Ilflllllllllllllllltllllll 111111 l Ill'll 111 Editorial Opinion miiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiyiHiniiiii Some Quotes SOME NOTABLE statements have been made recently by newsmakers in the University community and 1 the State College area. Usually such comments end up buried deep in a news story and never take on significance they should .have. In the hope, that such -statements receive the attention they deserve, The Daily Collegian would like to present some now: a series of quotable quotes from people who make frequent ap pearances on The Collegian’s news pages. ‘•IF THEY WANT the privilege of voting they have to come down here,” County Commissioner J. Doyle Corman said last week. He was discussing the fact that all appeal he&rings from registrants who were rejected initially will be held in Bellefonte. Disregarding the fact that com missioners in other counties and states went, directly .to college campuses to register students, and disregarding the fact that few students have any way of getting to Bellefonte to appeal an ad verse decision, Corman’s remark still is indefensible. ■ ' Voting is not a privilege: it is a right held by those citizens over 18 and it may not be taken away legally. The com-,., missioners are satisfying the law by 'Liberating the creative flow Taking correspondence school success route by Rick Mitz ’ I used to'be a nothing a little short, fat, whiney kid from Milwaukee with a running nose. I was a real thorn in my mother Rose’s side; a regular down-and-outer; a wipe-out; a has-been who never was, and not at all beloved in the neigh borhood. Then something happened. I became educated. It all began in'high school when I dropped out of P.S. 184 and enrolled in what must have been the first Alternative School. In-the swamps of Milwaukee, everyday after school, we guys used to smoke alfalfa on the shores of lovely. Lake Michigan. One afternoon, I noticed my friend, Norman, lighting up. On the cover of his, matchbook it said “Finish High School.” ‘‘Let me see that, Norman," I said to Norman. “Okay,” Norman said to me. And as I lit my weed, I opened the book of matches and read on: “Are you tired of being a nothing, a little short, fat whiney kid from Milwaukee with a running nose, a real thorn in your mother Rose’s side, a regular down-and-outer, a wipe-out, a has-been who never was, and. not at all beloved in the neighborhood? Then finish ffiglj School in your spare time. You can't get anywhere wftnStlt a High School diploma. Write away right away.” Right away I wrote away. A few weeks later my info arrived in a plain brown wrapper. "What’s in that plain brown wrapper?” my Mother asked. 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This most recent decision, is just one more in a long line of insults to the student community here. j JOSEPH ACANFORA put a fitting end to an incident which saw him lose, then regain his student.teaehing.position in State College because of his mem bership in the Homophiles of Penn State. Despite the fact that his own case is not completely settled and that a major suit by HOPS against the University is still pending, Acanfora has his mind on the most important thing. “Right now, I’m preparing tomorrow’s lesson plan on the dissection of frogs,” he said Thursday. TWO STUDENTS seeking to change current regulations which prohibit keeping bicycles in residence halls have been stymied by technology. The students prepared a flyer and distributed it around'campus. It asked interested students to call the Association of Residence Hall Students office; but thanks to a typographical error, the wrong-number was-printed. The ARHS. phone hasn't rung yet. “Just some obscene literature,” 1 told her. “Okay,” she said, “Just as long as it isn’t any of that correspondence school stuff.” I promised her it wasn’t and the next day dropped., out of school. Everyday, between the hours of 7:45 a.m. and 4po p.m., I'd sit on the banks of the Michigan and do my assignments diligently,daking only an -hour out-for-lunch. —' ' ~ ... A few months later, my diploma from Matchbook High School with my name magic markered in arrived. And it now hangs .proudly over my Father’s pipe rack. * Upon discovering there was no Matchbook College, I enrolled at the state university and took classes in bio physics, freshman English and animal husbandry. And. then it came in the mail. A pamphlet proclaiming: “Instant Learning courses that turn your tape recorder into an automatic learning machine.” Shaking with ex citement, I read on. “Now! Electronic Technology gives you a New Way to Learn Any Skill You Wish so easily so quickly so automatically so perfectly and permanently that it will take your breath away.” l gasped. Could this be true? Could this be from those nice people who brought me Matchbook High School? And, would I, as the pamphlet promised, “be turned in to a walking en : cyclopedia to whom your friends and business associates will turn as affinal authority on virtually anji point?” I decided to sign up then and find friends and business associates later. I dropped out of college. I sold my dorm contract, bought myself a tape recorder and ordered learning tapes on each subject. I learned to “At Last! Speak fluent Spanish, French, Italian German in exactly 24 hours!” I started, as the ad said, “chatting away like a native.” For $9.98. I obtained a “Power Personality” —, and got “all the friends you ever wanted.” I “regained accounts that were considered lost.” I won “the unconditional approval, respect, and admiration of everyone I came in contact with.” And I revitalized, as the ad promised, “my marriage into,j !i a thrilling daily experience.” It all worked. And I wasn’t even "Ski for Cancer" , A* _ XjfQ Oregon Ski Hill (Sun. March sth) Show Queen Contest Lift Tickets Raffle 2 pr. Skis Transportation On sale this week at Record Room Centre Sports People's National Bank 23*£¥T44 All proceeds go to the American Cancer Society i ~ "1 j __ Wake up to a ! | Heartyßreakfast | i Mon. Fri. ! 7:30 —11:00 A.M. i ' ... ’ i THE ~ NITTANY LODGE h-' jl_ _ " , i / riOrc r^A\ki_.N j ... ’ ANtP uJE At-L Kc.z.o .Vi£MGRi:HS , jOiTriOUT SJOP .V£MoRi££ Ur£ £TA\ 3£ PRETTY f?KUN6I£E . c§. ft &OT'-1 FORGO T " JriAT UJ£R£: 2 Eggs Potatoes Toast Coffee 49* Now serving hoagies Jewish,'^' Letters to Violation of rights TO the; EDITOR: As I follow The Daily Collegian’s “Crime Logbook” dayafter day,.l wonder what has happened tp our USG leaders who-purport to.stand for student'rights, when HOPS screams that their humah fights are being denied, our USG President and Trustee (take your pick) offers a variety of comments to indicate that his moral support is with them, displaying a USG resolution to that effect, although of course no one knows what good a USG resolution will do. But when the majority of students on campus'are subjected to a crime wave heretofore unheard of within a university, our student leaders are strangely silent. lAnd when, students receive tickets for parking illegally during the recent snowstorm, despite the'fact that all student lots were impassible and in some cases blocked by stranded cars, again, our student leaders and USG apparently have no comupents to offer. „ The right to live in a dormitory without fear of crime and harassament should obviously be considered a human right to which every student is-entitled, and the. unjust ticketing during the past week is obviously a violation of basic student rights. Yet USG and our student leaders ignore these violations of rights, confining their protests. to defending groups which are but a fraction of the student population, vhile neglecting the deep concerns of the student body at . arge. ' • , The duty of student government is .to protect and advance the general student welfare, not to decide whose rights to defend and whose rights to ignore. Until USG, among..other things, decides to take an active role in defending students from crime, and in insuring a viable parking system for students no matter what the weather conditions are, they will be failing to fulfill their most essential function. And con sidering the state of USG’s present leadership, we will have to wait until the spring election to choose a USG ad ministration which will voice these needs. in business or married. Only $9.98 per tape. I learned how to develop my “Creative Mind Powers” as I began to “Liberate the Creative Flow Seething "Within you!” I Jearned “‘How To Defend Yourself Against The Human Parasites Who Want To Rule*Your Life” and, before you could say $9.98, I forgot my “feelings of inadequacy” and TeaTned how tcT'‘pry ope"n the clenched fists-of control that people wrap around you!” Night after night, while I was asleep, I began to double my power to learn (In Just A Single Weekend;. I brought the “Magic of Mystic Power” into my,life. I learned how to “avoid lawyers, to eat my-way out of fatigue,. cast astrological horoscopes, write articles that sell” and, “Through The Magic of Push-Button Self-Hypnotism,” started to shed pound after pound. “You’ll be More Alive, More Alert, More Attractive to the Opposite Sex.” And all for only $9.98. In.one tape I found the secret of perfect living —‘lnstant Sleep and learned to skyrocket mychildls grades in school, as well as become a successful secretary., learn “the new science to command persuasion” and win “unlimited power and control.” A All this in two quick weeks. Now I can do anything.. I am the. American Dream. Jim happy, I’m -rich, I have control over people, I know everything you always wanted to know about everything just ask and I am beloved in the neighborhood. I.am the perfect human being. - >/ And now I’m in business for myself. With all of my vast experience in educational alternatives, I’m opening up what I call “Knowledge College” under a new, novel and unique principle: you arrive at my building at about 8 u.m. and spend the day sitting at something called a desk as a teacher lectures to you and you take notes. Then you’re tested and you give back the information to the teacher by rote. This learning program should take about four years. It is a radical plan; I know, but it just might work. As for cost, just send me $9,998. S.O.S. Student Oriented Studies A 1973 summer work project for science majors financed by the National Science Foundation Organizational meeting Tues., Feb. 22 9:15 p.m. ,310 Whitmore sponsored by the College of Science Student Council Do You Haves Consumer Problems? Housing Problems? General Living Hassles? On Campus or In Town Go to: "" Room 20 of the HUB , OTIS and ARMS The Problem Solvers \ We also have: ■ Bike Insurance . Dorm Insurance 1 Ball Fund Nick Maiale (gth-political science-Philadelphia) the Editor Local school control TO THE EDITOR: Although the dismissal of Joe Acanfora from Park Forest Junior High School offended my own sense of justice," his reinstatement via injunction, could have consequences even more unjust. The preliminary injunction issued by Centre County Judge R. Paul Campbeli could set a precedent which will seriously weaken'the right of com munities to exercise local control over policies which affect them directly. In this case the issue is local control of schools. When one accepts the principle that people should have c.ontrol of the educational policies and of the educators in their communities' schools for example, courses in predominantly Black schools which deal with the problems of black people and hiring black teachers for these schools you have accepted the right of the people to promote their own values and their own prejudices. There is no way to uphold the principle of local control in one instance and not in another, . Usually conflict arises when a school wishes to fire a teadher, but there have been conflicts when a school wished to retain a teacher. A case in point was when Eldridge Cleaver was asked to be a guest lecturer at the University of California and the Board of Regents stepped in and demanded that he be fired, if the University of California had the right to determine educational policy (and I believe they did) then Park Forest Junior High School also has this right. If the state of Pennsylvania has the right to compel Park Forest Junior High School to employ Joe Acanfora then the State of'California had the right to fire Eldridge Cleaver. The firing of Joe Acanfora was unjust but-the means used to reinstate him could lead to further injustices. Perhaps other non-legal means could have been used to seek redress which would not have carried with them a dangerous precedent. Signing petitions TO THE EDITOR: We would like to apologize, to Norm Saylor and to anyone else who feels that” they were strongarmed into signing our petition. Any students whq.feel ’ that they have made an irresponsible commitment are en couraged to come to our table in the HUB and remove their, names'from the petition. lathi (Enllpgian Successor to The-Free Lance, est. 1887 Member of the Associated Press ROBERT J.McHL'GH Editor DRUE HAYDT Business Manager Opinions expressed by the editors and staff of The Daily Collegian are not necessarily those of the University Administration, faculty or student body. Mail subscription price: J 13.00 a year. Mailing Address Box 467. State College, Pa., 1680] Editorial and Business Office Basement of Sackett (North End) Phone —865-2531 Business office hours: Monday through Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Board of Editors: Managing Editor,.Doug Struck; Editorial Editor.'Paul Schafer; City Editor, Jim Wiggins;--Assistant City Editors, Stephanie Foti. Theresa Villa; Copy Editors, Andy Beierle, Tina Hondras, Mary Ellen Thompson; Feature Editor, Karen Carnabucci;. 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