University of Wisconsin Eau Claire - Periscope Yearbook (Eau Claire, WI)

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 People are interesting and fun to watch f enjoy watching people -Sandy Mrgunck. Preshman. Business a look to the future ’This year I'm going to be a little more busy, but J feel more calm about my dosses. It's fun being back here the first day because It's so easy to sit here and pick out the freshmen. -Mary Kitxmann, Junior, Journalism First day 23

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 The be»l parI about the first day is seeing all your friends who have come back to school -Brenda Taylor, funior. Biology Education It's always great to be back the first day. It seems the campus gets friendlier because you know more people every year you come bock.” -Diane Laio. funior. Business First day dreams— I'll be graduating this December so right now I'm really eager to gel out. Most of aU I'm eager to see what the future has in store for me.” -Clyde Ztmmetman. Senior. Social Work I feel good about being back. 1 have the best time seeing all the old faces. I look forward to meeting all the new faces.” -Ken Shore. Senior. Psychology 22 First day

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Religious re-sometimes a “By Unsie Zuege Tho college experience is a passage from dependence to independence, and to Iho student the world has become one of choices. Religion is one of many attitudes to be re-evaluated and re-defined when the student comes to college. Family influence is no longer as strong or as significant as it was once. Students must express the beliefs he or she perceives to be right. Rev. Robert Cook, of the Ecumenical Religious Center. (ERC) said 18 to 23 year-olds are extremely religious, not in the formal sense, but in their strong religious beliefs. Students arc coming to grips with religion and their values arc changing because they are exposed to a new set of relationships. Cook said. Young people use the faith to demonstrate celebration. Cook said. Symbols, banners, contemporary music, singing und art work are important to them, for they represent the joy. The intimacy of the service also helps. Cook said. Cook said community involvement is another manifestation of religious discovery. Students visit the aging, help in hunger programs and organize Christian action days where volunteers go into the community and perform services. Cook noted a growing interest and participation in Bible studies, three Bible study groups, Lutheran. Catholic and ecumenical, meet in the ERC. Counseling is another function of ERC. Cook said. 'There is a transcendent spirit in every age group und disappointment, Cook said. There arc a lot of aching people. We have to identify them, listen to them and overcome the stereotypes.” Students not only seek on-campus ministry; they also look off-campus for religious guidance. Rev. Herbert Prahl, of St. Mark's Lutheran Church, said the college experience tests a student's family religious values. Prahl said students like the family utmosphere community church offers because it keeps us in perspective. It's like worshipping at home. Prahl said. Religious outlooks aren't always expressed in certain faiths. Many students attempt to clarify religious complexity and abstraction in the classroom. evaluation rocky road Religious studies offer a broadening experience. Richard Degrood. assistant professor in philosophy and religious studies, said. By studying other religions, the students may develop tolerance and reduce prejudices which are the dangers of narrow stereotype awareness, Degrood said. I’ve been more impressed with students this year. Degrood said. I'm pleased with their interest in things outside themselves. They are not preoccupied with their own personal aims as much as their life in relationship to others. “There are a lot of aching people .. I get the feeling that they feel that religion studies here may afford them an opportunity to examine this part of their culture more objectively. It gives them a chance to decide about their beliefs more responsibly. Degrood said. Students are becoming more culturally aware. Degrood said. There is an intellectual factor in the desire to know and understand about what is. has. and will be. in religion. Attending church and classes arc public expressions of the students attitudes, and they may be more generalized. Each student has personal beliefs and values. Perhaps these personal values are most important. When Ira Musin. Governors Hall, came to school he realized there are other faiths besides (udaism and Catholicism. Once you go away to school, you question your faith, just because you're on your own. Musin said. “You become more philosophical. There are more decisions to make, like choosing whether to eat kosher food or not. and whether to go to the synagogue on Saturday night or go out with Christian friends instead. Up here, it's my decision to make. 24 Religion