Editorial opinion:
Many of you now are com
pleting your first term, at the
University, your first experience
with college life.
As with most summers at' the
University, it has been a relatively
quiet term and unrepresentative of
the remainder of the year.
Prepare yourself for fall.
As freshmen, many, of you will
find yourself in East Halls, faced
with the dismal prospect of
treking across campus for a first
period in Willard. And if you have
a sixth period, it will be a race to
make it back to the dorm in time
for dinner.
With the coming of fall, the
student population at the
University will more than double
and once again provide a normal
ratio of upper classmen to fresh
men.
Fall. Term will also.bring the
return of football games and one
of the few times you’ll be thankful
you're living in East you'll be
Advising program
provides safeguards
The University Faculty Senate
has recognized the need for more
effective advising programs to aid
students.
On Tuesday the Senate voted to
accept the recommendations of a
report by the Senate Sub
committee on Advising. Each
college now must draw up its own
advising plan subject to minimum
specifications set by' the sub
committee.
The new standards provide
excellent safeguards to ensure
that students are kept informed of
pertinent regulations and fully
understand their options.
Each freshman will be assigned
a trained adviser faculty,
professional, graduate, or senior
undergraduate to plan an
academic program and to register.
Study abroad: mixed conclusions
5y TERESA VILLA
of the Collegian Staff
I remember Dagobert de -levie telling
us back in early March that studying in
Europe would be -the most amazing
educational experience of our lives. He
was right.
I also remember, thinking that living
with a Spanish family for 14 weeks in
Salamanca, Spain certainly would be
different, but it couldn't teach me more
than 10 whole terms at Penn State. I was
Nothing can beat the actual ex
perience of living there, in Europe, that
is. Me had to speak'Spamsh, we had to
get used to drinking-'wine (my favorite
part), we had to get used to Spanish men
bothering us, to not taking showers
more than once a week, and all those
other European “inconveniences” you
hear about. But they were easy to get
used to and I learned other things that
are hard to explain. •
Once I was watching television with
my Spanish family when Watergate news
came on. After my Spanish father asked
me what I thought about Nixon, my little
'Drifter':
poor
western
By DIANE NOTTLE
of the Collegian Staff
Now is the time for all true believers in
the American western myth to pack up
their white (or black) hats, shoot their
trusty hosses and kiss Miss Kitty
goodbye.
Actor-director -Clint Eastwood has
come out with "High Plains Drifter," a
cheaply made western melodrama that
uses every imaginable cliche to tell an
ancient story that: already had been used
too often at the time of its first lemake.
Eastwaod portrays, if that word does
not give ' him too much credit, a
nameless drifter who rides from where'
the buffalo roam into the mining town of
Lago. Within ten minutes he shoots
three men in a bar-room brawl, rapes one
woman in the town livery stable and
lathers his face for a shave. -.
Now it jusjs so happens that three
Prepare for fall
close to Beaver Stadium.
The stadium will be crowded
and you’ll be sitting behind the
end zone. Because of the poor
seating for freshmen, you’ll miss
the Blue Band drum major as he
struts down the field during the
pre-game show and a lot of the
action, but the games are still
enjoyable. Besides, there will be
enough action in the stands to
hold your interest.
Classes will be different, too.
The University will be back on a
10-week term, with the normal
three periods a week and 10 to 12
credit load. Basically, the
schedule will be more relaxed,
enabling you to delve deeper into
your courses.
With the return of the students,
campus organizations will once
again become active, offering
students a wide range of ex
tracurricular activities and ser
vices.
After the freshman year,
students will be assigned a faculty
member responsible for program
and professional guidance, in
cluding course selection.
Registration, including drop
add and pass-fail may be carried
out through the academic or
student adviser or through a self
advising procedure approved by
the Senate Committee on
Academic Affairs.
This seems to be a con
tradiction. If a student has the
initiative to take on the respon
sibility of handling th£ drop-add
procedure, he should be allowed
to guide himself. Perhaps the
colleges should take the example
of the College of the Liberal Arts’
self-advising option to heart.
Spanish brother, eight-year-old Fer
nando said very matter of factly, “They’ll
throw him put and put in another one."
Well-,'that’s one European view on the
whole affair.
The man-woman relationships are
different too. In Spain there is no
discussion of women’s liberation
because' Spaniards consider it an ac
cepted fact that women are inferior.
Besides that, it’s hard for Spanish
women to find jobs, there are barely
enough of them for men.
Economically, Spain is behind the
times. But just because most Spanish
students own only two pairs of pants,
instead of six or seven makes no dif
ference. Americans pride themselves on
wearing the same jeans ’ all| the time
anyway. ’ -
l The same goes for cars, which are
pretty scarce in Spain, and are con
sidered more as status symbols than
necessities. My Spanish family saved for
years to buy a car, and now cannot buy.
one because auto strikes in Spain have
made them even harder to get.
After reading the last paragraphs, I
realize I can’t begin to talk- about
professional killers are scheduled to be
relased from prison the very next day.
Furthermore, the three threatened at
their trial to return and burn Lago to the
gound. Naturally the townspeople are
quaking in their boots.
Impressed by the drifter’s skill in
hitting his barroom adversaries right
between the eyes, the town hires him to
protect the people, giving him a free
hand over the town. But the plot
thickens when the people realize the
drifter may reveal their collective deep,
dark secret. .
All this is punctuated with quick
drawn pistols," beer glasses sliding down
bars and rampant discrimination against
friendly Indians. And every other aspect
of the production is characterized by the
same lack of quality and imagination as
the plot.
Eastwood apparently has directed the
film with an intense effort to make no
deviation from standard western
devices.’ "High Plains Drifter" has
everying 1 from shoot-outs at the pass to
show-downs in the street, with a touch
of medieval torture-chamber tactics
added just for fun.
Eastwood's acting is no’better. As the
unnamed drifter who wreaks his sadistic
sense of humor on the terijified town, he
makes little more impression than would
any lesser-known actor with a five
o'clock shadow. ■„
The term will also focus on the
REVIEWS: Now playing
fall elections which will include all
major town posts mayor,
borough council, tax collector and
county district attorney.
A voter registration drive will be
conducted before the election and
not without reason. While you are
a student at the University, State
College is your home and the
workings of the town government
will directly affect your life.
In addition, a number of
students and student-oriented
candidates are - apiong those
slated for the election. Student
voters should consider the ad
vantages of electing those in
dividuals to key positions in town
government.
As with any term, Fall Term will
be what you make it. Join an
organization, attend the football
games, become involved. Register
to vote, follow the elections, vote
in November.
Make Fall Term count for you
Another safeguard requires that
students be given a list of un
fulfilled requirements prior to
graduation to discuss with his
adviser.
These rules are designed to
prevent isolated cases in which
students are unaware of required
courses and find themselves
unable to graduate without at
tending additional terms.
The members of the Faculty
Senate have wisely remembered
that students attend Penn State to
get an education and that any
action that makes it easier for
them to concentrate on their
studies is beneficial.
However, students who are
willing to accept the reponsibility
for their degree requirements
should have that responsibility.
everything I have learned. I guess it takes
those 14 weeks living there to know what
it is like.
If you can’t afford the time or money to
live in Europe, I guess travelling is the
next best" thing. When the Penn State
Salamancai program was over in early
July, I took off for six other countries. It
was fun and educational in a different
way. I saw lots of famous places and
cities and museums. But living there
made the trip worth it.
Please do not think I am giving Penn
State any big pat on the back for sending
me there. The foreign studies program
made it possible and I appreciate that,
but now I realize how poor my education
was until this spring in Spanish and in
European history and culture. It's a
shame so few students take advantage
of the opportunity. 1 was told the foreign
studies program was highly selective,
which I found out was wrong. So few
students applied for the .Salamanca
program, that I think all were accepted.
Maybe someday I’ll be lucky enough to
return to Spain and Europe, but even if I
don’t, Spring Term taught me enough to
last me a lifetime.
The 1 two ■ actresses who play East
wood's happy victims, the film’s closest
thing to leading ladies, are unknowns
and likely to stay that way. Verna Bloom
and Mariana Hill display a remarkable
lack of talent as the semi-respectable
women who succumb to Eastwood's
negligible tjrute charms.
The film 1 , also shows a surprising
dearth of quality actors in supporting
roles; the giost outstanding is a high
voiced midget, probaSly left over from
Munchkinland, who resembles Andy
Hardy turned 60. While many westerns
have reaped great benefits from casting
successful ; character actors as bar
tenders or barbers, “High Plains Drifter"
avoids good acting like the plague.
The rest of the production is equally
shoddy. Ernest Tidyman’s dialogue
combines all the old western cliches
with some brand new bad writing. The
camera work is on about the same level,
approximating a handful of old action
shots-spliced together. Worst of all is
the music, Which sounds something like
the score of'f’The Good, The Bad and the
Ugly" sungjby a sick cat.
Better Westerns are available on
television any time of any day. Students
faced with long, dull weekends should
study for finals rather than go to see
“High Plains Drifter.” It’s much less
expensive and much more entertaining.
By BILL SPANGLER
of the Collegian Staff
. Before Rambo carnet Madison,
Kentucky was a quiet, average Anrterican
tovyp. But his arrival turned Madison into
the stage for an explosive confrontation,
which David Morrell skillfully depicts in
his novel, First Blood
Fawcett Crest, $1.25),
Rambo's antagonist is Will Teasle,
Madison’s chief of police. He assumes
the bearded Rambo is trouble-, possibly
the first of a group of hippies coming to
his town. So he wants to see Rambo out
of town as soon as possible.
But Rambo won’t leave. He has been
given the same treatment in a dozen
towns before Madison, and this time he
decides he will not be pushed.
And he can be sure he won’t. Rambo is
an ex-Green Beret, who has been
returned to America after escaping from
Letters to the Editor
Let them eot meat
TO THE EDITOR: During Fall, Winter and Spring terms, there
are sales of various meat products at the Meat Lab on Friday
afternoon at 1:30.
There are generally 600 to 1200 pounds of meat available at
these sales. The quality is generally good arid the prices very
reasonable.
The sale .is conducted by lottery method. Usually 100
numbers are drawn, but the meat is gone after the first 15
people have made their purchase.
Also, the undergraduate student population is not
represented because of lack of publicity. Most purchases are
made by faculty members, town residents and graduate
students who are making purchases for large groups.'
Many students living off campus have financial difficulties.
They could benefit from the lower cost of these meat products.
More publicity of these sales and a limit on the amount of meat
one person may purchase-would benefit many more people
than the present distribution system.
Out in the cold?
TO THE EDITOR: The Caucasian Cult never ceases to amaze
me in trying to pull the white sheet over the Afro-American
eyes. It is downright disgusting but socially acceptable.
This is all in reference to one of the many incidents that take
place in trying to suppress the Afro-American. For instance, to
be specific, the American World University Game Team is here
heading for Moscow next week.
There were several events which included students from
different nationalities. In the 1,500 meter event Tony Waldrop,
Caucasian, and Reginald McAfee, Afro-American, were tied
3.44.9. Waldrop supposedly came in first, but how this was
determined was not specified in the Collegian: “Waldrop was
awarded first place and a spot on the team, leaving McAfee out
in the cold.” Quote unquote.
First of all, there were two spots opened for the fjnals in
Moscow. Secondly, McAfee and Waldrop were only competing
to show a competitive edge. Now my question is: if Reginald
McAfee is left out in the cold, how could he be going to.
Moscow for the finals?
Pigeon plot
TO THE EDITOR: I've been noticing that your letters to the
editor column has been quite barren lately, and so I have taken
it upon myself to remedy the situation.
Now don’t get me wrong, this is a legitimate letter with a
legitimate purpose. To plunge right into the matter it
concerns pigeons
Yes pigeons, my friends, those feathery 'enemies of the
'Carats
touching,
humorous
By STEVE IVEY ; -
of the Collegian Staff
At last someone has produced a love
story motion picture worth watching.
M.J. Frankovich’s "40 Carats” is a
thoroughly enjoyable film.
"40 Carats” is good for several
reasons. First, the film t avoids the
sickening sentimentality of “Love Story"
and at the same time features a warm,
human love story.
It also lacks the cute asininity of “The
Summer of 42,” replacing it with a more
adblt humor.
“40 Carats" triumphs over previous
attempts to make a "modern" love story
because of Liv Ullmann’s tremendous
acting.
As Anne Stanley, Ullmann plays the
role of a 40-year-old New York apartment
rental agency president who is divorced
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a,W Cong camp.
N®her man will move from his
position. The friction between them
mountSj and Rambo starts to push back.
He a-* guard and flees to the hills.
The cljase that follows provides not
only engrossing reading but also a
realistic look at how violence breeds
more violence.
As word of the hunt spreads, civilians
and semi-professional nunters converge
on the mountains. With no organized
plan, they start to shoot at pach other,
hammering Teasle’s men.
Morrell, who did graduate work at the
University, illustrates another-point
the necessity of making an enemy less
than human. Even after Teasle learns
Rambo’s identity, he insists on calling
him "the kid,” just as Lt. William Galley,
at his trial, insisted that the people he
fired at were "the enemy."
Morrell drops into preachy dialogue
Rob Brown
[4th-education]
Judy Stewart
' [sth-nursing]
Jim Shanaban
[3rd-agriculture]
Regis Nells
[4th-division of counseling]
Bob King
[l3th-electrical engineering]
, Ken Nellis
[7th-computer science]
Name withheld
from Billy Boyland (Gene Kelly), a
second-rate TV star.
While stranded with a broken-down
car in Greece, she meets 23-year-old
Peter Latham (Edward Albert), who
offers her a lift on his motorcycle to the
nearest town.
This starts a romance that is both
touching and humorous. Should a 40-
year-old woman associate with a youth
almost half her age? What happens when
he asks her to marry him? .
Ullmann’s acting is so superb that she
makes the audience believe she really is
having these problems. Her facial ex
pressions and mannerisms are perfect
for the role. She has to be one-of the
greatest actresses of the past decade.
When she agrees to meet Peter in the
Rockefeller Plaza skating rink, Ullmann
does a fantastic performance of trying
not to fall on the ice and at the same
time trying not to fall in love with Peter.
Ullman adds the proper air of
breathlessness when she drinks a glass
of Ouzo and says, "What did you call
this, Ouzo? It certainly is.” , 4
Surprisingly enough, Albert is also
very good in his rote as Peter. He is self
assured and confident enough to im
press older people, but not to the point
of being snotty. He turns in a fine job of
acting.
Kelly is excellent as an immature,
over-the-hill TV performance is
'First Blood'
for a few pages of the book,- but on the
whole the characterizations and dialogue
are crisp and solid.
He gives the conflict between Ram
bo’s weariness and his pride in his
training the necessary schizoid quality,
and lets it echo in Trautman, the soldier
Teasle calls in to outwit Rambo.
He also a/oids making Teasle the
sterotyped, redneck, Southern
policeman. Asjfhe hunt for Rambo wears
on, Teasle realizes he thinks like his
quarry and develops a respect for him.
Moreover at their first meeting, the
policeman holds no contempt for
Rambo's appearance; he merely feels
that getting him out of town was part of
his job.
Ironically, Rambo feels he is doin- his
job applying his training w ' h n '' '
was in the mountains fighting ici'_ ne
A thought that might be the most
frightening part of the book.
state: those dirty communists in bird suits. I’m on to.them, let
me tell you! There lives a hoard of those beady-eyed no-goods
on the roof of the abandoned house next to mine. At all hours
of the day and night they are constantly Blllllllop-ing. Ob
viously, some sort of secret code! They defecate where and
when they please, in public, and often defacing our national
and state monuments.
And yet some persons condemn B.F. Skinner for locking
these monsters in cages where they belong, so they can’t
provide unsavory role models for our children. I myself applaud
the man and his ingenious front of psychological ex
perimentation’. In actuality he is trying to curb this pigeon plot
and the bulk of his work involves breaking down the code.
Food pellets? Oh no, my friends, truth serum in solid form.
It is time the American public became aware of the pigeon
menace that is nation. The “shitty peril" is on the
rise.
Stand up! Don’t just sit there and pick you noses, when
pigeons lurk on every street corner, waiting for the cover of
night to sell dangerous narcotics to your children and mug you
as you walk through central park. Yes, this is the hideous
truth!
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helped by the fact that, director Milton
Katselas does not let him sing and keep*
his dancing confined to a discothequj
with his former mother-in-law. ‘
Binnie Barnes as the frustrates!
kleptomaniac grandmother is perfect
Leonard Gershe's screenplay of
Barillet and Gredy’s Broadway stage play
is filled with humorous lines. One-lineiJ
such as "I like to try love, but I'm
married", dot* the film, adding to fte
warmth and tenderness.
The score is not outstanding but
certainly not one of Michel Legrand's
poorer works.
"40 Carats" introduces Deborah Raffin
as Trigia Stanley, a curvacious 3°
hustler. Raffin's first major acting jol?
definitely wijl not be her last.
The scenes in Greece are beautiful and[
well done. The audience is not over->
whelmed with shots of scenery. Instead'!
Katselas uses the scenery as it should
be used: to lend an air of belief and to
create the proper mood for the film. 'J
40 Carats” is the best love story td[
come out of Hollywood in a very lono
time. Scicf) films need the special
sensitivity and superb acting talents ot
actresses like.Llv Ullmann. Unless sh»
agrees to star in another such .film, “4(J
Carats" will be the best love film for th 9
next few decades. *