opinions The ax falls, again ' The Reagan administration means business. Obviously, Reagan has shown that he favors big business through tax cuts, rapid oil deregulation, budget slashings and aggressive government deregulation. But this pro-business zeal might someday backfire. The administration is committed to cutting government regulations, and one major bureaucracy, the Occupa , tional Safety and Health Administra tion, has had its budget cut. OSHA has been the scourge of busi nessmen since its creation in 1970. It is an organization known for its strin gent and sometimes complicated reg ulations. This, more than fiscal conservancy, probably inspired the cuts. And because•of the cuts, the State College OSHA field station will close later this month. This office serves 14 counties with two inspectors who will be replaced by one inspector from Harrisburg. The OSHA offices in Allentown and Lan caster will also be shut down. Because of his rather cumbersome district, the new OSHA inspector reader opinion CAUIitUS MRCH 49 M 011WIRRIXCCMIM191111210V- ...DID YOU SA "GAT BRAKES"? might have limited time for com plaints, and a number of workers' concerns may be ignored. Perhaps this is what the administration wants. By masking OSHA's budget cuts in the guise of economic recovery, the administration is accomplishing its dual goals of spending less and gutting OSHA's enforcement ability., Excuse me? IVIr. President? "Mr. President? Mr., President?" "Yes, Sam." "Mr. President, the right-wing par ties in El Salvador, taken together, seem to have won the election there. Will we back any government that abandons the social reforms that 'are now under way there? And, specifical ly, would we back a government head ed by Major d' Abdisson?" ". . But I think right now, and before we begin inviting trouble or looking for that, we all of us should have been a little bit inspired by what took place there in that election. This morning, Senator Kassenbaum and the congressmen who were with her in the trip down there to be observers of the election have just told some things that ought to make us a little ashamed of ourselves and how much we , take for granted of the ability or the right to vote. "They told of a woman standing in the line who was hit by a ricochet, a bullet a ricochet refused to leave the line to have her wound tended until she had voted. They told of another woman who was personally, individu ally, threatened with death by the guerrillas if she voted, and she told them,' You can kill me, you can kill my family, you can't kill us all.' "They . turned out in the face of that in greater numbers than we did. She said, also, that the attitude and I wish more of this had been seen by Americans she said that the people whenever they saw them, the people there in those voting lines, called out their gratitude to the United States for the fact that we have been helping. Now they really showed that there is a real desire for democracy there. "And I am therefore going to- be optimistic about what happens and avoid a specific answer to your ques- . tion." "Ann?" "Ann, did you have your hand up?" , i/rF: ~r~ , /N/'".. La desperacion My name is Maria Sanchez. I live in a small village near Cherina in El Salvador. Yesterday the government soldiers drove into our village early in the morning just as my husband and the other men were starting out in the fields. This is planting time for the corn and it has alrady been delayed too long because of the fighting going on all around us. We must plant if we are to survive in the coming year and so they were going out together But then the soldiers came I saw them talking to the men, then shouting and then suddenly, a big fight broke out.-One of the men , . Carmen's husband, was shot, he ran all doubled-up, holding , his, stomach. The soldiers shot again, many times, until he fell in the road right in front of my house. The other men were beaten by the soldiers and then pushed into the army truck. I couldn't see my husband, he must have been on the floor of the truck. All the women ran out into the street shouting and screaming, but the soldiers just laughed and jeered at them and then they drove away. I am sitting here in my house trying not to think about what the soldiers will do to my husband. Last year, some soldiers passing through our village grabbed my oldest daughter, took her out into the fields and raped her. She sits mourning all the time and there is nothing I can do to help her. • Our son is only 11 years old. I know he is planning to join his friend, Pietro, who ran away to join the guerrillas, although he is only 13. God help me! What can I do? They say that the government soldiers are going to win this war; that they will destroy everyone who stands up against them. They are not winning now because more and more men from the villages are joining with the guerrillas to fight for their land. They are fighting for justice and decency and that makes them strong. But people say that the Americans are going to help the government troops with better• 'guns and more jeeps, and airplanes. I cannot understand this.. Name withheld Ah, lessee . . . Harry Truman? Nah, too serious-looking. Norman Mailer? No, he wears contacts. Geofge Burns? Maybe. Uncle Charley from "My Three Sons?" Hmmm . . . but why would he have his picture painted? Ohhh-wah! We give up. Wait, we can't give up. The search for this mystery man, whose portrait was mysteriously deposited on the Old Main front steps Monday, must not cease. (See Wednesday's Daily Colle gian for details). University Police Services and employees of The Penn State Room are working around the clock to find out who this fellow is and who donated his portrait. If you know, call the University Police at 865-1864. OK, some more guesse . S: Fred HUB? Sam Beaver? Frank Rizzo? Orson Welles? Desi Arnez? Arnold Ziffle? Gary Powers? James J. Kilpa trick? Chuck Berry? Jay Gatsby? Bob Barker? Billy Carter? Tom Snyder? Tom Wolfe? Fred Flintstone? Caspar Weinberger? Spiro Agnew? Huey Long? Jimi Hendrix? Mark Twain? Julia Child? What's going on? When I was a little girl I went to school for a while and they taught us that Americans were the leaders of the world in freedom and democracy; that the people there cherish free dom above all things; that their country was founded on freedom. So why are they helping this wicked, oppressive government of ours, these soldiers killing, raping, torturing. I can only cry out in my agony help! Oh, help us! People of America. With acknowledgements to Michael Kinkoff. Meg Arteaga, graduate-psychology March 15 How big is that safety net? Is •this what higher education is all about? Is college a four-year vacation for students to free-load off the federal and state government?? Many people would say yes. They maintain that Presi dent Reagan is right waste and fraud are rampant in student aid programs and the branching student aid programs need trimmed. • On the other side of the coin, there are those who say that student aid programs can't absorb any more cuts without depriving thousands of worthy students of an education. Who's right and who's wrong? Or is there some•middle ground? Should student aid programs be spared the axe while other programs are asked to pull in their belts? Do most students abuse financial aid programs? Or are they merely trying to cope in the ever-escalating world of college tuition? On Tuesday, April 13, The Daily Collegian will devote its Op-Ed to financial aid. If you would like to submit a letter (one page, double-spaced) or a forum (two to three pages, double-spaced), please bring it to 126 Carnegie by Satur day, April 10 at 5 p.in: d 2 Collegian Friday April 2, 1982 Phil Gutis Editor Sharon Taylor Managing Editor John Allison Editorial Editor The Daily Collegian's editorial opinion is determined by its five-member Board of Opinion, with the editor holding final re sponsibility. Opinions expressed on this page are not necessarily those of Collegian Inc. or The Pennsylvania State University. Letters Policy: The Daily Collegian encour ages comments on news coverage, editorial policy and University affairs. Letters should be typewritten, double-spaced, signed by no more than two people and not longer than 30 lines. Students' letters should in clude 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 ad dress and phone number for verification of the letter. The Collegian reserves the right to edit letters for length, and to reject letters if they are libelous or do not conform to standards of good taste. Because of the numbers of letters received, the Collegian cannot guar antee publication of all the letters it receiv es. Mall letters to: The Daily Collegian; 126 Carnegie Building; University Park, Pa. 16802. Names may be withheld on request. Letters may also be selected for publication in The Weekly Collegian. Complaints: News and editorial complaints should be presented to the editor. Business and advertising complaints should be pre sented to the business manager. If the complaint is not satisfactorily resolved, grievances may be filed with the Accuracy and Fair Play Committee of Collegian Inc. Information on filing grievances is available from Gerry Lynn Hamilton, executive secre tary, Collegian Inc. The Daily Collegian Friday, April 2 Who is this guy? , 1982 Collegian Inc Paul Rudoy Business Manager Judy Smith Asst. Business Manager • Michael Conklin Office Manager E:3 opinions Real education at the quest for the As voiced by the following campus personalities, complaints are a University staple. Astonished freshman: "I thought my teachers would be 'real' professors, not graduate students!" Perplexed sophomore: "I can't decide on a major. Should I pick something I enjoy or something I can make money in?" Stalling junior: "I'm more than half way done, but some times I wonder why I'm doing this to myself." Worn senior: "I don't care anymore. I just want to graduate and get the 'bleep' out of this place!" Disgruntled teaching assistant: "This school is a diploma factory! Only a feiv of my students really care about learning." Divided Professor: "Teaching doesn't bring the recognition that research does." Harried Administrator: "We're running out of money. The university is going broke!" After all the complaints and worries, is education possible at Penn State? A little southeast, running perpendicular. to Pattee Library's main entrance, lies the central wing of the Burrowes Building. Spanning the main doorway, four columns, slightly swelled in the middle and tapering gracefully to the top, solemnly evoke ancieni. Greek splendor. Inscribed in the entablature, behind the top of the columns, are names of three eminent 19th-century Pennsylvanian educators. At the center, directly over the inscription EDUCATION, it reads JAMES P. WICKERSHAM. To the right, NATHAN C. SCHAEFFER. To the left, the building's namesake THOMAS H. BURROWES. la James P. Wickersham (1825-1893), principal of the Pennsyl vania State Normal School at Millersville, called education "a work among the most noble that human effort ever aspired to accomplish." As an art, he thought it consists of "selecting and Letters Policy: The Daily Collegian encourages comments on news cover age, editorial policy and University affairs. Letters should be typewritten, double-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 in clude the major and year of graduation of the writer. All writers should provide 1 i stt .. 4 " , ,'..i.t- --,:•;.! • . ;P . ~,,,•,:“:,. )6,_ ~~~~~ their address and phone number for verification of the letter. The Collegian reserves the right to edit letters for length, and to reject letters if they are libelous or do not conform to standards of good taste. Because of the numbers of letters received, the Collegian cannot guar antee publication of all the letters it receives. rep,, ~, ..„;,. 4 ' • :. . • . AO • Tonight Menagerie Saturday Stinger Sunday Tahoka Freeway Everyday Happy Hours 4-8:30 p.m. Fridays open 2:30 p.m. 5T5Gui) 101 Heister St. serving Pepsi-Cola Penn State: Holy Grail? applying the means used for imparting instruction and cul ture." And, he envisioned its ultimate end as the perfection of humanity. Nathan C. Schaeffer (1849-1919), Ph.D., Superintendent of Public Instruction for Pennsylvania, said that an educator "aims to get a response in the thinking of those he (sic) addresses. He tries to reach the intellect. It is his province . . to furnish such incentives as he can towards independent study and investigation." Thomas H. Burrowes (1805-1871), well-known school ar chitect, thought that "if the act of learning once became agreeable, and this feeling be kept up not only by proper instruction but by pleasing outward associations and influ ences, the habit of voluntary study will soon become fixed. Thus the love of knowledge may be impressed as a life long characteristic of the individual." • At every step, and no matter how defined, university educa tion is an active, cooperative process, demanding mutual responsibility. It is the student's responsibility to maintain a logically critical but reasonably open state of mind, while actively striving for knowledge. Among others, the instructor's duties are to elucidate. valuable ideas, direct students toward useful informatiOn and encourage independent investigation. The administrator is not only charged with maintaining the institution's economic viability but with providing an attrac tive, comfortable environment, conducive to learning. Educa tion, as an end, can fail if any one of its three major actors fails to fulfill requisite responsibilities. The relief behind the evergreen, to the right of the eastern most pillar of Pattee's facade, depicts a scholar, draped in the academic costume of medieval clerical tradition, studying a manuscript. Etched in the concrete, over the scholar's mortar board, it reads: THE-TRUE-UNIVERSITY-IS-A-COLLEC TION-OF-BOOKS. The True University is not merely a collection of books; rather, it is a collection of valuable, enlightening ideas. In the dissemination of these ideas, education requires an exchange between teacher and student, and between students them selves. Education is possible at Penn State, but is it happening? This is a question pertinent to each student, instructor and adminis trator at all levels, no matter what the title. Jim Havington is a graduate student in rural sociology and a columnist for The Daily Colegian. Complaints: News and editorial com plaints should be presented to the editor. Business and advertising com plaints should be presented to the business manager. 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A picture of such power, grace, sensitivity and human value that I have to rub my eyes to make sure I'm not dreaming." —Rex Reed, Syndicated Columnist FRI, SAT, SUN . 7P.M. 101 Chambers $1.50 Laura Leiner, 11th advertising: "I don't feel it would be right for me to vote because I don't know enough about the election. I don't want to vote ignorantly. "I think it would be bad if students voted for the way someone looks or if someone's friends were voting for them. "I guess I'm just another one of the uninformed population at Penn State." Joe Murphy, 6th quantitative business analysis: "I'm not sure (why I'll vote). I guess it's because there's a government and somebody's got to run it. • "I think it's (USG) good, maybe a little disorganized I think it needs a good, strong leader. Someone who's a little more emphatic than Bill Cluck." Kevin Reddy, 9th-speech communications: "I thought that I should vote for student government and since I should, I want to. "It's port of depressing to read that only 24 percent of the students voted in the last election. "(As for the USG) I'd rather have it than not. It just needs more involved coverage (by the Collegian) to relate its decisions to how they will affect the student body." Comp. Lit. The Daily Collegian Friday, April 2, 1982 Leah Kruditzer, 9th communication disorders: "I didn't vote today because I didn't have a chance yet. I'm sure I'll vote but I had a first period test this morning and I turned 21 yesterday. "I don't have anything too good to say about the USG, so I don't think I'll say much. But I guess representation that's not good is better than no representation at all." Chip Parsons, 6th-business administration: "I voted because I think Bill Cluck did a good job, and I think the candidate I voted for will continue that. He's made USG visible. I would say that he has brought identity; and built a foundation." Mark Mich!, 6th-business: "I haven't voted yet because I'm not that informed. I do know one candidate but not much about the other candidates. • "Is there some girl running? I haven't seen many pictures , of her (in the Collegian). I think USG should emphasize students' rights more than services. The student government should make the University more aware of how students feel."
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