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Volume 11, No. 3
risburg on Wednesday. Then he
fielded questions about the Senator's
platform. The questions included in-
The Young Democrats of Capital flation, the American worker, energy
Campus held a rally to elect Senator in general, nuclear energy, the mili-
Edward Kennedy for President on tary, and foreign policy.
Sunday, Aprill3. Michael Kennedy, 22 On inflation, Kennedy attacked the
year otd nephew of the Senator, ad- Carter Administration and also the
dressed a rain-soaked group on the Republican's policies. Mainly, he
front lawn of a house in Meade Heights. blamed Carter for being ineffective and
Gratz Washenik and Dave Kinder were the Republicans for wanting to fight
chairmen of the rally, and Bill Bertolet, inflation with a recession. Kennedy
John Clarke, Jeff Hague, Sharon considered the American worker to be
Watson, Sharon Gillis, Sue Lewis, more sacred than industry, and ad vo
.Sharon Ellis, and Ernie Thakor assis- cated manditory wage and price eon
ted. The Young Democrats' advisor is trols "that wouldn't hurt the poor and
Dr. Elaine Friedrich. unemployed." '
Turn-out for the rally was sizeable, On energy in general, Kennedy
though there was a constant drizzle. favored tax incentives for users of solar
Most of the crowd was quite attentive, energy and wood-burning stoves. On
and asked questions for a solid half nuclear energy, Kennedy was defin
hour. The Kennedy spokesmen told itely against nuclear waste disposal,
this reporter that they were happy and hinted that he was not in favor of
with the rally's outcome. continued nuclear plant construction.
Michael Kennedy started with a Kennedy's position about American
short endorsement speech, in which he military strength was more definite.
asked for support and urged atten- He supported a military second to
dance to the Senator's speech in Har- none, but he was against both the draft
and registration for the draft. On
President's Council Forms A Book Store Committee foreign policy, he attacked Carter's
niaveness" and was impatient over
the captivity of the hostages in Iran.
He also supported the SALT II talks.
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Reader Photo by Mike Zimmerman
Michael Kennedy addressed a small groug of r►tudent Kennedy supporters in
drizzling rain Sunday night on campus in Meade Heights.
By Harry H. Moyer
The Capitol Campus President's
Council formed a subcommittee "to
investigate alternatives to the student
bookstore" during a special meeting on
Monday, April 14, in the Gallery
Lounge.
The newly formed subcommittee,
which could be best described as a
"[lookSwap Committee," was formed
because many student leaders believe a
book swap could benefit the student
body.
According to Michael Cocciardi,
"the book swap would try to offer
students an alternative to the over
priced books in the Bookstore."
Cocciardi, SGA Vice President and
President's Council Chairman for the
Pennsylvania's Primary
Kennedy's Last Big Hope
By Harry H. Moyer
Presidential hopeful Senator
Edward M. Kennedy spoke to a crowd
of several thousand people yesterday
afternoon on the front steps of the
State Capitol Building in Harrisburg in
an effort to secure votes in the Demo
cratic Pennsylvania Primary.
After being welcomed to Harris
burg by U.S. Congressman Allen Ertel
and State House Minority Leader
James Mandarino, Kennedy expressed
his concern on the venting of radioac
tive Krypton-85 gas at Three Mile
Island.
"As a member of the Senate Health
Committee, I object to the venting of
Krypton gas at TMI," Kennedy said.
He supports the eventual phase-out of
nuclear power as other energy sources
are developed. He also suggested
continued support on a moratorium on
past year, added that the book swap
would have to be a completely organ
ized operation to work. Without
student support, the idea will fizzle.
The subcommittee will meet at 7
p.m. Tuesday, April 22 at 953 A Kirt
land. Several ideas and/or alternatives
will be presented and discussed, with
the outcome of the discussion to be
submitted at the April 28 meeting of
President's Council.
Although it is anticipated that a
book swap would primarily involve
Business and Engineering Clubs work
ing together, students of all majors are
encouraged to present their own ideas
on the matter.
Members of the subcommittee are
Michael Cocciardi, Jim Nesbitt, Wes
Ross, Sam Cardile, Julie Kuhn, Janet
the construction of new nuclear power
plants that he proposed in Congress.
Senator Kennedy was strong on
supporting education (especially higher
education). He blamed Carter that
many middle class Americans can no
longer financially support their chil
dren through college. Kennedy also
noted the problems of disadvantaged,
handicapped, and minority students.
In response to an advertisement
that the NRA placed ih a local paper
concerning gun control legislation that
he was in favor of, Kennedy said that
he was misunderstood. He indicated
that he is against the use and sale of
so-called "Saturday Night Specials"
because the only pu'rpode of these
handguns "is to maim and kill." He
was extremely firm on this issue, and
said that he would not back down from
promoting legislation against "Satur
day Night specials." cond pg 8
Young Democrats Hold
Kennedy Rally
By Gary Pellett
Sabol (secretary), Rhonda Wolfe, and
Jim Ferrachio. Student suggestions
are
Reader Photo by Harry H. Moyer
Senator Ted Kennedy voiced many of his top issues of his campain yesterday
afternoon on the front steps of the Capitol in Harrisburg.
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