Editorial opinion
Insufficient funds allocated to the
University health services . has killed
off the free 24-hour ambulance
service.
At some major universities, a
budget cut may lead to careful
allocation of available funds for the
most vital student services. But this
University, in dealing with tighter
budgeting, is misplacing its
monetary priorities.
A $2O fee per ambulance ride was
levied yesterday. Funding, or lack of
it, was the reasonfor this new ex
pense for students.
According to John A. liargleroad,
director of University health
serivces, the fee was an alternative
to discontinuing the service because
it was not cost-effective.
Sources at Ritenour said that it
costs approximately $40,000 a year,
or an average of $4O a trip to
maintain the ambulance service.
It is an expensive operation, but it
is certainly not a service that the
University should neglect.
Who's t at man with the 'Coke bottle' glasses?
Joe Paterno and my father have so
much in common that I just cannot keep
quiet any more.
And, if it makes Joe feel any better,
here's one aspiring journalist who is not
afraid to stick her neck out, tread
dangerous waters and say she feels for
Joe Pa.
Nevertheless, I do suppose that these
days it's just not chic to be on his side
and sit in front of a typewriter at the
same time.
However, by uncovering a medical
chink in Paterno's armor, I've unear
thed yet another detail that makes him
similar to my father, a man for whom I
have undying respect.
I begin with a roll-call of the dif
ferences between the two. No, my father•
is no football coach, although his sports
knowledge stupefies the average
Saturday-afternoon-six-pack brain's
tlninspired conscious. Moreover, he's not,
a Verdi buff, but he takes great pleasure
in accompanying Mario Lanza on rare
occassion. Lastly, I haven't spied him
running around in a pair of white socks;
Cuban refugees can increase
country's values and strengths
The economy is faltering. America:s
global domination is declining, and
racial tensions are rising. Yet, amid all
of these crises, many people in the world
still look to the United States as a symbol
of hope, freedom and achievement. It is
a feature of our society that silences our
critics and serves as a source of pride for
many Americans.
Throughout our history, waves of
immigrants from all over the world have
flocked to the U.S. in search of liberty
and a better way of life. The current
influx of Cuban refugees is an example
of America's continued role as a haven
of freedom for the oppressed people of
the world.
Immigration officials estimate that
about 135,000 Cubans have entered this
country so far.lt is not difficult to un
derstand why so many Cubans are
willing to leaye their families, friends
and homes behind to come to the U.S.
Cubans have many restrictions on
their personal liberty and the standard
of living remains very low. Dissent is not
permitted, and those who criticize the
government are put into political
prisons. Basic consumer items, such as
food and clothes, are scarce.. The black
market is a flourishing institution.
Cuban immigration to the U.S. would
probably not have raised a single voice
of disapproval had it been a gradual
process. Unfortunately, Fidel Castro has
never allowed Cubans the right to
emigrate to another country. This is the
first time in many years that the Cubans
have had the opportunity to leave.
It would be inconceivable and morally
indefensable for the U.S. to refuse tile
Is there a twenty in the house?
Ritenour's new $2O ambulance fee may be traced to insufficient allocations from University
With a limited amount of funds to
allocate among its various services,
Ritenour is caught between a rock
and a hard place. It cannot offer free
services to students if the University
does not allocate funds necessary for
these services.
The real question is that of
priorities or obligations to students
attending this University, the most
expensive state-related school in the
nation.
' Recently, the testing for the basic
skills program was eliminated,
because the University said it was
costing too much money. And now,
ill students are required to pay $2O if
they need to ride in a University
ambulance.
These cuts are happening
simultaneously with major
renovations of the HUB. A distinc
tion needs to be established between
what constitutes a luxury as com
pared to a necessity.
Because sufficient funds were not
given to University health services
he seems content with a modest array of
blues, blacks and greys.
That's enough for the differences. Now
I turn to the similarities, which are
undoubtedly more interesting.
First of all, a vast segment of the U.S.
population incessantly mistakes my
father for Joe Paterno. It has now
progressed to the point where he takes
autograph requests lightly. Penn State
alumni have stopped my father in public
places such as airports; they think the
unassuming man is really Paterno. It
had always amazed me. I never thought
he looked like the guy that much! Then
again, I'm no Nittany Lion, and I had
never seriously studied a mug shot of the
coach myself.
As I alluded,airports are not the only
hot spot for this dilemma. Once, while
innocently mailing letters at a post of
fice, a man stopped my father, defiantly
insisted he was Paterno and demanded
autographs for his sons.
Even my mother's friends think my
father looks like Paterno. The situation
takes or uncontrollable proportions
refugees entry under the present cir
cumstances.
Whilethere is probably no one who
advocates an open immigration policy,
those who protest the Cuban im
migration lack not only compassion but
also memory. There are not any people
in this country, other than the Indians,
who are not descendents of European
immigrants.
The controversy that has been created
by the arrival of the Cuban immigrants
is easy to understand. People perceive
Cuban immigration as a threat to their
jobs. However the entire issue should be
kept in perspective.
In a country populated by 220 million
people, 135,000 Cubans is something less
than a tidal wave of humanity.
Economists say. the Cubans' effect on the
economy will be minimal.
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There is also a more subtle reason-why
the Cubans are encountering hostility.
Ironically, despite the pride many
Americans feel for our history of im
migration, there has always been a
tradition -of resistance toward the en
trance of new ethnic groups.
Massive immigration throughout the
19th and early 20th century created even
more hostility than it is provoking today.
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for the continuation of a free am
bulance service, this does not
automatically mean it became less
important. Students, many who are
financially unable to provide $2O for
an ambulance ride, will still need the
ambulance.
While an efficient 24-hour am
bulance service is not available at
every university, it is difficult for
students to understand the
justification surrounding the
when they debate over whether or not he
looks more like. Joe or Joe's brother,
George. Agony!
Quite good naturedly, my father at
tributes it to the short dark hairstyle
with the incredibly average looking part
on the side, the same shade of olive skin,
and even the same hooked nose. The
crowning glories are the Coke bottle
glasses.
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Preposterous! Stubborn as I am, I
would not be contented with mere
heresay. Immediately, I enrolled at
Penn State and quietly promised myself
that I'd get no less than a live view of
"the man" himself before my
Americans, who themselves were
descendents of first or second generation
immigrants, were incensed by new
arrivals who competed for their jobs and
did not speak English.
A political party was even formed in
an attempt to force politicians to put an
end to immigration from famine
strickened Ireland. Later the Know
Nothings, as they were so aptly called,
also tried to stop undesirable Catholics
and Jews from entering the country in
droves from Eastern and Southern
Europe.
In spite of the opposition practically
all new immigrants have encountered,
immigration has enabled us to tap the
human resources of almost every nation
in the world to the mutual benefit of both
the U.S. and the immigrants.
The Cubans have skills, ambition, love
of freedom and a unique cultural
backround to offer the U.S. Their input,
along with that of other new arrivals,
constantly revitalizes our society.
America has been accurately
described as the cultural melting pot of
the world. The Statue of Liberty is a
monument to our diversity. It is this
diversity that has been the source of our
strength, the basis of our prosperity and
the guardian of our liberty.
Even in times of economic, political
and social hardship, we must continue to
preserve our tradition as a refuge of
freedom in a world of oppression. In the
final analysis, it is those who oppose the
immigration of Cubans who pose the
•greatest threat to our freedom.
Lynda Robinson is a eighth-term
political science and history major and
staff writer for The Daily Collegian.
graduation day.
"View of Paterno or bust" became my
endearing slogan.
Initially, I gained a somewhat fruitless
glimpse of Paterno at Sunday mass.
Hmmm I noticed the profile. Yes, the
noses were very much alike. Sorry, Dad.
Also, I observed that the coach and my
father share the same taste for fashion:
20th century-Italian-fa ther-dark-suit
and-tie-with-white-shirt-underneath.
The mission being far from over, I
perused newspaper pictures and
program guides. They simply did not
suffice; the former is too grainy, and the
latter, too glossy. Football games were
also useless. They only offered the sun
the opportunity to bounce its rays off of
Paterno's white socks and glasses,
causing him to appear more like his star
quarterback than anyone else.
My chance to view the living legend
came finally at a gymnastics meet it
figures.
Stunned and thrilled to be within 20
feet of my goal, I gathered all scattered
nerves and•proniptly seated myself n'Ott'
Sign-up for both sexes
Government
About seven years ago or so, while villages in Vietnam were
being fire bombed into oblivion, a major cog in the United
States' wheel of war was meeting its death.
Its tombstone would later read "Selective Service." This
service, as noble as it may sound, was a willing accomplice to
sending tens of thousands of American males to their deaths in
the 1960 s and early '7os. In those days of our unbridled youth,
the Selective Service also had another name the military
draft.
The death of the draft was the only beneficial thing to come
out of Vietnam. That war, you may remember, was this
country's attempt to halt the spread of Communism in
Southeastern Asia. In case you forgot, we lost badly. We lost
to the tune of over 50,000 lives and many thousands more
wounded.
Last week, the legislators in Washington D.C. unveiled a new
plan for military draft registration. Unfortunately, we found
out, the registration process wasn't dead despite the heroic
efforts of senators like Mark Hatfield. Its computerized,
discriminatingly cold heart had unfortunately only suffered a
seven year skip. The politicians, with the skill of doctors,
simply resuscitated it like the mythical Phoenix or, in this
case, a war hawk.
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Under the recent legislation, which was also approved last
week by President Carter. registration would require all men,
born in 1960 and 1961, to register for the draft. If you
rememberback a couple of months, Carter was also the one
who proposed to reinstitute draft registration, or to use his
term, the Selective Service.
His original proposal, which included required registration
for both men and women, has since been altered to prevent
women from being submitted to the sign-up process and it was
approved into legislation. And it was filled with enough
illegalities to keep the country's court system tied up for
years.
First, if we are to take the Equal Rights Amendment
seriously and we should women should also be included in
the draft registration process. Why should I cheerfully boogie
on down to the nearest post office and register when women in
the same age group can just sit this dance out?
In this case, the government is sexist against men. It's been
a long time since men have been victimized by sexual
descrimination. You might say the shoe is now on the other
foot.
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The ERA is something that has been fought for by women for
so many years, that if it is to have any significance, women
must also be willing to submit to draft registration.
Willing is the key word. Men and women should WANT to
sign up for draft registration. To force conscription onto
anyone is immoral. There are probably plenty of American
youth, both men and women, who are willing to sign up for a
possible draft. But doesn't the heritage of this country protect
individual freedom and the right to choose on moral issues?
For the moment, the law requires all men unfortunate
enough to be born in 1960 or 1961 to register for the draft. But
why is this group so lucky? Surely Uncle Sam must want the
allocation of funds to other, less vital
programs.
A majority of insurance policies
may cover the students' cost of
ambulance service, but those not
covered by such health insurace
policies are still responsible for
paying the $2O, unless alternatives
are established by the undertakings
of the Ritenour student advisory
board and the Association of
Residence Hall Students.
to him in the stands at Rec Hall. Sweaty,
shaking and flushed, I blurted out the
lighthearted tale. Ah here it was my
sought after close-up of Paterno. My
word, he did look like Dad. Simply
overwhelming! What advice would he
relay to my father? "Tell him not to
write any checks," was all I remem
bered. . . .
Thereafter, Joe was the apple of my
attentive eye. About the same time he
was feeling the heat after the Sports
Illustred interview, nuclear power was
deep in its own heat, and my
Westinghouse-employed father tugged
at his shirt collar much the same way I
just know Joe must have. How about that
from the height of fame to the pit of
criticism Joe and my dad. What fate!
I gathered that Joe might have opted to
hide behind the Nittany Lion Shrine
while my father discovered real estate
investment possibilities in Middletown.
The saga continues, for as krypton gas
seeps into peoples' backyards,' sport- ,
swriters everywhere refuse to allow
'Pa terno's • protective - philosophy seep
Students who purchase insurance
policies sponsored by the Un
dergraduate Student Government
will not be covered for the am
bulance fee. That is because
Ritenour did not announce the new
fee until after USG had settled terms
of the insurance policies. Students
lose on two counts.
A service as vital to the students
as an ambulance, should be made
available without a price tag.
into their ever eager notepads.
Now, in an effort to nourish the
flaming journalistic fires, the time has
come to unveil Paterno's chink. A few
days ago, I heard a rumor that Joe oc
cassionally suffers from the pain of a
hernia. Surely, strained press relations
have nurtured the alleged little
nuisance.
Well, if it's any consolation, coach,
your look-a-like underwent surgery this
past spring for a hernia, an incarcerated
one at that. He feels just fine now, and if
the• pain (indeed, if the hernia is a verity
in your life) ever causes you to miss a
social function, meeting, or recruitment
effort, my father has indicated that he'd
be more than delighted to fill in for you.
After all, at the rate you two are going,
you might as well start doing each other
some favors.
hangs itself
18-year olds, too. And then the 21 through 26 group. Isn't this
descrimination to select just 19 and 20-year olds?
Should the draft follow the registration (that's the way it
usually happens, isn't it? ), the military can be looked on as a
job. Not terribly exciting, but it could be that job we all may be
looking for when we graduate from college. Isn't it ironic that
some of us are part of the minority that the government is
discriminating for? It just isn't fair to only give the 19- and the
20-year olds the military jobs.
Now according to its own laws, the government is a villain
when it requires only men born in two select years to register.
The government may be charged with age and sexual
discrimination and, for good measure, public harrassment.
For its own sake, the government should start looking for a
good lawyer.
Andy Linker is a 10th-term journalism major and editorial
editor for The Daily Collegian.
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On Monday, July 14, The Daily Collegian will eve
special op.ed page to the recently-approved draft
registration. If you have any comments on the registration,
please Stihmit, them to the . Editorial Editor, 126 eartlegic
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However, there is one thing. If my
father stands in for you, I think well, I
assume he wants your checks.
Elaine Lembo is a 10th-term speech•
communications major and staff writer
for The Daily Collegian:
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Business Manager
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The beginning of the Gay Pride
movement and the birth of the Gay
Liberation Front were celebrated
Sunday with a parade that twisted
through New York's Greenwich
Village and up to Central Park.
Although the street sign displayed at
left is a year-round marker, it culled
a special significance from the day's
event. At right, standing in front of
the Washington Square arch, this
bride-and-groom-rolled-into-one is
congratulated by well-wishers as the
crowd behind reads the back of his
sign "So when are you going to get
married?" Below, a young couple
helps promote a new answer for an
old question.
New York
By P.J. PLATZ
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
NEW YORK Everyone loves a
parade, and New Yorkers got quite a
dose of one Sunday afternoon. No,
Ringling Brothers wasn't in town, an
astronaut hadn't landed, an election
hadn't been won. It was Gay Pride Day,
a national event celebrated with mar
ches in major cities from coast to coast.
Gay Pride Day is a celebratory event
commemorating the first time gays
stood up for their rights and won, said
David Albert, a member of Homophiles
of Penn State (HOPS).
"It all came about in 1969 when police
made a raid on an after-hours gay bar
called the Stonewall Inn. Harrassment
was common; the mayors had called for
a city-wide 'clean-up,' and so police
roused gay bars often, citing the owners
and patrons with petty charges," Albert
said. But this time the crowd didn't
disperse; police were barricaded in the
bar, and, although it took a while to
clean up the disturbance, "it was hailed
as the beginning of the Gay Liberation
Front," he said.
impressions
Albert pointed out that the main ob
jective of the march is to provide a
visability point. It's also a celebration,
"a big birthday party," he said. "It's a
place where gay groups can get together
and are supportive toward one goal."
And that's exactly what it was.
Lesbian and gay organizations from as
far as Ohio and Montreal, as well as
native Greenwich Villagers and several
representatives from HOPS, simply got
together into one big parade and mar
ched from Sheridan Square in the
Village up sth Avenue to Central Park at
97th Street, where they assembled for a
rally.
Banners, buttons, tee-shirts and
outlandish costumes were the order of
the day. It was a moving throng of color,
cheers, music and smiling faces that
made it's way up through midtown
Manhattan.
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Nation's Gays come
There were a few frowns and scowls,
though, from the sidelines. One woman
said the parade was "outrageous. It's
against what we stand for: country and
family," she spat. "I think they (gays)
should be eliminated in every which way
possible."
But others weren't so vindictive. "I
don't believe the people should parade
their private lives," another woman
gently stated, "but I think they should
live the way they want."
And yet a third woman, farther up
town, commented that it (gay lifestyle)
was a "fine thing for anybody to
demonstrate," as she looked up from the
leaflet she had just been given entitled
"What is S & M?"
"I think it's a healthy thing; it's
terrible to have condemned people for
all those years. I'm against censorship
of all sorts," she said.
Overcast skies and a coolish breeze
didn't quell the marchers' spirits; they
were just enjoying the day and each
other. Hails and hugs abounded as old
friends were renuited. Lovers walked
hand-in-hand, marchers held their
banners proudly and danced in the
streets.
The North American Man/Boy Love
Association, Gay Teachers Association,
Gay Nurses Alliance, Parents of Lesbian
and Gay Men (one banner read "My gay
son is the greatest"), Gay Atheist
League ("By the grace of God I am what
I am"), Senior Action in a Gay Com
munity and countless other
organizations marched side by side.
Several of the costumes would have
made any Mummer chartreuse with
envy. One man (in drag) wore a vibrant
purple pantsuit with a chiffon cape
floating behind. A huge platinum blonde
wig was teased to about a foot high
above his head, and prominent falsies
and garish makeup completed this six
foot version of Dolly Parton.
One marching band, playing show
tunes like "Everything's Coming Up
Roses," and "If My Friends Could See
Me Now," was lead by a pair of male
majorettes who strutted and twirled
skillfully.
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Roller skates provided both a
fashionable and fast means of transport;
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slogans were both funny and thought
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causes. Eve Adams, founder of Gay
Liberation Allows Drag (GLAD), said of
their demand for rights, "We have
always had a conviction or call it
balls."
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Speaking for gay parents, Lisa McGee
told the peaceful crowd about her year
long struggle to regain custody of her
young son. Through tears and thanks for
the crowd's support, she exhuberantly
announced, "Tomorrow at 10:30 my son
is coming home to mom." She received a
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Despite the snatches of conversation
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"Pathetic people. . . a shame. . . If
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