Sept 20,1975 EDITORIAL This Is Your Newspaper In this first editorial of the year, it seems appropriate to tell our readers about us. The C.C. Reader is a student newspaper run by students for students and the entire Capitol Campus community. Our primary goal is to produce for you the best possible newspaper by informing and entertaining you. We also hope to do some analytical and interpretive reporting to bring to your attention problems, situations and viewpoints. We provide practical newspaper experience for journalism majors and students in other areas interested in any facet of journalism, as well as creative writing. For those of you who were here last year, our office is no longer in W-110. We’ve moved to W-129, next to the Counseling Center. We will have regular office hours this year which we will be posting on our door. A new feature added this year is the faculty column. We hope faculty participation will make this a regular part of the Reader pages. We will be publishing just about every other week during this year. Our fall term schedule is also posted on our door. Remember this is your newspaper. Have a good year. Greetings From The Provost On behalf of the faculty and administration, allow me to extend to you a sincere welcome to the Penn State-Capitol Campus and every wish for success and fulfillment in your academic pursuits. The undergraduate programs of the Capitol Campus are an educational experiment. They are conceived to provide the relatively easy transfer of students from two-year institutions to baccalaureate programs in the Pennsylvania State University system. While differing in many ways from degrees at the University Park Campus, your instruction, courses and anticipated degree will be of the same high quality. You have become a part of a unique insitution. Capitol Campus has no other counterpart in the state of Pennsylvania, and there are only 25 senior level institutions in the nation. Capitol Campus is an on-going experiment designed for your benefit. Your input and involvement is most welcome to ensure the success of this experiment, and to provide continuing evolution compatible with the changing needs of our students and society. By Robert McDermott C.E.P. Receives HEW Grant The Cooperative Educa tion Program at Capitol recently received a $30,000 grant from the U.S. Depart ment of Health, Education and Welfare. Initiated during the sum mer term of 1975, the Cooperative Education Pro gram at Capitol provides students the opportunity of alternating six months of study and six months of career-related work experi ence. According to Mary E. Gundel, director of admis sions, students in the The Capitol Campus Reader The Pennsylvania State University The Capitol Campus Middletown, Pennsylvania 17057 The C.C. Reader is published by the students at Capitol Campus every two weeks during the fall, winter and spring terms. Printing is done at the Middletown Press and Journal. The Reader office is located in W-129, Main Building. The opinions expressed in this newspaper do not necessarily represent the views of the students, faculty or staff of Capitol Campus or The Pennsylvania State University. Editor-in-Chief Associate Editor Photography Editor. Business Manager.. Staff Hot Lion Coordinator. Technical Adviser Faculty Adviser program can study business administration in account ing, or electrical design engineering technology. Gundel stated that efforts are being made to contact industry, government agen cies and local businesses to participate in the Cooper ative Program. Plans are being prepared to include other courses of study in Cooperative Educa tion, such as education, other business administra tion programs and social science. . Phyllis Schaeffer Marie Switzer Mark Feldman Tom Grogan Gerry Achenback, Jean Beatty, Bob Bennett, Rick Hefnback, Sherry Lukoski, Rebecca Rebok, Dan Shilling, Chris Yeager Paul Bailie, Social Committee Chairman James Ferrier Dr. Melvyn Haber C.C. deader An Open Letter To Chauvinist Men The most universal reform movement in America is the campaign to bring about the political, economic, and social equality of women. Many chauvinist males have responded to the women’s movement in an emotional manner. A number of them have labeled the drive for women’s rights as danger ously radical. It is hoped that sober reflection will lead to a better understanding of the chauvinist’s plight and a greater appreciation of the meaning of equality of the sexes. The women’s movement is pervasive. From the moment the chauvinist comes into contact with emancipated women, he is engaged in conflict between his tradi tional stereotypes of women and newly defined roles for women in American society. Every day he must make conscious decisions regard ing his dealings with women. Should he be unbearable, compromise and hence pretend to be liberal, or merely hope that it will all go away. But it doesn’t go away. The confrontation is incessant. Emotionally the chauvinist responds to this ever growing chorus of women. Why don’t they leave me alone? What are they up to? N.T.E. Dates Students completing teacher preparation pro grams may take the National Teacher Examinations on any of the three different test dates announced by Edu cational Testing Service, a nonprofit, educational organization which prepares and administers this testing program. New dates for the testing of prospective teachers are: November 8, 1975, February 21, 1976 and July 17, 1976. The editors and staff of The C.C. Reader welcome letters for publication. Letters must be typed, double-spaced, and must contain the writer’s sig nature and telephone number. Anonymous letters will not be accepted. However, if the writer requests, a pseu donym will be used in publication. The editors reserve the right to edit letters for style, grammer, and good taste. The Pennsylvania State University continues its policy of non-discrimi nation on the basis of sex in compliance with Title IX of the Education Amendment of 1972 in all activities and programs under its sponsorship. In addition, the University administers all actions without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, and age or handicap as defined by law. These policies apply to application and select ion for admission as well as application for em ployment and all other personnel actions with the University. By Lemuel Molovinsky Confused and frightened, he looks for a scapegoat. It is a communist plot or fascist plot (take your pick) which will destroy American soci ety. The chauvinist forgets that while he is at work pursuing a meaningful career, his wife or girlfriend (take your choice) is supposed to be content with her material well-being at home or at some inconsequential low- 1 paying job. But many women have looked beyond this rather limited perimeter to seek out a more meaningful life. More confused than ever, our chauvinist retreats even, further into his work. Yet he has also discovered that women have come to challenge not only his private life, but also his pre eminence at work. Martyr dom. Appalled with this cruel turn of events, he labels the women responsible for this new order as radicals. Whom does he consider the radicals? They are women who proclaim that some thing is wrong with society, call for change, and demand an end to their oppression. The chauvinist argues that there is nothing the matter with American society, that we should leave things as Announced The tests will be given at nearly 400 locations throughout the United States, ETS said. Results of the National Teacher Examinations are used by many large school districts as one of several factors in the selection of new teachers and by several states for certification or licensing of teachers. Some colleges also require all seniors preparing to teach to take the examinations. The Bulletin of Informa tion for Candidates contains a list of test centers, and general information about the examinations, as well as a Registration Form. Applications for the N.T.E. are available in the Counseling Center-Room WH7-next to the Gallery Lounge. 6 . i Dr. Molovinsky they are, and that women are not oppressed. But many women contend there is something wrong with a society which proclaims equality under the law, yet denies women the same access to all occupational, economic, and social re wards of the system that men have. Women demand change from an oppressive system. As inconvenient and pain ful as it may be for the chauvinist, women now demand full equality as human beings. Are chauvi nists willing to proclaim that they believe in the inherent inequality of women, or that women are inferior to men? Or is it that chauvinists are afraid to say women in our society are their equals? It all seems so logical equality that is-yet the fight goes on. Afraid to say God created us in h|s image, all different, but all equal in his eyes. Why not in ours? Editor's Note: We encour age faculty members to submit material for publica tion in this regular READER column. Articles should not exceed 750 words (3 typed pages) and may address any topic, however, campus oriented-subjects are espe cially welcomed. Wanted - Cheerleaders. Leave Your Name and Phone No. in Debbie Rossi’s mailbox - SGA Office, W-110. Students needed on faculty and SGA committees. Come to the SGA Office, W-110, for more informa tion. Page 2