Page 2 Your Vote Counts The fast-approaching presidential elections are holding a mirror up to the citizens of this country. And if we haven't looked at ourselves in a long time, all we have to do is open our eyes! What has happened to our country? Americans are supposed to be independent! We live in a democracy a government by the people in which we are supposed to be politically and socially equal. Yet, many citizens are afraid to vote for the person they feel can best hold the highest official position in our country. We accept the corruption and deceit of politics as a 'necessary game.' We let ourselves be led around by the media. We shun change; we worship tradition - the easy way out! If this 'way' is more secure - then why are we in a time of high unemployment and rampant inflation? Why do we constantly look for complacency? In 1775-1776, we didn't follow the rules and regulations or worry about the security of tradition; because if we had, we would still be under the reign of King George! (Possibly, the American people do want another king). But our history characterizes us as a nation of rebels. Does this disgust you? We should be thankful for the men at the Boston Tea Party and thankful for the flower children of the '6os they help preserve our independence. This is the history of the United States, and it has made us become the most progressive nation of the world! So, let's open our eyes! These elections will decide in whose hands the fate of the country will rest for the next four years. If this doesn't frighten you, then you have become an apathetic, unthinking robot. Maybe the majority does not want independence. (Certainly, the 'moral majority' wants independence - if they can write the rules). Actually, we could all help write the rules! Let's look at the past four years ...no, let's not - it is by far too nauseating. There is time for a change - the time is now! It is tiring to listen to all the rhetoric about why one citizen's vote cannot count. One plus one makes two; plus one more makes three; plus one more makes four.... In the aggregate, that 'one' vote makes a difference; an aggregate is made up of single voices. Our vote does make a difference it gives the individual citizen a chance to tell our elected officials what we have thought of their performance. If that is no longer important - then why not let them pick their own successors? If that is no longer important - then why do these candidates campaign? Why? Because they want your vote! November 4th. we will elect the next president of the United States. No matter whom you vote make sure that it t the man who you !eel will do the; best job. This is not idealism. This is accepting reality -- the need for a change! We all have a choice! And ifji e ll e seople would vote for who they honestly feel could do the best job, we may in have a president elected by the people - not by the media or by tradition! That one vote may be the only freedom we have left. We can make it mean something. Vote! Published biweekly by the students of the Capitol Campus of the Pennsylvania State University in Middletown, Pennsylvania. The C.C. Reader has the following four-fold purpose: [l] to keep students informed about their campus community;[2] to provide editorial comment on issues facing the campus community; [3] to serve as a forum for student poetry, photographs, short stories, graphics, and other creative endeavors; [4] to serve as a learning mechanism for all students interested in the journalistic process. This includes reporting, editing, layout, typesetting, and paste-up. All students are urged to express their views by contributing to the C.C. Reader. Sports Editor - Kenneth Aducci Contributing Editor - Susan M. Snell Activities Editor Linda Lightner Darkroom Technician - Mark W. Clauser Copy Editor Alice M. Coon Cartoonist Joy Horvath Assistant Copy Editor - William Neil Staff -- Gary Pellett, James Seda, Anita Rawlins, and John G. Harvey Kevin Spiegel Professor X Faculty Advisors: The opinions expressed in this paper are those of the author and are not necessarily the opinions of the students, faculty, staff, or administration of the Pennsylvania State University. The C.C. Reader welcomes letters from readers. Letters intended for publication should indicate the writers college affiliation, if any. All letters must be signed by the writer. Unsigned letters can not be printed. However, a writer's name may be withheld upon request. Letters should be legible [ preferably typewritten, double spaced]; and any material that is libelous or does not conform to the standards of good taste will be edited and/or rejected. c.c. ma Pennsylvania State University Capitol Campus Route 230 Middletown, PA 17057 Office W-129 Phone [7l7] 944-4970 Editor-in-Chief Harry H. Moyer Dr. Elizabeth Winston, Dr. Donald Alexander LETTERS POLICY Thursday, October 23, 1980 Editorial . /Opinion --Susan M. Snell Are Sports Announcers As I sit down to watch Game 4 of the World Series, I realize that for the next three and one-half hours NBC's announcers will be relaying so much baseball news to 60 million people, for which I say, 'Who cares?' The reason for this editorial is to express how I feel about sports announcers.l enjoy listening to Joe Garagiola on NBC, Pat Summeral on CBS, and Frank Gifford on ABC. These gentlemen do a fantastic job of play-by-play announcing with additional bits of humor added. The announcers that drive me crazy are: Tony Kubek of NBC, Brent Musberger of CBS, and humbling Howard Cosell of ABC. The thing that irks me about these gentlemen is their willingness to give useless information at inopportune times. For example, Brent Musberger asking everyone if they saw the play in the Alcorn State vs.,litati state football game, lie knows very well that we didn't. How could we? Tony Kubek, an ex-Yankee second baseman mentioning the Yankees whenever he can. And of course there is ever-so-humble Howard 'l'm always right' Cosell. He has the distinction of being the worst announcer in TV-land. Cosell claims that he built Muhammed Ali; wrong, Ali built Cosell and he is sorry he did. His use of the simile to describe how fast an athlete is just shows that words come out of his mouth at uncontrollable speeds. During the National League Playoffs, his description of Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Garry Maddox was a 'gangling man with antelope-like strides' just had me sitting in my seat in a state of shock. Who wants a detailed description of a man that has antelope-like strides when a fast outfielder tells the story? Howard, do me and 100 million people a favor, announce the game, don't rewrite it in a story. One last note, having lived in New Jersey for many years and growing up with New York television, I have to say that my favorite all-time announcer is Mary Albert. I had the pleasure of meeting Mary in New York and he is all of these announcers, Garagiola, Gifford, and Summeral plus more. His sports reporting for WNBC is in expertise form and his play-by-play is just as good. I praise those announcers who do their job, but I bicker at those who can't do their job correctly Letter to the Editor Editor I thought that you might be inter ested in learning that several students in the education program have made very positive comments about the expanded calendar of events section in the C.C. Reader. You and your staff deserve a com mendation for producing the C.C. Reader with such a small staff. It is even more commendable to find that you are willing to experiment and - 6 - a nge. as a way of meeting student interests and demands. Too Much ? Nuclear war likely Campus Digest News Service Scientists at a forum on the medical conse quences of a nuclear war, say that a war will probably break out in the next 20 years. Some estimate that a nuclear confict will oc cur by the year 2000, while others say by the year 1990. The forum, which was organized in part by the Physicians for Social Responsibility, em phasized the medical problem associated with a nuclear war. Physicians at the forum agreed that if a 1-megaton nuclear device was dropped on New York City, it would probably kill 2.25 million people immediately and seriously in jure an additional 3.6 million. All frame homes would be destroyed within five miles of the detonation point and inflict third-degree burns on those living within eight miles. Among the animal life that would be expos ed to the blast, cockroaches would fare the best. Like every other animal, they too would be blinded. However, they would survive and reproduce because roaches have a relatively high resistance to radiation. Bob Lesniak -Kevin Spiegel
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