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.
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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!••
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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
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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
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Rehrend Collegian.
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Dan McKay
Editor in Chief
David Jordan
Photo Editor
September 16. 1976
Mary Jo Santini
Entertainment Editor
Se , zarine LeViseiir
Sports Editor