Kansas State University - Royal Purple Yearbook (Manhattan, KS)

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It wasn ' t so bad after all, State by Terri Phillips Roberts Dear K-State: In four short years you have given us a home away from home and the opportunity to do almost anything that was socially acceptable and unacceptable. There were KSU vs KU sports classics. Union movie orgies. all-nighters and Vern ' s donuts. There was nervous suffering while awaiting eight or more end-of-semester GPA updates, being caught in cloudbursts with nothing but a soggy notebook, sitting next to classmates old enough to be our parents. You provided experiences that taught us what not to do twice and what usually worked all the time. You brought us together with people we knew we could trust; friends closer to us after one year than many of those we had known since childhood. Your classes and instructors made us realize what social and academic pressures are all about, even though we probably didn ' t learn half the knowledge they shoved our way. Now its time to graduate. Students from eight different colleges, thousands headstrong, are leaving. There is something, however, that unites us all despite the differently-colored tassles. You offered us a chance denied many of our parents and grandparents—a chance to participate In a four-year, mind-bending learning ex- perience. But maybe, because of it all, we ' re more capable of bearing whatever life brings. For better or worse. K-State. you have given us an education, and it wasn ' t always between book covers. In an age of increased unemployment where the cry of there ' s no future in a college degree emerges, you had something that kept us coming back semester alter semester. Call it ambition, restlessness, fear of the un- known or the desire to have a fair shot at the real world. Your guest speakers, advisers and professors advised us to look cautiously toward the future. Maybe we tried to listen, but we still have our own ideas of how it ' s all meant to be. As the realities we were warned about force alterations of our expectations, we ' ll look back on memories of the security you provided—perhaps with regret that we didn ' t appreciate it more. So long K-State, hello wor ld. Sincerely. the senior class graduation - 31

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INTERNATIONAL WEEK— Sharing of cultures was the un- declared theme of K-State ' s Inter- national Week. April 12 through 16. This annual open house for foreign students enabled them to publicly present various aspects of their countries ' cultures. Allan Brettell, foreign student adviser, said. Sponsored and coordinated by the International Coordinating Coun- cil, the week ' s attractions included slide shows, films, teas, fashion shows, cultural symposiums and a Korean self-defense exhibition. In one of the main events of the week, teas from all over the world were offered and sampled in the Union courtyard. Students could come by and taste the tea, chat a little and ask questions. Brettell said. Quite a few students took advantage of the opportunity. he said. Because the Taiwanese at K-State outnumber students from other foreign countries who attend K- State. they and other larger Inter- national student associations organized the main features of the week. About three-fourths of the 550 in- ternational students at K-State from 61 countries took part. Grace Huang, director of inter- national student affairs at K-State, stressed the need for more American student involvement in International Week. Most of the foreign students are from third world countries. When they return to their countries, they will be the experts and leaders, Huang said. The impression they take back of this country depends on their interactions with Americans. L WARREN FARRELL -- Warren Farrell. author of The Liberated Man, confronted K- Staters with the contemporary topic of socially dictated sex roles in Williams Auditorium April 27. To even get to first base—to say that I have a problem—is a major step, Farrell began. The program. sponsored by the Women ' s Resource Center, was designed to make men, as well as women, aware of societal dictation of sex roles. From an early age, boys are treated differently than girls because they are discouraged from express- ing emotion, Farrell said. This treat- ment results in an emotionally stag- nant male child, he added. Society follows those trends all through life, Farrell said. Girls are always told before they go out on dates to be good listeners, while men are told to have a good time. 32 - - recap