San Diego State University - Del Sudoeste Yearbook (San Diego, CA)

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e r 9 The Warned Student 561-58-9033 Dave Thomson, 28 Senior, Marketing San Diego, California Senior Marketing maior Dave Thomson is one of a growing tribe of relative graybeards on the San Diego State campus, over 25 and under 30. After three years in the Army, much of it spent in Germany, Dave came back to school on the G.l. Bill. A member of Society for Advancement of Management since enrolling here, he has consistently been one of the most active and involved students in the School of Business. While many of us tend to think of business students and business- men in general as either faceless automatons or careless exploiters or worse, Dave is deeply concerned about the human condition, population, environment, civil rights-in fact, most of the things that are of concern to all of us. The time l spent in the military under conditions of involuntary servitude convinced me of the need for all men to be free, Dave said. Civil rights is my greatest area of concern. Our social structure must become unified before we can make real progress in any other area. l believe in giving power, economic and otherwise, to those who can profit by it. Pseudo-sincerity in business's approach to minority relations is gradually giving way to more positive programs of education of minority people. A total commitment to equal educational opportunity for all people is something we must realize. Business in America has the power to accomplish much of this, Dave added. He will be the first to point out that he is not unique, that he is but one of a growing number of business students who share this outlook. Dave's wife, Grace, a very effervescent person, is a teacher in the San Diego Public Schools system, and a graduate of Occidental College. She is also an accomplished cook and hostess and as out- spoken as her husband. The Thomsons live in Pacific Beach where Dave pursues his interests in tropical fish, swimming, and accumu- lating goodies for swap meets. He may be found in BAM 407 on most weekdays along with a pot of bad coffee and a lively band of aspiring business people. ln conclusion, Dave stressed that it is the responsibility of the graduating student to enter society and try to implement the changes he has become aware are necessary. ln my case, business is the medium through which I hope to achieve these changes.

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'Pl' The graduate Student Carolynn Reynolds, 24 Graduate, Counselor Education San Diego, California Before Carolynn started her graduate work, she was teaching school in Boston. Then her husband, a civil engineer presently in the Air Force, went overseas. So Carolynn came back to San Diego to be near relatives and went back to school at her alma mater, San Diego State. When her husband returns, he will be stationed in New Mexico, so Carolynn has applied for the Ph.D. education program at the University of New Mexico. If that doesn't work out, she said she will probably teach elementary school or counsel students in an Albu- querque high school. Although Carolynn is carrying 19 units, she still finds time to work at the HELP Center on campus. She said the Human Emergency Living Problems, a new organization, is similar to the Crisis Program of San Diego. She counsels students who have emotional problems, and advises students on abortions, etc. She also does counselling in the Counsellor Education Center on campus. Carolynn said she finds graduate studies very much different than her undergraduate work. For one thing, the professors are a lot easier to reach, she said. They are more informal and resource- ful with graduate students. There is more responsibility placed on the students, too. Professors take over more with undergraduates. We govern ourselves and choose. The classes are small and are divided into sub-groups, so there is more interaction between us. The Counselling Education Department is most helpful, she said. The professors are wonderful - the students are great people. There is more opportunity to do personal evaluations of ourselves and do group work. lt's a marvelous experience. lt's a close-knit de- partment with many parties and other social events. The Education Department is exceptionally good on the graduate level. The maior concern with the graduate students is trying to work and go to school, she said. Most of us are married and our career goals are of prime importance. We're concerned about what we're going to do. There are too many teachers coming out of the depart- ment with no iobs available here for us. So we're interested now in getting Ph.D.'s. With a Ph.D., it's not necessarily easier to get a iob, but the working conditions are better with one. Carolynn concluded: The life of a graduate student is hard and busy. l try to keep up with all my studies, do counselling work, man- age to keep my apartment clean, and my car in running condition. That's about all I have time for.