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- - F_ <'''ll~q\:l~'}lIoY) bnnh·mf. 1f n'9l~,<)'N \~)~('[ ,ilS: ,')(hbO Page 2/ Western Maryland College! October 26, 1989 "All Work and No Play" Constitutes B,'air Cunningham's Day Continued from page 1 undergraduate degree.' chances that we traditional students However, this approach is a lot haveuxlay. more difficult the second Lime, be- The term "non-traditional" cause his parents aren't picking up seems to separate this category of the bill. people from other students. Somehow, often at the expense If you think about it, we're all of his lunch hour, he manages to students throughout mecourse of our sustain a level of studies in English natura.llives,acquiringbilsandpieces and Communications. Balancing the of information here and there to workload of a forty-hour job, a Iif- broaden or strengthen our icnowledge teen-hour per week education, and a and experience. full Limemarriagecan takea lot outof Blairpursuedarouteofacadem- one man! ics nine years ago at Towson State ~~~::\1f"~~~~~~~J.-(_ _.(" Thistransitionbetweenworkand University. school in the same day is a tough one ~ l ( However,in 1980, TowsonState to make. Blair admits, "I'd love hadftfteenthousandslUdents,soBIair nothing more [than) to just go to realized that he was only a blur in a school and not have to work." ) constant rotation of faces. Even though these times are Over a Ihree year period, hetra- difficult for him, healwaysretwns to ditionally accumulated ninety cred- school every morning accepting the its, only discovering that boredom path that he has chosen for himself. was inevitable. Not unlike many undergradu- Blair wanted something differ- ates, Blair's future, at least at this ent-a change in pace and scenery. point in time, is uncertain. With the Needless to say. parents aren't al- best for their son or daughter, even and out ofa variety of jobs, he man- urge towards education that he once qualities that this man possesses, it:s ways the most understanding people though they would still like to. aged tosett1ein at W.M.C. As well as felt nine years ago. no surprise that his success is not too in the world, at least in his case. In So, Blair left the university in working full time here at Western He promised himself that one far away. rae the Iten 'd id wh t' Maryland, Blair also shares the same day he would retwn to finish out his Attention: Re.flections of Studies Abroad Contrast Magazine is soliciting. submissions in the following categories: fiction, poetry, art, and photography. The submission deadline is by Lee Spector November 1. Guidelines can be picked up in They say that the college years Dr. Mangan's office; second floor Memorial. are the best yearsofourlives. Well, one of those how about spending r I~================~years in another country? ManystudentsatWestemMary- land College make it a pan of their college curriculum to spenda semes- ter abroad. April White was one of tbose srudents. April is a twenty-one-year-old senior from the eastern -shore of Maryland. She spent the fall semes- er of 1988 at Harlaxton College in Harlaxton, England, about 30 min- utes from London. April loved her three months in Europe. She traveled overseas early in July to do some sightseeing before the semester started. She also found W1S7-TIP8 year. "I went to a few places in Eng- the Lime to travel during the school land. Ialso visited Italy, and Iwent to l.. eaoJ-