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A SAD STATE OF AFFAIRS
On Monday night, a solemn
man addressed the nation from
the White House. As the facts
become quite clear concerning
Watergate, President Nixon
accepted the resignations of his
staffers John Erlichman and Bob
Haldeman, Counsel John Dean
and Atty. General Richard
Kleindienst.
Nixon, in his "from the
heart" speech stressed the
integrity of the White House and
how appalled he was at such a
"senseless, illegal action." He
referred to Erlichman and
Haldeman as "two of the finest
public servants it has been my
privilege to know." Yet, those
two fine servants are deeply
involved in one of the saddest
political scandals in history.-And
the President, who has known
the men for years, entrusted his
confidence during his
administration to those who
think the end justifies the
means.
One would think that in this
day and age the tactics of Boss
Ken's Kommunicator
Church
The majority of churches
should be more involved today.
With all the problems in the
world, good spiritual guidance is
needed. Too many churches
have preached and done nothing
else.
They are committing sin also
by not performing the actions
which they preach. I am not
overly religious but I do see a
need for a consideration of
God's words. A church can serve
as a leader of; fl community by
helping peg to cope with
their problems and to realize
God's wo ds.
However, the church has
become an institution befit with
the problems of bureaucracy. I
also think that since the church
has failed to aid in solving the
ills of society, it should make a
commitment to do so instead of
all the formality which the
majority of churches perpetuate
now.
The people involved in the
church are also guilty. Those
who are concerned are
Hershey film Series has good
The Student Assembly Film
Series at the Hershey Medical
Center for the spring term is in
full swing. The Assembly
presents full-length features
every Saturday night at the Med
Center auditorium, beginning at
eight o'clock.
The movie for this Saturday,
May 5, is "Anne of a Thousand
Days" with Richard Burton. On
May 12, the film is
"Announced" and for May 19,
Mia Farrow stars in "Rosemary's
Editorial
Tweed and the dishonor of
Teapot Dome should be
removed from political practice.
With Watergate, the public trust
of politicians, always suspect to
begin with, has again regressed.
In no manner, with this sad state
of affairs, can conscientious
Americans trust our chief
executive, even though the guilty
have been purged.
In his address, the President,
acting as a dutiful parent,
accepted the reponsibility for
the crimes of his political
offspring. It is ironic that a
group of men, who knew they
would win last year's election
anyway, would pull such a
stupid action. Perhaps they had
so much in the way of campaign
funds that they had nothing else
to do but conduct a spy raid.
I feel sorry for the President,
but how long can he continue to
fool the American People?
Four more years.
by Kenard Kendrick
outweighed by those who are
not. These concerned ones are
becoming constantly frustrated
because of the indifferent
attitude to their
.attempts to
reform the church. These
concerned souls shouldn't give
up. The majority of the
insensitive bureaucrats in
churches should become aware
because people make a church.
A church will fall if the majority
of people fall in this class of
insensitivity.
What is happiness in a world
of trouble?
Happiness has a different
meaning to each person.
Happiness can be viewed as the
sum of all pleasurable
experiences each person
achieves. At the same time, a
person must be able to deal with
the world. While happiness can
be the pleasurable experiences, it
also involves being happy with
oneself.
Baby."
Students from Capitol are
admitted for one dollar with a
Penn State I.D. A date is freely
admitted. A student season
ticket can be purchased for two
bucks and dates can get in free.
Faculty season tickets cost $5.
The hospital auditorium is
located in the portion of the
complex near the left-front
entrance. Directions are given at
the information desk.
Robert W. Bonaker
MEE
Happiness
movies
EZZE
THE CAPITOLIST
Letters to the Editor
Man or Beast
Dear Sir:
I read, in the April 26th issue
of The Capitolist, with
apprehension and wonder, two
articles on the Meade Heights
Board of Governors.
One expounding on its
services to the students, the
other a remarkable disservice to
mankind.
The service article recalls to
mind the bitter struggle between
pet loving individuals who
inhabit the Heights and the
administration, to the point
where the MHBOG has proposed
a pet policy for the Hieghts, and
according to the article, "as a
living community, Meade
Heights should provide a realistic
setting to give the students a
greater experience in living in
such a community."
The other article, being very
prominently displayed on the
front page was the disservice to
other students. All of a sudden,
then, there is space in one of
Penn State's housing areas not
being utilized and there is an
immediate need for housing for
Penn State students from a
different part-all of a sudden
there are crys from this same
compassionate organization, that
the life styles of these proposed
paramedics would differ from
the Heights due, according to
the article "many of whom
are married, former servicemn
who will have a heavy study
load" and that it would be
unfair to move the paramedic
into houses where three students
currently reside.....and a
`pleasant welcome" would be
extremely unlikely " due to
the `family" makeup
experienced by many of the
Heights houses!
If the Heights area is all it is
supposed to be-a new experience
in living in a "realistic setting,"
then I feel there are a number of
pertinent facts that have not
taken into account when the last
"judgement" was passed by the
MHBOG.
1. Are there not veteran
students on campus that have
"heavy work loads"? There are
approximately 400 veteran
students on this campus many of
whom are engineers and many of
whom live in the Heights.
2. Married veterans seem to
be a curse on this campus. It
seems they have committed
gross social error as far as this
campus is concerned (according
to MHBOG) and that is simply
loving another person. Has the
thought occurred to anyone that
perhaps this veteran cannot
obtain his education due to the
expense any other way than
living in a dorm or campus
house. Is this irrational thinking?
3. Is not this Meade Heights
area supposed to be an
experiment in community living.
Why the sudden fear of
experimentation? If we are going
to experiment with a pet policy
in the near future why not
continue to experiment with
Last month, April 10 thru 13,
marked the 6th Annual National
Association of Collegiate
Veterans (NAVC) Convention •
This years convention held in
Phoenix, Arizona, was perhaps
the most important in NAVC's
short history.
Since its inception, NAVC's
objectives have been to enrich
and fulfill the student veteran's
college career; to encourage
good fellowship among all
student veterans; and to assist in
whatever way possible to make
the student veteran's college life
successful.
In attempting to enrich the
student veteran's academic,
social, and economic conditions,
NAVC has been instrumental in
the passage of new G.I. Bill
Benefits and in establishing the
guidelines for the Cranston
Amendment.
The main
,speaker at this
people-especially people who
have been around a while and
know more of what they want
out of life and have set definite
goals to achieve their wishes.
4. I don't know of anyone
living at present, three to a
house who has complained
about the paramedics that will
be filling the vacancies we must
all honestly admit we expected
sooner or later. I don't know,
because I didn't take a survey of
the three member households.
But I also know, as oie
occupant of a three member
household, that I was not
contacted in anyway by the
MHBOG or anyone else ' in
support of this last resolution
that was handed down. I think
they acted on their own
initiative, instead of the feelings
that they represent.
5. In applying for the
position of resident assistant.
The Questionaire asked pointed
questions as to how the
applicant would use his talents
to better the living experience. I
do hope that the screening
committee takes a close hard
look at the applicants this year
to find people willing to help
others to adjust to this life.
In reality, it doesn't take
much to adjust except that you
be understanding, willing to
acceptchange, be respectful of
the
eneedsof others and be
willing to discuss problems.
After all, isn't this what life
really is all about?
Experimentation, change,
acceptance, respect?
Aren't we training in this
institution for the real world, to
better adjust - & fit in with others
or is this just a put on-a waste of
time: I sincerely hope not!
I think the Paramedical
students have a larger and clearer
picture oflife due to a large part
because they have spent 4 years
in some branch of the military
which tends to mature an
individuals outlook on life-at
least that was my experience.
But the military is lacking in
many respects and these
Paramedics have apparently
found the military only a
stepping stone of life's
experience and have
consequently set other goals
regarding their futures.
Will we here at Penn State
have anything to do with an
attempt at denying these 13
individuals one of their basic
needs in order that they may
pursue their goals in life.
I vote to give these medical
students a chance and I hope
that I have the support of the
Meade Heights residents as well.
Dennis Burd
Note-others I have talked
with agree with me and have
either signed their own names or
have asked me to do so!
John Buck
John Schneck
Bob Stimmel
Tony Lombardozzi
** * *
CHI GAMMA lOTA NEWS
by Bob Chaapel
year's convention was Senator
Vance Hartke, Chairman of the
Senate Committee of Veterans'
Affairs. In his talk Senator
Hartke said that the present
Administration "was not
fulfilling its obligation to our
nations veterans." The Senator
cited the continued failure by
the Administration to spend
monies appropriated last year
for veterans' Cost of Instruction
Grants (the so-called Cranston
Amendment) to schools which
recruit and assist educationally
disadvantaged beterans.
Noting that the vast majority
of young Americans drafted
served honorably whatever their
personal opinion concerning the
war in Vietnam, Hartke said,
"while you obeyed the law by
serving your country, key
officials of the Administration
are regularly breaking laws
requiring assistance to veterans."
While acknowledging that
May 3,1,13
Change
for
Survival
To The Editor,
The heading of an article in
the April 26 "Capitolist"
puzzled me somewhat. "Capitol
Grad gets Good Job."
Is this so unusual? If so, why?
It has been my understanding
that an institution of higher
education should provide some,
if not all, of the essential
knowledge necessary to get a
good job in the field chosen by
the student. Granted, there is an
overabundance of manpower in
some fields, but not to the
extent that Capitol Campus
should be heralded because one
student got a good job.
If indeed Capitol Campus is
to be praised for this
achievement, there is something
wrong. Is Capitol Campus
preparing us for the labor force?
I think not.
When registration time
arrives, students who must work
while attending Capitol find that
they cannot schedule their
required courses because they
are only offered in one time slot
per semester. And if they are
lucky enough to find a class
offered when they are not
working, 75% of the time it is
closed.
The irony of the matter is
that without the students, the
campus would be non-existent.
It seems that the campus should
accomodate the student, rather
than fight him
Some mayleel that I see only
one side of the issue. I feel that
it is time for the administration
to look at OUR side.
Perhaps they are not
presently willing to change
certain aspects of the
curriculum, et.al., but
sometimes, change is necessary
for survival.
Anne Polivka Rosen
MEE
Grad
Thesis
Presentation
Editor,
The public defense of Miss
Mary K. Hartman's thesis for an
M.A. degree in Humanities will
be held on Tuesday, May 8, at
7:30 p.m. 'in Room E 202. The
tehsis is entitled "Diaghilev,
Stravinsky, and the Ballets
Russes."
The meeting is open to all
interested persons. A copy of
the thesis will be available for
inspection in Wl6l from May 1.
Mihailo Dordevic
** * *
budget limits must be met, the
Senior Senator from Indiana
pointed out that a smaller
portion of the federal tax dollar
is being spent on veterans'
benefits and services today than
was spent ten years ago despite
the addition of six million
Vietnam-Era veterans to our
population. Hartke said that the
budget cuts must be made
elsewhere and suggested to the
young veterans that there should
be "no amnesty for officials of
this Administration until they
have performed their duty."
NOTE: The Chi Gamma lota
Fraternity of the Capitol
Campus was the first veterans
organization in the
Commonwelath of Pennsylvania
to join the National Association
of Collegiate Veterans. The
XGl's are also a member of the
Pennsylvania Association of
Collegiate Veterans.