Wednesday, March 21, 2012

We Party Hard but Study Harder

As a living, breathing, and thriving Penn State student I believe that the podcast was an accurate depiction of the party life at Penn State. Every weekend there are girls in little dresses, and random signing on the buses. All of this is apart of Penn State's tradition but partying is not the only aspect of this tradition. I don't take it as an insult that Penn State was once the #1 party school because I know that Penn State students are ranked as some of the best  prepared students by job recruiters. I know that Smeal College of Business is ranked nationwide as one of the best Business Institutions in the country. I also know that 70% of our premed major get into medical school. All these facts show that Penn State students are rounded individuals that party hard but hit the books harder. When I decided to attend University Park everyone was impressed and held Penn State to a high caliber. 
The podcast showed two sides of pathos. One side was the point of view of the residents who have to deal with the loud noise of from parties, the trash on their lawns, and the drunk students walking into their homes. It made me feel a little bad about how loud I can get on the weekends and how I would feel if it were my home town. On the other hand it spoke on the pathos of the students and how they understand that this is the only time period in our lives where we can live life before having to deal with the hardships of the real world. 
The most shocking part of this report is that students actually walk into random homes and fall asleep. I have never heard of anything like that before and for that to be a common incident in very surprising to me. 
Overall I thought the report was fair depiction of a weekend at Penn State. I hope when the general public listens to this podcast before they start judging they consider what weekdays at Penn State are like. Personally during the week the only place I party is the library 
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3 comments:

  1. Shaina MelnickMarch 21, 2012 at 8:28 PM

    I defiantly agree with your comments. While the podcast was an accurate description of a weekend at Penn State, it did not do a fair job in discussing the well roundness and academic excellence of many Penn State students. Even though we are one of the biggest party schools, we are also one of the biggest academic schools in the country as well.

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  2. A new startMarch 22, 2012 at 9:01 AM

    I agree with what you posted. Its like they only showed one side of Penn State and that was the outrageous party side, which there is nothing wrong with that, but there is so much more here and like what you said Penn State students are well rounded individuals because they hit the books.

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  3. Julie LongMarch 22, 2012 at 4:09 PM

    Couldn't agree more with everything you just posted! Not only is Penn State a party school but it is amazing academically. I also could not be more amazed that there are students who break into homes and sleep in beds that aren't their own! That was by far the most surprising part of the podcast for me as well.

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