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The Nittany CUB is located in teh Reed Union Building,
The Behrend Campus of the Pennsylvania State University,
Station Road, Wesleyville, Pa. 16510. Advertising inquiries phone
899-3101 Sta. 238.
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Behrend's new Nittany CUB, which will be placed in the RUB,
-where the trokty• ease is now located.
BULLetin Bored
by Dom Lamberti and Randy
S. Kinkead
it has been reported that some
body (bodies) picked up Sue
Gross's car and turned it sideways
-to take up two parking places for
which she received a $2.00 ticket.
Will the person or persons who did
this, please don't do it again. "
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The money taken in from park
ing fines is placed in the Student
Loan Fund which is a division of
the Student Activitied Fund. This
— llroney is available for use at the
SGA (which indicates students')
discretion.
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We'd like to make known that
the college which has improved
(re: last week's column) is spelled
Doane College.
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Whoever is emptying the fire
extinguishers in the RUB is en-
dangering the lives of • many stu
dents •by greatly increasing the
chances of a small fire, which
Could be handled by the exten
viishers, becoming an inferno.
A circle is perfect---but the
world isn't round.
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This Is Skiing, a Warren Miller
Production will be shown at Tech
nical Memorial Auditorium No
vember 25. The film, being spon
sored by the Erie Ski Club, will air
at 8:00 p. m. and admission is
only $1.50.
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The Women's Intramural Vol
leyball games will be held on Wed
nesdays and Thursdays - instead of
Tuesdays - and Thursdays because
Zile Nittaitß . CNN
MEMBER OF . . .
Intercollegiate Press Bureau
TERRY L. ROBINSON
MARK MO.t. .te.ETT
DOM LAMBERTI
VICKIE CASKEY
GARY GRIFFIS.
JOHN MEYERS (Ph°
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of the conflict with the Intramural
Basketball schedule.—DOM
I've got Chuck Eschweiler work
ing on an interview with Cly and
Family Stone for the CUB next
week. Keep fingers crossed.
Mildred Doherty and Nyla
Falkenhagen are written up in the
recent edition of Who's Who In
American Women. Behrend is
proud of this recognition and ex
tends congratulations to these two
instructors.
DOM
The Library has received an
Olivetti copying machine which is
available for everyone's use. The
cost is only $.lO per copy. The ma
chine is coin operated and will
make change for a quarter—quite
a convienence device. •
You can listen to Penn State
football on WWGO-AM radio
every game.
If you have been reading The
Daily Collegian (Penn State News
paper) you might wonder why so
many possibilities for President
Walker's position are connected
with the University of Southern
California, especially at Berkeley.
We urge you, students and fac
ulty alike, to wear the symbolic
white armbands as a memorial to
the Viet Nam mortalities. It is
Your privilege or duty to show
some concern for the multitude
of dead. It is time again to come
out of your shell of apathy and
'at least feel a fraternal concern
for these heros. •
RANDY S. =MEAD
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IMPORTANT
THE NITTANYCUB
Marijuana-Weed With Roots In Hell
The Marijuana Tax Act •of 1937
is what made the importation,
manufacture, production, com
pounding, sale, dealing in, dis
pending, prescribing ,administer
ing, and giving away of mari
juana illegal. The bill was pushed
through Congress with the aid of
hysterical unaccurate journalism
fed by unfounded reports coming
from the Narcotics Bureau and
urged on by a very wealthy and
powerful liquor lobby. The Public
was misled into believing the lies
of the Narcotics Bureau. By 1951
marijuana was customarily as
sociated with such drugs as her
oin, cocaine, and morphine.
In 1951, when the Narcotic Con
trol Act made penalties for posses
sion of the other illegal drugs
harsher, the penaltikts for mari
juana were also made harsher.
The entire set-up makes no sense
at all, first of all—how can mari
juana be covered under a narcot
ics law when it has been proven -to
possess none of the qualities of a
Student Discount
For The Firebugs
"The Firebugs", described by
it's author, Max Frisch, as "A
learning play without a lesson."
opens November 28 at The Erie
Playhouse. Because of its parti
cular appeal to students, the stu
dent discount rate of 75c less per
ticket will be in force for every
night of this production. Tick
ets for Wednesday and Thursday
are $2.25; Friday, Saturday, or
Sunday tickets are $2.75.
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Mr. Frisch, a Swiss, wrote the
play in German and is has been
adapted to the American stage
by Mordecai Gorelik. It enjoyed
success in 17 European countries
before ft opened in New York.
In the London Observer,• Ir
ving Wardle describes "The Fire
bugs" as "A stream-lined satire . .
a beautiful formal mechanism, a
wound spring whose nature is
simply to uncoil."
Written in farce form, it is a
commentary on complacency and
human weakness that applies
equally to every form of social
disorder. The main character is
a middle-class European of un
determined nationality caught up
in the wave or arson sweeping
his nation. As "Mr. Everyman"
he fears not to act when the ar
sonists threaten his home. A
"Greek chorus" of firemen pro- 1
vide revelant commentary as the
play progresses.
Mail order reservations are now
being accepted for student dis
count tickets at The Erie Play
house, Box 2042. Orders should
include a check or money order
plus a stamped, self-addressed
envelope. Reservations may also
be made by phoning the box-of 7
fice 899-7008.
The editorials appearing in this
newspaper will be opiniOnatedand
therefore subject to critism. All
letters that are typewritten and
submitted to the newspaper staff
will be printed with the exception
of those that are repetitious or in
poor taste. The staff reserves the
right to correct or delete portions
of the letters for publication pur
poses. ", •
All letters must be signed, but
names will be withheld upon re
quest.
Signed colurnxis represent the
view of the 'author only and do
not refleet the - Editorial policy of
the NittariY: CUB.
narcotic? It doesn't appear to be
any too logical. Another perculiar
ity is the mention of addicts in
section five of the law. Marijuana
produces no addiction so how can
they prosecute any marijuana ad
dicts? Again the law makes no
sense.
Mr. Anslinger was very active in
encouraging , other countries to
declare marijuana a narcotic and
to include marijuana on their list
of dangerous drugs. Many coun
tries gave in to Mr. Anslinger's
ideas and adopted his policies.
Many of these nations were also
recipients -of American economic
and military aid.
The U. S. Narcotics Bureau has
from time to time stated that mar
ijuana is illegal all throughout
the world. This is not true. One
prime example of this is India.
Marijuana is legal in India. The
reason for this is that many of
the religions of India use the herb
and also the extensive use of mari
juana in the Ayurvedic, Unani,
and Tibbi systems of indigenous
medicine that is practiced in In-
Larson, Nuber 2nd In
Clarion Competition
Rusty Larson and Roger Nuber,
sophomore stalwarts of the For
ensic Union debate squad, finished
strong to tie for second place at
last Saturday's three round com
petition at Clarion State College.
Their 2-1 win-loss record. which
featured victories over the Uni
versity of Pittsburgh "and the
tournament winners from the Uni
versity of West Virginia, was -the
best compiled by Behrend stu
dents. Larson was judged the
tournament's fifth best speaker.
Debaters from sixteen colleges ,
and five states met at Clarion to
argue the pros and cons of tax
sharing. Affirmative teams, in
cluding Behrend's Dennie Wes
sell, Ed Fine, Brad Evans and
John Musula, advocated that the
federal government cede a propor
tion of income tax revenues di
rectly
_to the states.
Tax sharing, argued Wessell
would allow Pennsylvania to es
cape its present fiscal crisis, and
make available enough money to
expand much-needed programs in
urban areas such as Erie. First
term student Fine continued this
line of reasoning, pointing to the
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dia'would make it hard for any
anti-marijuana laws to be passed.
Allen Ginsberg has gone on
record as saying that much of the
paranoia the Narcotics Bureau
claims marijuana is a cause of is
directly traceable to the fear of
being busted for smoking pot. He
also goes on to point out the dif
ferences he himself has experienc
ed in smoking marijuana in_ this
country compared to smoking in
another country where marijuana
is legal.
The smoker in the U. S. may
fear the possibility of being bust
ed, jailed, and victimized by the
bureaucracy that has made. pro
pagandized, administers, and pro
fits from such a monstrous law.
Whereas when Ginsberg smoked
marijuana where it was legal 'none
of the above mentioned feari en
sued him. Allen Ginsberg is not
the only person who would feel
this way. Undoubtedly if mari
juana, is - smoked in a country
where it is legal, the atmosphere
is bound to be better than in a
country where it is illegal.
wasted $90,000 which Penn State
University presently pays in in
terest each week on its emergency
loans. Wessell and Fine contended
that a natural growth in revenue
would permit the Treasury to - give
grants to the states without- cut
ting into Federal domestic pro
grams.
Freshman Marsha Hamm and
Eric Heftier, victors over Thiel
College, were Behrend's - alternate
negative team. Their reasoning
was based upon the capacity and
desirability of- state governmental
fiscal reform. Miss Hamm • also
contended that a growth in fed
eral expenditures would in • fact
exhaust projected increaseszin in
come.
On the other hand, Nuber and
Larson rode an unorthodox nega
tive posture to double victory. Ad
mitting the necessity for increas
ed -domestic spending to meet the
"urban crisis", the Behrendites de
fended the position that new aven
nues were open to the states. Lar
son contended that if tax loop
holes were closed and gambling
and church property taxed, ten.
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