THE LION S EYE November 12, 1971 This year’s SGA officers: (I. to r.) Donna BePutron, Secrsiary; Kevin O'Neil, Vice-President; Tom Lordan, President; Blondell Reynolds, Treasurer. ¥ 3 faa i : SGA Announces Budgets At the October 21 meeting, SGA publicized and approved the follow- - ing club budgets: Veterans Associa- tion, $272.43; Camera Club, $107.95; Society of American Mili- ~ tary Engineers (SAME), $25.50; Key- stone Society, $130, plus $110.91 left over from last year; Rifle Team and Ciub, $97; Lion’s Eye, $810.00. Robert Spickler, speaking for the Faculty, has challenged the SGA to a flag football game. They clashed Wednesday. Janet Warner was elected chair- man of the Orientation Committee. Other members include Jeff Watson and Kathi Bender. John Schwartz was named Athletic Committee Chairman and Jerry Doyle will chair the Intramural program. Doyle will captain the SGA football team. Mary Wiegand and Marge Fritz were elected co-chairwomen of the Historical Committee. This organiza- tion will work with John Vairo, in recording the history of our campus. VIEWPOINT: THE DEBATE { Rizzo Refuses Longstreth Challenge By Joe Contino The long awaited Frank Rizzo- Thacher Longstreth TV debate was a dull, well-rehearsed, too smooth attempt to satisfy the Witchv=3f Philadelphia . . . for the first 59 minutes, of the hour long program. The question and answer sys- tem used by the stations and their moderators, John Facenda, WCAU - TV, Vince Leonard, KYW - TV, and Larry Kane, WPVI - TV, was a smooth, fair - system. Opening statements by each. candidate were well known re- peats of the campaign. Long- streth reiterated that Rizzo is not running for Police Commissioner, and cannot run the city like he ran the Roundhouse. Rizzo banked on his 27-year record in the Police Department, Rizzo was noticeably nervous. He glanced around the studio, spoke many times to the podium, stared at then away from the camera. Longstreth, however, was re- latively comfortable and at ease. He knew what he wanted to say and strived to say as much as ~ possible in the time alloted. Many times Longstreth ran over the time limit and might have said too much. A point clearly brought out by Longstreth was the accusation that Rizzo represents only a part of the people of Philadelphia. He backed this up with Rizzo’s re- fusal to campaign in black areas, college campuses, and affulent liberal sections of the city. Rizzo stumbled with these questions, es- pecially the black issue. It seemed that sometimes Long- streth was a little loud. He vir- tually screamed at Rizzo. On the other hand, Rizzo, although he was nervous, softly, sometimes convincing and down-to-earth, answered questions. All of this repetition led to the last minutes of the program, in which the essence of this political battle is contained. Longstreth, in questioning Rizzo, asked him to debate on three live TV occas- ions to discuss three separate is- sues: monteary problems, educa- tion, and crime. : Rizzo refused and showed his fear of being blitzed by Long- streth. One could not help but parrallel this section of the con- frontation to the Kennedy-Nixon debates of the early sitxies. Rizzo, like Nixon, was well known via his past career. Long- streth, like Kennedy, was rela- tively unknown. Remember Ken- nedy’s instant appeal to the people when he was exposed be- fore live cameras with unre- hearsed questions? Rizzo’s refusal destroyed his “tough cop” image; exposed his - insecurity and lack of confidence in himself. “I'll answer all the questions to the news media or people of this city,” said Rizzo, “but not with you. Nobody knew who you were before this election . . . nobody knows who you are Thacher.” Fortunately for Rizzo, the vot- ers of Philadelphia were never able to know who Thacher was. Gridiron, Goncerls Make All U Day University Park’s ALL U Day happens this weekend, November 13. Penn State’s Nittany Lions will take on North Carolina State, Saturday at 1 p.m. A concert that same night will feature John Mayall and Crazy Horse. A jammy, a local group con- cert, and a buffet will also be of- ferred. Their main function will be naming the future structures to be built on this campus. These SGA committee chair- men have been appointed: Safety Security Committee, Steve Weav- er; Social Committee, Bev Tru- man; Publicity Committee, Chris Udovich; Constitutional Revue Committee, Randy Nichols; and Parking Committee, Mitch Cohen. THOUGHTS . Utopia-Only Dream By Anthony Cannizzaro The goals of all human lives vary to great degrees, but the sim- {larity among all is a utopian thought. The utopian thought be- gins with the idea that things are bad. The thought also implies that life can be better, perhaps per- fect. We have grown jaded and dis- illusicned with promises of im- provement and the changing of the conditions for human exis- tance. The wonders of the industrial age are prompting the search for peace and contentment. We are searching for a society where all sciences could reign and bestow their benefits from which business and competition would be sternly excluded. Our present democratic so- ciety is hemmed in by the nar- row limits set by capitalistic ex- ploitation. This society I am talking about is benefiting only the rich, up- per classes. Under the capitalistic exploited conditions, the modern wage slaves are suppressed by living problems, and the majority of the population is debarred from par- ticipation in public and political life. The change we desperately need is in our thoughts, as well as our power to bestow infinite ‘happiness. Write Ow . . . The editors of The Lion’s Eye welcome opinions, suggestions, questions, or criticism regarding campus or non-campus activities, The Lion’s Eye news coverage, or anything on your mind. Letters shoud be legibly writ- ten, preferably typewritten, and no more than two pages in length. The Lion’s Eye reserves the right to edit letters for style and length but not for content. Names will be withheld upon request. Address correspondence to: The Lion’s Eye Delaware County Campus 25 Yearsley Mill Road Media, Pa. 19063 Letters may be given to mem- bers of the staff or placed in Room 212 F. SCIENCE NOTES Protein A recent development in can- cer and viral research deals with the cell’s own first line of defense against virus atack — interferon. Interferon, a complex protein molecule, is effective against most viruses according to Maurice Hill- eman and Alfred Tytell writing in Scientific American. The induction of interferon is one of three potential methods de- veloped by medical researchers to contain viral activity in man. ANTIBODIES PRODUCED The use of vaccines, a second method, involves preparations of killed or attenuated virus that stimulates the body to produce antibodies against the virus. Chomotherapy, a third and relatively new method of curb- - ing viral activity, is employed to retard the growth of cancerous tissue. In 1957 it was established that a cell infected by a virus pro- duces interferons. These interfer- ons protect other uninfected cells against viral infection. INTERFERON LIMITED Interferon was effective only in the animal species in which it was produced. For eampxle, mouse interferon was active only in mouse cells. Absolutely pure interferon has yet to be isolated. There is- no practical way to produce inter- feron in human cells. It is not likely to be practical quantita- tively. The relation between the re- quired dose and the possible yield of interferon by cells is not fav- orable. This unfavorable yield would make impractical the pro- duction, purification, and admin- istration of human interferon to humans. The only alternative was to find a suitable inducer of inter- feron: a substance that could be given a patient to cause his body to manufacture its own interferon. Molecule Affects Viruses By Kenneth Goldstein “The interferon itself is not ac- tive against viruses. It leaves the cell in which it was produced and, enters uninfected cels, where it exerts antiviral activity.” When the drug was given in- travenously, destructive side ef- fects were noted in the small blood vessels, liven and blood forming organs of dogs. Unfor- tunately, interferon failed to pro- ‘duce a significant beneficial ef- fect against tumors in terminal ah cancer patients. \ : Draft Developments (Continued from Page 1) have held deferments. In this unlikely event, Selective Service officials believe that man- power requirements of the De- partment of Defense probably could be met by inducting those young men who have recently dropped deferments because they graduated, dropped out of school, or changed their occupations. Recent college graduates or dropouts would make up the bulk of inductions, the officials said. The officials added that cancella- tions of deferments would not be necessary nor would it be necessary to call those who have passed into the second prior- ity selection group. Currently, there are approxi- mately six million young men un- der age 35 with deferments. Ap- proximately 500,000 of these normally lose their deferments during a 12-month period. The largest groups of deferred men are those who have received fa- therhood, occupational or student deferments. 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