the Penn State-Behrend
OCTOBER 9, 1986
Morris encourages conscious awareness of drugs
by Craig Altmire
Collegian Staff Writer
Former Miami Dolphin running
back Eugene "Mercury" Morris
spoke of his experiences with drugs
before a packed Reed Lecture hall
on Monday evening, Oct. 6.
Morris spoke of his past problem
as not one of drug abuse, but one
of an individual nature, "The pro
blem was me, not the coke."
Drug abuse is actually self-abuse
and everyone is susceptible to such
"The problem was
(with) me - not
the coke."
self destructive behavior, according
to Morris.
While playing half back at West
Texas State University, Eugene
Morris earned the nickname "Mer
cury" for his displays of speed and
agility on the football field.
As a Dolphin, Morris appeared
in three Super Bowls and three Pro
Bowls. The first backfield duo in
history to rush for more than 1000
yards each in a single season con
sisted of Morris and Larry Csonka.
Cub yearbook
put on the shelf
By Barb Byers
Collegian Staff Writer
For various reasons, the 1985-86
issue of the Cub Yearbook was
neither completed nor published.
Beth Anderson, the editor, at
tributed it to a general lack of in
terest on the part of her staff.
"Basically they disbanded on me in
February," she said.
Anderson was on the staff of her
high school yearbook for two
years, she said, and felt that with a
supportive staff she would be able
to put one together at Behrend.
There were some problems in
herent in beginning the 1985-86
issue. First, the staff was put
together in mid-November, losing a
month-and-a half of work time,
and the deadline for publishing was
set for February 17. With
Thanksgiving and Christmas
breaks, time was significantly
limited to put the desired 64-page
publication together. Also, a debt
of $1779.38 was assummed from
the previous year's issue. The Stu
dent Government Association then
allocated them $1056.00 for
publishing as well as the $1779.38
to remove their past debt.
"I'm not totally blameless but
I'm not completely to blame" for
the failure of the yearbook, Ander
son said. There was "total apathy"
within the staff, she said, and
specifically with the two staff
members responsible for soliciting
advertisements.
Andria Sullivan was one of the
ad solicitors. Her job, she said, was
to call local businesses and describe
the sizes and prices of ads they
could purchase. A few ads were
sold, she said, and the money went
irito the Cub Yearbook account
with S.G.A. However, "After
around January 1, when it seemed
there wouldn't be a yearbook, we
basically stopped soliciting ads. A
Wintergreen Café a
Collegian Staff Writer
The snack bar, once called "The
Gorge," has been renamed "The
Wintergreen Cafe," because of
changes made during the past year
in the transition from cafeteria to
snack bar.
The Cafe once served as the din
ing hall when the only residence
halls were Perry and Niagara Halls.
According to Mike Ryan, head of
Housing and Food service here, it
was "The main dining hall for resi
dent students. Everybody was
eating out of cafeteria operations."
When the Lawrence residence
hall was built, Dobbins Hall was
donstructed, and the cafeteria
operation was moved there. The
original cafeteria was utilized as a
By the end of his football career
at the age of 29, Mercury Morris
had the third best yards-per-carry
average in history.
After Morris retired from foot
ball, he began to use cocaine heavi
ly and, on Aug. 18, 1983, was ar
rested for selling an ounce of the
drug to undercover narcotics
officers.
In the following three months
Morris was tried and sentenced to
twenty years in prison.
In March of 1986, he was given a
retrial on the grounds that his
lawyers had not been allowed to
present evidence of police
entrapment.
In June, the Florida court decid
ed that Morris had been unfairly
arrested, and acquitted him.
Since that time, he has been
presenting his views on drugs to au
diences across the country.
The solution to the problem of
drugs in society is not forced obe
dience, according to Morris, but
few more calls were made, but now
we couldn't give these businesses
any definite answers concerning the
book and it was getting harder and
harder to sell space," Sullivan said.
Sullivan also attributed the fate
of the yearbook to lack of leader
ship. "There was a total lack of
organization on her (Anderson's)
part," she said. "The editor does
have a certain responsibility to
delegate work to the staff. At first,
the interest was really there, but the
editor was just never around to give
us directions," Sullivan said.
Beth Anderson views the demise
of the yearbook differently.
"Because the ad solicitors weren't
raising the needed funds, we
couldn't continue working on the
book," she said.
Jamie Grimm, Assistant Dean of
Student Affairs said, "The issue is
not why the yearbook didn't get
published, but whether Behrend
can even support a yearbook or
not. Traditionally, yearbooks have
always had a troubled history here.
"University Park has offered in the
past to include a section in its year
book for Behrend, but it has never
been done", she said.
Fifteen pages of material were
submitted to the publishing com
pany, Herff-Jones. "The yearbook
could be finished with a more
dedicated staff and more money;
we need people who know what
they are doing," Anderson said.
"Anyone could put a yearbook
together if it was just
photographs", she said. "Typing,
being creative and thinking of neat
things to do--that's the hard part,
and we just didn't have people who
were capable of doing that," she
said.
Anderson offered a suggestion to
remedy this situation in the future.
"Ideally," she said, "Behrend or
any other college should have their
snack bar, but "Taking a cafeteria
line and calling it a a snack bar just
doesn't work." said Ryan.
"Basically it's the same opera
tion we had last year. a year ago
last summer, we renovated the en
tire kitchen and eating areas. We
have changed our pizza shop hours
and brought our pizza and snack
type foods out earlier than we did
in the past," said Ryan. Another
new feature is that students can use
their meal passes at the snack bar.
The grill area and salad bar were
added, and "When we were putting
— the apartments on line, we saw a
need for convenience store items to
support the apartment residents,"
said Ryan. The convenience store
was not intended to be a main
source of groceries, but rather as a
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"conscious awareness," that is the
power of the drug user to make the
choice, on his own, to quit using
drugs.
Morris pointed out that if the
user blames the drug for his
Mercury Mortis brings his anti-drug crusade to Behrend.
yearbook come out in the fall. That
would mean the deadline for
gathering material would be late
spring, which would give us a lot
more time to put the book
together. A fall yearbook would
also' cover a whole school year in
stead of just one semester (because
of the February deadline), she said.
Although the fate of the Cub
Yearbook is still largely unknowm,
those who wish to have their money
refunded can do this by contacting
Jamie Grimm in Student Affairs.
class act
place to buy "the types of things
people run out of or can grab on
the way to class," added Ryan.
Convenience store prices are
slightly higher than supermarkets
like Loblaws or Giant Eagle
charge. The convenience store buys
from a convenience store supplier
in smaller volumes than large
grocery stores would. Consequent
ly it does not get as good a deal as a
grocery store would.
Ryan also said that one reason
for changing the name of the snack
bar was because, "The Gorge,"
isn't very "classy," and some
students misunderstood "Meet at
The Gorge," for "Meet at the
gorge," and ended up in the
woods.
problems, as our society does, the
problensi will continue to exist.
Once he acknowledges that it is his
problem, will be "consciously
aware" his predicament and
able to " helping himself.
Amnesty International opens chapter
By Craig Altnilre
Collegian Staff Writer
Behrend students will soon have
an opportunity to join an Amnesty
International group that will meet
on campus.
Amnesty Inernational is a
worldwide movement of people
who work for the release of
prisoners of conscience--those im
prisoned for their beliefs, color,
sex, ethnic origin, or religion, pro
vided they have neither used nor
advocated violence.
The organization also works for
fair and prompt trials of prisoners
as well as the elimination of execu
tions and torture.
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Morris went on to talk of the
deaths of the Boston Celtics' draft
pick, Len Bias, 22 and Cleveland
Brown's safety, Don Rogers, 23,
both caused by cocaine use this
past MIMI%
He mentioned the unpredictabili
ty of cocaine and compared it to
Russian Roulette. "If it was in the
amount (of cocaina done). then I
would surely be dead by now," he was mid outside the Reed Lecture
stated. Hail.
The former running back said Mercury Morris' appearance was
that though he is not opposed to the first in Penn State-Behrents
mandatory drug testing, it is not ef- newly established swab: series in
fective unless follow-up help is which Sir Harold Wilson. former
given to those found using the Prime Minister of Great Britain, is
drugs. "If it is not a part of the the nett feature..
Coffee with the provost
informal and informative
by Steve Mier
Collegial' Staff Writer
The Reed seminar room was the
scene of this year's first Coffee
With The Provost session on Oct.
1. Beginning at 4:00, twenty-four
students and faculty members at
tended to listen to and voice com
ments and ask questions directed at
Dean Lilley on random campus
affairs.
Those attending ranged from on
and off campus students of varied
~majors to representatives of sem*
cirinPus organizations. Among
those representatives were Doug
Gainor, SGA president, Jack
Horner, Collegian editor, Jamie
Grimm, Asst. Dean of Student Af
fairs and Dohn Harshberger, Dean
of Student Affairs, and many other
concerned students wishing to meet
and converse with Dean Lilley.
Subjects discussed were brought
up at random by student questions.
Dean Lilley was very willing to
discuss any topic and positive or
negative comments on any issue. A
major topic of discussion was cur
rent and future campus construc
tion of both a new bookstore and
office buildings. As we all know,
the Reed roof repair has not been
able to keep up with the Reed roof
'demise.' With falling tiles turning
the Reed Building into a 'Hard Hat
Area - Proceed At Your Own Risk'
zone every time it rains, a three
year old plan to replace some of the
roof tiles this year has become one
to replace all of the ceiling tiles, or
at least what's left at that time.
Dean Lißey attributed this change
in plans, of course, to our recent
monsoon weather and gave credit
where credit is due, calling the rain,
"an act of God." In the meantime,
don't be surprised to see students
Photo by Paul Duda
The Behrend• group's first
meeting will take place Tuesday,
Oct. 14 at 12:15p.m. in the Library
Conference Room.
A short video outlining
Amnesty's efforts and ways in
which groups can help was shown
at Behrend on Oct. 7.
307 communities and over 200,
campuses across the country have
groups that support Amnesty
International.
"All faculty, staff, and students
are encourged to consider becom
ing active members in Behrend's
Amnesty group," said Barb
Pastwa, Behrend student and the
group's organizer.
Support for Amnesty Interna-
"If it was the amount
(of cocaine done),
then I would surely be
dead by now."
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solution, It is part of the problem,"
said Monts.
He criticized the Reagan ad
ministration's "War on Drugs" as
lacking in understanding and, thus,
ineffective. "We all make wrong
choices-umpaludon and underitan
ding are the answers to our drug
problem."
After Morris spoke, a reception
walking around covered in plaster
tile 'mush' - it's not the. Pewetle,
simply fallout effetts fr m
kamikaze Reed ceiling tiled.
Construction on BebremPs new
bookstore is scheduled to begin
May of next year with possible
completion in January of 1988.
Drawing plans, *hid will be
finalized in scheduled to begin in
May of next year with possible
completion in January of 1988.
Drawing plans, which will be
finalized in the near future, piece
the n bookstorelll4ll=d e
connected to the feet
with a glass-roofed court-yard bet
ween them. If plans continue as
hoped, the present bookstore will
become a lounge and the new cour
tyard will become a gathering place
for students, including those
waiting for both EMTA and
Behrend Blue bus transportation as
the bus stop will be relocated to the
Reed Building. This new bookstore
is being constructed with profit
revenues earned at the Behrend and
University Park bookstores.
The two new office buildings
constructed next to Turnbull and
behind the Carriage House offices
are not temporary and will contain
needed offices for faculty, some of
which share uncomfortable spaces
now. First floor Turnbull faculty
offices are scheduled for future
renovation which will probably
cause unavoidable disruption to se
cond floor classes. The discomfort
of the construction on campus is
partially because of the attempt to
open the Reed Building as the full
fledged Student Union it was in
tended to be. The Student Govern
ment offices would remain.
One might wonder if all the con
struction, future and present, is in
medalled on page 2
tional is widespread. Several rock
musicians support the organization
in the form of concert fundraisers.
In 1981, "The Secret
Policeman's Other Ball" featured
artists such as Sting and Phil Col
lins and again this past summer
many musicians joined together to
benefit Amnesty. This tour includ
ed artists such as U 2, Peter
Gabriel, Bob Geldof, Don - Henley,
and Tom Petty.
Members of the Behrend com
munity wishing to join or obtain in
fomation about Behrend's Amnes
ty International Group may go to
the meetings or contact Barb at the
Veterans' Affairs Office, 898-6335.
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