WHUPS. I missed a week. But, I gathered you already figured that one out.
Okay. RIPPED from the headlines of the Kent.edu website comes this little gem.
Not much to read, but maybe something to respond to.
How big is too big for a university? Being one of the 41,000+ lemmings, er, students here at this august institution of higher learning, it sort of begs the following questions:
1) Can your individual needs be properly tended to at a university of this size?
2) Do you feel like a number here at KSU?
3) In your opinion, do you get more freedom to pursue your own studies in a university of this size, or less, than in a college with a lesser physical footprint?
Which of course leads into perhaps the biggest question this post brings to mind: why did you come here, anyway? And what did you hope to get?
Maybe you covered a bit of this in Week 1's introductory posts (which I hope everyone goes back and reads...it's nice to know who you're sitting next to. Some of you might be the next Dr. Fleming, or the next Dr. Octopus. You never know). But if you read through some of the online Daily Kent Stater, do you notice a certain trend in the financial issues of this university? And is there a discrepancy between how large the university is, and how much the management decries budget problems?
Your thoughts, as always, in 300-500 words. Since I'm asking for less reading, I'd like to see more thinking, if possible. Due a week from tomorrow -- call it October 25, high noon.
-- MP
