When many students think about recreation in college, many of the students think of drinking and partying.
Myth 1: There is no place to go outside of campus/my college town.
This is one of the most popular things that I have heard students say over the past week, and it is nothing more than a bold faced lie. One thing this myth does is anger me as well as makes me lose a little faith in my fellow peers. The biggest way to debunk this myth is to just go walk around your college town and talk so people. Doing that in Frostburg is far too easy for it not to be accomplished. Just now I took the easy route and looked at the Wikipedia page for Frostburg, MD. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frostburg,_Maryland#Local_art_and_culture On that page there are countless items of interest including, yet not limited to: The Frostburg Museum, the arts walk that occur on Main Street two times a year, as well as the train depot. In the end, this is not a myth at all students just need to go outside of their dorm room and explore their surroundings.
Myth 2: Even if there is a place to go, I don't have any way to get there
I heard this from many students, most of them Freshman, who do not have a vehicle up here at school. While I will acknowledge that yes, this is a hinderance for those who do not have access or have friends with a vehicle that can be used to get to father away locations. A simple way to fix this issue is to use public transportation. Most schools have access to public transportation to allow students to get around the area. For the schools that are located in larger cities, public transportation can be used to travel the city and get around to the various places and sights. While yes, not having a car makes student travel more difficult, students can use public transportation or they can go to places that are within walking distance to travel and get off campus.
Myth 3: Student travel is too expensive/I cannot afford to travel off campus
This is the most popular statement that I have heard from students over the past week. This is the big elephant in the room, and yes it does cost money to drive to many places as well as to gain entry to others. While this is a blaring issue for everyone in college since many of us do not have disposable incomes, there are many ways around it. The easiest way around it would be to look into the two previous myth's; there are places to go and there is a way to get their without a car. If students are looking to go somewhere away from campus, say to Pittsburgh for a weekend, there are cheaper ways to travel instead of car. One of the the cheapest ways to get around would be by bus. Greyhound has a location on campus where they pick up students and take them to the depot in Cumberland. In short, there are many ways to travel off campus on a budget, and this is just a short look into how students can achieve it.
I hope that this post helped to debunk three popular myths about student travel that I have heard from Frostburg State University Students, check back later next week as I look into how students can find cheap accommodation while traveling and how to get the best deals.
Location of the Greyhound pick-up:
http://www.greyhound.com/en/locations/terminal.aspx?city=190157
-Jason
Jason, have you confirmed with Greyhound that it picks up on campus? I never have seen a Greyhound bus in Frostburg. And how about telling your readers the details of the other bus and shuttle services they can use in Frostburg, in Allegany County, and in Maryland? As is, you just say, "use public transportation," without saying how.
ReplyDeleteAlso, embed your hotlinks in your text, rather than making your readers struggle with long, unreadable URLs, please.
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