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Rev. William Sloane Coffin Jr.
Soviet offer to freeze arms race is a start, minister says
By SCOTT G. OTT
Collegian Staff Writer
President Reagan's immediate rejection of a Soviet
offer to freeze deployment of some nuclear weapons will
only escalate tensions between the superpowers, the
Rev. William Sloane Coffin Jr. said last night.
Speaking to about 450 people in Schwab Auditorium,
Coffin said although administration officials have de
nounced Soviet President Leonid I Brezhnev's proposal
as propaganda, the offer could have been an important
first step in mutual disarmament.
Brezhnev said the Soviets would not deploy any
additional nuclear weapons targeted for Europe if the
Reagan administration scrapped plans to deploy 575
Pershing II and cruise missiles in Europe.
Although the United States has no land-based nuclear
weapons in Europe, Coffin said when all of Great
Britain and France's nuclear weapons are counted with
U.S. missiles in submarines and aircraft, the West and
the Soviet Union have "essential equivalence in the
European theatre.
"It's not that complicated provided both sides
demonstrate not only a willingness to negotiate but a
willingness to disarm.
"Enemy number one is not the Soviet Union," he said.
"Enemy number one is the threat of nuclear holocaust.
Abortion is the issue the threatened abortion of the
entire human race."
Coffin said the Soviet Union is a danger to the United
States only because the two nations' foreign policies are
similar.
"They best serve their national interest when they
don't perceive it to be at stake," he said.
Coffin said the two countries have no choice but to
trust each other.
"The Russians have always said that they would not
reject on-site inspection if it were accompanied by
serious disarmament.
"Every escalation of the arms race decreases nation-
al security. It's military superiority at the expense of
national security.
"In a nuclear age, true grit is foolish grit," he said.
"There is no room for machismo. What we need now is
wisdom and imagination.
"The important thing is to freeze and reduce, and
freeze is a good place to start.
"The notion of power has corrupted the nation. We are
going to be number one if it kills us, and everyone else.
Our pride-swollen faces have closed up our eyes,"
Coffin said.
In an interview yesterday afternoon, Coffin said
,"This is the first time in human history when your
future is not guaranteed. Only God has the authority to
end life on this planet but humans have the power.
"Always tragic, war has now become preposterous.
It's genocide; it's suicide and hence not a matter for
statesmen and generals to plan.
"Why is it so hard to see that either we put an end to
war or war will put an end to us?
"All we are asking is that the superpowers be smart
enough to act in their own self-interest.
"We Americans tend to think the sins of the Soviets so
heinous that by the standard illogic of comparison
their wickedness confirms our goodness," he said.
Coffin called this self-righteousness, "the one sin that
locks people up in all of their other sins, and fastens men
and nations more tightly than ever in their predica
ments.
"It is ridiculous to talk of a defense budget, a defense
department, when there is no defense; to talk of
national security when every attempt to enhance securi
ty by accelerating the arms race has inexorably dimin
ished it," he said.
"It's an offense budget, and it should be called the war
department."
• "Let me describe what would happen to the island of
Manhattan were New Yorkers to be hit by a mere 20
megaton bomb. First of all there would be an incredible
flash of heat and light. In less than a second the
temperature would rise to 150 million degrees Fahr
enheit —that's four times the temperature of the center
of the sun. A roar would immediately follow it but in the
center of the city no one would hear it. There would be
nothing left but heat and dust."
Coffin also delivered a sermon on peace and nuclear
disarmament during a worship service yesterday af
ternoon as part of his visit, which was sponsored by the
University's Office of Religious Affairs.
At the worship service Coffin discussed the immorali
ty of the nuclear issue.
"The mere possession of nuclear weapons must be an
abomination in the sight of the Almighty comparable to
the mere possession of slaves. We need a new abolition
movement.
"I have two great fears. I am afraid that nuclear war
is a possibility simply too grisly to be taken seriously
. . . and I am afraid that the devil is seducing us to seek
status through power," Coffin said.
"All the Roman Catholic bishops in the country are
dead-set against the arms race. That's incredible."
He said that during the Vietnam war, as one of the
founders of Clergy and Laity Concerned for Vietnam, he
found just one bishop in the United States who opposed
the war.
A movement to freeze nuclear weapons production
and negotiate for arms reduction is growing in the
country, Coffin said.
"Colleges are the least aroused communities in the
country. The religious community is way ahead of the •
academic community.
"I think recession has eaten into students' generosi
ty."
Students do not get a realistic view of the world from
Penn State, he said.
Students and faculty at universities have been com
placent about many important issues, however, he •
said,"l think the students will soon be bored of being
bored."
sports
Laxers' home season
starts with Syracuse
terding. Guterding, a third team All-
American last year, is the bread-and
butter player on the team, and when
The men's lacrosse team will have he shines, the rest of the team is
its hands full during its first home usually awesome.
By RYAN POOLE
Collegian Sports Writer
appearance of the season, as it will be "Guterding is a great goaltender,"
facing one of its toughest, if not the Thiel said. "When he's on, we usually
toughest, foe of the season. go."
At 2 tomorrow afternoon, the 15th- Thiel said the Lions must quickly
ranked Lions will be squaring off get back in their defensive zone if they
against the 10th-ranked Orangemen of are to combat the fierce Syracuse
Syracuse, but the game has special attack.
meaning to both teams, especially the "They are, a fast-break team,"
Lions. • Thiel said. "We have to pack our
Penn State and Syracuse have one defense and nullify their fast break."
of the oldest rivalries in the history of A positive note about the Lion de
lacrosse. The first game between the fen t se is that two out of the three
two schools was played in 1920, and • defensemen are veterans. Both Mark
the Lions' victories in the 62 years Goulding and Ken Panzer are four
since then have been few and far \ year starters, therefore they know
between. This year, however, the Li- how. to cover up for each other's
ons have upset.on their minds. mistakes.
"We're confident, and we're ready The offensive pressure will definite
to run," men's lacrosse coach Glenn ly be on Penn State attackers Tom
Thiel said. "Last year they beat us Lion and Gary Martin. Both are tal
pretty handily, but this year we have ented sophomores who have plenty of
a more solid defense. It should be one game experience from last season,
heck of a game." which is a plus for the Lions.
Penn State is coming off of an The busiest players on the field will
impressive 23-6 win over Lehigh last probably be the midfielders, since
weekend, while Syracuse suffered a they will be constantly running up and
disheartening 12-11 loss to third- down the field participating in both
ranked Navy. Thiel is still cautious, the offensive and defensive activities.
however. The midfielders will be led by seniors
"Last week we went in expecting to Bill Turri and Bob Campbell, veter
win and have fun," he said. "Now ans whose experience will give the
there's more pressure. We'll have to Lions a much-needed advantage.
play good from the opening whistle." ' All the Lions need now is a definite
The Lions will have to put on excel- site for the game. It's dependent upon
lent performances both on offense and the weather, so if the weather is
especially on defense in order to de- favorable, the game will be played at
feat the Orangemen. If there is one Jeffrey Field. If not, it will be held at
man that has to have a good day, it's the Astroturf field beside the Indoor
Penn State senior goaltender Joe Gu- Sports Complex.
NHL linesman Will Norris escorts Washington Capitals' Mike Gartner away from a fight after scuffling with Philadelphia Flyers'
Frank Bathe, Both players drew fighting penalties during the Caps' 4.3 win last night in Philadelphia.
Maruk paces Caps past Flyers
PHILADELPHIA (AP) Dennis Ron Flockhart's backhander at out of Flyers goalie Pelle Lindbergh's
Maruk assisted on three goals, includ- 10:44 of the first period, the rookie glove.
ing Lee Norwood's tie-breaking score center's 33rd goal, had put the Flyers Then at 1:59, winger .Ryan Walter
in the first period, as the Washington into a 1-1 tie. shot through a screen for his 37th goal.
Capitals nipped the Philadelphia Fly- The Flyers closed the lead to 4-3
ers 4-3 in a NHL game last night. Washington upped its lead to 4-1 with third period goals by Bill Barber
It was Philadelphia's first loss un- with two goals early in the second and Ken Linseman.
der new coach Bob McCammon. Mc- Period- Flockhart fed Barber for the Flyer
Cammon had won his first two games Winger Bob Gould swatted in a captain's 43rd goal at 8:53, and 55
after replacing Pat Quinn, who was rebound just 56 seconds into the peri- seconds later, Linseman fired a 10-
fired on March 19. od after Rick Green's slapshot popped foot shot past Caps goalie Dave Parro.
Norwood's goal at 16:25 of the first
period broke a 1-1 tie and put the Caps
ahead to stay. The win was Washing- Gretzky gets 200th point
ton's fourth against the Flyers this
year, against three defeats.
Maruk helped the Caps to a 2-1 first CALGARY, Alberta (AP) Ed- Hughes.
period lead, setting up both Chris monton Oilers center Wayne Gretzky
Gretzky won a face-off in Calgary's
Valentine and Norwood on power became the first player in National
plays. Hockey Hockey League history to get 200 zone and pushed the puck into a
- - - - - --” where he dui it out against
Valentine, standing at the left side points in a season last night when he
of the crease, converted a Maruk pass assisted on a goal in the first period of
at 9:49 for his 25th goal. Norwood's a game against Calgary. The 21-year-
fourth goal of the season came on a 30- old super star reached the 200-point Gretzky then passed to Hughes who
foot slapshot at 16:25. mark by a assisting on a goal by Pat scored with a 20-foot slapshot.
Lady Lions realistic about NCAAs
By MICHAEL FELICI
Collegian Sports Writer
When a team qualifies for the nation
al championship tournament of its
sport, cries of "Don't worry, it's in the
bag," or the proverbial "If we do our
best, we'll have a shot," are heard
from coaches everywhere. Rarely
does a coach tell it like it is when her
team his likely to lose.
But women's gymnastics coach Judi
Avener is such a coach.
The Lady Lions are seeded ninth in a
field of 10 at the first National Colle
giate Athletic Association
championships for women, being held
in Salt Lake City, Utah, today and
tomorrow. They do sport the second
lowest regional meet score in the tour
nament, but even with defending floor
exercise champion Heidi Anderson,
Avener said she doesn't expect her
squad to finish near the top.
"We won't win," Avener said.
"We're not shooting for (first seed and
defending national champion) Utah.
We're just looking to move up."
Avener cited the inexperience of her
team as the major obstacle in the way
of the Lady Lions' attempt at winning
their third national title in five years.
Except for senior all-arounder Marcy
Levine, the Penn State team is made
_up of two juniors, four sophomores and
three freshmen. Apparently' the Lady
Lions' best years are ahead of them.
"Ninth place is an accurate place for
us to be," Avener said. "The key thing
here is we have no depth. We have
talent, but with the top teams in the
nation, you can't be lucky. We've made
it through the season with only four
competitors.
"But we do look as healthy as we
ner where _Jg
Flames rookie defenseman Steve
Konroyd.
Photo by . . seder
Marcy Levine is the only senior on the women's gymnastics team, which is seeded ninth in a field of 10 for today's first National
Collegiate Athletic Association women's gymnastics championships at the University of Utah.
have been in a long time. We're rested
from the regionals, and the girls don't
seem nervous as all."
Those four competitiors Avener
mentioned, Anderson, Levine, Karen
Polak and Joanne Beltz, have proven
this season that Penn State can tangle
with the top seeds. The 12-3 Lady Lions
defeated third-seeded Florida by more
than two points in January and lost to
NCAA spots may hinge on Lions-Buckeyes match
By TONY SMITH
Collegian Sports Writer
About the only thing that went
wrong for the men's volleyball team
last weekend against George Mason
was that head coach Tom Tait cut his
finger on the edge of a locker trying to
catch a falling bar of soap.
Although the Lions won with ease,
one should not expect the same type of
result tomorrow night when Penn
State hosts the Buckeyes of Ohio State
at 7 in Rec Hall.
The Buckeyes, who are coming off
of a West Coast trip earlier in the
week, defeated the Lions two weeks
ago at the Volleycard Classic in Mun
cie, Ind. Consequently, they have
moved up in the latest collegiate polls
from 10th to seventh.
Meanwhile, Penn State, despite the
loss, is still rated fourth in the coun
try. And with all of Tait's key players
healthy (something which was not the
case at the Volleycard Classic), the
chances of victory for the Lions are
better this time around.
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Yet, - Ohio State's win over the Lions
at Muncie was so convincing (three
out of four games) that it raises some
doubts as to whether Penn State is a
better team.
Tait shyed away from making any
statements about which team is bet
ter.
"You're not supposed to make
statements like that," he laughed.
"But I definitely feel we are capable
of beating them."
Lion co-captain Bruce Van Horn
agreed with Tait's assessment.
"If we put our top six players
against their top six players, I don't,
think they can match up with us," he
said.
The match is an important one for
many reasons. One, Penn State must
prove that it deserves its No. 4 rank
ing. Two, the Buckeyes want to prove
that they deserve a higher ranking
than seventh. And third (perhaps
most important), the seedings for the or breaking a season, but it is impor- po" Guyon and outside hitters Jeff
National Collegiate Atheltic Associa- tant with respect to seedings." Johnson and Steve Hunkins.
tion championships, which will be Ohio State is led by senior Craig Hunkins, a sophomore, expressed
held in Rec Hall on May .7 and 8, may Shermann, who was voted Most Valu- confidence about the match, saying
hinge on this match. able Player at the Junior Olympics in that the Lions should not have the
With a format similar to that of the 1980, and Dave Jandasek, who corn- same problems they experienced in
Final Four in collegiate basketball, peted at the National Sports Festival their first encounter with the Buck
champions from three regions (the last summer. eyes.
East, Midwest and West) and one Also expected to start for the Buck- "We made a lot of mistakes at
wild-card team (usually from the eyes are 6-5 senior Karl Girenvalds, 6- Indiana," he said, "but this time we'll
West) receive invitations to the tour- 2 senior Matt Murphy, 6-4 junior Dave be playing at home. We should play
nament. Seedings are based on the Benecke and 6-2 junior Pete Norcia. with less mistakes and more inten
general strength of each region. "They run a very fast attack," Tait sity."
Since Penn State and Ohio State are said. " They do a good job of execut-
Penn State assistant coach Ahmet
considered by many to be the best ing the shoot-sets (fast sets which are
Ozcam also stressed the home court
teams in the East and Midwest, re- hit low and close to the net) and quick
advantage, along with the return of
spectively, the winner of tomorrow middle-attack, which puts a huge bur-
Johnson and Ken Kraft to the lineup,
night's match will more than likely den on the defense to adjust.
earn for its region the No. 3 seed at "When they execute sharply, as factors which will be in the Lions'
nationals (The Nos. 1 and 2 seeds are they're extremely difficult to stop." favor.
usually reserved for California teams, The Lions, also 'wiled with players SPIKER NOTES: For those who
since the strongest and highest- who have international experience, would like to adorn the back ends of
ranked teams in the country are lo- will counter with •junior co-captains their cars, NCA A Volleyball
cated in California.) Van Horn and Mark Kraynik, senior Championship bumper stickers will
"It is a crucial match," Tait said. middle blocker Chuck Kegerreis, ju- be available for all fans who attend
"Not crucial with respect to making nior setter/outside hitter Mike "Har- tomorrow night's match.
Time to plant a seed
second-seeded Oregon State by less
than a point three weeks ago.
With the chances of a team title a
miracle away, the hopes of an individ
ual championship rest on the small
shoulders of sophomore Heidi Ander
son. The 5-0 Anderson has the highest
scoring average of the Lady Lions in
all five events, including the all
around. ar.o she has 1982 all-around
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The men's volleyball team will need plenty of offense from Mark Kraynik (16,
spiking) and teammates Paul Hunczak (12), Steve Hunkins (6) and Paul Marsalese
when the Lions host Midwestern power Ohio State at 7 tomorrow night In .Rec
Hall.
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Friday, March 26
victories over most of the top contend
ers in the meet.
Avener said that besides being in
excellent physical shape for the com
petition, Anderson's maturity makes
her a contender for the title.
"Heidi's looking very good," Avener
said. "She's in better shape emotional
ly than last year because of the experi
ence she gained as a sophomore."
Photo by Molode° D. Snoke