- Editorial .opinion From time to time someone will give money to the University Office of Gifts and Endowments without any specifications for its ln fact, this happens of ten enough that the Office has hundreds of thousands of dol lars in undesiqnated funds. The University Board of Trust ees has decided to establish a scholarship fund with the undes ignated money but is arguing over what policy should bfe es tablished for distributing the scholarships. Some trustees say the scholar ships should be given to the high school students with the • best academic records regardless of their financial backgrounds. Others say the scholarships should be given to academically superior Letters to the Editor OTIS's stand TO THE EDITOR: As presidenl of OTIS, I am writing this letter o inform ihe University Community on the much publicized l aurel Glen snualion as OTIS sees it. At our meeting this week. representatives for both the Slate College and Laurel Glen enams'tmion presented OTIS with their 22 demands and asked our support for a rent strike, claiming that the management was being unreasonable. Since it would be noihing less ihan ignorant for us to support a situation, or a certain side, for ihal matter, without knowing all of the facts, OTIS felt 'hat ihe only logical thing to do would be to be preseni ai a meeiing between the Laurel Glen management and he Laurel Glen tenants union (I am going under Ihe assump ton hai ■ his group is synonymous with Laurel Glen tenants) o see if. in faci, ihe management was being as unreasonable as 'hey had claimed. I will noi say how each side has responded yet, because I have noi personally been informed on ihe final decision from enher he management or the ienants (union). However, the feedback 'hai I have received so far has ranged from a welcome for our imeresi io claims, of this situation being none of our business. To set ihe record straight, this is our business.| The organization is hereto clear up landlord-tenant disputes. The people who feel we are ineffective are most probably thos'e who have noi come io us for help. If this situation was so bad hat a rem strike is fell io be necessary, why wasn't this firoughi .o the attention of OTIS by Ihe individual tenants when bhe problem arose? Along ihese lines, why weren’t thesd problems brought to the attention of the code enforcement officers of State College or the other borough authorities? * In case you are misunderstanding what I am saying, I am not aking sides. All I am saying is ihat this is'a situation that OTIS could have resolved had it been brought to our attenlion. The enanis union representatives said a rent strike was an ugly, legal mess and was to be avoided until every possible alter native was exhausted. If this is true, let OTIS be ope of those alternatives. If we see that the management is being unreasonable, our support will be th.ere. If Ihe management is cooperative the situation will be rectified. Let OTIS solve those 1 Mia-East crisis a class By CHARLEY THOMPSON 1972 Penn State graduate The discussion of ihe Middle Easl dispule in Ihe Wesiern media had been a dogmatic one. If has been a back and forlh rebulial between Ihe Zionists, who are rying io tusiify iheir living in Palestine, and Arab Nauonalism. which is standing in Ihe way. The Israelis claim Judaism —hardly any young Israeli practices religion, and nenher do iheir Zionisl backers outside Israel The Arabs happen lo be mostly Moslems. The Collegian forum non-Arab Moslem world sympathizes with Ihe Arab' snuaiion. and the Wesiern world stands behind Israel lor capnalisiic reasons. The imperialists use Israel as a •vatchdog over the Arab revolulion, and Ihe socialist .amp uses Israel's existence as a catalyst for Ihe Arab revolution Thus far ihese are the front line forces and he imeresis behind ihem. The Israelis claim ihal ihe Jews existed in Palestine before and ihe Arabs say no. To gel oul of this vicious circle, lei us agree ihal Judaism was Ihe first religion hai the region knew. Allhough the people of Ihe area believed in Judaism al one lime or another, they laler believed in Christianity, and then they turned to Islam, hough there were some ihal kept iheir earlier beliefs. So the beliefs vanished again, but ihe human kind and mind did noi. Now lo give one group of believers Ihe right io increase iheir number by “importing" some strangers to ihe area is what ihe Israeli immigration program is all aboul. Now-a-days Israel is turning to (he Soviei Jews, whose ancestors may have believed in Judaism as a religion, bul whose descendants are 865-9111 students who otherwise could not afford to go to college. And some trustees believe that half the scholarships should be awarded to the best students and half to the financially needy superior students—or that the money should be split in. some other way, such as 95 per cent for the needy and five per cent for the best. The trustees asked their ed ucational policy committee, of which stiident trustee Dion Stewart will present the results Stewart is a member, to formu- of the poll to the committee and late a'policy for distributing the c the board, allowing students scholarships. Stewart wants to be able to tell the committee how' students feel the money ishould be distributed. He has enlisted the aid of the Graduate Student Association, TLresNiiN'> -rue econow problems thal we are capable of handling—lhai's what we’re here for. Protect right to choose TO THE EDITOR: American women's right to reproductive freedom and safety is in danger. Several amendments to the U.S. Constitution have been_|>roposed that would completely ouilaw abortion in this country.. There is danger that these amendments may be passed, despite the opinions of the majority of citizens because of the millions of dollars the Roman Calholic church has poured info the "righl-fo-life" lobbying campaign. Our senators and representatives in Washington must know how - their constituents stand in this matter. In order to en courage students to write to their legislators about this vital issue, the Association for Women Students is sponsoring an informaiion and lobbying iable on ihe HUB ground floor Feb. 10-14. Remember, we all know from experience under restrictive, laws ihat laws against abortion did not prevent people from having abortions. They just drive women to submit themselves :o butchers or to endanger their lives by attempting self induced abortion. Before the Supreme Court decision upholding women's right to reproductive freedom, 350,000 women a year were being admitted to U.S. hospitals for damage done in illegal abortions. Studies by Dr. Christopher Tietze of the Population Council show that seven out of 10 women having legal abortions would have turned to criminal aboriions had they not had ihe right to choose. The Right-lo- Lifers. gory enlarged pictures of fetuses and embryos are no more shocking than the pictures of women found dead"after backroom or self-induced abortions. Put yourself, in the place of a vyoman who is desffferate to terminate her pregnancy, who has dad seven children in ten years, who is carrying c an embryo with a genetic defect, or who has become pregnant through ignorance or rape. She must have someplace to turn. Write to your legislators, contribute to the National Abortion practically atheists. Israel needs enough population lo keep its machine going. Israel’s iaclic manages to put pressure on ihe Soviei governmeni, an ally of Ihe Arab cause even before ihe Soviei JeWfy issue. The lactic also creates a means for ihe U.S. io pressure Ihe Soviei style and discredit it. So far religion is aboul a belief, a philosophy manipulated for use by ihe Zionists for iheir own goal. Lei us go back and look al the motives Ihal set up Israel. At ihe iime, Britain was a colonial power in the Middle Easl. and ii fell it could dictate its own interests. ,The British believed ihal a creation of a Western-style entity in the Arab World would be thought of highly and encouraged. To show ihe worldliness of Ihe idea, Israel must seek jhe Arab Jews, and encourage Iheir im migration. "the oriental Jews are Ihe lowest class among ihe Israelis. The approval of Israel was made all legal by ihe'Uniled Nations al ihal lime. That U.N. was a club of Wesiern powers and iheir lackeys. II was that U N that excluded mainland China for its "non imperialisiic" thinking. II was Ihal U.N. that set up Rhodesia and South Africa. Thai U.N. is Ihe kind Israel approves ofjand prefers. The U.N. now is of a different kind. This | U.N. is ihe post-colonial product, and ■herefore il'is of a different mentality and orientation. Israel cqme lo exist, and" so there were now Palesiinianirefugees. The Israelis always argue that Ihe Palestinians left the Arab government urged ■ hem io do so. To argue this way, is lo question the lhe Palestinians. No one in Iheir right mind would leave Iheir belongings and home jusl because someone else asked ihem 10. The refugees of Soulheasl Asia left Iheir homes because of Ihe war ■here. So also Ihe Palestinians left because of ihe Zionist lerrprism and expansion. If Ihe Israeli version of the Undergraduate. Student Government and the Academic Assembly to poll students on how they want the money allocated. GSA and USG members will man the Academic Assembly telephone today from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. to record student opinions on whether ali the money should go to the best students, to the needy or to some combination of both. to influence the formulation of the policy. Give the trustees a piece of ydur. mind. Call 865-9111 or drop in the Academic Assembly office in 20 HUB today. This side of the truth The wonderful Wizard of Os By JACK JACKSON of the Collegian Staff l answered ihe phone on ihe second ring. "Hello; Scarecrow?" Ihe voice on ■he other end asked. “This is Dorothy. How are you doing?" “Jusl fine, Dorolhy. I havenT talked wilh you in a while." "Thais why I'm calling. I was won dering if you'd like io visit Emerald City wilh me. I hear they're $5 million in debl, and I thought we could help Ihem out. You still have (hat marvelous brain Ihe Wizard of Os gave you, don’t you?" "I sure do," I answered, scralchingimy head. "I'll meet you and Tolo by the Yellow Brick Road.” We mei an hour laler and proceeded lo skip happily down Ihe road lo Emefald Ciiy. We were met al ihe gales by ihe ciiy's guards, who ushered us into the presence of ihe Great and Omnipotent Os. : Os was silling al his desk making a r paper clip chain. "Hello, Dorothy,"j he" said, looking up. “I heard you were Rights Acjtion League, support CHOICE (a State College area service which counsels and informs pregnant women and their partners about all choices—marriage, keeping the child, adoption, [foster care, abortion, etc.). By leiling your opinions be known: you help protect everyone’s right to choose. Bonald J. Gordon OTIS president Villain v. i • TO THE EDITOR: Affer reading many letters to the editor that' were pro-ljtoss, I feel it only fair to give another account of the happenings al Shields. Do not misunderstand me—this is not intended tp be a pro-Wagner report but rather an objective look at the event in order for truly concerned students to better judge for themselves the villain victim. From the publicity so far, it looks like a clear case of a cold bureaucratic official attacking - a helpless, naive student. Factuallyj Mr. Wagner, who is also a human being, simply tried to help out his fellow worker when he heard shouting and cursing Coming from his office. In today’s apaihelic society, we often Complain of people who fail to lend those in need a helping hand. Mr. Wagner felt his co-worker was in need, so he repeated to Mr. Ross the University's policy on course repeats. Being a former student myself, I can understand feelings of disappointment and helplessness in such a large system. It is true. Perjn State is a computer-oriented college due to its immensity. However, if unjustified exceptions to policies were started. Chaos would soon overtake many offices, and many students (would be overlooked of this special treatment. If Mr. Ross carjnot r#hct to standard University policies in a way other than outrageous outbursts followed by physical attacks, my suggestion to him would be to attend a smaller school where more emphasis can be placed on the individual student. Just for the record, who attacked whom is not just a case of Mr. Wagder's word against Mr. Ross' word. At least five other people can -eslify ihal Mr. Ross started punching when he struggle ■he siory is >rue, why would nol Israel open Ihe doors for .hole Palestinians who belong there and hope lo go back. One can conclude ihal the Palestinians' aim is nol • o be absorbed anywhere, even in other Arab countries, bui io go home io Palestine. One day ihe Palestinians will go back, and Ihe Arab naiionalisis will always stand with them as they did in four previous trials. The reactionary Arab governments, our American allies, will also be forced lo back the Palesiinians for-fear of Iheir regimes—the case of Faisal of. Saudi Arabia is a good example. The social iniuslice that ihe Palestinians continue to live ihrough makes frustration and anger. They started '•o fighi those who commit ihe injustice to them. Yes, ■ hey are making a guerril|a war, a people’s war against ■he new seitiers, against ihe thosen believers! The history of misery ihal ihe Palestinians lived Ihrough will be corrected. The Palestinians are determined to turn back the wheels of ihal history. The people of Palestine could not 1 choose io live; under the war cliques of Tel Aviv, bul chose reality. Those Palestinians who favored •o siay in Israel are now exploiled by the Zionists. They do ihe cheap vijork ihat ihe "intellectual" Israeli chose nol io do To show ihe “democratic" character of Israel, ■he Israelis find some paper ligers among ihe Palestinians who remained in Israel to decorate the Israeli Parliament wilh. I T This is a cry io ihose Jews who think they should support Israel because ifjey are Jewish. This is a cry to • hose Arabs who believe Ihal being a real Moslem would be ihe solution io Ihe Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The people of jPalestine, ihe people,of Vietnam, the people of South Africa are striving for a common goal—getting rid of ihelrunning dogs set up by the imperialists. It is ■ hen a class struggle. coming. You, 100, Scarecrow. I need your help. I need ihat wonderful mind I gave you." 1 "I II iry lo use it lo your best ad vantage, Os. Explain everylhing lo me." "Well," he -Clarted, "we here in Emeralcf City are visited by. many lourisis and guests we have to entertain. We were always short of facilities, and I decided il was lime io build an addition io ihe palace. "We expanded the dining room facililiesjso we could feed more of these guests, bul we had lo rip oul some corn fields and cow pastures nearby lo make room for; it. “Then! we had ihe room'decorated lo make il look nice. We pul in carpeting. The carpel cost us a liille more (han we had planned on, ihough, and some of ihe city's residents are angry with me." "How imuch “did they charge for Ihe carpel?"! I asked. dollars a square yard. Bui they gave us a discount on ihe installation." “Thirty dollars? You were taken, Os! Who did you buy il from—the Wicked ' /mwz-Fmw cvnmw w wetm*,,,,,, tfm'p a GWUHZ'rmr&eR e&rzuc?&>pߣs/&wT f the Collegian Alison Moll President, Association for Women Students victim could noi have his own way, and slopped his repealed blows only when subdued by ‘someone hig own size." Inspired generalization TO THE EDITOR: Palrick Sokas, Penn Slale’s Renaissance man, ofien graces ihis page wilh what he thinks are solutions •o 'he larger problems of the world. Several months ago he firmly established himself as an original Ihinker by proposing ■hai we reinsliiuie wage-price controls. He ignored ihe disaster of Phases I, II and 111. He didn’t even say why controls would be desirable, except ihal-ihey have "a real chance of working." In 'he absence of supportive arguments, ihis is not a conclusion, li is. (let us be generous) inspiration. NO' one >o rest on his laurels, Sokas soon discovered an inarguableand rather final conclusion io ihe age-old conflict in Souiheasi; Asia. In a unique stroke of genius, he wrote ihai since he U S. was there anyhow, we should have used nuclear weapons -To 'each those noisesome peasants a lesson. Typically. Sokas didn't venture a auess as lo Ihe scenario which might have followed such a noble and admirable gesiure. Even a Renaissance man, it seems, can solve only one problem al a lime. Now Sokas has agreed io step in and apply a little common sense 'O ways of reducing oil imports into ihe U.S. This is alarming. He has not needed common sense before, not even a liitie of ii. But it is a false alfirm. Perhaps he meant to use common sense but is obviously out of practice. Instead, he falls bqck on his stock in irade, inspiration. Saying 'hai a gas iax won’t be unfair lo poor people, he wriies. "poor people don’t drive as much as rich people." Is ■his a faci. or generalization or what? Sokas won’t say. Mr. Sokas. perhaps you can write wilfvmore thought and inspired generalization. Otherwise you may just be exposing yourself. DIANE M.NOTTLE Editor 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 Editorial Staff: 865-1828 Sports Staff: 865-1820 Business Staff: 865-2531 Off-Campus $22.00 per year $6.00 per term - Fall, Winter, Spring $4.50 per Summer Term On-Campus $ 13.00 per year $3.50 per term - Fall, Winter, Spring $3.00 per Summer Term Mailing Address: Box 467, State College, Pa. 16801 Office. 126 Carnegie BOARD OF EDITORS: MANAGING EDITOR, Steve Ostroskv: EDITORIAL EDITOR. Barb White; NEWS EDITOR, Jerry Schwartz; ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR, Ben Weller; COPY EDITORS, Steve Auerweck, Terry Walker, Nancy Postrel; LAYOUT EDITORS, Robyn Moses, Paula Ruth; SPORTS EDITOR, Jeff Young. ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITORS, Dave Moms, Tim Panaccio; PHOTO EDITOR, Eric Felack; ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR, Ed Paisa; EDITORIAL CARTOONISTS, Tom Gibb, Mike Sanni; WEATHER REPORTER, Paul Stokols. Wiich of ihe West? "Oh. no. Her prices were really outrageous. We got it from Ihe Sordid Salesman of Ihe South. Anyway, now •he dinino' room is almost done, and il won'i be' of any use lo us because we have no corn or beef lo serve in it." Puzzled, I scratched my head. “So you have an empty carpeted dining room. You can never entertain anyone there, right?" "Oh, ihai's not true," he said. “We were ihinking of installing some vending machines instead. We could still serve dignilaries and maybe make a small profit on ihe side. We might also make up some of the $5 million deficit." "How did. lhal come about?" I asked, making some menial calculations. He smiled. "Now in lhal mailer, my conscience is completely clear. I did whal anyone would have done. I spent money where il was absolutely necessary. I spent il lo keep Emerald Cily from fading.” "I don’t understand,” I said, scratch ing my head. “Fading?” “Uh huh. Fading. Emerald is green. Successor to the Free Lance, est. 1887 , Member of the Associated Press Charter member of the Pennsylvania Collegiate Media Association Subscription Rates like money, and ihe cily was fading. II wasn'i as green as il used lo be." I looked puzzled. "So?” ( "So we painied ihe cily greeh, in memory." ! "In memory of what?" I asked., "In memory of ihe $5 million il cost us '0 paini ihe cily green.” Toio siaried barking al ihe Greal Os,- and Dorothy had io shush him. I was slill confused. "Even wilh ihe wonderful brain you gave me. Os," I said, "I can't figure oul how ihese ihmgs benefit anyone. Bui, if you want me 10, I will go home and dwell on Ihe problem a while.” "Fine," he replied. "All right, ihen. Dorothy and I will be going back now, by'way of ihe Yellow Brick Road. I'll be in touch." "Fine." he said again, ,"bui I forgot lo rheniion—l renamed ihe Yellow Brick Road' somelfme ago—aboul ihejsame rime I slarled building ihe dining room." "Whal is il called now?" } "The Gold Brick Road." I 'ook oul, my brain and handed il lo >he Greal Os. I figured he needed il more ■ han I did Sandy Struble 210 Shields Michael Dooris 10th-economics ROBERT MOFFETT Business Manager Business Office Hours: Monday through Friday ' 9:30a.m.t04pm
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