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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.
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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
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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 <SIKL WHO HASNY ’rtST CAUGHT AWN."
signature.
Granted that no institution, no
administration, no teacher is
perfect. Has your correspondent
the unparalled conceit to claim
this perfection for his brilliant
analysis of the imperfections he
finds here? Presumably, despite
the deficiencies .of the establish
ment, he is 4:00 in all respects
and is therefore in a position to
complain vociferously bn behalf
of his less fortunate colleagues.
Thank heavens that the vast
majority of students are happy to
have the opportunity for a first
class education and devote
themselves to making the most of
it.
We all are subject to various
disciplines. If anyone finds the
conditions so very irksome, let
him pick up his toys and go home.
Sincerely,
Bernard Scott
(Assistant Professor
of Physics)
Concern Is
On The Air
Dear Editor:
For several terms now I have
been trying to get an FM radio
station on this campus. After all.
Behrend is now a four-year
campus and have you looked at
the plans for the future!?! This
campus needs something to pull
it together, to get its ideas on the
air and to inform everyone of
Behrends activities (which I hope
will be better attended).
I hope that everyone would just
sit back for 5 minutes and think of
the benefits a station would
provide for this campus. Better
yet, go to a college that has a
good radio station and see first
hand how great a thing it is.
Williams College, which has
about 1,500 students, has the
finest station in the Ivy Radio
Network and is number one
among that group of colleges. If
they can do it, we certainly
should be able to. I am totally
sick of such poor excuses as “I
don’t even have an FM radio.”
How about you students thinking
of someone else for a change? ? ?
I’ve put a lot of time, effort and
money into this thing and I hope it
continues on when I leave since it
would help Behrend greatly in all
areas. So, how about some of you
people who don’t give a damn
about anything, getting off your
fat asses and helping Behrend
become known.
Will apathy win after all??? I
certainly hope not!
Extremely concerned,
Keith Bauer
ON CAMPUS
April 8, 1971