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Students learn moderation from
those important people around
them as they grow up. If they have
not learned and established these
values by the time they get to col
lege, they are not going to be in
fluenced by an ad in the
newspaper.
I will not address the example
of the KKK and the American
Nazi party. These examples are
also ambiguous and not in the
same category as the issues of
abortion and freedom of the
press.
In conclusion, Mr. Kitchen, I
would like to offer a solution.
You have every right to be offend
ed and voice your opinions,
whatever they may be. (Thank
God we are in a country where
those rights are recognized). But
in addition to your right to oppose
the ads in question, the students
on campus have the right to
A Letter Home
"Yes, Mom, I
By Lisa Pavadore
Well, I can't believe that, with the stroke of a pen, I'm going to
admit partial defeat to the fact that - yes - I miss home. Now, don't
get me wrong. I'm not depressed or lonely. There are just a few
aspects of home life that I think about from time to time ...
...I miss my four-year-old nephew who survives on a diet of
Superman and M & M's
...I miss my brother's catatonic expression as he flips the TV chan
nels trying to catch a glimpse of every known sport event, all in one
Sunday ...
...I miss Sunday dinners ... I miss any dinners ...
...I miss my 14 year-old nephew who always makes me laugh ...
...I miss Dad's monthly statement, "I should have my work for
ward my checks to the phone company to save time." ...
...For some crazy reason, I daresay, I miss my brother, David,
and his friends, telling me how to run my life ...
...I miss going to clubs in town on Saturday night S... but, I don't
miss the third degree questions I get the next day ...
...I miss the conversations with Mom, but not the daily arguments
There you have it. I guest it's strange how you miss things that
either A) you couldn't stand when you were there, .or B) you siniply
took for granted. So, Mom, I'm giving you a personal triumph and
the satisfaction of knowing that I do miss home, and yes, I do miss
you. See you at Christmas ...
Should parents have the legal right to withhold treatment
Roving Reporter which may prolong the life of a malformed or handicapped infant?
Interviews conducted by Phyland Robertson. Photography by Ben Sonnenberg.
Cheri Seidewand, (2nd
semester, Psychology)
"It's up to the parents to
decide. Can the parents
handle the mental strain?
Or the cost? It may be
easier for them to lose the
child at two, rather than 20.
Is this a real life?"
choose for themselves the answer
to the awkward position they
might be in. Every issue of the
"Collegian" has run the
Women's Health Services ad on
the back page. If you are that of
fended by the very sight of the ad,
then I suggest you refrain from
reading the back page. Or you
may read only the upper half of
the page, as the ad always appears
on the bottom half. I am not try
ing to be funny or sarcastic; I am
only trying to find an agreeable
solution•to this sincere concern of
yours. If that ad helps one person,
in any way, it is well worth the in
dignation a' hundred people might
feel!
I thank you for allowing me to
voice my opinions and hope I
have not offended you in any
way. I sincerely respect you for
voicing yours.
A Concerned Student -
Miss Home"
Tammy Weigle, (3rd
semester, Marketing) --
"Every person has the right
to live, whether they're han
dicapped or not .
_ Life is
sacred. The government.
should intervene on behalf
of the child."
BEHREND COLLEGIAN
Getting
Through
The Doors
By Dennis McFlhaney
Let's get the question out in the
open now: What's wrong with the
main exit-entrance doors in the
Behrend Building?
I ask this because it seems that
many students have trouble figur
ing out which side of the doors are
supposed to be pushed to open
them. In fact, some professors
even have trouble deciding which
side to piish.
There are basically three types
of people, when it comes to open
ing the doors.
First, there are the
"unawareables," those who seem
not to know that they are about to
open the wrong side of the door
until they come running up to it
and bounce off.
Next, there are the
"undecideables." These people
aren't sure which side of the door
to open so they nonchalantly push
the middle of the door to see
which side opens. Then they just
as nonchalantly slide over like
they knew it all the time.
Finally, there are the "waiting
in the wingers," those people who
sit in the lounge and wait for so
meone to open a door and then
jump up and catch it before it
closes.
The problem, I believe, lies in
the way the doors are set up. -
If the doors were constructed
like they were supposed to be,
then going left to right you push
the right side of the first door and
the left side of the second door.
The next two doors would follow
the same pattern. Right, left,
right, left.
However, the people that put
the doors up did something
wrong. The doors actually open
right, right, left, left.
I propose that to alleviate this
problem, one of three things must
Dave Harris, (sth
semester, Political Science)
"I think the child should
be allowed to live. If the
parents won't take care of
her, then let - her become a
ward of the state. If we start
pulling the plug on 'Baby
Does,' we are also going to
start pulling the plug on
productive citizens, if they
suddenly become senile in
their old age?"
Greg Villabona, (4th
semester, History) "Yes,
the parents do have the
right, because of the suffer
ing of the child, and the
mental anguish this will
cause the parents. But per
sonally, I think that all that
can be done to save a child
should be."
Tempus Seeking
Contributions
By Phyland Robertson
Tempus, the . student literary
magazine of Penn State-Behrend,
is seeking monetary contribu
tions, according to Tempus Presi
dent, Michael R. Kitchen, in order
to "maintain the quality - we've
demonstrated the last few years,
without raising our price. We
need to be accessible."
Mr. Kitchen, in an interview
with the Collegian, said that,
"this year we're going to vary the
levels of contributors," in order
to make donating easier for
everyone.
He outlined the four different
levels as: Student Members,
$3.00; Members, $5.00; Sponsors,
$10.00; and Patrons, $25.00.
Mr. Kitchen hopes that "all the
supporters of the arts in the Erie
area will seize this opportunity,
be done. Solution one: Switch the like revolving doors. Solution
middle two doors around. Solu- three: Instead of using those four
lion two: Tear down those mind- doors, use one of the other sets of
boggling doors and replace them doors in the building. At . least
with something easier to open they. open correctly.
Marilyn Dilone, (2nd
semester, Sports Medicine)
"The child must be
treated. The parents have to
sacrifice for their child.
They shouldn't say 'live or
die.'' We can't predict a life.
Anything can happen."
NOVEMBER 11, 1983
and donate as much as possible.
Tempus is a significant part of
Behrend."
Tempus advisor, Dr. Diana
George, agrees, saying that "we
need this magazine as - a vehicle to
express imagination and creative
"Tempus Is
A Significant Part
Of Behrend"
urges. It's for our minds and
souls. It's very important for a
liberal arts college to continue this
service."
Anyone wishing to contribute is
urged to contact a Tempus staff
member for more details.
iaMMI!!I
Jackie Wroblewski, (2nd
semester, Business) "It
depends on the extent of the
deformity. If the child has
no chance of ever recover
ing, then the treatment is
useless anyway."