Page Two Editorial Opi n ion Visitation Once Again More good news or bad news depending on your position is filtering down from the Administration Building these days con cerning visitation. It appears that a massive extension is in the works for visitation hours. This is largely due to the hard work of the Joint Resident Council and the Student Affairs staff. All in dications at this moment are hopeful for the passage of the proposal as it stands. This addition to visitation hours is the first real major step towards a realistic visitation policy to meet the needs of the Behrend resident student population. However, at the moment there may be doubts as to • whether or not this same student population can adequately handle the responsibility that the new hours will demand. During the past year there have been some reservations on the part of campus administrators, both here at Behrend and at University Park over the issue of visitation. The charges leveled against it rested on the assumption that the resident students were not mature enough to handle the responsibility of visitation. Almost to a man, all students devoutly insisted that they could handle any amount of visitation hours, up to and including 24 hours, seven days a week. The number of hours given last year were substantially less than 24 hours, but the students took what was given, and in the opinion of many, proved that they could carry the responsibility easily. There may be some doubt cast upon that image at the moment. Many of the residents in the dormitories at the present time seem to take the idea of visitation for granted; almost to the point of abuse. There appears to be little regard for the sign-in and sign-out sheets. Noise levels in the halls on weekends make it almost im possible for some to study. People often roam the halls making personal privacy a hard thing to maintain. Continuation of actions such as these could cast grave doubts upon the passage of the new visitation policy, and possibly even on the renewal of what little visitation the resident students now enjoy. The entire concept of intervisitation is based upon the respect of the students for the regulations that come with visitation and respect for the other students living in the dorms. Without this, the entire idea comes apart at the seams. It is assumed that at the very least, the resident student population has the maturity neccessary to implement without difficulties what visitation we now have and what we hope to gain in the near future. If we don't, what are we doing in college? 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 Notice • The position of Business Manager of the Behrend Collegian is_open. Those wishing to apply contact the Collegian Office - this. week. richrtub Member of MR fuss losartriatinn of Casinunannendtil Manipulate Editor-in-chief Managing Editor . Ray Geiger Doug Leichliter Faculty Advisor David Daniel Mailing Address- Behrend Campus, Station Road, Erie, Pa. 16510 Office - Student Offices, Reed Union Building Office Hours: 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p. m . Monday through Friday Phone:B99-3101 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 Spring Terms, with exclusions for holidays and term breaks. 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. ', le , noW,as you know The purpose °Nis board is fe makesur.e +trt therels alvaftys cayne-Hts - ruf frusTrAte. the students c, ca rni6P vs. b., , 1 / • Lear Editor, I am writing to say that I feel the size of student enrollment at Behrend, should be limited, because I'm afraid expansion would mean irreparable loss of the humane scale on this campus. Many university ad ministrations repeatedly speak of their responsibilities to expand to the state and nation, to qualified students, to education, to the 'fullest development of our most valuable asset, human resources.' My attitude is that this campus - by expanding-,- would fail in these responsibilities, not fulfill them. It would be of no service to bring students onto a campus which could not support them physically, educationally or humanely. There is no benefits to education in overcrowded con ditions, and undermining prin ciples on which the campus might have been founded. There is no improvement in developing Grateful New Sounds-Old Style by Charles Eschweiler Staff writer Those of you who have seen the Dead recently know that they are into a straight hard rock thing. This is a reversion to their early • sound and up until now the best representation of the group has been on a live album made in 1966, (Vintage Dead, Sunflower records). The Dead's current style has alienated a lot of their old fans from the period when they were into long iin provisationals filtered through a lot of acid and general flower punk mysticism. It sees that sometime between the release of Live Dead and Workingman's Dead Garcia and his boys got turned onto beer and steel guitars; it was a great gimthick for Workingman's Dead and the image of the group as post psychedelic era rednecks served as a decent vehicle for Jerry Garcia's steel guitar and Bob Weir's background tomes...unfortunately the boys took it to heart and recorded an album full of bucolic whimsy called American Beauty. American Beauty did and still does sound like out takes from Workingman's Dead. These days Jerry Garcia has his spin-off group, New Riders of the Purple Sage, as an outlet for his pickin' and grinnin', and Bob Weir has been listening to. old R&B 45's. The result is on the group's new album, Grateful Dead, which is _such a reminiscence trip it's enough to scare you off (The title and personnel are the same as their first disc, and the cover is a reproduction fo 1966 Avalon Ballroom poster.) Instead of just a memory exer cise, the new Dead album is a logical extension of everything they have done, well...you see, there's a few long im provisations, and there's easy to take folksy stuff for all the new fans...and then by the time the second album in the double set Make 44 'e we; L%/oche' ever tbev% — 4( —Short s won't e both ere ci Behrend Collegian Letters to the Editor .:.fficiet boy -th, vni i human resourves by making people" face alienation, frustration, and overcrowding, or by contributing to the decline of our honor system. It would be of no service to our state or to Penn State University to decrease the status of Behrend Campus. Thank you, Barbara Goetz (4th.. E- North East) Dear Students, You should have observed by this time that it is impossible for any working organization to exist at Behrend without student in volvement. Obviously, a club without members is. a club in name only. The same holds true for your representative govern ment. The SGA can do nothing without an interested and in volved student body supporting it. The best way for you, the individual, to suppbrt your government is to become, or at least attempt to be come, a member of it. If a large number Dead Return; comes on and things start to drag Stewart's new album is more 'Jerry Garcia hits a damn famous is because it's very familiar riff and jesus christ if commercial and elementary the whole band doesn't play the shuck as compared to his two hardest sounding Johnny B previous discs. Goode since the Steve Miller MOMENTS: Boz - Scaggs. Steve Band backed up Chuck Berry in Miller fired Scaggs back in 69 67... things go uphill from then on, because Scaggs is a better and it sounds better the second -- musician, it's obvious on this time. album. The songs on Moments The album should be titled The Grateful Dead Play Hard Rock...and they play it as good as anyone else_ The new Dead album and the Allman Brothers' live album are the only two indispensable sets I've heard yet this year, no doubt about it, everyone has to hear them once_ ONE LEVER QUICKIES. - It's an American institution to save time and space by ripping off a quickie, so: • EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY: Rod Stewart. Buy the first Rod Stewart album, or Gasoline Alley...the reason Speak Easy by Gary Cochran Q. When the Beach Boys were asked about drugs, they said no way, they do meditation. What's that? (R.G.) A. Under the guidance of Guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Transcendental Meditation has emerged from the Himalayan Mountains where it has flourished for many years. Its followers say it promotes inner peace, self-understanding, and god consciousness. T.M. is popular among college students throughout the U.S. and many campuses have local chapters. Q. What's the digging behind Lawrence Hall? (Dormie) A. That is the beginning of parking lot "F". The new lot will have sidewalks and lighting, making it safer to park your car and expect the tape deck to still be there when you return. Robert October 7,1971 of students do this it will be proof that the student body is behind the SGA. - Applications for candidacy in the Fall Elections are now available at the RUB desk. They must be filled out and returned to the desk no later than Monday, Octoberll. - As well as the position of 2nd Vice-Pres., there are 15 representative positions open. We hope to have a large number of people attempt to get these positions. Remember, it is up to you the students to decide whether the SGA becomes a well-rounded working force, representing the student, or it becomes a powerless organization. For your own well-being, I sincerely hope that you become an involved student body which will turn out a large number of people who are willing to become members of the SGA. - - Joe Zani (4th-L.A.-Kersey) are in a Frisco Latin bag (San tana with horns) and there's nothing bad about that at all. OSMONDS. This is a real classic all right, but what hap pens when Donny reaches puberty and loses his little high pitched voice? Really, try and read the liner notes on some tyke's copy of this album, they are hilarious... "Donny never has a bad thought about anyone..." etc. You come away from the Osmpnd's album and Bobby Sherman seems almost Byronic in comparison, the comedy disc of this year at last. Baughman, Business Manager, hopes it will also relieve the overcrowded conditions in Reed lot. Dorm students should park in the new lots, opening up Reed lot to visitors and faculty. Facility should be completed soon. Q. Is it posSible that I. Kochel is putting off' the students regarding their requests or is he uninformed or just uninterested in their continual annoyance? (P.Oed) A. Maybe, doubtful, and possibly, in that order. "SPEAK EASY" will reply to questions of general interest to students and faculty at Behrend Campus. Any questions you have can be addressed to this column. You may not get satisfactory answers but SPEAK EASY will listen. Ve co uld
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