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INSIGHT -
EXISTENCE IN
A VOID
a description by
Thomas M. Nutter
It was silence that caused me
to wake. I looked out into the
void that surrounded me. Every
thing seemed dark; or was it
light? There was no sight or
sound; I was alone in a strange
world and I had no - 'sensation.
I didn't breathe; I had no need
or want of breath. I shouted but
there was no noise not even an
echo. There was simply nothing.
But, I was there; I did exist; I
could sense by body, by being,
and my thought.
At first I probed into my world
with my hand; but as far as I
could reach there was nothing.
Ah, I was in my room; I must
be in my room; I fell asleep in
my room. I must be dreaming,
but I can't be. I dreamed before
about - death and I thought that
I woke up. I am in my room;
I must Ix in my room. I will sit
up or what seems up and stick
my foot out. What, still nothing?
I shrunk within myself and tried
to reason. I sensed motion; It
was if I were floating in nothing
and supported by nothing. It
seemed., as if I were in a state
of suspension. I felt if I had al
ways been here but, still I seem
to remember a previous life.
I exist, I am real! I seem to
have a great
,sense of security,
but there is nothing to be secure
about. I slowly came to realize
that was enough. Soon I would
be born again into insecurity.
THE HIGHACRES COLLEGIAN
TEMPORARY
INSANITY
by Nell Savitch
(Part two of a 5 part selection)
From social smoking
To drug addiction
You prove the actions
As indications.
Make your joints
And take your capsules
Measure injections
With insanity's tools.
Measure them carefully
Make ne, mistakes
So , you're not excluded
From a chance to escape
You want to share
Your road to escape
So you pass it to others
To follow their fate.
You turn on the world.
With your self-made rules
To each take a trip
On the ship of fools.
Schizaphrenie highs
Though temporary
Drug the mind
To blind infinity.
WHAT'S YOUR
THING?
What's you "thing"? Want
the world to know? Would you
really like to "Sock it to
them"? If so, let the Colleg
ian do it for you.
Let us "tell it like it is."
We invite articles and letters
for publication.
LET'S HAVE A COLLOQUY
University Park, -Pa., -- An
ambitious student project placing
the einphasis on 'dialogue and dis,
cusion rather than dissent 4and
disruption is being planned for
the campus of The Pennsylvania
State University late next month..
Over 100 authorities covering
a. wide range of ideologies have
been invited by a student com
mittee to join in the mass dis
cussion of current national issues
the weekend of May 23-25.
In edition, Muhammad Ali,
former world heavyweight box
ing champion, and noted cartoon
ist Al Capp have been engaged
to deliver keynote addresses cap
ping off two days of steady dia
logue on various questions of
timely importance to the nation.
The 12-member student corn:
mittee also is attempting to en
gage another personality of na
tional note as the kick-off speak
er for Colloquy.
I 7--. I
"Thousands of people will en
gage in a total communicative
experience," said Colloquy Chair
man Larry Rubenstein, a sopho
more political science major
from Totowa, N. J.
`This student program is aimed
at simulating gotta-classroom
learning. Our emphasis and pur
pose is to involve the academic
community in an opportunity for
a truly educational objective . . .
the continual interaction of mind
and ideas."
The project has been entitled
by the student organizers as
"Colloquy . : . The American
Dream: Conflict '69."
Nineteen different topics have
been listed for Colloquy, ranging
from education to student un
rest, religion to mysticism, and
national politics to the Middle
East crisis."
The d'alogue is to take the
form of a series of panel dis
cussions freely sprinkled, with
audience participation, to he con
cluded each day by relevant
theatre productions, concerts or
films and a keynote address.
The committee reported com
munity response and, cooneration
for the project has been excellent
The faculty and administration
of the University also are lend
ing what support they can to pre
pare for the event.
Invited guests will be lodged af
the Sheraton Motor Inn in. down
town State College for the three
nights of Colloquy.
A reception for the participants
will be held, weather permitting,
on Saturday, May 24, on the lawn
behind> the Hetzel Union Build
ing.
An office, appropriately labeled
"Colloquy Central" will be open
on a 24-hour basis at the RUB.
Here is a listing of those in
vited guests who have agreed
thus far to serve as panelists.
Mr. William Woodside, legal
and research counsel for the Re
publican majority of the State
Senate; Mrs. Helen Wise, presi
dent of the Pennsylvania State
Education Association; Mr. Bruce
Martin, editorial eator, oYrk
Gazette & Daily; Mr. Donald
Miller, All-American Conference
to Combat Communism; Mr.
John Hvasta, Congressional aide,
U. S. Foreign Affairs Committee.
Dr. William Peterson, sociology
professor, Ohio State University;
Mr. Richard Tomsu, Department
of English, Temple. University;
Mr. EdWard Pitts, developer and
originator of Colloquy at Bucknell
University; Dr. Howard S. Beck
er, sociology professor and drug
expert from Northwestern Uni
versity; Mr. Fred Neufield, stu
dent strike activist from Colum
bia University.
Mr. •Roger Fischer, Erie, Pa.,
attorney and district delegate to.
the Democratic National Conven
tion; Mr. Robert G. Kennedy ?
liaison between Mayor, of Erie
and that. city's Black community;
Mrs. Kate Buczek, secretary of
the Pennsylvania Chapter, Na-,
tional Assn. for the Advance
ment of Colored People; Sen.
Clarence Mitchell, state senator
from Maryland and past chair
man of the Student Non-violent
Coordinating Committee; and
Miss Sarah Atwinson, congress
ional staff aide.
For further information con
tact:
Larry Rubenstein
Colloquy Chairman
Penn State University, 16802
(814) 237-6941
Vince Carocci
Public Information Office
Penn State University 16802
(814) 865-7517
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