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Violence Begets Violence
Fight Fire With Water
WHEN the president of a university is forced by . his
own students to leave his home in fear of his life; when
students say that destroying a university is a necessary act
of political conscience ; or when anyone maliciously harms
the property, body, or mind of a fellow human being, I'd
say it's time somebody spoke up. It's time somebody con
jured-up the spirit of Tom Paine or Dan Webster. It's time
the silent majority slapped the naughty minority in its
big mouth.
A fair estimation of the size of the crowd involved in
the recent distUrbances at University Park would be a figure
of roughly over two thousand. Two thousand students break
ing windows, setting fires, and injuring policemen when
they tried to restore law and order, is not my idea of a
majority of the twenty seven thousand students who are
enrolled at University Park. This small handful of students,
however, was sufficiently powerful enough to necessitate
an emergency meeting of the USG. By the way, I seriously
wonder how many student's honest opinions are represented
by the USG, and for that matter, by the OSGA itself?
Just what seems to be the problem down there? One
very basic diagnosis is the fact that when an area is over
saturated with humans of the same age bracket, certain
problems that are calmly present in an individual, become
grossly exaggerated in the group. Certain problems would
be prevalent in certain age groups, for
,example, in a large
crowd of elderly people the problem would be basically a
health-oriented one. In a group of children it would be a
problem of authority. In a group such as exists at Penn
State's main campus, the problem is complex with a possi
ble general heading of youthful, impatient, pseudo-idealism.
The youths have been brought up by parents who had
a dream that their children would never have it as difficult
as they 'did. To make their dream come-true, -the parents
often held down two jobs so that their children didn't even
have to lift a finger to provide for themselveS.
Thus the children came to expect this luxury and never
_gave a thought to where his food, shelter, or clothing was
coming from. This environment bred a very deadly disease
called impatience. Whenever the parent didn't provide for
:the - child's . on - -the-spot needs, the child would express his
-extreme displeasure of the situation in various ways and
sometimes even scolded the delinquent parent.
The parent's reply to all this was, "you've got the
,right . tu.expect this service from -me little Wilber because I
made a pledge to_ you when you were small, that I'd -try to
make a. better world for you, and now I've failed you."
- - You can see how this impatience grew into other areas
and finally vas able to be a characteristic of many a group
and finally to be the most prevalent trait in that monster
,we call the ruling minority. Most of the kids who were in- .
volved in the physical destruction of campus- - property
nig those disturbances were having nothing more than a
giant-sized temper tantrum over the slowness of the Sys
tem's providing for their needs. These are the troubled kids
of World War II and they must be handled with steel, kid
gloves.
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by Charly Lee
MEMBER OF
Intercollegiate, Press Bureau
THE NIT TANY CUB
Lette
Image Of Athletes
American Tradition
Dear Harry,
Harry, please don't confuse us
with the establishment. We are
men who are here because we
love the sports we coach and. be
cause we believe in athletics abil
ity to teach, what we believe is
important. Our reasons for dress
codes are two-fold; tradition and
discipline. I know tradition is a
dirty word. to this generation, but
we believe in the image of the
"All-American" - athlete; we be
lieve in what he stands for:
strength, imagination, dedication
and cleanliness of body, mind,
and spirit. Yes, many fall short
and none are perfect but if you
are going to strive for the per
fect peace then we must strive for
the perfect athlete and athletic
program. When one is to strive
for something he then becomes
committed to that thing. You
have fasted, you have sacrificed
for what you believe and desire.
History has taught us that only
the boys who sacrifice, who deny
themselves, who give up of them
selves for their teammates and
merge their individuality into a
cohesive effort produce and re
ceive the intrinsic and extrinsic
rewards of athletics. To cut your
hair and dress according to our
standards is an act of self-denial.
Its sincerity or insincerity lies in
your soul. I believe your act of
fasting is sincere and I believe
any boy who follows our stand
ard demonstrates to all his -sin
cerity to - be an athlete. You • ask
for a sign• of peace; we ask . for
our, sign. .We• are not trying to
-take away your freedom, we only
ask you for_ a complete committ
ment based on what we believe.
SGA In =Action...
(Contiuned. from Page 1)
ing. However, days lost will be
made up Monday and . Tuesday
of finals week. Final examinations
are scheduled _ for Wednesday,
Thursday, and Friday, Dec. 9-10-
11. This calendar -is to be ' used
at University Park and through
out the Commonwealth Campuses.
This schedule much improves
the holiday situation. However, in
an interview Thursday, Roy Kirk
ley,
Student Body President, in
formed the CUB that the Behrend
SGA : is working on a proposal for
a - sell-011 . 1e for the 19707:1 school
year; • this. - schedule. 'to be used
fall 'term / This schedule shortens
orientation, and gives a four day
Thanksgiving vacation. Spring
break is shortened but_there is a
three day Easter VaOation and a
Memorial Day weekend.
- -.Conditions • differ- here at Beh
rend from those at - -University
Park - . -The- calendar: at- University
Park is set up for 25,000-students;
why - use it for
- There is less for freshinen to
acquaint -themselves with-here at
Behrend; a long orientation isn't
needed. There - aren't enough
meaningful activities for a whole
week. All a long orientation means
is needless expense for the Stu
dent Affairs Committee and SGA.
. "We would like to handle this
thing (scheduling) . locally," Kirk.:
ley stated. "The Commonwealth
Campuses often alter the - official
University - calendar -without' any
of 3eetion ffoiri iSrsZ,
knit - need :. the - support - of the
dent body before - we "canpresent
this "schedule:to; the . faculty." •
rs To The Editor
Concerned Student Wants Action .
To Back Cohen, Sansone, Spielmari
Well, fellow students we are
now faced with another crisis,
another incident in which we all
must make a decision. I am, of
course, referring to the firing of
the three well-liked teachers, Co
hen, Sansone, and Speilmann. As
You probably know, by now, these
three teachers were fired for no
reason. And when inquired about
this the administration refused to
give any answers.
I think the time has come for
all of us to decide what course
Behrend students are to follow.
Are we to remain passive and
neutral all through college?- Are
we to believe whatever the ad
ministration tells us and follow
blindly at their heels? I say no!
There is more involved here than
just the three teachers. What is
involved is the role Behrend stu
dents will follow in the future. I
think that it's about time we
wake up and realize that we are
a part of this campus. In fact
You could almost say that we are
the campus. Isn't it about time
we voiced our opinions on the
issues which directly affect us?
These three teachers that were
fired were well liked here at Behr
end. If we like them so much,
why do we surrender to this de
cision? Isn't it about, time we
Letter- To Consci
Dar Editor:
We just want to warn conscien
tious students: don't do anything,
let the system and..its countless
games run you cukes . around.
Stand unknown or with your
eyes closed. Try and forget people
die and starve. And keep running.
The system thinks it taught us;
it has. They let us think we could
actually get a refund 'for fasting.
We ask our athletes .- to do many
things. For some boys , these
things are a greater sacrifice than
for .others, but one's desire to
achieve .a goal is measured by the
obstacles he will overcome to
achieve that goal. We hope you
will agree that, athletics is, worth
the sacrifices it demands. We - hope
you Will_ come to our room,, and
dance to our music and show us
you care.
With hope,
Edward C. Onorato
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showed the teachers, the admin
istration, and the world that
Behrend students are •alive and
care about issues on campus?
Now the administration refuses
to give reasons for firing them_to
the students or to the teachers
themselves. This is very unfair to
everyone involved. I think it i'
time for Behrend students to
unite and show the administra
tion that we aren't blind, little
babies that will believe anything.
We should. hold a huge rally to
show the administration that
these three teachers, Cohen, San
sone and Spielmann have the en
tire student bodies support. And
we should organize a march to
the administration building and,
demand that Kochel give us the
reasons for their firing. Or we
should at least present a petition
to Kochel with all the students
names on it protesting this aciton
and/or boycott our classes until
Kochel starts explaining his ac
tions.
Come on students, the time has
come for action. We've. sat and
mildewed in the corner too long.
It's time we had a voice in the
matters which affect us and it's
time the administration started
thinking of our needs and wants.
J. H.
entious Students
For seven days we
would be &ale to help
And now we know
cakes hurt, our faith
no refund.
But we will not be silent , and
if the games and rules for rules
continue without restoring faith,
we will do what is fair to human
And, conscience to secure that
which we were led to believe
would be refunded_ We are not
looking for explanations, just a
check.
It is right . for a Monster to
hoard and waste?
What has happened to -us can
happen to yau. Hear us, we are
not crying, we've played the game.
Now, if students say something
and go unheard . . . the sound of
freedom will be!
We want $17.50 or . . .
Harry Mitsuo Doe
A. ROY Kirkley
MAN: ~ON :- _CA
April 24, 1970
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