t e "" ill.fig rigramp 1, II: ' 4 it) oci te Wittang ° S . AMIL gIi r AaP F 4 P 4011 i Volume XXI—No. 27 QUEEN OF AQUARIUS Nancy Markley -(center) and her court (1 to r) Vicki Pledger, Jeanne . Koester, Robin Davis, and Elaine Rudolph smile for photographers at the formal. Behrend Students Go To. Erie City Council By Charly Lee Students of the Behrend Camp us • introduced a bill to the Erie City Council to have all su permarkets and laundramats dis- Iplay a list of detergents and their phosphate content. This is the first step in their antipollution ';; drive There is also a bill before Con gress which, if passed, would out t-""- law the use of phosphate deter , gents in the United States. In a report to the community, • the group, known as PRO, CT ANTIPOLLUTION, stated that five 'billion pounds of detergents , are now being used annually, and on the average each •pound can tains about forty percent phos phates. Conrad To Speak At Commencement Charles Conrad, Jr., Pennsyl vania-born astronaut who land- ed on the moon tait November in the second lunar landing mission, will-be the - commencement speak er • at - University Park. _ The exercises, ,where approxi mately - 5,600 , will receive degrees, are •scheduled for 1d:340 a. m. Saturday, June 13, in Seaver Sta dium, wiihPresident Walker con ferring degrees. will be the. first time since 1959 that Penn State has had a commencement speaker. OPP" C9nrad, a captain in - the -U. S. - - Navy who has completed 'three . space flights; 'was spacecraft com f mander of Apollo MI last Novem _ ber with Richard 17. Gordon as command •module pilot and. Ala n the:lunar-modnle pilot. -a :s- • 11Yr • • •41 *i lo • STATE UNIVERSITY Of Lake Erie, the Federal Wa., -ter 'Pollution Control Commission has said that "the rate of aging can be brought back to a natural rate. Therefore, it is possible that in a relatively short time the over productivity of Lake .Erie can be come self-suStaining because of this ever-increasing reserve." "It is also pOisible that if this alarming process grows, Lake Erie may faCe a sadden biological cata clysm that will exhaust, for all times, most of the oxygen in. the greater part of the lake. The students have also cited that, in the long run, the corn plete reduction of pollutants ac culating on the bottom of the lake and in the harbor will involve bet ter sewage treatment and better industrial •waste control. As 'of this writing, the Erie City Council has • approved the students' resolution and have plans in the future to adopt it. The council has also endorsed the legislation that is going 'before the State and Federal legislature on water pollution. By Shaner and Esh The president has designated the week of May 311 to .rune 10 NATIONAL AVACADO WEEK! In honors of the festivities bumper stickers , with the witty line "Avocados shall make yoU whole" will be distributed at certain sta tions about the campus. It is hop ed that this - Will help our country to more readily accept minority groups and to . . . / continued on page two. - - The -• going'.rate of transit on States Reasons Brower Resigns As Doug Brower resigned as Chair man of the S.G.A. at the May 20th meeting. His resignation speech follows: "Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powerS from the consent of the governed . . . But when a long train of abuses . evinces .a de sign to reduce them under abso lute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government." Tis - statement has been taken from the Declaration of Independ ence and I - feel that these words apply appropriately to the cur rent situation in our own SGA. They speak of deriving powers *from the consent of the govern ed as our SGA derives its powers. It speaks of 'Despotism or to those who don't understand the meaning of the word, rule by a tyrant. And it speaks of the right and. duty of those such oppressed to throw off such a government. Yes, all of these apply to our own SGA. Throughout the entire year we have spoken of representatives' be ing representatives, not only to themselves but to the entire stu dent body. In this respect our SGA has much to be desired. All too frequently action has been Cwens Plains Sister Program Remember. how mixed up and confused you were as, incoming freshmen? Did you ever wish you had a "big sister" to help you out? A new "big sister" program is be ing initiated by Cwens for all in coming freshmen girls, and your help is needed. As a big sister you would be assigned two to three girls to help in their course selection, general orientation to caanpus life and any other problems that might arise. If you are interested please fill out an information blank which will be located at the Stu dent Union Desk and in the lob by of the Otto Behrend Building. Please return:it to the desk by Friday, June sth. • It is hoped that all returning women will participate in this program. . Fill e rs cranked flufffies has been pro jected as being sonvolumnuous this year as to create a nation wide shortage of wurnphs . . . Coming next week! Trucking lessons next week at the Richard Shaner school of modern dance. HMS! do you want to be PcPula', do you WANT' TO BE A . 8.1V1.0.C.1 Da you want to be the life of the PARTY? Do you want to be a real STUD! LEARN TO TRUCIc , kids. - •. (Continued •on• Page 2) CM:=::1 taken by a group of 25 students (not representatives) and even at times by one or two self-appointed "leaders." All too frequently has our SGA involved itself with trivial issues, at times giving them precedence over th majr ones. All too fre quently have our SGA members placed themselves before the stu dents they, in theory, represent— all too frequently have members missed mee ings for such unde fendable reasons. All too frequen tly are members only members during meetings. Vital issues have arisen and been placed neatly under the rug to be forgotten. It - is for all of us not only to look back on the things we have done, but rather to look back on the things we have not done. It is for the SGA to try in the remaining three weeks to remedy this situation. I do not say that I am not a part of the situation which now exists in our SGA or that I did not have something to do with that problem as it stands now. What I do say is that I can not sit idly by and watch this problem go unsolved and remain stagnant. I will not turn my back on the situation but I will seek to ap proach it from a different view point. What I do hope is that what I am now about to do has some effect on our current SGA, Flo Szymanski Woman Receives Turnbull Award Flo Szymanski,a sixth term General Arts and Sciences Major, is the recipient of the 1970 Turn bull Award, the highest award presented to a Behrend student. Flo is also the fixst woman to be so honored. Miss Szymanski is the editor of the 1969-70 Behrend yearbook, and is also a member of the Stu dent Judiciary. Friday, June 5, 197 Chairman but even a greater effect on those newly elected members for next • SGA has promise, but only if its members work conscientiously at achieving it. Our new constig tution has just been ratified. Its purpose states as follows: The purpose of this association shall be to give voice to Behrend student body opinion on academia and _extracurricular affairs, to support such academic and extra curricular activities as contribute to the betterment of social and intellectual life on the Behrend Campus, to represent the inter ests of the student body to iiae faculty and the administration and to support the rights of s 1.1-• dents in all matters whatsoever. In pursuit of these goals, The Stu dent Government Association shall be dedicated to the principle of academic freedom and to the realization of the fullest possible educotian for Behrend students. r Let the SGA recognize this pur pose and seek to realize it. WWI this I do humbly resign my posies tion in SGA, with the hope and& optimism that SGA will recognize , its true goals and establish itself as the true representative of the( studen body. Convocation To Be Held Sunday Convocation, an occasion honor• inf Associate Degree Students who are graduating and Baccaw laureate students who have sixt credits, will be held Sunday, Junek . 7, at 3 p. m. in Erie Hall. Certi ficates will be awarded in recog nition of their achievements. The guest speaker will be Sam uel J. Roberts, a native of Erie and Associate Justice of the Su perior Court of Pennsylvania. In' eluded in the program will be the presentation of the Behrend Cam pus Advisory Board Excellence itt Teaching Award to a member of the faculty. A reception will follow the cerem mony. - On the Inside Help Peace Candidates 2 Crazy Cheryl 2 Students In Revolt _ 3 Christ-You-Know 3 Car Smash 4 Golfers Win CC Tourney. 4
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