The C.C. Reader Stands Independent
With all the latest
brouhaha about the media
publishing “secret” infor
mation, it doesn’t seem to
have crossed anyone's mind
that there may be another
side to the story: Manipula
tion of the press for one's
own purposes. You've seen
it done time and again in
political campaigns, in gov
ernmental projects and
business.
Most people only associ
ate this influence with
national and state levels.
Strangely enough though,
there has been an attempt at
manipulation on this cam
pus, where it's sometimes
difficult to find enough
campus related news to fill a
newspaper.
Manipulation may seem
like a strong word to use in a
campus newspaper but it is
JJ'THE U.S. DESERVES A BREAK TODAY!”A
RONALD /'TREAGAN
The Capitol Campus Reader
The Pennsylvania State University
The Capitol Campus
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most appropriate to explain
the case in point.
Several months ago, the
Reader was approached by
Dr. Ambroise Klain to do a
story concerning his fight
against mandatory retire
ment. The Reader agreed
because the story affected
students, and one of the
main functions of this
newspaper is to inform
students about issues and
events.
it is our editorial policy to
try to present both sides of
any issue, so we reported
Klain's side against his
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.
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Deborah Young, Mike Barnett, Deny.Achenbach,
Karen Pickens, Robert L. Fisher Jr,
mandatory retirement and
the side opposing him so the
students could reach their
own decision.
After a lengthy interview We label both these
with ~Dr. Klein, it became requests as attempts at
apparent to him that ine manipulation of the press,
reporter did not intend to The story appeared in our
handle the story in quite the Nov. 20 issue as we intended
manner he had hoped, as he to tell it and whether
so stated to the Reader successful or not, it was an
editor. honest attempt at objective
At the time Dr. Klain reporting and sound Journal
requested that the story be ism.
held until future favorable Since this story was
developments in his case published, we have had three
could be made public, issues of the Reader, and in
thereby strengthening his each we have published
Tuition For Mid-Incomes
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prestigious educational or- l ncome , , * ml " es ; mak ‘
ganizations havesaid it and „„
parents have been screaming ■ . f °
[»• uuhor. i» * lower income groups, Said
it. When it comes to college p ercv “has resulted In little
financial aid, the middle- „f c n y ’
income fam l y gets screwed. avai | ab | e for the Btu dent
<5 ® < ili r i« t fo iim ,rom a middle-income family
Senator Charles Percy (R-lll.) whose needa are iuat JL
is enacted, college students * eeds are Just 88
from middle-income families 8 bill bases the
would be entitled to sub- H , s S nn D ' ~1®
stantial tax deferments in If
order to defray the costs of a nahmnfof i 8 *
college education. The bill is * b^ ty * th ® ,y e tba *
i n ,i o™ r n yea $ ' 1,0 “ " d y«r;n > ui: a £ n in.’red <~ i 0 o a
Most Perioral aturiont aiH ,ax deferment of more than
Most federal student aid $1 40 0. The deferment would
plans, said Percy when he be naid
Reporter Accused Of Slander ?
Ms. Achenbach stretched
the limits of responsible
journalism in her slanderous
November article on Pro
fessor Klain.
Spirited defense of liveli
hood and future is in no way
irrational, unless 65’ers
aren’t supposed to have a
future. (Governor Shapp is a
year Klain’s senior and is a
serious candidate for Presi
dent.)
If argument and debate
are a threat to the program,
one must wonder about the
status of academic inter-
In Response To Charges Of Racism...
Upon reading the most
recent issue of this news
paper, I was surprised to find
myself Implicated in some
thing which is ludicrous and
totally unwarranted.
To set out on a clear
note, let me say that I am the
French Tickler basketball
player who allegedly “threw
a punch at a Brotherhood
player” at the French Tickler-
Brotherhood basketball
game.
I believe the write-up of
this game in the newspaper
is quite misleading and
one-sided. To present my
side, I would like to touch
upon two areas that involved
me.
First, there is the
squabble itself between the
Brotherhood player and
myself. Mr. Buster described
it this way. “A French Tickler
player threw a punch at a
Brotherhood player. Before
the Brotherhood player
could defend himself, the
referee threw him out of the
game.” This is what caught
.Robin Platts
me by surprise. At no time
did I throw a punch at the
cause. After he was told we
would not do this, he asked
us not to publish the story at
all.
change at Capitol Campus.
Penn State’s official
attitude, which ignores
Professor Klain’s Unique
personal situation and pro
fessional capabilities, rein
forces the common criticism
that large university systems
reduce students and pro
fessors to ciphers.
The “reporting” by The
Capitol Campus Reader
irremediably damages Pro
fessor Klain’s hard-earned
professional reputation at a
time when pivotal decisions
are being made on his
opposing player, nor did i
ever consider it. The way the
whole thing started was
indeed over a loose ball. I
jumped on the ball and the
Brotherhood player jumped
on top of me in order to get
the ball. This is perfectly
legal as both players were
entitled to the loose ball
However, what got me quite
-perturbed was the fact that
the Brotherhood player
would not get off me after
the whistle had blown. Add
to this a good, closely
contested ballgame between
two good teams and you get
excitement on both siaes.
When the Brotherhood play
er would not get off me, I
took it upon myself to do
this for him as I was tired of
the weight of his body on top
of mine. This is how it
happened and I don’t blame
him for not liking my action
as much as I did not like his
jumping on top of me. So
much for the incident itself.
The other thing that
made me quite annoyed was
the fact that either Mr.
Buster or the writer of the
letters opposing our treat
ment of Klain’s story.
We will continue to
publish any others we
receive. We welcome these
opinions and all responsible
letters.
Perhaps it has taken a
long time to reach it, but the
point is this: We are willing
to cover any and all stories
of interest to the Capitol
Campus population, but
when approached about a
story, we reserve the right to
cover it in our own way. We
refuse to be manipulated.
government over a period of
three years at seven percent
interest.
According to Percy’s
statistics, a family could
spend between $lO,OOO and
$25,000 to send one child to
college for four years. The
College Entrance Exami
nation Board estimates the
parents of one-third of next
year’s college students will
not be able to pay more than
$615 a year toward college
costs.
Educational institutions,
said Percy, often use up all
the funds available from
federal programs before they
reach applications of stu
dents from middle-income
families.
University future.
Central Pennsylvania has
longevity in its human gene
pool, is becoming a retire
ment center, and offers
unique opportunities for
Capitol Campus to become a
center of geriatric research.
It would be unfortunate if
Penn State’s archaic manda
tory retirement policy, which
must fall eventually to an
aging population, negates
this exciting possibility.
John C. Booser
Rg. PI. 71
Middletown, Pa.
article (I know not where the
blame lies) took this incident
and, in the light of the
reported racial tension on
campus, used it as one of
the reasons why this
tension was growing at an
alarming rate. If my team
had been playing another
team, if the same situation
came up, and if the other
player had been white, I
would have done the same
thing.
Speaking for myself, the
squabble that occured had
nothing to do with racial
problems, and I vehemently
ask all those involved with
this not to take it as such.
The fact that this incident
was poorly reported, and the
fact that a racial issue was
tagged onto it has brought to
me certain pressures and
comments that are totally
unwarranted, damaging to
my character and deleterious
to my social mobility here at
Capitol. This kind of
reputation I do not want and
do not need.
Ron Smith