@boolaHI I am not African American, but came from an economic and social demographic far different than the average Bucknellian at that time. It was a difficult transition for me, far harder for a good friend who happened to be African American (and also a linebacker) and from a similar economic demographic to my own. As I am sure you can appreciate, football gave all of us different kids a bit of a haven in an otherwise strange world when we got there. But in addition to the social safety net of the football team, Lewisburg provided other comfortable surroundings for me. I had hunted and fished my whole life,and spent a good deal of time out doors. Soon enough, I gravitated to those classmates who did the same and the wonders of the Susquehanna Valley was our playground for four years. So yes, while it was easier as a lower class white kid like myself to blend in at Bucknell than it was for Kal as a black kid, I also had the advantage of my upbringing away from the crowded urban areas of the east coast, and could find pleasure in the outdoors and the rural aspect of Bucknell whereas he grew up outside of Bayone. So it was kind of a triple whammy. Rich kids, mostly white, in the middle of nowhere. For the right impressionable guy (like me at a less cynical age) who was only dealing with one social shock (the money part) it was very much a Thereauvian mind trip to take a greek philosophy course at 8 am and then be deer hunting by noon. For a lot of my friends not of the prep school/Cherry Hill/Delbarton persuasion who didn’t appreciate the outdoors, it took a lot longer to feel comfortable at Bucknell. And that is kinda my point. Bucknell is a unique place, and it has to be challenging to get urban kids, let alone urban minority kids to come to school there. I am not sure what really can be done about that, frankly.