Page Two
As we see it
Senseless
Throughout the month of
March, Behrend College
suffered an incredible amount
of senseless vandalism. To
name a few examples of the
damage:
—Wilson Picnic Grove was
"spray painted"; the door to
the Men's Room was literally
ripped off, in addition to light
bulbs and windows being
smashed.
—The dollar , bill changer in
the RUB cafeteria was
tampered with; glass was
broken, metal twisted. <
—The water tower, as well
as the north wall of the
library, was defaced with
spray paint.
—Windows were smashed
in Dobbins Hall, North Cot
tage and Erie Hall.
-Coin boxes on three of
Lawrence Hall's clothes
dryers were broken into.
—Smoke bombs were set
off in the dorms.
—A fluorescent, ultraviolet
lamp owned by the Biology
department was broken.
—Dumpsters behind Perry
Hall were recently set on
Dear Editor,
There seems to be considerable by University administration
fiscal matters in
degree of hypocrisy and-or issuance of any reports,
ignorance displayed by the staff messages, speeches, etc.
of Collegian Newspaper. 2. Integration of student per-
Somebody is not doing his-her sonnet into various processes
homework concerning "Oswald's concerned with formulation and
Message." This compassionate policy making decisions dealing
piece of ambivalent bullshit with budgetary expenditures.
should have been subjected to This also includes an adequate
significant level of intellectual feedback mechanism and right to
criticism that I would have ex
appeal "final decisions".
pected from such inquiring 3. Availability of final budget to
journalists on our newspaper
various student publications of
staff. On the preceeding day, the both main and commonwealth
local newspaper published a UPI
article in which Secretaryof cam p uses '
Only when these policies are
Education, J.C. Pettinger, an
fully operational can we begin to
enounced that Penn State, Pitt, and accept the credibility of the
Temple will seek tuition in- University Administration. By
creases in General Assembly this working together on a common
year. I don't know what Oswald is
trying to hide with his last seri- , problem can we begin to 'cm
tence—"Bound to some - derstand each other. We can then
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impact on tuition." The future accept the concern by
Oswald as real and
speculative tense does not belong
in a situation where the sincere only when he allows and
University has already taken ; directs the University toward acceptance of the above
definitive action. I certainly don't i
have much respect for his proposals. But he should act
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honesty. quickly, for the "age of
enlightened consumerism" is now
I know the University has many : part of our reality, and we
expenditures and that costs are _ students, as consumers, will not
increasing; but I can also feel a be satisfied too much longer with
pinch on my wallet every time I 1 just the "tuition increases" and
pay tuition fees or sales tax. Why "messages from the President"
don't we try to clear the air by cycle.
being a little more honest with 1 Sincerely yours,
each other (University and
students) by- the adoption of the
three following proposals:
Bits li pieces off-campus
The Gannon College Student
Senate is offering a spring get
away vacation at a very
reasonable price. The trip is to
Acapulco, Mexico's "City of the
Sun", playground of international
cafe society and American jet set.
A frenetic night life from simple
bars along the beach to swank
supper clubs is complemented by
great food and lots of fun. The trip
includes many of the essentials
fire; arson is suspected
—Several vending
machines were damaged.
—The sewage plant was
burglarized; water testing
equipment and life preservers
were stolen and later thrown
over the gorge.
Unfortunately, funds used
to repair damages such as
these are not taken from the
pockets of the vandals, but
rather from the college's
general funds, which or
dinarily would be used to
sponsor student activities and
events. At other times,
payment for repairs is
directly taken from unin
volved, innocent students,
especially those in resident
halls. Did you know that
damage done on your floor, if
left unreported, is paid for
with Your deposit money?
Security officer Jeff Lang
commented with regard to
the person or persons
responsible for the recent
flood of vandalism, "I would
look for one who has no sense
of right or wrong."
Wouldn't you?
1. Total openness and integrity
Kevin B. Kurat
7th Term
Mechanical Engineering
included in the low price of $224
per person_ Contact Paul
Williams of the Student Senate for
more information at 456-7523.
Dr. Richard Hawkins, a
prominent faculty member of
New York University's Graduate
School of Business, will be lec
turing at Edinboro State College
(continues on page four)
In open business, Mike
McCarthy proposed an idea to
install a coffee machine next to
the existing pop machine in the
Behrend Building. He was told to
consult with Business Manager,
Mr. Robert Baughman and Fred
Moser, vending machine
operator, on the idea.
And fi ally, the case of the
missing SGA typewriter was
talked over, but not solved. The
typewriter, a brand new Smith-
Corona electric, had been missing
since Spring break from its place
in the BSU-JRC Outing club of
fice. In discussing whether the
typewriter is missing or stolen,
Dean Bainum expressed her
doubts that it was stolen by
saying, "But still, nobody's going
to walk out of this place with a
typewriter." Information about
the typewriter can be given
confidentially to any SGA
member. It was agreed in general
that the "persons in the SGA are
pissed off."
The motion for adjournment
was unanimously agreed upon at
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Now that I'm coming directly
to you as I should "From the
Desk of the Editor," I hope our
commentaries sound more like
commentaries, and not my own
personal ramblings-on. If you find
last week's issue in your
Collegian collection (as I suspect
you might) you will notice that I
got lost under the "Commentary"
head. It seems like some folks
down here doing layouts just don't
have their Heads Together, if you
know what I mean. Really
though, the mistake was pretty
bad, because now you probably
think that the editorials are just
my personal opinions. Wrong.
That's
. partly what this column
Meeting
(continued from page 1)
to look into it a little." Stating
that the best ideas come from
competition, Mike commented
that "I'd like to have two or three
people running for the office (of
President)."
Because of the SGA's tight
budget, the request by Behrend's
representatives in the Inter-
Campus Athletic Trip at UP for
$lBO to pay for part of their ex
penses was voted down. A motion
by Ed Mulkern to give them $lOO
of the $574.95 left in the budget
was unanimously approved. It
was hoped that the difference
could be made up by the Office of
Student Affairs.
The SGA's proposed new
constitution was previewed in
preparation for the three con
secutive meetings to be held next
Monday night to vote on. Among
the changes are:
1. Expanding the membership
to 21 members.
2. Phasing out the represen
tatives of the Academic divisions.
Difficulties arose in voting for
these representatives according
to the old constitution.
3. Expanding the number of
Dormitory, Commuter, and at
large members.
4. Creating an office of
secretary. This post was
overlooked accidentally in the old
constitution_
5. Stripping the President of
some of his-her budgetary
powers.
6. Removal of the office of
second Vice President.
the desk of
By Dan McKay►
Editdr-in-Chief
is for. Now, more than ever, 1
want the Collegain staff involved
in the policy making.
By the way, if you haven't
already done so, you'd better
check out this week's editorial. I
imagine we'll get to more in
teresting editorial opinions on pot,
fraternities, the drinking age,
faculty unionization, etc.; but no
way till all this vandalism
bullshit stops. It costs you and
me more bucks.
After last - week's front-page
SGA article fiasco, I didn't know
for sure whether I'd be back. I
thought it was innocuous enough,
but Mike Woods flipped out when
he read it. He and I even went
around trying to retrieve those
copies that were distributed.
Personally, I think if anyone has
an idea for the hall for the next
Beer Blast, that's good news.
Dean Lane calmed me down with
his cool humor. He said I should
have entitled the article
"Koch el 's Kegger . " Hmm ...-
maybe I ought to try that
sometime. Everything's hemp
now, though. I was talking to Mr.
Kochel on Tuesday, and as you
can see, I'm still around.
Despite some last minute
shakiness, last Saturday's Beer
Bash was really great. Pond
Production, Bowling Lane
Enterprises, and the JRC. really
put on a good time. Vertical Union
played some good rocknroll.
People there actually asked me if
I was going to write an article on
it! Cut me a break, huh? I need to
party on, too, every once in a
while. A little bit of paranoia was
evidenced by the small number of
kegs. Nothing could be done about
it, I guess, but crowd more bodies
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Mike Warner
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Executive Secretary: - Caiol Mantsch
Ad Manager: Ron Strike
Copy Editors: Amy Snyder, Katy Ferer, Jenny Suchin
Business Staff: Judy Reed
writers: Jay Scliontbaler, Pamela Gilmore, Mary Jo Santini, Brad
Phillips, Tom Armstrong, T. Clyde Kennedy, Paul Corbran, Betsy
Choder, Al Calfo, Bob Wetmore
Photographers: Lynn Boone, Jeff Drraro, Dan Haley
Cartoonists: Mike Pond, Phil Aron, Joe Kozek
Typists: Michele Crotty, Kathy Weiser
Mailing Address- Behrend College, 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: 899-3101 Ext. 238
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are not necessarily those of the University Administration, faculty, or
the student body.
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into the rooms. Of course, I
wouldn't want to party in my
room if I could help it.
The word from Bowling Lanes
Enterpris.es is that the next Bash
may be outside of the RUB,
possible with a band more into
soul to facilitate dancing. I'm
sure that too, will be very good,
too.
Wow, I am almost over
whelmed by all the enthusiasm
and new faces around here. I wish
they would come to layout
though! ! ! Joe Kozek makes his
Collegain cartooning debut below.
The cartoon staff, non-existent
when I took over, is really
shaping up. Betsy Choder is
really ranking out the print on
sports. And Aix Calfo makes his
first appearance on the staff with
an admittedly very short article
on the Spring Arts Festival
meeting. He'll be covering the
candidates entered in the Pa.
primary. Also, he's working on a
light feature on one of his favorite
hobbies. We still could use more
folks covering news and the
business staff needs help ,sPaing
ads to get this debt off our back.
I was glad to see a letter,
however critical, in the mailbox.
Actually Kevin Kurat has a point.
Well editorialize on this problem
a little later. Why don't you start
writing a letter to the Editor
(that's me??) Wouldn't you at
least like to see your name in
print? I almost forgot its April
Fool's day. I guess I should say
something about it. Well, April
Fool's day comes but once a year,
so we put out mast head on upside
down. When you think about it,
that isn't even funny.... Well, we'll
try harder next year.
Member of
Dan McKay
Editor-in-Chief
Editorial Policy
or delete poitions 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 Behrend Collegian.
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