Editorial Opinion Publish or perish? Good teachers should not be lost for sake of tenure policy It does seem to be a paradox. One of the bet ter teachers in the University the recipient of this year’s College of Education Outstanding Teaching, Award will no longer be able to teach at the University. Helen B. Volz, assistant professor of speech pathology, was deemed unworthy of tenure in Spring Term 1980 and University policy re quires she leave her position by the following year. The exact reasons for the denial are con fidential, but most people in the department assume it was because she didn’t spend enough time in research and scholarly activity fac tors that figure heavily in tenure decisions. Research is essential. The University needs a good research reputation and is making an ef fort to improve the quality and quantity of research good idea. But fine teaching should not be forsaken for the sake of a research reputation. A university’s teaching reputation is just as important, especially when the University will be heavily recruiting students in the 1980 s. Volz is not an incompetent researcher. She is not just some nice person who likes to talk to college kids and ignores the happenings in her Military budget better spent on human needs By RICHARD DEVON, assistant professor and for nerve gas, a Rapid Deployment Force, carries enough warheads to destroy every large economic expansion of the U.S. business. College of Education the death of Salt II and a new clic in Washington and medium-sized city in the Soviet Union. Our The militarism of the containment policy was With respect to the recent exchanges in The where the talk is now of “counterforce,” deterrent is overwhelming.” well-expressed by Representative Richard Daily Collegian on the new militarism, I wish to “preparedness” and “power projection.” This is quite an understatement. In fact, by Ichord in his support for the appropriation for offer the following contribution. Somehow, the invasion of Afghanistan means 1974 the combined explosive power of the United the developement of nerve gas last month. After the Vietnam debacle, militarism was throwing up the pillboxes and the barbed wire on States and Soviet nuclear warheads was over one Ichord condemned the “misplaced logic” that accorded a reduced role in U.S. foreign policy for New Jersey’s beaches. It is time to get behind million times that which destroyed Hiroshima has “taken us from strategic superiority to most of the 19705, and U.S. interests abroad were the saber-rattling rhetoric and look at the facts. and it has grown several-fold since then. One MX parity today the edge of strategic pursued by non-interventionist means, e.g., In 1945, the United States dropped two atomic missile, if deployed, will carry more explosive inferiority.” detente with the Soviet Union, and a bombs in Hiroshima and .Nagasaki, killing power than all the bombs dropped m World -War So long as parity is unacceptable to the United rapprochement with China. Carter embellished 200,000 people. We refused to disarm our nuclear II and the Korean War. States the race is still on for the Soviets are also this “Nixon Doctrine” with a strong rhetorical capability and four years later the Soviets had Deterrent? If 100 warheads don’t deter, why faced bv a hostile Western EuroDe and a hostile commitment to human rights. . the capability. should 1,000 or 10,000 (which is where we are ChTna Strategic inferiority is of eourse a However, no shift was made in who was In 1948 we - started developing strategic . now)? particularly nasty way of saying working for considered an ally of the United States. Many intercontinental bombers and deployed all-jet "■ peace since the United States could move behind U.S. allies are military dictatorships which bombers by 1955. The Soviets followed suit. , j n the arms race and still maintain a massive function by repression and which do.not feel In 1954, we exploded an H-bomb. In 1955, the defensive capability. This would constitute a comfortable with a soft U.S. foreign policy. Soviets exploded an H-bomb. JLULAJL major peaceful initiative. These dictatorships in Chile, the Fhilippines, In 1960, we produced a submarine-launched The other characteristic of the Cold War policy Thailand, Brazil, Pakistan, South Korea, Zaire missile system. The Soviets had it by 1968. TfYl*Hl‘Yl is promotion of U.S. business through developing and Boliva have felt very uncomfortable and Multiheaded missiles came in 1966 to the capitalist sectors in other countries. Given the have taken offense with the new policy. United States and in 1968 to the Soviet Union. The ; logic 0 f g row th in capitalism, this has been an The late shah of Iran explicitly blamed the multiple independently-targeted warhead In the meantime, while we are grateful for inevitable development, at least U.S. policy- United States for his downfall. Yet one way or appeared in the United States in 1970 and in the each day without a nuclear holocaust, the Third makers have viewed it that way, and business io receive ciTOSiaerapie Support. Otilyfin three Cases afivelop a It is taking place in/ the Third World. An markets, to raw materials and cheap v: For example,- four-countries-where military. • war technology,first..Of these, one was a defense • ' estimated 25 million people have died in these"‘labor. -i and‘h ;'haven from taxes, unions and dictatorship emerged in s|- Ujgjanti- & 6W§rs. A great many of these conflicts have of the most repressive .Argentina, Chile, the Philippines ana Uruguay ballistic missile. a product of the Cold War. regimes have been the most receptive to the had received seven-fold increases in World Bank a second was the satellite in orbit, again a Most have been fought using weapons and interests of the multi-nationals, loans by 1979. technology that has bee used only for defensive training supplied by the West and the Soviets. The business impulse, however, has a second But despite the continued economic support purposes spying. In fact, the only time that the Since 1960, military expenditures have risen connection to the process of world militarization, the overriding logic of the Cold War, three Soviets were ahead of the United States with an four-fold (in constant prices) in the Third World Total world military expenditures were decades of militarism and the loss of Iran and aggression technology was ip 1957 with the and risen to an increase of 44 percent in the approximately $4B million per hour in 1978. Nicaragua (where dictators were overthrown by successful testing of intercontinental ballistic developed world. Procurement sales, which mean profits in rebellions fostered by the repressive regimes missile system. The United States followed the More than three-fourths of world arms exports capitalist economies, were $l2O billion that we had supported) have had a compelling next year. are by the United States and the Soviet Union, worldwide in 1978 and only 10 countries had influence. ... By 1979, the United States had carried out 60 more than one-half by the United States. This Gross National Product larger than this. ■The U.S. business elite by the spring of 1979, in percent more nuclear weapons, tests and had process is fostered by the developement of In the United States, weapons development is the words of a Business Week editorial, was over 80 percent more intercontinental nuclear military dictatorships (now approximately 40 peculiarily dependent on the private sector - pressing for a “reassertion of U.S. influence weapons than the Soviets. percent) in Third World nations. which may account for much of the energy around the world. ’ In that year Carter stated, “Just one of our \y e have led the way in the arms race and we behind the arms race and arms exports as well Earlier this year, Carter finally embraced the relatively invulnerable Poseidon submarines have led the way in Arms exports. This has been as the lack of investment in maintenance and new militarism. We now have bigger military less than 2 percent of our total nuclear forces of done as part of our two-fold cold war policy since skilled workers which characterizes the U.S. budgets, ago ahead foi the MX missile systems submarines, aircraft and land-based missiles War II containment of the Soviets and military Distorted views Although Paul E. Lane’s attack on Allen Reeder’s editorial column, printed in the Oct. 17 issue of The Daily Collegian, con cerning the military possessed some good points, I feel he con veys some rather distorted views of .Jesus Christ and his pur pose on this planet. Before I continue, 1 must say that I do not necessarily agree with Reeder’s position on the military. L Ywwr: if% W" f 'BEG6INS wmm's WCKBUT ALL HAKDS field. Several of her colleagues said that the research she has done, while not high in quanti ty, has been high in quality and received na tional recognition. Volz has been involved with the field of speech pathology for her entire career and started working for the University in 1966. She received her bachelor’s, master’s and doc torate degrees at this University. She knows the workings of her department. She is a knowledgeable and experienced teacher. Her first priority, however, does not lie in writing articles. She doesn’t ignore research, but Volz knows she can make a better contribu tion to the University by concentrating on teaching and advising. It is highly unlikely that her tenure decision will ever be reversed. But she should be allowed to teach. The speech pathology department is losing an extremely talented individual and the University is hurting itself by having a tenure policy that requires all professors denied tenure to leave their positions. Good teachers with an extensive working knowledge of their field are hard to find. In his letter, Lane suggests that Christ was an idealistic and unrealistic dreamer who was rewarded with an agonizing death for his courageous efforts. It seems that Lane feels that Christ failed in his plan or mission during his earthly stay. This could not be further from the truth. Christ died on the cross to save all mankind, but not from political oppression or any other physical thing. Christ’s death and resurrection is God’s assurance to us that our being does not end in the grave “But the truth is that Christ has been raised from death, as the guarantee that those that sleep in death will also be rais ARE CN DECKER, ✓ r / j# Jr/ w ed.”— 1 Corinthians 15:25. Christ died to “set free thpse who were slaves all their lives because of their fear of death.”— Hebrews 2:15. Lane also states, “Peace and war have always been and will always be with us, but it is sheer folly to believe that either can be eliminated.” I fail to see the logic in his reasoning. Are we to fallaciously assume that since war has been with us in the past, that it must necessarily be with us in the future? If such is the case, then our physical existence on this planet will probably end shortly. As a whole, our personal spiritual development has fallen far short of our technological advances, and the capabilities and responsibilities that go along with them. We are like children playing with dynamite. Gen. Douglas MacArthur put it very well when he said on the deck of the bat tleship Missouri at the close of World War II: “The problem is basically theological and involves a spiritual recrudescence and improvement of human character that will synchronize with our almost matchless advances in science, art, literature, and all material and cultural developments of the past 2,000 years. It must be the spirit if we are to save the flesh.” Philip P. Calvert 111, 7th-biology Oct. 24 Cowardly support Allen Reeder’s article titled “Our Best Defense is No Defense” made two incorrect Biblical allusions. The first one, “blessed are the peacemakers” and “love your enemy,” are from the New Testament. Although these are both true, at times when these methods are not effective, true Christians must take a stance for God’s righteousness. An example is when Christ cleansed His Father’s House from gamblers, money lenders and other sinners. They would not listen to His (Christ’s) preaching or warnings so he took ac tion. God’s righteousness must be preserved, therefore, God threw them out. A second point Christ said that greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for a friend. Under this command, should we not fight and possibly die for a friend? The second allusion came from the Old Testament; thou shalt not kill. Although this is true, under certain cir cumstances, in order to protect God’s righteousness, Jews (God’s chosen people) were to go to battle. Two examples are David and Goliath, and the conquering of the Promised Land from a heathenous, God-rejecting people. I ask, if the Soviets conquered the United States, would we be free to worship God? No, as a matter of fact, God’s people PRESENTS “BEDTIME “INFLATION’ T rt - • X .. would be killed. Killed Christians do not spread God’s Word. Christians should protect God’s presence in our country ajid ultimately, defend God’s righteousness. My whole point is that you are free to keep your pacifispi, but don’t use the Bible to support your cowardice. - ! W Thomas T. Ledford, lst-human development Oct. 24 Keep sight I found Allen Reeder’s Oct. 17 article very amusing. Whfat concerns me is that he apparently believes that our best defense is no military. If he had his way, Reeder would do away with the defence department tomorrow. If the Soviets were to invade this coun try, Reeder would answer with “so be it.” If they were jo plunder our resources, he says, “let them.” 1 There are times when individuals who perceive themselves*' as intelligent become caught up in their own subjective con tingencies and therefore lose sight of reality. | To Reeder and those who share his views - war is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing|s worth war, is much worse. ' ' » A man who has nothing for which he is willing to figKjjt, nothing he cares more about than his own personal safety, is-a miserable creature who has no chance of being freei, unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. James A. Kazin, lOth-pre-law Oct. 24 sCollegian Wednesday Oct. 29, 1980—Page 2 Betsy Long Editor BOARD OF MANAGERS: Sales Manager, Marc A. Brownstein, Assjs tant Sales Manager, Debby B. Vinokur; Office Manager, Kim Schify Assistant Office Manager, Michelle Forner; Marketing Manager, Jonathan Sonett; Circulation Manager, Terri Gregos; National Ad Manager, Patt Gallagher; Assistant National Ad Manager, Idelle Davids; Assistant Business Manager, Chris Arnold; Creative Directos. Mona Saliba. ®I u>t!>k I'tX W\«\re” n boovvltirCul Yoo'W eoul - PRAVOA ' A T«r<ri bit - " ~ "3,a. ?obl(t TIOll RjEAfrAfc) AB.TER, The priorities are clearly wrong. In the United (l States, the strongest military nation in the worid, there are 25 million people who ate malnourished and 10 million children who hav.e never seen a doctor. . ' :i In the Third World, half a billion people are malnourished, yet their governments spent $9O billion on military expenditures in 1979. V'- Two-thirds of the world live without safe ' water. Contaminated water is responsible for four out of five infectious diseases. Diarrhea diseases are the most common couse of death in young children. Waterborne diseases are estimated to kill more than 25,000 people daiiyj * 4 Approximately one percent of the annual world military budget could provide safe waiter for almost everybody within a decade. Thus, even without a shot being fired, excessive military expenditures mean suffering and death on a massive scale. i In the upcoming elections, the major candidates all offer positions which only differ in( minor ways compared- to extent of the miHtarizatjpnrrisis Iwhereby.mare. achieving ever greater insecurity at ever greater expense). For example, even beinglqr.SAL/lsll is being forlaii in nuclear albeit a lesser increase than is expected to take place. - , . * For those who fight for a sane world, it?is r refreshing to learn of the Citizen Party position on militarism. They oppose the nuclear arms race as suicidal, the oppose the developmentlof weapons system such as the MX, and condemn the corporate profiteering ajid inflationary impact of present military policies. When you consider that almost half .(he// engineers and scientists in this country devote their skills to military research and development it is good to read their observation, with whicft I will conclude, that “it is a tragedy that tjie productive genius and power of the American people have been diverted from urgent human needs and bent toward waste and destruction!” ’ ©l9BoDaily ; Collegian - 1. AwcltviOxv II f> ' ■ *>y © 1980 Collegian Inc. Kathy Matherfv Business Manager Co-op offers lower food prices By TRACY YATES Daily Collegian Staff Writer In the battle to beat the high cost of food, many State College residents are turning to an alternative market Our Store, a local food cooperative. Located in a modest basement bet ween Calder Alley and College Avenue next to the Tavern Restaurant, Our Store Inc., like other food co-ops, is designed to offer lower food prices by cutting out.the.middle man and purchas ing directly from the producers and wholesalers, Jay Sletson, president the co-op said. . c ‘ ‘But the real beauty of the co-op is the love shared between the members,” Sletson said. “They are a group of people working together for the good of the whole. It's an oasis on College Avenue.” This idea of members working together is the basis of the whole cooperative philosophy. Mother Earth News, a monthly consumer magazine, described comps as a consumer-owned food store guided by the principle of “food for people not for profit:” The co-op members themselves create, shape, and regulate the organization, an article in the publication said. Our Store’s development is typical of how co-ops grow. It began eight years ago in a Unversity faculty member’s basement as a buying club, Sletson said. : A buying club is a small group of con sumers who order food in bulk from wholesalers. These bulk rates are 15 to 20 percent cheaper than supermarket prices, according to the 1980 Fall issue of Changing Times magazine. Our Store has grown into a storefront co-op with $250,000 in business annually •and approximately 1,000 members (450 f" The sisters of PHI MU wish to congratulate | V our newest initiates & Vi r m o\a & icha’iclson i ßugh § ■ . J2au > ialee dDingle* i c Kathy <~Jlnn field I u oso Welcome to our Bond! J iiO'tji lova is ' i'tfi'iyrini •sotsfij’. qsstb bn ft nisi i'i r.lA?,ninl <;;:*> WO .‘".'i•' tiocjiiStOT© fcijo.urS:^ Mon. thru Fri. 9-9 Sat. , 9-8 Closed Sunday Plus $lOO.OO CASH To be given away Saturday, November 1,1980 Kesslers Jumbo Bologna Kesslers Cooked Salami Land O Lakes All White Our Own —lioririi iOp hpdartmpmt t\ J' >* + ' - ' ' 's'- i S ,'s % ; Emerson Grapes Vine Ripe Tomatoes > Yams Red Delicious Apples (3 ib. bag) Yellow Delicious Apples o ib. bag) Fresh Cider Fresh Cider (g ai > l UNIVERSITY PLAZA Our Store offers 'food for people, not for profit' Interesting people read Collegian ads. deli department Bnum Bait P -mum .Iwwwß' m B P ,PW'P;fc««»P,Bi ■ Meat Turkey Breast Fresh Made Hoagie (gal.) households). Every member helps run and manage the store, Sletson said. Members help run Our Store by work ing as shift workers or store managers, or by serving on the board of directors. These jobs are outlined in the corpora tions’ information pamphlet. The largest number of people work as shift workers. Shiftworkers do the every day running of the store. They sign up to work in three-hour shifts, with six or seven people per shift. Their duties in clude stocking the shelves, cleaning the store, making delivery runs, repairing things and other small jobs. Each shift is run by a manager. Members who serve as managers benefit by paying no markup on food prices. Regular workers pay a 15 per cent markup to cover the cost of running the store. Cashiers and food buyers qualify for manager’s status and also pay no markup. ' “We’re looking for people willing to give in order to receive - the survival of the co-op depends on give and take,” Sletson said. A staff coordinator oversees the managers and is the only paid member. He works 35 hours per week and pro vides continuity for the daily operation of the store. The staff coordinator is hired by a board of directors. The board of directors is composed of 12 members who are elected by popular vote. A president, vice-president, secretary and treasurer are elected to this board. Board members meet monthly to review and make store policies which originate from the standing committees of the board. The committees are chaired by board members and are i*>ci .. i’-i .■ i made up of co-op members who receive work credit for serving on them. All members meet twice a year to hear the board report on past activities and future plans. Members may voice their opinions at this meeting. The basic membership unit is the household. A household, in the coop’s definition, is any group of persons living together. Only persons older than 17 years are counted as members. Each household in Our Store pays a refun dable deposit of $l5 plus $5 for each addi tional member. A $2 fee per member is charged as annual dues and is used to in crease inventory and sales capacity. To maintain membership, each household must work a certain number of three-hour shifts. For example, a one member household works one shift every other month. A five-member household must work two shifts every month. i “People can get great experience that’s very marketable in the outside world,” Sletson said. The State College co-op is unique, because it emphasizes volunteerism more than most other co-ops, he said. Other storefront co-ops of Our Store’s size employ four to eight paid full-time staff members; Our Store pays only one, he said. “Our Store is really run by the general membership,” Sletson said.“ That’s the key difference between a co-op and a supermarket. You own it. If something breaks, you fix it yourself.” The general membership is made up of a stable core of local residents and faculty members plus a large transient student membership. “Students pro- Plus $lOO.OO CASH To be given away Saturday, November 1,1980 $1.29 $1.29 $3.29 lb. 89* 59* lb. 59* lb. 25* lb. 89* 89* $1.99 $1.09 bably make up 75 percent of our membership,” Sletson said. Sletson describes the co-op members as people who are more concerned about the quality of food than the average per son is. They’re more nutritionally aware and want some control over what they eat, he said. “Members also tend to be more social ly responsible. They care more about what happens in the community,” Slet son said. “There’s a good feeling of be ing part of the store and of the community.” Jenny Twitchell, a recent graduate in psychology and a resident of State Col lege, said she likes the idea of working for what you get. “I also like the food supply at the co op. It’s good quality food that you can’t find anywhere else,” she said. Although Our Store carries mostly organic food, some processed foods are available. Whenever possible, produce, dairy products and meat are purchased from local farms which are officially in spected, Sletson said. Only meat from animals that have not been fed chemicals is stocked. Ground beef, fish, chicken and pork are available periodically. A delivery run to Walnut Acres is made every two weeks for items like peanut butter, oil, bread, cake and cann ed goods. Another run is made every two weeks to a grain mill in Cocolamus for organic grains. These grains are very in expensive, Sletson said. Items like peanut butter and flour are stocked in large barrels. Members must bring their own containers for these items. Our Store offers the largest varie- Continued on Page 16. I *<■ <i , J~~fi t < wvt'isxrwjii''it m ,jm mmm gk MEAT Ev© rsw©et Bscon (1 ib. pak) 79* Holly Farms Chicken Frank (1 Ib. vac pak) 69* IGA Tablerite U.S.D.A. Choice . Beef Boneless Chuck Roast $1.79 ID. IGA Tablerite U.S.D.A. Choice Beef Rib Roast $2.19 ID. Duncan Hines Layer Cake Mixes as oz > 79* lb. lb. Crisco Shortening (3 Ib. can) Mrs. Filberts Margarine (1 lb. quarters) 55* Ib. IGA Chilled Orange Juice (64 oz.) Hanover Kidney Beans (40z.) Clorox Liquid Bleach ( 1 /2 gal.) IGA Pizza (12 oz.) IGA King and Round Top Bread <22 oz > UNIVERSITY PARK PLAZA The Our Store sign, inset, actually hangs outside of the door of the cooperative located between College Avenue and Calder Alley, next to the Tavern Restaurant. The co-op offers members savings of up to 20 percent off super market prices. Bill Festival 1,1980 at the HUB 7 pm in Terrace Room after meal include: ling of Mr. and Ms. College o, and Square Dancing id Enjo^Yoursel^^^^ liyp jl PWW7T3T^ - !TT'W'”TT> t £T — ~ — ~ <n rnrrw^ DEPARTMENT The Daily Collegian Wednesday Oct. 29, 1980—3 2/51.09 $2.19 $1.19 79* 59* 99*
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