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

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Why do you stand in registration lines in Ahearn for eight semesters to spend money (borrowed from a bank, gift from Mom and Dad, paychecks from summer jobs)? Ulti- mately it is solely for your, each student ' s, benefit. But often students don ' t allow themselves to realize this until it ' s too late. It ' s hard to improve a 1.8 grade point average very much when you ' re a first semester senior. INTERVIEWS REGIS TE R NOW TODAY ' S

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It is preached self-honesty and growing up are linked. This would mean as we become more knowledgeable and aware of the world, we correspondingly should become equally, and honestly, more aware of our- selves. However there is Watergate. A familiar word to most Americans — but why? Some say a quest for power, money, and prestige altered a few persons ' senses of duty and honesty. Although their group dishonesty ' provided a temporary mask, person by per- son the scandal emerged, and lives were ruined. Two weeks before school began this year, Richard Nixon resigned his presidential post to Gerald Ford. The country as a whole survived, but individuals who had carried personal mental burdens succum- bed. Childhood adages come to mind: Crime doesn ' t pay and Honesty is the best policy .