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EDITORIAL
Right Some Wrongs
As all of us have probably known, but now have a more
vivid awareness; something can be amusing to one person
that is certainly not so to another.
The above sentence has been written in reference to last
week's April Fools' edition of this paper. We are really,
really, sorry if you didn't enjoy it. Really.
And now you'll probably expect this piece to launch into
some reflections on the responsibility of college
newspaper people, after all, when this very same subject
was dealt with last year in an editoral the writer won a prize.
Responsible to whom? We have signed no contracts
binding us to the edicts of "good taste." The people who
work here have no form of compensation other than seeing
their names in print, as if that were any compensation at
all.
Being somewhat established, after two terms and 18
issues, an editorial decision was made. And that decision
said that the staff would have some fun putting together an
insanity, April Fool's, no-holds barred, edition of the
paper.
If this sounds somewhat selfish, as one letter to the
editor would have you believe, it sure is. It is meant to be. If
you haven't learned by now compensation does not come
to people like pleasant weather, or good luck, or other
forms of chance. Good things come to those who take
them. And we took them last week. We had fun putting that
paper together.
And now, for someone who has offered nothing to help
in the production of 18 papers to come along and say that
that was an unresponsible, in poor taste, effort is someone
who you listen to, for that is unavoidable, but you do not
hear. The, "in one ear and out the other," cliche applies.
To be able to say "last week," or "this week's paper," is
a big step compared to the previous year's paper which was
published every two weeks containing old news. Whether
anyone is aware of this is a doubtful proposition. So little
concern is shown by the Multi-Media people of this school
that the paper is truly independently published by the
students, but not by Multi-Media students. Not one
member of that option is on the staff. Maybe newspapers
aren't considered as a valid Multi-Media form.
Turning your attention now to a particularly
troublesome article, since most of the above has been said
in the editorials before, that seemed to be the pinnacle of
what is meant by "poor taste," was namely the "Exclusive
Karen Quinlan Interview."
Where, all of a sudden, did all the screaming humanists,
come from? It is inconceivable that there are so many of
you. Karen Quinlan saw it necessary, or advantageous, to
mix barbituates with alcohol; a particularly wholloping
combination. What have you humanists done to prevent
this from taking place? Karen Quinlan is not the only
chemist to be aware of the effect such a combination
produces. It is also not a big step from benny's and booze
to heroin. And you all know there are plenty of junkies in the
world. What have you done to prevent people from feeling
that they need drugs to cope. Instead you claim "poor
taste." It's much easier to talk isn't it?
Further, Karen Quinlan's parents pulled the plug. We
did not. Her parents, her mother and father, in effect said,
"You're a vegetable, you should die."
There are plenty of abject conditions in the world.
Maybe those of you who are interested in righting the
wrongs of the world should incorporate kinetic energy
rather than potential through the words you speak.
Capitol Campus Reader
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The Capitol Campus Reader is the school newspaper of
Penn State's Capitol Campus. It is published by the
,students who attend this school. We of the Reader Staff try
'o accurately represent the voice of the students, and keep
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*re published on a weekly basis.
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Inyang, Ray Martin, Brian McDonough.
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funding will continue over the
next few years amounting to
several billion dollars. More
than 100 graduates of our
program are spread over many
areas of pollution control with
the majority in design en
gineering firms, but many
others in federal, state and
regional agencies, industry, and
actual treatment plants.
Dr. Charles Cole is one of
the major professors in the
program. Cole came to the
Capitol Campus from the
DuPont Co. where his last
assignment was as a Research
Environmentalist at the Ex
perimental station in
Wilmington, DeL While at the
DuPont Co. Cole began his
research work on hydrogen
peroxide application to solve
water pollution problems, the
work for which he is best
known professionally. He feels
himself to be inquisitive, and
can be precise when necessary,
which lends itself to good
research.
However, Cole also recog
nizes public needs and is
completely in agreement with
the applied approach of
engineering technology here at
Capitol Campus; research and
technology need not exclude
each other, he said. Prior to
being at the Experimental
Station, Cole had worked at
three other locations of DuPont
in various engineering capaci-
ye equipme
Dear Editor,
In the interest of remaining
in step with the times I have
brought to the attention of the
creator of the C. C. Reader's
'Hot Loin' (with absolutely no
results) the aspects of its
displayed endowment a matter
which deeply concerns my
innermost personal reflections.
As the weeks proceed the
'Hot Loin' continues to ,model
the same bikini which probably
had been worn by Annette
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ties. His educational back
ground including a BS in
chemical engineering from
Penn State and a M.S. and PhD
in environmental sciences from
Rutgers makes him a natural
for the pollution control field.
A chemical engineering
background includes know
ledge of the unit processes so
important to modern day waste
treatment and the environ
mental sciences background
supplies Cole with insight into
the environmental impact of
man's debris. He attributes his
good fortune of being in the
water pollution control field
today to advice from his
brother and a lot of encourage
ment from his wife. Going back
to graduate school with a wife
and two children to support
was not easy. He has found that
this current field of work
satisfies his need for creativity,
and his love for the outdoor
environment, including past
times of fishing, hunting, skiing
and gardening.
Dr. Cole in cooperation with
Dr. Blatt and Prof. Anderson
has received a NSF Instruc
tional Scientific Equipment
Grant. This grant, the first ever
awarded to Penn State has
provided funds for equipment
to begin setting up an
Analytical Instrument Lab and
a Water Unit Operations Lab.
The instrument lab will provide
the capability here at Capitol
Worn ik Anne* Funk&
Funicello about 15 years ago.
This is but a minor problem as
compared to the more pressing
issue at hand: the bust size of
the 'Hot Loin'. With its present
size the 'Hot Loin' chest could
possibly be used by the Meade
Heights maintenance crew to
repair, say, a shed. I need not
mention that Capitol Campus
has by far had its share of small
busts (take it any way you'd
like). Need we be continuously
April 7, 1977
Campus to train students with
the sophisticated instruments
that they may be using after
graduation.
The first instrument ob
tained was an Atomic Absorp
tion Spectrophotometer. This
instrument has the capability of
detecting minute amounts of
metal in materials, a need so
important to protecting hu
mans and animals from toxic
metals in our food chain. Other
instruments are arriving daily,
quickly crowd the small lab that
has been set aside for their use.
The Water Unit Operations
Lab will be one of the first of its
kind in the country. Cole is
borrowing the unit-op lab
concept from his chemical
engineering education and
applying it to water and
wastewater treatment. The
students will have the oppor
tunity to learn concepts of
design and operation by
actually carrying out experi
ments on this reduced size
equipment including sand and
trickling filters etc.
He is currently worrying
where all this equipment will be
plced, but plans to have at least
part of it in operation during
the spring term. His students
are holding their breath and
noses in anticipation.
Charles Cole
Associate Professor
Engineering
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reminded of this horrendous
catastrophe with the passing of
each weekly issue?
Let us hope not, and may we
look forward to seeing a
marked increase in the bust
size of our beloved 'Hot Loin',
and who knows? Perhaps some
of the female students may
decide to follow suit!
Rick F.
E.D.E.T.