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GTE, SET ME FREE!
When the news spread that on
campus students could make long
distance calls from their own
phones, a cry of joy resounded
throughout the dorms. Then,
after the first phone bill arrived,
the cries turned to squeals of
anger from many people who’s
largest charge was not a toll call,
but the service charge itself - six
dollars per person per month.
It’s not paying for my long
distance calls that bothers me so
much as shelling out hard-earned
money to keep the phone install
ed. One reason, I believe, that the
charge is 12 dollars a month per
room, is because Behrend pur
chased those sleek, classy push
button phones.
Personally, if I thought having
a rotary dial would be cheaper 1
could live with calloused fingers.
Commentary
There’s No Place Like Home
Before you start to read this, be
sure you are sitting down and
have a friend close by to hold
your hand. I am going to confess
something that is both unusual
and unpopular: I LIKE ERIE!
Well, you say, but this is her
home town. It is also the place I
returned to from being away. I
have lived in Washington, D.C.,
Denver and San Diego. They
were nice, but they weren’t Erie.
I like being on the side hill, with
the solid comfort of the hill
behind me, and the open vista of
Lake Erie in front. This ever
changing panorama of scene and
weather is always a delight to see.
I like the challenge of the
weather, the delightful respites,
the brilliant blue of February
shadows, the surprising green of
spring grass, the pulsing gold and
red of fall foliage, the first snow
whenever, and especially the last
snow of spring.
I like living in a city where it is
easy to get around downtown
(minus the always present
Penelec-National Fuel gas crews
digging and filling), and where,
after an evening event, it doesn’t
take hours to get out of town.
OPINION
And besides, with a dial phone,
you have a longer time to decide if
you really need to make that
long distance call. And what
about those of us with large
fingers who press the wrong but
ton and make a long distance call
to the wrong number? The touch
tones were definitely unnecessary.
It’s funny how the company
who installed the phones, Infonet,
went out of business. Also, it
would behoove the other students
to realize that if they make a long
distance call and no one answers
after letting the phone ring for
one minute, that student will be
charged for a two minute long
distance phone call to that par
ticular number.
I make my calls at ungodly
I like being able to see open
ness, beyond the congestion of the
city, both north (Lake Erie) and
south (the ridge of hills).
I like the mish-mash of the
cultural events that are offered in
Erie - the Playhouse, the Philhar
monic, the sporting events, the
special events in which out-of
towners are brought in to enter
tain us. And whether or not 1
choose to go to some or none of
these events, the fact that they are
offered is like money in the bank
for me. Boredom is a vacuum of
the mind.
Now let me see, what else do I
like about Erie? I like the loca
tion, the weather, the city, the
cultural events - I guess the only
thing left is eating, and that’s not
so bad either
I wouldn’t want to close with
your thinking I believe Erie to be
Utopia, I know it isn’t. But for
me, I would rather live in Erie
than in any of the three large
cities I have sampled. Because,
come right down to the nitty
gritty of it, I LIKE ERIE!
Pat Via
Seventh semester,
Communications
THE COLLEGIAN
Commentary
hours to reap the rewards of low
rates, and I still call collect
(thanks Mom), but that bill seems
to climb higher each month. And
the bills must be paid in full,
whereas on a regular phone bill,
the portion that isn’t paid is simp
ly tacked on to the next month’s
bill. Of course, this inconvenience
takes its place next to our
wonderfully efficient computer
and drop-add procedure.
What had started out to be a
blessing in dorm life is proving to
be quite costly. And to think last
year I complained of not being
able to make long distance calls!
By the way, if anyone has an ex
tra $27.07...
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Let’s Help Ethiopia
Before making that trek to
grandma’s house for all the turkey
and mashed potatoes to fill your
heart’s desire, take a moment and
consider the plight facing
Ethiopia today. Over the past two
years, a devastating drought has
crippled harvests and has resulted
in the starvation of the entire
Ethiopian population.
The harvest of the grain crop
teff, Ethiopia’s main food source,
has consistently failed, leaving 35
million Ethiopians to rely upon
outside help for food. Presently,
millions of dollars and tons of
foodstuffs have been sent to
Ethiopia from all over the globe,
but this will only last so long.
This country needs continuous
relief if we and the rest of the
world ever expect Ethiopia to get
back on its feet again. We need to
help Ethiopians helD themselves -
Behrend Collegian
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by supplying them with not only
food and money, but with medical
aid, educational supplies, tools,
seed, and adequate water systems.
Many will argue that we should
first take care of domestic pro
blems dealing with poor and star
ving Americans. However, the
magnitude of Ethiopia’s problem
clearly shows that they deserve
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A combined effort by the world
to help Ethiopia can only have
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