Editoripl opinion
Co-opted by OTIS
With fopd prices soaring,
students should welcome the op
portunity tope co-opted by OTIS.
OTIS pla9s to operate a food co
op this term, offering . goods at
close to wholesale prices on a
regular balis. It's going to be a
computerized operation, a campus
market without shopping carts.
'Each food item will be represent
ed by a bin lof computor cards. To
order kcan , of soup, a student will
pull out one card. All his cards will
be kept with a master card.
Students will pay $1 to join and
put up a balance equivalent to the
maxium amount of groceries they
are allowed, to buy in one week,'
probably $2O worth.
They will • order food a week
ahead, each week coming in to
'lf this is Altoona,
jily FRED RAMSEY
Collegian Columnist
Has your life been a bit too exciting
lately? Do you find yourself caught up in
a rat race of pleasure and contentment?
Is your environment overstimulating you
intellectually
If you're like me, you probably
answered yes to at least one of these
questions. 1, too; have felt oppressed by
opportunity of late, but take heart, for I
have the answer that will save us all.
I have put together an unparalleled
tour of Pennsylvania's most boring small
towns. I think it's ideal for those of you
who are enjoying life too much.
Our journey will begin in Pittsburgh,
the world's largest small town. After a 15
minute tour of the points of interests, we
will have a buffeeluncheon at the county
workhouse. We Will dine as the guests of
Mr. Slats Domino, noted contracter and
loan shark. All persons are reminded to
bring their own flatware and tin cup.
Promptly at 1 or 2. p.m., our oxcart will
move toward our first destination
fabulous Wiirrterding, home of the Free
World's largest\beet pickling plant. After
a tour that will will s interest the staunchest
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Also comes in half size 8" long
Regular, ham, turkey, tuna
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Comes with lots of secret sauce and cheese
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pick up their groceries and
replenish their balance.
OTIS estimates the potential
cost savings for co-op members at
between 15 and 20 per cent in the
beginning and more if the co-op's
buying power increases,-- i
The major loose-end is where,to'
place the co-op. OTIS planners
say: give us the -lUB Ballroom and
we will do the job.
The extent of inventory and
brand choice remains to be set
tled, depending
,on the first few
weeks of operation.
It is too soon to offer praise for
such a service, but the idea is en
couraging. OTIS is not an
organization content to rest on its
laurels, re-electing officers and
providing the same . unevaluated
services.
it must be Tuesday'
pickled beet fans, we will ; 'have an early
dinner at Tomaso's of Nicaragua, the
area's finest nightclub. However, the
ever-present danger of being caught in
the folding sidewalks makes it necessary
that, for their own safety, all participants
return to the cart no later than 5 p.m.
Later in our travels, we will visit such
points as Malomar, this year's site of
The World Winking and Blinking
Festival; Port-Matilda, the home of the
largest inland dry dock facilities; and of
course, State College, producer of more
naval lint per capita than any place in the
known universe.
This is just a sample of the delights
that await you. There will be side trips to
Pennsylvania's two All-American cities,
Clearfield and Johnstown, with their
huge collections of Moms and apple
pies. And a special program involving
the entire state legislature with a
surprise appearance by the chief
Presidential contendors in a watermelon
eating contest.
Our guide will be Major Wolfgang
Strasser, forMerly of the 27th Waffen SS.
He, along with his faithful lieutenants,
will ensure that all those who begin the
tour complete it.
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OTIS workers have looked up
from their day-to-day tasks and
made an effort to become aware of
the new problems that confront
students: tight money, the
responsibilities of legal majority,
the question of residency.
They know prices are hurting.
The_ old image of students 'as
wasteful consumers, swilling
Cokes and using record shops like
revolving doors is false.
Berkeley' recognized [the need
for student co-ops.. Harvard and
Princeton clid several years ago.
But the concept has been slow
to reach stte owned and related
schools.
But if anyone considers food co
ops an idea whose time has come,
they should credit OTIS for the
work.
All sleeping accomodations for this
tour have been thoughtfully provided by
PennDOT through Its excellent series of
Roadside Rests. Dining arrangements
have been made with the Department of
Corrections, or whei l l e jails are
unavailable,i local hospitals.
We will have two classes of travel:
Economy, which will permit you to ride
in the oxcart, and POverty, which
compels you to pull it.
And for yOu insatiable bore buffs, we
are organizing several more tours::: The
first, two weeks of seclusion In the
Pottstown State Hospital for the
Criminally , Bored, was highly
recommended in a recent nationwide
poll of sociology instructo i rs. And for the
true cognoscenti, we proudly present a
personally guided tour of Bert Park's
New Jersey.
Well, there you have , it, carefully
planned gems of ennui, jUst ripe for the
plucking. If you find yourself completely
disinterested, why don't you contact us
today. We're Nocturnale Avation, but
don't look for us In the Yellow Pages, we
don't have a phone.
Just remember our motto: lose a little
something from your life; be bored.
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Letters to the Editor
Students, that's who
TO THE EDITOR: With Homecoming almost upon us and the
controversy over whether or not the contest Is discriminatory_
still raging, it seems to me that the real flaw of the contest is
being overlooked by everyone concerned. Sure, it should be
open to men, and men should have an equal chance of
winning, but above all it should be a contest for students.
Yes, students, those peoplewho are up here not to dribble
basketballs for charity, or to belong to Pan Hel or IFC, or even
to further the gloilous cause of the workers of the world.
Students, people who are here to study, to take the knowledge
the University is here td provide them with and use it to further.
themselves as best as possible. Students, the people for
whom the University exists in. the first place.
Somehow in this contest, as in most other things at this
University, students are forgotten. Not the "active" or
"concerned" ones, those involved in charity or University
functions; they and their activities are constantly being
paraded in front crf•us as examples we should look up to and
emulate. But the real student, the one who feels he can in the
long run do more for both himself and his community not by
participating in extra-curricular activities, but by using the
University as it should be used, to help him ,grow and gain
knowledge, Is labeled apathetic and tossed in the incinerator.
Just because a person feels his time is better spent by
studying, or reading or writing, than by selling paper lilies for
Easter Seals does not mean he has no concern for his
community. For It is this person who, by virtue of his learning
experiences at the University, may very easily be•able to do a
lot more for his community than a socially active person can
do now.
Students are here, above all else, to learn. And if the people
running the Homecoming Queen contest feel that extra
curricular activities are the thing for which a student deserves
recognition, maybe they should talk to some "apathetic"
students and see what they think. There are 20,000 of us here,
just waiting for someone to listen.
You're residents
TO THE EDITOR: On the question of student voter registration
in Centre County, there has been much talk of declaring
residency or non-residency. It is not up to the COunty
commissioners, the County tax assessor or the individual
student to decide whether or not students are citizens of
Centre County. This decision was made in the 1970 census
'when students were counted as residing in Centre County. As
a result of this great increase in population, the County
became a fifth class county, with the accompanying increase
in salaries - for the commissioners and other county officials
Isn't it strange that these public servants accepted the
increase in renumeration at the same time that they were
plotting and scheming, as they still are; to keep their student
benefactors from attaining their civil rights?
The only legal residence of PSU students is centre County.
The 77th legislative district was reapportioned on the basis of
the 1970 census. Students therefore must register to vote in
this district. It's a question of "law 'n' order"!
Marianne "Mike" Van*Dommelen
Lawbreakers on bikes ,
TO THE EDITOR: In her Sept. 20 letter, Ms. White hit the rail
on the head when she said that bicycles are "subject to 'the
same rules and regulations as automobiles." Many of us who
drive cars are fed up with the constant and blatant disregard
Special Sale
To thank you for your great
reception of our new store in
the nittany mall . . .
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of these regulations by cyclists.
Observe cyclists' actions on almost any street and you will
see them failing to use turn signals, riding through stop signs
and signals, riding on the sidewalk, riding the wrong way on
one-way streets, falling to have license plates or registration
tags, riding without lights at night, riding two or three abreast
on single lane roads, and in general, forgetting that it takes
courtesy from cyclists and car drivers if all are to share equal
rights on the roads.
Ts k, tsk
TO THE EDITOR: After the recent wave of activity, education
and advancement in the area of womens' rights, one would
assume that by this time everyone would understand that
women really are capable, intelligent and serious-minded
people.
11Vomen have distinguished themselves in all fields and are
increasingly being delegated positions formerly held
exclusively by men.
So widespread has this emancipation been that some have
even speculated on a woman president and the prospect of a
woman in the dome seemed as feasible as the old notion of the
woman in the home. Eveh at Penn State, where the ruffling of a
few feathers alWays infuriates a few birds, womens' liberation
was making real and significant progress.
Until several weeks ago, that is. The recent decision to dig
up and reactivate the one-year dead Homecoming Queen
Contest is a major step backward into the dark ages when
women were mere showpieces of society.
Perhaps it is a part of the nostalgia which is creeping in and
threatening to break up the chain of progress begun in the last
decade. Possibly some of us have been too optimistic in
measuring the scope of that progress. The fact that the King-
Riggs contest was seen first as a sex battle and only secondly
as an athletic competition, is eviddnce that women still have a
long way to go before they are accepted as a matter of course
in all areas of society.
The Homecoming Queen contest does nothing to further
this fight.
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PATRICIA J. STEWART
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