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equipped to protect us, or we're
in trouble.”
Sourbier says, “In a perfect
world, folks would behave in
such a fashion that people like
me would be unnecessary.”
Sourbier believes campus police
officers should be allowed to
carry firearms, and points out
that dangerous situations have
arisen on this campus. He cites
a number of cases of armed
robberies on campus, stolen
vehicles, aggravated assaults,
and one situation where a
young man who was picked up
at Penn Gate a few years ago
had a 9mm shoved in his
waistband.
“Our job is to be prepared
for when bad things happen,”
says Sourbier, “to be properly
prepared, to be trained, to be
equipped, to be educated, to
deal with it properly, promptly,
effectively, and then after we do
all those things, to hope that it
never happens. For me, that’s
the bottom line. But we don’t
have the resource to prepare for
those bad things, and it troubles
me that we don’t.”
Team Tennis
Coach Alan Smith
Monday, October 4
PSU Schuylkill
Away
Thursday, October 7
PSU Hazleton
Away
Saturday, October 9
PSU Abington
Away 12:00
i Wednesday, October 13
Penn College
Away 3:00
Sat/Sun, October 16-17
CCAC Championships
UP TBA
TBA
PSU York
Home
3:00
2:00
The debate over arming
officers is not new. It has been
an issue on campus for several
years. Prof. Steve Zemyan
argues that “the crime statistics
of the campus ... are just a
bunch of zeroes. I don’t believe
that it is necessary to give the
those who believe the need to
arm campus police is
exaggerated, Sourbier says,
“You're not the one people will
call and expect to take care of
[a problem], knowing that
you're properly trained, but not
properly equipped to deal with
it.” Sourbier feels that the
campus security staff has a
responsibility here to assure the
safety of the people that come
here.
Prof. John Bardi says in the
natural world there is a
“landscape.” In the cultural
world there is a “mindscape.”
It is possible to pollute either
one. One way we pollute a
mindscape is to weaken the
cultural efficiency of taboos.
Ironically, we do this when we
act pre-emptively to protect
ourselves from taboo behaviors.
Here is how. When we take
practical steps to protect
ourselves from uncommitted
taboo acts (like arming
policemen ahead of the need to
do so), we simultaneously
redefine the cultural status of
the behavior we are acting to
protect ourselves from, raising
it out of the strict confines of
“taboo” status into the much
less confining category of
“immoral and illegal.”
Unfortunately, to change the
cultural status of a behavior
from “taboo” to merely
“immoral and illegal” is to
destroy our best protection
against that behavior ever
happening in the first place. It
is the same mistake we are
making in the war on terrorism.
Applicants for an entry level
police officer on this campus
must have a minimum of a
bachelor’s degree in criminal
justice or a related field, be a
police academy graduate, and
have experience from another
municipal police department.
These requirements are higher
than what is required for state
police.
Dan Erdman
The Woodsmen team
began another competitive
season October 2 in North
Carolina with the Woodsmen'’s
Meet at the Cradle of Forestry
in America.
The fourteen events,
including the axe throw,
orienteering, and horizontal
speed chop, provided “a good
learning experience for the
freshmen,” according to team
captain Kyle Furman.
This year’s team hopes
to build on the recent success
of two of its members at the
Games of Logging in Antigo,
Wisconsin. Joey Gilbert took
first place and Furman fifth at
the competition held
September 18.
The Games: of
Logging focus primarily on the
precision and finesse rather
than on the power and speed
that is typical of most
competitions. Events such as
Golf
Coach Bill Burke
Monday, October 4
EPCC Tournament
Golden Oaks
Sunday, October 10
CCAC/CAAChampionships
Penn National TBA
Monday, October 11
CCAC/PCAAChampionships
Penn National TBA
Tuesday, October 12
CCAC Playoffs
UP
Saturday, October 16
CCAC Championships
UP
11:00
TBA
TBA
October
Sa
Co-ed Soccer
Coach Ron McKinney
Saturday, October 2
PSU Worthington
Home
Thursday, October 7
Manor CC
Away
Saturday, October 16
Delaware CC
Home
1:00
” Tuesday, October 19
Reading CC
Away
1:00
Men and Women Cross
Country
Coach Mike Doncheski
Saturday, October 2
PSU Worthington Scranton
Away 1:00
Saturday, October 16
PCAA Championships
UP TBA
Precision Stump, Precision
Bucking, and Precision Felling
forced competitors to rely
heavily on technique and
safety.
Each school was
allowed to send two entrants to
the highly competitive event
and Furman and Gilbert did
not disappoint. Gilbert won
$1000 and a new chainsaw for
taking first. Both won safety
equipment for placing in the
top five.
Tryouts for upcoming
events will be held in the near
future for anyone interested in
joining the Woodsmen or
participating in competitions.
Those interested should
contact Craig Houghton or
Elizabeth Brantley or talk to
any Woodsmen team member
for more information.
Women’s Volleyball
Coach Rob Harner
Monday, October 4
Delaware
Home
Wednesday, October 6
York
Home
Tuesday, October 12
CCAC Playoffs
UP
Saturday, October 16
CCAC Championships
UP TBA §
7:00
7:00 §
TBA §