Page Five editorial opinion Let’s talk. Instead of moaning about student apathy, this week I’ll try and take a more construc tive approach. In my activities with the Collegian I’m finding that it is tiresome trying to keep my finger on Behrend’s pulse. The opinion-page is a place where students have the op portunity to publicly voice their complaints or com pliments, opinions and op positions. I’m distressed to say that only two students on cam pus have felt strongly enough to voice their views on the opi nion page. I understand that we have traversed the rioting 60’ s, but what ever happened to student activism? This lack of activism is becoming so prevalent that it’s frightening. It makes me think that if a threatening dilemma faced the University, city or nation, for that matter, students would lay back and let it overcome. So, I’m appealing to you, the student body, in efforts to promote student activism. I want your input. Suppose there is something you would like to see more of on campus—write! Or if something makes you mad— write! Letters of constructive Sniglet. . . EXECUGLIDE v. To propel oneself about an office (eks ek' yew gtyd) without getting up from the chair. “More Sniglets,” by Rich Hall and Friends, copyright,® 1985 by Not the Network Company, Inc. with permission from MacMillan Publishing Co., 866 Third Ave., New York, NY 10022. Illustration by Speak out nature are welcome as well as letters of critical nature. Use the opinion page to your ad vantage. It can act as a com munication link between you and Behrend College. If you have trouble coming up with an appropriate idea to support or criticize, I’ll try to make it easier for you. Each issue you will see an “Editor’s Question of the Week” that will give you something to think about. It is easy to write to the Col legian. Simply send letters to The Behrend Collegian, The Behrend College, Station Road, Erie, PA 16563. It is im- portant to include name, sememster standing and ma jor. Also include your address and phone number for verification of the letter. And, if you would like your letter signed anonymously, let us know. reader opinion:Understanding Tomorrow by Michael Eric Wimms Sixth Semester, MIS It seems to be our manifest destiny to reach the unreachable star. We set goals, we strive to achieve them, and no sooner have we accomplished them then we’re off to set even higher goals. If we stop and analyze this trend, we should see a very detrimental pat tern building. To push one’s goals, in and of itself, is not a bad thing, at times it can even be beneficail; but to push certain goals to their ultimate points of attainment can only lead to trouble. For example, how hard and diligently are scien tists working to perfect the ultimate weapons system, as if the ones that we have now aren’t effi cient enough to kill. With every situation there is a point of equal give and take; the higher we wish to excel in our endeavors the greater will be the price of our convictions. Our planet was not created in a vaccuum, balance is an important component of this world and what effects the parts will eventually effect the whole. The main agent responsible for what I consider to be a problem of tantamount concern is technology. Technology is the brass ring that men seek to measure their evolution in terms of ultimate achievement. Technology and science have surpassed their creators; more and more is continually being produc- You can speak out. With your input, maybe the College will see what you want and need. You can make the difference. Paula Mans, Collegian Editor Editor's Question: Do you think the Nick lot will solve all of Behrend’s parking problems? the Penn State-Behrend Collegian Feature Editor Jack Horner Business Manager Joe Kuvshinikov Sports Editor Jim Parachini Photo Coordinator Napoleon Birch Ad Managers Dan King Advisor Robert DiNicola Steve Roney staff Jim Cooper Barb Cavano Roni Sue Kowal Suzanne Nathans Janet O’Hare Barrett Parker Karen R. Pastorik Greg Rathbun Mailing Address - Behrend Collegian, Station Road, Erie, PA 16563 Office located in Reed Union Bulding Office Hours -9 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Monday through Friday Phone: 698-6221 Barbara Golden Greg Goldsmith Paul Kitchen Opinions expressed by the editors and staff of the Penn Stata-Behrond Collegian are not necessarily those of the University Administration, faculty, or the student body. ed, but understood less. It appears that we have lost the desire to think about the damage we are doing to the world as well as ourselves. Today we are facing pollution of epic proportions, nuclear nightmare, and disease of unknown origin; yet these things are so cosmopolitan that we hard ly acknowledge their presence. Ponder, if you will, the implica tions of the problems I have noted and other problems related to our changing world. It seems to me hat for every advance in technology made, there are ten more advances that cancel the previous one. For example, the in vention of the rocket paved the way for the advance of jets thus prodding us with travel that is quick and convenient. Rockets also brought the science of weapontry to an all time high, as well as adding to our pollution worries. This all goes to show that technology is not balanced with The Behrend Collegian’s editorial opinion is determined by the Editor, with the Editor holding final responsibility. Opi nions expressed on the editorial pages are not necessarily those of The Behrend Collegian, The Behrend College, or The Pennsylvania State University. 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Member of The Press Association Editor Paula Maus Editorial Policy Sue Rattenbury Robert Roth Lisa Scherer Patrick Schlipf Tracy Simmons REPRESENTED FOR NATIONAL ADVERTISING BY CASS Student Advertising, Incorporated 1633 West Central St. Evanston, Illinois 60201 opinion temporance, just because we have the capabilities to achieve some goal does not mean we have to follow through. Refer to the ques tion of nuclear energy, it is sup posed to be the way of the future, but it has some very distasteful by-products; nuclear waste to name one. At times I believe that we are our own worst enemies, because we build and control the machines and technology around us. We are responsible for shaping our own future, the buck stops here. We can not continue to ignore what is going on around us; hoping so meone else will speak up, or maybe the problem will just go away. Technology must be tempered with competence or it will continue to get out of our hands and the effects could be ir reversible. I think it’s time we all get some reality therapy so we can prevent our need to strive for those ultimate goals from ex ceeding our common sense. Tammie Starcher Dave Stolnacker Matthew J. Sullivan Michael Wimms Mark Wuerthele
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