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Growth — that's what a university is all about. Few seniors<br />
leave Delaware with the same ideas and outlooks they had<br />
when they entered: the educational, social, cultural and intellectual<br />
opportunities offered at Delaware facilitate the subtle<br />
growth and change that is the result of being a part of a university<br />
community.<br />
Over the past four or five years, the University of Delaware<br />
has greatly increased the many services, activities, and educational<br />
opportunities it affords its students. New facilitities have<br />
been added; north campus complex, science and music buildings<br />
and a new Arts & Science building under construction,<br />
Bacchus coffee house, and a much sought-after Rathskellar.<br />
The opportunities for personal development and growth have<br />
been many and diverse. Ironically though, this year has seen a<br />
sharp reversal in this direction toward enhanced student<br />
growth. Financial difficulties may necessitate the reduction of<br />
many services and programs and limit the opportunities for<br />
student involvement and participation. The possibility that<br />
some university buildings may be closed, and that certain<br />
courses and cultural events may be cancelled seems imminent.<br />
The much disputed tuition policy, whereby a student must pay<br />
an additional fee for each course above a fifteen credit limit,<br />
coupled with the slow rise in room and board as well as tuition<br />
rates means, in effect, that a student may be paying more and<br />
receiving less.<br />
Many seniors now leaving Delaware are thankful for the<br />
knowledge, friends and experiences this university has provided.<br />
Many more may simply be grateful that they're getting<br />
out before the deluge. In any event, most are hopeful that the<br />
problems which threaten to damage the quality of education<br />
and reduce the variety of services and cultural opportunities<br />
provided at Delaware will be resolved in order that present and<br />
future students will again be able to benefit from the improvements<br />
and growth of the university.<br />
Susan A. Clements, '75<br />
Outstanding Senior, Class of 1975<br />
Bruno Basara, Jr. Cumulative Index: 4.0<br />
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