Campus has bigger problems than aesthetics

Dear Editor:

This letter is in response to the recent letters regarding the appearance of the campus. I would like to thank the University facilities and grounds staff for the hard work it does on campus despite limited personnel and shrinking funds. Unfortunately, I believe that the campus' appearance is the least of the University's worries. How about making students actually do some work? The 100-level classes are meant to provide a core for new students to build their remaining education on, but what happens when faculty "teach to the exam?"

Literally giving students questions that will appear on the test and reviewing answers in class only serves to enforce the idea that the class is not important enough to be taken seriously. What does this teach young people about the rest of their college career? It certainly does not prepare them for the responsibilities of higher level courses and expectations of other faculty. If a class is important enough to be on the core curriculum, then it is important enough to be taken seriously, by students AND faculty. And please get over the dandelions!

Tina Hastings

senior, anthropology

Published on 11/17/05; 12:24:44 PM

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