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Page 3 - October 9, 1975
Coffeehouse: Mellow Mood, Good Music
By: Susan M. Siciliano
“Who's Jim Price?” They
might have asked the same ques-~
tion several years ago about a
guy from South Philly who
played at a coffeehouse in Bryn
Mawr, But this wasn’t as big
a star as Croce, or as famed
a place as the Mainpoint, This
was Delaware County’s first cof-
feehouse of the season, With a
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By: Susan M, Siciliano
Today I finished yesterday
in a daydream
Completing what I thou ght
I should have done
Adding in the words
and little feelings
Living ont two days
instead of one,
Looking through the eyes
of a new sunrise
Somehow yesterday
was in my grasp
Reaching through the minutes
and the hours
Changing every
bitter moment’s past,
Today I finished yesterday
in a daydream
Brushing the rough edges
all away
Stepping back I smiled
at my achievement
But tomorrow will I try to live
today? -
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Singer Jim Price entertained cro
the heat, the kids sat back as
Jim strummed through songs
from Simon and Garfunkle to the
Beatles with a smooth and re-
laxing style. There was nohurry-
ing and from 8 p,m, to 12 mid-
night the number of listeners
grew to 100 the largest turnout
for a coffeehouse ever at this
campus,
It wasn’t by reputation of either
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the singer or past coffeehouses
that made Sept. 5th such a sue-
cess. The majority there were
freshmen and Jim, who works in
construction, is recently forming
another group, Maybe it was
curiosity, Whatever it meant
‘somewhere to go on a Friday
night where the kids could sit
and eat and listen all for the price
of the gas to get them there.
The feeling generated by the
kids was so ‘“together’’, Even
Jim could feel it. For an en-
core, he sang his last song with
two guys from his future group,
highlighting more of Jim’s tal-
ents and the mellow combination
of their voices and own material,
The price of the Coffeehouse
is being raised to 50¢ to allow
for more of a variety in enter=-
tainment, but that doesn’t de-
tract from the night, There'll
be other Jim Prices’, groups,
maybe even a bellydancer,
Delaware County’s Coffee-
house,..a successful start, but
where it goes from there de-
pends on the students,
Penn PIRG (Continued From Page 1)
certs must be approved by the
Concert Committee, PIRG failed
to gain the approval of this
committee, and the concert had
to be cancelled only a few days
previous to the scheduled date,
Penn PIRG is presently work-
ing in conjunction with the
Concert Committee on new con-
tracts in an attempt to organize
future concerts, If these con-
certs are approved by the Con-
cert Committee, PIRG may attain
its long=-sought ‘financial back-
ing. No specific dates or
performers have been announced
at this time,
In an effort to attain approval
of PIRG itself, 16 members of
Penn PIRG went to the meeting
of the Board of Trustees, How=-
ever, in accordance with the
regulations of PSU, students were
not permitted to be present at
the meeting, and the PIRG mem-
bers were asked to leave,
Penn PIRG, with the aid. of
Michael Baker, Jr. and Dr, Helen
Wise, is now attempting to change
the rule which prohibits students
from attending meetings of the
Board of Trustees. Both Mr,
Baker and Dr, Wise are members
of the Board of Trustees elected
by the alumni, and they support
the admission of students to
Board meetings. Mr, Baker is
chairperson of the Executive
Committee, of which Dr, Wise
is also a member, Changing this
rule reoguires a great deal of
time but PIRG feels it is the.
best possible method of gaining
entrance to the meetings and .
thereby helping its cause,
Springsteen's ‘* Born to Run’’ :
‘Good, But Not His Best’
By: Bill Lee Hagal
Bruce Springsteen’s third al-
bum on Columbia Records is
called “Born to Run’’, This is
the album that is supposed to
make Springsteen nationally
known, :
~~ Up until now, only parts of the
world have heard the music of
this talented artist. ‘Born to
Run’’ is supposed to change this,
I think it will,
However, I hope newcomers
listening to the Springsteen beat
do not use this album as their
sole judge of Bruce’s work, This
is’ a good album but not his best,
in my opinion,
The lyrics, describing the life
in a city mixed in with some
love ballads, are better than ev-
er. The music, though, is not
played as controlled or master-
ful as his previous accomplish-
ments, In some of the songs the
loud horns, saxes, piano, guitar
and an accomplished glockenspeil
drown out the voice, sort of in
the style of the Rolling Stones,
Springsteen starts his album
with a song about a girl who he
is trying to get into his car
for an evening of love-making,
The song is called “Thunder
: Road’’,
bring 2 ‘“Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out”
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This song is one of Springsteen’s
best, musically, The song des-
cribes the roughness in a eity
Skipping over “Night?’, for it’s
oe of Springsteen’s worst, we
come to “Backstreets’’, ‘‘Back-
streets’ is a song where Bruce
mixes love and hate, as he did
n “For You’ on his first re-
ease,
The title track, “BorntoRun’’,
is a masterpiece of lyrics and
music. This one is destined to
become Bruce’s first AM chart
buster, ;
‘‘She’s the One’’ has a great
background led by the piano of
Roy Bittan, and a driving saxa-
phone played by Clarence Clem-=-
mons.
“Meeting Across the River’
is backed by the jazzy trumpet
of Randy Becker and Bittan’s
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By: Susan M. Siciliano
It’s fascinating! A whole column dedicated to a dog, and still
most of the freshmen refer to her as “here, pooch,’”” POOCH!
Honestly now, poor ol’ George has had enough on her mind recently
without such defamations, In fact, I just saw her storm out of the
lounge, George?! Run away when food’s present? Let’s see if we can
track her down to find out why.
ME: Hey, George! Can you stop and talk a minute?
GEORGE: Not if I'm to keep up with that guy and his delicious
hoagie.
‘ME: Oh, it’s food then, I thought you were mad,
GEORGE: No chance. Got my shots yesterday.
ME: Then what’s this mumbling I hear about the system?
GEORGE: Nervous system, It’s a strange disorder that attacks
anyone trying to survive both bureaucracy, democracy and the sharp
‘turn onto Yearsley Mill Road all within the same day,
ME: It sounds like some pretty heavy stuff has been going on,
GEORGE: Depends on how many free periods you can spend in
the lounge and if the machines are feeling well, ,
ME: Not that kind of heavy, What could these kids possibly know
of bureaucracy at 18 or 19?
GEORGE: There are questions to answer before you get here,
tests to tell you where you stand, cards to complete for pre-regis-
tration, lines’for registration, forms to drop a course, add a course,
change a major, use a room, get money for a club, . . ;
ME: Well, this is college, not high school,
GEORGE: Yeah, but they should at least help the kids adjust to
the change, You know, prerequisites like Form Filling 101 or Run
Around 203,
ME: The University has more important things to worry about,
GEORGE: Yeah, so much that a class of 300 at ‘“The Park?’ had
to wait an hour before they found out the University forgot to assign a
Prof, Probably lost the form,
ME: Is there anything you DO like?
GEORGE: Sure. For one thing, the administration believes in
togetherness.
ME: Well then, that’s more like it, :
GEORGE: But there’s such a thing as overdoing something, Take
for example the U.S.A, office, the Lion’s Eye office, Student Activities
office, Keystone office and PSEA office; all located in room A in the
Student Affairs building, The other day someone opened a drawer in
the file cabinet at the same time someone opened the door and sent
ME: Was anyone hurt?
the person working at the desk through the window,
GEORGE: No, thank goodness. Think of the form for property
damage they’d have to fille-=
ME: Thank you, George, Would you like to redeem yourself with
a few parting words?
GEORGE: Life is like a maze, Unless you understand ‘the
system?’
heartburn,
By: Laura Keryluk 5
Here are a few tips to keep
in mind as you work your way
through college. These are things
that often have to be taught the
hard way and perhaps by sharing
them with you, the often tiresome
‘and seemingly never ending road
will be a little easier on you,
#1 Run out and buy anything
that has to do with Penn
State (this includes the
sticker “Honk if you’re
horney!”’) and paste it on
Freshman Views Campus Life
By: Ivetta Stephens
The thought of entering col-
lege in September seemed to
send warning signals to every
corner of my brain, I was sort
of lost beacuse my title of “Big
Bad Senior’’ was no longer ap-
plicable, All kinds of precon=
ceived ideas about the cam-
pus popped into my head, O well!
Now that I am here, most of
the misconceptions have been
dispelled, Still, a few things
have yet to be explored,
I have found that the scenic
landscape surrounding the cam-
pus is the most enjoyable fea-
ture of the Delaware County
Campus, It’s serenity, peace,
calmness and bugs enveloped me
the first day of orientation, Ev-
en though I commute quite a
distance from the campus, it is
well worth my while to get away
from the rushing pace of the city,
The educational opportunity of-
fered to me by Penn State o-
pens new outlets for career
searching, I hope that by con-
ditioning myself on when andhow
to study, I will be able to par-
take of the many extra-curri-
cular activities available, Even
though the facilities are limited,
involving myself in ciubs, teams,
. ete,, will broaden my capabilit-
ies in dealing with people,
Most of the students are ready
and willing to make new acquain-
tances. This helps to ease the
stress after being in class for
hours, -Also, it’s reassuring to
know that I am not the only stu-
dent who feels overwhelmed with
books and studies,
The Delaware County Campus
is an experience, As the days and
years go by, I want to remem-
ber all my friends, the happen-
ings, courses (maybe), failures
and accomplishments, I sin-
cerely believe that I will be a
better and more experienced per-
son while and after attending
Penn State,
you spend your life running around in circles, Happy
Helpful Hints «+ ««:-
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your bumper, Besides its
flair of sophistication, it
has become a symbol of
intellectualism across the-
country,
Learn to develop a look of
bewilderment whenever an
upperclassmen speaks to
you (practice this facial
expression at least 6 times
a day..besides toning up
muscles it gives you an ex=-
cuse not to be faced with
questions you can’t answer
from the ‘‘uneducated,’’)
(similar to #2) Know ev-
erything about anything, but
in case you don’t kkow what
a person is talking about,,
when he finishes his sen-
tence say “Hmmmmm,,,,
very thought provoking,”
Get at least 3 hours sleep
before classes,,this is eas-
ily dome by setting your
psychology book in front of
you, >
File your fingernails and
talk to a classmate while
your instructor is teaching,
This will show him that
#2
#3
#4
#5
you really. “know your
stuff’’,
#6 Always call your in~
structors by their first
names right off to let them
know you consider yourself
on their level, :
_ Well, I sincerely hope this
advice benefits each and every
one of you for true success in
college--believe me, it works;