Letters To The Editor
Ed. note: The professor to
whom the following letter
is addressed would like to
share it with you. It is a
letter from Sal Paradise, a
1971 graduate of Capitol
Campus. Sal enjoyed a
unique living experience
while he was a student
here. He and Greg Francis
lived for a time in the
ravine across from the
dorms. Now in Nepal as a
Peace Corps worker, Sal
writes some of his
experiences and thoughts
in this letter dated
November 5,1971.
Dear Professor,
Had some free time and
thought I would drop you a line.
Peace Corp training is through
and 1 am in a village in the
southern part of the Terai
(Nepal) near Darjeeling (India).
War brews ail around. My days
ire spent among rice, corn,
wheat and vegetable fields. My
nights arc full of stars and songs.
I’ve been playing the harmonica
and the Ncpalis admire English
songs. I eat one meal at night of
dial and rice and vegetables;
supplemented through the day
with fruits and tea and water.
Fish about once a week and no
meat. My health is A-OK. There
is a cholera outbreak here. The
people are very poor. A farmer
makes about $lOO a year. I’ve
bought some seed with my own
money and distributed it. The
farmers just about cry when the
American Sahib gives them seed
and asks for no money. It is so
very natural here: forests,
snakes, ox carts, rivers arc
everyday life. It's just a natural
cathedral which 1 dig being a
of. Have been reading
..fioreau. and am doing some
work with organic gardening. I
have the “responsibility” of
about 10,000 people, and with
Education Program Group
Student Election Held
by Mike Dini
The first student election of
the Education Program Group of
Capitol Campus was held during
the Winter Term Registration of
January 4-5, 1972.
Forty-live percent of the
Education Students participated
and voted in the election.
Students elected as members
of the Education Program Group
include:
ELEME N T A R Y
EDUCATION: John P.
Schwartz. Marilyn Giordano.
Andye Fuller.
SECONDARY EDUCATION:
Social Science, Michael A.
Kowalcheck: Humanities. Rita
Staff of the
Capitolist:
COPY EDITOR:
Tom Hagan
MANAGING EDITOR
Lee Nell
PHOTOGRAPHERS:
Cliff Raison
Steve Calhoun
the little money I have for
materials am trying. I can’t
honestly say I miss anything,
because all I had I took with me
to Nepal. My village people call
me worshipper of peace because
of my ideas and 1 wear a flower
in my shirt pocket every day. I
am treated with respect, and give
the farmers mine. The sunsets
here are beyond words, I’m sure
you understand the experience.
Here comes an absurd question!
“How is America?” Hope you
and your family are in good
health and smiling. I personally
want to thank you and your
family for the experience of
your ideas and good works. I
remember and will keep you all
in my thoughts.
Hope school is going well?
Hope someone is taking care of
my home-the Ravine. In a
couple of years, I want to return
and say hello to my
fine-feathered friends.
So much going on.here! Met
the ambassador and had dinner
at her house (a little highsociety);
met gurus and saddhus and
farmers and agriculture officers.
Nepal needs more than Peace
Corps. They need seed and
fertilizer and tools. I’ve asked
why the government can’t
help—there is no answer. That’s
the catch, you know, there’s
always a catch. I hope you’ll
keep the peace at home and if
you get a chance please drop me
a note. Happiness is working
with my hands—l feel this. I
enjoy it. May all the gods and
goddesses of this world ever be
with you and everyone. Take
care.
Upon my heart,
Now/forever
Peace, your friend
Sal
Peace Corps/Ncpal 25
c/o American Embassy
Kathmandu, Nepal
Girondi; Math-Science, (No
Candidate).
GRADUATE PROGRAM:
(No Candidate). .
The following question won
the approval of the student
voters:
“In the case of a vacancy of a
student representative position
on the Education Program
Group before the next scheduled
election (Fall 1972 Term), the
r e m a i n i n g student
representatives shall have the
power to review, screen and
appoint qualified student
applicants as student
representatives to the Education
Program Group Committees.”
CONTRIBUTORS:
Samantha Bower
Gregg Crescenzo
Russ Matthews
Jane McDonald
Steve Wesley
Kati Lamonica
Cheryl Boyes
Don Lewis
Ray Nearhood
Jim Kuzio
Steve Rosenzweig
Bob Bonaker
Mike. Well iver
Doug DeLeon
Tom Black
Michael Blank
Becky Emery
Vietnam Today
Drug Detention
At Long Binh
by Thom Marlowe
(Mr. Marlowe has spent the last
three years reporting on
Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.
He has written for Overseas
Weekly, Asia Magazine, and
Dispatch News, as well as being
reporter for Metromedia Radio.
He was assistant Financial Editor
of the Hong Kong Star, and is
currently on assignment for PNS
in Indochina.)
Long Binh-“How can you
believe a place like that is going
to help you when they let a man
who is sweating like crazy and
running a high fever, die in front
of them?” a GI from the 542nd
here in Long Binh asked. He was
talking about his former
unit-mate, SP/4 Jeffrey C.
Wright, from Flagstaff, Arizona,
who died of Malaria here.
Wright didn’t die in the
hospital at TC Hill. He was
“drying out” in the post’s
On Faculty
Faculty responsibility has
been defined by a new statement
adopted by the Academic Senate
of Illinois State University. The
eight-point outline of faculty
responsibilities adopted states:
Faculty should “adhere to
course content approved by
committees” responsible for
setting curricula.
Teachers ' should explain
course objectives to the
students.
Teachers should also explain
how final grades will be
determined, return student
papers promptly, collect
“sufficient evidence” to support
the grade given, and evaluate
students without taking into
account such factors as their
personalities, race, political
activism, or personal beliefs.
Faculty should meet classes as
scheduled.
Teachers should tell classes
their policy on attendance.
Each teacher should be
available for a “reasonable
number” of office hours.
Faculty “should not utilize
the services of the university” in
pursuing non-academic concerns
in the community.
Expression of dissent and
attempts to produce change
“may not be carried out in ways
which injure individuals, damage
institutional facilities or disrupt
the classes of one’s colleagues.
Nor should faculty members
incite acts of violence to
individuals, acts of destruction
of property, or acts which
interfere with academic
freedom.
Normal. 111.-Intercollegiate Press
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the number of ads which we have
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detention center. Wright’s
friends say he had gone to sick
call several times complaining of
a chill and cramps, but the
medics sent him away telling
him he only had a cold.
-“He was walking around here
like a skeleton for three or four
days,” a member of the unit
asserted. “Then his urine test
came out positive, and he was
sent to the center at TC Hill.”
Periodic urine samples are
taken in search of heroin users,
though many men claim they are
both an “affront to personal
privacy”, and frequently
inaccurate. Mistakes in diagnosis
are common. A Spec 4 said,
“For instance, they picked up a
hard-drinking lifer a few weeks
ago, and sent him to the center.
He couldn’t believe it. He had
never even smoked pot, let alone
heroin, but his test came out
positive and he was sent up to
TC Hill to dry out.”
Wright suspected he had
malaria before he went up to TC
Hill, but according to men in the
unit, “People in the detention
center mistook his malaria
symptoms for withdrawal pains
and refused to take him to the
hospital.”
Army spokesmen admit the
incident occured, but claim
“The staff at the drug detention
center thought Wright was
‘Jonesing’ (going into
withdrawal). By the time they
realized their mistake it was too
late. He was dead by the time he
reached the hospital.”
Angry over the incident, the
men of the 542nd are bitter. “If
you refuse to go to the drug
detention center, should your
test come out positive, they
either throw you in jail or force
you to go.” Another snapped,
“And if you are ill, you may die
there.”
(Copyright Pacific News
Service, 1971)
Food Ralile
Again!
The Business Club will again
sponsor a Food Raffle this term.
Fifteen dollars worth of food
will be given to the person
holding the winning ticket each
week, and twenty five dollars
worth given away during the last
week of the term.
Tickets are $5.00 for the
entire term and can be
purchased from any Business
Club member. A term ticket
enables the holder to win more
than once during the term since
winning numbers are returned to
the pot.
Last term, 37 participants had
a shot at the winnings over the
ten week period. More are
expected this term. Last terms
winners were:
Week Winner
1 Len Thompson
2 Bob Lopez
3 Tom Black
4 Chris Beppel
5 Nancy Marley
6 H.J.K.L?
7 Nicholas DiFeo
8 Harvey Brown
9 Jolm Phillips
10 George Sembert
Winners this term will be
announced over WZAP at 8:00
on Tuesday nights, and winning
names will be posted at the
round table. Buy your tickets
f hyslcs Frol
Dr. Joseph Pedulla has joined
the faculty of the Capitol
Campus of The Pennsylvania
State University as assistant
professor of physics.
Dr. Pedulla received his
bachelor of science and master
of science degrees, both in
physics, at the University of
Pittsburgh. His doctor of
philosophy degree, also in
physics, was granted by Penn
State.
While at Pitt., he was a
graduate assistant doing teaching
and research. He was an optical
physicist for IBM in
Pbughkeepsie, N.Y., before
becoming a graduate assistant at
Penn State’s University Park
Campus.
A member of the American
Physical Society, Dr. Pedulla has
conducted research in the fields
of superconductivity, surface
physics in the areas of
thermionic and photoelectric
emmission, and the electrical
properties of complex solids.
He and his wife, the former
Nancy LuAn Hauck, are the
parents of three children.
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