Editorial
opinion:
Thus
saith
Mullen
Letters to the editor
Mullen's law
TO THE EDITOR: We find it amazing that a man can be a
member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and
still be ignorant of the basic principles of our country's
Constitution. It seems that our legislature has such a man in
Rep. Martin Mullen, who apparently has never heard of the
concept of separation of church and state (or maybe he feels
he has the omnipotence to ignore it).
Mullen seems to feel that it is his God-like duty to dictate
‘‘morality” to the people of this state. He, along with 117 other
representatives, has reinstated a law making fornication a
summary offense and adultery a misdemeanor.
We are not advocating fornication or adultery, but as
Christians we believe that Christ burdened us with the freedom
to determine morality on the basis of faith rather than have it
legislated to us. Perhaps Mullen is incapable of coping with
this freedom and therefore needs a 'aw to deter him from
temptation.
We also find it amazing and ironic that at a time when crime
is on the uprise, women are frequently raped in our streets,
and even murder has ceased to be sensational, our legislators
spend their time passing laws prohibiting victimless "crimes"
PATRICIA J. STEWART
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Do you believe in Martin P,
Mullen?
As evidence of his existence,
the Philadelphia Democrat
Tuesday worked his first miracle
since House Bill 800 by pushing
through the House an amendment
restoring laws prohibiting adultery
and fornication in Pennsylvania.
With the same disregard for
individual rights that ac
companied his anti-abortion
campaign, Mullen obtained a 118
to 69 vote approval for the
proposal through his admonition,
“Any of you who believe in the Ten
Commandments should support
my amendment."
Even some liberal members of
the House who had voted to
update the antiquated laws
regarding sexual acts between
consenting adults last year
cowered before Mullen’s morality
stand.
A law passed last December
allows any sexual act between
married people and vaginal in
tercourse between unmarrieds.
While far from complete in
allowing the individual freedom to
decide his own morality, this law
is at least a step in the right
direction.
But if Mullen’s moralizing
overcomes the Senate as it did the
House, Pennsylvania will be
headed back toward the days of
the Scarlet Letter.
which occur between consenting adults. Further proof that the
passing of laws of this type is a waste of time is found in the
fact that they are virtually impossible to enforce.
Therefore, we would suggest that our legislators leave
personal moral decisions to the discretion of the individual,
that they find more critical issues to occupy their time, and
that Mullen realize that he is merely a representative of mortals
and not a divine power over them.
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Mullen tried to justify his
position saying, “I cannot think of
anything more damaging to family
life than to have one of its
members engage in adultery or
fornication.”
He is certainly entitled to his
opinion, but he has no right to try
to force it on 11 million Penn
sylvanians.
If his past actions are any in
dication, Mullen will argue that a
majority vote for the amendment
in the House and Senate indicates
the majority of Pennsylvanians
favor his stand.
But even a majority does not
have the right-to.dictate what does
or does not go on between two
mature, consenting people, any
more than the WASP majority
would have the right to dictate to
any minority group.
At least some Assemblymen
realized the absurdity of Mullen’s
amendment. “You can’t legislate
morality, nor do I think we
should,” said Rep. Samuel
Rappaport (D-Philadelphia).
Even more absurd is the total
unenforcibility of Mullen’s
amendment, making concern over
it almost unnecessary.
But Mullen bears close scrutiny
in his present political postion. He
is running for governor.
Let’s hope he doesn’t work
another miracle and become
elected.
Letter policy
Cernusca: the Students' Rights Party
Editor’s note: This is the first In a
series of statements written by the
candidates for Undergraduate Student
Government President.
By GEORGE CERNUSCA
USG Presidential Candidate
•: In the past year the University
{administration has, among other
j things, declared another tuition hike;
{campus patrol has beefed up its
{physical plant the better to harass
{with without reducing crime; and
{•the unequal status of women has been
{•maintained in all areas of the
| University.
5 The lack of any forceful action by
{the USG hierarchy in the interests of
{the students has contributed to the
{maintenance and development of
{these problems.
This is the record of the incumbent
USG officials indecisiveness and
unwillingness to act on anyone’s
behalf but their own.
{{ Jinks has reacted to the tuition hike
{by asking students to write letters to
{those individuals who have instigated#
{{these attacks on our right to an
{{education a tactic which has
{{ proven itself useless time and time
{{again whether it has concerned funds
•{as in this case or the war in Southeast
{: Asia.
The single achievement of the Jinks
USG club has been to represent the
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Attention
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April 5 and 6
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Building
Emigrants
Few "G" rated movies can be
stomached by anyone over 12 years old.
But one, “The Emigrants," can be seen
by everyone and thoroughly enjoyed.
Now playing at The Movies, “The
Emigrants," set in 1844, is a rich human
story of why a poor Swedish family
decided to emigrate to America, their
voyage and final arrival in Minnesota.
The talents of producer Bengt For
slund and director Jan Troel were
combined to create a stunning film
which even its English subtitles cannot
cover up.
Liv Ullmann’s portrayal of "Kristina” is
superb and won her an Academy Award
nomination for best actress. She makes >
Kristina a real and believable farm wife.
Through empathizing with Kristina,
the audience becomes totally involved in
the film. The death of her baby daughter,
Anna, evokes your compassion and the
same helplessness and grief Kristina is
experiencing.
Starving, Anna had sneaked into a
shed and ate half a large bowl of
porridge. The grains swelled to twice
their size and burst her stomach. All
Godfather
Audiences are coming out of the
theater saying "The Godfather” was
overrated.
The sad thing is that they were built up
to a point of expectation that couldn’t
possibly be fulfilled and ended up
disappointed with a film they might have
otherwise enjoyed.
To be fair to the film makers of "The
Godfather," they have created a powerful
story, well worth the price of admission,
only to have it dampened by the over
zealous efforts of the publicity men.
The story centers around the Corleone
family, one of five families controlling
the Mafia in New York during the 1930’5.
Don Vito, the aging head of the family,
can see the sands of time slipping
through his fingers and knows that
before long one of his sons must take
his place as the Godfather, the head of
the family.
While the five families clash in a
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Debby Newcome
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By STEVE IVEY
of the Collegian Staff
By ROBIN MOORE
of the Collegian staff
interests of Old Main in direct op
position .to the interests of the
student.
Contrary to Jinks’ opinon issues
such as women’s inequality, tuition
increases, racism and violation of
privacy by the Campus Patrol cannot
be dealt with through a submissive
attitude: the fundamental interests of
the students and those of the Old
Main bureaucrats are in direct con
flict.
The time is over when USG can
politely ask to represent the student,
and the time is over when USG can
serve as an agency to rubber stamp
University decisions. USG must
actively fight for the students it
represents.
We deserve more than the privilege
of bicycle storage and central test
files, and the fact of the matter is that
unless more important issues are
dealt with many of us students won’t
BE here next year.
The Students’ Rights Party does not
have the support and well wishes of
Old Main, because unlike the present
USG sellouts we are not working for
those who would retard or restrain any
effort for students rights, but we are
working against them.
The Students’ Rights Party will fight
the tuition hike. A tuition strike,
taking the University to court and
REVIEWS
Kristina could do was to nurse her new
baby while Anna slowly and painfully
died.
Without a doubt, Ullmann’s acting
makes "The Emigrants" an enjoyable
and emotional experience. She protrays
emotions perfectly ranginq from a
mother's fright after being told a story
about an American family eaten by a
crocodile, to horror and shame for
having lice, to angelic contentment of
being pregnant.
“The Emigrants" abounds with ex
cellent camera work showing spec
tacular shots of forests, the ocean and
sunsets. Troel, who also photographed
and edited the film, captures the beauty
of an unspoiled wilderness the way few
other directors can. His devotion to
perfection garnered "The Emigrants” an
Academy Award nomination for best
picture.
To the emigrants, the America of 1844
is the land of opportunity and the land of
milk and honey. While all the myths of
'pioneer America are present in the film,
so is the reality. •
At one point Kristina’s brother-in-law
says "Americans are the most honest
people in the world," adding that "they
hang thieves, usually before they can
confess."
The food given the emigrants on the
American riverboat is diseased and no
better than slop, while the wealthy
power struggle which places them on the
verge of gang warfare, Don Vito dies of
natural causes while playing with his
grandson in the garden.
His youngest son, Michael, steps into
his father’s shoes. He is farsighted
enough to realize that his father's way of
life is coming to an end, and that
massive underworld control will soon be
a thing of the past.
Despite this, the Corleone family must
still fight for survival, and we see
Michael transformed into his father’s
role as the Godfather.
One of the lasting impressions created
by the film is that Don Vito, the head of a
family responsible for a generation of
killings, is a moral man. Indeed, the
entire Mafia superstructure is not pic
tured as a vicious predator gobbling up
lives and riches, but as a wounded
animal fighting for survival in a world
where the roles of good and bad had
become slightly muddled.
The Mafia comes across as a cor
porate business. Before the trigger was
pulled, the victim always was made to
understand that it was just a matter of
policy. ’’Nothing personal. Just
organizing Pennsylvania students into
an autonomous statewide Student
Union are just a few of the weapons
available to students.
Unless definite action is taken the
students' burden of support of the
University will continue to increase as
state and federal contributions
decrease.
Since 1969 the portion of the
University’s budget paid for by tuition
has increased almost 25 per cent,
from 17 per cent to 20.8 per cent.
During the same time the state’s
contribution has decreased from 46
per cent to 40 per cent.
This shifting of the burden is
particularly clear in next year’s an
ticipated seven million dollar budget
increase, which will be paid mostly
out of increased tuition.
As Oswald noted, only one seventh
of the increase will go into academic
programs. The rest will be funneled
into programs which the state
requires but refuses to fund in spite of
the fact that students pay for about
one third if we include room and
board of the University’s expenses.
Students have only one out of 36
members oiOhe Board of Trustees
where the decisions about how the
money is spent are made.
Students must have a significant
vote on all University governing
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Americans on board eat steaks, fresh
fruit and milk. One of the babies dies
from eating the ship’s food.
Once the emigrants reach America,
their poverty is constantly contrasted
with wealthy established Americans and
the helpless slaves.
A strong religious flavor prevades
“The Emigrants." Both the comforts and
hypocrisy of religion are shown.
The village deacon tends to the
spiritual needs of his flock and on the
side sells them church-distilled liquor.
They get drunk on it and “commit the
sins of vivlolence and fornication."
Ulrika, one of the three village whores,
put the churchwarden on the spot by
accusing him of lechery and calls the
deacon a “pot-bellied parson wallowing
in his own lard."
Danjel, one of the emigrants, is a
fanatic fleeing Sweden to escape
religious persecution. On board the ship
taking them to America, he said that the
lice infesting the emigrants and their
seasickness were tests by which God
measured their faith.
Unfortunately the only one who did
not have lice or get seasick was Ulrika,
the whore!
“The Emigrants" is a simple, but
beautiful, film. It does not attempt to
answer deep philosophical questions.
Instead, it attempts to entertain you. It
succeeds beyond measure.
business.” Possibly it was that cold,
bloodless practicality that kept the Mafia
alive.
Marlon Brando portrays Don Vito,
giving the character an aura of quiet and
awesome strength. Brando’s gravel
voiced characterization gives the im
pression that any moment he would
explode.
Al Pacino deserves mention for his
artful depiction of Michael’s
metamorphosis from an Audie Murphy
type war hero to the head of the Corleone
family.
The photography contrasts the musky
elegance of the Mafia leader's quarters
with the stark violence of the streets.
When violence was depicted, it was
realistic and well-placed within the folds
of the story, giving the movie a
sophistication beyond the usual
gangster shoot em’ up.
Despite the shootings, the beatings
and the chokings, the film sketches an
almost compassionate portrait of the
Mafia.
To truly enjoy "The Godfather," it
should be viewed over a steaming bowl
of lasagna.
bodies. The days of student "input”
are over. Students must have decision
making power.
We are discriminated against in
town by both landlords and business
men. The SRP will aid those ripped
off by landlords by working for a
tenants’ union and if necessary a rent
strike. By organizing student workers,
as other schools have done, wages
can be increased and working con
ditions greatly improved.
A realistic approach toward our
health problems is needed. The
Health Review Board in existence now
is doomed to fail in the same way that
similar boards before it have failed.
A legal counsel hired by USG we
can’t expect a lawyer hired by Old
Main to fairly represent the student
interest is needed. He would not
only represent individual cases but
would work with the Tenants Union,
Student Workers Union, etc.
THE CHOICE IS YOURS! Either the
impotent, bootlicking behavior which
is characteristic of the present USG
will continue or USG will be forged
into an instrument capable of
defending the rights of students!
EITHER JINKS OR CERNUSCA!
On April 18 and 19 vote STUDENT
RIGHTS PARTY!
Monday: a statement by James Cory,