School Dazed - The SCSU

School Dazed - The SCSU Scholars quote from a report on Saint Cloud State students' attitudes toward campus behavior:

"What became clear in the discussion was that student conceptualizations of their relationships with SCSU were inappropriate. They seemed to consider the student-SCSU relationship as if SCSU were their employer or (entertainment?) service provider. Many strongly argued that SCSU has no legitimate interest in their non-classroom behavior just like they believed that an employer or business has no interest in non-work or non-customer related behaviors.

These problematic student conceptualizations could explain many problems."

I can hardly picture how things have changed since I graduated from college in 1985. And no, that was not that long ago.

When we started at Jamestown College, it was made very clear; alcohol on or off campus was a $50 first offense, and it went up sharply from there. Being in the dorm room of someone of the opposite sex after 11 (1AM on weekends) was a disciplinary infraction. And stuff you did off campus - drinking, fighting, crime - was the business of the school, and to hell with any kid who had a problem with it.

Granted, the rules didn't stop one iota of drinking, fraternizing or hooliganism. But nobody was under the illusion that being a student put us above the campus' rules.

Posted by Mitch at October 31, 2003 06:01 AM