Editorial Opinion
Open committees to revamp outdated trustees election system
The University is no longer the Farmers’
High School. Beaver Stadium has doubled in
size and has moved from the center of campus.
And the school colors are no longer pink and
black. But there are still 12 members of the
Board of Trustees elected by state agricultural
and industrial societies.
The University was created in 1855 to educate
the state’s farmers, and at the time it seemed
as though it was proper to call on the
agricultural and industrial societies for
leadership. But now there are 60,000 students in
10 colleges majoring in everything from East
Asian studies to economics. There is no longer a
need for more than one-third of the trustees to
represent agricultural and industrial interests.
The structure of the board is antiquated, so
four University students set out to challenge it
four years ago. Last week their challenge en
ded, but their cause should not.
The students sought to have more
representation in the composition of the board
by either holding student elections for the
trustees or by having the governor appoint the
trustees. Either way, they hoped to eliminate
the 12 private citizens who are elected by the
societies and are not affiliated with the
University from the board.
The students who filed the suit rightfully
challenged the placing of 12 trustees on the
board by the societies’ delegates without a final
check by any University representatives or the
state legislature. Surely, no corporation would
Letters to the Editor
Sign of inhumanity
To the person or persons who stole the handicap parking sign
in the parking area between McKee and Watts Halls: This
parking space is very important to me as I am in a wheelchair.
I canot go great distances without tiring.
If you take great pleasure in stealing signs, please refrain
from stealing signs from the handicapped, as you create a
great inconvenience for them.
I do not wish you any bad luck for I have had enough bad luck
of my own.
Thursday, Oct.. 11, 1979—Page 2
Pete Barnes
Editor
Bad news bared:
Have you ever had the feeling that
things just can’t get worse?
When the Atlanta Rhythm Section
wrote in the song “I’m Not Gonna Let It
Bother Me Tonight” the line “the rats
keep winning the rat race,” maybe they
were closer to the truth than even they’d
like to admit. A glance at the newspaper
these days is enough to make one con
sider moving to a nice one-bedroom cave
with a ; sterno stove.
Psychologists say when things look
really bad, one should just take a look at
the bright side. And there are bright
sides to every problem.
For example:
Item: President Jimmy Carter has
received the lowest popularity ratings of
any president in recent American
history. People believe that he is honest
but incompetent. With Carter as
president things can’t get worse, right?
Response: Possible headline in
November 1980, “Carter gains re
election by landslide.” Could it be
worse?
Response: Arfother possible headline
in November 1980, “Kennedy elected
president.” Could things get even
worse?
Response: Still another possible
headline in November 1980, “Reagan
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elected president.” We doubt things
could get worse in this case.
Item: After last year’s near national
football championship, students
returned to campus expecting a repeat
performance. Seniors returned with a
special glow. Maybe they would be
honored by Penn State finally winning
the national championship in the year of
their graduation.
It also seemed that Eastern collegiate
football was about to be recognized as
equal to college football elsewhere
across the nation. Instead, Penn State
has failed to live up to expectations three
out of three times in recent games
against formidable non-east opponents
(Alabama, Texas A&M, Nebraska).
Could things be worse than being a Penn
State football fan this year? Especially
a senior football fan?
Response: Yes they can, being a
member of this year’s freshman class.
In 1982, when this year’s frosh will be
seniors, Penn State is scheduled to play
Texas A&M, Nebraska, Missouri,
Alabama and Notre Dame. Could things
look dimmer for freshmen football fans?
Response: Yes they can. In 1982, the
games against Missouri, Alabama, and
Notre Dame are away.
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stand for its board members to be appointed
without the approval of the executives or
shareholders.
It should be the same with the University.
One judge, who ruled against the students in
their challenge, commented that “students
should be represented and that they would
make important contributions to the resolution
of such issues as tuition.”
Now that the student suit has been stopped by
the U.S. Supreme Court, it is time for both the
students and representatives of the faculty,
administration and trustees to sit down outside
a courtroom and discuss some alternatives to
the outdated trustee selection system. Last
month, the trustees appointed a committee to
study the regulations governing alumni trustee
elections. A similar committee should be for
med to study the election of all trustees.
It is not the proper time to force open the
University’s charter to make vast changes in
the trustee system. What is needed is a dialogue
to determine what is best for all parties in
volved in the University. The final decision is
not important.
Whether it is a student election of trustees, or
the appointment of them by the governor, it is
important that students, faculty, ad
ministrators and trustees reach the decision
together so a more democratic and
representative trustee selection process can be
worked out to replace its 125-year-old
predecessor.
Face the music
on Op-ed page
With this season’s coming of Pure Prarie League and
Chuck Mangione, the University Concert Committee has
answered many of its critics.
Yet many students still express disatisfaction over the
entertainment;-brought to A,, common
complaint is the big-name bands that play .Philadelphia and
Pittsburgh rarely pass
metropolitari ticket prices frequently do.
By the same token, the UCC is strapped by a location far
from the maddening concert tour routes, very limited on
campus facilities and the seeming unpredictable music
tastes of University students.
On Tuesday, Oct. 16, The Daily Collegian will focus its
weekly Op-ed page on the topic of on-campus concerts. If
you have any gripes concerning past performances or
requests for future acts, please write to the Daily Collegian
Editorial Editor, 126 Carnegie (across from Willard).
A report on why you probably
Item: Reports show that carcinogens
have been found in several brands of
beer. Damn, could things be worse! ?
Response: Yes they can, with
predictions that the cost of removing the
cancer-causing elements could send
beer prices skyrocketing. What could be
worse than $32.95 for a six of Iron City?
Response: The Food and Drug Ad
ministration may attempt to ban beer
from the market altogether in a move
similar to the recent saccharine coup.
Now what could be worse than taking
our gusto away?
Response :The FDA could find that
beer does not cause cancer but that
going to the bathroom does. Then we
would be burdened with warnings above
urinals and bidets everywhere: “Going
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Congress knows how to win
One issue that seems to be drawing
an increasing amount of attention
from local and national politicians is
inflation.
Business experts believe that there
is little chance the economy will
improve in 1980. Oil and food prices
will feel the raw effects
However, things aren’t as bad as
the experts make them out to be.
Through rough winters and starving
summers, Americans still have a
patriotic spirit and healthy smiles.
So oil prices will rise 60 percent this
winter over last. Turn the thermostat
down to 32 degrees and build a bonfire
in the living room. Keep a half keg of
beer handy with good company and
winter will be worth looking forward
to.
to the bathroom has caused cancer in
labortoryrats.”
Item: A new evangelist has come onto
campus proclaiming that Penn State is a
den ofsin. He has a devoted few, but he
has attracted more hecklers than
followers. What could be worse?
Response: He could start serving
‘Kool Aid’ to the.hecklers. What could be
worse than having a drink with this
man?
Response: An evangelist of the month
club, bringing new “prophets” to
campus each month. Poor Bro Cope.
Item: A University of Pittsburgh
research scientist has come up with a
vaccine against gonorrhea. A group of
135 male volunteers were infected with
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the bacteria and the vaccine provided
“near complete” protection. What could
be worse than being the part of the 135
that made the results “near complete”
and not complete?
Response: Being married to one of the
almosts. Could it be worse?
Response: Being one of the almosts
and discovering that you’re allergic to
penicillin.
Item: They’ve been at it again. The no
nuke generation has been protesting at a
nuclear power plant in New Hampshire.
Ever since Three Mile Island, a wave of
protest has encircled the nuclear power
industry. What could be worse than the
threat of a nuclear plant melt down these
groups warn us of?
Response: Switching to solar energy
and having 365 cloudy days. What could
be worse?
Response: The Department of Energy
moving the solar plant to State College
and deciding that it would only operate
on Fridays.
Item: People of the ’6os say today’s
college students are apathetic. They say
we don’t care about anything except
ourselves. We’ve replied there aren’tas
many issues directly facing college
Automobile prices are just as high
as ever. Gasoline rose at un
believable rates this year. Who can
we thank? You guessed it inflation.
With drivers in State College being
the way they are, you should be
thankful you can’t afford a car.
But for those who own a car, it is
advisable to keep the tank full at all
times. Better yet, fill a couple hun
dred five-gallon cans and store them.
Souvenir industries have been
socked by inflation. Just take a walk
downtown and look at all those Penn
State #1 sweatshirts and stuffed
animals. -
Smart people are buying those
iy when Penn
It’s true that our standard of living
is lower than that of the 1960’5. People
keep forgetting that this is the best
country on earth.
The next time you feel like blowing
up a gas station or burning a five
dollar bill, just think of our hard
working congressmen who have
asked for a salary increase that
would give them more than $60,000 a
year. And then think of the typical
factory worker with a family of four
who buys 8.8 percent less this year
than in 1972.
Our leaders can’t help it if they’re
smarter.
Bob Montgomery is a 9th-term
journalism major and columnist for
The Daily Collegian.
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students now as there were in the ’6os.
But with tuition increases and a new fj
dorm contract awarding procedure
facing Penn State students, we have
something to complain about. If the
Letters to the Editor section of this
newspaper can be used as an accurate
measure of what’s on students’ minds,
these issues have been virtually ignored.
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Response: Letter writers to the
Collegian consider the burning issue of
this term - disco vs. rock music. What
could be worse?
Response:A recent onslaught of let
ters proclaiming the tastiness and all
around goodness of a Western Penn- f
sylvania-brewed beer.
Item: It’s that time of the term again.
Mid-terms are here. What could be
worse?
Response: Having two mid-terms the
same day, and that day is a Satur
day. What could be worse?
Response: Getting ready for a night on
the town after passing those tests and
realizing that finals are only a few weeks
away.
Lprry Gallone and Mike Sillup are 11th
term journalism majors and staff
writers for The Daily Collegian.
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Signals and preventions of stress outlined
By KAREN McMANIMAN
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
Do you find yourself finger tapping,
snacking excessively or chain
smoking? ,
. If so, you may be showing signs of
stress, according to William P.
Simons, supervisor of occupational
safety at the University’s Institute of
Public Safety. Symptoms appear in
other more obvious forms such, as
high blood pressure, depression,
muscular aches, sudden bursts of
energy and cold, clammy or clenched
hands, he said.
, Simons, who works primarily with
stress related to industrial safety,
said stress is an extremely important
factor in everyday life.
People under a lot of stress are
likely candidates for accidents
because they can’t think and react in
a normal, relaxed manner, can’t or
won’t concentrate, or may be so
depressed or apathetic they don’t
care if they come to harm, he said.
n “When an individual is preoccupied
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worried, that’s when accidents often
occur,” Simons said.
The first step to alleviate stress is
to recognize the extent of pressure
and its sources, he said. To identify
sources, he suggested using, the
Schedule of Recent Experience
compiled by Thomas Holmes, M.D.,
at the University of Washington
School of Medicine. (See table..)
On this life change scale, one can
check off which of the 43 “events”
have had personal effect in the past 12
months.
Each event is assigned up to 100
points according to its stress
severity. If the event happened more
than once, points are increased.
According to Holmes, if an in
dividual’s total life change score is
more than 150, he is very susceptible
to illness and accidents.
Simons said that although none of
the events usually cause problems
individually, stress is additive. This
means that when it starts ac-
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cumulating, serious problems can
begin, he said.
Most of the life change events are
impossible to avoid, such as death of
a family member or personal illness.
On a smaller scale, however,
students find themselves in pressure
situations —such as the need to excel
in clliss, social problems and career
choices —every day, he said.
These sources of stress may seem
drastically smaller compared to
those on the scale, but the physical
effects are often identical, Simons
said.
After the origin of anxiety has been
identified, steps should be taken
toward reducing it to minimize its ill
effects, he said.
There are two ways to do this,
according to Dr. Guy Pilato,
University clinical psychologist. One
method is to attack the stress directly
by using relaxation techniques, he
said.
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Stress Table
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Death of a close family member
Marriage
Fired at work
Change in family member’s health 44
Pregnancy 40
' Change in financial state 38
Outstanding personal achievement 28
Beginning or end of school 26
Change in living conditions 25
Revision of personal habits 24
Change in sleeping habits 16
Change in eating habits 15
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Senate rejects legislation,
may bend on pay raises
WASHINGTON (AP) The Senate
Appropriations Committee yesterday
rejected two House-passed emergency
bills needed to keep the government
operating fully, and voted instead to
stick with its own version of the
legislation.
The House-Senate dispute, stemming
largely from differences over federal
financing for abortions, forced several
major government departments and
numerous smaller agencies to continue
using funds left over from the fiscal year
that ended Sept. 30.
Another result, announced yesterday,
was that employees of the Tran
sportation and Labor departments will
receive only half pay when their next
paychecks are due.
The Senate committee bill now goes to
the Senate for action, and a House-
Senate conference committee was
scheduled tentatively to meet today to
.reconcile differences.
The dispute centers on legislation that
would provide emergency funds to keep
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the government operating until
Congress passes regular appropriations
bills for the 1979-80 fiscal year, which
began Oct. 1.
Payments for several government
programs mostly benefits ad
ministered by the Labor Department
such as unemployment compensation
already have been withheld.
On another issue in contention, Senate
leaders indicated they were willing to
bend on a proposed 5.5 percent pay raise
for members of Congress, as demanded
by the House, so long as only House
members and not senators are voted a
raise.
But several senators expressed
displeasure with that idea, which would
mean House members would make
$3,200 a year more than senators. The
suggestion, advanced by Senate
Democratic Leader Robert C. Byrd of
West Virginia, was not included in the
Senate committee’s bill, which makes no
provision for a pay raise for any
member of Congress.
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