The Pennsylvania State University LIONS | ik Delaware County Campus Vol. 2, No. 1 CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA December, 1969 bINGBERG EDIT CRITIQUE OF WAR While battles of varying sizes and intensities were being fought all over the globe during the past three years, political leaders in world capitals and at the United Nations spent many hours exam- ining possible ways and means to end the conflicts. At the same time, a group of 192 scholars in 40 countries were going one step further. They were examining, among other things, the philosophy behind war and the reasons nations send men marching to battle in the first place. x The results of their collective thoughts on war have been pub- lished by Henry Regnery Press of Chicago. The volume, edited by Robert Ginsberg, assistant pro- fessor of philesophy at the cam- pus, is entitled “The Critique of War: Contemporary Philosophical Explorations.” Ginsberg directed the project which involved three years of work and correspondence in seven languages with the contributing philosophers. The final volume, available in both hardcover and paperback, contains 18 chapters on the causes, consequences, jus- tification and elimination of war. |. According to Ginsberg, the book is the first systematic analysis of war by an international team of philosophers. The topics explored ROBERT GINSBERG by them are war and human na- ture, religion and peace, sover- cignty and anarchy, Marxism and capitalism, nonviolence and world government. Ginsberg, in addition to editing the volume, also contributed an introductory chapter entitled ‘“Phi- losophy vs. War” and translated two chapters from the Spanish and Portuguese. In the volume Ginsberg pro- poses the organization of Inter- national Centers for the Philoso- phy of Peace and War, and Inter- national Philosophy Peace Teams. Contributors to the project in- clude Carl J. Friedrich, Risieri Frondizi, Barrows Dunham, Robert S. ‘Hartman, E. A. Burtt, and Swami Nikhilananda. 835 BLACK STUDENTS ENROLLED AT PENN STATE University officials report ap- proximately 835 black students are enrolled on a full-time basis at all Penn State locations through- out the state. Enrollment at the University Park campus was reported to be in the vicinity of 550 while a survey of the 19 Commonwealth Campuses showed another 285 black students registered for for- mal day programs. Another 365 black students were estimated to be enrolled in evening or Con- tinuing Education credit pro- grams at the campuses for a total of approximately 1,200 throughout the system. University recruiters George Culmer and Hodges Glenn mean- while, have begun their activities throughout the state for the 1970- 71 academic year. Mr. Culmer spent a week in Philadelphia visiting high schools with pre- dominantly black student enroll- ments. The two recruiters plan to concentrate their activities in coming weeks in the urban cen- ters of the state such as Phila- delphia, Pittsburgh, Erie and Harrisburg. Of the Commonwealth Cam- puses, Ogontz and Delaware re- ported the highest black registra- tion with approximately 165 each. Ogontz reported 84 students in day sessions and another 81 in the evening programs. Delaware reported 60 in day sessions and 109 in the evening. The campus survey did not in- clude the King of Prussia Gradu- ate Center. Judge Louis A. Bloom Reelected Head of Campus Advisory Board Louis A. Bloom, judge of the Common Pleas Court of Delaware County, was reelected president of the advisory board to the Dela- ware County Campus at the board’s annual meeting. Judge Bloom has been a mem- ber of the 19-member advisory board since its inception in Au- gust, 1967. He served as vice- president to the board during the 1967-68 school year, the first year of the campus’ operation. Other officers reelected to a one-year term are Paul M. Mat- thews, executive assistant, Large Turbine Division, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Lester Branch, vice-president; John D. Vairo, director of the Delaware County Campus, secretary; LeRoy F. F. Wright, president of the ORIENTATION SCORED BY STUDENT GOVERNMENT University Park (APS) — The Organization of Student Govern- ment Associations (OSGA) has threatened to advise Common- wealth Campus students not to attend the Orientation Program at University Park unless changes are made in the program. OSGA revealed that it rejects the Orientation Program that transfer students from Common- wealth Campuses receive when they transfer to University Park. The OSGA is an organization that represents all students and student government associations at the Commonwealth Campuses of Penn State. Ron Batchelor, OSGA president, said that he considered the pres- ent program a ‘‘slap in the face” and a “waste of time.” “If the upcoming programs are not turned over to the Keystone Society or OSGA, we will notify all Commonwealth Campus stu- dents not to attend the Orienta- tion Program at University Park. The present program considers the transfer students as secondary to incoming freshmen,” Batchelor said. According to Batchelor, an in- vestigation is being conducted by OSGA to find out why most Com- monwealth Campus transfer stu- dents were placed in study lounges and other temporary housing quarters. “We want to know how many students, who the students are, and from which Commonwealth Campuses they come. We will demand a reason from Housing as to why they were placed in such anarters. We want a guarantee that it won't happen again and we reject the $15 refund that Housing gives the students if they are still in temporary assign- ments after five weeks,” Batchelor said. RISING TUITION COSTS BLAMED ON LEGISLATURES Rising university tuition costs can be blamed, at least in part, on State legislatures. The National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges say tuitions and fees rose to unpredicted heights for this academic year and said the sharp increases could be attributed to difficulty in obtaining funds from the state legislatures. Penn State ranked ninth in the nation in tuition costs for in-state students. Penn State's charges are $600 compared with Cornell (N. Y.) $825, Rutgers (N. J.) $536, and West Virginia, $280. Delaware County National Bank, treasurer; and Guy GG. deFuria, KEsq., of deFuria & Rankin, a Chester law firm, solicitor. The board heard a report from Campus Director John Vairo on the progress of the campus’ first permanent building now being constructed at Yearsley Mill and Middletown Roads, Lima. The building is scheduled for comple- tion by the spring of 1970. Campus Comes Alive At M-Day Microphone Panelists discussing the draft and its alternatives are (left to right) Ronald Zirpoli (4th term—DOC), Joseph Bacanskas (4th—Education), Thomas Madden (1st—Education), and James R. Smith (4th—Science). November’s Moratorium ‘“Speak- Out” at Delaware consisted of student speakers, a panel discus- sion, open discussions, and some »houting matches in the lounge. Participants debated politics in Sotheast Asia, the effect of Vietnam on U. S. domestic poli- cies, the immorality of war, and the question of anarchy vs. or- sanized government. The draft was the subject of the panel discussion. Panelists included Tom Madden and Jim Smith, Ron Szirpoli and Joe Bacanskas. Although all disagreed with the present draft system, Madden and Smith favored reform while Szirpoli and Bacanskas ad- vocated abolition. Madden pointed out that creation of a voluntary army would, most likely, also cre- ate an army of minority military force. Smith added that a volun- tary army would consist of highly military-oriented individuals who would “think Army.” He ex- pressed the possibility of a mili- taristic-fascist state emerging. The arguments against the draft were summed up in a statement by Joe Bacanskas: “No one has a right to my life.” The final portion of the three- hour program included some fire- works. Jim Smith pointed out that there could hardly be an in- tellectual atmosphere cultivated in the school when everyone sat around playing cards all the time. (Some student card-players went on as usual during the speech but a noticeable reaction set in.) “In an institute which stresses intel- lectual pursuits, ROTC, the mani- festation of discipline rather than learning,” Jim said, “does not belong. One's mind should be stimnlated, not drilled to con- formity.” Jim’s observation was well taken by many students. One onlooker heatedly . remarked: “ROTC has the office that had been SGA’s office last year. While this year, SGA is put into a broom closet. This campus’ sense of priorities is somewhat backwards.” At the end of this comment, Norm Udovich, a ROTC member, rose to defend his position; “ROTC is not just discipline, but also individual thinking. These men are being trained to become leaders and to defend you people.” One black student objected to this statement, however, and pointed out somewhat vehemently that “he didn’t need the protec- tion. street, he could certainly defend himself.” James Garner, a Black student, vas next. He spoke on ‘Blacks and the War.” The essence of James’ speech was this: “I didn’t fully realize the irony of Vietnam until I finished my hiteh and re- turned to the States. A black man goes to Vietnam supposedly to fight for freedom. Yet when he returned to his homeland, he has to crawl for his equality.” James also noted that: “There is too much emphasis on foreign affairs, and not enough on our domestic problems.” However, Ramona Phillips, she too a black student at Delco, voiced a conflicting opinion—one that was quite unpopular for the day. “I feel that demonstrations had their purpose at one time, but now they are no longer useful. We don’t know the effect these demonstrations have on the North Vietnamese. They (Vietnamese) can look at our country and see it torn with disagreement and they might decide to make the war last for years and years. I'm not saying, however, that demonstrations are bad. I believe that in many situations they are good. But, in my opinion, in re- gards to anti-Vietnam demonstra- tions, the bad outweighs the good.” LITERARY MAGAZINE Students at the campus will again publish a literary magazine in the Spring. Editors Greg O’Meara, and Trina Donato are beginning a campaign to solicit short stories, poetry, drawings, nhotographs and essays from the student body. Students wishing to submit materials for possible vublication in Symposium, should submit the materials to Mrs. Vir- zinia Beards, publication advisor, or to the Office of Public Infor- mation. When he walked down his
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