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What is the thing that causes
useless violence in a group of
educated humans? Why must
aggression come to a front when
things aren't going right? And
why must senseless hurt happen
when people fool around?
So many times innocent people
are injured, maimed and just
beaten , because of misun
derstandings. In a college at
mosphere it would seem to me
that aggression should be the
least of anyone's worries. College
is usally associated with a good
time, so why must some people
have to establish themselves as
the tough guy or girl on campus.
Sound extreme? It might but then
why do people get busted in the
head, or more over, how can an
alleged rape be overlooked or
concealed-
MEM
College students have been
witness to military confrontation.
campus riots protesting war and
draft and protest for student
rights. Amid the rhetoric and
literature of these outspoken
people come these words
Peace...Love..etc
etc...etc...Where is the spirit
Letters to the -Editor
Varations on an Old Theme: Apathy!
Dear Editor,
The last straw that broke the
camel's back has finally bur
dened me to the point of
breakage! Why? Again, student
apathy is at toll. As Managing
Editor of the Behrend Collegian,
it is my responsibility to obtain
campus news and then assign it to
the general-reporter's staff. How
in God's name can I fulfill my
duties when there are only three
general-reporters?
I realize that several members
of the staff have resigned for
appropriate reasons, however, I
can't comprehend why the staff,
at its fullest capacity, only
consisted of five reporters?
By conversing with fellow
students, I've discovered that
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Gay Catania
Managing Editor
Bob Wetmore
News Editor
Business Manager: Alan Shrout
Ad Manager: Taffey Wayland
Circulation Manager: Carol Reed
Reporters: Alan Kirk, Chuck Little, Amy Loeffler, Ron Wayne, Mary
Beth Zabel, Tom Stanger, Rosa Myers
Sports Staff: Bob Kenny, Paul Corbran
Layout Staff• Lisa Black, Tim Grosser, Diane Niehaus, Judy Reed,
Cartoonist: Mike Wolfram
Photographer: Rick Malkin
Typists: Marsha Young
Business Staff: Maureen Hamar, Ed Janus
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Office- Student Offices, Reed Union Building
Office Hours: 9:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday
Phone: 899-3101 Ext. 238.
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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 pccr taste. The
staff reserves the runt to correct
of non-violence? We have not
risen above the things which we
deny. We (I should clarify the
word, we) mean those who still
live by violence and aggression.
We condemn ourselves by not
setting the mood to avert violence
among ourselves.
At Behrend, in this beautiful
setting, aggression , is useless...
People must live together, play
together and study together. So in
this dilemma there must be a
frustration release. So now the
problem travels to The Office of
Student Affairs. It seems to me -
that Student Affairs had better
review its policies pertaining to
student activities. Maybe there
should be less pressure applied
by the Resident Regulations.
Winter term
. is soon to • blast_
Behrend'"dormies and if
things go the way they have been
so far, more than petty punching
and destruction in the dorms will
result.
Behrend has its pitfalls and
there are those who can remedy
this situation.
STUDENTS...get to those
people who can help. Get them to
there are a lot of journalism
majors at Behrend. Where are
they when they are needed?
An assignment of one or two
articles weekly is not going to
take up that much of anyone's
'precious" time, when one
realizes the experience and ex
posure that goes along with this
minimum amount of work. The
other members of the Collegian.
such as the Business, News, and
Layout Staffs provide their
ability and energy in the form of
their own individual duties, and
should not have the added
responsibility of reporting.
So, I continue my plea for some
interested students who have a
desire to write for the Collegian.
It is not necessary to be majoring
Member of
Linda Johnson
Editor-in-Chief
Michael A• Chiricuzio
Executive Editor
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
necessarily reflect the Editorial
policy of the Bebrend Collegian.
ecutive Editor
Jay Schonthaler
Sports Editor
Behrend Collegian
change the things that cause
harm to us.
STUDENTS...speak out,
become powerful, end this
bullshit of Administrative hassle.
There is an area where
aggression i s
necessary..aggression of student
support...the banding together of
all concerned and expressing all
that is wrong. Strive for change of
the system that causes violence.
If you're not content with what
you must live under, organize
your distaste and speak out for
change. If what exists is taxing
your system. complain. Those
who are- • in-charge are
reasonable, I know they will
listen. So it ends up with your
genuine expression of grief and
-hoviyeinstfpObifyour beliefs.
One last note to the
women... Don't take too lightly the
occurrence of this past weekend.
Use all precautions when out at
night and be smart 100 per cent of
the time. That way, if the alleged
attack is real, you'll be safe and
if the,attack is a hoax, I hope to
God the truth is uncovered so the
women of Behrend can breathe.
in journalism, however, I stress
the opportunities that are
available for these majors on
campus. Anyone interested in
general reporting can contact me
Mondays and Wednesdays, fifth
period in the Collegian office,
which is located in the Reed
Building. I am also available at
866-9472. I think it's time for some
definite.- constructive action
concerning the Behrend
Collegian.
Thank you.
Gay Catania
Managing Editor
Principles
Dear Editor,
Last week the editorial in your
paper centered around the
visitation hours. There's nothing
wrong with that—fine topic;
BUT, I hated reading that the
petition concerning change of
hours would be of no use. More
than that, I hated the fact that
your executive editor didn't seem
to see anything wrong with this,
and, in fact, chose to condemn the
petition. Not that he shouldn't
have; obviously visitation hours
should be left to the JRC. It was
the "principle of the matter" that
bothered me.
He's been screaming to the
students to get involved. "You
are politically unaware, of
Behrend College. You want
As part of the
Homecoming festivities, the
Black Student Union will be
sponsoring Mr. O.H. Laster
on October 25 at 7 p.m. in the
Reed Auditorium. Laster
is a training officer with the
Reserved President
Hopeful Government
by Rosa Myers
SGA president Jim Armstrong
feels that his job requires a lot of
work. He is pleased with his
cabinet and does not want any
SGA members making ad
justments to his personality. He
believes conflict is a good thing,
and a source of variety. It is his
view that similar ideas, lead to
stagnation. He likes the idea of
having old and young SGA
members serving at the same
time, because "older members
are okay, but youth spurs ac
tivism" and together the two
produce good results.
Jim ran for the position of
president because he felt he had
the necessary experience, and
could accomplish many things
right away, instead of waiting
until winter or late spring term.
When he was a freshman, he felt
that some of the campus
organizations were "dumb". He
believed the elections to be
primarily popularity contests.
But unlike high school
organizations, he finds that
college organizations, par
ticularly in the case of the SGA-
change but are unwilling to
organize for it...you are dor
mant."
WHAT does he want? A few
students tried to effect change in
this ' place. Because of their
inexperieinte, their ettorts were
wasted; but they tried. Does a
student have to run for office to
DO anything around here? (Oh,
sure. Join the tennis team—not
what I had in mind). Look. I don't
really give a damn one way or
another. I'm a very happy. very
"dormant" type person. I don't
like the idea, though, of students
trying to be active and receiving
only criticism for their trouble.
There really ought to be a way for
students to make constructive use
of their ideas outside of
organizations; but that's beside
the point. The point is. the more
often student efforts are met with
this type of reaction, the less
often any effort will be seen. Your
dear executive editor had every
right to point out the limitations
of the petition (there weren't
many good points to speak of).
Considering his position on
student involvement, however, I
feel he should have recognized
the merits of this type of activity.
Perhaps he should reconsider his
position. Unless we differ in our
interpretations of the word
"involved", I'd say he seems
somewhat confused.
Amy Loeffler
National Cancer Institute.
His topic will be "College
and its Debt to Community."
Following the talk, there will
be a reception in the Quiet
Lounge, with light refresh
ments.
October 17, 1974
work toward a common goal.
By his own admission, he is not
an outgoing person. During the
course of the interview, he
searched for tile appropriate
word to describe his tem
perament.
"You're reserved?" he was
asked.
Yes, is that a Virgo trait?" He
was assured that it was.
"I like people to come to me,'..'
he mUsed..,_ He has seen
organization people in action.
Bold personalities who find public
relations no problem at all. But
Jim doesn't like the don't-you
know-who-I-am syndrome. A self
contained, unassuming 'Person, he
seeks to fulfill his position as SGA
president to the best of his
abilities.
On the subject of the amended
constitution, his reserved manner
became one_ of enthusiasm. He
explained that during the spring
term, faculty input expressed a
desire for SGA involvement in
academic affairs, and JRC
petitioned for a vote. An amend
ment was submitted, but it was
primarily academically cen
tered. The petition for the JRC
vote was submitted also, and
together with Dr. Daniel (last
year's advisor to the SGA) Jim
set to work in an effort to combine
both pieces. He worried about
problem areas specifically those
centered around commuter and
dorm students. He didn't feel that
an entirely academically cen
tered amendment would alleviate
these problems. This is why the
amendment covers such diverse
areas and includes various points
of interest to the student boily.
How will the amendment
work? The president has no vote
except in the case of a tie. Other
members of the executive board
will have one vote each. Class
representatives will have a vote a
piece, as will the academic and
commuter-dorm representatives.
There will also be three-at-large
students who will be voted upon.
(A total of sixteen votes and one
tie-breaker.) Jim says there is
not much by way of freshman
representatives on the SGA. and
believes that the three votes will
give freshmen who want to be
involved a chance to do so.
When pressed on the issue of
student exposure to the con
stitution, he thinks it could have
been done better. But also
mentioned the fact that "people
don't look at things in the proper
perspective." They don't
categorize issues in order of
importance. He blames some of
the problem on the failure of
students to read the Behrend
Collegian.
What would Jim like to see
happening at Behrend? He wants
a friendlier atmosphere to
prevail. He has noticed a pattern;
people meet each other during
fall term, and form cliques by
winter term. But this year he has
seen the cliques already being
formed, and thinks this is bad for
the student body in general. But
even more importantly, he wants
greater student involvement, and
more students at SGA meetings,
because "they'll enjoy seeing
their officers and representatives
at work."