Clarion University of Pennsylvania - Sequelle Yearbook (Clarion, PA)

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A companion loves some agreeable qualities which

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BETWEEN THE RAINDROPS WE ARE FRIENDS Bill Lloyd An open door policy creates a climate bf trust and credibility. The policy initiates nformal gatherings as well as nnore formal meetings. It is this policy which has fos- ered many a friendship between student land faculty. It has been my personal ex- loerience that those profs, who are perpe- trators of an Open Door, or at least Open poor type of behavior, see more of their Students and become more than just in- structor or advisor, rather they become [hose who teach, as well as learn, both nside and outside the classroom. One such prof who takes the Open Door policy literally, is Bill Lloyd. It is not unusual for his door to be open and his pffice filled with students, both Comm. najors and otherwise. There are those who come to cry on his shoulder and hose who come in to listen to his corny if lot old stories. Mr. Lloyd is honest about 9 lis feelings, outside the classroom his stu- s jents are his friends. As with any circle of i fiends some are closer than others. One 3 uch friendship is his and Janet Sobak ' s. t Theirs is one that had its roots in the stan- r lard advisor-advisee relationship. Janet, -Ivho was seeking a change in her major went in search of answers and found Bill -loyd. He offered some of the answers to he switch in majors and his support in the jrocess. They do not view, in retrospect, their ' riendship as one which was carefree. In- stead they both see it as a time when each leeded some one to talk to, share with and learn from. As with any friendship there are ups and downs, fights and close- ness. The fact that they are student and professor does not ensure smooth sailing. It does ensure a friendship that works at togetherness and finding time to talk about the meaning of life or the meaning of Research. As I interviewed them I watched for m what I considered signals of a good friend- ship, I learned that a really solid relation- ship is based on respect for each other, not one hundred percent agreement. It is that mutual respect that will maintain their friendship. tvlary-Alice Ozechoski

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L man may possess, but a friend loves the man himself. James Boswell