Northern Illinois University - Norther Yearbook (DeKalb, IL)

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l ft I took a walk around campus the other day. I walked the same places I did four years ago when I was a freshman. Parking lot.s and buildings hare replaced the trees. The place where I used to .skateboard is now the foundation for a new building. The constant flux, the ez'er-changing face of the campus symbolizes to me a changing life. I learn to appreci- ate the ordinary things because tomorrow they may be gone. The joys of today are replaced by better things Afemories are .sweet but theyjre also fleeting. A growing university taught me to liz'e for the future. Alost colleges have a reputation for one thing or another. In this respect I feel Northern has been greatly underrated. Students all create their own Many lizie in apartments. There are always plenty of parties. Not only do these parties provide a means of letting off steam, but also proeide a social intercourse necessary to a liberal education. They allow a relaxed flow of information and casual concersation in an uncontrolled atmosphere. fr .. , sgmrffw . r A ' - 'C rv,-?'.' ing ,J Q ni ' W W'1 't Wwm 1, --l , nun--M Q--ww, W, 'ir' 1 Q f.,. L- x V .H -fs lu, 1. v 1 sv Q, . Msi M if f Vi .xii ' , ab. Wg Y-, fir? , xg. -f .fs f , , in-4

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The perspeeti1'e, that is my rela- tionship with the world, has only re- eently struek me. I'z'e realizeil that I fan dissent if I want to instead of aeeepting eeerything the way I did formerly. It's a great feeling to ohjeet and know that something may Come of my ohjeetion. Aly views have ehanged fro111 something liordering on awe to a sense of identifieation. I1Vhen I was home I listened to my familyjs political zfiews. I newer had to think for myself. Now I,Z'I? talked with people who haee differ- ent ideas. I'm doing my own thinking. I don't think itjs right for a piii-.mn to fight for something he doesn't be- lieee in or has nezfer really thought about. A democracy has to allow some room for dissent. I thought that I eafme to eollege to get away from the pressure and restrictions of my parents. I expeeted freedom and the prieilege to do as I chose. W'hat do you think I gotf' Morfi restrietions, more perhaps than I had at home. I just eanjt seem to escape the barriers, but I guess that is the way the world is when we get out of the playpen world of eollege. As a teaeher Ijzre seen the ehange in the students here. They are more serious in their studies, they enjoy and appreeiate good times too. They're under pressure eeery- where among themselees and from the outside too. Theyjiie got more to learn than I did at their age ljust a few years agoj. But they ean handle it. They,re a new generation with a new outlook. I look at them and find that they have great abilities. I haee the utmost Confidence in them. I earne to Northern hoping to instill in my students a real enthusi- asm for learning. Aly big surprise was in learning that many of them already had this enthusiasm. It wasn't that way when I was in school. We worked more for grades than knowledge.

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