Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site sdcsvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!oliveb!hplabs!sdcrdcf!sdcsvax!rose From: rose@sdcsvax.UUCP (Dan Rose) Newsgroups: net.college Subject: Yes, I'm here. Pick a topic, any topic. Message-ID: <1191@sdcsvax.UUCP> Date: Mon, 11-Nov-85 15:12:10 EST Article-I.D.: sdcsvax.1191 Posted: Mon Nov 11 15:12:10 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 14-Nov-85 00:24:56 EST Reply-To: rose@sdcsvax.UUCP (Dan Rose) Organization: EECS Dept. U.C. San Diego Lines: 37 Keywords: apathy Where is everybody? Last year this newsgroup was a hotbed of net.activity! Well, I'll bite. Here are a few topics I'd like to throw out for consideration: [1] Whatever happened to the fuss a couple years ago about all these colleges forcing their students to buy PCs? CMU got the most press; they were going to develop some special network with IBM or something. Anyone know what became of these plans? [2] How do people out there feel about the athletic scholarships/recruiting/exceptions controversy? Some say that enforcing some arbitrary standard (GPA of x.y, for example) or cutting back on scholarships takes away opportunities from students who might not otherwise be able to go to college. Others say that some schools have put the cart before the horse by allowing their athletes to graduate without even learning to read (extreme cases). Is there a happy medium? (If anyone wants to get into this dis- cussion, I'll be happy to put in my own opinions . . .) [3] There seems to be a big difference in atmosphere between schools which have a large commuter population (say, less than half the students live on campus) and those which don't. My feeling is that there is more sense of community in the non- commuter places, not just because everyone is around more, but because the local area develops more campus-oriented places -- both on-campus (student lounges, game rooms, libraries offering more services or staying open longer, etc.) and off (pizza places, movie theaters, bookstores open late, coffee places where they don't hassle you to leave right away, local-talent clubs, etc.) Anyone want to submit a responsible (or irresponsible) opposing viewpoint? Looking forward to some healthy debate . . . -- Dan (not Broadway Danny) Rose rose@UCSD