the daily collegian editorial opinion Du Pont, for finally settling the The University and the Teamsters burning question of, "Well my good Local 8, for reaching a tentative man, who's going to get Conoco?" agreement so soon We will all be able to sleep a little easier The striking air traffic controllers, for standing up for their rights, and Anyone who contributed to WDPIVI, not quivering in the face of the student-run public radio station. threatened unemployment. The striking air traffic controllers, for being a bit greedy in their demands, throwing the nation into disarray, and possibly endangering the lives of those using airplanes. What if an accident were caused by an inexperienced controller who was filling in for a striker? On whose hands would the blood be? The municipality of State College, Air traffic controllers strike? Yeah, so what? This air traffic contrpllerS strike really has me in a fix. On Wednesday I was supposed to hop up to the Big Apple and meet Mick Jagger for lunch, -but alas I couldn't get a flight. Then yesterday I was to attend a reception at Princess Grace's place in Monaco. The strike forced me to scrub that journey. Tommorow I am counting on being able to get a flight to L.A. because the Lakers want me to try out as a replacement for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. God forbid that I'll have to call Jerry Buss, the Lakers owner, and tell him that I :can't make• it because of this silly strike. Yeah, sure. Who am I trying to kid? I don't even have cab 'fare to get out to the airport. If I did have the money to do that' globetrotting, or ; if I had an American Express card, I'm sure the strike :would have me cursing about federal employees •and outrageous demands. I'd probably speak in :that "Why can't they settle this thing for the good •of this country?" tone of voice that we all got so .accustomed to during the recent baseball strike. :We haven't forgotten about that one, have we? The baseball strike was a dull, drawn-out affair :so well-covered by the press that one could only :wonder what it must be like to sit around a hotel -all day and try to get a statement from a famous :ballplayer: hours, perched in the lobby of the Doral hotel, scrutinizing every athletic-looking -reader opinion Krishna • As a devotee of Krishna and as the campus :religions advisor for the PSU Krishna Yoga ',Society, I would like to clarify a few things in 'regard to your article of Aug. 5, 1981, covering :the visit of one of our leaders. Typically adopting :a somewhat affected style, the article begins by -setting an exotic scene, which culminates with, "and all the members knelt down and kissed the floor as . . . one of ' the spiritual masters . :walked through the door." Because this description sounds so aberrant •( and because its misapprehension provides too :easy a prey for the secular humanists) I must :clarify the matter by , saying that no one kissed -the floor, nor have I ever seen such a thing. :However, that which was misconstrued (the act :of bowing in respect, called namaskar in Ipdia) -would nonetheless have presented a curious :issue: Why are these people (some of them Penn -State students) bowing down to some man? This may come as quite a shock to many, in the . world capital of narcissism, the home of "I bow .before no man." We may, and undoubtedly do, :bow our brains, backs, wallets and absolute :freedom before various professors, bosses, mer .chants. tax collectors and government exigen cies, but this, we think, is a temporary affair "on :our way to the top." But in this society of self .deluded "independent" heroes, is there anyone :who doesn't bow before the law of gravity, or the >other laws of nature'? Is there someone who :doesn't bow before time where is that dead :man standing tall, who says, "I never bowed?" . In the "Bhagavad-Gita," Lord Krishna said, :"Time I am, destroyer of the worlds, and I have •some to engage all people." Those who have no .sense of God consciousness and make no endeav or to realize their humble position as His parts •and parcels experience God only as insurmoun table death. But for His devotees, who are not :hesitant to bow their heads before Him or His ,bona fide representative, He is always anxious to :reciprocate in the spiritual relationship of yoga. Stambha das Brahmeari, State College resident August 5 Not so . I am a Music Education major at Penn State University, who feels the controversy surround ing the changes in the School of Music have received too much adverse publicity.l have read letter after letter in The Daily Collegian and the Centre Daily Times and the letters' points are usually the same. Those points being: School of Music Director Maureen Carr is eliminating a opinions Winners Sinners for being overzealous in enforcing the sign laws. All those arrogant show-offs who . parked their brand-new cars on Allen Street this week, clogging traffic and disturbing the peace. They didn't even care about parking the correct way, either. No respect for the law. What's the world coming to? type who walks by. Say, isn't. that Tom Seaver behind those dark Foster Grants? For once the sportswriters were seeing their stories on the front page, though. The boredom was worth the trade, they'd probably tell you. What's more, they were getting paid to write the stuff. Unfortunately, we were expected to read it. I stopped reading the stories about the baseball strike after about two days. I quickly learned that newspapers have to fill space. That meant wheth er a settlement is near or far, there's going to be a story about it. Any statement made by anybody even remotely connected with a dispute will be written down and turned into some kind of lead, if at all possible. "A settlement in the 400-day-old rollerball strike could come at any moment if the players abandon their demand that switchblades be quality program; thus turning Penn State into a mediocre music school, and Dr. Carr refuses to recognize student input. Neither of these points is true. First, The Penn State SingerS have attained a high musical standard I applaud their efforts. Now let's expose the same singers to several other views on vocal production and choral conducting. This will give the students a chance to incorporate the best of each theory, creating students with broader horizons. In other words, put the same singers with associate professor of music William B. Trinkly THE vJP6HINGTON STAR ' 16E3 -1981 0~- ClF allito l 7Wll 4V lOW 6i ciltisto7l6*-H4.4,6aMF- 4 4 • „ #4x • . • • „ • ./Vl:•."*%<: , • A banned from the playing area, Dr. Carl Bizzarel, the owner of the Houston team, said today." , During any of the 50 days of the baseball strike you could expect to find one of these stories in your newspaper. It would begin on page one and then lead you somewhere deep into the sports section. Things most certainly weren't looking any better there, though. The "jump page," . as some refer to it, is the page inside of the paper where the page one story is continued. It is invariably filled with meaning less, junky stories that nobody really cares about except the people who wrote them and the people they are about. Another example: "Little Jimmy Amway de pends on Sumo wrestling as his life blood. Now a strike has taken the sport away from the young ster and he will have to find other ways of filling his lonely winter evenings. `I just can't see how they could do this to me,' the tot said today. 'l'll probably have to resort to knocking down old men on the street now.' This reporter, if the reader will beg his pardon, can only sigh helplessly at the sight of this poor, broken child and plead to the World Sumo Feder ation to settle the strike with all deliberate speed.',' This filling technique was never more apparent than during the hostage crisis. The attempted or associate professor of music D. Douglas Miller and watch the broader, higher standards materialize. As one can see, Dr. Carr has not given mediocrity a catalyst she has elimi nated it. The second point, that Dr. Carr refuses to listen to student input, is equally untrue. She has patiently listened to both sides of the issue, and I might add that there are two differing student opinions. She has found that over 50 percent of the students favor these changes. The faculty at Penn State also support the changes. In a vote of confidence, the proposed changes received the . . • • /;.• • • 9 0, •,/ • - ' y;••'; • ' • • ' assassination of the Popp came in at a close second. I refused to read any of the multitude of meaningless stories that came out of those two media events much the same way I'm not going to read a thing about the air traffic controllers strike. But I suppose somebody will read the stories. Judging by the amount of ink that labor dis putes have been receiving nowadays, there must be a rather large group of people out there who actually enjoy following the damn things. I can't claim to understand this phenomenon. Nonethe less, they tell me that federal mediator Kenneth Moffett's autograph is a hot item these days. He was involved in negotiating the baseball set tlement and is also involved in the air traffic controller's negotiations. One can only wonder if a suitable counterpart for the flamboyant player's representative, Marvin Miller, will be found. Maybe the air traffic controllers should ask Mary if he is willing to plead their case for them. The "fans" and the press would eat that up, wouldn't they? I can only pity the poor reporters who are assigned to cover this new strike. Perhaps some of them will be the same people who covered the baseball strike. In this case all they will have to do is change some of the names and a few other details of some of their baseball stories and they'll support of 15 faculty members with five absten tions and 1 opposed. The men and women of the faculty are the most knowledgeable musicians in this area and they favor these changes. The only people who oppose the changes are Raymond Brown, the singers that study with Raymond Brown, and the alumni who have studied with Raymond Brown. To change policy again to suit this minority would be a very short-sighted mistake. In conclusion, I would like to restate that the changes in the School of Music will upgrade the school and that both students and faculty support these changes. Timothy Korman, 7th-music education Aug 5 Getting tough Penn State University is really something else. It's so wonderful the way it treats its students, especially the freshmen, when they want to go to school Back in March,- when it was dorm contract time, I was a lowly freshmen. Not knowing any better, I listened to the University when I was told not get in line until it reached . the 500 s because I was going up for reassignment. I did. I didn't get in line when it was in the 200 s ; instead I get in line in the 400 s. It was too late. The University cut off 8, count 'em, 8 girls ahead of me. I cried, I cursed, but all for. naught. Friends told me I should complain or write The Daily Colleigian, but I said no. Instead I went apart ment and dorm contract hunting, as the Associa tion of Residence Hall Students advised me. I couldn't afford an apartment, because an effi ciency cost what my mother is paying for a 2- bedroom apartment in New York City. I was lucky, though and bought a dorm contract. But ah-hah! The University wanting me back so much told me -- on July 22 that dorm contract sales are not being honored. So what am I supposed to do now? • In spite of how this University has screwed me with housing and financial aid (that's another story) I really do want to come back. I really do want to graduate as an engineer from Penn State. The way it looks now, that thought is a dream. I hope this reaches someone in this metropolis of State College who can offer me a helping hand. Penn State, despite all your tricks, I'm still coming back. Where there's a will there's a way. Arlene Felix, 4th-engineering Aug 4 ,11E11,HEILILL BERRA DIDN'T THINK 011 RONNW, WOULD 1105F,CUTE YOU PATCO FELLA , PEGA? have suitable filler. "Little Jimmy Amway" becomes "young James Anderson," and the "sumo wrestling" that was his life blood is now replaced with "traveling between Buffalo and Toledo." V.• The stories are then etched into the stone r 44. tablets that are The New York Times; the tablets are photographed and the pictures filed away on microfiche in a library somewhere so in the future some unfortunate student can use them for filler in his "The Great Air Traffic Controler's Strike of 1981" paper So unless you're planning on doing some bind of 4/ insane research project on this newest of labor disputes, do yourself a favor and skip all the junk that is being written about it. Football training camps have started and they usually produce quite a few "inside analysis" stories that are far more interesting. Many people tell me the soap opera synopsis section is also a nice diversion. 1? ! 7,1 14 ` You'll have to make that judgement for yourself. As for the strike itself I'm not planning on jetting off to any exotic lands in the near future, so do me a favor and wake me up when it's over. Joe Gow is a 10th-term journalism major and a columnist for The Daily Collegian. Danger I am writing this letter to inform the Uni versity community that a dangerous situation exists for women on campus. Although the women's locker room at Rec Hall is open until midnight, the locker room attendant is only on duty until 5 p.m. Women should be aware that during evening hours, especially near closing time when few or no other women are there, any weirdo who decides to can enter the lotker room without encountering any staff people. At 11 p.m. last Tuesday, I was alone in thd women's locker room. As I was dressing after taking a shower, a man entered unannounced, saw me, and would not leave until I began yelling at him. When I reported this incident to University Police Services, I was informed that another woman had reported a similar incident earlier that same evening. No arguments on the ground of budget limitations can justify, this serious security negligence. It is the responsibility of the University to provide staffing during all hours when these facilities are "open" to protect people who use them. Until such time as Penn State fulfills its obligation to correct this problem, women should be warned that their privacy and safety are in jeopardy. Name withheld August 4 Collegian Friday August 7, 1981—Page 2 Paula Froke Editor BOARD OF EDITORS: Managing Editor, Phil Gutis; Editorial Editor, John Allison; News Editor, David Medzerian; Sports Editor, Sharon Fink; Arts Editor, Judd Blouch; Photo Editor, Brian Gamerman; Graph ics Editor, Lynda Cloud; Copy Editors, Rosa Eberly, Dianne Garyantes, Jackie Martino, Paddy Patton; Weekly Collegian Editor, Vicki Fong; Assistant Weekly Collegian Editor, Charlene'Gowarty. BOARD OF MANAGERS: Assistant Business Man ager, Paul Rudoy; Sales Manager, Laurie Nastier; Office ,Manager, Michelle Forner; National Ad Man ager, Mike Conklin; Creative Director, Anne Sendek; Layout Coordinator, Cathy Norris; Co-op Manager, Donna Dauterich. ,7•;,./% - - . /;; ;•- f- . •,,.., •,(,,,:: 4;„.,,,,,.v .•;., -,.,-,•,•,, • , , ; 'x; '/,•••• 1981 Collegian Inc Debby Vinokur Business Manager Attendants of Elder Hostel 'Bl rehearse "Tea for Two" under the direction of Stevie Rivers (standing) and Steven Hensley, both on the staff of the Fred Waring choral workshop. At N. , JAuguUN al Pi , st 16 at Pi Two C and Sct *V 14114 BIG SAVINGS ON OUR THREE MOST POPULAR DINNERS • TWO Sirloin Strip Steak Dinners • TWO Extra-Cut Ribeye Steak Dinners • TWO Steak and Shrimp Dinners Each dinner includes All-You-Can-Eat Salad Bar. 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Sorry, no mail or phone orders and our shoe department and beauty shop are not included. Where music and nostalgia meet Workshops bring back memories for Elder Hostelers By JACKIE MARTINO ' Daily Collegian Staff Writer Maybe it was a simple glance across the room when you first heard that song; or possibly a warm summer night as you glided slow and easy on a porch swing. Romance? Yes, and reliving moments through music is a part of the Fred Waring choral workshops, included in the Elder Hostel program at the Univer sity. "We were very nostalgic about Fred Waring and his generation," said Frieda Levinson of Queens, N.Y. Her husband, Philip, added, "Love affairs are associated with Fred Waring and the Big Band era. Some people have come here like mecca." The Elder Hostel program began 10 years ago at the University of New Hampshire when many senior citizens were looking for low-cost vacations, Seth Meyer, a coordinator for the program, said. Today, Elder Hostels are a part of universities across the country, includ ing Penn State. Penn State's program, which this year is a Fred Waring choral workshop, differs . from many others where participants take classes "They have Fred Waring from day until night," Meyer said. For several people participating in the program, this is not their first Elder Hostel. "They're people that have had such a good time at other schools that they're back," Meyer said. "I like to think of them as Elder Hostel gypsies." Larry Freeman of Mont Clair, N.J. said, "I think that the college atmo sphere is inspiring and it brings me back to the days when I was at college." Margorie Silverman of Bayside, N.Y., who participated in other Elder Hostels, said, "This place is so huge that you get a different experience." She added that the programs she par ticipated in each had their own attrib utes: a beautiful location, good instruction, nice people and and atmo sphere small enough for people to be come acquainted. "I think its just great for many, many people who sit at home and do nothing," Silverman said. Philip Levinson said, "We've been college-hopping for the last 30 years." State College Thursday, Friday 10-9 • Saturday 10-5 Nittany Mall Thursday, Friday, Saturday 10-9 Bellefonte Friday 10-9 • Saturday 10-5 -::'21.,.Z.fi1.E.:1111::i7:4" . . , .1Ji1itt,1 7 :.74 'A I 0 1111 II D i This is the sale you've been waiting for! And here's the signal to Extra Savings on our entire stock of already reduced fashions and accessories plus many regular priced items in most departments for men, women and children. Included are reduced items in our Home Departments, too. Look for the red, yellow and green dots all over the store! RED DOTS. Why stop in one department? Everywhere you look you will save an extra 30% off the already reduced price. Thurs day, Friday and Saturday only. RED ELLOW YELLOW DOTS. Very special items reduced an extra 20% off the already reduced prices. Cau tion .. . Shop early, they won't last long. GREEN GREEN DOTS. Go to it! We have a store full of items you've been wanting at an extra 10% off the already reduced price Thursday, Friday and Saturday only. The Daily Collegian Friday, Aug. 7, 1981-3 Anyone 60 or older, and their spouses (of any age), can participate in the Elder Hostel program, Meyer said. For the choral workshops, Freeman said, no musical experience is needed. "We're all on different levels, yet we work together beautifully," he said. However, Lilian Burke of Smithsburg, Md. said her one criticism of the pro gram is no prerequisite of ability to read music or carry a tune. "If you're going to a choral workshop, I think you should know how to sing," Burke said. But she said that overall the program is good and she would highly recommend "I think too many elderly people get in a rut," she said. Nancy Turnball of Smithsburg, Md. said, "It sort of takes you out of your self." Fred Waring himself also inspired comment. Freeman said, "He's a master musi cian the atomic bomb of choral direc- Frieda Levinson said, "Fred Waring is very different and very interesting."
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