By Mark PiperFunny things happen in college. It is hoped that students learn, mature and develop into good people and citizens. And it’s ironic that as structured and institutional as college is, we students have such hap-hazard, ad hoc, strange, unplanned and funny learning experiences that are just as important to our student life as lectures in the classrooms.
Last week, about a dozen SXU students heard some of these amazing stories about former SXU students in the first of three Academy Seminars, “Strange Tales but True: A random sampling of interesting tales of SXU’s past.” Sr. Joy Clough, special assistant in the Office of Mission and Heritage, had a plethora of Information for students to devour. For example, did you know…
• The student government association created faculty evaluations which we still use today?
• During Prohibition, not every SXU student abided by the law and knew where to find “the stuff” when they needed to?
• The University administered a passing grade of R for students who didn’t take final exams but had a passing grade beforehand so they could protest the Vietnam War?
This new seminar series was the brainchild of Sr. Joy and spearheaded by Amanda Modelski and myself. It was sponsored by the Office of Mission and Heritage.
We all really enjoyed the first seminar. Our second seminar, “If Walls Could Talk: A tale-telling tour of the Warde Academic Center,” will be held on Tues., Feb. 9. The seminars are for students only. Interested students meet in the Bishop Quarter Room by 4:30 p.m. before we leave for the tour. And you won’t believe what some classrooms used to be… and who used to live in them.
Mark Piper is a senior political science major with a minor in pastoral ministry. He is from Stoughton, WI and is president of the Student Government Association. Consideration for the student bloggers is provided by Saint Xavier University.
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