Page Two" A guest editorial Politics By George Spiegel Back when I was a burned-out hippie. I voted anyway. I didn't even know whom I was going to cast my vote for. Calling upon my formal education and personal observations. I realized that no one else knew who they were voting for either. The only thing I fully realized was that the balloting stations were totally run by old-straight people. Therefore, being an activist hippie. I became a firm believer in voting, if only to ive those straight, upper-strata, poll runners a "RUSH' a damn rush. Over a period of time, par ticipation in any process usually brings with it additional knowledge to the people par ticipating: I call this political osmosis. Once in a while. Club hit Dear Fellow-Behroxlites. At the SGA meeting last Monday night. three members of ROTC. accompanied by a military officer. sat in and presented a charter for the Behrend College ROTC Adventure Club - , To say the least. was outraged to the max. Just the week before. ROTC came to the SGA -to ask for ad mission to the Awards Banquet -text Monday. A half-hour debate ensued that night, and a vote by •he SGA turned down their request. and for obvious reasons. I rne of which was the fact that ROTC is not a student-run organization. and they are alreadl!, funded by the U.S. 4evernrnent This week. they hit us with the tit)Tc Viventure Club. Their Just a few words here to our devoted readers about different topics of varying importance. First of all. Nancy Mullen's minute-by-minute account of ROTC's trip to Georgia failed to make last week's issue. as it did 'his week. It's timeliness is long gone (the trip v as from April 3 to April 7). but I think it will make for some interesting. light reading if I put it in next week 'otally unedited. I know you want to know what ROTC is up to. Secondly. last week I was Editorial Policy The editorials appearing in this newspaper will be opinionated 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 poor taste. The staff reserves the right to correct or delete portions of all letters for publication purposes. All letters must be signed, but names will be withheld upon request. Term stan ding, major, and hometown must be included. Signed columns represent the view• of the author only zind do not necessarily reflect the Editorial policy of the Beh rend Collegian. someone does win or loose by one vote: And I for one wouldn't mind being the person to have cast that vote for progress• especially if my favorite candidate is the person who happens to be one vote up instead of one vote down. Throughout the United States, there are about 1,375,000 eligible voters between the ages of 18 and 25, few of these people vote. Dr. Q-stick-in-the-mud-Orlando just won his primary by around .400 votes. That is one reason I felt impelled to write this article. Another reason is that I would hate to wake-up someday with "a bayonet up my ass. Also if you vote, you are qualified to make vacuous statements just like the politicians do. And finally, non voters are political virgins, and who wants to be a virgin. Letters varying viewpoints charter looked like a study sheet from my G. Sci. class; one page of nonsense. It was as vague as the Nixon transcripts, and as useful as tiolet paper in a rain storm. "The purpose of this club is to provide an outlet and means for adventure type training". This can range from surviving for two weeks on an island in Lake Erie. to a trip to a whorehoue at sth and State. More seriously, the "Adventure Club" seems like a front for the ROTC to be recognized by the SGA, and to extract funds from us, the already impoverished student body. Their activities, as they described them, seem to coincide with those of the Outing Club. It seems to me that this would only serve as competition for the Outing Club to acquire adequate membership and From the desk of the Editor talking to Pond (our newly elected SGA Vice-President ), and he mentioned the Gentle Thurs day that they have down at U.P. At the time I had no idea what he was talking about. Well, there was a front-page article on it in the Daily Collegian last Friday. It sounds like a really good idea. More on this later. By Dan McKay Editor-in-Chick 41ELL 1 WE }{ERE Tte 308 PLPC_EMEAT GNU( WELCOME YOU. AS You K 1406 1) 4e. OE A GooD REcoRD Asi FINDING 306rD FCR OUR GRADS, MD You 514touLo iSE. No EXcEPixoN. - Behrend Collegian By Jerry Glass "It happened so fast! Suddenly there they were, all over me. I was just walking through the bushes. It was horrible!" so relates a co-ed of Behrend, the latest victim of one of the most deadly menaces ever faced by the populace of the Big 8.. This terrible enemy of us all is potentially Behrend College's most devastating - foe, more devastating than a tuition in crease letter - from President J. Oswald. Although this menace has only recently come to light. it has been brewing all spring. This great adversary is none other funding next year. Outraged, Lenny Young 3rd term ERM A desperate Pilml To whom it may concern. The Behrendt College Bridge Club has been staggering along and is now in 'intensive care'. Will anyone -who has the interests of student activity at heart please sign up on the list on the bulletin board opposite Room 13613ehrerxi signifying his-her pledge to attend 7:30p.m. Monday evening. The game will only take place if a sufficient number of people sign up. Dr Bernard Scott Assistant Professor of Physics Finally. next week is the last time until next fall that you_will gleefully pick up a copy of the Collegian. Don't everyone cry now, because we are going to do our best to make it an issue to remember. Along with Nancy's story we'll have other sorts of informative, entertaining reading. 'Till then... commentary than the evil, deadly procreating rabbits of Behrend's bushes. Yes, those cute little bunnies you see on your way to class, the darling rabbits you see on your way to dinner, the adorable little hares you see when you go for a walk. the little furry creatures you see, everywhere you look have become a problem. And Behrend's mighty Security Force has been charged with stopping this blight, one . of the largest, awesome, and most Important responsibilities it has aver had to deal with. Gone are the days when Behrend's happy go-lucky Security Force only had to worry about an occasional vicious illegally parked car, or a rabid stickerless automobile, or perhaps an annoyed jaywalker. yes, gone too are the days when an officer's life was as carefree as sitting down and watching "Happy Days". Now a Security officer lives with death close by, conscious that at any moment he may be next to go as he stalks the deadly multiplying bunnies. One of Behiend's brave Security officers, who would probably rather remain anonymous, acquainted me with the problem last week and went on to describe what it was like to be on the Security force now. "Well, before all this started life used to be simple. You did your job. gave out a few tickets. and that was all. Now I don't even know if I'll be alive from one moment to the next.. Those little bunnies are dangerous. Officer J.. as I will call him, went on further to describe how our Security thrrni)- Member of Mlyt Press Assortattatt of Mouusumwrolth Criangsuoto Dan McKay Janet Mazur Editor-in-Chief Ron Wayne Managing Editor Entertainment Editor Mike Warner Betsy Chador Business Manager -Sports Editor Executive Secretary: Carol Mantsch Layout Advisor: Gail Peck Copy Editors: Amy Snyder Business Staff: Judy Reed Writers: Pamela Gilmore, Mary Jo Santilli, Brad Phillips, Tom Armstrong, T. Clyde Kennedy, Paul Cobras, Colleen Gallagher Photographers: Lynn Boone, Dan Haley Cartoonists: Mike Pond, Phil Aron, Joe Kozek Typiits: Michele Crotty, Kathy Weiser, Lenny Young Mailing Address- Behrend College, Station Road, Erie, Pa. 16570 Office- Student Offices, Reed Union Building Office Hours: 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday Phone: 899-3107 Ext 238 Opinions expressed by the editors and staff of the Behrend Collegian are not necessarily those of the University Administration, faculty, or the student body. Published every Thursday throughout the Fall, Winter, and Spring Terms, with exclusions for holidays and term breaks. the Collegian force is trying to break up these dangerous, amorous little animals. in the bushes. He described how these fearless fighters of ferocious fornicating furry creatures tromp stealthily through the bushes at Behrend at night, Security officers are ar med only with a flashlight and a prayer, hunting for the cunning cottontails to break them up from their unholy alliances. An un savory. task, at-best. - However, this task is not as simple as it at first- appears. These wily creatures, weighing up to three pounds, have been known to mug and kill creatures smaller and less intelligent than themselves, and attack just about anything when in a crazed state of heat, which is just about all the time. Some unconfirmed reports state that several students have been injured when they wandered into the bushes and surprised the small creatures in the middle of what they were doing. "I- wish that everyone would stay out of the bushes here on campus until we get this thing cleared up" said one Security spokesman. "There's just no telling what those little bunnies are capable of!" I think our diligent Security force deserves a vote of thanks from all of us as they perform this most dangerous task. For we can all sleep soundly in our beck; tonight knowing that somewhere out there in the darkness a flashlight is flashing and an of ficer is risking all so that Behrend is a little safer for us all and a nice place to live and raise kids. tioNtsi Ems( ARE. You RT WELDINC 7 ? May 6, 1976
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