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Doug Leichliter
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Kempa; Business Staff: Henry Fox, Robert Haise, Sherry
Oldakowski, Sheryl Stebbins; Faculty Adviser, David Daniel.
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Phone: 899-3101 Ext. 238
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the student body.
Published every Thursday throughout the Fall, Winter, and Spring
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Major Point of
The Harrisburg
by James Lyons
Guest Writer
WHO ARE THE
HARRISBURG SEVEN?
Three of them are Roman
Catholic priests; one is a nun
who teaches art history. Still
another is a gentle," lucid
Pakistani scholar, an
authority of Third World
nationalism. Finally. a
couple: a former priest, son
of a Congressman; a former
nun, a Fulbright scholar in
French.
Their names are Eqbal
Ahmad, Father Philip
Berrigan, Sister Elizabeth
McAlister, Father Neil
McLaughlin, Anthony and
Mary Scoblick, and Father
Joseph Wenderoth.
Seven people who hate war.
WHAT IS
THE ISSUE?
The Department of Justice
has invested thousands of
agent man-hours in this case.
It has coerced dozens of
witnesses, made free and
brazen use of wiretapping,
manipulated a docile grand
jury for a period of five full
months. All of this labor
produced an enormously
complex, subtly fashioned
indictment—most of which is
Member of
Ray Geiger
Editor-in-chief
Jack Richebacher
Business Manager
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and hometown must be included.
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Behrend Collegian.
malicious nonsense,
The Harrisburg Seven are
not. as the Government
charges, conspirators or
bombers or kidnappers. They
are, indeed, resisters; some
of them have gone past
deploring the war to the point
of direct action against its
tools. But it is not because
they interfered with the draft
that our government is
staging this massive, costly
show trial against them. It is
because these seven men and
women appeal powerfully to
the roots of American Con
science.
The issue then is CON
SCIENCE vs. POWER.
WHO IS WINNING?
Nobody knows who will win
in court —but the real verdict
won’t come from the jury
anyway. The Government’s
goal is to use the fear of jail as
a club against the Peace
Movement. The Government
I (name)
of (address)
wish to join with the Harrisburg Seven in their
struggle to regain life, freedom, and justice within our
society. ■ .
Behrend Collegian
Letters to the
Members of the Joint Residence
Council:
I, George Frola, Jr., do hereby
resign my position as chairman
of the Joint Residence Council. I
feel that I cannot be chairman of
an organization which is com
posed of a majority of people who
make decisions for the entire
resident student body based upon
their own personal beliefs and
prejudices.
This method of decision
making has been illustrated in
two major decisions in the past
term (Winter 1972). The first
instance was the decision con
cerning the visitation proposal
which I, with the help of two other
JRC members, submitted
relatively early in the term. A
moment of rational thought on the
issue would have made each
person realize that a majority of
the resident students on Behrend.
Campus were in favor of am in
crease in visitation hours.
Instead, people seemed to forget
the issue at hand and let their
own personal feelings enter into
their decision, rather than the
feelings of the student body which
they represent.
The second incident was that of
sponsoring a dance which was to
be held for the benefit of paying
for damages in both Perry and
Dobbins Halls. Again the
majority of the members of this
“representative” organization
failed to see their more than
apparent responsibility to
sponsor the fund raising dance.
People’s emotions again entered
into their decision and another
Interest;
Seven
loses if the actual result of the
trial is a widening of the
community of conscience, a
deepening of the spirit of
resistance.
HOW CAN YOU HELP?
It is not just the Harrisburg
Seven that are on trial but
each and everyone of us. We
can no longer remain in the
silent darkness of an en
vironment which is sup
pressing our own humanity.
The time has come for each of
us to step out of the darkness
and into the brightness of life.
Therefore, we not only urge
you to reflect upon what has
been presented here but to
join together as a community
to state our support of the
Harrisburg Seven. You may
do this by signing the
statement below and
returning it to Sister Helen
Ann Zysk, 6101 East Lake
road, Erie, Pennsylvnaia,
16511.
project which was for the benefit
of the resident student body,
either as a whole or in specific
cases, was voted down.
I cannot, in clear conscience,
continue to call myself chairman
of this organization. I accepted
the position, and acted according
to the supposition that what the
JRC did was for the benefit of and
a direct reflection of the student
desires. It has been made quite
apparent to me that this is not the
way the JRC works and I
therefore resign as chairman of
the Joint Residence Council.
Sincerely,
George Frola, Jr.
Dear Editor
I am writing this letter to ex
press my views on RIGHTS FOR
THE NON-SMOKER. I am a non
smoker and I get very annoyed
and pissed-off when somebody
lights a butt in a classroom.
Being a non-smoker, the ob
noxious smoke is very sickening!
It always seems that the smoker
is blowing his smoke
right in the face of a non-smoker.
If the classroom has a NO
SMOKING sign then it should be
enforced.
According to the local fire law
smoking in an education
institution (which I think this is)
is forbidden. Not mentioning the
mess that is left on the floor, plus
the smell that is left on my
clothes.
One thing which is humorous
about this discussion on the non
smokers rights is the en
tertainment I get from watching
the sophisticated smoker. You
can always tell when someone is
about to catch a smoke, about
twenty minutes after class starts,
the smoker becomes very ner
vous and restless. The smoker
must light up or else he’ll never
get through the class.
In closing I would like these
laws enforced in the classroom,
because the non-smoker also has
his rights.
Thank you,
Tom Staszewski
6th, El. Ed., Erie
Dear Editor:
I would like to make one
suggestion about the speed limit
on campus. I would like a
resolution to LOWER the speed
limit from 15 5 M.P.H.
for one simple reason: —if anyone
went 15 M.P.H. on Behrend’s
roads they would leave their
complete exhaust system and gas
tank behind them.
If I wanted to visit the Grand
Canyon I’d fly there; so let’s do
something about those roads.
Signed,
Mark Hedges
sth, Business, Erie
Dear Editor:
With the current voter
registration period due to end on
Monday, March 6,1 exhort every
Behrend student to spend the 25
cents required for a trip to the
Courthouse or to one of the
special registration sites.
Most “adult” politicians have
been hostile or afraid of the
issues of concern-, to many
students: die War in Indochina,
anmensty, use of marijuana,
expanded loans and scholarships,
freedom of speech, ac
commodation between races.
March 9, 1972
Editor
Only if students register to vote
in massive numbers, for can
didates who are young and vocal
on such issues, will they be
solved. For the first time there
are such young candidates
locally, not beholden to any older
power base.
Patrick ‘ Mertens (draft
counselor) running for State
Legislature from Erie’s west
side; and Bob Lohse (student at
Gannon), Ann Marie Silva
(teacher), Jim Young (professor
at Edinboro), and myself are
candidates for Delegate to the
Democratic National Convention.
Lohse, Silva and Young are
pledged to McGovern. All of us
are young and attuned to the
issues above.
If Behrend students still, want
change in American society,
register to vote in the party
primaries before March 6, then
work and vote for these can
didates. Registering Independent
robs you of the right to vote in the
primaries, where the real choice
lies. Not trucking on down to the
Courthouse robs you of the right
to vote at all. Take a friend,
support your peers who are
speaking out. Your vote will
count.
Peace,
Richard Obermanns
University of Chicago
P.S. The requirements and times
for registration: Pennsylvania
residents 3 months and age 18 by
the election. Daily 9 a.m. to 5
p.m.; Saturday 9a.m. to 12 noon.
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Behrend Collegian
English 7 12
Offered
English 112, (Techniques of
Fiction), will be offered at
Behrend during the spring term.
The course will involve creating
writing (short stories, essays,
articles) and critical reading.
Pre-requisites are English 1 and
3. The course should mainly
interest two categories of
students: those who are English
majors interested in the Writing
Option, and liberal arts majors
who wish to fulfill three of six
credits of the Arts requirement.
For further clarification contact
Mrs. Debbie Horne, 102 D Turn
bull Hall.
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