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Letters
Coffeehouse
Too Loud?
Dear Editor,
On Wednesday, September 12, I
had the unique experience of
attending my first Coffee House.
The event is sponsored by the
Student Union Board (SUB) and
is designed to give Behrend
Students the opportunity to hear
local musicians perform. The
musician who played this par
ticular evening was John Cun
ningham, whom I never heard
before. John played the accoustic
guitar and piano and sang the
music of various artists as well.
as some of his own. I found John,
to be a very entertaining and
talented musician, and
thoroughly enjoyed his per
formance.
However, I must say I was
greatly dissappointed with some
of the Behrend students in at
tendance. These people were
extremely rude to John. They
seemed to have nothing better to
do than sit there and talk. I was
particularly dissappointed with
the SUB members in attendance
Should Flag
Be Banned?
Dear Editor,
I would like to bring to the
students' attention a strange cult
that is threatening Behrend's, as
well as the United States, future.
This cult disguises itself as apart
of the intramural sports
program: Flag Football.
My first contact with a cult
member was a clean cut young
man who approached me and
asked if I wanted to play in
tramural football. Since I'm what
you'd consider an All American
boy (except that I like to wear
women's clothing on occasion),
playing 10 sports in high school, I
readily accepted. "By the way,"
he interjected, "Can you give a
dollar for the program?" With no
hesitation, I gave him my hun
dred pennies with the notion that
my buck would go to buying us T
shirts or beer for after the game.
(Now that I think of it, the money
probably went to buy candy or
flowers to sell on the street
corners and in airports all over
the United States.
Later in the week, fifteen of us
muscular studs hit the football
field while thoughts of maiming
wide receivers danced in our
heads. When we approached the
field, we spied people wearing
two little strips of plastic hanging
from their waists. Then some
real skinny, fast guy, who must
have scored at least five TD's in
the ensuing game , asked "Where
at your flags ? " All of us just
looked at each other and laughed.
"What's this guy talking about?"
Then this same guy (who
probably wrote the rules to this
sport) began telling us the
guidelines of this game, of this
guidelines
as we now call it. No
tripping, no spitting, no
swearing, hardly any blocking,
and especially, no tackling.
No tackling? (Back home in
Kentucky, me-and-Tim-Bob-and:
Billy Joe used to tackle our own
teammates if -it looked like we
because they had sponsored the
activity, yet lacked the con
sideration of giving him their
attention. Instead, they set a fine
example by talking throughout
this performance, defeating the
whole purpose of the Coffee
House. I shouldn't take it all out
on just the SUB members though,
because as I mentioned earlier,
there were other Behrend
students who were just as noisy
(and you know who you are).
I think its about time these
people did a little growing-up and
showed some consideration for
others: not only for the musician,
but only for the musician, but
also those who are trying to listen
as well. If a musician is going to
come and give something of
himself to us, then we should at
least be courteous enough to give
something of ourselves in return.
George Flanders
7th Term
315 Niagara
899-4315
Football
could lay a big hit on them.)
Nope, no tackling, instead one is
supposed to pull the strips of
plastic off ones personage rather
than inflict damage on one's
head. We didn't agree with the
rules, but we wanted to exercise,
so we put on these fruitish red
flags and tried to play the game.
We started to play and these
commie athletes proceeded to lay
on us one of the worst defeats I
have ever encountered in all my
years on the gridiron. They easily
ran by us and into the endzone
with both of their flags in tack on
almost every play.
They also did something very
strange.- Every time one of us
would take one of their flags, they
would get into a circle and start
praying, saying things like
"flare-out", "post-pattern", and
"flea flicker". Clearly the cults
homage words for the Reverend
Flag. (We now refer to these
beings as "Flaggies" or
"Flaggots.")
Shoot, how can you beat guys
who combine football and eastern
religions? The worst thing wasn't
the score though they beat us
794 it was that we didn't even
break any bones or draw any
blood. To top it off, we couldn't
dive after any fumbles and dirty
ourselves because whenever the
ball hit the ground, it was called
"dead". We couldn't even dive
into a pile, kicking and biting,
pretending we wanted the ball.
Sure, the flaggies may have
superiority in flag football, but I
ask, "What will be next?" Why
not let good old boys like myself
break bones and cause hem
moraging now and then? Flaggie
communists may Dever- quit!!
Put violence back into football or
Behrend College will become just
another communist worshippmg
spot on the world's ever
.expmacling red map!
Johnny Lee Hooka..
All-American Tackle
(Formerly - of Fairfield, KT)
Behreivi Collegior
Summer Term
No Breeze!
This editorial is being written
with the intention of consoling
everyone who attended the
Summer Term.
Let's begin with registration.
Finally, the administration
realized the need to increase the
number of classes offered during
the Summer Term. It went from
"not many" to "a few". We the
student body, were lulled into a
false sense of reality. There were
numerous classes cancelled at
the last minute because the
required enrollment of 12 was not
reached. Regardless of this,
classes began.
The first day of class I was
confronted by a band of cut
throats and vagabonds called
"Ceta employees." They really
had to dig into the depths of the
earth to find this crew. They were
loud, obnoxious, and made the
RUB cafeteria look like Summit
landfill before it's covered. The
biggest problem was that the
administration allowed the "Ceta
workers" to use the school's
facilities. For instance, they took
their showers in the swimming
pool (I had to emphatically urge
maintenance to throw in an extra
cup of chlorine everyday).
Eventually they were restricted
from the RUB cafeteria but
continued to use the showers. Ah,
Summer term goes on!
Speaking of the cafeteria, it
happened again. No not food! I
can't understand what happened.
Shortage Lingers
Inconspicuously announced in
the Sunday Times (September 16,
1979), was the formation of a
Department of Allied Health at
Edinboro College. Six new
programs in anesthesia,
nutrition, health services, dental
lab technician, pharmecutical
assistance and medical tran
scribing will be offered.
Future graduates of these
programs who find work in Erie,
unfortunately will fulfill only
specialized needs of this com
munity, while the frightful
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Russ Miller
Photography Editor
Mary Miseta
Dave Clingerman
Kris Karmazon
Ann Karmazon
Michael Callaghar
Lonnie Gilbert
Tom Pyne
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miniitmtkn, faculty, crthgt;shicktnt
I paid $393 for Spring term tuition
and the cafeteria was open. I
could have sworn I paid $393 for
Summer term also. How come no
cafeteria? I think that I've been
had again.
I made it through Summer
term for the third straight year
though the obstacles seemed
insurmountable. My observation
is that Summer term is used by
the administration as a
"recovery" period after three
previous, long and enduring
terms. Unfortunately it is at the
expense of the summer students.
Yes, Summer breeze makes me
feel fine . . .
One final observation by this
writer. Recently I happened to
come across a copy of "The
Gourman Report", a rating of
American and International
Universities. It is authored by Dr.
Jack Gourman in conjunction
with National Educational
Standards. Interestingly, out of
all the colleges in the country,
Penn State ranks 36th in a rating
of quality institutions. It was
ranked above some pretty out
standing colleges: Carnegie-
Mellon, Georgia Tech and Notre
Dame. The catchy part is that in
a rating of the leading in
stitutions with regards to ad
ministration, Penn State was not
even mentioned.
Tom Miller
11th Term
Communications
shortage of Erie nurses con
tinues.
This critical lack of help
threatens the quality of health
care in and around Erie county.
The callous dismissal of this
potential danger by local
hospitals (which would help fund
Nursing Degree Programs) only
prolongs the wait for better
medical service. And the fact
that area colleges seem deter
mined to ignore this problem
should be a cause for concern for
those who want a quality
education.
Member of
Laura Seman
Editor-in-chief
Pat Sedlak
News Editor
Ron Williams
Karen Tyler
Joy Savage
Dena Spence
Marc Woytowich
Joe Holman
Eugene Grygo
September 27, 1979
A Plea
From Aleta
My folks called long-distance
on Saturday to tell me about my
cousin, Aleta.
Aleta, nineteen, pretty, a
college sophomore, and an active
member on her college gym
nastic team will never attend
another class or gym meet. Aleta
died Friday of drug overdose.
Aleta was not a hard core drug
user, but like many college
students, she occasionally ex
perimented with drugs.
I'm sure Aleta didn't in
tentionally overdose. I feel Aleta
died from "bad" drugs, drugs
containing other chemical
substances used to "cut" drugs to
make them appear "authentic."
One common example is
strychnine, (rat poison)
sometimes added to enhance the
hallucinogenic properties of LSD.
Unfortunately it also induces
stomach cramps and sometimes
death.
The point is, consumers of
illegal drugs have no idea what
they are putting in their body,
and sellers or even friends cannot
be trusted to know exactly what
is in a drug.
If this is not enough evidence to
convince you not to consume
chemicals bought on the black
market, at least have some
consideration for your family and
friends. Consider how your
parents will feel when the police
come to their home to tell them
their child's body is in the
morgue, and when they have to
tell the rest of their family and
friends you died from a drug
overdose.
I didn't think anything like this
could ever happen to me, or
anyone in my family, but even if
only one person heeds this ad
vice, Aleta will not have died in
vain.
Jim Patrick
Photos On
Display
On the upper level of the Reed
Union Building there is presently
a display of color photographs by
Dr. Corrado Letta.
Dr. Letta was born in Italy on
March 29, 1940. He obtained an
M.A. in Sociology, Economics,
and Humanities at the Ecole
Normale Superier Pacinotti,
Pisa University, Italy. Dr. Letta
began his career in 1965. He
performed research in
Philosophy of Communication at
the Cambridge University,
England. From 1966 to 1968 he
traveled and researched in the
Northwestern University, New
York and London. In 1969, he
went to Saudi Arabia to-supervise
on behalf of King Faisal, a
bedouin and farmer's develop
ment program. After returning to
California to do research for two
years, Dr. Letta went back to the
Mideast. From 1973 to 1978, he
lived and worked in Liberia,
Rome, Indonesia, and
Cameroom.
Dr. Letta has received such
honors as a fellowship to the
Ecole Normale Superier
Pacinotti, Pisa University from
1960 to 1964. In 1965, he received a
research fellowship at the Italian
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
the Bell School at Cambridge
University, England. In 1966, he
received a research fellowship at
the Transportation and Com
munication Center at Nor
thwestern University.
•In order to keep his own artistic
independence throughout the
years, financial resources
(raised through consulting in
developing countries) have been
re-invested in advanced visual
researches through the media of
colour photography. Dr.. Letta's
-exhibit will -be -available for
viewing until - the end• of Sep
leather, •