February 10, 1977
toilers: In Response To lasi Week
I wish to express my opinion
concerning the recent money
crisis being disputed by the
BSU and the SGA.
The crisis itself concerns
how the BSU shall be permitted
to spend its money. This
organization spent some quan
tity of its funds for gifts for its
graduating members. As a
former President of the
Keystone Society at the
Delaware County Campus, I
see nothing wrong with an
organization expressing its
gratitude to past leaders for the
job they have done. Indeed, the
members of The 'Keystone
Society did much the same
thing for me when I was
presented with a plaque at the
end of my term of office.
However, I can condone this
action only under certain
prevailing conditions.
Any funds that any student
organization receives arises
ultimately from the pockets of
students. An organization then
has a responsibility, both moral
and legal, to spend those funds
in the better interests of the
students. If then, an organiza
tion has served the students
first, to the best of their
abilities and finances, it is
acceptable for that organization
to then think of itself and its
leaders. In addition, these gifts
should only be a token of
appreciation, so as not to spend
outrageous sums of money,
which could best be used for
organizational activities.
If the BSU has served our
students first, then the Senate
should not deny the expendi
ture of funds for such gifts. As
to what these gifts should be,
the Senate, in my view, has no
right to dictate. They may
make recommendations if they
feel that these gifts, which
should be itemized for proper
More Leiters: I Suppose Akays Will
Dear Editor,
In the Capitol Campus
Reader of Feb. 3, 1977, several
charges were aired against
SGA Treasurer Beth Kopas,
ranging from negligence of
duties to personal bias and
abrasiveness of manner. Cer
tainly these charges are quite
severe and completely contra
dictory to the ideals expected of
someone in a position of such
responsibility. If Beth is guilty
of these charges, steps should
be taken to either have her
change the manner in which she
runs the office or have her
removed from the treasurer's
position all together.
If Beth is guilty: as severe
as these accusations are it
seems that none of them could
be substantiated in the news
paper article, either by Sheldon
Munchus, Beth's chief critic, or
by Ray Martin, SGA Vice-
President, who so generously
contributed his also unsub
stantiated findings. It seems we
have the tree, the rope and the
angry mob -- all we lack is the
evidence.
As treasurer of the XGI
fraternity, I work with Beth
probably as much as the
treasurer of any other organi
zation on campus and never
have I found Beth to be
negligent in her duties. She has
always afforded me a high
amount of cooperation and
efficiency. As for personality
bookkeeping, are inappropri
ate. But, the final decision
should be left to a majority vote
of the members of the
requisitioning organization.
So much for gifts.
Now, as far as the Black
Arts and Science Festival is
concerned, I have this to say.
With relation to the topic of this
article thus far, the BASF is a
service to students. Its
purpose, as I see it, is to raise
the consciousness of all
students, both black and white,
to the reality of the valuable
cultural and scientific contribu
tions that blacks have made to a
predominately white society.
Since the BSU has written,
submitted, and had approved a
constitution in order to exist, I
see no reason to require a
second constitution for the
purpose of organizing the
BASF. They should have to
submit the appropriate forms
requesting the use of Universi
ty facilities, as all organizations
must, but that, save a purchase
order, is all that they should
have to submit.
The article on page 1 of last
week's C.C.Reader indicated an
apparent lack of communication
within the Executive Board of
the SGA. Without accurate
communication, a government,
regardless of the level, cannot
survive. This fact is probably
the most important segment of
the Nixon legacy.
It seems to me that it is
impossible for Cliff Eshbach to
effectively govern the SGA
while uninvolved due to his
internship. Eshbach has stated
that no one has mentioned
anything to him about his
ability to govern in abse,ntia.
For the record Mr. Eshbach, I
now question your ability, with
the suggestion that you leave
all administrative duties to
conflicts, unfortunately these
do exist and, I suppose, always
will. But this is no reason to
publicly slander someone in the
face of the staff and students of
this school. These conflicts may
have reached a point beyond
repair but they don't have to
interfere with the performance
of the treasurer's office.
Perhaps a less antagonistic
approach to the problem would
prove beneficial to all involved.
"Who Am I"
By Wm. Kane
So they went and answered
the door, and the door said,
Who am I?'
So they didn't know what to
say. Aside from being suprised
at the door's speaking, it was a
tough question.
Since they were never
formally introduced to the door
they didn't know his name.
But, they considered, even if
they had known the door's
name that would not answer
the question. For the door was
previously part of a tree, and
some other various parts.
So they said the first thing
that came into their minds,
`You are a door.' And the door,
it seemed, was perfectly
suprised. In fact he was
speechless, the door was.
And that's all that ever
became of the door that had
spoken to they.
C.C. Reader
your V-P until your internship
is completed.
In conclusion, I feel that the
BSU has complied with its
obligation in this matter under
the dictates of an apparently
inadequately defined SGA
constitution. I believe that the
SGA should carefully scrutinize
every part of its constitution
and re-write presently vague
articles, amendments, etc.
before the dawn of a new school
year. It is particularly impor
tant for the duties and
limitations of the Executive
Board members to be clearly
defined.
Further, I believe that all
expenditures of student organ
izations should be reviewed,
not controlled, by the Senate.
This, Dear Editor, will not
result in an unfree society, but
rather one in which funds can
be alloted to the most
deserving organizations, there
by serving the better interests
of our inflation-plagued stu
dents.
Finally, great care should be
taken in reporting the inevita
ble slurs that will arise from
this crisis. We are dealing not
only with an organization
versus govetnment, but also
with a black organization
versus a white government. It
is all too easy in today's
suspicion -ridden society, to
scream the ugly word, "Bigot."
Please, let us prove to
ourselves and to our society,
that we are capable of dealing
with one another as people, not
colors.
This statement is based
entirely on information ex
tracted from the C.C.Reader of
February 3, 1977.
Jonathan E. Temple, Jr
Bth Term-EDET
Beth, I truly believe you
have been the victim of much
undue abuse. La's() believe you
have performed as SGA
Treasurer in a manner that has
been a credit to the office and a
fine example of many hours of
unselfish, and unrewarded,
effort to make the SGA
function as well as it has.
Beth, I, at least, thank you.
George Winterstein
E PT , Q(66 F- 11 ID)gn
At the age of twenty-two he deemed it appropriate to book
passage on the first flight out and it wasn't the 5:37 out of
Middletown, either. No his trip is of a more permanent nature,
he's sort of the Puerto Rican ambassador to life after death,
now.
Indeed part of his fame was due to the fact that Freddie
could joke easily, in a sort of subdued Don Rickles style, about
ethnic groups. He went across the barriers and showed us the
humor of ourselves.
No one was really offended. He could joke with ease and
self-confidence, as if he was just a glorified street-corner comic
transposed to Hollywood. Slick, cool, very-cool, he had to be,
both on a street enviroment and especially in Hollywood.
The man made it possible for people to dream of one day
leaving what would seem to be an unhealthy place, going to new
surroundings, pulling oneself out of the mire to finally reach
that exalted position of star.
But Freddie voluntarily rolled a seven. He chose to crap-out
of the game. Maybe he thought he'd seen all there was to see.
What's left in life after you host the Tonight Show? Is that it,
the pinnacle of a career? Apparently that is not where it's at.
When delving into motive how can an outsider do anything
but speculate?
There are those who claim his demise was due to
despondancy over matters of the heart. But there must've been
more to it than that: Had not a star of television pratically free
choice. He was famous, he could pick at will. There was more at
work in Freddie's head than a broken heart.
Perhaps, as is the case when someone is happy, he forgets
about himself. The picture he has is somehow not complete and
the world appears as if you were looking through glasses that
only show the beautiful. The real person is lost somewhere
amidst delusions of bliss.
Eventually you must awake, and see what is. The shock of
that discovery is directly proportionate to the duration of the
delusion. After living with a false sense, a romaticized, a
different time and place attitude, it must be difficult to readjust
and set priorities straight once again.
But Freddie chose another way. He killed himself. He shot
himself in the head. He held the gun in his hand. He looked at it.
He put the gun to his head and stopped. He stopped and sat
there several minutes, varying the intensity with which he
applied pressure to the weapon. It was something he wondered
if he should do, pull that trigger. Then, finally, he disassociated
the insignificant cause from the lasting effect. He pulled the
mechanical lever device and...
You wanna be like Freddie? No. You don't wanna be like
Freddie, cause Freddie's dead.
If Only I Knew Then....
By Debbie Young
If I could live what I've lived
of my life over again, I think I
would learn to play the drums,
study in high school, get a job
on a foreign newspaper, and get
guppies instead of goldfish.
If that chance included
being given more to work with,
I would be able to swim like
Donna De Varona, sing like
Minnie Ripperton, enjoy longer
legs, own an island resort and a
mushroom farm in Kennett
Square.
I would also, if I were able
to start over as a new and
highly improved person, be
more tolerant of others.
However, if I had it to do
over again as me, even knowing
By Wm. Kane
then what I know now, I would
probably be the same. After all,
now that I think of it, I could
have played the drums, but I
chose to play the violin instead.
The subject of what we
would do if we had it to do over
came up at a "little old ladies"
club meeting I was forced to
attend. They were all over 60
and successful, they thought, at
living. (They figured I wasn't
successful because I was still in
college at 24 and was serving
coffee and donuts to them on a
Saturday night.)
What follows is the advice
they gave me to improve my
way of living. (They assured me
that it would be useful because
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