in overcrowded
government “hotels.” These people
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Opinion & Review
Commentary
Kicking Off Your Freshman Year
By Emmanuel Seabrooks
Question: how do you survive
your freshman year at Penn State?
Well, it can be very simple, but it is up
to you yourself to feel around for what
you need and what you want out of
this school. Here are just a few tips
and bits of information you may want
to look into.
First, you want to make sure to
get involved in your classes. You can
not just expect to take just anything to
fill those requirements. Familiarize
yourself with the material; get to know
your professors, let them know who
you are. You will find that in a class
where you and the professor are close
you tend to get a great deal more out
of the class instead of sitting in the
back of the room hoping not to get
called upon to answer a question.
It would also be in your best
interest to find a people in your classes
who you can study with or with who
you can just exchange opinions and
ideas on material covered during class.
When assignments are given, it would
behoove you to start them as soon as
possible.
behind.
So you do not like to read, huh?
Well, get used to it, because a great
deal of your college education will
come from your textbooks (The ones
you spend enough to send yourself on
a trip to Jamaica with). Use them! You
need to get the most out of them; get
your money's worth.
If you find you ‘re having
problems, there is a place for you. Itis
the learning center in the Library
Building. At the Learning Center are
tutors who are very skilled in helping
you with your mathmatics, english,
and reading. There are even student
tutors selected the classes on this
campus by professors, who can also
help you.
These are just some of the things
you need to know about this campus.
You should keep in mind that only
you can help you . Ask questions, take
names, get all the information you can.
Besides, isn’t that why you are here?
Homelessness Threatens America;
Forgotten Children Endangered
By Nick Indeglio
“In San Antonio, I met a father
with two boys who had been sleeping
for four months next to a highway not
far from the Hyatt Regency Hotel.”
wrote Jonathan Kozol, author of the
book Rachel and Her Children and an
expert researcher on the homeless
situation in America. His text may be
familiar to those who have had Mr.
Kovach for Introduction to Sociology.
“He sold blood plasma twice a week
to buy food for his kids...In a good
month he made $100.”
Sounds like something from a
horror movie, doesn’t it? Well, it’s
not. It is even worse. This is real life.
"Sounds like
something from a
horror movie, doesn't
it? Well, it's not. Itis
even worse. This is
real life.”
This is a story that thousands of people
across America can relate to. It's a
nightmare that homeless people in this
country don’t wake up from. Itis also
a situation that we, as students, can do
something about.
When most people envision
homeless people, they see a broken
down old man sleeping on a sewer
grate or an aging lady pushing a
shopping cart through the city. It is
unfortunate that such stereotypes exist.
The truth is that in 1988 alone, there
were fourteen million children living
in poverty. If they were not sleeping
in the streets then they were sleeping
shelters or
ave-viciins of a. system: Which. locks
them in an inescapable maze known
as welfare.
So here we are. We are students
of the Pennsylvania State University.
We are students with a bed to sleepin,
food to eat, and a safe place to study.
There are things we can do to help
those who are less fortunate. If the
students joined together, we could start
a program to collect clothes for the
upcoming winter season. We could
have several collection dates, on
campus or off, to procure as many
items as possible by the holidays.
When December finally rolls around,
we can give the kids the best gift we
know of...a little warmth from a harsh
winter and a little hope in their cold
and gray lives.
Several clubs and organizations
on campus focus their attentions on
community service or volunteer work.
A clothes drive is one activity that
would definitely be educational for the
students and beneficial for the children.
This clothes drive will be proposed at
an upcoming Student Government
meeting.
“We had no money to buy a
Christmas tree or toys. We buy them
what they need (heavy clothes and
winter boots) so they will not feel
different from the other kids at school.
All the money that we have, it goes to
them. They're nice kids. They deserve
it.”
Yes, they do. They deserve it. So
let’s do Something about it!
What do you think
of this month’s
issue? Let us
know! Drop your
note in our mail
box.
You do not want to fall
Top 10 Videos
for September
By Pauline Ferzetti
Tired of studying? Tired of
reading the same paragraph over
and over? Bored? Well why don't
you visit your local video store and
pick up one of these recent hits.
In cooperation with West
Coast Video Brookhaven, we
suggest the following:
1. The Crow
2. Naked Gun 33 1/3
3. Threesome
4. Beethoven's 2nd
5. Schindler's List
6. D2: The Mighty Ducks
7. Four Weddings and a Funeral
8. The Ref
9. 3 Ninja's Kick Back
10. Major League 2
Did You Survive?
Will You Come Back?
By James Foltz
I'm sure that there were many
smiling faces anxiously awaiting the
arrival of the first day of classes. I'm
also sure that for every smiling, happy
face, there was another filled with
gloom and dread. Needless to say, all
of those faces ended up here on August
24.
Welcome
freshmen.
You were greeted by a
temperature of 62 degrees at about 7:45
in the morning. Both the sun and the
moon, facing opposite directions, were
out to say, “Hello.” A cool breeze
blew across campus to make sure that
those who were half a sleep would
certainly be woke.
New, unfamiliar faces that would
soon be recognizable as friends and
classmates were also on the welcoming
committee. Maze-like structures
readying to gobble you up as you
to Penn State,
searched for classes were waiting to.
be called home. You fidgeted around
in your seat uncomfortably as a
professor stood menacingly over you,
only to offer guidance and
encouragement.
And you wander around
campus, giving prayers that lightning
might strike you dead from the clear
blue sky. Finally, the day is done, the
"You wander around
campus, giving prayers
that lightning might
strike you dead from the
clear blue sky."
classes are over and you've made it to
the comfort and familiarity of your
home. The big question is asked,
“How was it?”
You think it over. You rummage
through your memory of your first
day.
“It was great!”
Going to bed that night you
actually look forward to going back
the following day. College isn’§ so
bad. No, not at all. Everything is
goliig io ball right
America’s Fallen Star-Angel
Anxiously Awaits Judgment
By Carolyn Castelli
"At first I thought he was
innocent but I don't know what to
think now," says Jennifer Holland
(third semester DUS). "If you have to
use ice cream to prove him innocent
then that is ridiculous!"
Guilty or Innocent, is what a jury
must decide later this month, in the
highly controversial case of the state
of California versus O. J. Simpson.
O.].’s trouble started back in June
when his ex-wife Nicole and her friend
Ron Goldman were found stabbed to
death at Nicole's house. After this
happened O.]. seemed to act as usual.
It was not until the night when
he and his friend , Al Cowlens drove
down the Santa Monica freeway being
followed by the police for about an
hour that people began to think of O.].
as a suspect in the case.
"Innocent people don't run," said
Jim Foltz, one of the editors of the Lion's
Eye . Thanks to technology, millions
of viewers got to witness the whole
event live as it was unfolding. No one
knew how it was going to turn out.
~~ Much has happened since that
long night. Being televised on almost
every network, the public was able to
see first hand how the judicial system
works. For example, those who tuned
in to watch were able to see the many
people who testified, along with the
endless disputes over evidence like the
blood samples. Watching this trial day
after day, people began forming their
own theories on this case. With O.].'s
past history as a pro football player
many people have mixed emotions
about this trial.
One student 1 spoke with said
O.J. had to be innocent because of all
the confusion with the evidence. On
the other hand, others I spoke with
thought he was guilty because all the
evidence points to him.
If O.]. committed the murders or
not, he is still guaranteed a fair trial.
Hopefully he will receive one.
Everyone is innocent until proven
guilty, even O.]. Simpson.
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