Page Two Sty* Hit tang (EM Ifewa Aaaarlatixm of (Cmtmumroralllf (Bampnaro Editor-in-chief Ray Geiger Managing Editor Doug Leichliter Business Manager Mike Chiricuzio Format Editor Paul Tabolt Photo Editor Jim Rose Sprots Editor MikeMcGinley Assistant Sports Editor Dave Ruef Faculty Advisor David Daniel Staff: Tony Alo, Carolyn Beck, Sam Bernfck, Mike Cox, Dave Eastburn, •Joesph Engerski, Bob Fenton, Maureen Gattuso, Paula Grace, Steve Green, Cliff Hahn, Dave Kempa, Sam Kroungold, Rick Martino, Debby McCall, Eric Miller, Ken Mushrush, Al Quinlan; Nancy Savage, Barb Slingland, Chris Watkins, Pan Worton, Patsy Wheatley. fiEPRCSENTED FOR NATIONAL. ADVERTISING BV National Educational Advertising Services A DIVISION OF - \"y READER'S DIGEST SALES t SERVICES. INC. U aso Lexington Ave.. New York. N. V. 10017 I An Editorial Opinion Views On S.G.A. At the present it appears that there are two popular conceptions of the Student Government Association on the Behrend Campus. One, that it is a great organization and has accomplished many valuable improvements for the campus, or two, it is an elected group of glorified do-nothings that meet once a week and do nothing. It might also be said that there is a somewhat more prevalent opinion, that being, that the S.G.A. is something to be tolerated, and if something worthwhile comes from it, so much the better. However, if nothing is forthcoming in the lines of campus im provement, the vehement ire of the student body is raised. Other wise, no one pays very much attention to S.G.A. What is necessary is for the people of Behrend to realize just what S.G.A. is. And that is the only filing that the students possess to cope with the administration and the miles of red tape and the com plicated channels that a university seems to thrive on. It is the only organized mouthpiece that the student body has for presenting its problems to the administration from its point of view. Not to say that there is no room for individual effort on this campus, it just appears that there are not enough organized and concerned in dividuals around to get anything accomplished. Contrary to some popular opinion, S.G.A. has done quite a few thing for this campus during the past year. Primarily, there is the visitation issue. No doubt there are some who entertain the opinion that S.G.A. really didn’t do all that much, but it did take the students’ ideas and views before the administration in an organized manner that no single individual acting on his own could have equaled. It certainly isn’t the fault of S.G.A. that the students did not get more visitation than they did. And so, the biggest problem facing S.G.A. at the moment is not the administration, but the lack ofstudent support. In order for S.G.A. to run effectively, it must have the support of the majority of the students before it can accomplish anything. At the moment it is doubtful if it even has the support of a countable minority. There does exist however, the possibility that the present S.G.A. is not really what this campus needs for a student government. Several S.G.A. members have expressed their dissatisfaction with the present organization and claim that it needs a drastic re organization and perhaps a redefined purpose. Whatever the case, the S.G.A. is all Behrend has in the line of an organized student government, and all those involved with this campus will have to make the best of it. Change can only be ac complished by active participation. The direction that Behrend’s Student Government will take in the future is entirely up to the students of Behrend Campus. EDITORIAL POLICY The editorials appearing in this correct or delete portions for the newspaper will be opinionated letters or publication and therefore subject to All letters must be criticism. All letters that are names will be withheld upon submitted to the request. newspaper^staff will be printed Signed columns represent the with the exception of those that view of the author only and do not are repetitions or in poor taste, reflect theJSdiiorial policy of the The staff reserves the right to MfctanjrCUß.,' ~ , . Notice NITTANY CUB STAFF MEETING 4th PERIOD, COMMON HOUR , APRIL 73. ALL JOURNALISM MAJORS ARE ASKED TO ATTEND. / ' Member of THE NITTANYCUB Letters To The Editor The Ecology Of Business Dear Union Carbide Corporation, I attended a meeting at the Erie County Health Department yesterday; its purpose was to discuss various actions that local people can take to aid in the fight against pollution and other en vironmental problems. In the course of this meeting I was handed a “kit” compiled by the National Association of Manufacturers, the kit contained a sample speech that an in dividual could present to a group, some brochures by the Soap and Detergent Association, Humble Oil and other business groups. There were also two folders in the kit put out by you, and it is to these I will direct my criticism. You, along with other large corporations, have been recently devoting a lot of advertising dollars to convince the American public that you really are trying to do something about the en vironmental problems that you have been creating for us for so many years. I believe that there is more to solving these problems than slick advertising, and I further believe that more people than you realize are becoming aware of the connections between their actions (or yours) and the ultimate effects of those actions. You carefully labelled your folders in the NAM kit as “Provided in the public interest by UNION CARBIDE The Discovery Company.” If what you put in these folders is evidence of how you see the “public interest” I would suggest respectively that you check with the public to see if you and us ought to come to terms so we understand what each of us is talking about. Your first folder called “Here’s how to stash the trash,” en couraged citizens to dispose of leaves, garbage and other organic wastes via “Glad” Trash Disposer Bags, never mentioning that these plastic bags do not decompose thus preventing the return of the organic compost (which would ordinarily result) to'the soil whence it came. This valuable fertilizer is prevented from following its natural course in the food chain. Your “public interest” provision in fact is nothing more than a blatant advertisement for your products. The other folders in the kit are similarly-oriented (such as the “Facts about Today’s Detergents” which asserts that, for example that there is at this time no alter native to phosphates in detergents, a very misleading *7oe& I^evi46€ed • i. V ' C ' ’ by Shy lock ' Is it true Tom Brunner has been promoted to Lieutenant? If Skidmore is a Captain, what does that make Halberg? The J.R.C. took another daring step forward - now there’s visitation Sunday evening. Periy Hall had their monthly fire drill Saturday night; Dean -Lane, four “inferior executive officers,” and R.A. Terry Loftus are in Atlantic City for a conference. Dean Howald and Dean Tuttle are holding down the fort. The water in the pool has finally melted. Does that mean Spring is here? The library appears to be undergoing some re-structuring. Does that mean Mr. Woerner is pessimistic about the new library complex being built in this decade? Lots of freaks! Bleep! statement, to say the least), but yours was the most blatant, so I am picking on you and sending copies to the press. You focus on approval of neigh bors and appearance rather than on the real problems: for in stance, “Remember, the more compactly and securely you package the garbage, the less chance of there being droppings left on the ground to create messy spots on your property and in your neighborhood.” Just who do you think you’re kidding? Not only does this kind of line have nothing to do with what is on people’s minds these days, but your suggestions are glaringly vacant of the less expensive and more ecologically sound methods of disposal such as composting or feeding organic wastes and leftovers to a colony of ear thworms. The second folder is called “Bag It!” and is even more of an insult to the reader; if I had read it as satire in Mad magazine it would have been more believable. Every one of your suggestions is a sales pitch for plastic bags, the last one being the sole exception: “Leave your campsite or picnic area in better condition than you found it.” Your gall overwhelms me when you state that you “Join hands with the Bureau of Land Management in reminding you that ‘This Land is Your Land, Keep it clean! ” I quote the Environment Action Bulletin, reporting on a recent ad for plastic bags: Your “idea of fighting pollution is putting everything into a neat, clean, plastic bag that is dumped adding to the solid waste crisis or burned-adding carbon dioxide and particulate matter. ” Perhaps a corporation such as yourself finds it absolutely im possible to disseminate true public service messages because true public services is not in pushing plastic. In conclusion I can only won der, as one reared in this day and age, where the explorers and pioneers of yesteryear obtained their plastic bags to make their journeys and camping easier and more enjoyable. Sincerely, Patrick Mertens Be h rend, Love It Or Leave It Dear Editor, I am shocked at the arrant nonsense printed under the heading “Manifest to End” in your issue of March 11. More so that such rubbish should be qver , an ? anonymous man "TH CLO6ZZ WE GET TO GRAPIIATIOK 'ffl' S«6IER. FT 16 TO SPST IH' ■ 66N10R