~oopercv. ig together has been the topic of our last three editorials. Reading them has motivated a few, this column is for the remaining 99.8 per cent. One topic on campus has been the absence of a sports page. One topic in the Collegian Office has been the absence of a sports editor and sports writers. Soccer Players!!! Special notice!!! Contrary to popular belief, athletes with a first-hand view of sports events do make good writers. Realizing that practice, studying and complaining does take up a lot of time, one would not expect 24 hour coverage, but one or two articles a week would really help inform the rest of the students about your activities. Apathy seemed to be the word most used and overworked, on campus last year. It appears that it will still be in use this year, with an added attraction — irresponsibility. Students at any school can be termed apathetic in some respects, so relating the word to Behrend students is not unique. But. when paired with irresponsibility, it can have tremendously adverse effects. It is unfair for the few con cerned students on campus to be doing all the work. What do you think would happen if the SGA was suddenly dissolved? Students lehreitb Collegian 3h* {frras Aaaariatixm of <Earammu»rallli (Santpisaea Beckie La Plante Lynne Phillips Editor-in-chief Managing Editor Staff: Jim Benner, Gary Schonthaler, Ed Doklan, Pauline Jackson, Lynne Phillips, Debbie Kuseck, Margie Campbell, Lamar Mclntosh. Layout: Roy Hertweck, Suzanne Walker, Mushrush, Nancy Lindholm Typists: Ginny Fletcher, Dede Krasa, Linda Johnson, Sue Williams Ad Staff: Linda Moses, Sue Goldberg Mailing Address- Behrend Campus, Station Road, Erie:, Pa. 16510 Office- Student Off ices, Reed Union Building Office Hours: 9:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday Phone:B99-310 Ext. 238 Opinions expressed by the editors and staff of the Behrend Collegian are not necessarily those of the University Administration, faculty, or the student body. Published every-Thursday throughout the Fall, Winter, and Springs Terms, with exclusions for holidays and term breaks. Notice The position of Business Manager of the Behrend Collegian is open. Those wishing to apply contact the Collegian Office * The editorials appearing in this newspaper will be opinionated and therefore subject to criticism. All letters that are typewritten of 200 words or less, and submitted to the newspaper staff will be printed with the exception of those that are repetitions or in poor taste. The staff reserves the right to correct Alphas Behpejvds %j. ji'm OV«t“ > new LAB ,V <*+ oeJn~enof Va.n* Vo come? S equivalent to high school student councils. Members of SGA are taking on a great responsibility, they have made a commitment to the entire student body. SGA is not set up as a body to prod people into becoming involved. They expect students to reciprocate by accepting some of the respon sibility. The newspaper is one of the most vital sources of information on campus. It brings to the at tention of students major issues of importance and provides an outlet for student expression. This publication cannot operate without the cooperation of-the students. It cannot function in the manner it is intended without students taking on some of the responsibility of writing, ad vertising, and managing the books. This is not a plea for help. Concerned students are tired of asking, and pleading. It takes five minutes to read this column. Take another five minutes to think about how much responsibility you have assumed. Will you honestly be able to say that you find college life rewarding, if you find fault with everything, yet not contribute for the benefit of the college com munity? Member of Editorial Policy or delete portions of all letters for publication purposes. All letters must be signed, but names will be withheld upon request. Term standing, major, and hometown must be included. Signed columns represent the view of the author only and do not reflect the Editorial policy of the Behrend Collegian. i hey're <)(per'tmefthng\ o. "neuj d imfib- Sion in foncj,ucuie ecfocccfivn, fhe S-fuc lent is SO over - by if" / .becomes / The purposes of the Student Government Association, (SGA), this year is to provide the students, and the faculty with a common goal. That goal is the betterment of Behrend through greater academic and social experience. This is not an easily attainable goal and I will give several examples of some seemingly insurmountable ob stacles. The first and most important obstacle to overcome is that of finance. A brieihistory should be sufficient- to understand the problem. According to the Campus development plan, Behrend Campus should have this year, a new library and academic complex, approximately twenty new faculty members and enough staff to be efficient. As of this writing, the funding for these buildings is not in sight. The seal of approval was finally given by the Board of Trustees of Penn sylvania State University, and from there sent to the state legislators, who will, by the grace of some unknown force, vote on how much money this con struction should be given. There’s not much sense in crying over what’s not here but there must be some form of outcry as to what should be here. The new academic complex should be here, an increase in academic affairs budget should be here, an increase in student affairs budget should be here, and an increase in SGA allocations should be here. Behrend technically and physically has been given the status of a. four-year college, yet financially Behrend has been Write-ins Fill Slots Due to the apathy of Behrend students, only the three freshman candidates who were running for positions in the Student Govern ment Association (SGA) were voted into the organization. The other six positions which needed filled were assumed by write-in candidates, and were all up perclassmen. The voting, which took place in the Otto Behrend Building and the Heed Union Building October 19 and 20. showed the lack of concern in regards to the student governing body at Behrend Campus. A total of 207 votes were cast in all four classes, with 83 per cent of the votes registered in the freshman class. The new members of SGA are Hay Wayne (79 votes). Second Vice-President, Bill Kessler (33 votes) Freshman Commuter Kepresentative, Tom Doherty (51 votes) Freshman Dormitory Representative, Ed Mertens (In votes) Sophomore Commuter Kepresentative, and Barb Gasperich (7 votes) Sophomore Dormitory Representative. For the Junior Class, Bob Jeffreys (2 votes) is the Com muter Representative and Mike Marsh (1 vote) Dormitory } ye<*lr\. MencT W« fVSOUJ Behrend Collegian How To Get Screwed MM'M given the status of a sub-standard junior campus. In an inflationary social system, the budgets of Behrend are being cut. That makes sense. A little more history shows that P.S.U. requested about 85 million dollars for this year’s expenses. That however, was joyfully cut down to 79 million dollars. But that 79 million dollars also in cluded a $3t).00 per term increase in tuition. What this really boils down to is Penn Staters are paying twice for their education, once through taxes and once through the nose for tuition! What is also happening is that Pennsylvania citizens are paying for the mistakes of private in stitutions such as the University of Pittsburgh. Pitt goes bankrupt, so it gets turned over to the state Do Not Read This The “students” of Behrend Campus are the most amazing collection of humanity never before seen on the face of the earth. They have multitudinous outcrys for activity usually ex pressed negatively “There’s nothing to do up here on weekends” and “We never have speakers”. Meanwhile these same students have probably never even looked at an activities calendar. because every weekend, there are events, (except All-U Day and Homecoming at University Park) 'Hie majority of students will not attend campus planned ac tivities unless they can be served a nice glass of beer, or a couple of joints, or some other mental escape mechanism. The students here claim to be old enough and Representative. Janet Schrum (1 vote) is the Senior Commuter Representative, and Jim IJeck (1 vote) is the Senior Dormitory Representative. The purpose of the elected members of the SGA is to act as representatives for their respective classes, as are commuters and dormitory students. SGA is the soul student governing body of Behrend Campus and its decisions affect all the students. The meetings, which are open to all students, are held at 7 p.m.. Union Building. Letter to Dear Editor, I am a member of the volunteer service program on campus. I feel this program is a very good one. Not only does it promote a better relationship with campus students and the community, it also provides students the op portunity to lend a hand where it is needed. For a very good reason, the program has not been able to get into full swing. The reason is transportation. Right now, very few students have been able to get October 26,1972 which results in Penn Staters paying for Pitt students’s tuition. (Penn State’s tuition is being raised until it equals Pitt’s. That’s only'fair.) The second obstacle is the directional' leading of P-S.U. students as students. Their ob jectives are to get laid as often as possible, to get drunk whenever feasible, and stoned when they’ve got the time. No one organization is perfect, but I’m beginning to believe P.S.U. students have never been behind a cause that will advance their learning status. The goals of SGA will remain the same no matter how much resistance we get from the students. Walker Moore responsible enough to handle problems of visitation yet they have to be dragged by the hand and force Jed in order to vote for their own class officers. The problems the average students see at Behrend are usually of the most trivial and inconsequential nature. How is 24 hour visitation going to improve your college status n you can t. get required courses? How is having micro-wave ovens in the dorms going to get the books in the library that are needed for term papers? The biggest outcry, however, does represent a cultural deprevation at Behrend—the need or more speakers on campus. The number of student requests or speakers in no way reflects ;he amount of student attendance. Ten people out of 15uu is ,uu7 per ;ent of this campus, which is ibout the average attendance. '.Vhy should an organization go . through the embarrassment of getting special speakers out here for lu people? Why should an organization exist on Behrend? They cannot get enough support to justify their existence. There is only one on this campus that has unity, regular attendance, and a common goal. This organization is based not on choice, but by birth and the color of their skin. All this editorial is trying to say is that the better part of the Behrend student body is nothing but a group of semi-articulate, semi-educated, irresponsible unauthentic'assemblage of three year olds in eighteen-year old bodies the Editor to Erie for their volunteer work. Although the work involves taking little time away from students' studies, it does work on one's financial situation. For this reason, buses are not a very good means of transportation. other schools have large-scale volunteer organizations. Why couldn't Behrend at least provide some type of transportation to help this program or serve as an .aid to find transportation? Collegian Staff Writer dee, I chsrvno^ Bob. Jl'saK j k -to /
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