Café De La Pensée Asks, "Do We Need GEU's?" But No One Answers

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Date: 02-13-07
BLURB: Six members of Café club discuss problems with Lyndon State's General Education Unit; how to fix it.
By: Sarah Donaghy (edited for web by OnionFellow)

Disappointing Turn-Out at Pensée Club Meeting

On Friday, February 9th the Office of Student Life and the LSC Philosophy Club held another meeting of what LSC calls “Café de la Pensée”, French for “café of thought”. The topic that they hoped to discuss was the importance, or lack or importance, of the general education units that students take here at LSC.

That was what was supposed to happen but, although the announcement was sent out to everyone at LSC via email, even promising free coffee to those who showed up, only six people met in the Samuel Read Hall Library.
Of the six people, three were students and three were faculty.

Members Criticize Generalized Learning Program

All spoke fairly candidly about what they felt might be wrong with how things are run at the college. Among the things noted was the idea that the bar may be placed too low for most students when it came to GEUs, the thought that college admissions may be too lenient with the need to keep college finances up, that students who want their degree may not care enough about the education they are getting, and that perhaps the core courses need to be more tailor made to each students needs.

“I am actually a very big advocate for making [GEUs] major specific,” Jonathan Flom the Assistant Professor of Theatre at LSC and one of the attendees of the Café de la Pensée said. He also sighted his experience in college where they were asked to pick two choice studies in each of the areas instead of taking one choice and one GEU as students do at LSC.

The topic was hard to pin down among the other issues that the group felt ought to be addressed. Those present had issues with how the college was presenting itself as well as what it was doing for the students.

“It comes up at faculty meetings all the time, are we a [vocational/ technical college] or are we a liberal arts college?” Flom said.

Much is in flux at the college that could affect students’ futures and the path and effectiveness of their education but few students are taking the opportunities that are given to them to voice their opinions.

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