Communities Geordie Morse
Playing a role in the RPG subculture
On Academics
Marlboro is a place with flexible academics that you can really go a long way with if you're devoted. That's what attracted me to coming here.
I took Latin and French and Spanish in high school. I find languages very easy and fun but the program here is definitely more intense. I like that Marlboro has Chinese and Arabic. Grant Li is a great teacher. He's really good at teaching the language and making everybody understand it. Chinese has a lot of homework but it's mostly just getting a handle on the material.
On the Clear Writing Program
It's useful for getting people's writing up to par since Marlboro is a writing heavy college. It can be stressful but from what I've seen most people get through it and there are plenty of student resources like the Writer's Block as well as the individual teachers.
On community life
The community is, um, it's very unique. A lot of good people who make an even better whole. It's kind of nice to see a bunch of college students who are so involved in their community. It's very unlike other colleges that I've visited. There are a lot of committees that work to make the campus as functional as possible and I think it's really appreciated by everybody.
On social life
I run a role-playing game every week. It's refreshing because it's part of my background and it's nice to see other people on campus who are interested in the same thing. It's not big enough to be an official club. I'd say it's a small subculture. There can always be more people who can be enticed into playing, but from what I've seen there are always about a dozen who are hardcore about it, and the casuals make up double that.
Advice for prospective students
Expand your horizons and study broadly, but keep some idea of what you want to do so that you can explore the areas you want and keep in mind the resources available to you. Also don't get stressed out about too many things. Generally they work out; it's just a lot to handle at first.