Bucks has students of many
ethnicities, but “you always
see white with white, and black
with black,” said Linda
Tharakan 19, an Indian biology
major. Even in 2011 some feel
Bucks is still segregated.
“I think it’s sad because students
should branch out and
meet new people,” said Shaina
Peirce, 18 a black journalism
major.
She went on to say that people
cling to what they know.
Students feel like they have
more in common with someone
of their own race. People
with similar same traits and
personality find it easier to get
along.
“We click together in a way
that some Caucasians wouldn’t
understand,” said Ebony
Welch, 19 a black secondary
education major. Many times
African-American students
feel as if there aren’t any clubs
or activities geared to their culture.
Howevere, there is the Black
Student Union, whose purpose
is to “provide a positive support
unit for African-American
students here at Bucks, and
serve as a cultural, educational
and social resource for the college.”
On the other hand some students
feel like Bucks is a
diverse educational melting
pot. They believe Bucks is a
place where everyone can
come together. Matt Nickels,
19, a Caucasian video and cinema
production major, feels
that Bucks is “kind of mixed,
no one is in groups of the same
kind unlike
high school.”
S t u d e n t s
u n d e r s t a n d
that it doesn’t
matter what
your background
is,
everyone is
equal. “I hang
out with all
people from
all different
races and cultures
even if
they have differences
from
me,” he
added.
L i a m
Kirgan, 19 a
C a u c a s i a n
b u s i n e s s
major, said the
fact that students come from
all over Bucks County oror
beyond makes it easy for cultures
to merge together. There
is always someone new waiting
to be met.
“It’s easier to start up conversations
with people from
another race or background
because you don’t have something
in common, so it will be
easy to talk about something
new,” Chintan Patel, 19, an
Indian MIC major said.
In other words, if there aren’t
many people of your same race
around your area, you are
forced to talk to people from a
different race, ultimately making
it easier for people to form
diverse groups.
While Bucks is a place for
great education it is also a
place for many opinions and
choices that the students here
definitely take advantage of.
Their differences will not have
an effect on what the students
here want to achieve in life.
Some students will come
together and some students
would rather keep to themselves.
At least one thing that
everyone can agree on is the
importance of a great education.