Big Opportunit y
GOV. MILTON 3. SHAPP fi
nally has given the official word—
mext month, he will appoint one stu
dent from the University to serve
as a full member of the Board of
Trustees.
By fulfilling a promise made
on the steps of Old Main a year
ago. the governor has opened the
door a bit wider toward legitimate
student participation in the affairs
of their university.
This primary appointment is
only a first step. Shapp has inch
!,cateci that the appointee will be a
sophomore or a junior, who will
:serve the usual term of three years.
HOPEFULLY ANOTHER un
dergraduate will be appointed ne%t
year and another the following
year. Students eventually will hold
-three permanent positions on the
board one filled by a senior, one
Letters to the
Orientation: fine job
TO THE EDITOR: As a first term freshman, I would like to
comment on the fine Job done by the staff and faculty during
the orientation period at the beginning of the current term.
Having been warned of the confusion and apparent disin
terest prevalent on a large campus. I expected to be treated
as one of the m,„„. however. I was pleasantly surprised . by
the efficiency with which the orientation program was
organized and activated.
On the several occasions that I did require help or in
formation, the person in charge exceeded the requirements of
his job. 'Nice in moments of indecision 1 was approached by
staff members and offered assistance before I actually re
quested it. At all times I received willing and pleasant help.
I hope my comments on this subject will ensure the con
tinuation of a similar program for future incoming students.
Mary Lou Kuntz
(lst-agriculture-Windberg)
Grow up first
TO THE EDITOR: Terry Nau may lament over his football
seating. but it hardly rates as a "Quote of the Week."
: Come on children. If you want to play with the big boys
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THE NAVY OFFICER INFORMATION TEAM
Will be on Campus at the Grange Bldg. on
the 18th, 19th and 20th or May 1971 to
discuss, with any interested . student, all
-officer programs. (Active and Reserve; Avi.
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— alion, Surface and Sub Service).
Or, for that matter, Is Los
Angeles? Or Chicago? Or Phila
delphia? Or Dallas?
Or any other pity groping
Its way to an uninhabitable
anachronism.
A curious situation has de
veloped in America. Eighty per
cent of the people in this coun
try Sive on less than ten per cent
of the land area.
There used to be ,sy.igood
reason' for this.
At the time of the industrial
revolution, we congregated in
Cities because that's where the
sources of energy were. Coal.
Water. Electricity.
And our communications
network was so limited that we
had to be in close proximity to
each other for business and
social purposes.
No more.
There are no longer any
good reasons to continue this
hopelessly outmoded life style.
With the advent of the
whore spectrum of new com
munications available to us
(wide-band communications,
laser beams), we will have the
opportunity to live in signifi
cantly less dense population
Centers.
This is no idle prophecy.
The concept is quite real.
Idle and well within the bounds
Editorial Opinion
by a junior and one by a soph
omore.
Shapp has indicated that the
work of this first student trustee
will be under close scrutiny. He
will have to perform welt, for the
governor has stated he will not ap
point a second student trustee next
year if the first does not work out,
This step represents the first
real chance for students to do more
than complain about their lot.
While it is not a remarkable grant
of power, it is significant neverthe
less because students now have
power where none existed before.
A CYNIC MIGHT say that
having three students on the 32
member Board of Trustees fits in
well with the concept of majority
rule. This probably is true. But the
voices of students will be heard
soon and if they are intelligent
and sensible, things might change.
We need not predict a failure. even
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TUESDAY, MAY 18, 1971
of engineering capabilities
which we already have.
Not Anly do we have the
toots to provide the means tor
new styles in human settle
ments, but also to rebuild, in a
sociological sense, the crowded
inner core of our major cities,
The combination of inter
national satellites and cable
will provide the means of bring
ing individuals all the informa
tion they need or want without
interference or control.
And without the need to be
in any specific place.
(Think for a moment about
the Apollo 11 moon landing in
July, 1969. 500 million people
around the world saw, via tele
vision, precisely the same thing
at the same time. Being in New
York or Los Angeles held no
advantage over being in Keokuk
or Harrisburg.)
Historically, we've been
preoccupied with moving peo
ple and objects. Thus, our intri
cate network of highways and
railroads and airlines all of
which have become enormously
inefficient (not inherently, but in
application).
The future will see us mov-
IS NEW YORK
REALLY
before the student asstiMes his post.
Shapp, who has the responsibi
lity for selecting this student from
five recommendations, must choose
carefully.. We are sure
,he will, for
he realizes that this is a vitally im
portant advancement for the Uni
versity.
Once the appointment is made,
the students must realize that this
student is their liason with the gov
erning body of the University—the
final authority for major programs
affecting all of•us. Use him-r--he is
your representative and he will
need to hear from students to do
a god job. '
THE BIG STEP has been taken
at last. Students now must act in
telligently and use this new power
to best advantage, not for frivolous
purposes. We must not lose this op
portunity we have waited too
long.
Editor of The Da
(trustees, faculty senate) you must grow up first. T sat
through five years of Penn State football in your same seats.
Now I sit on the 45-yard line, a privilege for which I give the
University interest free money for longer and longer periods
each time. If you haven't checked lately the tariff is $3O per
season ticket.
I am not a, trustee, legislator, vice president, wife of a
vice president, cousin of the wife of a vice president and ...
1 am a working newspaperman
_ Paul D. Lowe
Class of '64
More on HOPS
TO THE EDITOR: I wish to clarify, at this time, a few
issues and points connected with my letter to you in your
May 13 issue. First of all, I made the statement: "Homo
sexuality is no more illegal than heterosexuality." With
this statement I was merely referring to homosexuality as
a state of being, rather than connotating any sexual act(s).
State law spells out certain sexual acts that are against the
law, but in no way classifies them as homosexual acts—
or even heterosexual acts, for that matter
This past weekend, Colloquy '7l provided a contempo
rary program on "the changing America." The extremely
beneficial aspects of this program need not be mentioned.
Unfortunately. though, the University Administration has
in the past, and is currently, demonstrating the fact that
it doesn't really believe America is, in fact, changing.
Colloquy should have directed its efforts to "enlight
ening" the Administration on the changing American scene
—although I must admit that this would be next to im
possible, since the Administration doesn't wish to be "en
lightened." They are part of the ignorant generation that
has been screwing up the world for us since before we
were even born!
Concerning Gov. Shapp's program to initiate the
"Renaissance Festival" this past Friday on the steps of Old
Main—particularly the portion at the end which included
Frank Kameny-, Colloquy workshop speaker on homosexual
ity from Washington, D.C.: I am sure most of the student
body here at Penn State is sympathetic with the organi
zation "The Other Vision HOPS" and its fight against the
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The Sap Running in the Maple ;Trees - of. New Hampshire
ly Colleg
Administration. Let's face it, it got a raw deal and, more
over, the Administration's actions call into question basic
student rights and the function and power of the entire
Undergraduate Student Government organization. How
ever, I am fairly sure Gov. Shapp was completely unaware
of HOPS' existence and its dilemma. The manner in which
Shapp was verbally attacked by Kameny was seriously out
of line. I am sure we can agree with most of the general
content of what Kameny was attempting to convey; but
the over-emotionalism and personal affrontal on the Gov
ernor, I feel, only succeeded in alienating a lot of general
student support. Many of the students who, like myself,
are sympathetic to the HOPS situation found we just could
not identify with such an unfair verbal attack. If anything,
the attack should have been leveled toward the Admin
istration, asking only for Gov. Shapp's guidance and sup
port to quickly resolve this controversy. At the same time,
though, if my basic assumption is true that Gov. Shapp
was completely ignorant of the HOPS situation and even
of its existence, he should have answered Kameny's de
mands noncommittally rather than immediately siding with
the Administration.
I wish to conclude by calling for University-wide stu
dent and organizational support (even in view of this
unfortunate incident) of HOPS and the question of basic
student rights and USG powers. HOPS should be given
back its rights and privileges and equal protection under
its student charter. As Gov. Shapp even states himself:
. . just like those of you who have been fighting so
long for student rights you should not turn your backs
on another group who is also fighting for their rights as
students. . . ."
I also hope' that this show of student support will
force the Administration to recognize its senile attitudes
toward the youth movements of today and to sufficiently
modify these to create an atmosphere here at Penn State
that is both attributive and congenial to a sound educa
tional environment in which Administration, faculty and
students can work together in pursuit of all academic
endeavors.
Jeffrey L. Stengel
(10th-community development-Emporium. Pa.)
Hendrix the vet
The death of Jimi Hendrix affected everyone very
deeply. But it was an even deeper sense of loss for those
of us who are veterans, for Jimi Hendrix, master of the
guitar, was an ex-paratrooper who served with the 101st
Airborne Division. His music was a reflection of his life—
a man's world, A reflection of the feeling of alienation
experienced by the youth culture of the nation,
r and a re
flection of his life in the army.
Only Jimi Hendrix could have written Machine Gun
and played it with the feeling that he did. Jimi knew
what a machine gun was, and the sounds and feelings that .
went with it. He played with the gut feeling that only
death could produce. He played the guitar like a true
artist, bringing the horror, the despair and the. confusion of
combat into every stereo that played him.
.Jimi's Star Spangled Banner ble* the minds of
straight Amerika. But to the veterans, the message was
perfectly, clear—Amerika stands for violence, for . death
and for• war. The sounds his guitar made were not just
random sounds, but the sounds of combat, the sounds of
the death machine, the sounds of mar..Jimi Hendrix was
trying to tell his people the same things that the peace
movement has been trying to communicate for years. But
Jimi surpassed them all for he was able to convey the
real emotions of the war. Not the glory, not the gallantry,
not the patriotism,:but the -fear, agony and alienation that
results from the combat experience.
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Jirni alsO is iypical.of the'degradation that came from
serving in a racist military. He turned to junk in order to
escape from a . reality, so oppressive that white America
can not understand, a reality so. oppressive that it finally
killed him. Jimi was a token , all his We. He had been used,
first ~by the military, then by his managers who used
smack to control him. Jimi's last album tells us• he . wants
to be free. Free from the needle. Free from junk. Free
from a life that was no better than a prison without - bars.
Our brother freed himself • the only way he knew how.
He used the drug he had picked up during his hitch in the
army. Death was his final release.
Jimi may be dead, but his music lives on. No one can
erase from our memories the first time we heard his/our
Star Spangled Banner, or Machine Gun, or Electric Lady
Land. Jimi was our brother and Jinn is-dead, As much a
casualty of Amerikan racism and imperialism as the mil
lions of white, black and yellow people who have died
in Indochina and in our own cities. We veterans dedicated
our peace efforts in Washington to Jimi.
The Concerned Veterans at'Penn State, and vets all
over the country, are working to non-violently dismember
the war machine; from within and from without. Our
wasted brothers, like Jimi, and millions of Indochinese
dead were executed by the inhuman, criminal forces of
power in Washington. The veterans will continue their
struggle for a peaceful overthrow of the technocracy. But
we need more support.
The next time you hear a police siren, remember Timi's
prophetic, chilling Star Spangled Banner. The next time
you are moved by a Hendrix song, remember what our
society did to him. Free yourselves; free your sisters and
free your brothers. All power to the people through non
violent action.
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