University of Pittsburgh - Owl Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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The changes in University philosophy and in the makeup of the student body have resulted in many more and varied demands being placed by students upon the institution. Related to the process of change, but remaining distinct is the process of reform, and it has been true that most reforms have been in keeping with the University philosophy of Pitt as a service station, and have acted to reinforce the changes which have been taking place. Reform, meaning the creation of options for the expression of different values, and the removal of policies which restrict and add requirements on to the exercise of self-direction, have touched virtually every area of campus life, from the Housing Office, to the Student Affairs Office, to the Greek system, to the Student Association, to the grading system, to the form of the classroom, to the choice of how one should live and learn. What The 1971 Owl must bring out is the wide variety of values which people are expressing at the University of Pittsburgh, and how certain very important parts of the life of the entire campus have changed in response to these expressions. The articles and pictures which follow attempt to show what is different about Pitt, and to explain why. We fully realize that any individual student experiences only a very tiny part of the life of the entire University, and that anyone who attempts to serve as historian is subject to the limitations of a very personal past. This is why we have sought to involve as many students with different, yet highly relevant experiences as possible. In this way we will try to present the University of Pittsburgh in as fair a way as we can see.