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Page IO/Western Maryland College/September 25, 1986 _ Chris Rowley WMC VS. Rensselaer BLOOM COUNTY When it comes time for minded approach to producing a higher education, there are plenty specific type of student. A liberal of choices mat you have to make, arts school often does not be it about your line of study or challenge freshmen or is not as the location of the campus. vigorous in specific fields of Luckily, there is a diverse study. One type of student body selection of universities, colleges, can learn from anomer in areas and technical schools available to such as making student life and meet most everyone's unique requirements. But what do you miss by choosing one school over the other? Perhaps your line of study is not applicable to what you want to do in the future and school is uniques and has its you are stuck in a school that can advantages. longer meet your A change from a heavily requirements. Maybe you are science-and-math school to a homesick and wish you could primarily free choice of study is a sojourn home once in a while. great opportunity to learn what What if you just don't like the the two types have to offer. Is people and the atmosphere? there a happy medium? Perhaps Well, never give up hope. there is the liberal arts school is the always a way to improve things, happy medium between a be it by a change of scenery or a technical school and a fine arts change in attitude. school. There are so many Or maybe you can get the school aspects of college life which can to change! Wouldn't that be be changed by students, faculty, great, making things me way you and administration if a change is want them to be! It is possible, needed. Perhaps seeing and can be a lot of fun. alternatives is information I formerly attendedRensselaer enough to cause change. People Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in always enjoy having a choice. Troy, NY, before transferring to Being spoon-fed and restricted WMC. A lot of abbreviations only leads to apathy and hatred. here, huh? I guess it is supposed to put you in awe of a massive As the year goes by, think reputation and to show that about what you find disturbing on things can be as familiar as three campus. Talk with friends and leiters rolling off the tongue. enemies, faculty and staff, and Whatever the case, a technical decide whether you want change. school such as RPI has a lot I will do some thinking here. as more in common with a liberal well as offer some of the arts school like WMC besides an differences and similarities abbreviation. Also there are between a private liberal arts plentyof differences brought forth college and a private engineering from different schools of thought college. How can such diversity about how education should be meet? How can you make the wrought, and how to best meet most of your college experience? the needs of a majority of College is more than just students. classrooms and tests. It's people There is plenty to learn on thinking and experiencing the both sides of this coin. A world around you. Education is technical school takes a narrow- never-endingand should be fun. 211 E. Main Street Westminster, MD 21157 848-6.234 June Stonesuef - owner, stylist [acquie Hickey . -stylist Marilynne_ Clayton - stylist formerly of Heads UpL' lily Myers - stylist With this coupon students or faculty receive discount with 10. Tuesday - Friday lOAM - 7 PM Saturday 9 AM - 2:30 PM Across from Cockey's Tavern