.... September 24 1976 15 • Off Ca~pus . lacking students' work there. Yes. : y~ • .._~ - !i tliere are easier teachers and easy courses, but there · are no easy : ~ ) . ~-:' : : . _____________________ ....... -.-:.-~' majors. Most of my friends, including fellow seniors in a variety of fields , will attest to this. Next May I will graduate with maj(!rS in Psych. and Broad Field -'iocial Studies, a minor in soc.· anlhro. and will be certified lo leach these areas in high school. I have, in my opinion, had lo work hard for. all By Mary Dowd, Pointer Editor my A's and B's. For most courses, if I did nol produce "A" work, the "A" grade was not given. Reading 500 pages of complex material each week< to say nothing of studying it over) and several W[illen ­ projects is tiresome, but wa,s in­ teresting and worthwhile to me. With the exception of. Freshman English and Communications 101, I have found all my courses worthwhile <you sometimes have lo make them worth· while>. , I agree with the editor that we should each consider the worth of courses taken,.but I would go further, and add that we should put respon­ sibility for any shortcomings in their Hang In rightful place. I believe that poor there teaching is a more serious problem To the Pointer than poor grading. <I dis·covered that This letter· regards your article, I had learned more from some of my "Hang Gliding Mistakes," which ap­ high school teachers than from cer­ peared in your September 17 issue. I tain faculty members here!) Some in· would like lo thank Kevin Buggy for structors confuse quantity with correcting the inaccuracies which ap­ quality and go overboard in handing peared in your September 10 article out work. The frequent result is that on hang gliding. · students, concentrate only on getting I would also like lo answer his work done for a grade, rather than rhetorical questions. The instruction having more time to reflect and in question was actually held in _ remember lhe material over the long Milwaukee and was in fact an in­ run. structors' clinic. It was sponsored by the J,Jniled States Hang Gliding Warren S. Schullz ~ Association. They were private lessons given by instructors who have DIiuted education · Perhape, if I were preparlJII :i« a life ilfbJlb iloel~, a obtained the highest ratings given out colonial spread uct av~ ec:ologk:a! destroyer called a by the U.S.H.G .A. One of the in­ 'To the Pointer, • . , Cadillac,-r might i.,e~""for .thJs,·tralllihg in social structors, by achievement in hang A note of appreciation aJJd discourse. But alDce my pW,Jan desirm require far less~ gliding competition, is considered one agreement seems an appropriate . the 'way of maferfaliltic' gQqd!I, I wilt..c;ontfi:rue to fiD my of the top gilders in the United States . response to Mary Dowd's editorial of The important thing i'n instruction ~ - sept. 17th. U is encouragin~ to hear lifewitlfthepeopl~~yown~. is the knowledge of safely and basics. such critical words regarding the The instructors on canipus, through , Coll~e bas no place foi: ~list 'lbil is a inadequacies, and indeed · the (!N!tetleloa. experience and training, can convey inequities. of the grading system: . schooko.( blue jeaD4 and flannel sbirfs. Coll;ge cli(Jlll!S these factors to their students. For­ Coming from a student, the editors composed of lead~ reek of phoniness.· : tunately for the beginner, this area is perception of the real objectives and best suited for "ground skimming" value of higher education is, perhaps. · · Let's face ·It, · ~itioos .are no( a'bsolute barometers al, rather tha n high altitude gliding. one that many faculty and ad· ·capability;-To use a l)O!lition.>.9 the ~e of arrogance iii Hazards are limited by these low minislrative members would do well igrio~ant and degrading to~ talents of othl:rs- altitudes, generally six to fifteen feet. to pondee, Have we .diluted highe.'. <For the experienced glider soaring education · in the "job orientations heights can be found within a hundred and " numbers game" approach? I ·miles. J Keep in mind that the purpose wonder. .of this organization is not to turn out " High caliber of literacy" _is top flyers, but to give students an op­ something we find lacking, not only m portunity lo try a new an.d exciting some students these days, but un· experience. fortunately, in some faculty too. who In closing I would like to emphasize too frequently allow more graduates U.A.B.'s constant concern for student lo join lhe ranks of mediocrity per· safety and dismay that the original ' petuating the system. article was not better researched and Na me withheld upon request. written . .<If Mr. Buggy or any other concerned students have questions, Thrifty bu·ys please attend the upcoming U.A.B . To the Pointer Hang Gliding Club meeting.) A student from UWSP found a rare Jay R. Blankenship bargain when he was shopping at the U.A.B. Hang Gliding Instructor Thrift Shop, corner of Clark and Second Street, on Friday. September quallty not quantity 10. He saw a green backpack on the To the Pointer. table, and asked Laura, the woman Upon reading last week's who runs the shop on Friday af· · editorial, I feel compelled to respond ternoons, how much it cost, and she to certain remarks made in it. First of charged him so cents. all she implies ' that graduating A few minutes later, a girl who had women tend to have a better GPA been trying on clothes, told Laura than men, because men tend to take . that her new backpack v.;as missing. more technical courses <presumal>ly She had just paid $16 for it earlier that more difficult) . I wonder if the editor afternoon, she said. has really investigated the Mrs. Clara Tun:enski, who runs the requirements of ma ny courses or Thrift Shop on Tuesdays, Wednesday majors. Are technical courses that and Thursday afternoons, is anxious much harder than liberal arts ones? I to contllct the young man and woman wonder. involved in the mix-up so everything Yes, the CNR, paper science, a nd can be straightened out. ' A sohcl sell-image is ~nlial. It needn't be feci" with ex­ other such areas demand a Jot of The Thrift Shop , a . norr-profit cessiv~ recognition. DiscriminatiO!Lon the basis of bl~: memorization and work. But I will not organi zation, a1>.prec1ates and en· chy-ill a-s~ ba_ckwards. Somec,.Of yotr'1eader£:..woiild:do • accept.the inference that liberal arfs coura-ges !~patronage of UWSP .. well to gel.in touch with-your QWn-~mrelll!- • : courses are the easiset to take, or that students. ' real academic achievement is Georgia McKi~ey Pointer Page 2Seplember 24, 1976 ·, crease for sometime to come. Are we , To alleviate the counseling problem R_umors rage to construct huge windmills every Non support that Black students have faced i.il the_ few miles to compensate for our past for example: an English major deficit of oil? Jesus, those monoliths · or ~ath major should -be directed To The Pointer, •. • will lilend beautifµlly with all those toward the respected department for An ever increasing number of. lovely creosote telephone and power To The Pointer, couqseling in his major, and not an am writing in lieu of "BSC Raps." rumors about "Sunrise" editors who poles. ·1 Art major or the Pride Office. use and or supply heroin have been Granted, nuclear power is tremen­ I think that a major point that.needs If a Black student is having noating a_round camp~. .. .. dous. The · cost of material per to be looked at in reference to black­ problems with off campus housing •Accordmg to various sources kilowatt output is miniscule in com­ white s tudent interaction here on because of discrimination, what can these editors have been seen sulkmg parison to fossil fuel. Howev~r, t~al IS campus, is the lack of interest on the Pride do'!.According to the 15 Amend­ around dormitories coercing innocent not the question. The quesllon )S the part· of the White students towards ment you•should go directly to the students to purchase these killer horrific danger to the plant and ,ts oc­ Black interests. District attorney's office and fill out a drugs. Heroin sales a t UWSP <as cupants. American technology has While students tend to be very non­ complaint and by all means pursue it. kept us on top <excluding transistors supportive of Black student func­ ever yone is aware of> have The Pride office can't legally help you · and cameras) since the 19005 . In my tions and il makes us feel as though . skyrocketed since the "Sunrise" was overcome this problem, nor can the given an unlimited amount of money opinion, nuclear power is_ this coun­ our ~ttempts at reaching out are -University Housing office. These to produce its publication. These try's only · feasible and independent futile. A very good example ol this - 'people have jobs to pr.otec_t and they rumors have been given- extra power source. How many People could have been seen a t the cof­ are not going to put their Jobs on the credence since the dis~pearance of have been maimed or otherwise feehouse last Tuesday. BSC had the line for you. two "Sunrise" reporters known to done away with in a nuclear power videobeam set up for the showing of If the Districfattorney is not respon­ plant in comparison to coal miners? "Old Sweet Song•• starring Cicely have had social contacts with the!r sive to the problems then Black editors.