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Editorially
The two previous editions of the
Collegian were plagued with
many problems. Of those errors
in article content we are to
blame; however, the printing
errors, most namely "The Irian
Crisis: What To Do?" were the
fault of our printers, Brown-
Thompson Inc.
In the December 6, 1979 issue
the lead article, "Cubs Ice
Lakers in 0.T.", was knowingly
plagiarized from an Erie Times-
News article. The author of that
article was obviously at fault but
so too were the editors for not
detecting it first.
The Collegian apologizes for
this unfortunate incident. There
are no excuses for shoddy
reporting and sloppy editing. We
hope it won't happen again and
we beg forgiveness. . .
Last issue, (December 13,
1979) there were many problems
with production that we have no
control over. For instance, the
by-line for the article concerning
the Iranian crisis was credited to
Mary Miseta but was actually
compiled by Sue Bentz. And
another flagrant example of
headline mangling was, "A Night
Out With The Nights." The last
"Night ", should have read
"Knights", in reference to the
bar, "The Castle. "
For the record, the Collegian
Staff double-checks its page
layouts before they are sent to the
, (Editor's Note: The following
articles have been taken from
two main News Services-
Collegiate - Headlines, and The
vThich have been
identified by CH and Bu
respectively).
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Construction work has begun
on the redecoration and
renovation of the dining rooms in
the Reed Building. Basic
drawings and a brief description
of the work to be done have been
posted in the glass bulletin board
to the right of the entrance to the
faculty dining area.
Services now available will
continue during the construction
period which is expected to last
from six to eight weeks. Needless
to say some inconveniences can
be expected by everyone before
the project is completed. The end
results should be well worth the
inconveniences. ( Bu.)
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif.
(Cl-fl - Students at the University
of California-Santa Barbara have
been unsuccessful in an effort to
stop the student government
from funding X-rated movies
which portray violence against
women.
A group of student senators
sought to prohibit campus groups
from using student government_
funds to show the films "A Clock
work Orange," "The Devil in
Miss Jones" and. "Behind the
Green Door." When that attempt
appeared doomed, the senators
sponsored a compromise bill
requiring - the groups showing
such movies to donate half their
profits to a rape crisis center and
to show an anti-rape documen
tary with the films. Both bills
were defeated.
Those opposing the measure
said film censorship was a
violation -of First Amendment
rights and, not a function of the
student government.
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LAWRENCE, Kan. (CH) .-
Kermit the Frog may not have
succumbed to her charms yet,
but Miss Piggy has definitely
captured the hearts of 15 Kansas
University students.
The group has formed a Miss
Piggy fan club for the popular
Muppet character, sponsoring
such events as a weekly pig-out
(members wear felt • pig 'ears to.
Speaking. . .
printers. However, we have no
way of checking/ the final
product. This is a frustrating
problem of mechanics and and
we will deal with it as best we
can.
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This past week a letter was
delivered to me that proves there
is a light at the end of the tunnel.
In her letter, Hiromi Higby
praised highly the services of the
Student Affairs' Placement
Office; the letter brought to mind
the fact that this office, though
funded by the students, hasn't
been used as often as it should be.
Ms. Higby's comment follows.
"The Behrend College
Placement Office is to be
congratulated on the job it is
doing. My name is Hiromi Higby,
and I'm a graduate of Behrend
College with an Associate Degree
in business Administration. I
presently work for Kaiser
Aluminum and Chemical Cor
poration at a job that I secured
through the job placement office.
The Behrend College Placement
Office has my - gratitude, and I
highly recommend its services to
those gradpates or near
ariduates who are looking for a
good paying place to utilize their
degree."
The Collegian suggests that
Behrend students consider Ms.
Higby's advice.
Bits of Wire
the dining hall and snort their
food), group viewing of Muppet
productions and protests against
the serving of pork in the
cafeteria.
The Miss Piggy Fan Club gets
funding from a dorm educational
facilities fund. Most admit their
activities are pure foolishness,
but a few sound almost serious
when they say they're frying to
remove the social stigma against
pigs.
EAST LANSING, Mich. (CH) -
Two months ago only a handful of
fans were familiar with an ob
scure game called "Dungeons
and Dragons." Today, everyone
old enough to read a newspaper
has undoubtedly at least heard of
the game because of publicity
surrounding the disappearance of
Michigan State U. student James
Dallas Egbert
Egbert, a fan of the fantasy
game, was at one point thought to
have been killed acting out the
game in MSU's steam tunnels. He
was later found and while his
disappearance is still cloaked in
mystery it apparently was not
related to the game.
Nevertheless, a Hollywood
producer of horror films wants to
capitalize on the newly sparked
national interest in the game by
producing a film about a group of
college students who are ob
sessed with war fantasty games.
Hal Landers told the MSU
student newspaper he would like
to call his film "Dungeons and
Dragons" and begin filming on
the MSU campus next spring.
Lenders said he would like to
cast Robby Benson and Brooke
Shields as the film's leads and
that he was anxious to use the
campus particularly the now
infamous steam tunnels for
location shooting.
HAYWARD, Calif. (CH) - Just
as the sculpture's title said, it
was "A Matter of Time" before
the goldfish died, but that didn't
stop efforts by California State
University-Hayward students to
save it. -
The fish was featured in a
kinetic sculpture which was part
of a gallery exhibit on the
Hayward campus. As it swam
around its aquarium, a metal
spear was projected into the tank
every few :militates, eventually
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Behrend Collegian
Give The Shawl
Back To Iran!
What's the big deal America is
making out of the Shawl of Iran?
I think we should give the Shawl •
back. If America wants a Shawl
so badly, why doesn't Ms. Lillian
just make us one? I'll pay for the
yarn myself if they really want
one that badly. Even if Ms.
Lillian isn't up to making one
some little old lady from around
my house will gladly make one. I
remember one year for Christ
mas I got a Shawl; it wasn't that
big of a thing even though it was
pretty nice and was a couple of
different colors. My roommate
has a Shawl and he says he'd give
it to Mr. Ayatollah if worse comes
to worse. (for a fair price that
is). •
They're a couple of things I
don't understand about this
Shawl bit. How did a piece of
cloth rule a country for over
thirty years? Those Iranian
people must not be too smart or
swift. I don't think they should
blame • their problems on the
F. 8.1. or C.I.A. What was their
foreign minister and cabinet? A
couple of knitted hats and
crocheted gloves?
There probably was a big
problem when the Shawl was in
power. I mean, how do you
assasinate a bunch of connected
yarn? You'd probably feel pretty
stupid firing a high powered rifle
into something used to cover the
body or cover a piece of fur
killing the fish. While gallery and
art department officials defended
the sculpture as a work of art and
refused to remove the fish,
students and Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
officials protested.
With or without the live fish,
the sculpture was "mediocre
art,". said one student.
BLACKSBURG, Va. (CH) - Old
MacDonald will soon have a
university, if Virginia Tech of
ficials ,accept the winning, entry
in the student newspaper's Name
That University contest.
The contest was a response to
officials' expressed desire to
shorten the school's title from
Virginia Polytechnic and State
University. But the grand prize
winner wasn't much of' an im
provement in the shortness
category. A newspaper panel
chose Eastern ' Institute of
Enlightment and Intellectual
Outgrowth as the best of 110
entries.
For those of you not fast on the
acronym draw, that's EIEIO for
short.
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thrtit olltatau •
Joe Englert and Gene Grygo
Co-Editors
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Bilrllegmen • Pat Sedlak
Russ Miller Ron Williams
Mary Miseta Marc Woytowich
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Opinions expressed by \ the editors and staff of the Behrend
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ministration, faculity, or the student body. '
By Joe Englert
niture. No. wonder they didn't
have any elections in Iran for at
lease fair ones). How do you
debate or slander an opponent
when he's a Shawl? How does a
Shawl get sworn in?
Does it put its little fringes on
the Koran and say, "I Shawl,
swear to be a good Shawl; and so
on and so forth."
I say, give the Shawl back to
Iran. I kinda feel for the Iranians..
To be reigned over by a multi
colored leader must be tough. At
least they saved a lot of expense
having it as a leader. You could
probably just keep it in your
briefcase instead of having
,a
house or palace for it. When it
needed washing they would just
sent it - down to the Tehren
Four Films
To Avoid
By Joe Englert
In what area will it be easiest to
find a job in during the next few
years? Chemical Engineering?
(or any engineering area for that
matter) Computer Science? Well,
after the last couple of weeks
movie releases, it seems that the
cinema market is in need of
creative writers, pfbducers and
actors. What ever happened to
the well done productions of
January 10, 1980
Laundro-Mat and stick in thirty
camel droppings or whatever
they use as currency over there.
Okay, say that you get the Shawl
back. How do you put a Shawl on
trial? Won't you feel like a real
jerk pack putting a piece of cloth
on trial? What are you going to
do, hang or burn it to death?
What' do you think destroying
the Shawl means?Do you think it
will keep the red Horde from
putting their own Shawl into
power? Russia has K-Marts and
Murphy Marts too, and they
could easily make their own
Shawl. Cause just last week they
took_ somebody's Afghan.
(probably how to see how to
make their own). The Iranians
should be thankful that it wasn't a
Russian Shawl in power all this
time. If the Russians put their
own Shawl into power, it
probably won't be machine
washable or anything. So don't
come crying to us when you gotta
wash your Shawl by hand, Iran.
That's all I have to say.
old?? Apparently, the most
publicized movies of today are
usually the most poorly done.
1941: John Belushi, Dan
Ackroyd, you should hang your
heads in disgrace with producer
Steve Speilberg (Jaws, Close
Encounters). Any two year old
could of sat in his cushioned seat
and told you what was going to
happen in this over-hyped dud. It
seemed as if the whole Animal
House gang went back into time,
changed costumes and roles and
in the process forgot how to be
funny. The unoriginal flick ripped
off JAWS, every World War II
movie ever made and a multitude
of 1940 and 1950 dance musicals.
This too long too boring egg did
have some good moments. Slim
Pickens turned in a very funny
performance on a Japanese sub.
Belushi and Ackroyd better start
touring as the Blues Brothers
again. After this one, they should
wear black glasses to hid them
from the public.
The Black Hole: Walt Disney
Productions are trying to change
their image with a movie of
space, Black Holes and more
space. Unfortunately, they might
chinge their image from great to
terrible with this effort. The
special effects are good, but the
plot is weak and the acting
clinched. Don't waste your
money on this one. If you want to
see a better version of this kind of
entertainment, stay home, "Buck
Rogers in the 25th Century" does
it better and for free, with more
" laughs. Whatever happened to
Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and
Herbie the Love - Bug? Maybe
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