HIGHACRES COLLEGIAN, 1972. PAGE TWO
edna: the
poor student's
philosopher
Have you ever wondered
what Moses would have written
if he had had a college degree? I
offer to you the Ten
Commandments--Highacres
style:
This is the Penn State
University, thy new
home. Thou shalt have
no other allegiance to
any other institute of
higher learning.
Thou shalt not swear in
front of the Dean.
Thou shalt remember
to attend classes—even
if thou art winning at
pinochle, ping-pong or
shuffleboard.
Honor thy father and
thy mother, for they
art paying the bills.
Thou shalt not kill
squirrels, chipmunks or
woolly bears.
Thou shalt not mess
around.
Thou shalt not
"borrow" books that
belong not to thee.
Thou shalt not
plagiarize.
Thou shalt not covet
thy best friend's girl.
10. If thou not believeth in
these nine, I giveth
unto thee a tenth:
Thou shalt not get
egian office is located in the Memoriul Building.
)urs are Monday thru Friday, 1-4 p.m.
Tricia Fisher Editor-in-chief
Dave Crofcheck Executive Editor
Dale Walck Business Manager
Linda Gallagher Managing Editor
Pattieanne Ignar Production Manager
Richard Campbell Faculty Advisor
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Sports: Jon Gross, Mary Angie Delazio.
Feature: Edna. Janilou Maderick, Debbie Berger
Editorial Writers: Dave Crofcheck, Linda
Gallagher, Dale Walck, John Busher,.
Advertising: Dale Walck, Dave Crofcheck,
Cathy Mulligan, Linda Gallagher.
Photography: Highacres Camera Club, Mark Denke.
Composition: Pattieanne Ignar-Editor, joAnn
Depretis, Cindy Lauer, Becky Harris, Linda
Gallagher, Dale Walck, Dave Crofcheck,
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Linda Gallagher, Debbie Berger,
Pattieanne Ignar, Mike Petresky,
Dave Crofcheck,
Cindy Lauer, John Busher,
Letter Policy
A Bit of Christmas (beer
by Dale Wald(
The term is coming to an
end, and students are studying
for final exams and are preparing
to leave Highacres Campus. It is
possible in, all the flurry of
activity going on, it is easy to
forget that we are entering the
Christmas season once again.
Christmas is a time of great joy
and an abounding feeling of
brotherhood. As we say
good-bye to each other at the
beginning of vacation, the
good-byes should reflect feelings
of love and brotherhood, and
the expectation of seeing one
another upon returning to the
campus.
For our froinds who are
transfering for Winter Term, we
can only say good-bye and wish
them
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by John Busher
is when you bite into a
piece of turkey and find out
it was killed with buchshot.
is when you come up for
Las Vegas Nite and find out
they mean Las Vegas,
Nevada.
is when you sit down to
play cards then get up and
find the term is over.
is trying to find the tree in
the "Know Your Campus
Contest".
Gloria Holoneck,
Thou shalt
neighbor's
We wish to thank Mr. Price
for his kind comments and his
in trest in the Collegian. We
appreciate his expressing his
views on the term paper ad; we
would, however, like to point
out three things. First, while the
name of the company is
Termpaper Arsenal Inc., it was
presented to us as a research
company— one that provides
research material on a variety of
subjects. It is very much, in fact,
like the encyclopedia companies
that entitle their customers one
free "termpaper" a year for five
years. These companies provide
large quantites of bulk material
on a subject of your choice. This
is when you get lost for 20
years then come back and
find Nixon is still president.
is waking up in the morning
and finding out you died
during the night.
is when you nominate
Frank N. Stein for president
and he wins.
is trying to register for the
next yerm when the courses
keep getting filled.
is when you join the Elks
Club and then get shot
during deer season.
is when you turn over a new
leaf and find the old one.
is trying to keep two trains
of thought going in a one
track mind.
is when you put a quarter in
the pinball machine and it
just stares at you.
is driving ten miles through
a raging blizzard, and
finding your class was
cancelled.
not steal thy
words!
material, I am sure, can be used
as research material just as the
encyclopedia etself can be used.
The staff of the Collegian
does NOT encourage plagiarism.
In fact, officially, we condemn it
as one of the worst forms of
thievery; however, we believe
that the decision is not ours to
make. This stand does not apply
only to the term paper ad, but
rather, is based on our ad policy
that does, and MUST, apply to
all ads. That policy will not
allow our editorial policies to
interfer with our advertising. We
believe that editorializing
belongs on the editorial page,
and that is where we will try to
keep it.
Secondly, Mr. Price
mentions the University Policy.
Once again, the Collegian does
not promote or provide for
plagiarism.
Thirdly, Mr. Price mentions
the fact that New York is
prosecuting "such phony term
paper companies."( Although he
does not specifically validate his
term in relation to Termpaper
Arsenals Inc., our advertisors.
This may be an unfair value
judgment.) It may also be
interesting to note that in
Massachusetts a term paper
company sued a college
newspaper for discrimination in
refusing to run such id. The
termpaper company won its
rnerrie maxirris
I feel the Holiday Spirit! In
fact, she's breathing down my
neck. Therefore, Collegian
readers, I would like to leave
you all some Christmas and
Hanukkah presents in the form
of a few maxims and other
one-liners. You can use them
freely in your English
compositions as long as you
footnote me, because they are,
after all, origianl. At least I hope
you think they're original.
case, and the court upheld the
decision. This, too, may be a
consideration.
In conclusion then, the
HIGHACRES COLLEGIAN will
stand behind our ad policy and
will continue to apply it to all
our advertising. The decision on
this matter, we believe, is not
ours or the University's, but
rather, the decision lies with
you, the student. We, like Mr.
Price, believe that the students
of Highacres are capable and
competent enough to produce
high caliber work. However, we
also believe they are capable and
competent of making their own
judgments— moral, ethical and
academic. As a result, we will
present you with all the
information we can. This
includes the fact that a student
that plagiarizes is defeating the
purpose of getting an education.
If a student is found to be
plagiarizing, he will fail the
course, and, even more
important, runs the risk of being
expelled from the University. It
would be a shame to waste all of
your talents for one little paper.
We do wish to thank Mr.
Price again for bringing this issue
to light. We only hope we can
continue to warrant such kind
remarks as he made. We also
wish to welcome him back to
our campus, and we certainly
hope that he stays with us!
by debbie berger
Anyway, I would like to begin
with two that were given to me:
If an athlete can get
athlete's foot, can an astronaut
get mistle toe? (See note below.)
And: No, Dear, a red
cardinal is not a Russian priest.
Now that you know what is
comming, you have the
opportunity to stop reading if
you want to. If, however, you
like this sort of thing, please
accept the following products of
my magnaninity:
It was an absurd situation. I
felt as helpful as a sundial at
night.
Then there are people to
whom Security means a blanket
or money in the bank. To me,
Security is cutting yourself on a
rusty nail and knowing your
tetanus shot is still good.
At the same time, I can't
think of anything heavier than a
pile of wet carpets on a hot day.
She sticks to him like wet,
freshly-cut grass on a bare foot,
and he just walks all over her.
You can't make a Steinway
out of balsam.
I f we can walk on the
moon, why can't we wrap a
record album so that the
recipient won't know what it is
beforehand? A big box only
gives a false idea as to the size,
hence, "value" of what is inside.
That makes about as much
sense as a ha'penny.
Happy December! Note:
Would you call this afterthought
an athelete's footnote?