Editorial opinio
Tight squeeze
The squeeze will be on stu
dents again next year. The Univer
sity has made no changes in
procedures for obtaining dorm
contracts. More importantly, no
changes have been made in living
space arrangements for students.
In the fall, when more students
come to campus than there are
dorm rooms to hold them, the only
solutions to the overcrowding
problem will be old ones.
If the overcrowding problem is
the same next year, more students
will have the pent-up, stifling living
conditions of "not so temporary"
housing to look forward to.
If the study lounge occupancy
level rises, it may start a new
trend: each dorm could see how
many people, beds, pillows,
clothes, books and anything else
can be stuffed into each study
lounge. A new system of oc
cupancy may be started dorms
within dorms. ‘
Even now, after 12 weeks
already spent living as sardines in
temporary study lounge housing,
37 students will have the chance
What now for ex-leader
By SANDY STUMBAUGII
Collegian Staff Writer
With the agony of defeat over the
Presidential election subsiding, Gerald
Ford is now beginning to look beyond
the end of his term as President. But
what does he have to look forward to?
What type of employment is worthy of a
former President? And what
qualifications does the Presidency give a
person for future employment?
I can see Jerry now, filling out an
application for employment with a big
business corporation: previous job
experience President of the United
States; duties stamping
,"veto" on
papers, signing pardons, greeting
distinguished international statesmen at
the White House; desired position with
this business President, what else.
Maybe Jerry could go into show
business. He could do commercials
selling non-ski'd shoes. First the screen
would show a clip of Jerry's inopportune
fall down tlie airplane steps upon his
Letters to the Editor
Money's worth
TO THE EDITOR: About a month ago, I paid close to $5OO for
"room and board charges."
This morning I went to Pollock dining hall for "club break
fast." The only solid food being served was cold dry toast. I
proceeded to the dining room to get my daily ration of vitamin
C, but found only an empty juice dispenser, •surrounded by
empty glasses left by other disappointed people. I left about 10
minutes later and the juice dispenser had still not been refilled.
I live in the dorms so I can walk into the dining hall at 9:10
a.m., get something to eat, and- still get to a 9:35 class on
time. I pay almost $5OO per term for this privilege.
I guess that this is just another chance for the people in
charge of the dining halls to laugh at me for being stupid
enough to pay their astronomical fees.
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to live in double rooms this week,
only because some students
decided not to return this term and
left empty rooms.
Students pay to live in dorms,
not in wards or army barracks. If no
housing is available for students,
not as many students should be
accepted in dorms. Without living
space for arriving students,
college becomes more than the
usual hassle. No one should be
subjected to living for even one
day in a room which was meant
only as a study area.
Other students in the dorm suf-
fer as well, with no place to study
' in late night hours. This forces
them to travel to Pattee, causing
overcrowding there, or keep their
roommates awake when they have
a test or a paper due.
So far the only alteration to the
'present system suggested by the
University is not really one at all.
The number of converted doubles
and triples will be reduced, but
temporary housing areas will be in
creased.
Recently the University has ear
ned praise for research in medical
arrival in China. Next the camera could
show a longshot of Jerry walking
confidently down a flight of stairs. The
camera would than pan to his feet and
come in for a close-up of each bold step
he takes. From somewhere off the
screen a voice would say: "Have you
ever lost your dignity by stumbling down
a flight of stairs like an awkward moose?
Regain your self-confidence. Wear No
More Fall non-skid shoes. Look at the
difference our shoes make in this man's
step." The camera shows a full shot of
Jerry safely reaching the bottom of the
steps and then a close-up of the proud
smile that overcomes his face.
Of . course if Jerry were really hard up
for a job, he could always serve as a tour
guide at the White House. I'm sure he
knows his way around there pretty well
by now. I doubt if the pay would be too
good but I think the hours would be
better than his last job.
However none of these jobs seem
quite worthy of a former President. As a
Brian Cunningham
Bth-chemistry
Occasional gurgle
TO THE EDITOR: The Collegian has published many absurd
editorials during my one-plus terms as a student at Penn State,
but the column by Sheila McCauley in the Dec. 13 issue is the
most ridiculous that I've read 'anywhere including junior
high school papers. The rationale of wasting valuable
newspaper space space that is so valuable that a recent
headline couldn't be printed because it was too long on the
advantages and disadvantages of various baby dolls, totally
escapes me. Perhaps the Collegian would be better off if Miss
McCauley would to use her own words " . . . do nothing
but sleep quietly, and occasionally very occasionally
gurgle."
Visitor blues
TO THE EDITOR: First of all, I am not a student at this
campus, I am here on a Co-Op job from the Capitol Campus.
Ever since the first day I arrived in this unfriendly town of yours
I've had nothing but trouble, first trying to get a place to stay
and second trying to find a place to park. This is the first "so
called" town in which you can't park in any of the streets at
night and worse yet one cannot even park in the parking lot
where he is employed. Well, it just so happens that the lease
for the apartment in which I lived expired at the end of
November. I am now living with a friend because I am only
going to be here for one more week. When I tried to park my car
in the parking lot next to his apartment, naturally the "money
hungry" establishment gave me a ticket which I paidl I then
decided to go and park my car at the ARL parking lot where I
knew it would be out of everybody's way but I was wrong.
The next morning I found a $5 parking ticket on my windshield
evidently because the dirt and stone lot where my car was
parked is supposed to be empty from 2:30 a.m. to 6 a.m. for
snow removal.
technology. Strides are constantly
being made in engineering and
science. With all the valuable brain
power to be tapped on this 'cam
pus, a solution to the housing
problem should be somewhere.
Some imagination used for
problems in the "outside world"
should be channeled inward to
solve problems on campus. No
outside help can be expected to
end overcrowding.
A new dorm would be financially
impossible to build, especially with
little or no help from Harrisburg.
Also it would most likely be empty
and useless by spring term.
However, other possibilities must
exist.
It's easy for the University to
say that no new method of dealing
with overcrowding can be im
plemented. But it's not so easy to
be squeezed into accepting life in
side a boxful of people.
The University has tried to
come up with a solution, but the
very fact that the system has not
been changed for next year shows
that it has not tried hard enough.
Dogs are living
One need investigate no further than
the local library to discover the cruelty
dealt upon puppies by the puppy mill
industry.
One need travel no further than the
local pet store to discover the conditions
Imposed upon puppies by the pet store
business. '
But harder to understand is the
mistreatment of dogs by masters. How
do humans rate as responsible owners?
If you've discovered the number of
dogs delivered to the Pennsylvania
SPCA last year 53,874 you've seen
that Pennsylvanians have little regard for
canines. Indeed, if humans were
humane, there would be no need for
humane societies.
But there are such societies. Last year
they directed 10,201 investigations of
cruelty, with 125 resulting in
prosecutions and 1,143 in corrections.
These, according to the Pennsylvania
SPCA brochure, 'Animaldom," involved
beatings, abandonings, starvings and
matter of fact, no job seems worthy of a
former President, so I'm afraid Jerry will
have to suffer a period of post
presidential depression. He'll just have
to settle for second best.
Basically he has two acceptable
alternatives. He could set up a law firm
and earn a starting salary of $60,000 a
year. True, It would be a decrease in pay
and might not have the glamour of his
last job, but he wouldn't have such
burdensome responsibilities weighing
on his shoulders either.
His other alternative would be to
spend the rest of his life in retirement,
living on his Presidential pension. Then
he could go skiing -with the wife and
,kids, help Betty with the family budget,
and make any important family
decisions that need to be taken care of,
("Yes Betty I'll pass the decision to let
Susan move out of the house. No, I'll
have to veto the decision about buying a
new car.") .
shootings. Moreover, these were only
the cases reported to the SPCA.
The problem of mistreatment is
caused by the matter-of-fact manner in
which buyers obtain dogs. Studies
conducted by animal research depart
ments indicate that more time and
patience is spent by the average dog
buyer when buying shoes than a pup.
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John
Harvey
Dogs, however, are not shoes. They
are creatures willing to bestow hap
piness If they are trained correctly and
they are treated correctly. These are
what dogs often must do without.
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I would really like to be here so that I can see how in hell they
are going to manage to clean the snow out of that type of
parking lot! I have been informed by a reliable source here at
ARL that this particular parking lot has never been cleared in
the past.
I am sick and tired of being taken in this place, and I will
sleep better next week when I will be back in my home town
where people treat you for what you are not for the money
you have!
City rivals
TO THE EDITOR: It is very noble of the Collegian staff to
attempt to settle the "rivalry" that exists between Philadelphia
and Pittsburgh, once and for all. However, you have only
succeeded in angering and confusing me. I have lived in
Philadelphia all my life and I am not quite sure if Mr.
Newkumet was describing Philadelphia or the streets of San
Francisco. First of all, if one is going to do an article about
America's fourth largest city, he does not go about It by
wasting half his article on interviews with seedy characters.
Mr. Newkumet, did you spend all your time in 'Philadelphia's
gutters? Between the woman that was mugged, the man that
was shot in the head, the trash that you described and the
picture of the girlie magazines, you could not have had any
time to see anything worthwhile. If you were trying to capture
the city's character, you failed miserably. You only succeeded
In zeroing in on the unpleasant aspects of Center City. You
told me that Philly has a variety of people what do you
expect from a city so large. Take someone who knows nothing
about Philadelphia, and has never visited the city, you have
told them absolutely nothing. So what was the purpose of your
article? Philadelphia's character does lie in its people and
history but you have done a disservice to the city with your off
color article. I think I would be afraid to visit Philly after
reading that article..On the other hand, Mr. Sniith seemed to
hit all the good points of Pittsburgh. He painted quite a rosy
Mark Jacket
2nd-science
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Unlike most mammals, canines are
dependent upon others. Indeed, it is that
dependency which humans find ap
pealing.
That • dependency is the dog's
lifeblood. When abandoned the dog is
drained of it. Yet Bruce Luse, state dog
law enforcement officer at State College,
says abandonment is exactly what
occurs regularly between University
terms. Students merely buy puppies like
shoes and discard them along the road
home like worn out slippers.
But dog owners who spoil their pups,
who fail to punish them, are mistreating
dogs also. Dogs, animal behaviorists
say, want punishment. Punishment
coupled with reward indicates what the
master wants. All the dog wants is
direction.
Knowing the dog laws is Important.
Fred Fry, State College dog code en
forcement officer, says fines ranging
from $lO to $3OO are levied upon dog
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picture. After reading his article at dinner, I had no need for ,
dessert. His article had enough syrup and sweetness for me. I '
felt as if he was leading me down the primrose path. Mr. Smith
was your article an essay on Pittsburgh or a peachy-keen travel
brochure?
Neither article did any justice to either city. The Pittsburgh
article only kept alive the current myth that this city is the
Emerald City revisited. The Philadelphia article only reflected
the current image of this city as a rough arid tumble, dirtyl:
frontier town where the only thing to see is the Liberty Bell.
Both cities are fine places to live. They deserve better jour
nalism than was put forth by the Collegian. As a Philadelphian,
I encourage others to visit the city and meet its people. Don't
be swayed by seedy interviews, and by all means don't ask Mr.
Newkumet about the city because he obviously knows nothing
about it. Ask - me I'll tell you more than a conversation with a
drunk. I would conclude by asking how a rivalry encompassing
2,600,000 people is going to be decided by two people. I
suggest that the Collegian refrain from further attempts at
such an asinine idea.
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SHEILA MoCAULEY
Editor '
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owners breaking the law. Ordinances
read as follows:
Dogs must be walked on leashes
shorter than six feet.
Dogs must be licensed. Licenses
are obtainable In the county courthouse
at Bellefonte.
Dogs must have rabies shots.
Dogs cannot be • tied) to public.?
places
Doi] feces must be cleaned up.
Responsible dog owners probably
already know these rules. Others must
learn them. And hopefully we all will
learn that dogs are creatures to whom we
must be responsible. They are not toys,.
to be used and thrown away. 14.
Inevitably, humans, by virtue of our
superiority, must protect and provide.
When the time comes that humans lose
sight of those responsibilities we will
lose sight of our self-respect.
For how, if we cannot maintain the
safety of other species, will we evert , -
maintain the safety of the human one?
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