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commuter cafeteria is presently
run by the school, not at the user's
convenience, but at the
management's profitable con
venience. People should not be
told when they can eat lunch.
They should be able to sit down
and enjoy a decent, inexpensive
meal when they want to, either
morning, noon, or night.
"Anothe point I'd like to stress
is the,current wave of vandalism.
Although vandalism can be found
at any institution, public or
private, it has increased at an
alarming. rate here. at .13ehrend.
These deviant and malicious act's
must be stopped. If elected, I plan
to form a sort of "student
vigilante" group to seek out and
squelch completely this juvenile
behavior.
"Although the question asks for
specific problems, I feel there are
a few difficulties that must be
overcome to develop Behrend
into a flourishing college com
munity. One of these difficulties
is the fact that many people walk ,
around daily, not giving two dog
biscuits about their fellow
"Behrendites". This can be
rectified by simply scheduling
regular social events appealing to
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most of Behrend's 1600 students."
Question: What experience do
you have that would qualify you
for the presidency?
"My qualifications include
attending practically every SGA
meeting during winter and spring
terms of this year as the Student .
Representative at-large. I served
on the Beer Blast committee and
I'm presently involved in revising
the disciplinary code. .for next
year. Serving as executive
director of Bowling Lanes Enter
prises, I helped extensively in
orgardzkqg the Behrend Bash.
"By being active in the SGA, I
have become rather familiar
with the "ins and outs" of student
government policy. I feel that
Mike Woods did a superb job this
year and I hope to continue his
fine rapport with the faculty and
administration here at Behrend
next year. I have also been ex
tensively involved with WBCR by
helping it progress from a mickey
mouse set-up to a full fledged
radio company. Finally, I plan to
work closely and effectively with
my vice-president, Mike Pond in
accomplishing those goals set
before me by . next year's
students.
Member of
Ron Wayne
Entertainment Editor
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commentary
The library has a multitude of think. 40,000 volumes and 500 department is located in the
problems. For one thing, students subscriptions isn't really all that Behrend Building, and the library
do not use it as much as they bad for -a college the size of is located in the Reed Union
should. This, however ; is due to Behrend. The students do not Building. Combined, the students
the fact that the acoustics are bad utilize what they have available would have better access to the
in this facility, thus, noises tend to to them, the reason is that they audio visual materials. However,
be amplified. Also a reason for_ really aren't aware of what the this problem will be altered with
this lack of use is the fact that library has to offer. According to the completion of the planned
faculty members do not plan their Mr. Stifiler, Director of the academic complex.
courses often enough with use of library, students should be taking - The library has many
the library in mind. A snggested out an average_ of 15 books a year. -problems, many of. these.will be
reading list of materials per= But this is not the case, as solved once the new complex is
tabling to the course, (these students usually take out an built, but in the meantime, more
materials, of course, being average of only 8-9 books a year. interest on the part of the faculty
located in the library), would Again student awareness of the and
_staff_ making students
help in this area; ' library and its functions through_ aware of the library, and what : it
Another disadvantage is that some kind of course or program, has to offer, and a little con
students are not instructed in how (perhaps it could be included in sideration and tolerance on the
to use the libarary. If students English I) would help with this part of the students will help. If
were more aware of what the problem. we all work together, perhaps we
library has to offer, and how to can solve some of the problems
take advantage of these Another big problem is that the facing our library. Why don't you
resources, perhaps they would audio-visual department and the go and check out the library and"
use the library more often. library should be combined. At all the advantages (academically
The Behrend College Library the present time, they are and socially) it has to offer? You
has a better collection of books operating out of two separate may be surprised at what you
and resources than most students buildings. The audio visual find!
Prisoners seek aid in freedom fight
By Sr. Mary Lou Kowmcki '
Hundreds of thousand oT
political prisoners—men, women,
and children throughout the
world—are tortured and languish
in jails and concentration camps.
Their crime? Writing a dissenting
opinion in a newspaper. Or being
a member of an "opposition"
political party. Or being active in
church. Or being related to
someone who speaks the truth
when the government tb - ,lr truth
is subversive.
In an article which appeared
last year in MS magazine, Rose
Styron, poet and board member
of Amnesty International, reports
that the treatment of women and
children is frequently more
painful and degrading than the
treatment of men.
In her account Styron lists
details that are as sickening to
type as they are to read. But the
facts must be known because we
are the only hopes these women
have.
Sytron writes: "Women are
raped by a succession of military
police and jailors. They are
forced to watch their husbands
and children being tortured or
killed before their eyes; they are
threatened with the abuse of kin if
they refuse to sign the false
confessions prepared by their
guards. They feel the babies still
in their wombs being shocked
with prods, until the babies die or
are born malformed. Women who
deliver while in jail often die
themselves, treated - savagely
during childbirth.
"In Greece, following the
military coups of the past
decades-, young girls were strung
up and displayed night after night
with rods pushed up their anuses.
In Chile in 1974, torturers inserted
mice into vaginas of women
prisoners; they burned the
women's nipples, and branded
pregnant bellies with a Z (for
junta's White Book accused the
Left of concocting A 'Plan Z').
Although it repulses and angers
me every time I read these
barbarous accounts, it also
makes me more determined to
struggle for the human rights of
the "voiceless." Currently,
Group No. 102, the local chapter
of Amnesty International. is
working to release Ani Irnanti
Nandang, a women political
prisoner in Indonesia.
Ani Irnanti was arrested in 1969
for allegedly harbouring
a prominent army officer,
Supardjo, in her house for several
months. Supardjo was one of the
officers involved in the attempted
coup in October 1965. Ani Irnanti
has been detened for six years
and has not been formally
charged.
Ani Irnanti is the wife of Ir
Nandang, a junior officer in the
Indonesia navy and an
oceanographist, who was sen
tenced to 10% years im
prisonment on the charge of
harbouring Supardjo.
Before her husband's trial in
1968, Ani Irnanti was called for
questioning by the naval
authorities and explained that she
and her husband were unaware of
Supardjo's identification. He had
been introduced to them as a
friend of a friend who was needing
accommodations in Jakarta.
Neither she nor her husband
every belonged to any mass
organization nor were they
politically active.
Ani Irnanti was not charged at
the time of this questioning.
Instead, she was arrested the
following year without any
indication of the reason for her
detention. As far as we know, she
has never been interrogated.
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Apparently she has been in prison
for six years because she did not
report her husband to the police.
Ain Irnanti experiences
stringent detention conditions in
Bukit Duri and is denied visits
from her family.
Please send courteously
worded letters to the Indonesian
Embassy in Washington, D.C.
asking about Ani Inland _and
requesting them to pass on your
enquiries to the relevent
authorities in Indonesia. If the
Embassy does not reply, write to
them again in a few weeks and
remind them of your interest.
If you would like more in
formation on this case and others,
please call Sister Mary Lou
Kownacki,. Pax Center, 345 East
Ninth Street, Erie 459-8349.
Yoculan
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raise money are: have a book co
op, or even take over the book
store (they do this at Gannon and
Edinboro); establish a pub for
students over 21.
That brings me to another
problem: this isn't a four-year
school; there aren't enough
4-
year programs. -
There's not enough student
input. I think there should be a
student review board for any kind
of administrative action against a
student. Also, there should be a
student representative at any
meeting, perhaps one elected by
SGA.
Another problem is the parking
for commuter students. The
obvious answer is to build another
parking lot, but in the interim, I
don't think that Behrend should
ticket anyone for parking on the
grass. If a student pays $7:50 for
parking, there should be places to
park. And the parking fines are
ridiculous!
Another problem I think is that
advisors should take a course
on how to be an advisor. For the
dorm students, I think each dorm
should decide their own curfew,
and if they don't like the curfew in
the dorm they're in, find. another
dorm.
I guess-there should be more.
money : making.' entertainment
beeau.se I think it's the biggest.
problem. I'd rather see a student
pay $5 a term to get people like
Gregg Allmann here rather than
putting quarters in the jukebox to
hear him."
Question: What experience do
you have that would qualify you
for the Presidency?
"I've been going here since 1966
and off and on. I started out here
when there were little barns out
here. And I think that though the
school has gotten larger, there's
just more students here that don't
care. That qualifies me, I've been
here a lot and I know most of the
instructors and the people in the
administration building. I'm
more acquainted with the
problems here."