Monday, September 26, 2005

KU Public Space "Abstract"?

I also wasn’t very sure if we were supposed to be posting this, but I figured I might as well.

My paper focuses on Kutztown University being a public space. It also concentrates on what Kutztown wants the students to be and how they want to be viewed as a university as a whole. Concerning the public space part of it, I also talked about the borders between the town and the actual campus of Kutztown University. I noted the differences between what the college campus is and how public is is, compared to what the town is like. Included in the differences of the town is the high school setting which varies a lot from the college setting. Many more policies and rules are made around the high school area, restricting them from being as public as the university. There is a definite difference in public space at Kutztown University compared to the actually town of Kutztown (outside of the college campus).

When it comes to what Kutztown wants the students to be, I referred to the “Be a dear, please don’t bring in any beer” flyers to show how Kutztown does not allow alcohol in the dorms, but yet is still sort of lenient to the idea of it. Kutztown also focuses on the students doing well and wants everyone to achieve what they came here to achieve. Another main thing Kutztown strives to get across to the students and faculty is how diverse this university is. This university welcomes everyone and has many people from a variety of different cultured backgrounds. They like the students to come in with an accepting and positive attitude, ready for a new beginning and many changes to take place. They encourage the students to get involved in activities, organizations, sports teams, etc. Kutztown wants to create a happy, comfortable environment for the students, and these are some of the many ways they do so.

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