the daily collegian editorial opinion President Reagan. Not that he has a life of smiling. done anything good but he knows how to win. The Princess of Wales. She sure Anyone contributing to the Our Store lucked out. No more doing the food co-op's yard sale on Friday and dishes, no more screaming Saturday at 827 W. College Ave. The kindergarten kids to deal with just co-op is a concept worth supporting. Montgomery County Judge Samuel W. Salus, the judge of the Rev. Daniel and Philip Berrigan's anti war group, the Plowshares 8. In protest of the idiocy of war, the Plowshares 8 damaged nuclear equipment and poured blood on documents at a General Electric nuclear missle plant. Not only did Salus impose rather harsh prison terms on the members three to 10 years for the Berrigans, the Rev. Carl Kabat and John Schuchardt, two to five years for Pittsburgh's Molly Rush, one and a half to five Where, oh where, can one talk straight? 'Not here, bud' A high degree of self control is essen tial to the career of any successful poli tician, because he must often restrain from speaking his mind. The examples of two political animals I've written about recently, state Rep. Gregg Cunningham and CIA Director William Casey, bear this out. In this space lat Friday, I portrayed Cunningham in a most unfavorable light, and I'm sure the first thought that raced through his mind was, "this young punk is taking a cheap shot at me." But he couldn't very well come out and say that. An image is at stake. Casey now finds himself in the same circumstances. How can he not think of :his accusers as cheap hustlers froin the 'media? Don't expect to see him calling a :news conference and annoqncing to the :press that they are "a bunch of lying -slime who seek to unfairly dethrone me," :though. No, that's not going to happen. , The director of the United States' highest reader Clarification We note that the July 13 issue of The Daily :Collegian contained an interview with Ms. Suz :anne Glasow, president of the Centre County •chapter of Citizens Concerned for Human Life. - Ms. Glasow inaccurately linked the March of :Dimes to. experiments on severed fetus heads. •Please inform your readers that this work was ;not supported by the March of Dimes. • • As a matter of policy, no March of Dimes grant :may be used to destroy life. No March of Dimes :funds are allocated for unethical experimenta tion. There have been occasional allegations that March of Dimes funds have been granted for A cure This letter is in reply to Yvonne S. Gentzl er's letter of July 20 on the "parking prob lem" for students. Although walking is quite good for your physical and mental health, it can be too slow when you're in a rush to, get from Parking Lot 80 to Walker Builking in 10 minutes. On a bicycle you could easily reach Walker Building less than 10 minutes. You could carry a bicycle to campus by putting a bike rack on your car, or you could simply lock a bicycle close to your parking area and leave it overnight. On campus, a bicycle provides quick, con venient and healthful transportation. If you . , 4 t .:r .- -' : : ~a., ...tliell:f . . ''' 2 :• i 1 • .ik I . • ' ‘ Fiß * N.....-...' opinions Winners Sinners intelligence organization cannot very well appear to be unstable. Goodness no. So what do these politicians do? How do they cope with criticism and threats? Like the punch line to those stupid jokes about elephants and gorillas, the answer is "very carefully." Cunningham responded to my crit icism by promptly getting in touch with me and offering me a job. An internship. A chance to play ball with his team. Casey has now decided to start return- opinion Eco-Action, for supplying bicycles for use on campus. years for Dean Hammer, Elmer Maas and Sister Anne Montgomery he spewed forth some John Birch Society-type rhetoric: "If I had my choice I would send you to a leper colony . . . or to Russia where you would eventually be sent to Siberia." All those freshmen who accepted offers of admission and will be clogging the dormitories Fall Term. The admissions office expects a only certain percentage of you to accept; how dare you surprise them. ~~..r unethical reasearch, charges that have been constantly refuted by the March of Dimes. G. Michael Bonsai Coordinator, Chapter Services, Pennsylvania July 26 What to do? Steve Brackin's intelligent and heart-felt que ries that appeared in the forum section of The Daily Collegian deserved to be answered. The howl of student protest was to be expected many of their letters were also intelligent and raised good questions. But no solutions were suggested. The facts of the matter are that many undergraduates do not want to learn, that these live within five miles of campus, may I suggest that you simply leave your car at home and commute by bicycle. I live in Houserville and commute by bicy cle everyday. It is a pleasant ride of about four miles, and takes half an hour. Using a bicycle would allow you to save gasoline and the aggravation of having to hike in from the hinterland. If you try it, I think you'll find it an invigorating activity that helps you to relax and enjoy the beauty around you in stead of whizzing by it as if it where on television. More bicycles and better bicycle parking are part of the answer to transportation problems at Penn State. New parking lots will simply take up more precious open space with their ugly monotony. New parking lots would soon be full as more people were encouraged to drive because of the added convenience. Soon the cry would once again be hears about overcrowded parking and inconvenience. Also, our society would be closer to weaning itself from that ugly, inefficient form of personal transport called the automobile. Need I remind you that nearly 50,000 people die in auto accidents every year? During the entire Vietnam war about 54,000 soldiers died. In addition, the real health effects and costs of these monsters spewing tons of deadly pollut ants into the. Earth's atmosphere everyday may never be fathomed. For the sake of your own will being and that of your children, get a bicycle and use it. John Dougherty, 9th-geoscience July 24 OVNXIM.gtOO2N , DIitx • ing phone calls and to "bare all" to the various committees and reporters who want to know mare. We can work this out together, then. And maybe we all can work things out together. Maybe the politicians and the reporters just don't understand each other. Perhaps we should spend time doing each other's jobs in orddr to bridge this ever-widening gap. Some sort of exchange program might help us gain insight into the pressures and the de mands that are put upon our coun terparts. Initially I was intrigued by Cunning ham's offer. I would be allowed to ob serve things first hand. I would be privy to "secret memos of an internal nature" and ,to "brainstorming sessions," he said. We'd go out to lunch together and down to Harrisburg. Maybe we would even be able to have a few drinks togeth er. It sounded just like what any writer is looking for at least until I had a chance to drink a few Piels and think it all over. people bring psychological pressure (through evaluations and more direct methods) on in structors, for easy grading and undemanding course content, and that there is no effective force to counter this pressure. There is no question at all in my mind that, as Mr. Brackin asserts, "most of Penn State's faculty care" and that "there are good students at Penn State, lots of them;" nevertheless, I believe it is also true that Brackin is correct when he states that we are approaching the point of allowing students to go through the motions of learning and still obtain a degree. I also believe that there are many students, faculty and admin istrators who agree with these propositions. So what are we going to do? I do not mean the question to be rhetorical: What are we going to do? John D. Palmer Instructor, food service and housing administra tion July 29 Provocative I more often than not resist the temptation to write letters to the editor. Couldn't pass this one up, however. Joe Gow has to border on genius. His column on "Greggie-baby" last Friday is both humorous and provocative. I'm not going to Washington, but I'd sure love him on my staff! Keep up the vigil! Mimi Ungar Coppersmith, State College resident July 28 Tunes It shocks me that the youth of America, especially the unemployed, alienated youth of the cities, fail to feel any solidarity with their counterparts in England. The issues and im pulses that have driven English young people into the streets in senseless and destructive rioting are, in many ways are the same feelings that our teenagers relate to. Another common tie between the young people of America and the young people of England is music. In Manhattan and Manchester, Philadelphia and Falmouth, in Bristol, Pa. and Bristol, En gland, when adolescents and young adults are feeling down, they turn to the music. It is the music that expresses their common fears and frustrations, their hopes and their confusions. It's the music that gives them the messages that What bothered me most about Cun ningham's offer was his use of the word "loyalty." It came up when I inquired as to whether I would be allowed to write about what I observed. The representa tive stated that he had never tried to restrain the press, but that a politician cannot always be "on the record." If I were to work on his staff, then there would have to be loyalty on my part. "I wouldn't want to be brainstorming over possible legislation and then see in the morning paper that I had committed myself to something," he told me. A loyal staff member doesn't leak information. I admitted to him that I am not the most loyal person in town. I won't be working with Cunningham for the same reason I wouldn't ever be able to get a job at William Casey's CIA. The guys at the CIA have to be some of the most loyal people in the country. They have to know when' , to keep their mouths shut, even if it means cracking a cyanide capsule between their teeth to do so. These boys know the meaning of the word "secret." But maybe there are too many secrets being harbored by people like Gregg Cunningham and William Casey today. Watergate and the Vietnam war taught us all a bitter lesson about loyalty and secrets a lesson none of us will soon forget. My faith in anyone who says he is doing something "in the public interest" has been all but shattered. Most college students feel this way, Representative Cunningham told me. Oddly enough, though, according to the Pennsylvania Manual, Gregg L. Cunningham is a deco rated Vietnam veteran. He knows what it's like to be lied to, then. You'd think he'd know better than to get involved in politics. People like Cunningham and Casey do know better. They know that through loyalty and secrets a person can go far in this country. You help someone and he helps you in return. You work hard for a prospective president and when he is CWM 4 ' sMMlOCarogruTvw-m ler.lowte ..iiiiMMEMi Vf• , they listen to, whether it be to cool down and sit tight or to take to the streets. It seems to me that the musicians whom the kids in England listen to the Police, the Clash, Peter Tosh, Madness, the Who, Jimmy Cliff have an obligation to their audience. An obliga tion not to sit holed up in their million-dollar mansions while the streets of Liverpool and London burn, but to go out into the neighbor hoods and tell the kids to cool out and stop their senseless rioting. I guarantee that any of the rioters would listen to Pete Townshend before they'd listen to Maggie Thatcher. I know if I were a young British kid I'd listen to Sting of the Police before I'd listen to Home Secretary White law. Let not these wealthy rock stars neglect those to whom their every word is gold. Let the Police play in the streets of Brixton (and not the police) "When the World is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around" and see if they can help, along with other rock stars, put an end to the craziness in the streets of England. Matthew I. Hirsch Wayne, Pa. July 20 ~DO BV, CAREFUL WITH THE STEUBEN BOWL, CHARLES - MRS. WEAN PAID our SUM' ((!) elected he appoints you director of the CIA, and then you appoint one of your buddies to be the head of your clandes tine operations unit. Or you toil in the dinky office of a state Representative and he takes you to Washington with him when he makes the jump. Just make sure you have the stomach for it all. But what about the person wh6 doesn't have the stomach for this system? What of those who aren't loyal and can't keep secrets? What hope is there in our society for the straight talkers? Well shucks. Who can speak with any certainty about our "society?" I know that I sure as hell can't; but I can say it is a dead fact that the rude arena of politics offers little or no hope for the person who enjoys speaking his mind. Find another line of work, mac. Jow Gow is a 10th-term journalism ma jor and a columnist for The Daily Colle gian. ar' 4Slig,tYlefkAatitaig:4l,t, =Collegian Friday July 31, 1981—Page 2 Paula Froke Editor BOARD OF MANAGERS: Assistant Business Man ager, Paul Rudoy; Sales Manager, Laurie Nestler; Office Manager, Michelle Forner; National Ad Man ager, Mike Conklin; Creative Director, Anne Sendek; Layout Coordinator, Cathy Norris; Co-op Manager, Donna Dauterich. LETTERS POLICY: The Daily Collegian encourages .comments on news coverage, editorial policy and University affairs. Letters should be typewritten, dou ble-spaced, signed by no more than two people and not longer than 30 lines. Students' letters should include the term, major and campus of the writer. Letters from alumni should include the major and year of graduation of the writer. All writers should provide their address and phone number for verification of the letter. 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No ceremonies were planned, and the reopening was so low key that the first guests at the Strip resort since the November 1980 fire began to check in Wednesday. "We always open a day ahead of time to give our employees a chance to get acclimated," hotel president Bernard Rothkopf said Wednesday. The resort, rebuilt at a cost of $5O millioh, now features a $5 million computerized life-safety system that includes thousands of fire sprinkler heads and smoke detectors in each room. A huge display board in the system's nearly fireproof control center automatically pinpoints the location and nature of any problem. "You name it, they've got it," Clark County Fire Chief Roy Parrish said of the system. "In my opinion, it is the safest hotel in VETERINARIAN AND MEDICAL SCHOOL VACANCIES in universities in Chile for classes starting March, 1982. Intensive Spanish course begins October, 1981—Applications close September 20, 1981. 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The hotel opened in December 1973 in Hollywood-like style, with film stars and others arriving in limousines amid hordes of fans and autograph seekers. On Wednesday, the first few guests trickled into the hotel lobby as the sound of an occasional slot machine jackpot rang out in the cavernous, almost empty casino. Actor Cary Grant, who introduced singer Dean Martin when the hotel's showroom opened last night, was the first guest to check in. "I think it is glorious," said Grant. "It's unfortunate it had to be a second time, but it is a glorious second time." Other arriving guests were quick to agree. "It's like coming back home," said Jeff Kassab, a Tucson, Ariz. land developer. "It's even better than it was before." the world," said N our annual two for one spring pa summer shoe sale 2500 pair for men& women barefoot CALDEP env WEIKIESO o°oo WHAT'S NEW? Classified Ads Weekly Collegian Now you can send a personal, sublet an apartment,_ sell your car, or anything else through The Weekly Collegian. The Weekly, which is published every Wednesday, reaches branch campuses, alumni, local residents and other Penn State lovers. Deadline for Classified Advertising is the Friday before publication at Noon. For more information call or write: The Daily Collegian 126 Carnegie Building University Park, PA 16802 865-2531 in the eN;ii 1111111111ww „,, 0e,.? New program ZlPped? Plus 4 postal program future uncertain By K.E. FISHMAN Daily Collegian Staff Writer Although major business mailers in State College were to recieve their ZIP Plus 4 numbers starting tomorrow, Congress and the U.S. Postal Service are now unsure of the program's future. The ZIP Plus 4 program is included in President Rea gan's proposed budget cut package to be voted on tomor row by Congress. If the budget cuts are approved, the ZIP Plus 4 program implementation date will be pushed back to Oct. 1, 1983, said Mark Heuer, press secretary for Rep. William F. Clinger Jr., R-Central Pa. If Congress fails to approve the budget cuts, business mailers in State College will get their ZIP Plus 4 numbers yesterday. "The Budget Recommendation Conference in the Con gress is working to iron out their differences on the budget cuts," Heuer said. "The proposal is expected to go through, which will delay the plus-four program." "Deference of the implementation of the plus-four pro gram will not delay the Postal Rate Commission's hear ings on the program," said A. Dennis Watson, information officer for the Postal Rate Commission in Washington, D.C. The commission must approve any program proposed by the Postal Service before it can be implemented, Watson said. "We will hold public hearings, beginning Sept. 1, 1981, to examine the postal service proposal and give interested parties a chance to express their views on the program in a fully open, public, evidentiary hearing," Watson said. Representatives of all sides of the issue will attend, Watson said. An officer of the Postal Rate Commission, Gerald Cerasald, will represent the views of the general public, and Nicholas F. Barranca will represent the Postal Service, Watson said. Other interests to be represented include the J.C. Pen ney Co., Time Inc., the American Postal Workers Union and the American Bankers Association, Watson said. At the end of the hearings, the commission will issue a recommended decision on the program. The recommenda tion will be forwarded to the governors of the Postal Rate Commission who will either accept, reject or modify the proposal, Watson said. The program, as it will be presented to the commission, calls for the addition of four digits to the present five-digit ZIP code. It also specifies that all non-prerated and five-digit presorted, first class mail be given a per-piece rate '• discount if it, bears a proper nine-digit ZIP code and meets certain volume, machinability, address legibility, postage The Daily Collegian Friday, July 31, 1981 payment and tendering requirements. The large mailers attending the hearings will be taking issue with one part of these specifications, Watson said. The new ZIP Plus 4 system is designed to increase accuracy and efficiency of deliverance, said Paul E. Maches, mail processing manager at the State College post office. The extra four numbers tacked onto ZIP codes will permit mail to be machine-sorted way down to the delivery routes, Maches said. Under the current system, the first three digits brings the mail to the post office. In State College, 168 brings the mail to the State College post office. The last two digits determine whether the mail goes to the University or the downtown area, Maches said. From there the mail must be hand-sorted into routes determined by the letter carrier, Maches said. With the new system, mail would not only be machine-sorted into routes, but it would also be coded so as to determine the exact building and office or address of delivery. Since the ZIP Plus 4 system is a voluntary program, the ZIP 44 postal service is considering petitioning the Postal Rate Commission to grant a postal rate cut for users of the additional numbers, Maches said. Even if the rate cut is denied, Maches said, it is likely that the ZIP Plus 4 system will help hold the postal rates where they are if the system is used by all. Central Counties Bank is working to institute the new zip code system, John W. Atkinson, head of operations, said. "If our customers are ready, than we will institute the system fully," Atkinson said. But officials at Mid-State Bank foresee a slower change over to the system because of the conversion and program ming costs, Eugene C. Miller, assistant operations officer at the Bellwood office, said. Peoples National Bank officials said they will not be making the changeover as yet because of a lack of information about the program. The University mail service has not received word about the system changeover, but James F. McKivison, man ager of Mailing Services, said he does not expect to run into any problems when the changeover does take place.
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