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No allowance
for greed
This letter will address the
accusations and gross
misconceptions presented in
Eric Pine's letter "No allowance
for profit" in last week's issue
of The Collegian.
The items regarding Mr.
Pine's selfish proposal are true
as printed. However, SGA does
incur some risk in that if the
chartered bus were not filled,
SGA would have to pay the
difference for the empty seats,
possibly taking on a loss.
I am personally insulted by
Mr. Pine's comment about the
lack of volunteers on SGA. I
am the chairperson of the SGA
Elections Committee. My
committee is very responsible
and hard-working. I had no
problem finding dedicated people
from the senate to help me. A
good 80% of the senate is on
one or more committees. I am
on two. If Mr. Pine is not
going to take the initiative to
find people for his committee,
he should not complain about a
lack of help.
On to stipends. The
President, Treasurer, and
Secretary of SGA do much more
work than any of the other
committees. They deserve every
cent they get. Steve Binder, one
of our treasurers, took work
home during winter break for
which he was not paid.
Hmmm, sure sounds a lot like
volunteer work. I and my
committee have already put in
as many - if not more - hours as
Mr. Pine, and will have put in
many more by the end of the
semester. No one on my
committee or on any other
committee has asked for any
kind of compensation. Many of
us don't even get recognition.
Mr. Pine is already receiving
a free trip from Travel
Associates - the company co-
sponsoring the trip. This trip is
valued at approximately $l5O.
Yet Mr. Pine wants more. If he
had succeeded with this fiasco,
Mr. Pine would have received
nearly $5OO. This is more than
the president's per semester
stipend that Mr. Pine
challenged. Makes sense, huh?
Greed, Mr. Pine, is
something you seem to know
very much about: The profit
you would have made would
have gone right into, your own
pocket. Now, however, that
$960 you quoted will go into
SGA and be returned to the
students.
That's right. SURPRISE!
Almost all of the money SGA
makes, does, as promised, go
back to the students in one way
or another. Yup, SGA sure is
Letters to the editor
greedy. How dare we want to
use money for programming.
Heaven forbid we should
actually accomplish something
for Behrend. Right, Eric?
Mr. Pine, you have some
nerve trying to pin blame on
SGA because your asinine,
money-making scheme didn't
work. You should be more than
happy that you're getting
anything at all considering the
other chairpeople aren't getting
any compensation.
As far as food parties are
concerned, we have had one
pizza party and one night out to
Eat-N-Park. I beg to differ with
you on the senate's not being
deserving of these rare treats. I
think these are thoughtful, fair
rewards for the work we each
put in. I think we do deserve
this, but we are satisfied with
just this!
For someone who gets all
worked up over The Collegian's
lack of facts, you sure didn't
make a good example of what's
right to do. Eric, The Collegian
may have been wrong for not
getting all of the facts before
printing, but you've managed to
do exactly the same thing. The
only difference being that The
Collegian's article was rushed;
yours was biased and juvenile.
Why don't you mention the
fact that you were at each of
these food parties yourself, Mr.
Pine? By the way, wasn't it
you who accrued THE highest
bill that night at Eat-N-Park.
Makes sense, huh?
Julian S. Hing
SCA Resident Senator
6th Semester
Management Major
Curses to
Collegian
As an interested student and
informed writer, I look forward
to reading the new edition of
The Collegian each week.
However, I was quite
disappointed by this past week's
edition due to some of the
terminologies used in it.
I understand that because The
Collegian is a college
newspaper, the usage of vulgar
and rude language is legally
permitted. But I think that I
speak for many of Behrend's
intelligent readers that one does
not appreciate opening a
newspaper and being confronted
with such statements as "...a
masterpiece of sh*s", and "I
fu*S...that's what I do."
I do not claim to never use
these words in my free time., but
would never consider using
theta in an academic
environment, much lea in a
Opinion
widely read newspaper that is
supposed to display the
journalistic talents of Behrend's
student writers. I think that the
usage of these words greatly
affected the paper's entire
format, making it seem
unprofessional and ill-advised.
I am the last person on earth
to advocate infringement upon
anyone else's right to complete
freedom of speech or expression.
I an merely voicing my
disappointment in this past
week's paper, and suggesting
that a more cognizant choice of
words in the future may help to
uphold The Collegian's reputa
tion as that of a professionally
written, high quality
publication.
As a fellow writer, I
understand your desire to display
and take full advantage of your
gift of freedom of the press.
But there is a fine line between
a carefully weighed use of
necessary words, and a blatant
abuse of the privilege.
Mary Kay Twargowski
4th Semester
Biology
celebration
ignored
Every Thursday for the past
six semesters that I've been at
Behrend, I've picked up The
Collegian like clockwork.
Every Thursday of these six
semesters, if something of
interest or of importance to the
students took place at Behrend,
The Collegian covered it. Fact:
Every Thursday after the
celebration of Rev. Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr.('s) birthday,
Black students have become
very upset.
The
Editors do you know the
reason why? The reason is
because for the past three years,
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
has had three birthdays and never
to my recollection, has there
been an article covering the
festivities that take place at
Behrend in celebration of this
great Black leader. Why is that
editixs?
Is it because perhaps you
didn't know about it? That can't
be the reason because everyone
knows that from 4:00 p.m.-
5:00 p.m. classes are canceled in
remembrance of this great Black
man.
Is it because there wasn't a
reporter to cover the story?
Nah, I'm wrong again because a
reporter on your staff that is
Black requested to write about
the celebration (but y9u said
that it was ;ciliate _windier the
fact that dk- celebration . had
shady taken placbr 4
Was it not covered because
MLK
there wasn't anything going on?
Damn, that's three strikes
because I was in the celebration
in 1991, I watched the
celebration from the audience in
1992, and I sang in the choir for
the celebration in 1993. Also,
if I can recall correctly, I believe
that all of the celebrations took
place in Erie Hall. So, you
definitely knew about it and
where it was taking place. I'm
trying to understand why this
great Black man has never seen
any page much less the front
page of The Collegian. Why
editors? Why?
Do you now more clearly
understand the anger of some of
the Black students on campus as
well as those off-campus? The
only reason I used the word
some is because I'm not the
voice of every Black student. In
expression of my own anger
towards The Collegian; for the
past three years this Black Hero
has been neglected by The
Collegian. I've taken more than
can be absorbed. Since the
Editors for some reason did not
cover the celebration, I'll tell
my readers what happened.
There was a beautiful
celebration of the Rev. Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr. in Erie
Hall on January 18, 1993. This
event was coordinated by Ms.
Jacquie Wades. The celebration
opened with "Precious Lord", a
song sang by a choir directed by
Jennifer Grimmage and Angela
Johnson in which we worked
long and hard to perform. The
song was followed by an excerpt
of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther
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King Jr.('s) speech, "I Have a
Dream". The speech was then
interrupted with students of
various ethnic backgrounds
saying different sections of the
speech, which led back to the
speech of Martin Luther King
Jr. as seen on a big video screen
with him saying his famous
words "Free at last, Free at last,
Thank God Almighty I'm Free
at last!" After which the choir
sang "Lift Every Voice"
followed by words of wisdom
by Mr. Tucker and then ended
with the choir upliftingly
singing a hyped "0' Lord We
Praise You!" Afterwards, there
were refreshments for everyone
and a candlelight vigil at 6:30
p.m., coordinated by Samuel
Epps. Thus ending the first day
of the week-long list of
activities in celebration of the
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
One Last time Editors, why
wasn't the celebration covered
by The Collegian? Maybe
because it was too late to write
about it. No, once again I'm
wrong because the Erie papers,
as well as Channel 24 News,
covered the celebration; Why
couldn't "OUR" Collegian
Jamele M. Adams
President of A. 8.0
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