Making a case for college
Students enroll for different reasons, same goals
By Sean Meyers
Of the Emerald
George Bergeron said he is
finally ready to go back to
school in earnest
The 34-year-old. self-de
scribed "war casualty" was dis
honorably discharged from the
U S. Army because he wouldn't
fight in Vietnam.
"It took me this long to get it
turned around." Bergeron said
"It took me this long to realize
the difference between a
professional career and boot
strapping it on your own "
7 guess you
could call me a
bored
housewife that
needed
something to
A highly unscientific poll con
ducted by the Emerald to deter
mine why students are
attending college drew no con
sensus, but common threads
bond many students — the de
sire for higher pay and a better
job. mixed with an element of
uncertainty
"I really couldn't tell you why
I'm going to school. " said Ruth
Shaginaw, a senior transfer
student majoring in psychology
"I guess it's to get a higher
education and get a job that
would need a degree of some
sort I know quite a few people
that aren't going to school, and
they aren't doing too well.”
As of late last week. Shaginaw
wasn't doing very well either
Her transcripts were lost in red
tape, leaving her official stand
ing with the University in limbo
' Most young people today
aren’t going to be able to get a
job without a master's or bach
elor's degree,” says Frank
Hseih, a second year student
from San Francisco
He came to Oregon because
his grade point average wasn't
yet high enough to allow him
acceptance into the University
of California at Berkeley
' It’s a matter of meeting the
competition I guess you could
say it's a matter of coming to
terms with reality."
I don't want to be a barmaid
or a waitress or a secretary all
my life,'' said Susan Murray, a
married mother, who is working
on her business administration
degree
I feel like it's below me I feel
like I have brains and potential I
guess a lot of it has to do with
self esteem — I'll |ust feel better
about myself if I get a degree "
Janette Roberts, a junior
elementary education major,
wants a degree so I can teach
and because I don't want to
work at McDonalds all my life.''
Her friend, Diana Hiria, is from
a small Eastern Oregon town
"I think that being raised
around a farming community
makes you want more out of life,
to make a better life for your
self, " said Hiria, a computer
science major
Frustration with some of the
rules and regulations of the
academic life is a concern for
31-year-old Debbie Harris
"I guess you could call me a
bored housewife that needed
something to do,” she said "I
chose school But with all the
rigamarole. sometimes I wish I
hadn't."
Prestige and paychecks wer
en't always the reasons cited for
pursuing a college degree
Aside from getting ahead or
moving forward, some merely
want to find the right direction
"I'm going to school to give
me time to think about what I
want to do with my life." said
Amy Clark, a junior Reed Col
lege transfer student who came
7 think being
raised in a
farming
community
makes you
want more out
of life.1
to the University to save money
and to avoid the high-pressure
atmosphere at Reed
I also wanted time to avoid
having to go out and work in the
big, bad world "
At least one student joined
the higher education system to
beat the system
"I just take one class so I can
use the woodworking facility in
the craft center,1' said the
student who works at a conces
sion stand in Eugene "I tried
renting a shop in town, but the
cost is prohibitive I hope that
doesn't get worded so it looks
like I'm bilking the University.”
KWAX tunes up for ‘radio-thon’
(UONB) — A Classic Season” will be KWAX
radio station's theme for its annual fund-raising
drive which kicks off at 8 a m Wednesday.
The National Public Radio affiliate at the
University. KWAX 91.1 FM hopes for $25,000 in
financial support from its listeners, says Station
Manager Janet Kenney
University contributions currently account
for 45 percent of the station's budget for the
1982-83 broadcasting season, but "we re on a
four-year phase-out of University funding, neces
sitating-increased listener support," said Kenney
The radio-thon' represents an integral part of
the $92,000 needed to be raised by the station in
1982-83 "
A special feature of the fund-raising drive will
be a concert recorded live in Beall Hall last spring
when the world famous "Canadian Brass" played
there It will be aired at 8 p.m on Monday.
Listeners may phone in pledges by calling
686-5777 starting Wednesday morning. KWAX
FM bradcasts from 6 a m. to 1 a m. Sunday
throught Friday and from 6 a m. to midnight on
Saturday, serving 10 counties in western Oregon.
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