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~ I ( I I I I I i II I I This admittedly alarmist view, of course, is only relevant in terms of the poor student, and especially the poor student who wishes to be independent. Dormitories of any kind are too expen– sive and too restrictive for most of this type of individual-and yet it was pre– cisely this independent and creative type of student who, in the past, has sought out P.S.C. and helped make it the unique institution it has been. Without inexpensive, adequate inde– pendent housing near campus, these students will be forced to move to the northwest or southeast of town as many are doing already. But automobiles and buses imply a scheduled life and the end of the student mystique. College, to all who stay long, will be– come integrally associated with bus drivers, frozen windshields, tokens, gas pumps, grey streets, traffic reports on the radio, tall buildings and fumes in the air. Or, alternately, dorm counselors, small rooms, meals on the hour, rules for dress, and the return to the auto– mobile for expressions of love. The barriers between the classroom and the community will again be sub– stantial. Alienation will prevail. Perhaps P.S.C., after all, is not meant to be an intellectual center offering a liberalizing, urban living experience to its students, but rather a training insti– tute for professionals and a general day– care center for those less serious : an automated community college that dares to give post graduate degrees. But whatever the result, with new, gleaming buildings and geometric con– crete forms about us, we must all look up one day and exclaim, agreeing with Yeats, that things are changed, changed utterly : A terrible beauty is born .