe you should try leaving earlier, so your rude erratic driving doesn't become a tragedy, all because you were rushing. Everywhere you look people are juggling a phone in one hand, a drink in the other, and sometimes you even see that same person before maneuvering her automobile back to the left lane behind some other innocent driver. I actually wished there was a cop sitting on top of the hill with his lights flashing to take away her license. Driving is a privilege that many people are taking for granted these days. And I hate to admit it, but I don't think people will slow down until something trag- ic happens. It seems like everyone these days needs an eye awakening experience to open their eyes. Sometimes it happens to late. How would you feel if you were the reason someone else was killed because you chose to drive extremely fast? If you even survived the accident, I bet you would be counting your blessings. But what about that poor family who lost a loved one because of your speed- ing? People need to stop and think while | they're driving because innocent lives are | being threatened everyday by drivers. You | may not care now, but you will when someone close to you dies in an automobile or someone with multiple CDs hanging out of their mouth oem you know caused a terrible accident. in an attempt to change the music. I don't know about you but that makes me feel unsafe. The other day when I was driving down Route 1, a four-lane highway I might add, a woman was tailgating a car in the left lane. She started blaring her horn, sticking up her middle finger, and to top it off she was talking on her cell phone. Oh, and there was a young child in the backseat. Now let's just say that tailgated car braked a little. Route 1 is dangerous, especially that area where those five teenagers were killed a few years ago. And if that poor driver who couldn't switch lanes because traffic was so heavy braked even for a second they would have been rear ended. Eventually that woman did get around her by swerving in the right lane, almost colliding with me, It used to be that drivers needed to avoid young teenagers, mainly boys, who were driving. Because sta- tistics said that they were the worst drivers. Now everyone is on that list. It doesn't matter if you're 45 or 25, everyone is rushing and taking what they have for granted. So instead of rushing, try for once to be the respon- sible driver, who is cautious of his/her surroundings. Leave earlier if you know that you will be stuck in traf- fic, or might be late for school, work, or even a meet- ing. I'm sure your boss would be happier to see your face alive than dead. I'm going to make a conscious effort to slow down and am challenging all readers to do the same. But most of all remember, it only takes one time to make a mistake that could cost lives. PENNSTATE Editor: : arah Gallatig Dejavare Kelly, Quinetta Wilson, Jonathan Leonhard. ounty Managing Editor: " LION'S E Jennifer Rufo Contributing Staff for this edition: Katie News, Julia Hagan, Sade Mitchell, Charlotte Barr, Anya Takos, Kevin Krauss, Andrew Walter, Gerry Dungan, Taryn Chance, Matt Aragona, Matt Contact the Lion’s Eye: At SLG232@psu.edu or JLR397@psu.edu.
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