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by M.A. Chiricuzio
Executive Editor
Last week I received my first
reply to one of my stirring
editorials. It's about time. I can't
believe that in my past writings
no one has been insulted,
degraded, irritated or incensed.
So I owe a great deal of thanks to
Amy, although she is wrong.
Maybe people think that their
words will burn the paper? Some
have come to me and said I'm full
of s—. I sure wish they would
write about it.
Dear Amy,
I said you were wrong because
I feel you may have misun
derstood me. I'd like to clarify
the matter. I am happy to see
that some students would take the
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by Paul Corbran
There have been some reports
that there were some small,
greenish people seen entering the
Reed Union Building at a little
past eight last Wednesday
evening. Word has it that, after a
few moments, they came back
out, mumbling a few disgruntled
bleeps, and entered a silver disc
that was parked in the visitors
parking lot. This story might
sound loony but it just may be
true. Our friends were probably
annoyed at the fact that they, and
about one-hundred and thirty
"earthlings", were turned away
from the Reed Lecture Hall
where a capacity crowd enjoyed
a lecture, by Mr. Stanton T.
Friedman, entitled "Flying
Saucers are Real". The hall was
packed with people representing
all age groups. There were even
some Behrend students attending.
Mr. Friedman spoke, for over
two hours, on a variety of
collected data pertaining to
UFO's. The speaker presented
his subject superbly and held his
audience well. In the two hours
that he spoke. just a few, if any,
people left before he was finished.
His fact filled lecture was riddled
with small humorous breaks,
which made the time seem to fly
past.
Topics ranged from large-scale
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News Editor
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initiative to instigate change. But
as I have said. there are those
students who can help you
achieve change. My . editorial
came out well after the petition
had a chance to aspire so I feel
that my efforts to inspire student
involvement had no ill effect on
their efforts. I hope you can now
see that what I wrote about was
not too far off when I said there
are those students who know how
to get things done. Further, if the
petition had been in the right
hands, action would have most
assuredly occurred.
I have one big regret. Amy
Loeffler is on the Collegian staff.
If any students could muster up
enough energy to write to the
paper, I might vomit. The ex-
Green Men Have
investigations into UFO'S to the
possibility of man ever achieving
interstellar travel. The evening
included photos of different
"flying saucers" and statistics
proving that many of these ob
jects are, indeed, extraterrestrial
visitors.
Stanton T. Friedman is a
nuclear physicist with both
Bachelors and Masters degrees
attained from the University of
Chicago. He has also had four
teen years experience in the
development of advanced nuclear
and space systems. He has lec
tured, on UFO's in over forty
states and Canada and has ap
peared on numerous radio and
television shows coast to coast.
Articles of his have appeared in
publications ranging from the
National Enquirer and SAGA
magazine to Physics Today. •
In an interview with Mr.
Friedman, he was asked how he
first acquired an interest in
"flying saucers". "I read a
book," he replied, "then fifteen
more. Then I joined a few
groups." focusing on the study of
UFO's. He has been interested in
the subject for fifteen years,
lecturing for seven, and working
full-time on it for four and one
half years. He has received very
little public opposition and, in his
past lectures, he has had a total
Member of
Linda Johnson
Editor-in-Chief
Michael A• Chiricuzio
Executive Editor
Editorial Policy
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publication purposes.
All letters must be signed, but
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and hometown must be included.
Signed columns represent the
view of the author only and do not
necessarily reflect the Editorial
policy of the Behrend Collegian.
Jay Schonthaier
Sports Editor
Behrend Collegian
citement would drive me up a
wall. I couldn't imagine actual
replies to editorials that make
sense, have nothing- to do with
what student- feel are important
or that even stink. Get your a—s
out of the ditch and bitc—. My
head is tired of trying to dig
things up to insult inactive people.
So what I've just done is to an
swer myself, everyone must be
inactive, inactive people wouldn't
let me tell them they're "dor
mant", "ignorant" and now I'll
assert, "You are boring me,
fellow students and probably
you're walking around telling
everyone how bored you are."
I've got some big news for
you..you ARE boring! ! !
Happy birthday Paul
of only five hecklers.
In the lecture itself, Mr. Stanton
presented statistics from in
vestigations such as Project Blue
Book special report no. 14 and the
Condon report. From these, and
others similar, unidentified flying
objects were separated into three
different categories; 1). Sightings
of phenomenon by an- observer
which is unidentifiable to the
observer but identifiable after
long, technological investigation.
2) Sightings without sufficient
data. 3) Reports, by competent
observers, which remain
unidentifiable after investigation
and also which behave unlike
anything possible from earth. In
both investigations, even though
reported as less, the figures of
third category sightings were
over 30 per cent..
Mr. Friedman pointed out that
many sightings aren't reported
because of fear of being ridiculed.
He also mentioned four reasons
why authorities haven't "jumped
on the bandwagon" of UFO's,
they are; 1) Ignorance - they
don't know the data. 2) "Laughter
Curtain"-fear of ridicule. 3)Ego -
authorities won't admit that there
are beings more intelligent than
man. and 4) Failure to -un
derstand - behavior observed as
impossible by man is disregar
ded.
"Man advanced,
technologically. in great strides
in only the past hundred years. Is
it not possible that another
civilization might have started its
technological advance just a few
hundred years before us?" were
SGA Blasted By. Reporter
After several abortive at
tempts by first V.P. Dave
Scypioski to adjourn the ninth
SGA meeting held this term,
Rosa Myers, Collegian staff
reporter, voiced an opinion: she
felt that the meeting along with
being a lousy one, showed a lack
of organizational morale and
gave evidence of the factions
which have formed within the
SGA.
"There are many things which
should be said and are not being
said," she told SGA members. "I
would like to know what the SGA
wants to do. I have nothing to
report, nothing to write. I'm tired
of coming to meetings which
accomplish nothing. I want to
know ; are we going to work
together or are we - going to
remain diversified and wrapped
up in our own special interests?"
Alan Kirk attempted to answer
Ms. Myers by relating to her the
fact that Behrend being the type
of college it is, can only ac
complish certain objectives and
that individual members can only
represent the students they were
voted in by. When asked if he felt
that the resources at Behrend are
.responsible for the lack of
direction exhibited by the SGA.
He feels that student input and
interest is low and this in some
way prevents the SGA from
taking certain actions.
Man's attempt to answer Ms.
Myers' question proved unfruitful
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Dear Editor:
It is my sincere belief that I and
an excess of one hundred students
and Erie residents experienced
the ultimate in educational
deprivation. It is one concern to
be ignorant because of a lack of
opportunities to advance one's
intellect, however, to seek the
benefits of a given opportunity
and be denied is beyond my range
of understanding. I am speaking
of the scheduled lecture on
Wednesday, October 16, entitled
"Flying Saucers ARE For Real"
to be presented by Stanton T.
Friedman.
I was utterly shocked and
appalled to hear Mr_ DiFrank
explain to the people waiting uf a
line which extended through the
second floor of the RUB, down the
stairs and through most of the
first floor, that they may as well
leave, seeing as how there was no
Arrived
a few of the remarks made, by
Mr. Friedman, when talking
about the feasibility of in
terstellar travel. He stated that
men could be travelling to the
stars, also, "if they would want to
spend the dough." There are
already many different
propulsion systems developed
which man could use in in
terstellar space travel.
The speaker compared the
sightings of "flying saucers" to
our own space program in an
explanation of peculiar actions of
UFO's and the "critters" who
control them. When asked if he
thought they Might communicate
with man, he replied, "no. We
aren't enough to bother with." He
believes that they , are observing
us as a scientific study just as we
are studyingthe moon.
Mr. Friedman was asked about
his feelings of belief towards
UFO's and he said, very. sternly,
"Feelings and beliefs don't enter
into the subject. You don't believe
in nuclear physics, it's scientific
fact." He continued, "Sure,
nobody has come up to us and
asked us to take them to our
leader, even if they did there's no
one leader of earth that we could
take them to." The factual
evidence, presented in the lec
ture, may be enough to convince
people that we are not alone.
So, Behrend students, keep
your eyes on the skies from now
on. If you do happen to see any
"flying saucers" or strange
looking creatures, besides the
faculty members, be sure to
contact the authorities right
away.
and after twenty to twenty-five
minutes of dialogue had elapsed
between Mr. Kirk and Ms. Myers,
Jaye Beebe who had sat quietly
listening. leaned forward and
suggested to Alan that -he make
concrete motions instead of
wasting time becoming en
thralled with the sound of his own
voice.
After this stinging comment,
Zack Dalesandro, and Dean
Bainum (who had also sat quietly
listening, except for one
emotional moment when she let
loose with a choice Anglo-
Saxonist expression) suggested a
list of six items to be tackled by
the SGA: visitation, alcoholic
beverages on Campus, the sign on
190, a Campus map which could
hopefully become a project of the
MTE class, a proposed mural to
be executed by students on
designated RUB walls and a
library complex.
Various SGA members were
assigned to research the areas all
of which were touched upon by
students during the course of the
meeting.
The gathering of officers
became a veritable brain
storming session in which
students began to evaluate
themselves in terms of the
organization and the student
body. Barbara Jolly suggested
that the constitution be
amended again - in terms of the
succession of presidents. It is her
October 24, 1974
more room in the hall. I have
never before heard a more ab
surd reason for denying people of
attending a lecture. I now must
seriously consider the type and
quality of education I, along with
1500 other students, are receiving
here at PSU, Behrend. Is Behrend
merely an educational factory or
an institution at which one may
further their education? I fail to
see the reason why the lecture
could not have been-moved to the
gym. Athletics is indeed an in
tegral part' of receiving a well
rounded education, however, I'M'
sure that the people who are
accustomed to using the gym on
Wednesday evenings would
sacrifice their privilege for one
night. There was no event
scheduled for that evening. If
people were truly there to hear
the syllabus of the lecture,
they wouldn't have minded sitting
on bleachers or on the floor.
Behrend College cannot possible
expect to become. -a college in
dependent of the Penn State
University system, if there isn't
even a room on campus that can't
facilitate a gathering of over
three-hundred people.
It would be most unreasonable
on my part to place the blame for
this most unfortunate incident on
the shoulders of Mr. DiFrank or
the SUB, however, who will
bear the responsibility now and in
the future? I've read the SGA's
and Behrend Collegian's com
plaints about student apathy, and
rightfully so, however the one
time people do support an ac
tivity, they are turned away.
Sincerely,
Donna Jarlenski
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belief that the president should be
voted in always. "If I was staying
here next term, I would run for
president," she related. Gina
Myers, second v.p., defended first
v.p. Dave Scypinski, feeling that
the suggestion was perhaps a slur
on him. But some members were
in agreement with Barb and like
Barb felt that the SGA might be in
need of some "new Blood."
Exhibiting wrath never before
expressed at any SGA meeting
held this term, a red-faced Barb
told Darla Berkey she was sick of
hearing about what happened last
year in the SGA.
"This is this year," she stated.
After a couple of heated remarks
exchanged between the two of
them, Darla Berkey left the
meeting and did not return.
Frustrations, tensions, angers,
resentment were partially aired.
But the organization has ap
parently decided to "become"
and not merely to "be".
Notice: The Behrend Collegian is
everyone's paper, not only the
editors. A iof of hard work is
required from all staff members
and we, the editors, want to com
pliment these members on their
work. It is evident that many
reporters feel detached from the
actual publication and work of the
Collegian. If anyone is interested in
our procedures or has any questions
pertaining to the publication then
please feel free to attend any of the
weekly work sessions, held Tuesday
evenings in the Collegian room.