Vol. 22 No. 9, April 26, 1979 - Marist College

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According to Gainer a 1972 and 1975
Penn State University, graduate, college
students got involved and voiced their
opinions more to ^better their future.
- "Student involvement was much higher,
said Gainer, "Students wanted to have a
say, and were more a part of the deicision
making process." ._
Both students and faculty were concerned
with the environment and the
Vietnam War, said Gainer! He said
.teachers cancelled classes to'protest, and
- his final exams were cancelled one year
-because his teachers protested the Kent
State incident.
According to Gainer the faculty, student
relations were good. He said some
teachers lived on campus, which created
more of a "rohesiyeness and togetherness"
among students.
. Gainer said, the social activities were
more small group type functions, in more
of a "coffeehouse" style. He said students
would organize in small groups to play
chess, which was very popular, and that
there was a, lot of guitar playing and sing
"alohgs.
When it was rumored Beatles singer
Paul McCartney was dead, Gainer said
students organized sit-ins in the cafeteria
to listen to Beatle albums, because the
truth of the rumor was supposedly hidden
in a song. He said the group started out
small in the afternoon and grew larger as
the day wore on. According to Gainer/ this
lasted all night and into the morning, and
students would buy local papers daily just
to keep up to date with the situation.
Gainer said in the early seventies
students seemed to be more into organized
groups. He said today's students are more
individually oriented, and keep more.to
themselves. "Student involvement is
much lower today, and there is a lot of
apathy on campus," said Gainer. "Back
then, students seemed more conscience
and concerned with their futures."
According to Pat Tuceling, college
activities secretary, when she attended
college, students were concerned
academically and socially, but would give
up a good time'rather than have their
marks suffer. "College was pushed down
our throats as if it were the only means to •
an end," said Tuceling. "So much so, that
students really worked."
Tuceling, a 1974 graduate of the
American International College in
-Springfield, Massachusetts, said teachers
took a great interest in the students. She
said teachers-had concern for students
academic and personal problems,, which
would "inspire" students to do better.
Tuceling said students didn't tend to
follow norms when she attended college.
"Students weren't afraid to be individuals,"
said Tuceling. "They weren't
afraid of what they could achieve, and
could find enjoyment in doing, something
alone as much as they did with others."
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bringing theatrical arts to the deaf in the
U.Sr and Canada. ""
-Sign-language "paints pictures in the
air'i-said Blumenfeld, an actor from New
York City. ;He and Kendall, also a
professional actor who "plays the deaf
boyfriendin the movie "Voices," signed
and spoke poetry to about thirty observers,
" half of "whom were hearing impaired.
Audience members learned signs for
animals like "cat," "dog," and" "horse,"
words like |.'obnoxious"-and "lightning"
and a'Japanese poem-about growing .old.
Students ;Joan Seergy grabbed an
imaginary dust particle from a shelf,
Barbara Cherello pushedjt 'under a rug,
Annette Pasternack found it, and Mike
O'Meara threw.UV on-thr floor, as they
created a "story in gesture;'-with" 2 other
drama students and. English instructors
Don Anderson and Bob Lewis.
Guided by Kendall and Blumenfeld, the
participants struggled .to -quote
Shakespeare with their hands.
The program lasted,2 hours:"an hour
-lecture presentation- by -the. NTD- members,;"
and' an hour of audience participation-question
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,.--- Vv Panel Discussion y*.
About 20, faculty, staff arid community
"members attended:-the 'afternoon - panel
discussion";on_the : problems //faced . by
'disabled students,oil-campus.-
Ed Vitus, described what it's like to be in
a wheelchair. Steve Hopson explained the
problems of a deaf studeritTCathy; Hinchey
told of her experiences as an epileptic, arid^
Marianne Beyer commented on her visual
impairment. " , •'••
The students are four of_66 receiving
services such as, attendants, readers .and
note-takers through'.the Special Services
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