' 22EL C.C. READER OPINION
Vendor vine
Let's Revamp
All term the campus com
munity has been trying to
discover a solution to the
problem of minimal and inad
equate opportunities for social
interaction. Finally a solution
has been discovered. Revamp
Vendorville.
In the last issue of the
C.C.Reader, a letter was
printed from Jill Hart in
which she suggested that
Vendorville be modernized
and turned into an agreeable
place, conducive to mutual
interaction between members
of the campus community.
It is indisputable that
Vendorville is the most active
place on campus; however its
loud, frantic atmosphere is
only conducive to indigestion.
Since the campus community
should be by nature an intel
lectual community, there is
need for a place on campus
that would offer an atmos
phere, that would encourage
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Note of Thanks
Editor
This particular note is ad
dressed to two separate
groups.
The first half of this note is
to thank those persons who
gave me answers to my ques
tions about student passivity
on this campus. The groups
that aided me were:
1. The Student Govern
ment Association .
November 27
Co-editors Lyda Baker and Harry Moyer Business manager
Jeff Kale Advertising manager David Horn Copy editor
Alice Coon Sports editor Tony Gladfelter Cartoonists Joe
Horvath, Darryl Bielski and Jay Redman Type setters Rose
Dalton and Katie Photographers Mike Kondor, Darryl
Bielski and Bob Foster
dorville can provide such an
atmosphere if Jill Hart's sug
gestions are seriously consid
ered and acted upon.
She suggests that games,
pinball machines and food
machines be blocked off to
gether in one area. The C.C.
Reader would like to add that
the area should be sound
proofed. Panelling the wall to
create a warmer surrounding
is also suggested by Jill Hart.
The C. C. Reader feels that a
brown paint would be just as
effective and less expensive.
The C.C. Reader fully agrees
with Jill Hart's suggestion
that the "ugly tables" be
removed and booths along the
wall and removable and ap
pealing tables and chairs be
installed.
The campus community
must pull together and sup
port the revamping of Ven
dorville. Such a proposal has
been a long time coming --let's
not let it pass us by.
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2. The students who signed
the White Student Union
Charter.
The second half of this
note is to those who truly care
for the betterment of life on
campus. I thank God for you
and may your ranks grow in
number.
Earlette E. Slaughter
The C.C. Reader
of the Pennsylvania State University at Capitol Campus
Office W-129 phone 944-4970
Staff for this issue
The opinions expressed in this paper are not necessarily November 27
those of the C.C. Reader staff.
Editor
Now I.M. is really steamed
and it has nothing to do with
the fact that quarter-pounder
hamburgers are being served
on small buns, making them
look like fat ladies stuffed into
bikinis, or that subs are being
pawned off in Vendorville on
hot dog rolls. No, I.M. can live
with these relatively insigni
ficant rip-offs.
What has I.M. so steamed
unmasks the social conscience
hidden within. Many of you
think that all I do is hawk in
Vendorville and complain a
bout the price of crackers and
other Vendorville inequities.
Well you're wrong. I read the
newspapers and listen to the
news about what is happening
in the world around us and I
begin to wonder whether
news of events in the world is
getting through to Capitol
Campus students.
Editor
During the past six
months I have personally seen
to it that Capitol Campus has
received the published ma
terials that our commission
has produced on the TMI
Accident. I have just deposit
ed 50 volumes of our final
report with the library. They
come to Capitol free of charge
for the purposes of academic
interest and scholarly
research. With this rather
large contribution in the li
brary, my role ends.
My wish is that non-tech
nical students and faculty will
make as much use of this
material as the technical
group, particularly the instant
experts who have been writ
Editor
I am a former York resi
dent trying to find out how
the Three Mile Island nuclear
accident affected other people
in the region. I am trying to
get statements from as many
people as possible, and your
assistance could be very valu
able. Could you please publish
the enclosed notice in your
campus newspaper? I appre
ciate any help you can give
me.
Sincerely yours,
Letters to editor " reader
Comb s& Repo" lon NI MAW* s In IIM,
Wanted: Reactions & Effects
Sincerely yours,
Susan Mills
Contributing staff Jeff Drinnan, Joan Klien,
Robin Conner, Don Kramer, Mike Daskalokis
Advisors Dr. Elizabeth Winston and Dr. Donald Alexander
I.M. Gets Serious
I read in the papers that
local churches, religious
groups and even HACC (from
where many of us came) have
geared up relief fund cam
paigns for the hundreds of
thousands of starving men,
women, and children in Cam
bodia. Are we too wrapped up
in our own moaning and
groaning about booze and bar
rating subjects to lend a help
ing hand by having a Cambo
dian Relief Fund Raiser or
campaign? Are we so dulled
by our studies, boredom and
sense of frustration that we
cannot show compassion?
Sure, we all have our pro
blems and pressures, but so
do the other groups raising
funds-so we can't use that for
an out. Let us not turn a sin of
omission into a sin of commis
sion. Too many lives are at
stake. We have come to col-
ing about this event and pub
lishing with obviously limited
knowledge. Perhaps they can
learn the truth.
I do not control the dis
tribution policy of the Capitol
Campus library, but it is in
tended that accessibility be
maximized. For those com
plaining that volumes are al
ready disappearing from the
library. I offer that bound
volumes will be available for
individual purchase in
December at approximately
$5.00 each.
Very truly yours,
Anne Trunk, Commissioner
Notice:
All residents and former
residents of the Three Mile
Island region are encouraged
to write statements saying
how the nuclear accident has
affected their lives. These
statements should be from
ordinary citizens rather than
experts and can be written in
any form or style.
Contributions from child
ren are also welcome. The
statements will be collected
into a book and hopefully
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lege to plan for the future by
learning the lessons of the
past; let us not be condemned
to repeat the mistakes of the
past. Let Student
Government, with all its ".. .
go for it!" lead the way
We cannot afford to be too
late. Remember I.M. is
watching, as are many folks.
grease for Peace
I.M, Fedup
Urges Participation
Editor
This year's Fall "Interna
tional Buffet", sponsored by
the International Affairs
Club, has come and gone
without, receiving the truly
fine public commendations
that this event really merits.
The affair has grown slowly
and steadily over the years
from just a handful of stu
dents and faculty (wondering
if enough food was brought so
everyone could have a taste)
to a student center full of
students (some with family),
faculty and staff stretching
the comfortable capacities of
the Student Center.
It has become a truly
marvelous festival of food,
dance, song, fun and gaiety,
with peoples from all over the
world breaking bread
together and delighting all the
senses in an air of coopera
tion. The event has come to
symbolize, as has the annual
communal Thanksgiving
dinner, the upcoming Hillel
Bagels and Lox Brunch (Nov
ember 18, 1979, 11:00 a.m. in
the Student Center), the In
ternational Affairs Festival,
and the Afro- Caribbean
Festival (the last two events
to take place in April, 1980),
people working together to
promote common
understanding and apprecia
tion of our many wonderful
diversities.
The college experience is
not just the amassing of
courses and credits to be
applied towards a degree. It
can be and should be a total
intellectual and sensory ex
perience, partly from tradi
tion and partly from the in
fusion of new people and new
knowledge that enriches the
marvelous world of learning.
The lessons learned at these
types of events-mutual
understanding, respect and
appreciation-are lessons that
will serve us all in life.
I would encourage all our
students-resident or
commuter, graduate or
undergraduate, minority or
majority-to participate in
these affairs and to learn the
wonderful lessons they have
to teach.
Edward S. Beck
Counselor and
Affiliate Instructor