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REPORTERS editorial EMTN-IN-CIIEF Cary R. Peters dent may not even seem important to many RIT students. The point I am try• Put A MANAOINQ EDITOR ing to make is that inspite of all of the Christine Kocnig positive aspects of RIT the eighth EXECUTIVE EDITOR graders experienced, they will most Kerstin Cunter Sock In It... definitely remember the negative, per• AH MREOTOR haps even more so. The more good we as After reading President Simone's letter josh Klenert this week, I wish to express my own feel• students can accomplish, the better. There DIRECTOR OF raOTOQRAPRY seems, in our society and on our campus, to ings about what happened on campus back Erik Mathy in October of this school year. The rude be a natural tendency to dwell on any neg• ative occurrences and asp>ects that arise. AtSOaATE EDITORS comments of a few RIT students to a group Anna Kradlak, FEATURES of touring eighth graders may not seem like Therefore, whenever possible, we should Aimee Zakrewski, SPORTS act. I am not saying that volunteerism Bryan Howell, CULTURE a big deal at first, but like it or not it does Alfred Pcnn, NEWS reflect on all of us in the RIT Community. should be exercised so that we can improve OIFY EDITOR I don't expect the entire campus to hunt the image of the university. There are many Sean Aryai these students down and punish them any other more important reasons we should ASSISTANT COPY EDITOR more than I expect the majority of people participate. I am saying that representing Cara Allen to become extremely distressed about this the university in a positive way, not only situation. We have all heard at one time or benefits each individual, their organiza• PHOTO EDITOR Victoria Arocho another that school spirit at RIT is low or tion, and the community, it also improves almost nonexistent, but this isolated inci• the RIT community. When that happens, WRITERS Sean Aryai, Kurt Brownell, dent may be part of a bigger problem. then we will all have something in which to Alan David Dias, Patrick J. Caynard, Aside from the mere common courtesy we take pride. Chip Coher, jason Jonikas, Perhaps if a group of RIT students from Don Leclcer, Christopher McCarthy, should show to visitors on our campus, we Aileen Pagan, Eve Saturn, josh Slates, need to foster pride in the RIT Community. a variety of majors were to visit the very Willis White, Rahul Merwah We can't seriously expect outsiders to view same group of eighth grades in their own DESIOMEU us as a strong community, if we don't even school, it would be a more positive experi• Nate Amone, Keith Henscl ence than the one they received on our cam• believe it ourselves. PH0T8QRAPRERS However, it is not as easy as simply pus. They will not forget the incident, I'm Kurt Brownell, Seth Callcn, sure, but the opportunity to meet RIT stu• Tony DiPictro, Seth Citncr, believing it. We need to show one another, julic Henderson, Carla Hernandez, and those outside the RIT Community, dents that show they care, could leave a Heidi Murrin, Alyssa Scheinson, that we actually do give a damn. There are much better impression on a group of Max Scnulte a number of campus organizations that act young people who may now think other• PRODUCTION MANAGER frequently in and around the Rochester wise. Maria Rosini area. The individuals that comprise these PRODUCTION STAFF organizations through their efforts create a ^^-^atacha Van Ccldcr, Trisha Kagey positive image for themselves and for the DARKROOM nCIMICIAH entire RIT Community. Volunteerism does Cary Peters Carla Hernandez much more for school moral and image Editor—In—Chief MSTlllUTIOII than standing around on the Quarter Mile jeff Jakobowski, Matt Sievenpipcr complaining about how much RIT stinks. ADYERT1SIRQ Negativity, though it may sometimes be Stocy Speidel, Krissy Bush warranted, does nothing but breed even PRE-PRUS more negativity. There is nothing wrong Kristine Creenizen with complaining about the lack of school Write Us PUIIISHINQ SYSTEMS OONSULTAMT Rl h >K II R u'l'U omcs mail from its \ spirit. I myself am as guilty as the next per• Mark j. Kociscin son when it comes to this. But if all one i wuii'is. I'liuisi- send letters to: 1 Rl !•( )l< I I K, Roehester Institute of ' •FHOE MANAOER does is complain, then there is really no Teetfnolo}-); One l.oinh Wemonal \ Sarah Tumbull point in wasting one's breath. Din e, Roehester. \eir York. 14(}2^. i ADVISOR Becoming active in campus organiza• Letters must he typed and doiihle Dr. Elaine Spaul tions will not stop some random student spaeed. Please limit letters to 100 from making a bad comment to a visiting H olds. Rl i'( )K 11 K lesiTi es the rijiht tit PRINTED AT RIPS TAE OENTU edit fur lihel and elarity. group of school-girls on campus. The inci• 4 DECEMBER 16,1994 mail box Who Says We Dent Care? ignoring, (I must have missed that seminar tions were most appreciative of RIPs I would like to use this forum, the at freshman orientation) and it is complete• efforts. However, several incidents Reporter Magazine, in particular to discuss ly unnecessary. There is nobody sitting on occurred which trouble me greatly. I know a matter which at this time poses to be top of the Eastman Building with a pair of that the general student body will concur detrimental to the students on campus. Let binoculars waiting for us to start getting with my concern. us not forget that without students there rambunctious so he can run down stairs Specifically, several of the students were would be no campus. So without further and stop us. surprised and offended by racial and other ado: Back to my experiment: try as I might, I slurs directed at them by a few RIT stu• Ladies and gentlemen (these are the can't even get people to look when I am dents. In addition, an RIT student on a words I feel are adequate to describe the doing my best to embarrass myself. I wish bicycle recklessly drove into the group and students here, the words that I would like they would. I wish we could all try to pre• came close to seriously injuring several of to use to describe the faculty and staff here tend that there is more to life than getting the students. This series of incidents may or are unfortunately unprintable), I would through Calc Four or Physics. Somewhere, may not have been conneaed. like to approach the subject of apathy on in all the knowledge we are consuming, we The consequence is that an event, which this campus. forgot about life. was very well-planned by people from the Recently, I have tried to discuss this I don't want to give in. In fact, I want City Schools and RIT, did not turn out to anti-pertinent topic with many students on you, ladies and gentlemen to get out.