Editorial opinion
Most of us were outside the
State College area during term
oreak. and we were probably more
zoncernedjabout fun than Univer
sity Park news. But while we were
out, a few major things did happen
nere and they raised issues with
.vhich we should be concerned
For example:
On May 31, 4.600 seniors and
graduate students received Penn
State diplomas and a chance to
seek employment in the special
fields they now know
But before they got their
diDlomas, Hhe commencement
speaker, U.S. Secretary of Trans
portation William T. Coleman, told
the graduates their search for jobs
would not be easy, that they would
“face severe economic problems
and perhaps the worst job market
for college graduates since the
19305“
There wilt be about 11,000
siudents in Happy Valley this sum
mer 1.360 of those will be new
students including 890 for their
first term And for those the fresh
men. here is some off-the-cuff ad
vice
You've already heard that the
class of 1975 is now alumni.
You've also heard that the
graduates will have hard times
finding work in fields in which they
majored, and for some it won’t
even be easy to find any job at all.
Scared? Don’t be
Collegian
JERRY SCHWARTZ
Editor
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Meanwhile
The U S Government recently
seemed to echo Coleman’s
remark, announcing an unem
ployment rise to 9 2 per cent
the highest since 1941
These ’’severe economic
problems’’ will prevent many
University graduates from
establishing careerp in their in
terest and for whiph they were
educated. We" should be con
cerned. i
On May 30, the University
Board of Trustees irritated Ralph
Nader and Students for a Penn
sylvania Public Interest Research
Group by voting 19 ,to 7 against a
negative check-off system for
funding PennPIRG. (See story on
page 1 )
Instead, the board authorized
University officials to negotiate and
execute a contract to organize
For the freshmen:
We are told that the recession is
“bottoming out,” but that the ef
fects will not be made apparent im
mediately. Such news should be
received with both hands so that
the alternatives may be balanced
accordingly.
First, if we have in fact stopped
our downward economic plunge,
you don’t have to limit yourselves
to an area of study solely because
it’s the only one with an optimistic
job market. Choose an education
you are comfortable with and work
at it.
Shop early
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PennPIRG under a positive check
off, a funding system Nader and
PennPIRG people say can’t work.
And it probably won’t, primarily
because it won’t be tried.
Students for PennPIRG rejected
the University’s offer of positive
check-off, citing examples of
similar systems failing at more than
140 other institutions. PennPIRG
organizers now plan to work with
state legislators to introduce
legislation that might help develop
a more workable funding system.
But the important thing is that
PennPIRG, which is supported by
a petition with, the signatures of
24,000 University students, is a
long way off. An organization with
recognized educational merit and
great potential for public good may
not even get started. Again, we
should be concerned.
However, don’t become so im
mersed in the pleasantries of
college life that a sense of reality
vanishes from your mind. For four
years, you will be called on to
make decisions that may carry on
to an uncertain future. Do not base
those decisions on the narrow
sights of a contented student.
Search for your own Eden but
consider that this new life is only
temporary and after four years it
will be by mostly your efforts and
your attitudes that the real world
will accept or reject you
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