the CAPITOLIST
VoL 2 No. 4
Pa. Collegiate Editors Rate Pollution
More Important Than Vietnam
PITTSBURGH “Pollution—en
vironmental health” received more
votes than the Vietnam War in a sur
vey of Pennsylvania collegiate editors
to determine the “greatest problems
and challenges facing America to
day.”
Pollution edged the war, 31-29, in
a poll of 40 editors conducted by the
Pennsylvania Collegiate Press Asso
ciation. Race Relations was a dis
tant third with 16 votes.
Each editor was given a list of 30
items and asked to check the five
areas they considered “most import
ant” and five areas they considered
“least important.”
Religion’s Decline (23), Pornogra
phy (22), and Space Exploration
(21) ranked 1-2-3 among the areas
considered “least important” by the
editors.
Editors cited 12 problem areas that
were not on the list:
—Privacy (lack of, and invasion of)
—America’s political system
—Police brutality
—Unresponsive political structures
—World relations
—Personal interest
—Popular sense of justice (i.e. lack
of sense of justice among majority
of Americans)
—Jobs and employment
—State appropriations
—Violence from radical left and right
—Repression
Following is a cross section of com
ments from the editors:
“America as a political institution
of the 18th century is defunct, as is
any other political entity that claims
to have ‘national’ rights. Only when
we start thinking in terms of a Unit-
SGA ANNOUNCES 71 BUDGETS
Are as follows:
WZAP
Yearbook
Newspaper
Social Committee
Meade Heights
Photography
Human Services Club
Business Club :
Flying Club
Ski Club
lEEE
Young Democrats
Cheerleaders
XGI
PSEA
Black Student Union
Judo Club
“All The News That Fits ... We Print”
CAPITOL CAMPUS Middletown, Pa.
by Dan Deely
PCPA President
ed World, subject to the finite para
meters of the earth’s resources, will
we be able to meaningfully cope with
and resolve our problems of provid
ing a decent existence for all men.”
—Paul Osier, Bucknell University.
“I think that one of the most alarm
ing problems, at least in Pennsyl
vania, is the state legislatures ap
parent lack of concern over increas
ing college costs in relation to ap
propriation. It’s a disgusting prob
lem when appropriation of funds
comes months late—second to get
ting re-elected.” —Mary R. Fisher,
Penn State-Worthington.
“Perhaps the most interesting topic
to watch will be ‘student unrest.’
Similar surveys already have shown
much of America’s population con
siders this the primary problem to
day. A different answer from a col
lege-age population could indicate
that college students feel that stu
dent unrest is a symptom of the other
problems in our society, rather than
a primary problem by itself.”
—Robert J. McHugh, The Daily Col
legian, Penn State.
“I hate to mark any area as least
important. The ones marked are
least urgent but still important.”
—Nancy Koenig, ‘Holcad’, Westmin
ster College.
“I fear the problems you cite are
but superficial manifestations of a
greater, more basic national ill—find
that and I’ll praise you to the heav
ens!” —Signe S. Gates, Susquehan
na University.
“Everything you listed was quite a
problem. How is someone to deter
mine which is more important than
another?” —Cindy Roch, Shippens
burg State College.
THE 1970-71 CLUB BUDGETS
Balance
Carried Over ASK
0 1,762.00
0 3,180.00
0 3,000.00
82.04 5,000.00
923.00
463.00
945.00
1,235.00
100.00
1,004.00
144.00
100.00
250.00
380.00
280.00
315.00
254.50
Respectfully Submitted,
~ 55.20
44.47
10.77
15.44
20.95
TOTAL
1,525.00
2,500.00
3,000.00
5,082.04
GET
1,525.00
2,500.00
3,000.00
5,000.00
300.00 300.00
273.00 273.00
280.00 280.00
140.00 195.20
25.00 25.00
300.00 344.47
60.00 60.00
25.00 35.77
125.00 140.44
100.00 120.95
150.00 150.00
300.00 300.00
64.00 64.00
Budget Committee
Capitol Campus Gothic Edie Smith and
Ed Kirk dress up for th© Pumpkin Festi
vities !
XGl’s Plan
Operation Santa
by Vince Pinizzotto
Yuletime bells are about to ring
out once again. But for some of our
fellow Americans, it will be merely
another day in the life of a soldier.
Reference is being made to our com
bat men in Vietnam who are risking
their lives that you and I can live in
this country. It is they who are mak
ing it possible for you and I to re
ceive an education, offer construc
tive dissent to the establishment,
speak freely of our dissatisfactions
and, in short, just “do our own
thing.”
It is for these reasons that the
XGI Fraternity is asking your sup
port with Operation Santa Claus
an effort to send to our boys in Nam
normally-hard-to-obtain items that
they certainly can use.
Your cooperation in this effort
would be deeply appreciated by our
fighting men for it is they who were
asked to make the supreme sacrifice
—whether they support our Nation’s
Stand or not. So whether or not you
support our Nation’s Stand, support
those who are making it possible for
us to exercise our rights to life, liber
ty and the pursuit of happiness.
Make your contributions in the ap
propriate receptacles throughout the
area there is one in our library
or make your monetary contributions
by contacting John Sabol, chairman
of the Operation Santa Claus Com
mittee at 816-A Weaver, Meade
Heights. Be Appreciative! Get In
volved !
November 20, 1970