18—The Daily Collegian Monday, April 13, Asimov, O'Neill to speak about future choices By LINDSAY NAYTHONS Daily Collegian Staff Writer Gerard K. O'Neill and Issac Asimov, two writers who deal with the future in their works, will be the speakers for' Colloquy's Spring Term theme "Future Alternatives." • O'Neill, a professor of physics at Princeton University and winner of the 1977 Phi Beta Kappa avllard for best science book, will be on campus Wednes day to speak on the topic "The High Frontier," which is also the title of his latest book. The topic concerns space colonization and what it would be like to live in a climate-controlled satellite orbiting the earth. Asimov, who will be on campus April 29, is the author of "The Foundation Trilogy" and "The God's Themselves," will be talking about science and space. Asimov has written numerous short stories and is a contributing author for Omni magazine. Asimov also has a sci ence fiction magazine named after him. Diana Shenk, a Colloquy member, said Colloquy is "doing well this term." Shenk said the club has about 45 mem bers, but not all are active. Topics for speakers are discussed and voted on at weekly meetings, she said. , Once a topic is chosen, the speakers committee is responsible for getting ap propriate speakers. The committee, un der the supervision of adviser Jeff Fremont, contacts agents for various organizations and arranges a contract. But sometimes Colloquy is proposi tioned, Fremont said. "Agents contact us all the time and send literature on their speakers," Fre mont said. Colloquy President Dan Bollag said the club will not know until summer about the approval of its budget for next year from Associated Student Activities. "They gave us a ceiling of $20,000, which is the same as last year," Bollag said. "What ASA has to check is each item on our budget and compare it to last year's for any inconsistencies." Although the club has a "huge list" of speakers and topics for next year, Bollag said Colloquy has had a hard time getting visibility. "We are making a big effort to get more people involved," Bollag said; "We have a table. set up at registration each term." "It's a shame that more students don't know how to get involved. We have important programming for students," he said. f.LINUOJN f i tpluo)l JANuoim fLp!uoni ivaLipp 1 I nichif kranich'i kranichif kranich'i kranich° Women mudwrestle for charity funds By DINA DEFABO Daily Collegian Staff Writer were a kid, back playing in the mud." While the Women's Mudwrestling Killam and 12 other women fought in tournament meant a goodtime and a the mud at the fraternity this weekend good cause for the participants and and raised $785 for the American Dia spectators, the Delta Sigma Phi-spon- betes Association. sored event caused many to protest the Funds were raised by selling bever action as sexist. ages and collecting entrance fees and For one participant, Kristie Killam, donations. the contest brought back fond child- Michael Skrovanek, Delta Sigma Phi hood memories. president, said the event was success "lt was a lot of fun and a neat ful and he was pleased with the turn feeling," said Killam, Primrose divi- out. Referee Greg Steele declares a grimy Brooke Bensiger the Carnation division winner in Delta Sigma Phi fraternity's mudwrestling contest held Saturday. sion champion. "It was like when you "Everyone had a good time the participints, the brothers and the crowd," he said. "The girls were very competitive and seemed to take it seriously." Skrovanek said there were no inju ries during the tournament and no complaints from the neighbors or the police department. However, during the tournament, 12 men and women not affiliated with any particular organization pick eted in front of the fraternity. They carried signs that read "Raise money not sexism," "Women, isn't it time we stoped do-ing men's dirty work?" and "Wrestle problems not women." Referring to the picketers, Skrova nek said, "They had their right to voice their opinion." "They didn't receive much attention except for some heckling from the crowd," he said. The event took place on a 10-foot by 10-foot padded ring containing three inches of sterilized topsoil, donated by O.W. Houts and Sons Inc., West , Col lege Avenue and Buckhout Street. The wrestlers competed in three weight divisions Primrose.division, 95 to 115 pounds; Carnation division, 116 to 135 pounds; and Daffodil divi-, sion, 136 pounds and heavier. Killam, an independent, took first place in the Primrose division. Brooke Bensinger, Alpha Gamma Rho frater nity representative, finished first in the Carnation division and Beth Seke ra, Theta Chi fraternity representa tive, came in first in the Daffodil division. The women wrestled for three two minute rounds. Between rounds, there was a 1 1 / 2 minute break to allow contes tants to rest and and rinse off the mud. The scoring system for the contest was similar to a regulation wrestling match, with points awarded for pins, takedowns and escapes. The contes tant with the most points in each divi sion won. The picketers, though, did not view the match as a true contest. They said the tournament was sexist, and that it was exploiting women. The tournament was another exam ple of women being used as objects to be observed by men, they said, and an alternative event should have been chosen. Carol Fritsch (6th-political science) said, "Mudwrestling is demeaning in itself and when it is women's mudw restling, particularly, it is even more Win up to $lOO in prizes. THE WEEKLY COLLEGIAN has got the scoop on Penn State Not only does The Weekly provide subscribers with an indepth look at Penn State sports, news and campus events, but The Weekly is giving you a chance to win up to $lOO in prizes including a. $5O gift certificate to Victorian Manor restaurant and a $5O gift certificate to IGA super market.. All you have to do to enter the contest is clip any two coupons that are labeled Flavor ' 1,2,3, and 4. Drop them off in the contest en try box at 126 Carnegie Building or at our table on the HUB ground floor April 14, 15 and 16. You have two chances to • win, so hurry and enter THE WEEKLY COLLEGIAN CON TEST YOU WON'T STAY HUNGRY FOR LONG. N El dembaning." "It shows a very negative image of women and there are other things that they can do that demean no one and raise just as much money," Fritsch said. The picketers said people sprayed water and threw mud and ice at them while they were picketing. "If they didn't feel guilty, they wouldn't have been reacting the way they did," Melanie Lachs (sth-art his- , tory) saidp. "We are making them feel bad." The picketers also said the, audience and people involved with the tourna ment were not concerned with raising money for the Diabetes Association. "What people are interested in here isn't charity, it's tits and - ass," said Abby Edelman (graduate-geography). However, most of the contestants said mudwrestling is not demeaning and they entered the competition to have fun and help raise money for a deserving charity. Tara Keefe (6th-education) said, "Some people think that it is degrading some of them are my good friends but I think it is a fun way to raise money for a good cause." , Several women who came to watch the event--said they came just to see A group of people, offended by the mudwrestling event, protested at the scene of the competition. The protestors said the event was demeaning to women. what mudwrestling was like and they were not offended by the tournament. "We wanted to come out and see what it's all about," Clara Lombardi (9th-English) said. "It's for a good cause and it's fun it wasn't meant to hurt anyone." Linda Wentz (11th-nutrition), said, "It doesn't bother me if that is what people want to do, they can do it." Several men who watched the tour nament said they came because they had never seen a mudwrestling tourna ment and wanted to have a good time. "I came just to see the girls throw themselves around in the mud," said Carl Volz (12th-marketing). Rich Nolan (7th-business adminis tration) §aid mudwrestling was fun to watch but the event was uncouth. "I, think it's hysterical but you wouldn't catch my girlfriend in there," Nolan said. "I think it's a little crude the whole idea of wrestling in the mud." Members of the Kappa Sigma frater nity at Washington and Jefferson .Col lege who were visiting the University for a basketball tournament said they thought the tournament was great. "We have never seen anything like it," one said. "It was wild and if it was to raise money for charity, it was OK." r THE WEEKLY COLLEGIAN CONTEST The flavor of PENN STATE ❑ Please enter me in THE WEEKLY COLLEGIAN CONTEST ❑ I would like to subscribe to THE WEEKLY COLLEGIAN and please enter me in the contest. (Please enclose $l2 one year $22 for two years) Make checks payable to: Collegian, Inc. Mail to: 126 Carnegie Bldg. University Park, PA 16802 I name I I address state_zip rgk 13 i I ❑ student 0 non-student class of_
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