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College ‘Bowls’ them over at OSU
r'l note: This article was an
in the Jan. 26 if •« of the
irometer, the student newspaper
n State University in Corvallis,
nuch of our generation.we prob­
it too much time watching tele-
the days of our early youth,
ibably soon find out that our
nonsense programs ("The Ad-
of Batman and Robin", "My
ns" and "Gilligan's Island") are
:ausing agents or cause brain
tedly, we would do a few things
y as far as the boob tube is con-
jwthat we're older and wiser,
rospect, however, there remains
on program we believe was a
influence, it was and still is
¡'The College Bowl."
n remember many a Sunday eve-
itin front of the tube pitting our
scholarly ability with the college
competition. One week the con-
between Cornell University and
inext week Yale and Harvard,
that we could never answer the.
i aloud but somehow knew we
j better if we were really in'
ion. Furthermore, we vowed
would compete if we decided to
jllege and were given a chance to
|e Bowl competition is now a
t OSU thanks to the Memorial
ogram Council.
iximately 100 students represent-
lams entered College Bowl comp-
One team will advance through
mpetition here at OSU and will
resent the University in regional
\
competition and possibly reach the nat­
ional competition.
The winners will have reason to be
proud. Competition has been healthy in
terms of participants and the questions
used are tough. As one player put it:
"General knowledge doesn't win. You
have to specialize in general knowledge."
But as the saying goes/it's not whet­
her you win or lose, it's how you run the
race that counts.'
And regardless of
who wins, it s.refreshing to see compe­
tition where physical ability is virtually
not a factor.
Incidentally, we lived up to our child­
hood vows because we were on a College
Bowl team. We did not, however, live
up to our childhood fantasies...we could
not answer the questions even now. We
lost our first match 200 to 45. Like we
said, the questions are difficult.
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To the Editor:
The editorial in the Jan. 25
edition of The Print implied
that there were instructors on
campus who "allow no other
beliefs than their own to be dis­
cussed by the class. . . fail to
allow students to question biased
or incomplete teachings. . ."
and teach their personal beliefs
as fact "to the exclusion of the
views of recognized authorities."
I had two reactions to this
editorial. First, I was offended
by the over-generalized indict­
ment of faculty by the undocu­
mented remarks. In my eight
years of association with the
Clackamas Community College
Faculty I have found that the
majority of instructors are deep­
ly committed to open inquiry,
discussion, and expression of
opinion.
My second reaction was a de­
sire to inform students that they
have a Student Rights, Freedoms,
and Responsibilities Document
which offers them protection
from prejudicial or capricious
behavior on the part of an in­
structor. The second article of
this document states: "The in­
structor, in the classroom and in
conference, must include oppor­
tunity for free discussion, in­
quiry, and expression within the
content of the course." If stu­
dents can demonstrate that their
rights have been violated, they
have recourse to the grievance
procedure. This procedure is out­
lined in the Student Handbook
and should be available through
Student Government or Counsel­
ing.
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