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For What It's Worth
As I read "Behrend 1980" (CUB last issue) a number of
thoughts found their way into my head. The first there was a
strong urge to cross out the 0 in 1980 replacing it with a 4.
Why this urge was so strong I couldn't possibly say.
..Another area I happened to reflect upon was the question
of just how much the students welfare is considered as a
part of expansion plans. Are any students given a real voice
in decisions surrounding these matters? Does the
University exist for the students or is it the students who
exist for the University? Are we chattel of the directors
controlling PSU, subject to their dictates and thus assuming
the role of no more than "pawns in the game?" Should
administrative decisions, as well as the faculty, be subject
to review by the students? These are questions which you
should provide yourself with answers to and formulate an
opinion on.
..My feelings are that students should be served by
University facilities and resources, and that the day of
students falling prey to political whims, poor guidance,
channeling into "society" approved occupations, and in
general being exploited by the University, should be
brought to an end.
. .In this issue of expansion I can honestly say that I do not
think it advantageous to the welfare of the students, or the
quality of education for the cement, and buildings to
augment the callousness of individuals governing this
campus. The wanton destruction of nature's beauty to add
to the ego of persons seeking prestige is made manifest in
their desires to quantify the system of education. The
number of buildings, staffed by hastily gathered masses of
educators (sic) for the purpose of spewing forth facts to
the myriads of expectant students is not the learning
process as set forth in the light of quality, but is rather the
doctrine of-quantity.
..With our society based on mass-production, mass
consumption, mass-everything; the degree of success as
seen through these eyes can hardly be expected to be
anything but the same. Therefore a person seeking to gain
recognition in the conventional means with the conventional
methods must be drawn to a course paralleling the above
ideas. This by no means makes methods correct, but only
makes the persons employing these perverse means con
sistent with society's demands and standards.
.. What it comes down to is the fulfillment of ego at the
expense of knowledge and the exploitation of students.
.. Your education is not what it could be. With the expected
increase of Behrend enrollment from 1264 now, to 5000 ten
years from now, the loss is clearly the students.
. . Just exactly what does University expansion mean and
who will benefit? Do you as students? I don't think so. The
best liberal arts colleges have limited small student bodies
with a low faculty-student ratio. A qualified faculty, I might
add, not some lame person who mounts a pedestal to recite
irrelevant facts to a bored, half-sleeping class.
. . More buildings means more mediocre professors to aid in
the training of more students to fill more slots, or awaiting
jobs. These proccesses produce dull persons void of com
passion. Success is all that matters.
Back to expansion; rather than taking a course of ex
panding in numbers and size, wouldn't it be far more
beneficial to pursue higher standards of quality. Couldn't
the dollars proposed for the many additional buildings be
better spend by obtaining better educational aids to existing
classrooms and in financing new approaches to learning.
The last issue had a picture of the "Proposed Develop
ment Plan" for Behrend Campus on the front page and that
picture made me sick. For those plans not be carried out
would be a dream come true. The nightmare of the pictured
complex is a disaster to the beauty of the surrounding
woodland. I can only hope for the sick persons pushing for a
land of artificial rocks and steel to come to their senses
before they've paved the earth.
. . Stop the madmen now! Save Behrend Campus from all
attempts to rape her of her beauty. Stop things while they
are in the planning stage. Act now, to retain the green!
By Gary Thornbioom
Managing Editor
THE N ITTANY CU B
Letters To
The Editor
I am running for president of
the Womens' Residence Council
and the CUB seemed-like the best
place to get to all of you.
I addressed this letter as a
"plea" because of the im
portance of this election not only
to myself but to you, the Niagara
Hall residents. I guess the one
qualification I have to offer you is
my sincerity and enthusiasm.
Behrend is our "home" and we
should strive to make it as
comfortable as possible. That is
my goal for the coming terms.
There are many things that
need to be changed at Behrend
but we need people who can get it
together. We are all approaching
adulthood and should be treated
with that respect. One way of
showing our maturity is by
proving to the administration
that we can handle a more liberal
visitation program. Now all we
have to do is work for that
chance.
' Some other things that can be
done are the installations of
cigarette machines in the dorms,
an oven in the kitchen of Niagara
Hall and dorm sponsored ac
tivities. These are just a few of
my many aims for the year. To
list them all would take more
space than the CUB could offer.
All I am asking is that when
you vote on Thursday, I hope you
are responsible in your decision.
Vote for what you want and who
you think will get things moving
around here. I sincerely feel I can
do the job for you and a - damned
good one at that. Thank you- - -
Holly Jean Bogossian
Dear CUB Staff,
Don't you think the Behrend
Soccer Team should have first
preference over the Cleveland
Cavaliers, or Bruce Gossets
failure to win a game?
Why should anything that can
be read in any local paper
oversee our own campus news?
Sincerely yours, Stanton Spoon
Get Involved In
Organizations
By Kathiene Sparks
CUB Staff Writer
As the activities of Orientation
Week are (thankfully?) over and
the difficulties of scheduling are
merely memories, you can settle
into your own little rut now and
grin as life passes you by. Or - -
you be so adventurous - - you can
find your own niche at Behrend
and join us.
Before leaving for college, you
inevitably hear the lecture on
"being well-rounded." Don't
scoff; it's true! Only a small part
of college life is spent in the
classroom. That leaves a lot of
time to be either idle or involved.
The choice is yours to make - no
one can force you to feign en
thusiasm - but think the matter
over carefully. (A note aside to
those - here solely in quest of a
"marketable skill": extra
curricular activities listed on a
resume are considered by many
personnel managers as a sign of
compatibility and respon
sibility.)
Once you have made the
decision to "get involved," you'll
find that there is no lack of op
portunities on campus. (For a
list of over 25 organizations,
consult pages 15 through 19 of The
Student Handbook.) The im
portant matter is not so much
what you join as it is that you
join. And even more, don't join
just in name - play an active
role.
Whether your interest be in
writing, debating, skiing or
whatever, you need only make
that interest known. So take
some time now - right this
minute! - and decide what
significance your time in college,
and especially at Behrend, will
have on your life. Then ACT!
Commuters: Want
Your Own Club?
By Marsha Hamm
I'm writing this article because
of the seeming lack of activities
for commuters has been a real
hang-up with me for quite a
while. Last year, as a freshman
and a commuter, I got the im
pression that most of the
programs here were geared to
the dorm student. Little things
like sign-up sheets for intramural
sports being in the girls dorm
seemed to suggest that these
activities were just for the dor
mies which wasn't really true.
SGA elections, for another
example, where you voted for a
commuter representative would
know the commuter's problems,
gripes and interests yet there still
seemed to be a division. Now
when discussing this problem we
must remember that the dormie
is up here most of the time and
simply because it is difficult for
them to get off campus there
must be activities here on
campus whereas most of us have
a car or access to one and the
knowledge of where to go seeing
as how this is our hometown.
But for me it seemed like all I
did was come out here for
classes, sit around for a period or'
two. I didn't reap'; feel like a part
of the campus, is was almost the
same routine I went through
while I was in high school. There
were some activities but SGA just
BULLetin Bored
There will be an organizational meeting of the Ski Club on
Tuesday, October 20th at 12:15. It will be held in the Quiet Lounge of
the RUB. Plans for the coming season will also be discussed. All
interested students please attend.
Attention Sophomores! Housing and food applications for those
students transferring to main campus in winter term are available
in the administration office.
Dr. Snow will be on campus October 22 from 5 to 6 p.m. and Oc
tober 29 from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Please adjust your schedule to fit
- the above hours if medical attention is needed.
Have something for sale? Want to buy something? Having
trouble finding that ride home for vacation? Why not advertise?
Inquire in the Cub Office. Cheap rates.
Obituary: American Association of University Professors; age
two years; residence Behrend Campus, The Pennsylvania State
University; survived by fifteen faculty members; prayer services
to be conducted at discretion of bereaved ; Interment in pedagogy.
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isn't my thing and I'm probably
the world's worst actress.
If you're anything like me there
might have been something else
you were interested in but you
didn't know who to see about it or
anyone else who belonged you
just sort of forgot about it. Maybe
we're wrong in thinking that
there are commuters who would
like a club "of their own". It has
been suggested that if the
commuter is interested he'll get
involved on his own, but that's
what we want to find out.
We'd like to know if there would
be any interest in what we'll call,
for right now, a Commuters Club.
Don't get the idea we're choosing
up sides. We're looking for
something that most if not all
commuters can identify with as a
member of the Behrend Campus,
to make him feel more a part of
the campus rather that just
coming back and forth to classes.
Right now it's just a rough idea
which is why we have included
the questionnaire in this week's
issue of the CUB. It will be the
kind of club you want it to be,
doing the things you want it to do.
If you would be interested please
fill out the questionnaire and
return it to the RUB desk. If you
didn't get one in your issue please
pick one up at the RUB desk.
Please consider and note any
suggestions you might have.
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SNOW ON CAMPUS
ADVERTISE HERE
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October 15, 1970