Pog* Two A Word From Our President A mature woman is capable and legally permitted to become ripe with a new life. The most responsible chore that could possibly be endowed on a human would have to be the task of raising a new human and orienting this future citizen towards a prosperous and fruitful lifetime. No simple step one, two, three action. This being is depending on one woman. If she goes wrong, a criminal or socially unadaptable creature may evolve. This is a very serious matter. A mature, and sometimes not so mature. young man can legally he forced to go to war against an unforeseeable enemy. He can be forced to live under rigid regulations in a jungle: his mind never free from the constant perils of paranoia. At any moment a being he has never known or seen may spring at him hearing weapons with the intent to inflict bodily harm. The G.I. has two choices. one of which is to he killed. The other, is to kill this Harr he has never met before. Not only to kill but to disfigure and utterly tear him apart with a ;,owerful machine capable of penet rat inc concrete Under , firferent circumstances these humans could become the , est of friends. hut instead they are follow me orders that pit them fljrfeand death confrontation As I See It Last year. many of us "eon ••erned- students felt that it was erg• appropriate to attack the I) T r program here at have thought long and about what ! said and i•X !I some conclusions that :,te • .cv different from the ones fhb: more radix:, ophomore year k hat right do any of us have to .indeien an organization or am ~ ..inher 111 an organization for they like to do' ; ~n g :Is a rout)' )f people can .rrx out their art x‘ithou' •orpuling. on ether people's !_ , ht._ the ShOUld be ail Owed to (Mt Intif • 1), harassing, ti. • •oe Pvt.. of this Orga !if Za 01 ,••• I ringing in their personal 1t•• ver\ thins! Said •v • !?d to is IA their presence on A challenge for crooks it% Janet Mazur Nlanagiint Ftlitot Nim . n• .1 ret !intim/ student , antht notte(sd the :,,•)orate tnela I st ruct tire located • lihrwy • N vntrance. Whet) :fir , happen. and \k hat the ii'Poso . of thi. paraphernalia? pll over the sun:nier. the •hrar% installed Cheek point. a dotertioo , : - sten, %thief) monitors .naut hori zed removal of !.roconditioned librar‘ propert \ he Pl111)0tie of it is not ont. to • atch I.‘ould he pilferers. hut to rotect the collection against loonthorized reinovals. to •.initnize financial loss. to help -,introl circulation and lastly. to taximize library service to all Wh‘ has it been installed" :n the past seven years. loss of Thrary materials has been overwhelming. The average an nual loss in bo.,k volumes )this '-xcludes journals) from 1969-70 through 1971-72 was 1.3 per cent per year In 1973-74. the loss rose T. Clyde Kennedy Pres. SGA The woman and the man are considered mature enough to bear these extremely responsible positions: life and death matters. The woman could steer a new human in a socially negative direction or die during the act of giving birth. The man, in the act of bloody war, can be killed or possibly have both of his legs ripped mercilessly from his body. These persons have many things in common. The obvious commonalities which I will not mention and the fact that neither of them is allowed to legally con sume alcohol. If you are under twenty-one, YOU CAN DIE A TERRIBLE DEATH, but you cannot drink beer in the state of Pennsylvania The young man could roll into a bar astride his wheelchair. but he can not have a beer. The country he has served and paid dearly for Is giving him a severe "kick in the face" as his reward. think it is high time to rid our overburdened society of this ultra ronservative law. Are we really adults? We are unlike some odults. What separates these adults from us? A non-sensical law? Yes! Don a mental garment hearing liberal characteristics. you can help change this unjust law and . . _YOU t'•lx ME RUT vol' r‘N"lr DRINK. • roo 10 campus They don't carry loads• , ' weapons around with them on campus. threatening us with • , odih• harm The only rifles they come into contact with art• ooden ones. the same ones hy rhr• way. that most high school •,arching hands use fty condemning the activities of 'he R.0.'1• C. members NNe are , •ontradicting the very system me !'reach free choice The , tudents here at liehrend should ~ ave the right to choose whatever , IrganizatiorN the% v ant to join. ! 'eel that until the day comes here the li O.T.C. organizatiom , firectly infringe on my personal rights. they should he allowed to .ontinue their activities vkithout zdot of grief Iron: the student hod.: !Cs only fair 700 volumes or 2 per cent of the iibrary's collection. In 1974-75. the loss in dollars an taunted to about ~ 7.514 The checkpoint system could be expected to prevent 90 per cent of the theft. an ap proximate gross savings per year assuming the average annual losses would other ise remain at shout 2 per cent 1 of about $6,760.00 Now. what exactly is check point? It's a completely safe and harmless electronic. detection system which naut hori zed remova I of preconditioned books. periodicals and audio visual materials the system is eompletely harmless and requires less power than is needed to light a 25 watt bulb .- passing through i'heckpoint is as safe as standing next to a tran sistor radio. and will not erase magnetic tapes, cassettes, film, el c." Although it monitors through bags. brief cases. and Behrend Collegian Letters varying viewpoints Note: This article appeared in the Daily Collegian on September 9. 1976. It was written by a former Behrend student. TO THE EDITOR: Although most students on this campus are opposed to the University's present policy of strictly en forcing drinking regulations, several strategies recently proposed by USG to alleviate this problem are nothing short of ridiculous. First. USG proposes a challenge to campus police by throwing a large booze blast in an East Halls quad. This would be a blatant violation of University regulation and I would not pity anyone who was arrested during this event. Secondly. USG calls for a coalition to seek out tailgate What Confusion? by Jean Porac Collegian Staff Writer Erie Hall was the scene of mass confusion on Friday. September 3, known to Rehrend students as Registration Day.) It was to be the fastest registration in the history of this imlitution. It was definitely the most confusing. After a late start, (a-mere half hour). the first of the students were herded in. The looks of relief on their faces soon turned into 'oaks of despair as they tried, to figure evil which table" to ap roach There were onl% 30 to choose from So. what to do" Follow the crowd - c•hances were that your group would end up in the right place. To ask someone• ho looked official m as hopeless - you received either a shrug or w ore totally ignored. Isn't this what you've always y earne d f or to IX' completely "on your own" - Mettacle of toiracles you found the correct 'me' Next. "ou 'e•re given your slack of computer • ards. Next fable more card'. time• all cards were ollerled. 'o n needed a personal computer to sort them Time to see the final checker this require. another half hour waif Ind what's the result" Finding out that you•re missing :1 card. Nignat II). or perhaps everything once again. you he gin) the vicious cycle Finally. you were released from the four wall. of Erie Hall arid the mess known registratior clothing. persona. hooks and other objects %kilt not alarm the system How does one go about passing through the Checkpoint System" Voter the library through the entrance gate and leave through the Checkpoint System at the circulation desk! Should you need to borrow library materials. bring them to the circulation desk before leaving. The desk at tendant will then charge out the materials and place them on the other side of the sensing screens Ns. you pass through checkpoint. pick up the hooks and then exit the library N( al:: Anytime you have library materials «•ven if recently charged out and not due for return until a later date) present them to the desk at tendant before exiting through checkpoint. They will be checked out for proper charge out and passed to you on the other side of the sensing screen. parties at Beaver Stadium where booze is being consumed. and arrest those involved. Their theory is that outraging the Penn State alumni will force the University to change its policy concerning student drinking. Personally. I see no connection between the two. The real problem facing us is that the state law prohibits the consumption of alcoholic beverages by "minors", those of us under the age of 21. With 36.000 students on this campus and another 14.000 on the branch campuses. we carry a large potential voice iii state politics. If we can properly influence the state legislators. maybe we will see a lowering of the drinking age sometime in the near future il then. keep parties low key Big Changes by Nancy Anderson (*ollegian Staff Writer As you carelessly lounged ;thou! this summer. far removed from the world •ef Hebrew'. several important changes took place The most significant of these is the ne•w security system that was installed in the library. According to Benjamin A Lane Dean of Student Affairs. a new Raid Witt Grand piano was pur chased and will he used for up , •omini.! concert• The niost noticeable change on campus. however. are thi• ualkwav!•• 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 Nehrenb Tollegiatt Myr Press Association of (Conumnuvesith (Campuses Janet May tr Managing Editor Kurt Cavan() Executive Editor Adv , sor C. 0,1 Ann a,, - I,llon Cop: E•Ltor, Ka , en 81..rn VVr.t,r, N.inc And,•r•.on Llrld,l Gororcli. Dian.) K Elfen Manctell N.cM Mon.co, Pamela P.I. , Cotr...n Gallacih.•r Phntoarophe, , , Scr•tt Hor Wortmon Ar t Stal+ . Joe Kozel K othy Mc , Jan, Rohrs.r Sharon Koc hbnov,c h 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 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. and don't try to attract attention. If we all act as responsible adults. the University might slacken its present policy of enforcement. Instead of challenging campus police and angering the alumni. I think W.T. Williams and his masterminds in USG should type up a form letter which every student could address to their representative and-or congressman. We should have learned in the late 60's that a peaceful revolution achieves much more than a violent one . Roger Zanes 7th—Earth Sciences Pittsburgh This space is reserved for letters to the editor. All letters submitted by noon on Monday will he printed uncensored provided they are signed and contain y om term standing and major. This is your chance to voice your view. to the entire It ehrend eommunity. Don't just lay hack. stand up and tray %omething. extending from Niagara Ilall to Heed Building and the removal of 'he magic phones in the dorms The tenni. court. also were repaved_ When _ asked about possible future changes. Dean Lane ex plained that an /leaden' ic building is planned to he located on the ski slope behind ,t he Behrend building 'once ap prove d. coact niction should begin .hortly thereafter In addition to nett beint planned in w bich case the present fibrin be changed min re creaiton room Editorial Policy 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 and do not necessarily reflect the Editorial policy of the Rehrend Collegian. Member of Dan McKay Editor in Chief David Jordan Photo Editor September 16. 1976 Mary Jo Santini Entertainment Editor Se , zarine LeViseiir Sports Editor
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