Editorial Opinion Criticism is something no one takes very well, especially when it comes from the media. But when human life is involved, the same rules do not apply/ Last spring, The Daily Collegian ran a two part series exposing the poor condition of the ambulance and lack of 24-hour emergency medical technician service at the Ritenour Health Center. At that time, the ambulance had a cracked roof which allowed rainwater to leak into the van, rusted wheel wells, a leaky oxygen system which didn’t provide adequate oxygen supply to patients needing respiratory aid, and a tank stored on its side instead of uprjght—problems which represented some significant violations of state certification requirements. In addition, the ambulance was only staffed with trained Emergency Medical Technician from 5 p.m. to 8 a.m. During the remaining A better message Mr. Alan Schlein,. I agree with your ob servation completely about the pope. When he speaks his views in his way, the masses cry “We want you!” This way the pope can in no way be confused with Christ, whose views and way resulted in His being tacked onto a couple of logs and left to die at the insistence of the masses. It would appear that the pope either has a better message than Christ or a better way of putting it. Either way, I feel sorry for Christ who did not have the benefit of the pope’s example of how it should really be done. Assistant Professor Department of Microbiology Oct. 10 Home on the range Life in a student dormitory really should be recommended. Not only because it is near one’s classroom, but because it' has many other ad vantages that you cannot obtain from an off campus living environment, such as a large and clean guest lounge, a comfortable color TV room, washing machine equipment, etc. Penn State does offer those advantages to her students. Although we know there is nothing perfect, we still work to be better and better. The following incidents may not be noticed, or few people may care. But there is a need to change the ways some things are managed. We frequently cook our dinner in the kitchen. One day last term we found the refrigerator was out of order, we wrote a note to the janitor to ask if it could be fixed. The next day, the refrigerator was taken away. That made us feel better and we thought the janitor was efficient. Unfortunately, the refrigerator did not come back. Six weeks ago, the electric stove was not working well. Again, we wrote a note to the janitor. Yes, of course, they took it away. But since that time, we have not received it back nor the refrigerator. We were disappointed when we learned that those faulty appliances did not go to the electrician, but instead to the storage room. We wonder whether we ask too much. This letter does not ask for perfection. We think we should, at least, get a response or replacements. Dan-Pai Feng . graduate-vocational ahd industrial education Sept. 25 Where credit is due Allow me to push this subject a bit further that is, the one about the Eagles being short changed in The Daily Collegian. I missed most of the Eagles’ game because of bad reception, and my schedule last Sunday,, so Monday morning I Visit inspires all but pope soap-on-a-rope By DANIEL DILLMAN (graduate-journalism) The pope has come and gone but his legacy remains. Part of our papal inheritance in cludes: (1.) The official “Missionary Pope” lithograph. A must for the modern monastary, this full-size, 22 by 17 inch por trait is guaranteed to provide its owner with devine inspiration for years to come. As an added attraction, the promoters of this “work of art” will throw in a “certificate of authenticity” (a promise that the man in the picture is really the pope and not Jerry Brown) and a “bonus medallion” (of unknown composition). And all for the low price of —you guessed it —$9.95. (2.). The Pontifical Mission Society’s authorized recording of “Pope John Paul II Sings At The Festival of Sacrosong. ’ ’ This live recording features his Holiness’ “rich, baritone voice" singing a medley of his own compositions in Polish. Complete with autographed dust cover, this upbeat disc is Administrators correct ambulance problems to provide better emergency medical service within fund limits James L. McDonel time, when more students, faculty and staff are on campus, the ambulance was staffed by a janitor, with cardiopulmonary resuscitation training, and a stock man, with preliminary American Red Cross first aid and emergency training, employed as driver and technician respectively. The minimum requirement for state certification of the ambulance is em ployment of at least one EMT to assist with all emergency calls. Instead of griping about inadequate newspaper coverage of these problems or trying to defend an obviously substandard system, officials at Ritenour took.the criticism to heart and significantly improved their emergency service. One EMT is now present on all calls, in cluding those made between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., according to Ronald Fetzer, assistant director of administration at Ritenour. Letters to the Editor went to the sports section of the Collegian to find out why the Eagles extended their record to 5-1. I was treated to a thorough, informative, (and well written) paragraph on the game. The Collegian summarized the entire game in one paragraph (7% lines). I assumed this paragraph could not be the complete coverage of the game, so I searched the rest of the sports section for the whole story on what happened at the Vet on Sunday. To my dismay I didn’t find anything else written on the Eagles’ game, but there was a big article on the Steelers-Browns game. Out of curiosity I compared the space given to the Steelers’ game to the space given to the Eagles’ game. The coverage for the Eagles took up a whooping 2.32 square inches of page 9, in contrast to the Steelers’ article, which was squeezed into 92.05 square inches of the same page. I do not understand why the Steelers’ win deserves 39.68 times as much coverage as the Eagles’ win. Die-hard Eagles fans like myself have suffered a lot of abuse for the past few years, so when the Eagles have some credit due, we want it in writing. I do not think that a big article on the next Eagles’ game and a small one on the Steelers’ would make me feel better; but perhaps equal space allotted to both teams would be acceptable. They are both great teams and both deserve the kind of coverage only the Steelers’ fans have been enjoying in the Collegian. In regards to Richard V. Giovanetti’s letter to the editor (Oct. 4), who the hell is Edward Pietrusinski? And why is he comparing the Eagles football team to the Steelers footbal team? That is not the issue here, the issue concerns The Collegian’s coverage of the two teams. I do not know if the letters to the editor are considered constructive criticism, or are printed as entertaimment, but we will find out next Monday. Equal time I would just like to say that I’m fed up with this garbage about giving equal time to Pittsburgh and Philadelphia sports teams. I agree with sports editor Jon Saraceno that The Daily Collegian is not biased and tries to give as much equal time to the two cities as possible. But I would like to know one question — where were all the Philadelphia “crybabies” in the past? All of us familiar with the sport world can recall that Philly teams have always been the doormats of sports until recent years. You didn’t hear people complain this year about the Phillies receiving equal press as the Pirates, did you? After all the Phils, with Pete Rose, were supposed to win all the marbles this year, but again as usual for Philly teams, they choked. It has been exactly 29 years since the Phils last went to the World Series, even back then they now available (on the Infinity label, no less) at your local record shop. (3.) The Pictorial Biography of Pope John Paul 11. Entitled “Man and Man of God”, this book; takes you on a journey from the pope’s “birth in an obscure town in Poland to his jubilant coronation in Rome.” Comes with “fascinating text” and over 200 “priceless illustrations” including several exclusive papal baby shots. A steal at $7.95. (4.) One hundred and twenty stacking arm chairs used at the papal mass at Logan Square in Philadelphia. Having “chrome and white vinyl seats and backs with walnut arm rests,” the Oakwood Chair Manufacturing Company (with blessing of their sales department) is offering these mementoes to the public for the unholy price of $3O apiece. (5.) Thousands of papal pins, buttons, balloons, ribbons and other assorted trinkets that were sold by street vendors at each of the pope’s appearances. All of which goes to show that where the almighty dollar is concerned, not even the pope is sacred. Red alert response Timothy P. Gill 7th-horticulture Oct. 11 were swept in four straight games by the Yankees. Since the Philadelphia teams have always been perennial last-place dwellers and now finally have a few teams with talent, their fans want equal time. But who wants to read about a team like the Eagles, 76ers, or Phillies? Has the city of Philly produced a Super Bowl, World Series, or NBA Championship team lately? No sir. It is just that Philadelphia fans are not mad, but are actually jealous of good sports towns like Pittsburgh and New York, and now since they have a team that appears good (the Eagles) they want equal press time. Good, let them have it because the Eagles haven’t won anything since 1960 and if it makes the diehard Eagles fans happy, great. Even if the Eagles make it to the playoffs, they will keep in the tradition of Philly sports teams when it comes to postseason play they choke. Granted, the Flyers had some glory years in Philadelphia, but even today they are on their downhill swing. I can’t wait until January when the Islanders, Rangers, and Penguins are en joying fine seasons and the Flyers will be stuck with mediocrity. Let’s see if the “equal time” policy is demanded then. As for the Collegian sports department, con tinue the fine work. Print stories about winners, not chokers: After all, the cities of New York and Pittsburgh in the past six years have given us five pennant winners, two World Series winners, one NBA Championship, three Super Bowl victories, two NASL Championships and almost a Stanley Cup last year. What has Philadelphia given the sport world in the past sue years? A couple of Stanley Cups and a lot of “choke” teams, that’s what. Another complaint In reference to a letter to the editor, by Ronald J. Consalvo, 10th political science, Oct. 2: Surely, the Pittsburgh Pirates winning the National League East is more important than a regular season football game between the Steelers and the Eagles. If the Phillies had won the Eastern division, would he have complained that there wasn’t a full page spread on their success? It would really be a bad move on the part of The Daily Collegian to give more coverage to a game in the beginning of the football season, than the entering of the Pirates into the playoffs, for the first time in four years. I would like to congratulate the staff of the Collegian on their decision to print in their paper what they think is most important to the readers. And to all the Philadelphia Eagles fans, and to Mr. Consalvo, remember one thing: Pittsburgh Steelers 3 Super Bowl victories, Philadelphia Eagles—o. Different trees? Although I’ve been studying the mass media for about as many years as most Daily Collegian staffers have been alive, I learned something new from Tuesday’s front page. I had never before known that there are two kinds of newsprint one on which you print news and another on which you print ads. Still more surprising is that you suffer such a shor tage of the first kind that you must cutback on the news, while you have so much of the other kind that you are soliciting even more ad vertising than you now .‘carry! « This is very bewildering. Tell me, do they come from different kinds of trees? Vincent P. Norris Associate Professor of Journalism Oct. 11 Put a stop to it In a letter regarding religious discrimination in Tuesday’s Daily Collegian, a writer said he feels sure that if a group passed out anti-semitic literature the University whatever that might be would put a stop to it. Sorry.. Groups do come on campus and pass out anti-semitic literature one campus organization even did so at registration and no stop is put to it nor any outcry made about it. Further self-appointed “men of God” assault the beliefs of everyone Christian, Jewish, And during the summer, major repairs were made on the ambulance, including a new fiberglass roof, new tires and a fresh paint job. The ambulance crew now uses a portable oxygen system instead of the leaky system installed in the ambulance, Fetzer said. The center also equipped the ambulance with a new radio joining it with the Emergency Radio System of Centre County to provide direct access to Cemtre Community Hospital in ex treme emergency cases. These improvements represent a recent push by health center officials for state certification of the Ritenour emergency medical unit, which would symbolize “top service,” Fetzer says. Of course, everything was not changed. The ambulance still has rusted wheel wells, and the oxygen tank is still stored on its side, but these are minor points and should not hinder state certification. Richard W. Hyle 7th-broadqast journalism Oct. 11 Joseph T. Mihelcic lst-engineering Oct. 4 Muslim, Buddhist, and other who do not agree with their narrow, sectarian beliefs, and the “University” does nothing. The Coliegian even publishes a several-pages-long interview. When I have protested such abuses of freedom of speech as the passing out of discrimiantory literature, the administration has advised me that as lqng as the literature passed out is not sold, anyone can distribute anything on campus. Can I assume that as long as prejudiced, discriminatory persons of whatever race, creed or sex do not charge us to listen to them, the University will not put a stop to their verbal pollution? Meanwhile as a woman referred to as a male (my colleagues still teach the use of the so-called generic he), as a Caucasian who has been called a nigger, as a non-Christian labeled a demon and whore, as an intellectual in an anti-intellectual society, and as a human being, I will continue to oppose discrimination in all forms. I hope the University someday will too. Rodelle Weintraub Assistant professor of English Oct. 9 Amnesty Ms. Helen Scoville, from the Washington, D.C., office of Amnesty International, will visit the State College area later this month to speak with people interested in forming a local AI adoption group. Ms. Scoville will describe the Amnesty International network and structure. The organization earned a Nobel Peace Prize in 1974. Through its network of members and sup porters made up of small local groups, AI works for the release of prisoners of conscience, protects their families from hardship arid seeks improved international standards in the treat ment of prisoners and detainees. Local units of AI are called “adoption groups.” Each group, consisting of 12 to 20 or more people who meet monthly, is assigned two prisoners of conscience by the International Secretariat in London. To insure impartiality, prisoners are assigned from countries of dif fering political systems. No group works for prisoners from its own country. On the basis of case sheets and background papers provided by the Research Department in London, group members engage in sustained imaginative letter-writing campaigns on behalf of their individual prisoner of conscience. Let ters, financial aid, and packages (when allowed) are sent to the prisoner and his or her family. Adoption groups also engage in other AI techniques, including country and special campaigns and urgent action appeals. The present country campaign is on torture and detention in Guatemala. .There are 175 adoption groups in this country. Worldwide, AI has over 2,000 adoption groups in 33 countries, with more than 200,000 active members and supporters in 111 countries. In the context of the AI movement, the U.S. section is a “middle level” section, comparable to the French and British sections in a number of adoption groups.’ Along with these sections, larger sections such as West Germany, Sweden, Holland and the small sections like Sri Lanka, Mexico and Nigeria all send delegates each As Fetzer says: “A rust spot on an am bulance is not very important. The'service it provides is our primary concern. ” The real question facing Ritenour officials is : Gan they afford a new ambulance to'provide the best possible service to students? Last year, when the center was funded under student affairs,, buying a $30,000 ambulance with:an annual budget of $50,000 seemed an im possibility. However, as of this fall, Ritenour is included under administration in the University budget which could change its annual allotment, Fetzer says. Just what the change will mean is still uncertain, though. In the meantime, Ritenour has taken criticism well and tried to make the best of a less-than-perfect situation by providing the most efficient emergency medical service possible with present facilities. September to the movement’s decision-making body, the International Council. Ms. Scoville will speak at 8 Wednesday night in 101 Kern. All interested persons are invited. George B. Kleindorfer Associate professor, school of business Oct. 11 With this season’s coming of Pure Prarie League and Chuck Mangione, the University Concert Committee has answered many of its critics. i Yet many students still express disatisfaction over the entertainment brought to Happy Valley. A common complaint is the big-name bands that play Philadelphia and Pittsburgh rarely pass through Happy Valley, even though metropolitan ticket prices frequently do. .»VL 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 griped concerning past performances or requests for future acts, please write to the Daily Collegian Editorial Editor, 126 Carnegie (across from Willard). .sCoHegian Monday, Oct. 15, 1979—Page 2 Pete Barnes Marjie Schlessingeiifr fi Business Manager [i t BOARD OF EDITORS: Managing Editor, Harry [' Glenn; Editorial Editor, Andy Ratner; Assistant i. Editorial Editor, Maryann Hakowski; News Editors, r Bruce Becker, Lynn Osgood; Copy Editors, Vicki Fong, i Sue Ferrell, Paula Froke, Lynne Johnson, Jim Me- •’ Canney, Dave Van Horn; Photo Editor, Chip Assistant Photo Editors, Dave Kraft, Sherrie Weinerffy Sports Editor, Jon Saraceno, Assistant Sports Editor, | Denise Bachman, Tom Verducci; Arts Editor, Diana Younken; Assistant Arts Editor, P.J. Platz; Features Editor, Amy Endiich; Graphics Editor, Della Hoke; ■; The Weekly Collegian Editor, Allen Reeder; Assistant j Weekly Collegian Editor, Betsy Long; Office Manager, ij Jackie Clifford. £ Editor BEAT COORDINATORS: Tammy Walro; Faculty-Administration, Kathy Hoke; Local Government, Patricia McCaffrey; ‘Minorities, Elyse Chiland; Student Government, Mary Annessi; State-National Government, Sharon Fink. LETTERS POLICY: The Daily Collegian encourages. $ comments on news coverage, editorial policy and the % affairs of the University. Letters should be typewritten, doubled spaced, signed by no more than two 1 and not longer than 30 lines. Students’ letters shoulU | include the name, term and major of the writer. The editorial editor reserves the right to edit letters, p and to reject letters if they are libelous or do not con- s form to standards of good taste. j| Mail letters to: The Daily Collegian; 126 Carnegie J Building; University Park, Pa. 16802. Names will be |l withheld on request. Letters selected for publication in.. @ The Daily Collegian may also be selected forf publication in The Weekly Collegian. I Face the music © 1979 Collegian Inc. Students hold their own party while watching the Homecoming parai (.■.Jr/ Linebackerßick Donaldson talks tofullback-Marty Sierocinski between plays. Joe Paterno and the Nittany Lions return to the field after halftime. iU,'; fv. „ , wC'i -V. j v*** v y ••<* i*. 4 v .< *:-> '♦>4.»v~V' v * I *'VyK , » 'S**'-’.' ~ ,‘V V' -’’ ' Area awakens for Homecoming By BARI WINEMILLER Daily Collegian Staff Writer An atmosphere laced with mad hatters, Greek letters, lawn displays, hypnotists, men in gray uniforms, bonfires, floats and blue and white settled over Happy Valley this weekend as campus and town came alive to celebrate Homecoming 1979. Scores of alumni, students, faculty and town residents lined the streets Friday evening for the annual Homecoming Parade. So many people, in fact, spilled into the streets that an 8:foot-long banner in the parade had to be carried on an angle to make it down the street, said Carole Gaynes, Homecoming co-chairman. Delta Kappa Phi fraternity and Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority won first place in the float division of the parade with their “Peanuts” version of the Homecoming theme, "Penn State: We Call It Home.” w-' At last night’s award ceremony, Beta Theta Pi fraternity and Delta Delta Delta sorority took second, and Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity and Sigma Delta Tau sorority got third for their floats. In other related categories: Mad hatter. Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity and Kappa Delta sorority won first place for their huge lion. Delta Tau Delta fraterity and Alpha Gamma Delta sorority teamed for .second place and Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity and Phi Mu sorority took third. Crazy bands. Kappa Sigma fraternity and Gamma Phi Beta sorority won first place, Delta Chi took second, and Alpha Sigma Phi and Phi Mu third. Wmlf »*>!* < t I‘,Vi ••/< >■>• A X rv'.-x-^:<-.^ * '/> ‘ f* ' f l r- -> 1 .1 _ a\ Photo by Dav© Kraft Penn State fullback Matt Suhey (32) breaks Army safety Jon Hallingstad’s tackle and a few Penn State rushing records as well Saturday at Beaver Stadium. Suhey ran for 225 yards. . . * ni. ‘ /'■>*' ' ” i- - y ’*< fiPTlSf'i ii<>i < ! . i• > ■. * i ft*' V w <" /' Vhri» , ii , r .),i Delta Gamma sorority members wave to onlookers during the parade. Banners. The teams of Alpha Chi Sigma fraternity and Alpha Phi sorority, Sigma Pi fraternity and Chi Omega sorority, and Acacia fraternity and Alpha Xi Delta sorority took first, second, and third respectively. Standard. Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity and Kappa Delta sorority took first, Delta Kappa Phi fraternity and Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority took second, and Delta Tau Delta fraternity and Alpha Gamma Delta sorority took third. Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity and Kappa Delta sorority won first place overall in the Homecoming Competition for doing well in all eight divisions of the competition. Delta Tau Delta fraternity and Alpha Gamma Delta sorority placed second overall, and Beta Theta Pi fraternity and Delta Delta Delta third. Theta Chi fraternity won first place for their lawn display, Delta Chi fraternity won second, and the team of Triangle and the Society of Women Engineers won third. In the window competition, Beta Theta Pi fraternity and Delta Delta Delta sorority won first place. The teams of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity and Sigma Delta Tau sorority, and Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity and Kappa Delta sorority tied for second, and Alpha Zeta fraternity took third. As planned, the weekend had something to offer everyone. Students and alumni were - busy with a variety of activities such as the traditional Glee Club Candlelight Sing, bonfire and pep rally, an all night vigil at the Nittany Lion shrine as well as a Chuck Mangione concert, a performance by Gil Eagles, and a Glee Club Concert with the visiting West Point Glee Club. “Everything we did this year was successful,” Gaynes said. '****£» Ask. A ■ M i,* i .. . The Daily Collegian Monday, Oct. 15,1979—3 il ' t > . H V ‘ t 1 ) ?
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