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Larger library
TO THE EDITOR: I would like to suggest that a poSsible ad
dition to the University could be a larger library facility at East
Halls The present library facility in the basement Of Findlay
Hall does not meet the needs of the many students who find it
necessary to study in a quiet area. This library is usually over
crowded and does not adequately accommodate the many
studenis who attempt to study, here. Many residents of East
Halls-are forced to go either to Pollock Undergraduate or to
Pattee libraries. Because •Pattee offers such a good at
mosphere in which to study, it is exploited to its fullest. If a
new library was added to the campus. it would relieve the
strain on the present libraries.
Not only do the crowded conditions and poor design of the
East Library present problems, but the distance one must
travel to and from another library maybe quite distressing. For
ihe female student returning to East Halls late at night, the fear
and chance of rape are very high.
Although the new recreation bu,i.kling in East is greatly
needed and appreciated. I would like to see the University
Planning Committee act on needs of the academic student.
First aid
TO THE EDITOR: On Saturday, following the Penn State vs.
Wake Forest game. I came across what proved to be in
competence at its best— or 1 should say its worst. I am
referring to an accident involving an elderly male victim. Aman
of at least 80 years of age had fallen and rolled down a
rock-laden embankment, receiving a lacerated nose bleeding
internally as well as, externally. The victim was surrounded by
the usual onlooking crowd. Three persons, one of whom
claimed lo be a doctor, were giving direct aid.
Basic knowledge of first aid provides that all cautions be
laken with head injuries (over-cautious as opposed to un
der-cautious)—Especially with an older person, whose body
This side of the truth
Kidnapped by the University
By JACK JACKSON
of the Collegian staff
Beads of sweat dripped down the side
of my face as I tried to look around the
room It was dark and I could hardly
crawl about—my hands were tied behind
my back and my feet were bound
together with my belt.
tried to collect my thoughts and
reason why I had been kdinapped. Yes,
why was I kidnapped? When did it all
start' ) My mind drifted over the af
ternoon's events.
I had been walking down Pollock Road
on my way to see my adviser. All of a
sudden. a tall orange girl wearing a
blonde parka, or something like that,
Jumped out from behind some bushes,
grabbed the typewriter I always carry
with me. overpowered me. threw me in
the back of a Maintenance and
Operations van and drove off.
She took me to Shields, where she
gagged me with a pre-registration form.
Then she threw me in a room with
hundreds of filing cabinets, obviously
intending to torture me. But I still don't
know why.
I looked arpund again, stilt trying to
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Cemusca. tion. Senators so involved they cannot see Whqn President Ford held his summit con- ••
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it say, "I try to do what the all the ills of their organization, and-they do not ferenc on inflation, he did not invite only his tv.
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your mother used to say, "I suggest. invited experts from across the nation. /I *
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is bad for your teeth. So you vote on that committee. In the end, the students want than the ,students themselves? -
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senators, with their vested interests, can do as Cernusca must invite all interested students. He ..,\
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apparent that, even if USG proper changes in the constitution. USG is sick and must not try to be its own
'hat you want, it cannot in its He is holding his own "summit conference," doctor. Do not let Cemusca and the Senate do
iuch of anything done. at which the purpose of student government what ttley think is best for you.
tong with Cernusca and USG and possible changes in the present structure Insist that Cernusca hold a constituflonal con- '
flan Mientus, seem to agree, will be discussed. . . vention, rather than -a private, closed summit --
has set up a committee to Cernusca, however, seems to be afraid of the conference. Make sure you have a say at that
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figure out what I had done wrong. As I
crawled about the room I noticed
something very•strange about the filing
cabinets. All of them were labeled
miscellaneous," except for two that
were labeled "Oswald, John W." and
"kidnappings." There were also boxes
and boxes of red tape labeled "for use
with University business only."
I found a pair of dull, rusty scissors
labeled "for use on red tape only" on top
of one of the boxes and proceeded to cut
ale rope off my hands.
A light switched on. Overhead, a tinny
voice said, "This is Shields Control.
There is a 448-B in the main filing room:
cutting rope with red tape scissors."
I was just getting free. I ran over to the
kidnapping file, hoping that something
in kt would tell me why I had been kid
napped. Unfortunately, the tall orange
girt with a blonde parka came back in.
'What are you doing? — she said, as
she filled out a 448-B violation form.
"Never mind that," I answered. "Who
are you? You just can't go around ab
ducting people and tying them up. Are
you with some kind of terrorist group?"
"No," she replied, "I'm with the
University. We have found some
discrepancies in your file and we want
..here, dragon... Odd---1 could have
sworn it was out here somewhere.'
recovery mechanics are of a slower, weaker state than those of
one in his prime.
I located a:campus police officer and directed his attention
to the incident and the need of an ambulance. The officer then
came over to the scene and said an ambulance was on its ray.
Meanwhile, I was having a hard time convincing the victimiand
the people around hint to keep him still and in proper position
until the ambulance arrived. Nevertheless two persons wanted
to move the victim to their car and take him off. I do not Want to
sound harsh of the people who were trying to help. They were
very beneficial in bringing the bleeding under control and
preventing the victim from entering a state of shock. But that
and keeping a victim warm are the extent of what they should
do. I have been a firefighter and worked with ambulance'crews
for more than two years now, and I feel qualified to present this
view. Here I was, watching three persons—a doctor, so ac
claimed, who gave no diagnostic tests such as eye focus,
reflexive manipulation, or muscular coordination; a woman
claiming the victim's pulse was back to normal when I can'tisee
how she would know his normal pulse; and a student with all
the style of Marcus Welby.• I could not blame them for not
listening tome; I had no identification. But what really ragged
me was the officer's action. The only one having the authority
to control the situation copped out. When I told him to bring
the ambulance on in and to keep the victim still he fully agreed.
Yet somehow the chiefs persuaded him to put the ambulance
back iri service. They then stood him up, sat him in the front
seat of the car, and proceeded to fall in the rear of the line
r, -waiting to leave the field parking. I figure about 10 to 15
,minutes to get out of the parking lot and another 20 minutes to
reach flowing traffic was ahead of them.
Chances are the old man made it. But what if he had gone
into a state of shock, lost consciousness, or began
hemorrhaging when in the stop and go traffic? A phone or
type of assistance would have been hard to come by. I suggest
to the campus patrol, particularly the officer who was, irt>,
charge, that you have discretion and, most of all, you heve
common sense. Next time, use it! Let trained professi9nali l
attendants with proper diagnostic equipment come to of
conclusion. t
Jackson. Sure, here it is: Jack None
Jackson. That's my middle name."
"Do you mean to tell me your middle
name is None? This is highly irregulati,"
you to correct them. Here, fill out this
form."
She handed me a kidnapping form. I She jumped on •me again without
had to fill in the method of kidnapping, - warning and tied me to the John W.
describe means of capture and get it Oswald filing cabinet.
signed by my adviser or extortionist. "You tell me what your real middle
She went over to one of the cabinets
name is or do I have to get violent?" she
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labeled miscellaneous, reached in and Volume 12 of the course repeat filing
pulled out my file.
procedure.
How did you do that?" I asked in
"No," I said, trying to hide my fear.
credulously. "There must be 30,000
"I've sworn never to divulge my name."
different files in this room."
• She picked up Volume 13, but I held my
"Oh, is this yours?" she asked. "That ground.
sure has never happened before. We I "Well, then," she said pulling a card
was just going to show you an example out of my file, "if you don't talk, I'll have
of a proper file. (She pulled out another.) your student I.D. picture printed in the
Here, this reads 'Packer, Marian C.' paper " She flashed the picture of a
Yours reads 'Jackson, Jack.' Don't you skinny, short-haired pimply person in
see * anything wrong?" front of me.
"Sure. They forgot my middle name." I broke down. "Allright," I gasped. "I
"You don't have one. Under middle,. . never used to tell anyone, what my
name it says 'none'. That's why youlre middle name meant. It's • very em
here." j barrassing. It's a Latin sentence with the
I looked at her, dumbfounded. "What?
Sure I do. Let me see the form. Jack N.
she said taking out a high irregulars'
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Collage is here!
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TO THE EDITOR: So Misters Messerschmidt and Seiberlich
took a trip through the looking glass in search of Collage,
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finally giving up, convinced we were in Havanna. Perhaps th I y
could have better spent their time in search of Froth. Th s
campus needs a good humor magazine, and a good hum r
magazine needs imaginative writers. For the record: Collage is
not connected with USG, nor funded by them. In fact, Collage
is not yet funded by anybody. Our charter has been submitted
to the USG Supreme Court, just like every other student
organization's charter. If the court approves our charter,
Collage will then, hopefully, be funded directly by ASA. We aJ - e
forming this organization because we believe that the students
and administration have a right, to another voice, another
medium of communication and information. Penn State, once
a p?bneer in the field of television has fallen far behind other
schools in exploration of the medium. This is 1974; the tubes
been L around a long while. It's time we accepted television; it's s
time to use it, experiment with it, and improve it. Our
organization, once chartered will have room for students with
all kinds of abilities and interests. Even Misters Messer
schmidt and Seiberlich have a place, but their fanciful writing
does not. Better they save it for English I.
Wretched schedule
TO THE EDITOR: This confession may come as a surprise to
those students in my first period oriental art class at whorry I
snarl for coming in late and sleeping in class. But this present
student generation'is really a very attractive group of yourig
people and I thoroughly enjoy working with them. They do not
remember how things were here four years 'ago when Perin
State seemed on the verge of closing. The Bolshevik storming
of the Winter Palace in the October Revolution of 1917 was
echoed her in thg storming of the President's House in tlle
Spring of 19TO. I wonder whatever became of "Commander Ali"
who led that assault?
Steve Held
Ist-pre-law
form. "I can't believe you. They warned
me about you columnists."
initials N.O.N.E. It says NOlo Ostrossa
Non Elektra."-
"What does it mean?"
"Without electricity, the
won't work."
Of course I have a steam-powered one,
tot.
Swallow the bullet now
By PATRICK SOKAS
of the Collegian Staff
President Ford apparently has decided that America is going
to have to swallow that bullet. ,
In Tuesday's speech before the Future Farmers of America,
that illustrious group 'which was just dying to hear another
inflation package, the measures whioh Ford recommended
sounded much more like concessions to the enemy than
strategy in a war_ against inflation.
The situation is clear: Americans are going to be forced to
adjust, on a permanent basis, to a standard of living far below
'that to which they have become accustomed. Ford has said as
much in many, many words. But to tell America outright that
the golden years are behind us would be political poison. As it
is, Ford is already feeling the effects - of some lead poisoning
from that bullet. •
There remains the qtlbstion of what led to this unfortunate
situation. Culprits ranging from Arab sheiks. to deficit spend
ing have been blamed. In reality, the situation is far too
complex to allow us to blame any one group or factor.
A major factor in the economic crisis is the aftershock from
the death of economic imperialism.
Now that colonialism and armed intervention are no longer
fashionable, the underdeveloped nations, in which most of the
important natural resources are located, are taking it out on the
old Sugar Daddies.
The oil business is the most prominent example, but there are
a• host of others. The producers of bauxite, for example, have
become so cantankerous that Alcoa has stopped making
aluminum foli and the stuff may become hard to find in the
near future. Chrome, largely available only from the friendly
Kurt Wantriep
Bth-journalism
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Since then, things have changed. The University Calendar
was revised. ostensibly to help students compete for summer
Jobs but, some think, to clear the campus early and avoid
uprisings. But now dating is out of fashion.
Meanwhile. we have a wretched schedule which is at its
worst in a winter session that really adds up to an eight week
term Whatever we try to offer in those abortive two weeks
before the Christmas break gets lost in the.shuffle. I yearn for
the good old days and the schedule 'that was. The fall term
began in late September and finished in good time for students
to earn Christmas money. It's good to know that the Calendar
Commission is deliberating on what is good for Penn State. I
hope they will at least solve the problem of the unfortunate
winter term.
Speak on calendar
TO THE EDITOR: A decision that will ultimately affect
everycine, at the Pennsylvania State University is now being
made and only a small minority has any knowledge of the
pending decision. I am referring to the Faculty Senate which is
now discussing whether or not to go back to the 15-week, 2-
term system. thereby dropping the 4-quarter system. There will
be some provision for a summer term, but as of yet the details
have not been worked out. The reasons for the reverse are:
summer term never reached its expected enrollment and the
teachers feel more learning will take place in a 50-minute class
than the present 75-minute period, as supported by the
student's present failing attention span as the period wears on.
The final resolution will be made by the end of the upcoming
winter term and will be implemented in the Fall of 1976.
There are fifteen or sixteen votes on this committee, only
three of which are student votes: the general attitude of the
professors seems to be for the two semester system.
Ifi the students of this University have anything to say, let's
hear it now. and not after the resolution has been passed.
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governments of Rhodesia and the Soviet Union, is another
metal to be put on the doubtful list.
The industrial nations became wealthy by , buying resources
cheap and selling the finished products back . ..to their colonies,
economic and political, at inflated prices. Now that the shoe is
on the other foot, the industrial nations are going to have to
adjust to a slower-pitched economy.
..i The United States has the additional problem of renewed
competition from other industrial nations.
After World War H, America had the advantage of being the
only major industrial nation which had not been badly messed
up by the war. To be fair about it, and to preserve the markets,
the United States allowed the entire economic system to be
arranged to put products from other nations in the advantage
both here and elsewhere.
Western Europe. and Japan are now fully recovered, and
America has not been able to keep pace with their advances.
This has required changes in the international trade rules,
including devaluation of the dollar, in order to put the United
States on a more equal footing.
In the long run, this means that Americans will have to
accept a standard of living more like that of the other industrial
nations which means lower. Europe has known gasoline at
one dollar a gallon and income tax approaching 50 per cent for
years. -Now it's our turn.
So, in the long run, we cannot expect to win the battle
against inflation :if winning means to return to our former
standard of living. We must learn to adjust to having less. If
Gerald Ford thinks that the best way to tell us that is a little bit
at a time in long-winded speeches, so be it. It, will not change
the facts.
Walton J. Lord
Associate professor art history
Laura Mary Naab
Ist-biology
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