Dickinson State University - Prairie Smoke Yearbook (Dickinson, ND)

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DSC’S CONTINUING YOU CAN TELL IT’S FRIDAY ( PROBLEM The following is an article dealing with the prob- lem of students leaving the college on weekends. Often it is said that there is nothing to do on weekends . Weekends offer the student only as much as he wants. Participation is the key to fun at DSC. The article was written by Steve Easten. Jr., who also believes that the apathy that is demonstrat- ed by DSC students is our own fault. It's Friday. 3.00 p.m. The mass exodus begins. Hundreds of DSC students head for home. What is it that drives these suitcasers from the campus every weekend? Lack of entertain- ment? Loneliness? Lack of companionship? Dis- content? All of these factors are cited by suit- casers. And all are. to a certain extent, fallicies. The most frequent complaint on the DSC campus is that there's nothing to do here. BULL. While Dickinson isn’t the entertainment capitol of the world, there are plenty of opportunities to keep amused. The DSC campus is overflowing with extracurri- cular activities and almost every organization is open to anyone. If you're bored, try running for Student Senate, join the Spanish Club, write for the Western Concept, or fraternalize with a Greek organization. Many extracurricular’s are active on the week- ends. Music, theater, and Center Board of Gov- ernors are fine examples of weekend activities. Loneliness is another reason frequently ad- vanced by students for leaving campus on the weekends. While loneliness is certainly a legiti- mate emotion that we all have experienced, it is one which can be overcome. If you head home every weekend and spend your free time during the week holed up in your dorm room, how are you going to meet anyone? In addition, we may need the warmth and secu- rity of our families. The real world can be a very harsh experience. However, we’re going to have to face it’s realities sometime. The years we spend in college can serve as a transition from home’s warmth to the world’s cold if we let them. Many of the most relaxing and enjoyable exper- iences of college life occur on the weekend — parties, dances, quiet times. It is tragic that the suitcasers cheat themselves out of these exper- iences by leaving campus. 15

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SUITCASE COLLEGE SYNDROME 14

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 NEW HORIZONS As we continue striving for an education, we begin to realize that because each day is unique, each day has a new horizon to be lived. We must attempt to reach these horizons and when reached, realize that they become the beginning of a new horizon. So begins another chapter in life. Continue on and remember the good times of 1979 80 at Dickinson State College. Above: A rainbow seems to lead into the pot-of-gold that awaits us at DSC. Right: Sunlight falls lightly on a bay of water comparable to that of our minds. 16