niiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiMiiimiMniiiMiiimiiiiiiiMitiiiiiiiiiiiiii , Editorial Opinion iffiiifiiiiiiiitiOifiimiimimmiiiiiiiiiiiiifiiiimtiHiiiM Jack the Rapper WHATEVER HAPPENED to Jack the Rapper? 'ln phis first year as University president, John W. Oswald acquired a reputation as a man who might be seen just about anywhere. He would rap with students around campus and hold informal meetings in residence halls and the Hetzel Union Building with anyone who cared to show up. ~ » Generally,-he was accompanied by several administrative aides, including one or both of his student assistants, positions which were treated with. much fanfare about Oswald’s commitment to students. Oswald presented a striking picture at these sessions. With his tie lossened and his jacket thrown aside, the man' up front answering questions just didn’t seem like the president of a major university. At least, he didn’t act the way students expected such a man to act Tin turn,- MANY OF-THESE things can be the students appreciated him. overlooked because Oswald was THE ATMOSPHERE on campus, recovering from a serious health particularly among those students ~problem. But that recovery period who had to deal with the ad- is now over. And Oswald’s reluc- Letters to Registering to vote TO THE EDITOR: In 1972,25 million Americans who were too young to vote in 1968 will be eligible to vote in their first presidential election and 25 million votes is just too much power to throw away. Use it to build a better America and a better Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania’s voter registration deadline is March 6. We urge all students to register to vote today Poorly researched TO THE EDITOR: This is a'response to Doug Struck’s poorly researched article on PiRG in the March 1 issue of .-.The Collegian. First Struck questioned the need for student-funded professionals and whether or not issues existed here which warrant professional researching. As examples of-such-issues:-Oneman distributes every piece of printed news within a forty mile radius of State College, except for one newspaper. Call it what you ftill,.it's a TRYING TO GET A START IN THE WORLD CAN BE DIFFICULT LET GIVE YOUR CAR A HAND 744 S. Atherton Next to Pizza Hut Parking Lot Across from Red Barn VM W.--U Presents Smorgasbord A Dining Experience Every Mon. A bountiful Helping of All Your Favorites all for $4.50 Fish Luau Friday 5:00 A Hawaiian Tr«at For All .To Eat -. All for $3.50 DANCING State College's ~ Discotheque Wed., Thurs., Fri., Sat IQ P.M.-hOQ A.M. Now Featuring v- The Beau Marcs HOLIDAY INN M. 322 South State College 235-&0I ministratio.n,« was , brightened considerably/ And even those students who eventually came to see through Oswald’s act and to discover his main purpose was more to placate • students than to listen to them realized that we were much better off than before. Then came Oswald’s heart-attack last June, and things changed. When he returned to work last fall, his restricted schedule prohibited him from doing some of the things he did in his first year at Penn State. He appeared, at meetings for an hour here, an hour.there; rarely did he work closely witlrstudentsirrthe way he had .previously. Soon- only students in high positi'ons and politicos saw him with any regularity. And very quietly original student assistants, were never replaced. Sen. Hugh Scott (R-Pa.) Sen. Richard Schweiker (D.Pa.) . Washington, D.C. East College at Garner IT’S HARD TO escape the con clusion that Oswald has not restored the raps because he realizes by now that ignoring the students probably, will not cause them to arise in violent revolt. But if he’s sincere about helping Penn State, perhaps he should give some thought' to the other valid reasons for talking with students. the Editor near monopoly and needs to be investigated. Secondly, three -professors have left or will be leavingthis University “as - a result of political hiring and firing by the administration since Fall Term a practice surely deserving professional scrutiny. Thirdly, the number of law suits against area apartments, and the condition of some of these buildings which are - blatantly violating building specifications arid safety codes seem to indicate that public action is needed in that area also. These actions could be undertaken by PIRG professionals. . . As for the professionals having “comfortable, continuous "jobs,” if you would take the time to familiarize yourself with any of the existing PIRG groups you would discover that these people work for minimal salaries at jobs requiring a tremendous amount of dedication. Their areas of concern are also chosen directly by students. Certainly such work is neither comfortable nor indefinitely continuous. If you can hire people without money, then perhaps the horse does proceed the cart. But perhaps you should learn the facts before you attempt to report them. That, or confine your opinions to bathroom walls. Jf. you’ll extend your 30 lines per letter limit to'-twice that length, I’ll do you the favor of documenting this whole bloody letter. Swing in the beautiful prints of California. The bikinis are here for you in all styles colors and sizes. tance to renew old techniques becomes doubly serious because his raps, had become symbolic of an administration that for whatever reasons had decided to com municate with students. Oswald has stopped this, and so has the rest of the administration.-^ The result is that students how are little better off than they were under the Eric Walker -administration. Very little communication is going on; instead, this has become a period of confrontation. The HOPS situation is just one example of this, and of the administration’s refusal even to justify its actions to students." John David McCall (Bth-English-Philadelphia) Lutheran Student Worship 10:00 AM Eisenhower Chapel 1 1:30 AM Grace Lutheran Church Speaker: Dr*. Arthur Reede Professor of Economics 5:00 PM Folk Mass Pizza.and fellowship following Is dorm living getting - Expensive Confining ' Noisy Then come to Bluebell Where we offer - Freedom ■ " Privacy Inexpensive cents This rent includes - gas for cooking, heating and hot water wall to.wall carpeting . 10 channel cable TV Free, parking ' — Free bus service Free swimming pool And we’re near - Burger King The Lemon Tree Mini Mart Located at: Office Hours BXB Bellaire Avenue • ' 10 - 12 to 1 - 5 State College. Pa. 238-4911 Mon, thru Fri. Start SWIMMING in MARCH a ‘ . LAUREL GLEN APARTMENTS Come, to Sate CoUege’s most modem apartments- that offer these luxurious conveniences at fantanstically Jow rents: _ • , A store on the complex that wiU open in March Free bus service to town and campus Ample Free parking Wall to wall carpeting Coin-op laundry Gas for cooking, heating and hot water • "Free cable TV The swimming pool membership fee is $250.00 per year, BUT THERE IS NO FEE TO RESIDENTS We’re located at: Office Hour: 10 Vairo Boulevard 10 - 12 and 1-5 State College,_£a. v Mon. thru Fri. Phone 237-5351 Policy The Daily Collegian welcomes comments on news coverage, editorial policy or non-campus affairs: Letters must be typewritten, double spaced, signed by no more" than two persons and no longer than 30 lines. Students’ letters should include name, term and major of the writer. They should be brought to The Collegian office,.. 20 Sackett, in person so proper identification of the writer can be maderalthough names will be withheld by request. If letters are received by mail, Collegian will " contact ~the signer for verification. 'Pocket Money' Good idea gone astray ByGLENN LOVELL • Collegian Film Critic “Pocket Money,” a non-violent, modern day Western put together with’plenty of spit and no'polish by director Stuart Rosenberg, is an admirable idea gone astray. Few would argue against the need for an alternative to the apocalytic; over-serious visions Kubrick, Peckinpah and Seigel have given us recen tly; unfortunately, “Pocket Money” does not fit the bill. > Over-reacting to the present popularity of screen mayhem, and cardful not to estrange that heterogeneous mass known as the family audience, Rosenberg has put together a lower than Mow key comedy about two dolting, down and out cowboys looking for a break in their endless string of bad luck. Set in the dry Southwest, it chronicles the trials and tribulations of rounders Jim Kane (Paul NewmaniandLeonardtLeeMarvin ras they attempt to fill a contract for rodeo steers in Mexico. Running into obstacle after obstacle while bartering with uncooperative cattle owners, they humorously disprove all axioms about American business ingenuity. After the cattle have been bought and delivered the two discover they have been swindled by a none too reputable Northern buyer (Strother Martin). With this uninspired, skeleton script by Terry Malick and some obtrusive, hazy photography by Laslo Kovacs, this tale is not even occasionally diverting. It is casual to the point of. being lifeless, causing the most peaceloving movie-goer to fantasize about something as passe as a climactic con frontation. Bypassing every opportunity to depict the bawdy, picaresque lifestyle of the contemporary cowboy v “Pocket Money” instead, opts for a colorless series of semi improvisational skits, some embarassingly belabored gags, and that perfunctory romantic promenade into the"setting~sun which Newman has been making ever since “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.” Espousing homilies and guffawing end- 9aUy ©oUroian ROBERTJ. McHUGH 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: 113.00 a year. Mailing Address Box 467, State College, Pa„ 16801 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 Garnabucci Are You in the College of Science? Will you be at Penn State for the academic year '72-'73? Would you like to be a representative to the faculty senate? Applications in 214 Whitmore Return them by April 7 University Calendar Friday-Sunday, March 3-5 Friday, March 3 Folklore Society' concert by Doc Watson and son, Merle, 8 p.m. Schwab. ■ ’ Saturday,.March 4. Artists Series program by the Vienna Symphony‘Orchestra. 8:30 p.m,,_Rec Hall. « . . Saturday, March 4 Basketball, vs. Rutgers, 2 p.m., Rec Hall. Saturday, March 4 —.Women’s fencing, vs. Trenton State College, Goucher, and . Cornell, 10a.m.; bowling vs. Cornell, noon; gymnastics vs. Towson State, 2 p.m •• all in White Building. Sunday, March 5 University Chapel Service, 11 a.m., Music Building recital hall Dr. Rustum Roy, Materials, Research Laboratory director. ' Friday, March 3 WPSX-TV, Channel 3 “Film Odyssey” series, 8:30 p.m., Steps,” 1935 Alfred Hitchcock classic of suspense. ’ Friday-Saturday, March 3-4 Student SF film, “Village „of the Damned ” with George Sanders, 7 and 8:30 and 10 p.m., HUB assembly room. Sunday, March 5 UUB "Nickleodeon Nights,” 7 and 9 p.m., HUB assembly room Friday, March 3 Informal seminar by Dr. Richmond Lattimore, Bryn Mawr retired professor of Greek, on “Problems of Translating Homer,” 11:10 a m Room-1-Sparks. ■' " ” ” INTEREST GROUPS - Saturday, March 4 Ice Hockey Club, 4:30 p.m., Ice Rink; game with Duquesne Saturday, March 4—Table Tennis Club, 1-5 p.m., White Building. Sunday, March 5 Interlandia Folk Dance, 7 p.m., HUB ballroom. Sunday, March 5 Free University organization meeting for “Festival of Life” program, 7 p.m., Room S-207 Human Development. Chambers Gallery Drawings and paintings of Cynthias Bauer and clay art works <g[ Toshiko Fukuyama. Arts Building Photos of Kathie Shaw. HUB Gallery Sculptures of Robert Sibbison, assistant professor of art Visual Arts Building—Sculptures of Robert Walker, M.F.A. candidate in art Pattee Library ‘ ‘Penn State Debate since 1898, ’ ’ Main Lobby ' Kern Graduate Building Beginning March 5, “Cityscapes” of Vijay Kumar lessly, Jim and Leonard are without the spirited rebellion which could have given this film some much needed life.' They converse about their experiences with the opposite sex in a literal,, occasionally philosophical „ manner as if the production code had its ear to the wall. As the slow-thinking, gullible Jim Kane (known for some unexplained reason as the “Chihuahua Express.”), Newman gives vent to his flairing temper by assaulting a variety of inanimate objects. Kicking cars and garbage cans, he goes out of his way to avoid any violent incidents and is in many ways a refreshing rarity in this age of pushy, amoral heroes Q This pacifity provides a nice moment' when he is forced to-grapple with a drunk Mexican; the encounter has all the clumsy" spontaneity lacking in most choreographed fights. R6senberg:s„handling_of_his-actors is completely undisciplined. -He allows Newman and Marvin to get away with some of the most mannered, self-conscious mugging I can remember in recent film. Both shamelessly overact like a couple, of amateurs in center stage for the first time, trying to upstage each other. As usual, Strother Martin’s character portrayal steals . the show. His nervous, sloth-like manner as the crooked cattle speculator continues to reflect his forte for a fascinating blend of corruption and greasy vulnerability. Carole’ King’s theme song is melodic and pleasing to the ear even if it is used in all the wrong places to bolster the waning action. But Alex North’s score, like the: rest of the film, is uninspired and eclectic. Why he uses Dixieland music to accompany the- cattle drive is anyone’s guess; a Scottish jig would have been just as appropriate. It is more than obvious that good film making need not be synonymous with ex traordinary heroics or dramatic hystrionics; but nor does it mean the boredom - and - careless artlessness Rosenberg has given us. If the trend toward “clean,” non-violent entertainment means more slipshod films' like “Pocket Money,” please pass the trash. Successor to The Free Lance, est. 1887 Member of the Associated Press SPECIAL EVENTS FILMS SEMINARS EXHIBITS DRUEHAYDT Business Manager “The 39
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