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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
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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
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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