Outsiders Looking In Did you ever ask friends at other schools what they thought of yours? Students from other universities had definite opinions when asked what Miami meant to them. The beauty of the campus, the academic reputation and the stereotypes of students were all prevalent topics. Judge for yourself which answers to Recensiois queries were misperceptions and which were true. Bowling Green students had mixed feel- ings about Miami's academic reputation. Some felt Miami tried to give an impression of very high academic standards and an above average student body but was really no dif- ferent from other state schools. Others thought Miamiis reputation was earned and students here were more academically inclined than most and more interested in getting ahead in life. The majority felt Miami students were snobbish, upperclass preppies and the cam- pus revolved around greek activities. Howev- er, one graduate student who lived near Ox- ford for a while said, iiThey have real people there too; they're not all preps? One reason 8.0. students believed greek activities were so important was the size and conservatism of Oxford. Senior Sara Ringle said, iil'm al- ways reading that theyire trying to pass ordi- nances to get the county dry or something. They believed there were few minority stu- dents. Senior Dennis Meek said, iilive never heard anything about blacks at Miami. I dont know if they exist. Students at Ohio University felt MG. and O.Ll. had contrasting lifestyles. They typified Miami students as conservative, upper- income preps. They believed there was a lack of diversity in regard to race, grades and money, compared to 0.0. which had a more open admission policy. Scott Switzer, who attended the Miami- O.Ll. game, was impressed with the beauty of the campus and the women. iil saw few aver- age-looking women there. He felt Miami was proud of its preppiness, citing the students' alligator-mouth arm movements to the marching bands uTheme from J aws. Sarah Phillips estimated Miamiis greek population as 90 percent and said, uThe only way to be accepted is to be greekf' Students at Northwestern University felt Miami was one of the big prep schools and that Chicago high school students found it very desirable. They felt Miami was much more of a party school than Northwestern since Evanston was a dry town, but that there was more drug use at Northwestern as a con- sequence. Asked about the old rumor that Miami would replace Northwestern lwhich had a football record of 1-42-1 for the past four yearsl in the Big Ten, senior Steve Campbell replied that there hadnit been much talk about that since their administration came out two years ago with a statement denying they would ever leave the Big Ten. Campbell wondered if the 1982-83 game between Miami and Northwestern would rekindle the rumor. University of Toledo students said they felt Miami had a more prestigious reputation than other state schools. They thought the academic standards were higher and the stu- dents were more preppy and upperclass. Dan Morrison, a Toledo Phi Kappa Psi and student justice, said, Miami has more of a Mom and Dad went there' traditional image. Other U.T. students remarked about the Georgian architecture and natural beauty of the campus. Some of these outsidersi views were accu- rate, at least to a certain extent Miami statis- tics bore that out. But seen from afar, it be- came easy to view this isolated world with tunnel vision. Stereotypes occur everywhere; generalizations of Miami were no exception. f. Erin Long Student Life 17
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