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'Bodies' and 'Holocaust' back on shelves, but potential problems remain
Who has die. ..right to decide what you
can and cannot read in a library?
At the State College Area High School
library, this decision now rests with the
school board, with advisory input from a
review board. At Schlow Membrial Li
brary, the library board makes the choice,
based on criteria now under scrutiny.
A library board, a citizens group, and a
school board -- someone seems to have
forgotten the reader.
The University Ukrainian Club donated
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Yes/no . mane was said to be "flat and dull" when the recognized by their phrase "get rid of" and their
band was not accompanying her. As a music descriptions of pets as "its." "I'm planning to go Jews for Jesus
education major, I happen to know that Peggy is away this summer, so I guess I'll have to get rid
Regarding Diane Salvatore's column of April an excellent flutist and her performance on of her," says a student neighbor. "If he doesn't On April 12, the Undergraduate Student Gov
-12: Sunday was far from "flat and dull." get rid of it, he'll have to kill it so he can move ernment Supreme Court granted to the "Jews for
In the story of Adam and Eve, Adam did not Rebecca Clark should first learn about the into that apartment," said two other students in Jesus" group probationary status as a campus
force Eve into making a decision. Eve could type of music and the instrument featured in the the HUB cafeteria a few weeks ago. organization. This is what prompts me to make
have said "no" to the forbidden fruit, but she did work before she pretends to be a music critic. So What a simple-minded and superficial attitude the following remarks.
not because she wanted it! According to your often the Collegian prints music reviews by it is to describe pets as disposable items, like The principles of morality and justice prevail
logic, Eve is less evil for accepting the fruit than unknowledgeable writers, who read the public to wornout shoes or toilet paper. If this is the ing in our society are mainly derived from Moses Glasner, associate professor of math
she would, have beeu bad she said . 4 . 4 n0.'!_ If ,you _ _think-the.performances were- poon--I-personally --- - attitude in a supposed place of higher education,_,.., ancient teachings...Thus_ the- basic ..distinctign„..._ematics_ ~ .. ~,,„ , ..,„.,. ..., . . st)
try to defend yourself by stating that the "devil feel that the Collegian should 'only accept re- I cringe at what must he, going on elsewhere. —bet Ween J u d aism arid 'Christianity is "Soinewhat April 15
made her do it," and he is a male figure, then you views of musical performances from writers The first solution to the pet-dumping problem muted today. Christians believe that Jesus was
are not only a sexist but a hypocrite.,, ..„.... _-. , whG know something about-Music.; —•- L't' Is prevention. If one student doesn't take the the Messiah and Jews believe that the messianic
If men and women want mudwrestling, then On behalf of everyone at Sunday's concert, I animal, another student with the time to take era has yet to come. Christians consider the
let them have it. If you think that is "dirty" and would like to congratulate Peggy and Erik on care of the dog or cat probably, will. And even if Messiah to be the Savior whereas for Jews the
if it offends you, then do not participate in it. At fine performances they can both be proud of. nobody does adopt the pet, the Society for the belief in a messianic era is simply an expression
the rate you are going, your next editorial will Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is a far superi- of hope and optimism that a time will come when
probably be on the subject of why Mister Rogers Elizabeth E. Fritz, 12th-music education or fate than the horrible death by starvation, "the wolf shall dwell with the lamb" (Isaiah
is sexist because he puts boys before girls when April 14 gangrene or predation that would occur when the 11:6) and "swords shall be turned into
he says, "Hello boys and girls."
unwanted animal is dumped. plowshears" (Isaiah 2:4). Though the word
If you have a pet right now and realize the "messiah" is used by both religions, the mean
animal absolutely cannot be kept over the sum- ings given to the word reflect significantly differ
mer, please call PAWS now. We need time to ent, if not diametrically opposed, views 'of the
locate people who will adopt your pet. PAWS also nature of man and the universe.
needs foster parents to take care of unwanted Since the beginning of Christianity, Christians
animals for a short period until permanent have tried to make Jews believe in Jesus, some
homes can be found. Foster parents will espe- times by persuasion but more often by inquisi
cially be needed in the next few weeks. The tion. Recently on our campus a new movement
number to call in either case is 238-7719. appeared, "Jews for Jesus." Its theme is that
Jewish ritual and observance can be combined
with a belief in Jesus. The appearance of this
movement does not mark the birth of a new
religion. It is simply a new scheme to trap naive
Dominic Mashcheri, 6th-administration of jus
tice
April 14
Not flat
On Sunday afternoon, the Penn State Concert
Blue Band performed its spring concert with two
featured soloists, Peggy Shipley and Erik Edvar.
According to The Daily Collegian's staff writer
Rebecca Clark, both Peggy and Erik detracted
from the success of the concert. Peggy's perfor-
An education is here...
Penn State is a university, an
institution of higher education. Profes
sors are here because of what they know;
students are here to gain knowledge from
those professors. But a college education
does not , have to be a mediocre event or
just a stage between high school and "the
real world."
Many students seem to come to college
with the idea that professors exist to
serve up topics in class, test on those
topics and pass the students along to the
next level.
If the professor is in any way unique in
his or her teaching or testing method.s,
the students, on the whole, rebel.
'You're not being fair to those of us who
can't do essay tests," or "How are we
supposed to understand what you mean
when you don't give us specifics?"
Students, for the most part, also crit
icize the teacher who does not make the
topic interesting. If a professor can get
up in front of the class and keep the
students interested without their having
to take the initiative to get interested, the
teacher is a good teacher.
But if an all-knowing professor cannot
package the course in an interesting way
for the class, he or she is considered a
bad teacher and the class is far from
exciting.
Ideally, a student should be interested
enough in the topic to find his or her own
motivation without having to depend on
the teacher to make the course "sexy."
But many courses are required for grad
uation and are not necessarily taken out
of interest in the topic. Motivation does
opinions
Volume verdicts
Saving pets
Congratulations to Suzanne Downs for a long
needed article on the dumping of pets at the end
of Spring Term. Judging from some student
comments heard over the past several months
that foreshadow spring dumping intentions, the
upcoming annual spring dump may be worse
than PAWS members fear. We hope, of course, it
won't even occur, because there are alterna
tives.
Pet abandoners are a sterotyped group easily
not come easily in those courses.
Therein lies the paradox. If the student
is not motivated and sits in class with no
interest, the professor is hardly encour
aged to make things interesting. So he or
she feeds the information to the students,
tests them on it and hands out the grade.
Satisfactory for the majority, right?
No, because that is such a waste of both
sides. The students lose out on a real
grasp of the material and the professors
lose out on the chance to really show
their stuff.
It is definitely to the advantage of a
professor if his or her natural teaching
technique is one of enthusiasm, even if
the class is not interested, because the
students will eventually perk up and join
in, in spite of themselves.
But if a professor gives up right away
and just gives textbook lectures, or an
nounces that anyone may leave at any
time during the class, the entire term
will be one of listlessness on both sides.
However, if the professor seems to go
too far the other way, seems to care too
much and is rather radical in his or her
approach to the topic without giving the
usual list of facts and figures to be
learned for the midterm, then the stu
dents feel cheated. Many students are
apparently unaccustomed to such a tac
tic and do not know how to react in class
or on a test.
I have seen professors accused by
students in the class of being too ambigu
ous or hard on tests because the test
question was an essay and one which the
student could not answer by just regurgi
tating notes.
Aren't we here to think? Or are we here
just to get through so we can go on to the
next phase of life? Those questions really
are not as crazy as they sound. From
what I hear, life is not a multiple-choice
test where one can spit up notes to fit the
situation. Life is definitely more like an
essay test where no one answer is correct
and people want fresh thoughts, not
memorized information.
"The Other Holocaust" to Schlow last•
May. The book deals with the extermina
tion of non-Jevs during World War 11. The
library rejected it, saying it did not meet
acceptance criteria.
A . book containing chapters dealing
with female sexuality, "Our Bodies, Our
selves," was taken out of general circula
tion and put on reserve at the high school
library in January following a complaint
by Suzanne Glasow, president of the
Centre County chapter of Citizens Con
cerned for Human Life.
This week, however, Schlow accepted
"The Other Holocaust," and the school
board put "Our Bodies, Ourselves" back
into general circulation.
Both decisions come as a relief but
both carry potential problems
The school board's new policy, which
limits reserve status to books either in
great demand or designated to specific
class use, may make it too easy to throw a
controversial book into the furnace. One
successful complaint could cause a book's
permanent removal from the library.
The reserve shelf was at least a safe
guard against such permanent censorship.
Kit Reich, 7th-earth science
PAWS and Eco-Action member
April 15
If a professor chooses to teach in an
unenthusiastic way, then the students
should not give up on the course. They
should try challenging the professor and
see what happens. The teacher is not the
only one who can make a course interest
ing. It works both ways.
And, on the other hand, students should
not be averse to a professor who presents
a challenge. That is why we are here.
All I can add is that I hope you didn't
read this during a class.
Cindy Deskins is a 12th-term journalism
major and a news editor for The Daily
Collegian.
At a public library like Schlow,
censorship affects the entire community,
not just students. The library now says it is
reviewing its selection policy, which ex
amines a book's timeliness and reputation.
If Schlow chooses to accept or reject
books on the basis of "reputation," books
containing dissident views can be kept
from the public. And all libraries have a
duty to protect the free exchange of ideas.
There are categories of expression that
add nothing to the trade of ideas obscen
ity and defamation, for example. And the
library board, representing the commu
nity, is qualified to reject such books. But
beyond these areas, it does not, and should
not, have the right to decide which ideas
are unworthy of public scrutiny.
In both the school and the library,
someone has to decide whdt books are
accepted. But no matter what policy is
used to make these decisions, they must be
made with utmost deference to the right to
read.
The Daily Collegian's editorial opinion is deter
mined by its Board of Opinion, with the editor-in-chief
holding final responsibility.
M I but do we get it?
By STEVE RIPP
6th-foreign service/international politics
The Pennsylvania State University.
The name alone invokes visions of a
large, prestigious school that has a repu
tation for turning out quality, educated
graduates. Companies, both nationwide
and international, flock to Penn State to
recruit its students. Its educational di
versity is well known, having 10 separate
colleges, ranging from The Liberal Arts,
to Arts and Architecture, to Engineering
and the highly acclaimed College of
Earth and Mineral Sciences. The Univer
sity is represented by students from all
50 states, as well as from over 100 foreign
countries.
It sounds great. Hell, why should any
one complain about such a setup?
The reason why is that Penn State,
with all its acclaim, has one big problem.
It is training students for a job rather
than giving them an education. By an
education, I mean not only knowing a
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great deal in one area of study, such as
the physical sciences; rather, an educa
tion should include a broad variety of
'subject matter, such as literature, art or
even other cultures. It is to this end that I
feel that Penn State is shirking its duty as
a credible instituition of higher learning.
Examine the facts. In the past few
years, there has been a drastic change in
our entire educational system in re
sponse to the economy. The job market
has been veering toward technically
oriented careers. Engineers, computer
science majors and applied science grad
uates have been in high demand while
jobs in the broader based liberal arts
have dropped dramatically.
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Students realize this fact. In the past
decade, from 1971 to 1981, freshmen
baccalaureate applicants have shifted in
response to the situation. For example,
applicants to the College of The Liberal
Arts has dropped from 30 percent in 1971
to about 18 percent in 1981. Yet, in the
College of Business, application has al
most doubled from 8 percent in 1971 to
over 15 percent in 1981. In the College of
Engineering, the rise has been even
more dramatic, rising from only 8 per
cent in 1971 to a huge 22 percent in 1981.
That's a lot of students we're talking
about.
What do these figures show? In es
sence, they prove that students today are
under pressure, perhaps more pressure
than ever, to find a job once they grad
uate. And in today's economy, the surest
way of accomplishing that goal is by
majoring in technical career.
Yet, when we are training thse stu
dents for these highly technical, narrow
ly directed fields, we make two
assumptions:
1. We, Penn State University, have the
Jews into believing in Jesus. Of course, only
people whose religious identities are weak could
succumb to such a simplistic plot. But "remem
ber what Amalek did unto thee by the way as ye
came forth out of Eygpt; how he met thee by the
way, and smote the hindmost of thee, all that
were enfeebled in thy rear" (Deuteronomy
25:17).
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proper program for training and ultima
tely placing students within their chosen
area of study, whether it be business
logistics or aerospace engineering.
2. We, Penn State University, are as
suming that those students will find a job
in that field and will not find the job c
market closed and be displaced or forced
into the ranks of the unemployed.
Suppose for instance, that a nuclear
engineer that graduates in 1983 finds
public sentiment has changed and the
United States will no longer follow a
course of nuclear dependency. In es
sence, the job market in nuclear engi-3
neering has dried up. Will Penn State,
our University, have provided that stu
dent with a broad enough education that
he will be able to apply his skills and
training in some other areas? Or rather,
because of his narrow training, will he or
she be forced into the unemployment*
line?
Sure, we all know that IBM. or Hughes
Engineering doesn't recruit many philos
ophy majors from the campus. Still,
Penn State, as a major progressive uni
versity, should take a long look at the
way it educates its student population.
Before we graduate with our sheepskin in
hand from Penn State, we should be sure
than we have received an education from
a University rather than training from a
large, prestigious vo-tech school.
By allowing students in the technical
majors to have a broad choice of elec
tives, rather than just three to nine
credits over a four-year period, the uni
versity would go a long way toward
providing its students with a true educa
tion.
A degree from Penn State has always
been highly valued by its holders. The
University president, provost and the*
Board of Trustees and most impor
tantly, we, as the 30,000-plus students
attending this University -- should real
ize that students are here for an educa
tion rather than a four-year training
program.
Library computers to improve service, cut cos
By SHARON TAYLOR
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
Computerized cataloging at Pattee
may improve the library's services while
decreasing its costs, the assistant dean of
libraries said.
Gordan W.' Rawlins said the on-line
catalog access will decrease the labor
and the time it initially took the staff to
process books. •
"With the on-line catalog access our
staff can accomplish 70 percent of their
work at the terminal. This system will
speed up processing a book will be
controlled within 24 hours and ready to
be shelved. When processing was done
manually, it took three to five months,"
he said.
Because the staff has been converting
to computerized cataloging during the
past three years, the system will not
increase costs substantially.
"We have managed our resources so
we would not have to dip into added
support," Rawlins said.
Since the on-line system is a more
efficient system, many universities are
opening it for public use this summer.
However, because it is complicated to
use, Rawlins said Pattee's system will be
Judge denies injunction against University
By IRIS NAAR
Daily Collegian Staff Writer •
A federal judge has denied a request for, a prelimi
nary injunction against Penn State in the latest chapter
of a retail sales corporation's suit against University
residence hall policy.
U.S. District Court Judge Malcolm Muir earlier this
month denied the request of American Future Systems
Inc., which claims a University regulation prohibiting
sales demonstrations in dormitory rooms violates its
right of free speech.
Edward Satell, president of the Bryn Mawr-based
company, said the company will appeal the denial of the
preliminary 'injunction because students are being
prohibited from making up their own minds.
American Future Systems is described as a corpora
tion • that sells "table china, tableware, crystal and
cookware through demonstrations of its merchandise at
colleges throughout the United States," according to
Muir's opinion.
The opinion goes on to say that the company wishes
"to present sales demonstrations at the invitation of
individual students in the common areas and dormitory
rooms within the residence halls of Penn State, 'to
disseminate commercial information to groups of stu
dents through sales demonstrations at the invitation of
individual host students in their individual dormitory
rooms and to consummate sales to individual students
in the student hosts' rooms in residence halls at Penn
State."
This new suit, filed in January, includes six students
acting as plaintiffs for the company.
perfected before before it is opened to the
public.
"We think the general public will have
too much difficulty learning on the on
line system. We want an end product that
does the job properly," he said.
Rawlins explained the on-line system
is more difficult for the public to use
because to find a book's call number, the
patron must call up on the computer
either the Library of Congress number or
the exact wording of the title, author and
subject of the book.
"Right now the system is word-order
dependent," he said.
After the system is perfected, the pa
tron will be able to call up a subject of
interest and the computer will list a
number of books under that subject head
ing, Rawlins said.
"We want to eliminate the difficulties
of current library techniques for our
patrons we don't want to frustrate the
users," he said.
To also help the public, Rawlins said
access will be restricted to the campus
on which the student is located.
"If the student is using a terminal at
the engineering library, he will only have
access to books located in the engi-
M. Lee Uperaft, director. of Residential Life, said
American Future Systems first contacted the Universi
ty during the fall of 1979 and asked to reserve study
lounges for sales demonstrations using a student host.
Uperaft said he told the company that such demonstra
tions were against University policy.
Policy states that University facilities cannot be
used for commercial purposes, he said.
Satell said the company's First Amendment right of
free speech was being violated, and sent people from
his company to conduct programs, Uperaft said. The
demonstrations were shut down when found, he said.
"He then sued us in a federal court alleging the
violation of free speech and the student's right to free
speech," Uperaft said.
Muir said free speech was not being violated, Up
craft said, but the case was appealed. The U.S. Court of
Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed Muir's opinion.
Satell then appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court,
which refused to hear the case, Uperaft said.
Satell said he thinks the University is not following
the decision of the appeals court because they now say
they will allow demonstrations only in public areas.
The constitutional questions in the case are the
privacy rights of students and the company's right of
free speech, he said.
"Our company is arguing that there is no place in the
University for censorship of free speech," he said.
Even more important than that is the right of
privacy, Satell said.
Now, commercial activities can be conducted indi
vidually, he said, but if a person wants to conduct
neering library. However, if the student
wishes to have access to the other librar
ies, we will have a built in system that
will allow them to do so," he said.
Rawlins said he hopes to have the
system open to the public in 1984 or 1985.
"By 1985, we would like to have 40 to 50
terminals (located in the card catalog
room) and one or two terminals in each
of the branch libraries," he said.
Though there will be terminals instead
of a card catalog, Rawlins said the small
number of terminals should not pose a
problem.
"Because the terminal allows the stu
dent to call up material much faster, I
don't think there will be a problem. But,
if patrons don't want to wait in line for a
terminal, they can use the computer
output microfilm (COM) catalog, a com
puterized printout."
Since the staff is no longer adding
cards to the card catalog, patrons will
use COM to gain access to materials
processed before the computerized sys
tem is perfected for public use. When the
system is in use, COM will serve as a
backup for the system if it should fail, he
said.
commercial activities with friends, he is subject to
disciplinary action. This disciplinary action in the
privacy of a room is censorship, he said.
Satell asked whether the University could subject a
person to disciplinary action solely because of the
content of a presentation.
"We're only talking about invited speech," he said.
He said the case is basically a students' right case.
"I think the case will go on until students gain the
rights they think are theirs," Satell said.
The case is slated for trial at the U.S. District Court
in Williamsport in September:
Uperaft said that at first, the issue was whether
group could be permitted in common areas. Now
the company wants to hold demonstrations in residence
hall rooms, he said, but the University says it is not
permissible for an individual to invite people to a
residence hall room to conduct sales.
"Then in effect you're running a business out of your
room and that's not the purpose of the residence halls,"
Uperaft said.
Uperaft said that for approval of the preliminary
injunction to be granted, the company would have had
to have proven that prohibition of the demonstrations
would have caused harm to the students.
Mark Faulkner, an attorney with the firm represent
ing the University, said the first suit challenged the
University's policy regarding commercial transactions
in the dorms.
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By. PETER A. BROWN
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getting a, job they do not know
enough about world affairs to score
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Getting two-thirds of the answers
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On the average, college seniors
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and 40 percent by junior college
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Today's students are "so career
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Various recent studies have shown
college students are more interested
in careers than their older brothers
and sisters, who were more involved
in current events during the Viet
nam War-era.
Black said there was not a similar
study done in the past that would
allow a comparison of present and
former students.
"Less than 15 percent of the stu
dents got two-thirds of the questions
right," said Thomas S. Barrows,
another study author. "It means
there are very, very few kids" who
are adequately informed about
world events. He called the results
disappointing.
"Items on issues requiring some
knowledge of their historical context
proved to be stumbling blocks for
more of the sample than any other
single discipline," the report said.
Not surprisingly history majors
scored the best an average of 59.3
correct answers. Education majors
many the nation's future teachers
were the worst, with a 39.8 per
cent average.
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