Viking_Yearbook_93

S haron Sattler came to PSU in 1990. She was 47 and is the first person in her family to go to college. She came with a desire to learn that she still possesses. Now she lives on campus. Her chil­ dren and husband live in Salem. “My husband was a sailor, so the largest period of time we spent together was two years,” she said. “One day we were eating dinner. My husband was being kind of a smart ass and suggest­ ed I move onto campus. I too am a smart ass — I did.” When she first came to PSU acci­ dentally wandered into the Returning Women’s Workshop which she says was a very good resource for her. There, she mistakenly signed up for a politician science class. Modern Theories of Government. After that she became a political science major. “My mother thinks this is the most ridiculous thing that ever happened,” she said. “In my family, I have a repu­ tation for doing ridiculous things. This is the most ridiculous so far. She thinks 1 should be home taking care of my husband.” Differing with her mother she takes education very seriously. Since this is Stortj by Joftn \A/^y/koff my last time to go to school. It’s like being in a library,” she said. “You have all this information you can tap into with limited time, so I became very stingy with my time.” When she graduates she plans to work in an area involving social action. She says she’d like to work in labor negotiations or with the Legal Aid Society. “I want to do something building awareness for people who don’t think they have a key to the system, like welfare mothers manipulate the sys­ tem or people have been denied food stamps or help women who have been raped,” she said. “It’s a very compli­ cated system that we have here for people to deal with.”