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Aloha Tanning Salon Days Till Spring Break 12 visits for $25 plus 1 free with this ad New Client Bonus! bring in a new client 5555 S. 48th 423-2134 and both get 1 free tan! Fashion Show to Benefit Aids Education February 21st . 7pm at The Edge for information: 1725 0 479-9803 $1.25 1 8PM-c1ose : 3-1AM M-Th 1:30-1AM From the Director of Darkman Trapped in time. Surrounded by evil. Low on gas. Writer: College is more than just furthering your education Robin Trimarchi/DN Hina Holstein encourages students to attend college for life experience. I'd like to talk about the decision people make to go to college and to stay in college until graduation. Except for extreme cases of per* sonafor financial problems, I whole heartedly encourage people to at tend college. Many people go to college so that they can get a job, but I don’t think that is the impor tance of going to college. There are people with college degrees work ing the same jobs out there that many people without degrees have. The importance of going to col S: is the experience — life expe ce. It’s afonjt being in a difler environment from the one you’ve known. It’s being in differ ent living situations from a dorm to a greek house or an apartment off campus. There is no other way to get these same experiences. College is the land of opportu nity. There is a magnitude of orga nizations opened to students in college. The most important of these ex periences is the people that you come into contact witn — espe cially if you are from a smaller town; you not only meet people of different cultu resand backgrounds, but you also meet those who are from different environments alto gether. Students learn the most from one another than from almost any thing else. But of course, let’s not leave out the knowledge gained from the classes you take. Being at a four year institution means taking a va riety of classes to make you a ‘well rounded’ person. This is why I also would like to emphasize going to a four-year institution rather than a school that concentrates on your chosen field. In four-year college classrooms f'Vou not only learn a great deal from the course, but you also learn from your classmates. It is a great envi ronment to be exposed to new ideas. The experiences of other students adds to your own experi ence. It has been proven that humans rely on personal experience as a base for experience as a base for our decision making. I think we also base ou r decisions on informa - tion we have received from others. I have personally met so many interesti ng people and formed many relationships while at UNL. It is not only those that became close friends that I have learned from, but it’s also those relationships that were formed from being in a class to gether and talking and sharing dur ing that time. My college years have given me time to find out who I am, what I’m about, and what I want I often wonder how I would have truly found these things out without college. . t ... ...j; We all continue to grow beyond college, and we learn to adapt to changes. And four years of college is good practice and experience in that. Hina Holstein Is a senior English major and a Diversions contributor. Just smile and say ‘hi’ I am writing on the “Depersonalization of Individuals. * Veronica says that she makes ef forts to be friendly with others and in return gets many questioning glances orlooks that suggest she’s weird. I must say that I heartily identified with Veronica’s point of view and I found myself chuckling, because it made me think of many instances that I think we all en counter walking on campus. But it’s not as obvious in a situ ation where you’re walking be tween classes and there are throngs of people. What is very hilarious, however, is when you are walking in a single file style and you are passing a broken stream of people, lace toTace. I swear, both 1 and the person that I am about to pass are both very conscious of that fact and I find myself (and I can see the other person) going through this weird quick-decision process of: A. Should I look down? B. Should 1 just look in the other direction? C. Should I look straight ahead? or D. Should I sure at them like an idiot and feel out the possibility of say ing "Hi?" Most of the time this results in a shifting of the eyes of both parties and either the ol’ quick look down or the fast hello at high volume. Except for those rare exceptions, it most often is a funny experience shared by most. As I mentioned in class, elevators are very humorous occasions of "Let’s watch the num bers," and by no means look at each other. This situation is the one that I enjoy the most. I can’t stand being close to someone in a fixed position and nottalkingtothem.so I usually will turn to the person next to me and make a remark about something general, like the weather. It’s great to watch someone who a moment ago looked like they had gas, break into a smile and let out some air as if they couldn’t wait to talk. The tension is immediately lifted. So, it would be nice if we could all make a conscious effort to be interested in people. And whether you are in a big city ora small town, it always brightens your day and someone else’s when you just smile and say, “Hi." Hina Holstein Is a senior English ma|or and a Diversions contributor