Page Two Xittawa (EitrA MEMBER OF . . . (1110 tirrati Asstrriation of Tomminmealtif Campuses Intercollegiate Press Bureau etzrok. • _ Editor-in-Chief RANDY S. =MEAD Managing Editor TERRY L. ROBINSON Sports Editor DOM LAMBERTI Layout VICKIE CASSEY Business and Photos GARY GRirelS, JOHN MEYERS (Photos) Advisors _ SHARI .K.E.LTS, R. C. BAUGHMAN The Nittany CUB is located in the Reed Union Building, The Behrend Campus of the Pennsylvania State University, Station Road, Wesleyville, Pa. 16510. Advertising inquiries phone 899-3101 Sta. 238. 414 ;r7k 4 .v 'At4tVotaisegovivAiesOotlivipi4t*ea,MV *4o-4#4•Taiwlitiiii-xvia-wittioVeimg44N-:* Viet Nam Called "Something Else" A settlement in the 11-week old strike against General Elec tric by the International Union of Electricians (TUE) is not appar rent in the immediate future. In the local plant which employs 8.500 to 10,000 workers (5,000 of which are striking or observing picket lines sympathetically), the General is having apprentices run production. A good estimate would put production at 1 / 3 or less than normal. - - -Erie is not alone in the strike, as Genetal Electric is not the sole company affected. But G.E. is .the largest complex affected. In nearby Cleveland the General published a full-page ad in The Plain Dealer - asking "What's the real reason for the strike against Gen eral Electric?—Money? Employee benefits? GE's bargaining ap proach? or something else?" Naturally the General believes it is "something else." Naturally they are right. The rest of the page extolls the offerings contained in the contract as it stands, which are really, at most, mediocre when compared to the steel workers or auto workers' contracts. As a matter of fact, the. General is really proud that they offer three weeks vacation to 15-year veterans. What a bargain! Then, they continue by listing union responses. Two weeks before they called the strike, a union official said: "We can't accept your offer, and there is no way you can shift or modify it that will make it ac ceptable to our members". . . "Even if you gave us all our economic demands you'll still have a strike on your hands." -Nowhere in this ad is the "something else" that G.E. blames the strike on defined. However, the "Something else" is obvious. General Electric is . the second largest contractor for the government. "Something else" is - .Viet Nam. The whole strike is a ploy by high union officials for political leverage in the new regime which is imminent ób ebolu tion if not revolution. The fact that we see this ploy is in our favor, we, can exand upon the idea that Viet Nam is the real cause for the strike, irregardless of the lUE officials' politiCal aspirations. We, typified by the Student Mobilization Committee to end the war. in Viet Nam (SMC) and dozens of other such organizations, are 'aware of industry's lack of morality, and will continue to ex emplify this at any opportunity. "Coll For Action" ;',`Call For Action," is a nation wide program, sponsored in Erie as ,a. public service by radio sta tion - IVINGO. There are two as pects to this program. Research and telephone. -The station 'will advertise a number to call for information relating to problems the individual might have. Vol unteers will answer phones and refer the individual to various agencies. In this way attempting to help the person cope ,with the many. confusion of agencies. This program has proved successful in other states and cities. New York City has had it for a number of years. There is a need for VOL UNTEERS; if you can volunteer to help in this project, please call the Urban Coalition Office —4.55-:2731 or Mrs. Allen Rubin stein-866-2668. by Randy Kinkead BULLetin Bored 'Complimentary tickets for the Erie Philharmonic Orchestra Con cert January 26th are available at the Student Union Desk. The program is as follows: • Overture to Rosamunde Schubert 'Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in C minor (K. 491) Mozart Rudolf Firkusny Soloist INTERMISSIO "Daphnis' et Chloe" Suite No. 2 Ravel Concerto for Piano and Orchestra Yardilmian Rudolf Firkusny, Soloist Rudolf Firkusny a pianist, THE NITTANYCUB Dear Charley (Anyone having " a question about anything, please send your question to Charly Lee, c/o Pub lications Office Reed Building. All letters will then become pro perty of the CUB and will be eli gible for printing.) Dear Charly: I'm a communter who just started here at beautiful Beh rend. My question, sir, is: what does one receive in exchange for the $7.50 he pays to park in the school parking lot? It seems that it's a daily battle to get the last parking space. For a fee of that amount one would expect to at least get a space in which to park one's car. So far, however, all I've received is a $2.00 fine for park ing in the visitors space because all the other spaces were full. Tell me please, what does one get out of the deal? VICTIM OF THE SYSTEM Dear Vie: - Our research departinent has come up with the following -item ization: COST OF STICKER, ______ $ .29 Total $ .29 -As for the remaining _ $7.21, we're not too sure where it goes. I - think however this is another game that the University is play ing. It's called "guess where all your hard earned money goes." If you're really inerested in the answer to your quetion, Vic, write to: Mr. J. W. Wilson 208 Old Main University Park, Pa. 16802 I'm sure that good ole Mr. Wil son would be happy, overjoyed, even religiously fulfilled to an swer any questions you have on this subject. Dear Charly: For a economics project our class is studying the economic system of Penn State. Could you tell me who is the founder of our economic system? STUDENT AT LARGE Dear Stud: Robin Hood. Dear Charly: I would like to know exactly why our tuitions have gone up, and why many of us who had PHEAA scholarships last year, had them conceled even • when our economic condition hasn't changed? JOE 'iVMTE. Dear White: I could give you about 500 good reasons why our money has been tightened this year, but for fear of my life I will remain silent. whom the Christian Science Mon itor called. "One of the Titans of our time", is the guest soloist for the affair. • CEN=EI Can anyone answer this ques tion? . . . "What root beer?" Who got the lowest average last term; The Student _Body Presi dent, Chairman of SGA, or the CUB editor-in-chief? • I==3 The . Reed Union "Building desk has been established as the Lost and Found Center For The Beh rend Campus. All missing Items should •be reported to the desk and any found items should be turned in at the desk. Your CO- We Are "Children Of The Future" by 'Gary Thernblooln Sitting around over the holidays . I was able to devote some time to reading, a few of the many "end of the decade" special issues. It seems that everyone is eager to cash in on a double-issue to compliment the occasion. The past ten years have Witnessed rapid change - everywhere and have passed with the-swiftness of a speed-rap.-Some- observations which I've seen and read are included in what I've put down here. Few writers will attempt to enclose the years 1960 through 1969 in the expression "the 60'S." The beginning years of the sixties were actually a carry-over from- the late fifties, in the popular music tastes, the movements, politics, and life style. At that time there - was a .big thing on about civil rights issues with sit-ins as the form of protest, peti tions were being cirCulated against nuclear testing, and a few "beatnik-type" kooks in the Student Peace Union who knew way back then what - Viet Nam Was' all- about were running around with signs. In -August of 1963 there was the Civil Rights march on Washington. •The Free Speech Movement and the Berkeley scene characterized 1964-65. Bursting fOrth behind 'the fires of Watts in August. 1965, came the rage, turbulence, and change which was the trend of America in -the last decade. Along with the explo sions of the ghetto came the realization within the move ment that working to change the present, system was futile and so the resulting shift was away from an emphasis on reformism to one on revolution and destruction. The hard core SDS type were into a thing of taking over campuses. In October of 1967 there was "stop the draft week" and the confrontation at the Oakland- Induction Center. Assasin ations, the war in Viet Nam, campus takebvers, confronta tion tactics, riots, violence, violence and more violence was where those days were at. Those were the years Of the sixties and they are now in the past. They have been in the past for quite some time and they ended well before the last day of December. The opening mood of the seventies has hopefully been set with the. peacefulness of Woodstock and the Moratorium obser vance in Washington. Non-violence could be the theme of the seventies and as we begin this next decade we shotild strive to gain peace on this beautiful earth which only be comes f*cked-up when man enters into the picture. Man can live in , harmony with nature. The . past generations have failed. If we accept their values, goals and attitudes then we accept the world as it is, but if we reject them then we must set our own standards and dedicate ourselves to change and lots of it. We are "Children of the Future" and must remain as children in the future. War and violence is not an inborn trait in us, but it is- something that we experience from our earliest moments of memory. Violence has alWays led to more violence and must be rejected as a means to get change. Peace and loVe will be our weapons and more people are now beginning to understand this. . operation in this matter will be greatly appreciated. • E=M:3 The RUB is not a wastebasket. a wastebasket is a wastebasket, dig? Feiffer's People -Are Corning! LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS EL jni ~ ..s,-... : . r-r7O l tA R 27 ( . 1 A, '`E SOMETIMES worima HOW SHE 6:7T 1141ZU ThE FIRST IEgM-54-IE. vossw-r EVEN ELL rgeGNAPIT EDITORIAL POLICY The editorials appearing in this newspaper will be opinionated and 'therefore Subject to critism. Alt 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 or publication pur poses. All letters must -be signed, but names will be withheld -upon -re quest. Signed columns .represent th e view 'of the author only and do not reflect the Editorial policy of th• Nittany CUB. January 9, 1970
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