APRINII9B9;
RAMPART
What is the• purpose of a Uni- ify's dictates on style does not
versify? One of the . main pur- • make them right or wrong.
t poses shoUld be to give the indi- Why then should the Minority
';'vidual a wider range of under- have to be' ridiculed for their be
standing. An understanding of liefs? All anyone hag at this uni
,
people whose standards differ versity is opinion, and opinions
frOm theirs. • can neither be, proven right , nor
This understanding does not wrong. Therefore, one opinion is
came easily. To acquire it one not better than any other. it
must form -an unbiased outlook stands to reason^ that only a very
)toward people, and their styles. biased person, who has nothing
This is .a world made up of dif- but his own opinions, should crit
ferent peoples with different, out- icize others or their beliefs. Why
-looks; and as Highacres is a min- don't we stop these childish gam , .
'ute representation of this world, es of name-calling? They belong
,it 'follows:. that Highacres should in a grade , school not at a uni
also be made up of these differ= versity.
=ences. Michael Nowik
However, it seems that a por- George Wiktor
tion of the present student body Dave Chamberlain
is unwilling to ,accept this fact Mike Kaster
There are also a number of Nick Dernbrosky
students. at Highacres whose hair Calvin Lampman
length and mode of dress may Rick Dilbiger
seem outlandish to others. The Ray Jenkins
mere fact that these students are c,: James McGowan
not representative of the major-
Parnassus= Initiates Members
On Tuesday April 22 Parnassus vone, Bonnie Penkala, and Susan.
Honor Sonic. 4- y of the Hazle.ton Thomas.
Campus held its annual initiation
ceremony. The purpose of the NOTICE
initiation is to induct into mem
bership all students who have a Dear Collegian Editor
2.5 cumulative average and who We accept the polite invitat'on
have participated in two or more of the four (4) young ladies as
extracurricular activities. appeared in the last edition of
Parnassus is a branch of the the Highacres Collegian.
Keystone Hcw'r Society of Penn Hans von Hornswaggle, 6' 0":
State. Present members of the blonde hair, blue eyes. Very
society are Bonnie 'Bangor, Presi- handsome; rugged build. Likes
dent; Jerry Notaro, Vice Presi- football.
dent Kathy Gibson, Secretary Ira de Rinkenspiele, 5' 10 1 / 2 ":
Treasurer; Gordy Cole, Nancy blonde hair, grey eyes. Average
Ancharski, Suzanne Ferry, Kathy build and looks; Likes blondes
Romano; and Mike Knowack. above all else.
Members who are initiated are: Rodonyon PritzskovWch, 5'
Dennis Rex, Richard Reed, Jane 7 3 / 1 "- brown hair, blue eyes. Real-
Stein, Fred Bachman, Richard ly likes Vodka. Heavy build; al-
Dino, Pasqua Pecora, Joyce most average in looks.
Baron, Carl Christopher, Gordon John David Jones, 4' 11 3 / 4 ":
Clay,'Ann Koltiska. Jane Ammon, What he lacks in height, he rnak-
Joseph Esposito, Helen 'Fuller, es up for in looks, patience and
Pamela Mattern, Barbara Sipler, wisdom. Likes girls —preferable
Marie GencVmeinico, Dave Freet, short ones.
Mary Ellen Kapunchinsky, Sue Our fee for the night is $4.00
Williams, Cheryl 'Fetterman, Eli- per hour and our curfew is
lene - Gibson, Denice Neoplitan, promptly 11:00 p. m. NO EX-
Henry Recla, Elaine Petaki, CEPTTONS! Alio, the four (4)
Joyce Rupp, Richard DePaulo, young ladies must supply tic-
Debbie Heckman, Francis Schiae- kets and their own flowers.
THE HIGHACRES aff.rP,GlW
IGNORANCE
CAMPUS: DATELINE
Labor Inediator Theodore Kheel met with students, faculty mem
bers, and , administrators at UNIVERSITY PARK, THE PENNSYL
VANIA STATE - UNIVERSITY to get their reaction to the' bargaining
table techniques' applied to campus problems.
Predominantly Negro MOBILE STATE JUNIOR COLLEGE was
closed after campus interfetrence was caused, by the. Southern Christian.
Leadership. Conference. The Sae has been charged by the college
president as interfering' in, his
_attempts to communicate with the
students.
Several hundred HARVARD and RADCLIFFE students joined in
protest against the Reserye Officers Training (ROTC) program and
other grievance& The protest resulted in a bloody clash leaving 30
hurt and 200. arrested.
A vrouo of 20 Negro students seized an office at COLUMBIA UNI
VERSITY to back their demands` for a greater= voice in the recruit
ment and admissions of more Negroes to that institution.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY students narrowly passed a vote to -con
tinue the student strike. The strike began as a protest of police use
against radical students who seized a classroom building.
Last year COLGATE UNIVERSITY was the scene of a deinonstra4
tion that resulted in the closing of a fraternity for discriminating
practices. Presently it is faced with a new proposal by black students
seeking the establishment of a black culture center.
About 100 students at BOSTON UNIVERSITY took possession of two
offi-es to press demands for abolition of all university support of the
ROTC program.
Demonstrators at QUEEN COLLEGE, calling themselves the gAo
Hoc Committee to End Political Suppression, have domanded the
withdirawal of criminal trespass charges against 39 studerits arrested
at a sit-in to demand the application of the college policies.
UNIVERSITY PARK, THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
will be the setting of a "Colloquy" weekend, May 23-25 to dethonstrate
the,positive aspects of student power. The weekend will consist of dis
cussions and, dialogues by prominant people of all nrofessions, such
as the former heavyweight champion Cassius Clay Muhammed Ali or
cartoonist Al Capp.
The board of trustees of PENN STATE UNIVERSITY has approved
sketch plans of a $952,5(X) scene building at its WILKES-BARRE
CAMPUS. The building will include facilities for physics, chemistry,
biology laboratories, classrooms, seminar rooms and related facili
ties.
LUZERNE COMMUNITY COLLEGE will soon have its permanent
home. Architects have been prompted to submk ideas on the site and
planthig of the college.
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