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Dear Editor,
I am writing in response to the
article, "A Word From Our
President," printed in the Sept. 16
issue.
As a woman and a psychologist
I take issue with two of Mr. T.
Clyde's statements: (1) "that a
mature (my emphasis) woman is
capable and legally permitted to
become ripe with new life," and
(2) "This being (infant) is
depending on one woman. If she
(again, my emphasis) goes
wrong: a criminal or socially
unadaptable creature may
evolve."
In actual fact, any female who
has begun menstruation, and
some women begin at age ten, can
become pregnant; and, as far as I .
know, no test for emotional
maturity need to be passed before
she becomes impregnated.
Perhaps, Mr. T. Clyde meant to
include the word "physically"
Dear Editor,
In a recent editorial, Kurt
Cavano said that the Behrend
security force uses the B. F.
Skinner approach to parking
(give tickets to people parked
illegally, withhold grades if the
fine is not paid, etc.) Actually,
most psychologists, including B.
F. Skinner, believe that reward is
more effective than punishment
as a means of controlling human
behavior. If the security force
were to use the B. F. Skinner
approach, they would reward
Dearest Dr . Hall,
I wish to extend my sincere
appreciation to you for your in
terest in my last editorial. You,
being a Professor of Psychology.
are a slightly more reliable
authority than myself in the field
of operant conditioning. I wish to
apologize to Mr. Skinner for
Dear Editor:
It seems that there is a
minority here on campus that
endorses a constitution of apathy
toward sports and plenty of
partying. It somehow seems
appropriate that they call
themselves the Freaks Unlimited
for Campus Karma. Through
their choice of a name, they gave
themselves a personality tag.
Their statement is also quite
reflective of a group that would
give themselves such a name.
Listen, Behrend students, to the
philosophy of F.U.C.K.:
They said that the spectators at
a sports event don't care about
the game at all. Let us ask this: If
they don't care, why are they
there in the first place? They also
have the twisted impression that
a team's morale cannot be
uplifted by fan enthusiasm.
Obviously, they have never ha a
pat on the back. (Perhaps they
were never worthy of one.) At any
rate, for the normal person, a bit
of praise for the slightest victory
(not necessarily in sports) has
tremendous .reinforcement
qualities. In the same thought, a
bit of condolence is uplifting in
that it assures the player that
Dear Editor:
The other night, we witnessed
an occurrence that made us doubt
the fact that we are in college. A
group of "jocks" got together and
decided to scare an individual
because of what he expressed in
his letter to the editor last week.
We are not cutting anyone down
by the phrase "jock," because we
do admire athletes and the
pocition they represent.
But a typical "jock" is on such
an enormous ego trip that they
consider themselves to be the
...!,ratest. These "boys" are only
ong when they are in a group.
We understand that fact that they
want to defend themselves, but a
more civil manner would have
been appropriate.
The point is they acted im
maturely and violently. They had
no right to do this. They were
crude, rude, and ignorant. These,
"boys" were so immature, that
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mature , which would have made
his statement more precise and
correct?:
Also, in regard to his second
statement, I would like to refer
Mr. T. Clyde to the book,
Biological Parents, which states
that oft e n the biological mother is
not the best person to "mother"
the child.
The best "mother" is he or she
who has the emotional capacity to
administer to the child's
emotional needs, which suggests
that at times the father, - better
than the mother, may have this
capacity.
Finally, I'd like to add that in
my experience as a psychologist
the child who is adjusted is he or
she who has both parents
mutually share responsibility for
the mothering of their child.
Thank you.
M. Koschier
Coumseling Psychologist
people for parking legally rather
than punishing them for parking
illegally. For example, they
could place a coupon on the
windshield of every car which is
legally parked. Then, when a
person had collected a certain
number of coupons they would be
good for a free movie or a free
hamburger at the RUB.
Dr. Eleanor Hall
Asst. Professor,
Psychology
P.S. Faculty get parking tickets,
too.
missing his form of operant
conditioning. Nonetheless, I stand
corrected and now wish I had
paid better attention in
Psychology 2_
P.S. I'm glad.
others sympathize with him, he is
not alone. Isn't that the true spirit
of spectator sports? They also
stated, and we quote, "Fur
thermore, supporting the team
may be rewarding to them, but
we - really couldn't give a f—
whether we win or lose, for that
matter, even play the game." It
seems pitiful that this small
group of people feel they have to
use a strong four letter word to
give strength to their otherwise
weak argument. For them it may
be a relevant philosophy, but we
venture to say that to the
majority, it is not. We can,
however, understand why they
harbor this belief. After all, could
we expect more from minds that
prefer to be "High" than within
their senses (another comment on
the basis for their statement).
Remember, also, that they are
not athletes. Athletes prefer
simple praise for victories rather
than pier (sic) praise for per
versions. At any rate, all we ask
is simply that they don't include
us in their burnt out philosophy.
F.S.S.B.
(Fans for Student
Support at Behrend)
(names withheld)
they shoved a female out of the
way when she protested against
their violence_
Everyone is entitled to their
own opinion. This person that did
express his feelings in the paper,
represents only a small fraction
of the people who feel the same
way. We feel that these so called
"athletes" better grow up and
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 ex
ception of those that are
repetitious. The staff reserves
the right to correct or delete por-
Cordially,
sincerely,
Kurt E. Cavan
Executive Editor
learn the better values of life.
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per•
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Dear Editor,
I'm writing this letter in
response to the "interesting"
letter-to-the-editor which ap
peared in the September 23rd
issue. It was the one signed
F.U.C.K. My initial reaction after
reading that humorous prose was
that he should have added the
word O.F.F. Offensive Farce
from the Fountain pen.
Suzy had a very valid point by
stating that the team does need
our support to "come out on top."
Apparently the author of that
letter has been too busy
throughout his lifetime decaying
his brain cells, to be in a situation
where the support of fans and
friends could make the difference
between a win or a loss.
I'm not condemning the par
tying aspect of college, but there
is a time and place for
everything. I don't care if this
junior Shakespeare would rather
be getting high instead of wat
ching the game, but he should
remember that when the team
loses, the entire school gets
tagged with the loss.
My final comment is that at
least I have what it takes to sign
my name
David Jordan
Photo Editor
ist term
Chem
Philadelphia, Pa.
Dear Sirs,
Today at the bookstore, my
friend and I were asked to
remove our coats tas all people
who go there are also). I don't
feel that any store has the right to
treat it's customers like potential
shoplifters. We are innocent until
proven guilty; I can't imagine
them • 'lag this of older adults.
The bookstore tries hard to
monopolize the sale of textbooks
on campus. They could at least
treat the student populace with
some, respect, after they make
their fast buck off us.
Gerald Spaulding.
Ist term
Liberal Arts
To The Student Body:
I am forming a literary
magazine for interested writers
to publicize his or her work. You
do not have to be Edgar Allan Poe
to submit your writing;
everyone's work will be con
sidered. This is a chance to have
your writing appreciated!
The literature will include
poetry, verse and short stories,
however, the magazine need not
be confined to these areas.
I am also interested in you if
you're a • person who enjoys
organizing club activities and for
typing. The magazine can also
use artists to draw illustrations.
If you have any ability to offer the
literary magazine, you are
welcome. More information can
be obtained by contacting Diana
Lynn Kimmel - Perry Hall - Room
258. The rust meeting will be held
Thursday, September 30, at 7:00
p.m. in the Facility Dining Hall
(RUB)
Diana Lynn Kimmel
Ist term
Susan Latiner
Ist term
- - Litleral Arts
Trenton, N.J.
Liberal Arts
Virginia Beach, Va.
• From the desk
10,1
IF of the Editor
By Dan McKay
Editor-in-Chief
Listen. All those letters on the
left side of this page might as well
not be there if people do not
respect other people's right of
expression. Sure, we welcome all
letters, no matter what they say.
Of course we stick to our policy of
printing all letters uncensored.
This, I believe, is one of the
biggest services we can offer our
reading audience.
But apparently some people
who took offense at a letter in last
week's edition, could not _confine
their displeasure to written
words, as the authors of this
particular letter did. Instead they
displayed it to one of the authors
in the showers of first floor Perry.
Maybe some people "get their
rocks off" on this sort of
retaliation, but I was outrago
when I first heard of it. I have
always believed in fighting fire
with fire, and I think there is
some truth to the saying that "the
pen is mightier than the sword."
"However, you may feel about
what the members of 'Freaks
Unlimited for Campus Karma
wrote in their letter last week, I
seriously doubt that you would
like us to start censoring your
letters. At any rate, it is the LAST
thing in the world I would do.
r 4 I; A s I
I don't have one issue that I
wish to talk about this week but
rather I have a lot of little things
that need said
First of all, I must say that I
caught quite the pile of flak due to
my last editorial I hope there are
no hard feelings but . . .
I would also like to clarify the
fact that: letters to the editor that
are printed on this page in no way
reflect the opinion of the editor.
This is pointed, in particular, at
one of the letters printed in last
week's Collegian. I personally
disagree totally with what was
said concerning the sports
programs here at Behrend, but is
the Collegian's policy to print all
letters submitted.
There seems to be a little or no
interest as to whether the name of
Collegian is changed. If you have
any ideas for a new name or
would like to see it remain what it
is, come down and let us know. I
personally would like to see it
remain the Collegian but there is
some other.sentiment as to some
more "appropriate" title. If you
Avis Lyon
Ist term
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Kurt Cavan°
Executive Editor
If the type of violence that
followed last week's letter should
follow some of today's letters
( and there are a lot this week),
what choice do. you leave us?
I'm not saying that we're going
to start any censoring bullshit;
just advising you that in order to
ensure your freedom to express
your views on this page, you had
all better respect the freedom of
your fellow Behrendite, no matter
how much you disagree.
After all, what is there to
prevent you from writing your
own letter explaining why you
disagree, or maybe even agree,
with a previous letter? Certainly
not me. I am firm in my belief
that cool heads must prevail.
One prudent word about style.
Although we obviously print
words which were once con
sidered "obscene," they may
detract from your message. Used
properly, though, they may
embellish your letter with piz
zazz(pissass? ), so I suggest you
check it out before you drop it off
here in the Collegian office.
Please, no more violence like
this stupidity in the shower. I
would very much prefer peace,
love, and don't bogart that joint,
friend.
See It
by Kurt Cavano
Executive Editor
have any feelings at all let us
know about them.
There are still a few openings
for chairpersons on the Student
Union Board. If you have any
interest in having a voice in what
activities are programmed such
as movies, concerts, dances, etc.,
and would like to take an active
part, see Mr. DiFrank at the
R.U.B. desk, or come and see me.
We all have the information and
would be more than happy to talk
to you about it.
This next paragraph is
dedicated to T. Clyde Kennedy.
As president of the S.G.A. you are
in charge of distributing the funds
that we were alloted to Behrend
by Penn State for all the clubs and
organizations. The programming
of activities at Behrend is vir
tually at a standstill due to the
fact that you are procrastinating.
Get with it, we need- the money,
quit messing around and get to
work.
In case anyone is interested,
next weeks column will deal with
Director Kokel's Views on X
rated movies on campus. Until
then . . .
Member of
Dan McKay
Editor-in-Chief
Mary Jo-Santilli
Entertainment Editor
Suzanne LeViseur
Sports Editor
David Jordan
Photo Editor
September 30, 1976