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- 'OUTLIERS: THE STORY OF SUCCESS'? Make the college Freshman reading selection offers debate, commentary on stereotypes W:LLH experience count! NATHAN WUERTENBERG make good lawyers! Even worse, did you sen. I'm pan Jewish tOO,but I don't Commentary Editor knowKoreansarebadpilotsllnhisbook, ro con- rc be a lawyer and fifih genernnou Asians BEN COWMAN Malcolm Gladwell who have become pan of American so- anempred A"Pm firm nearly every srereorype we've ever ciecywon'tneces.sarilybegood at math. Contributor Mentor {his year, heard (especially the popular ones). He Malcolm Gbdwell is doing t'll3.ctlywhar SGA Executive Vice President [ recently read mighl 35 well have said rhac black peo- other people are doing when rhey say rhnr a book enrlded ple are good workhorses. Now, I know, black people like fried chicken and water- Owfius; 7JuSrory i'm just a middle class white kid,and I melon. I know, plenty of people find rhe During Freshman Orientation, I met hundreds of new in_ ofSlIccm(byMal- know rhar there is a place in this sod- African American dinner at Glar offen- coming freshman energized about this year. Some asked if I had colm Gladwell) ery forculrural context. Even more, I'm sive because that's exactly what they offer. to give any piece of advic~ to freshman what would it be. My re- which [he incom- frankly sick and nred of everyone who Many, many years ago that was parr of sponse; rhts experience will only be what you make it, so make ing freshmen 1 are can jumping on rhebandwagon and cry- African American culture. But that W35 rhe mosr ofh. required to read as ing discrimination every time someone at a time when African Americans were There are many avenues on rhis campus 10 pursue in order part of their Orientation. I'm sure we all says anything even remotely off-color unfortunately not allowed to be a parr to make the most of your experience here. SGA as an organiaa- b:~i~~bli::~:Si:?e:~en~~;c~~:~~!J~o:r:~ of the American culture as a whole. Now don is unique from other organizations as it is a central coordi- Some of rhe points Gl3dwdl made were nating body on campus for other groups. With Over 110groups quenrglances at our warches as we won- valid. For instance, one of tile reasons he rhar rhat ts frtquently easier and easier to on campus and over 30 arhleric sporrs teams and inrramurnis, it do, it's just not. Cultures blend together cited for Asia's el;,or if suck.>;sod>i. Join Ihe "ew$.~· RIO I in Hi!! Hall, staring at 7;30 p.m. If you can t make Ltto the meetings, but you wam to know more, emaIl Juh (JdgO1O@mcdaniel.edu). Or~ree Press staff meerings are held every Monday nighrl::rs,~: artiStS,the eye openers, and t~e world changers. Hdp us inform, educate, entertain, anget. Thrive on the edge. Woe(kld008@mcdanid.edu). We wd~ome the .tozte -r~ rr~~Pr~$$ &Mor$ dcome to, and welcome back to, lIfe on The HI .