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Puffguts · 11-03-03, 02:05 PM

I think a commuter nature of our campus makes people more tolerant and in touch with the world outside the campus.

Too many UC campuses are trying to forge their own little universe. Campus life became a priority to many people. We don't see our college life as the center of our focus for the 4+ years we spend at Cal Poly Pomona, and that reality stripped the power away from the student union, fraternity / sororities, and on campus student organizations.

I am focusing on student organizations / Greeks because they are IT on other non-commuter universities. People don't associate with others simply because they are in rival Greeks / clubs. The organizations enforce tight control on their members, what to wear(Greek clothes), what to say (you better not say anything negative toward your brother / sisters), or what to do. Cal Poly Pomona Greeks are very weak in terms of influence toward the student body, thus we retain our individualism and out of the manipulation of peer pressure. The people I see on campus are not "this guys in Alpha Gamma Beta" "that girl from Zeta Lambda Iota", but people with names and faces and their individuality, knowing they have to fight through traffic to get to class the same ways I do.

I see commuter campus as a symbol of maturity, professional academia-like where students come to study, not party or conduct non-senseness such as binge drinking contests or those teenage-era goofy acts.

Also, commuter campuses are the symbol of self-reliance and struggle. We often come from middle / lower income families. We don't have rich parents giving us credit cards and have us party the time away. Many of us are struggling to support ourselves by working part-time and have our outside-the-campus lives. To lots of people, Cal Poly is the place where we learn skills before going out and earn our living.

The more I learn about the UC, the more I dislike about how it promotes "we are living in our little world and we are better than the others" way of thinking.

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Puffguts Active Member Joined: Oct 2003 Location: Chino Hills Posts: 140	I think a commuter nature of our campus makes people more tolerant and in touch with the world outside the campus. Too many UC campuses are trying to forge their own little universe. Campus life became a priority to many people. We don't see our college life as the center of our focus for the 4+ years we spend at Cal Poly Pomona, and that reality stripped the power away from the student union, fraternity / sororities, and on campus student organizations. I am focusing on student organizations / Greeks because they are IT on other non-commuter universities. People don't associate with others simply because they are in rival Greeks / clubs. The organizations enforce tight control on their members, what to wear(Greek clothes), what to say (you better not say anything negative toward your brother / sisters), or what to do. Cal Poly Pomona Greeks are very weak in terms of influence toward the student body, thus we retain our individualism and out of the manipulation of peer pressure. The people I see on campus are not "this guys in Alpha Gamma Beta" "that girl from Zeta Lambda Iota", but people with names and faces and their individuality, knowing they have to fight through traffic to get to class the same ways I do. I see commuter campus as a symbol of maturity, professional academia-like where students come to study, not party or conduct non-senseness such as binge drinking contests or those teenage-era goofy acts. Also, commuter campuses are the symbol of self-reliance and struggle. We often come from middle / lower income families. We don't have rich parents giving us credit cards and have us party the time away. Many of us are struggling to support ourselves by working part-time and have our outside-the-campus lives. To lots of people, Cal Poly is the place where we learn skills before going out and earn our living. The more I learn about the UC, the more I dislike about how it promotes "we are living in our little world and we are better than the others" way of thinking.