opinion *3iy r 2 There's gotta be something betters than Jhis;£r Nothing...but cold and darkness The making of a Bitch Name Withheld PSU female student In response to the Oct. : 5 article addressed to the loveless 'coeds. I find myself included. It s comforting to know that other girls behave in ! the same Once upon a time, I can remember when I was very sympathetic and loving person. But something Collegian forum happened. A wall of isolation slowly began to surround me. blocking all leelings..qut At first I welcomed this new sensation. It seemed like a protective armor, shielding me from all attack of heartbreak. I felt I had spent a sufficient amount of time in my fortressjto recover from my wounds, so off once again I went m search of a new relationship. To my dismay. I found I could not shed this sensation. As much as I tried. I could feel nothing but Things which use to upset me bounced right off, leaving not a scratch. 1 How did this come about?" I asked myself "What caused this transition?" Then I seemed to recall listening quietly as he complained about females beina incapable of comprehending man's physical needs. I listened patiently to Collegian PATRICIA J. STEWART Editor ' Successor to the Free Lance, est 1887 Member of the Associated Press Charter member of the Pennsylvania Collegiate Media Association Editorial policy is determined by the Editor. Opinions expressed by the editors and staff of The Daily Collegian are not necessarily those of the University administration, faculty or students. / uiiiniiHiiiiniiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiniiiniiiinHiiimnnnmnHHmnnnnnHiuMMniinnninimummmmmumi University Park Bookstore McAllister Mid Term Gotcha Down Stop in and Browse Through our non required books and general reading HUB: full line of supplies in the HUB Basement - Room 24 __ Open Saturday - Oct. 8,1973 9-1 This week’s pick for the new arrivals Dorothy and Lilian Gish \ ■ n 1111 uni 1 1 imu inimill mi linn iMimiiMin ■ niiiiiimiiiiiiiiimnimuiiimuMiTinuuMmmTm'mrnii him as he explained a crash-course on “how-to-get-to-know-each-other-fast." I was warm and responsive. When he was down in the dumps I made him laugh. I gave and gave and gave until there was nothing left. I waited: when would I start receiving in return? When would my frustrations and needs by satisfied? I didn't ask for a promise or proposal. I only asked for a little compassion. I suddenly realized that he never cared about me. Sure he cared about my body, my face, my comforting ways, and most of all, how I satisfied- those ever present physical frustrations. But he never knew the person inside. Do you remember when you were down in the dumps and he gruffly asked if you were on the ''rag?" When you just wanted to be held and enjoy being together, he started to make love? When intellectual conversations were a thing of the past. When you said “no" after six days of saying "yes", and he called you frigid—followed by :a guilt-producing pout that made you want to cry. The good “vibes" you once had for him gradually became weaker, while the static he gave grew stronger. Suddenly the idea of spendinq an evening home with your roommates JOHN J. TODD Business Manager appealed more to you, going out appealed less: You feel both hurt and angry inside. Somehow the two laid the foundation of the fortress. You fulfilled his needs, but he didn't reciprocate. (I guess that's what they mean by no strings attached). Breaking it off, you vow it will never happen again. One after another, though, the blocks stack up. Finally the last time is too much to bear. The glowing fire inside of you goes out, the complete system shuts down, and there’s nothing left but the cold and darkness. A SUPER BITCH is born. Sure sex is great, but no love, baby. Don't expect any warm and understanding ways from me either. "I could care less if you failed your QBA test or anything else!" “Oh. so poor baby's down in the dumps? Well snap out if it fast or I'm leaving."' Instead of acting intensely interested, like you use to when he told you of his day's activities, yawn in his face and let the boredom ooze out all over the place. When he wants to go out with you say, "Sorry Charlie, my books come first." (and you mean it) While holding him closely, gaze into his large dreamy eyes and before kissing, tell him you think he's perfect except that he nags and bitches too much. When you tell him the love affair is over and he asks you why, reply that you'd rather be with your Teddybear. (At least he listens to you.) Finally men get a taste of their own medicine and find they don't like it. They ask fora truce. Well, maybe, just maybe, we could work things out. It would take a lot of time and effort. We'd both have to be very patient. Since I've been in this state of mind, I've become more independent, my grades are better, and you know what? I'm getting use to that empty feeling. On second thought, forget the truce, boys, —I LIKE. BEING A BITCH! In a statement issued on Oct. 1, Judge John J. Sirica emphasized that the crushing sentences he imposed on the' Watergate defendants last spring were not intended to be final sentences. When he does fix final sentences, these will be "in accord with a sense of justice and in accord with the relevant principles of law." ' “And it will be perfectly apparent at that time,” Judge Sirica added, “if that-' time comes, that such disposition was predicated as it should be, upon fairness, compassion, understanding and justice." What in the world, one is minded to ask, did Sirica mean by "if that time comes”? The Watergate defendants now are languishing jn prison under the maximum permissible sentences of 35 to 40 years. The sentences were imposed in March, though several of the defendants had been in jail since early January. It is customary in the trial courts of the District to impose J the “max" at the conclusion of a trial in which defendants have pleaded guilty or have been found guilty, but after an investigation by probation, officers, such sentences' routinely are reduced within 90 to 120 days. When, one must inquire, will the time come for such reductions here? If Sirica means what he says about “fairness, compassion, understanding and justice," he will discharge six of the seven Watergate defendants from further custody all but G. Gordon Liddy at the earliest possible moment. Such a humane decision would be fully supported by the law, the evidence, the character of the defendants, by their conduct in recent months, and by the record of sentences in other burglary cases. Viewed simply as a matter of law, with every political consideration set aside, the Watergate burglary was a humdrum crime. No one was hurt. No person was put in terror of his life. No money or other intrinsically valuable property was stolen. Not even a lockor a door was damaged. The defendants at first gave aliases, but they made no attempt to flee or to resist arrest. In terms of the seriousness of the crime, this burglary would rank toward the bottom of the 2.3 million burglaries reported by police every year. The evidence demonstrated convincingly, especially as to the four men recruited from Miami, that criminal motivation was altogether lacking. Virgilio Gonzalez testified that he had been told that “we are solving the Cuban situation.” Frank Sturgis had the same Letters to the Editor Sobering TO THE EDITOR: "Faculty talk unionization,” the article by Andy Isaacs in The Daily Collegian Oct. 8, was sobering. It doesn’t take much reading between the lines to recognize that the unionization movement among faculties is a harbinger of sustained and mounting tension between faculty and administration. The academic freedom of students in the remaining years of this decade will be a result of the morale and success of faculty members. A key question will be: "the faculty member as employee or as independent professional?" The answer may well alter the basic character of higher educaiton. Bring on the music TO THE EDITOR: Recently one of us traveled to Shippensburg State College and, while there, received a copy of the possible James J. Kilpatrick Turn them loose understanding: “When it comes to Cuba and the Communist conspiracy involving the United States, I will do anything to protect this country.” Sturgis had the reputation of a “soldier of fortune,” whatever that means, but the others had no visible taint. E. Howard Hunt and James McCord had served long, and honorably with the CIA; Bernard Barker was in real estate; Eugenio Martinez and Sturgis were, his associates; Gonzalez was a locksmith. For purposes of probation or parole, all of them, so far as is publicly known, would be classed as “first offenders." , Judge Sirica’s requirement was that these defendants "cooperate." With the exception of Liddy, they have. The six men have done everything that conceivably could be asked of them toward clearing up the Watergate mystery. It would take a heart of stone not to be touched by the plight of Hunt. He has been abandoned by the White House that commissioned him. His wife is dead in a plane crash; his children are Sit I Was given some good advice by an old choir director, years ago about attending musical performances. “Always sit in the back" he said, “and you will not only hear things better than everyone else, but you will be able to put everything into its’ proper perspective.” This method of observation proved to be so effective that I finally decided to try applying it to situations other than musical performances. Before I knew it, I was considering myself a wise observer of life. Everything was clear to me, and I began to feel superior Ifo the people around me I saw more and understood more than they. But then came the big letdown. I discovered the “Silent Majority" and realized I wasn't alone. They were sitting in the back seats, all around me the whole time. The Rev. D.W. Stump Episcopal Chaplain Penn State in the back By MICHAEL J. TUCKER 7th-joumaiism Collegian forum After suffering such a devastating groups (and approximate prices they would demand and** possible ticket price) that would appear at the college. To say 1' the -least, the list puts our concerts here at Penn State to shame. In fact, we don*t even have a choice in the matter. ' For example, the Shippensburg students had a choice of 38 artists demanding between $2,000 and $25,000 for their appearances. Some of the choices (at a maximum ticket price , of $3.50) were Seals and Croft: Carpenters; PaulSimoe; Carol ■ King: Emerson, Lake, and Palmer; Yes; Hollies; Doobie Brothers; Loggins and Messina; Blood, Sweat, and Tears, etc. One of their selections involved Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway at a probable ticket price of $1.50 to $2.00. If you will ' recall. Roberta Flack.alone appeared here for $3.50 per ticket. This tends to make one wonder why a large university like this cannot provide its students with a selection of groups and more favorable prices when a much smaller school like Shippensburg can do so. We would welcome a reply from the ; University Concert Committee. • orphans. How is justice served by keeping him and the others in prison? Finally, the sentences ought to be"’ kept in perspective. The last fiscal year" saw 254 burglary cases disposed of in'” the federal courts. These involved 215 defendants with verdicts of guilty. Of ' these, 91 were put on probation; 124'', were put under sentence. The Watergate'” defendants appear in a classification of * “other burglaries," after bank jobs and postal thefts have been accounted for. This group embraced 120 defendants. Only 54 of them were sentenced to prison at all, and only eight of them including- the Watergate Seven received sentences of more than five years. If Judge Sirica were now to fix final sentences of a year and a day, which is what 14 of the “other burglars” received, he would be acting precisely in accord with the courts’ traditional "sense of justice and the relevant principles of law.” And these six non-criminals would be free to patch up their broken lives. blow to my ego, I recouperated to a contented and secure state of mind as a member of the “Silent Majority." Life is always more enjoyable when you can share your ideas and beliefs with friends. Life hasn't been very entertaining for us people sitting in the back these days but change is constant, and you can't lose with such an overriding virtue as confidence. Besides, when you're sitting in the back you can see everything, and we all know -- “we" can all see that everything is going to be all right. There is one disappointment though. It's those poor people sitting up in the fourth row (the “socialists” always socializing). I hey re torever jumping out of their seats and complaining that, there's something • wrong with “the system." It’s really only natural I guess sitting up front like that and being limited to such a narrow view. I hope someone tells them to sit down while they still have a place to sit. Otherwise, when the show really gets going, the'll all be left out in the street. J. T. Paton • 4th-electrical engineering . Don Bowers 7th-agronomy
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