Closing out my final week in college, I can honestly say I have learned the answers to life's most perplexing questions are often more simple than we make them.

Foremost, I would like to commend the Black Caucus as well as their supporters for increasing a sense of unity that has been lacking at Penn State for quite some time.

In support, Martin Luther King Jr. wrote, "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."

The Penn State community needs to stop reacting to the way they are treated and start acting like they want to be treated. With that in mind, I'm optimistic that there would be more positive things to say about the relationships we have with others internal and external to our community.

My final question as a Penn State student is, "When did love go out of style?" I'm not talking about the love that you have with your boyfriend, girlfriend, husband or wife. I'm not implying the love you find on the dance floor at Players or in the basement of a fraternity house either. There is a dire need for unconditional love within our Penn State family indicative of dignity, pride and respect. The cultural fabric of our community makes that kind of love seem like a polyester leisure suit. What is eternally fashionable to me is that even if you wore it, I'd still love you any way. Imagine if everyone felt like that.

George F. Bradley III

senior-labor studies and industrial relations