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by Amy Snyder
Collegian Staff Writer
The formation of a vegetarian
club is now underway on campus.
Hie purpose of the group is to
exchange recipes, discuss ideas,
and provide mutual support. At
the meeting on Thursday, April 7,
meatless lasagna and salad were
served with a fruit salad for
dessert. How to improve meals
for vegetarians living in the
dorms was discussed, and it is
now possible to order a peanut
butter and jelly sandwich any
time from Dobbins.
Everyone gave reasons for
becoming vegetarians. A major
reason was to stop the killing of
and cruelty to animals, fish, and
birds. Other reasons, concerning
health, were to control weight
and to stop consumption of
harmfiil additives or preser
vatives. It was also mentioned
that not eating meat is actually
healthier because meat contains
poisons sent through the animal’s
body by rage and fear when it
sees it is about to be killed. Yet
another reasons were for
religious, spiritual (or
meditative), and ecological
There goes the S.U.N. This is
not the perversion of the first line
of a once popular song, but rather
the sad but typical ramification
of student apathy at Behrend.
The organization known as
S.U.N. with an original mem
bership of over 200 people, has
faded to a meager handftdl in less
than two months.
I'm unsure as to what exactly
caused this sudden lack of in
terest, especially in something
that had such a noble purpose (at
least eight weeks ago). It seems
to me that one probable cause for
discontinuing the S.U.N.
program (or at least its mem
bership) is spring fever. Most
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purposes, including the starving
people in other parts of the world
who could eat grain now fed to
animals raised for food. And,
much money can be saved by not
eating meat.
One reason many people have
for not giving up meat, fear of
losing protein, need not be an
issue. Seeds, rice, vegetables,
fruits, soy bean products, yeast,
yogurt, and other supplements
and substitutes are available*
containing ample amounts of
vitamins and proteins. Others
ridicule vegetarians by saying
“What about plants? They have
feelings too.” However, eating
fruits and vegetables doesn’t
require the death of the whole
plant.
Many report that not eating
“flesh, fish, or fowl” has made
them feel better than ever and
given them more energy.
At the meeting it was noted that
there are three different types of
vegetarians. Some just don’t eat
meat, others don’t eat meat or
fish, and others won’t eat animal
related foods such as eggs, milk,
and cheese.
Various books and magazines
are available on vegetarianism.
As I See It
students will tell you that they
would rather be playing softball
than trying to amend a student
handbook, especially when they
weren’t the students that were
effected by recent rulings.
This is the typical attitude of a
Behrend student, stay interested
for a few weeks then move on to
something more existing, i.e.
beer, suntan, and relaxation.
I only have one thing to say—
“don’t bitch if you’re the next to
get ‘hosed’.”
Now that I have that out of my
system, I would like to say that
I’m rather upset with the
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by Kurt Cavano
Executive Editor
Behrend Collegian
These state that people like ac
tress Bernadette Peters,
comedian Dick Gregory, Por
tland Trail Blazer Bill Walton,
along with congressmen Andrew
Jacobs Jr. and Jim Abovreak,
are vegetarians. Many fashion
models also are vegetarians.
These publications also tell of
soda, alcohol, and coffee habits
cured by people who adhere to
strict vegetarianism.
It is made clear that even in
selection of cheese and eggs, one
must be careful. Many cheeses
contain rennet and pepsin, en
zymes from the gastric
secretions of cows and pigs. One
should find out whether the eggs
come from as free-range fhirk*>p
or from one raised for com
mercial egg production, which
may have its beak cut off.
These peridoicals also contain
ads for vegetarian and health
food stores and restaurants and
tell where to send for vegetarian
products.
People at the meeting have
been vegetarians for periods
ranging from two months to
twenty years. The group meets
Thursdays at 11:00 A.M. in the
faculty dinning room. All in
terested persons are welcome to
attend. You needn’t be a
vegetarian. It’s a good op
portunity for learning and
sharing views.
student productions appears, at
least to me, to no longer be a
student production. Is it right for
a student production. Is it right
for a student production to hire a
professional person to do set
design? Is this a student
production or is this a student
funded production? Where do we
draw the line? In the past there
has been a non-student cast as
the lead performer. To get
around this situation the non
student takes a one credit theatre
class so that he can qualify as a
student. Is this right? How about
making the student production a
student production, especially
when you are using student
money!!
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To the editor:
This past weekend a serious
situation was thwarted by John
Skoff of 315 Lawrence Hall. John
discovered a fire in progress in
the “gorge” area known as the
Devil’s Backbone, and notified
Safety and Security. As
Brookside Fire Department was
already out on a fire call, Ptlm. J.
Harrington enlisted the aid of 14
student volunteers, and armed
with shovels, rakes and 2%-
gallon fire extinguishers
proceeded to the scene. Brook
side Fire Department had
been notified and later responded
but not before the “Fire Brigade-”
of Behrend students had the fire
under control. Between the two
groups, the fire was completely
put out, but not before it had
burned several thousand square
feet of area.
Further investigation found
that the fire had started from
unknown person(s) having a
campfire. They had left it without
fully putting it out.
We want to thank John Skoff for
his immediate concern and the
direct action he took in this
serious incident. Had it not been
for his concern, the fire could
have very easily gotten out of
control.
Along with John, we want to
thank the following students for
their assistance in putting this
fire out: T.C. Kennedy, Rick Nau,
Pete-Gall, Tom Pillion, George
Leslie, Mitch Tantaske, Dan
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One of the most overlooked
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An Appreciation of the American
Heritage, through Continuing
Education this summer. In this
course, I will be exploring via a
novel, films, poetry, folk songs,
and other texts the themes noted
here. I would be happy to supply
any interested student with a
course outline. However, the best
recommendation I can think of
for this course is the students who
enrolled in it this past Winter
Term. A 1 Amoroso, Lyman
Dewey, Jodene Furr, Ginny
Jendrasiak, Matt Kraut, Pam
Panos, Amy Snyder, Fred
Troncone, and Brenda Whitesel
can give you the student’s per
spective on American Studies
200. They can attest to the quality
of the course far more effectively
than I can in this article.
Charles Redenius
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of Political Science
Not meaning to distract
or hold back
a level of constancy
that dictates a song to the waves
of charm in your eyes.
You sit on a blue chair.
And your curly locks rest on your
forehead.
I sit on a blue chair.
And straight cascades cover my
shoulders.
Your green eyes shift
to sift through thoughts behind
my green eyes, that
gaze as if heaven had reached
out a hand and a whisper.
And that distraction
finally dictates my muttering
those three words
that reverberate coyly
causing some silent feedback.
You walk away.
I sit on a blue chair
writing a letter
as if some utterance,
again, could make it better,
could make the mistake
tired of its existence
and dare to disappear.
One tear,
and a second,
stillness.
And I’ve broken the constancy
with the courage to heighten it.
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April 21. 1977