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ironies. 6171 the same day that orga
nizers , tri the Sy Barash Regatta
were raking 1 .11.522,000 for the Ameri
cgn Cancer Society, the University
Concer;. Ctmmittee was losing more
than srAtrot; on its Graham Parker-
RomarticaDaddy Licks show.
UCC klhet4L , it was in trouble long
before nuathay's fateful event. Tick
et sales had been pratically nonexis
tent from the start.. In desperation,
the cozcc rt committee started all
sorts olf promotional gimmicks such
as give-aways and raffles. Nothing
worked, and when the lights went
'„ down in Rec Hall, only 1,200 people
. were there to cheer.
It would be easy to place the
; blame for the flop on a conservative
student body that only wants to see
• popular bands with lots of Top 40
„ hits:. But students can't be expected
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Different strokes
(Scene: Two average Penn Students
are standing on the campus Mall.
They are, talking about the weather,
their majors and hometowns.)
Average Penn State Student #1:
Some kind of weather, huh? I think
I'm going to be a finance major and
I'm from outside of Pittsburgh.
APSS #2: Yeah really, me too.
(Pause)
APSS #1: Y'know, I guess I like Penn
State, but it's kind of dull, y'know.
There's so many people and they all
seem the. same. That's the trouble
with Penn State too many dull
people.
APSS #2 Yeah, I know what you
mean. For sure.
- (A woman comes crawling up the
Mall. She has her head shaved in a
Mohawk. She is barking and growl
: ing like a dog. She crawls up the
:steps of Pattee and recites French
poetry. She is a contender in the
contest for North Hall's "Emperor
of the North.")
The law must protect future of local water supply
By JOHN HOLT
•
7th•biology
This is the fourth and final part of a
series examining the chemical pollut
ion of Spring -Creek and Thornton
Spring.
Because water is one of our 'most
needed resources, it is important that
existing laws that protect the integrity
of the water be strictly enforced. The
groundwater in the State College area
is vital to the area's social and econom
ic development.
However, future development is now
threatened by chemical and pesticide
pollution caused by the Ruetgers-Nease
Chemical Co. Inc.'s apparently irre
sponsible disposal of these substances
« on their plant property. But not only has
Nease acted irresponsibly, so has the
Pennsylvania Department of Environ
mental Resources. In the final analysis,
DER may be as much to blame as
Nease.
forum
DER interprets both the federal clean
streams laws and the state clean
streams laws, using all available perti
nent data to establish regulations pro
tecting fresh water supplies from
'.: pollution. Also, DER is charged with
- enforcing these regulations quickly and
surely.
It took DER nine years, from 1972
- until 1981, to bring Nease into litigation
abOut polluting Spring Creek and the
groundwater beneath the Nease plant.
- This seems to indicate that something
is wrong with the present procedures
used to enforce the clean streams laws
in Pennsylvania.
• The pollution problem involves two
pesticide . chemicals produced by
Nease
Kepone was produced in 1958, 1959
and 1963. Mirex was produced in 1974
and 1975. Both of these chemicals are in
the Spring Creek water. Along with
these carcinogenic materials, many
volatile organic chemicals contaminate
the water. Recent water tests, done by
to spend $8 for a concert when they
don't like the performers or the style
of music.
No, the final blame for the failure
of Sunday's concert has to rest on
the shoulders of UCC Policy Board.
By now the board should know the
tastes of University students and
should be able to cater to them. Yes,
the board should try to expand musi
cal tastes, but within reason. When
losses incurred from experimental
concerts threaten future concerts,
the worth of progressive acts must
be questioned.
Penn State students aren't com
pletely closed to progressive music
witness the Pretenders concert.
But in the case of the Parker-Romat
ics-Daddy Licks show, the UCC Poli
cy Board expected a little too much
from the University community. By
now it should know better.
APSS #1: God, look at her. Y'know,
that's the trouble is with Penn State .
too many weirdos.
APSS #2: Yeah, I know.
(The two average students walk
down the mall, on their way to 'see
the female impersonators at Mr.
C's.)
Work hard, play hard
It's official. Spring and its frus
trating yet glorious lethargy
has set in. The Wall and Old Main
lawn beckon; birds and bands sing
in celebration after celebration; the
Falkland Islands are a million miles
away; beer flows, the party grows
but classes remain.
Ouch. Rats. Grrr. Those rotten
classes, keeping us wonderful stu
dents from having a whale of a time.
College would be great without them
But please don't tell that to your
legislator they' think our educa
tions are important to us.
Ruetgers•Nease Chemical Co. Is involved in a debate with the Department of Environmental Resources about the clean-up of local groundwater pollution.
the DER labs, on Spring Creek water
showed contamination by toxic volatile
organic chemicals. These tests were
done in June 1981, at Thornton Spring.
Previous DER testing indicated a
direct link between the Nease property
and Thornton Spring water seeping
into the ground at the Nease plant
comes up in Thornton Spring, which'
then feeds into Spring Creek. There
fore, disposal of any chemicals on the
Nease property may directly pollute
the groundwater beneath it, eventually
coming out in Spring Creek.
In 1972, the chemicals now leaching
into the ground water under the Nease
property were subjected to a process
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reader opinion
Tunnel vision
When I was in high school it meant a lot to me
that I was considered, a member of the
"in"crowd. I used the "security" of this label to
judge oth6r students rather hastily as well as
harshly.
I didn't realize how superficial the high school
social scene was until I participated in a Co-Op
work program in my senior year of high school. I
worked during most of the regular school hours
and only attended school I a few hours in the
afternoon.
After school I worked at night. I didn't have
time to play sports nor the "games" the popular
were required to play during and after school.
When I looked at school for the first time as an
"outsider," I was really shocked at how closed
minded the popular cliches really were.
I graduated from high school and proceeded to
spend a little over four years in the service. When
I arrived at Penn State, I was really surprised to
find that there were still numerous groups that
seemed to flourish with " high school mentali
ties."
College, by my definition is a place to learn and
through learning (in class and out of class),
shrug-off old facades. Obviously, not everyone is
growing up.
With casual observation, I have found that
formal social groups contribute little to the press
of maturation. Camaraderie is great, but there
agreed on by both Nease and the DER
called Chemfix, which "fixed" the
chemicals in an insoluble solid. At the
time, the process was less than two
years old and had not been proved
totally effective.
It did not work, so now nine years
later the chemicals are again pollut
ing the groundwater and Spring Creek.
Litigation procedures are now in pro
gress between the DER and Ruetgers-
Nease to settle who should be responsi
ble for cleaning up the pollution caused
by the Chemfix chemicals. Because of
this, changes should be made in the
current archaic, clumsy and slow way
pollution is handled in Pennsylvania.
First of all, any company creating a
pollution problem is ultimately respon
sible ,for abating the problem, even if
the DER decides on the procedure used
to handle the pollutants.
Specifically, this means that, in cases
like Nease's, if the chemical wastes
cause pollution at any time then
the company that produced those wast
es should be fined and forced to clean
up the pollution, restoring the 'polluted
area to its natural state. Such a require
ment will not only eliminate the need
for litigation, it will also ensure more
responsible use and disposal of toxins
and pollutants.
A second change, especially in the
are limits to its worth
If a person uses one specific group of friends as
the sole reference group for his or her opinions,
eventually "tunnel vision" may be the end prod
uct. Another hazard of exclusive social social
groups is that sometimes so much energy is spent
on distinguishing one's own group from another
that tangable productiveness of the group is
minimal.
Don't let yourself feel too high and mighty. The
criterion for picking friends should't be based on
who the person knows or to what organization he
or she belongs. If you're guilty of such practices
wake up high school is over.
Kirby Smith
2nd-division of undergraduate studies
April 29
Tasteless editorial?
We want the readers to be aware that had the
editor's research (for an editorial topic in the
April 23 issue of The Daily Collegian) been more
extensive than the dictionary, it would have been
discovered that the cookies called mulattoes are a
known and established recipe and name.
Kiss My Cookies did not have any intentions of
offending anybody and wishes to establish a
contest to rename the cookie in question.
Anyone wishing to enter the contest may send
laws governing the production of chem
icals, would be to force a chemical
company to produce a neuteralizing
agent for every chemical produced,
registered and used commercially.
This also would include those interme
diate chemicals (when these chemicals
are mixed, they produce a product) and
solvents used in the production of a
product.
Of course, this step would eliminate
most of the problems with lingering
pollution from chemicals such as the
Kepone and Mirex found in the Spring
Creek water. If researched properly,
before production begins, many chemi
cals may be found to be recyclable and
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The Daily Collegian
Friday, April 30
his or her suggestions to;
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231 E. Beaver Avenue
State College, Pa. 16801
The winner will be decided May 15 and will
receive two dozen cookies as a prize.
Neal Bleacher, part-owner
Kiss My Cookies
April 28
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thus the process could eventually save
a company money. The philosophy now
especially with the solvents is to
throw the solvents out and get new.
The third, and perhaps most impor
tant, change must occur within the
DER organization. Increased manpow
er is needed to assure that a sufficient
number of personnel are available to
investigate problems in depth
statewide.
The present system is so overbur
dened that the DER personnel claim
that they know of pollution such as
mine acid drainage that they haven't
even begun to investigate.
Along with increased manpower, the
DER should have enough judicial pow
er to expedite cases brought to liti
gation. Right now, the Environmental
Hearing Board hearing the Nease vs.
DER case is the lekal judicial body. The
board is made up of three appointed
members. Until October 1981 three
months after the DER brought charges
against Nease chairman Dennis
Harnish was the only board member.
In October, Anthony Mazullo Jr. was
appointed. The third member, Edward
Gerjouy, was not appointed until De
cember. The reluctance to fill these
vacancies indicates the level of com
mitment the state has toward pollution
control.
We need stronger enforcement of the
Clean Streams Laws that will protect
our environment for the future. A regu
lar jury court system should be used to
hear the most severe pollution cases.
But the other blatant polluters should
be fined outright and immediately
made to clean up the pollution they
cause.
For these cases, the DER should be
given authority as policeman, judge
and jury. There is no need to waste tax
money to prosecute through the court
those polluters who are caught in the
act.
These few suggestions are a way to a
cleaner, brighter future for us all. The
residents of State College and surround
ing areas should push for more strin
gent laws and strict enforcement of
those laws. It's a must if we want to
develop a future for ourselves and for
our children.
Paul Rudoy
Office Manager
;t reader opinion
No quick fix
Like a junkie who needs a quick fix to make his life bearable,
the University bureacracy has come up with the same kind of
easy answer to the problem of bicycles on campus. Instead of a
needle, they use a ticket for their quick fix.
The Daily Collegian editorial page has been filled with
complaints about the ticketing (often without warning) for
riding on sidewalks, improperly parking and not registering
bicycles. The whole problem is that there are insufficient
resources (i.e. bike paths, bike racks and registration points) to
handle the current volume of bicycle traffic.
But you see, in a bureacracy, the fine art of communication is
overlooked. The gentleman who writes the tickets answers to a
different senior vice president than the gentleman who plans
and controls bicycle facilities, and the dean of students answers
to a third. So I suggest a meeting of the minds on solving this
problem, not a quick fix.
Director of University Safety David Stormer, Assistant Vice
President of the Physical Plant Henry Yeagley, Senior Vice
President for Finance and Operations Robert A. Patterson,
Vice President of Student Affairs Raymond Murphy and
Undergraduate Student Government Leni Barch should sit
down and solve this problem with a well-thought out plan.
Or do we as students have to put up with the mindless
functioning of a quick-fix bureacracy on such as easy problem?
David Dixon, 13th-economics
April 26
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On nuclear arms
I am writing this letter in response to the allegations of
"misinformation" a work that Rustum Roy knows a lot about
that Mr. Roy claims I have been fed with.
No, Mr. Roy, I did not use "viciously inappropriate cliches,"
.but quoted once from Nathan Podhoretz-Commentary Mag
azine editor. If you take the time to re-read my article you will
notice that the quote is not used to compare the military
armaments of the countries England, France and Germany,
but to learn from history that we cannot ignore the build-up in
arms of a country that has proclaimed world domination as a
necessary part of its doctrine.
Many of the world's best historians have examined the efforts
of mankind to establish peace through disarmament. They
have conducted studies going back 1800 years of man's history.
Their conclusions reveal that: arms races are not the cause
of war; wars are caused when one nation covets what is in the
possission of another nation and then proceeds to take it by
force. The trigger mechanism in history is when one nation
fails to take steps to deter another nation from aggression.
In every recorded case, where negotiation was tried to
reduce arms, it was found that arms races were accelerated.
Now, Mr. Roy, perhaps we can question why the Soviets have
accelerated their arms build-up. Is it really because they feel so
weak in their defense position or is it because they are planning
to realize their docrine of global domination?
If the Soviet Union is "scared to the point of paranoia of an
attack from the West or China," why , have the Soviets never felt
the need to place their missiles on red-alert to counter any first
strike from the West or China?
If the Soviets had no , intentions in gaining superiority in
Nuclear Armaments, why have they been trying deliberately to
stop the West from verifying the power of their missiles even
during SALT I negotiations when it was agreed that all missile
tests should be verifiable (the Soviets increased the ballast in
their missiles to give the illusion of less power so that the
missiles could be classified as "tactical")?
Why have the Soviet missiles launchers been equipped with
reusable facilities if not for at least a first and second strike.
Why did the Soviet Union make the SSI6 Mobile Missile
contrary to the terms of the SALT I treaty? .
Open your eyes and ears and try to find the truth, Mr. Roy.
T.A. Dickens
Continuing education-speech communication
April 29
The curb-side crawl
True enough, bicycles on sidewalks tend to be a nuisance and
at times, dangerous. I have screamed in terror more than once
when facing a runaway bicyclist.
But, I am more than a trifle peeved at police, lawmakers and
some average Joe Americans proclaiming in loud voices how a
bicycle should be on the road, adhering to the state's motor
vehicle code. Please note the word "motor" in the previous
line.
My bike doesn't have a motor. and it runs neither on batteries
nor on a wind-up rubber band. On the other hand, the other
creatures of the road (i.e. cars, trucks and monster Winneba
gos) do have motors and hence putt-putt around on the road at
two to three times faster than my humble little bike.
This means that these motored vehicles usually want to pass,
making it necessary for me to ride along the edge of the road
where bike-eating sewer grates live.
And how about those potholes, eh? Amazing how a biker can
learn to fly when he meets up with one of those little fellows. Go
around them, you say? Sure, I'll just pull out in front of Mr.
Mack Truck so as to avoid this little pothole.
Yes, bikers are to follow the rules of the road, and in turn,
they are to be treated with the same courtesy that a motorist
extends to another motorist.
I don't mind, though. One of my biggest single thrills in life is
to be run off the road so that I can greet a roadside ditch face to
face and to have my brand new bike turned into a finely tuned,
metallic blue pretzel. And my body is in ectasy every time a car
passes me and flicks little (and large) pieces of road gravel at
my tender, easily bruised body.
It is interesting to note that these days, the police are
proclaiming how they will clamp down on wrongdoing bikers,
but I have yet to see the motorists who mistreat bikers get so
much as a slap on the wrist.
I have become thoroughly convinced of one thing the police
and lawmakers don't quite know what a bicycle is.
Therefore, I am willing to lend my bike to them so that they
may see what one looks like, perhaps even take it out for a ride
"out on the street." I think it would be interesting to note how
the graying -of-the-hairs process would be speeded up on these
individuals.
No, I am not saying that bikers should be allowed on
sidewalks, but I would like to tell those people who are so
haughty and self-righteous and very quick to tell bikers that
they belong on the streets that they have their heads inside
their shorts.
Actually, bikers don't "belong" anywhere. We have no place
where we "should" be. Bikers are stuck in the limbo between
the sidewalk and the road, forced to do the curb-side crawl,
dodging sewer grates and cars.
Craig Bickerstaff, 9th-computer science
April 29
HORSE
Off the sidewalks
In response to Diane Bader's letter to the editor that ap
peared in the April 26 issue of The Daily Collegian, •I say "
Hurrah for the police!" And to you Diane, I point out that in
Pennsylvania, it is against the law to ride your bike on the
sidewalk.
As a legitimate biker (one who rides on the road) and as a
pedestrian, I'm glad to see that the police are doing something
about the problem of cyclists on the sidewalks. I do not enjoy
taking•my life into my hands as I walk to class having to dodge
speeding bikers who do not know what sidewalks are for.
LIRE
BLUEPRINT FOl74 1 SURVIVAL IN A. NUCLEAR WAR
The Daily Collegian Friday, April 30, 1982-1
Yes, sidewalks really are for walking, and if you do not
believe this, try reading your Penn State Student Handbook
under "Bicycle Regulations." You will find out that bicycles
may be ridden only where automobiles are allowed. Riders
must walk their bicycles at all other places "specifically, . .
paths, walkways, malls, or any other pedestrian-used ways."
By the way, as for driving your car on the sidewalk, Diane, I
might expect you to actually do such a thing. And may I assume
that you would prefer that pedestrians walk in the street?
Carol McAfee!, 13th-forest science
April 29
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