EDITORIAL The crash of the Soviet nuclear satellite, Cosmos 954, last week over Northwestern Canada brings some perennial questions concerning technology to the surface. How can we find that fine line between the benefits and hazards of our space-age technology? Will technology be our bridge to a Utopia or our destruction? Science has reached the point where we must now slow down to the point where we can control technology instead of being held hostage by it. Carter's plan to ban nuclear satellites until proven safe is a step in the right direction, but, by no means, is this plan a cure-all. In the future we must make sure that all new advances are safe and well under control before tried. A grave accident or foul-up with nuclear power could lead to more hazards than we can live with. Granted, technology and progress are necessary items in today's world, but progression at a rapid pace can lead to regression at an even more rapid pace. Nuclear energy could be the answer to our energy needs, but certainly not until we are masters of it. Maybe we must look towards a less efficient, but safer, source of energy. Or-txttlirt c IHIS PLACE. HAS lts 'Mti AP AMY uNowt,t. of INE WORLD ! NOBODY Gives 1 lota ANYIRING Piwytdioße-. Capitol Campus Reader of the Pennsylvania State University The Capitol Campus RTE. 230, Middletown, Pa., 17057 Editors-in-Chief Editorial Page Editor Layout Editor- Copy Editor Arts Editor Peggy Harizel, Rick Haythomthw&ite, Neil Landes, Frank Lynch, Randy Myers, John Stachowiak, Sandy Stem, Maureen Doyle Marta per 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 to accurately represent the voice of the students, and keep them informed as to current events and relevant issues. We are published on a weekly basis. SAM PiPAciti? OF C.OURSe. PEOPLE ARE APATIIETIC— THIS CAMPUS oAS GOT A WT OF PitoesLEAS, AND UM 11-teeftE CLEARED UP, DON'T EXPECT ANYBODY TO iiikvE ANY INTEREST 04 ildttoVtll6 L_ THE PLACE! Romig Office W-129-131 Phone (717) 944-4970 Business and Advertising It's the little things in life that bother most people. Using that thought as a premise, there are two items that bother me. The ten dollar parking fee and the outrageous price of books. I talked with maintenance department chief, Horatio Snowblower about the parking fee. "SnoWblower," said I, "isn't the sawbuck we fork over at the beginning of each term used for the upkeep of the parking lot?" Snowblower, being a man of few words, simply burped and replied, "Yep." "Well," I continued, "how do you account for the poor condition of the parking lot?" "You think we don't have anything better to do than shovel a little snow." "Besides," he continued, "it's only been a week or so since the snowstorm. Give nature a If you needed a kidney or other vital organ to live...would you be able to get one? Advances in medical science now make it possible to replace a variety of malfunctioning human organs. These medical advances are meaningless for thousands of lives every year which are lost because there are not enough donors of kidneys and other organs. Organs for transplantation are donated by individuals like yourself, with the donation going into effect at the time of death. A donated organ, successfully transplanted, is literally the gift of life-your gift of life. . The "Gift of Life" program is just one of the services of the National Kidney Foundation. The local affiliate of the National Kidney Foundation is . the Kidney Foundation of York By Marsha Gerhart The Campus Beautification Committee recently held its first meeting of the academic school year. It was decided that one of the committee's first concerns should be the painting of the interior of the classroom building, which is presently in sad shape. The committee would ap preciate your opinions on the matter. A survey of this type was issued last year, with minimal response. Let's try to do better this year. Comment on this idea: Brian McDonough Doug Georg• Jim Mutsselman Jeff Stout Ed McKeown Greg Ha:. rol Andre t,, Bill Konhollt.i Paint one classroom wall to classrooms match the door color, and paint Other Ideas for Beautifying the 1 the remaining three walls in the Campus: pastel shade of the same color I 4.- Please Submit comments to family as the door. The colors 1 Mrs. Bleau of the Business 1 fors special purpose roomsei.e.r • . Administration Department I the Reading Lab, would be E-355. I selected by the principal user..l 4 dives Page By Tim Adams A Vital Gift By David Lutz Yew Choke Too Oboe Encounters chance. One of these days the sunll come out and melt that stuff slicker than an ice cream cone during dog days." "Snowblower," I implored, "we don't pay mother nature 30 dollars a year for this service, we pay you." "God moves in mysterious ways, son," he retorted. "I wonder if He has anything to do with the price of books," I mused. "Nah," Snowblower said, "That's just the bookstore." I continued my ques tioning with bookstore mag nate, Shifty Lazarsky. "Shifty," I asked, "the prices in the bookstore are getting out of hand. One book, The Enjoyment of Music, was listed at $13.95. The jacket price was conveniently removed, so was the jacket. This same volume, with jacket, sells for $8.95 retail. How do you justify the five dollar difference?" County. Through distribution of the uniform donor card and the development and dissemi-t nation of public and profession al education materials, the Foundation is working to give the gift of life to patients who can be helped by transplanta tion. donor cards have been dis tributed throughout the nation. Your help is needed! Help make kidney disease a problem of the past. For more information about kidney disease, organ donor programs, transplant opera tions, drug bank assistance, please contact: The Kidney Foundation of York County 111 E Market St. York, Pa. 17401 Phone: 845-6523 *lnformation source: National Kidney Foundation 116 East 27th St., N.Y., N.Y. 10016 Classroom Wall Color Choices: i 1 (all pastels) I Creme .., .._ Pink I Yellow ~..... . . , Peach I Blue _. _, , Green I You may select more than one color. Priority of Painting: stairwell library corridors--2nd floor corridors--Ist floor public use areas _ public use areas, i.e. records, public information, restrooms Shifty looked at me and said, "I don't question your arithmetic, but we do have to pay someone to remove those Jackets and stamp the new price in the book. That accounts for the extra fiver." "Wouldn't it be cheaper just to leave the retail price on the book?" I returned. "You have a lot to learn about business," Shifty an swered. "It would be cheaper, but not so profitable and just think of the poor bastard we'd be putting out of a job." LETTERS EDITOR The C.C. Reader needs you-your spare time to help with the publications of our school newspaper. The opportunity to ex press yourself publicly is here; through our newspaper. If you have something to say about anything or anybody, why whisper it among a few--Shout It Out Loud!--around town. town. The present C.C. Reader staff is over-committed, over worked, and under-recognized. Our paper needs new members to learn the ropes in order that next year's paper also be a success; but not just the success of a few. We students want to hear about other students and student news. You don't have to be a "Writer" to write, or a "Photographer" to photograph, nor a "Qualified Sports Analyst" to understand and enjoy the competition of intramurals. Don't reject the idea because of feeling unquali fied or too busy; professionals are not needed—you are! If we want to read professional news, we'd all be reading the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. Stop by the C.C. Reader office (W 129) and offer "your" help; join the staff or just slip in an article, opinion, poem, photograph or cartoon from time to time. It's our newspaper; let's make It good. Steve Lasser Community Services Com.
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