| Show Diversity is strength A letter to the students of II Open a new v window open a new v door Travel a new v highway that's never been tried before Before you find youre you're a dull fellow punching the same clock Walking the same tightrope as everyone on the block N Jerry Hermans Herman's Mame Marne the title character sings those I IN lines to her young nephew in the hope that he will not be afraid to experience new things As an instructor I hope that students can understand the value of this philosophy I Iwonder Iwonder Iwonder wonder if you realize what an opportunity you have here at So many students seem to want to take the classes they are forced to take to get a diploma and then get out Obviously Obvious Obvious- ly there is nothing wrong with wanting to graduate but what are you really getting out of your time here Are you spending all your time and money simply for a piece of paper Isn't there more to education than that The strength of education is its diversity The best thing about our school is the amazing diversity of experiences available available available avail avail- able to you here We offer you everything from accounting to acting computer literacy to cosmetology photography to French Do you realize the opportunity you have here Try taking something like Native American Literature Did you even know that Native Americans have their own literature Take a chance Try something new you new you you might like it Go Gowatch Gowatch Gowatch watch the next Bruins game but dont don't miss Pinafore in February Study a language auto mechanics or oil painting You could have a real talent for something you just haven't discovered yet Are you really willing to live within the limits youve you've set for yourself I know time and money are limited but they become a lot lotmore lotmore lotmore more limited once you leave school Are you ready to start working at some job that you will be at for ten or twenty years Expand your horizons now while you can Your time in college is a time when you can be totally selfish and really try to im improve prove your life Later in the show Mame says Life is a banquet and most people are starving to death Give yourself a break try something something something some some- thing new You might not be wonderful at first but dare to be pretty good Its It's your education make it be worth while to you Jonathan Stowers Language Dept |
