Editorial op' The thought that Stai may soon be officially resort area by the Liqu( Board upsets quite a few The University has r request for resort area that its new Faculty Clut liquor license. The cut quotas would be lift& Borough were a resort ar Surprisingly, the Owners Association is biggest protestors to tl sity's proposal. The association fears bars in State College if were lifted Bars are n scarce right now, fir Secondly, one of the pi fears for the respectabili College owns six liquor himself Letters to the itor The Daily Collegian encourages comments on news coverage, editorial policy and campus and off-campus affairs. Letters should be typewritten, double spaced, signed by no more than two persons and no longer than 30 lines. Students' letters should include the name. term and major of the writer. Letters should be brought to the Collegian office, 126 Carnegie, in person so proper identification of the writer can be made, although names can be withheld on request. If letters are received by mail, the Collegian will contact the signer for verification before publication. Letters cannot be returned. Changes TO THE EDITOR: Many students may be unaware of the 'hat will take place in the University calendar • t;l'lning in Summer Term 1976. This is one of the changes :ir , c up to the switch over to the semester system from the "-.ent term system Beginning Summer Term '76 all courses, ptl the exception of labs and practicums, will be required to final exams during - finals week. Professors will not be .squired to give a comprehensive final, but will have to give a `inal of some sort. This in turn will increase the final period m 3 days to 6 days , riresent. only 25 to 30 per cent of the courses schedule 'lnals for finals week Next year approximately 95 per cent of finals will be scheduled during the final exam period. This is one reason for the 6 days the increased amount of finals. Ar(,ther reason is that many professors require alternate , ea , ing Therefore, rooms large enough to facilitate this must f ~und If a greater number of smaller rooms were used then •he problem of not enough proctors to supervise the testing .i.ouid have to be resolved. For these reasons the scheduling f ficer feels he needs 6 days to accommodate everyone. Although this change goes into effect during Summer Term 6 the finals will only be 3 days due to the decreased number students • ; • - s• • ' 3 I'VE .64EN YAWN/NG.. .MY EYELIDS FEEL 11EAVV. THE Z-MOAASTER /5 .BEAr/AIG ME TO DEATH. I 13(TaR rA/( THESE P&L." Is man his own worst enemy? By EARL DAVIS Collegian Columnist No matter how one slices it, we've got to give it to Man (or Woman, if that's your speed) this human species tries, it really does try. Here we are in the waning last quarter of the 20th century circa 1975 A D. and we're still being stymied in proving we are our own worst natural enemy. And that, friend peer, has to be a blessing of some value. I mean,- look at it this way. every animal has its mortal enemy little birds have big hawks, dead carcasses have hungry vultures, snakes have their mongooses. And man has,his mirror. So where do we go from here, some uncertain seer might well ask. What direction does our ilk deviate toward, or away from? How goes the universal battle for Truth, Justice and the (fill in your own country) Way? Shall our species be crafty enough, smart enough, lucky enough to last the concluding century out? Or, achieving that, what are the odds to his lasting the next century out without blowing himself to nuclear bits? Ah, do not query the questioner. Rather, focus your intent on the perpetrators themselves. After all, think of all we've got to be thankful for. The blessings are there, to be sure. The varieties of abundance be virtually endless. What the hell ... eyes are for seeing, senses are for detecting•, life is for living whoops, rein it in there, kiddo. Let's not go over board with assumed optimism. Sorry .... this kid tends to ge; carried awaywith himself sometimes. inion . . . . toreasiviewso . . 4, ',.' • ydia cosi . - 1,,' • , it oNtu a Last resort .a.,„, Iv b l' - - 4. 1421,HUHL . - . el ....!..., A V? - .M :.0 IN sm , P BAD ', / 'Be ii "P• I 4 de College It looks an awful lot like the masse. They should have a plate •40 4.4e614 ‘ 4% %, •.- f . , , • .z, , 111 0 "-" 141111214. declared a association just doesn't want where they can sit and drink with ~,,,,,,,, ~,4, * '- / ", ' ~,,, • ' IP 2, 1: ii , ',.: 1) 7 -4 4 . p,%---• • ,; ,.: 0 -:;., , i- 14,,* - ~. 4 4, •,,,,,- k• %. rl,l ior Control anymore competition in town. . colleagues and not have to worry ;: 4 740,,, „ i t 4 0 , ) . m om ..011' I r -... .... . ~,, r people. None of its members protested about being spotted : and possibly ', 1/10,/ 11 7 4 , - , '‘• made the giving only the Faculty Club a hassled by students. ' -7xr ft ' u u = ~*F 7i, ;,. ~. ..._ I 0 , utl..-3 ~., . . Qs ...b mop 0 / l a illi /;,•.. • 4 .., f , status so liquor license. In fact, one member And that leaves one answer - r '47' goo 01 . , ~ . • • 4 , I • ib can get a offered an unused license to the declaring State College a resort C , goo , , . , ,• , i , , , , , ~ • irrent filled club but was turned down because area. Maybe it will be hard to live , .ed if the the club wants to restrict service down the new status, just as it's AIM I•P. • II I -ea. to club members and guests hard to live down the reputation 13 ~,, . f , t. J. 'l1; ~,,, :41 ,-- BUT 'tl. •*8 Tavern that the University is little more \ ,4 Ilia 0' lc 41 .! si IFYOU .IR NC The club really has no alter- - • one of the than a football school-party r_ „ the Univer- native bt.d to request State College • •ikif.' .• IV 4 tN; '.`f :t•G playground. But we'll live through be declared a resort area For the it And any bars that flood the town club to be truly a club, it can't use i 1 AND ' 0 " - Maus fr V., 4 • 4 '" ./, V/ , .s a flood of will die out soon enough when the , ..• ~, *,•,'. ' any tavern owner's retail license or ~. _ .0 , " the quota clientele becomes too scattered to ‘h%.. Y''' ' ' N . -% .:;,,...... 42 ,t, connect to the Nittany Lion Inn and I.44otllik* % , • A lot exactly make the bars profitable. •• ..!' 7;/,;;, - + ,..e) i, use its retail license. fkl irst of all , The Faculty Club needs a club 61 1111 /7 --- 9 j ' . ) • awl 1 )'4 e ', _al i ' ,; ~,7 ; .„,4,. ~ ~, • people who And going without a liquor li- liquor license To get it, State /iii "/.' *- 4 .• i ~., • w- 613 lity of State cense is no solution for the club, College will just have to join the "0 '''' , V /,' ' 4 P , 6O % 1-4 • ' . 5 : , . 1 , '' ''''c ' ...a ola . \ lIIIIF 1c ' •,,,,, '•'o ;''; • ala I )r licenses either The faculty doesn't ranks of the Poconos, the Catskills ,/ u , Vo \ ~ , € Dt. t k,.'. ' : i 'ss'r . ' C. tri ' v, s; ~': patronize downtown bars en- and other honeymoon havens. • ' , • , • • • - . 7 ' , a:i.;Y:rfei! . ,‘,....A.4-.,..1,16-iii.:l.:it,li • .• • • 4.;p: ....... _ The change will affect most students beginning with Fall Term '76. The newly implement.d calendar dates are as follows: registration September 1-3 labor day September 6 classes begin September 7 finals November 16-22 Winter Term '76-'77 registration November 30-December 1 classes begin December 2 Christmas break December 22-January 3 finals February 21-26 Spring Term '77 registration March 10-11 classes begin March 14 finals May 23-28 Since an extra 3 days will be added to each term an ad ditional room and board fee will be tacked onto each student's bill This will come to an extra 16 dollars a term or $4B a year In considering the psychological effects of the extended finals week some members of the psych department as well as some faculty members feel there will be no adverse effects. Some feel that, the studying will do the students good. They don't think there will be an increased pressure that will hinder the student psychologically. 650 r Yet' tis undeniable that we have come a'ways from where we were and for that we should be somewhat humble (although one realizes that humility isn't one of our more ingrained traits). Besides, while we may not have the promised two chickens in every pot, at least we still have the pots, right? We may not have gone•up in a celebrated cloud of radioactive music, but our govern ment composers, bless•'em, are still in• there feverishly working on that obligatory final overture. And of course there's the pesky problem of ozone depletion of the atmosphere, but that's a relatively small pest; not only can it come from war, but also from our spray cans, for God's sake (and you know we're not about to give up our spray cans for anything I mean, let's be real). But that can wait, anyway. Why burden ourselves with needless bits of excessive nit picking? "Kojak" 's on, 'y'know. 01' Telly's got the ultimate solution: charm our worries away with a lick of ye lollipop. Slurp, slurp. Delicious, isn't it? No ... call it my tastebuds ... seems a little on the sour side from here. Not to worry, however. Experts expect the global war 'gaihst smallpox to be won by 1976. What timing! And the Buy-Centennial is almost upon us, and who needs reality when we've got that biggie coming up? Let's go to Disney World instead. At least the mechanized folks there are attractive. Oh, and please, whatever you do, - wherever you go, don't fail to wave the flag. Patriotic CAN SLEEP: and all that. Must keep the faith, after all. Only thing is, somebody forgot to clue me in on what faith? Lest we forget (remember that?), don't forget about detente, too. Gorgeous word, that. Forget the fact there's still very little trust 'tween the Russians and us. Who says their sysTem is better than our? Bite your tongue, buddy. That's hogwash a mere five percent of our population probably owns close to two thirds of all the private property in our country. They can't top that, I'll betcha. No, they can't. But they don't claim to be a democracy, either, do they? But why get your gums in an uproar because things aren't the way we were taught they were in high school? Why worry that one major American city is about to go bankrupt when we're about to prove our magnaminous humanity again by giving away millions of dollars in foreign aid to other countries? And why get all bent out of shape about the problems that must be eradicated ere we go the route of fabled Rome when, you know, we've got these great football stadiums? Plus, leave the politicians alone. They just gave themselves yet another raise, remember? Sure. But what about the people who put 'em in there? We're getting there, Davis, we really are despite your unappreciative, dissatisfied self. America's gonna celebrate. I mean, after all, We've only got nine more years till 1984, and boy, are We ever gonna celebrate then. • Wanna bet? So in the long run we will be starting school a week early and ending at approximately the same time we do now. So be prepared for shorter breaks and more finals. Loophole TO THE EDITOR: We all know that on-campus housing is difficult to acquire, but the hassle I got when I tried to get released from my dorm contract convinced me differently. "I'm" having financial difficulties and need to get out of housing. It seems everything'that the student does here in volves what your parents make. Why should the University be interested in what my parent's income is? It's "me" having financial problems, not them. I'm sure there is another student eager to aquire my contract. it seems that the University is trying to be a second father and it's not capable of doing it. If getting out of my contract is alright with my parents, what does the University think it is? I'm going to look fqr every loop-hole in the system to get out of here. Another thing that happened today. My roommate found a one inch piece of metal in his mouth from the salad in the dining room. I'm not sure I want to eat in there anymore. If there is anyone else who is trying to get out of their contracts call 865-9774 and we'll get together. Hopefully my efforts will be rewarded. Children TO THE EDITOR:_ A few weeks ago I went to the Biological and Agricultural Sciences library to read periodical articles for an assignment. Recently, I had to refer to one of the same articles and was unable to locate that issue of the periodical. Library personnel inform me that two issues, including the one I need have been reported missing, probably stolen. The man at : the desk offered to find some more recent issues of the same magazine. They could not be located either. ' What's going on here? What kind of selfish person clods it take to carry off books or magazines he or she knows someone else will need later? Please, children, at least have some consideration for your fellow students, even if honesty and common decency mean nothing to you. Cancelled vote TO THE EDITOR: I am one of the few students who registered to vote in this past election. After receiving mail all week from the candidates trying to get my precious vote and the pressure froT the local radio station and student newspaper, telling me how important the right to vote is, I decided to do my duty and vote. Having no idea where to vote, since I recently turned 18., I noticed an ad from Cheap Thrills and USG in the paper on Nov. 4 with the polling locations. Being' a resident of East Halls, I was to cast my vote in Wagner. Upon arriving at Wagner the people there told me that I couldn't vote because my registration said College Township North instead of State College Borough. They then started me on a wild goose chase. They said I could vote at the municipal building on Fraser Street. At the municipal building I was told that if I wanted to vote I had to take the Benner Pike to Lemont. Being a freshman without a car and not knowing where to get a ride I -was deprived of my right to vote. (Maybe it isn't always the student's fault that he is apathetic?) I also learned that if you reside in Stuart or Stone Halls you couldn't vote for Borough councilmen. The boundary line goes right through East. Out of all the dorms on campus why were these two picked? I would like to thank the Daily Collegian and its ad vertisements for misinforming me. Like the USG ad said. "there's no need to get bummed out." A Speech 200 class It's a shame that a paper that cares more about the "god damn words" than voting rights can't get it together to inform us the correct place to vote. Next year it shouldn't happen. TO THE EDITOR: I am writing about the letter published in the Collegian (11-4-75) written by Rex Bridges concerning Tran scendental Meditation. A person who wants to start meditating does not have to become involved with Hinduism, as Bridges states. I started meditating about one month ago and I don't knOw anything about Hinduism and didn't have to learn anything about it to begin meditating. TM does not have a religious aspect to it. A person can be a devout Catholic and Practice TM without breaking any of the laws of his church. I wish people would find out what something is all about before they write a letter about it, calling it a lie. Bruce Smith 2nd-animal industry (7- Encrusted Gibb TO THE EDITOR: I am writing in reference to Tom Gibb's editorial comment spelled out in his cartoon of Nov. sth. Paralleling his last year's attack of George Cernusca's "aged" vice presidential choice, Gibb has again asserted his ap parently strong attitude against those persons 60 years of age or older. If Gibb upholds the idiotic notion that an old body inevitably breeds a mental incapability. then he implicitly proves himself as ignorant and foolish as those "older" per sons supporting the "folly of youth" philosophy. By attacking old age through general and unsubstantiated supposition, Gibb has simply shown himself to be as weak, as unchanging and as stagnant as those whom he so liberally criticizes. In conclusion, I suggest to Gibb that now is obviously the prime time for self-evaluation and examination. For his balding head and encrusted mind do not point the way toward youth. R. Duane Perry Bth-urban planning Karen L. 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