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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)
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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