opinions The year when the University community seemed to sprint for ward, only to fall backward. The year when it experienced both the greatest change and the greatest standstill. From selecting a new academic calendar to winning the national championship, 1982 was a year of contrasts, contradictions and com plications that touched nearly ev ery facet of the University community. A new president When University President John W. Oswald announced his plans to retire by July 1983, the search for a new president began. After - the University Search and Screen Committee scrutinized 301 candi dates for the position, the Universi ty Board of Trustees selected Bryce Jordan Treader opinion t. , For the dawgs I read in disbelief the column by one of The. Daily iCollegian's sports writers in Friday's issue. I'll keep the 'writer's name confidential for two reasons: 1) it took guts to write such a column on the campus of the national I, champions, and 2) those who read the column know who 0 I'm talking about. The column, entitled "Eastern football can't match up," was a disgrace to sports journalism. Talk about sketchy facts! • To begin with, if Georgia's light schedule was so obvious to the writer, I wonder if be knew that Georgia played 10 of its 12 games against Southern opponents. In other words, he contradicted the major point of his column. Then came the real joke: ". . Penn State's theory of play-the-best-to-be-the-best ultimately proved the cream does rise to the top." No fewer than eight of Penn State's opponents were from the East. In other words, Penn State played two-thirds of its schedule against Eastern teams to become the best. Another contradiction. Granted, Penn State's four non-East opponents were Alabama, Georgia, Nebraska and Notre Dame, but what section of the country do those four teams dominate? The cotton fields? The corn fields? My question is: what doesn't Eastern football match up to? The East had as many teams (five) in the Top 20 as any other section in the country (that is, if you consider Ohio State University Mideast, you certainly must consid er Southern Methodist University Southwest, the Universi ty of Nebraska Midwest, etc.). The South also had five Top 20 teams, but who had the national champs? I guess you could call it the Civil War relived. A weak year for college football? Get serious. New recruiting rules and, in turn, recent recruiting violations have made parity inevitable. Balance of power is much harder to overcome than one or two teams. Therefore, • What ' s happened t® students sihce the „ . , 60s? A candidate for Centre County District Why have we, as Penn State students, student aid programs are small compared was especially active was that of former and Revolution? To the '6os . generation's Attorney, while discussing the importance been unable, or perhaps unwilling, to flex to the originally proposed cuts. U.S. Rep. Peter Peyser, D-New York. Peys- credit, they were perceived by the existing of the student vote to his campaign, said, "If our political muscle? In Happy Valley our task is done; we con er was the congressman who donated his power elite as demanding, dangerous re- I had the choice of addressing an audience Perhaps our sheltered environment, a ourselves into believing that we got all that • office last spring to serve as the National formers - promoting radical ideas. But at of 300 Penn State students or three old ladies Happy Valley, has prevented us from seeing we wanted, forgetting that it's an election Student Action Day headquarters. Peyser, a least that generation formulated ideas and in Snow Shoe, I'd go to Snow Shoe." Penn problems in the real world. Removed from year. For most of us thoughts turn to foot- congressional . champion for protecting the advanced reforms. State students have earned a reputation for poverty and blind to injustice, we are quick ball. Rah. Rah. . student loan programs, was one of the few Aristotle once wrote "They (the young) not participating in politics, even minimal- to suppress any sense of moral outrage. Meanwhile on the national level, students Democrats who lost. have exalted notions, because they have not ly. Most choose not to vote. Happy Valley is just a nifty li'l place to tried to keep the momentum from last - Still affected by the aftermath of the • yet been humbled by life or learned its In last November's election the highest live for four years and forget about the ills of year's protests of the student aid cuts by skeptical '7os, students are basically politi- necessary limitations; moreever their hope voter turnout in the four student precincts society. We conveniently get lost in our establishing a number of new student politi- tally impotent in the 'Bos. A few of us show ful dis Position makes them think them was an embarrassing 22 percent (the low sports, our parties and our books. Every- cal action committees. up when our senator conveniently visits selves equal to great things and that was 15 percent). This was despite the Un- thing seems super until we are threatened ~ State College in his re-election year. In an means having exalted notions. They would dergraduate Student Government's official- with something truly devastating like , •• • • ',„; •••• - . ..--. , , obvious attempt to distance himself from alWays rather do noble deeds than useful ly bribing students by offering a chance at a losing our loans. . , . ? ..f-- !:. . I (0 .. , administration policies, the senator gives us ones: Their lives are regulated more by free trip to Florida for a student who could Then we get real mad. We write letters to ,".. , • '. • ..'... • vague, non-committal answers to our ques- moral feeling than reasoning all their prove he voted. our congressmen (many of us will have to -." ::•':;" ~, ; , ,-,- .94, tions concerning his commitment to student mistakes are in the direction of doing things - • : , • • • aid programs. He pays us lip service and Some believe that this student political first find out who our congressman is). 0 . .. -: .‘ 1! - . • . excessively and vehemently." apathy is largely a result of our bad econom- Delegations of students are sent to Harris- • 1,..,t 04 ',.. ..'•:: .. ~ . , . . we, sheeplike, help to send him back to is times. That students are more committed burg and Washington to single out key -r t ,.::-•77( . . , Washington. Considering their potential for influencing " ' 1 ..;:l .'' to securing job opportunities than to social education committee members for the hard ' ..:.- , ..; - 4,: , ...• . What has happened to college students political change, the Penn State students of causes. Others think it is simply an excuse sell. ~ , ,„•,•7.;•,V• .' •, • • since the '6os? the 'Bos would do well to heed the warning wisdom of Aristotle.. As educated young given by incompetent student leaders who Higher education's importance to our . lack the charisma to motivate the student economy and military strength is stressed \ . Then, through questioning the status quo, people, we should constantly reappraise the college campus became the conscience rather than ignore our obligations to socie body. (how noble). We employ sophisticated lob- • The most active the National Student of the nation. A nation which at times was ty. Still others claim that without an issue bying tecniques. Our parents and University Political Action Committee (NSPAC) forced tolisten 'to students. But they listened like Vietnam in the '6os students will not administrators are encourged to join in our • endorsed candidates, provided campaigns • nonetheless. consider getting involved. Some are too valiant struggle. with workers and printed and distributed its. John Lord is a 12th-term political science cynical, or too uninformed, to participate. Enjoying a moderate success, we pat own literature on behalf of the candidates. What has happened since those days when major and a columnist for The Daily Colle- Most simply just don't care. ourselves on the back. The final cuts to One campaign in which the committee the three R's referred to Relevance, Reason gian. His column appears on Tuesdays. A year of contrasts and contradictions Bryce Jordan, executive vice chan cellor for academic affairs of the University of Texas, to be the 14th president of Penn State. The selection was a secretive one, mired in discontent and dissat isfaction. Even though those involved in the process stressed the need for confidentiality, students and fac ulty stressed their rights to know the names of at least the final candidates, and to have an opportu nity to meet them. Although the selection process was not greeted favorably, Jordan was. University administrators, trust ees, faculty and students lauded Jordan, citing his managerial ca pabilities. On the whole, the com munity seemed confident that he could handle the challenges of a university in transition. Calendar conversion Usually, debate occurs before a major decision is made, but once the decision is made the controver. , sy is supposed to die down. But the controversy about Os wald's decision intensified even after the Univerity was prepared to face a semester calendar. The Fac ulty .Committee for Semester Re view raised its objeCtione several months after the decision was final. The committee issued a report warning that the change would increase pressure on students, re- college football overall is stronger than ever. Furthermore, if SMU "wasn't ready to handle the pressures of being a bonafide Division 1-A power" after its second-rate decision against Arkansas, how did the team beat Pitt? If there wasn't pressure on them then, what does the writer consider pressure? Maybe he meant to say SMU wasn't ready to be No.l, but the Mustangs were certainly a bonafide Division 1-A power all season. Finally, the column to me was nothing more than a major false accusation. Arguing facts with frustration is for the dawgs. Roar Lions, roar! Frank Crulli, 7th-journalism Jan. 10 Slush fund Fair people now control the entire unrestricted fund (over $10,000) of the Undergraduate Student Government, and the USG President and USG Senate, the students' only "representative bodies" are powerless to stop misuse or abuse of the "students' " money or of USG's name. Because an order was defeated at Monday night's USG Senate meeting, USG's name can now be placed on any project, trip or service with the approval of just four members of USG's Board of Directors (most of whom were elected, but not directly elected to serve as this new "all-powerful" body.) Whatever happened to the good old system of checks and balances that protects us all against corruption and stupidity? Well, Monday night the USG Senate said "to hell with it" and voted down an order, 8-13, that would enable them (the students' directly elected representa tives) to check the board by requiring the proposed projects of more than $5OO be presented to the senate for approval. duce course offerings, allow less student-professor contact and per mit less time for research and study. • However, Oswald said his deci sion was preceded by a seven month period during which he so licited input from the University community. The faculty committee was too late. Financial aid Threatened by the Reagan ad ministration's plans to drastically cut student aid, the University community joined higher educa tion's battle to stop the deprivation of America's future. And it won several substantial victories. Student government organized SOFAR week (Students Opposed to Financial Aid Reductions Week) and by petitioning, phoning and pressuring representatives to sup port higher education students con vinced them to oppose the proposed cuts. On another front, the Penn State Veterans Organization helped gar ner $l4O million for the previously cut Pell Grant program. These efforts resulted in less slicing at higher education's pie. Minorities Although the University Admis sions Office made an effort to in crease minority enrollment, the proportion of black students re mained at a paltry 2.4 percent. Why would the honorable senate do something as stupid and as undemocratic as this? Because some senators didn't want to "inhibit" the creativeness of the board. Others felt that just in case "urgent" or "miracle " projects came up during the week, near finals or during breaks, and that project had to be acted on immediately then USG might not reap in those great profits (or possible major losses.) My'answer to . these concerns are that the proposed check in no way should "inhibit" the board's creative thinking but, it will (and I think should) force the board to more carefully plan and study their proposed project (for now they have to "sell" the project to someone.) I also don't feel that the "urgent" or "miracle" projects come up that often (only three new business ventures have been entered into within the last three years) and if one does, a special senate meeting can always be called by the USG president. This would be more of an inconvenience for those senators, but I feel that the tradeoff of maybe preventing USG from losing great sums of money or from engaging in unethical practices as a result of a "stupid" porposal, would be worth the inconvenience. The only other rationale given by the order's opposing senators was that "It would take up too much time to listen to the proposals." To these senators, I say resign and let those who are willing to put in the time protect the students, whom we represent, from fraud resulting from unethical use of the USG name. Oh, by the way, the order mentioned above will probably be resubmitted (I've been in USG for too long to allow it to remain this vulnerable without a fight). If you happen to see or talk to a USG senator (I 'urge you to dO so, your senators' phone numbers can be obtained by calling the USG office, 863-0295), please express your feelings to the senator about not having any control over, the student government that you elected him or her to maintain. Without control over their own student government, how And there was dancin' in the 'streets when the Nittany Lions 'rolled over the Georgia Bulldogs. In an effort to bolster minority enrollment, the admissions office sponsored . a phone-a-thon last spring to give prospective minority students a chance to ask questions of enrolled minority students. On the whole, the entire Universi ty community did more to ignore rather than actively support mi nority recruitment and retention. 11 th line option For students preferring to'live in the dorms, a weekend adventure in the wild will become one of two ways to obtain precious dorm space. After the Association of Resi dence Hall Students recommended the first-come/first-served, Oswald endorsed the combination of 11th line lottery and the existing sys tem. The Daily Collegian Wednesday, Jan. 12 Student government After the sound and the fury of the Cluck-Reeves administration, the Undergraduate Student Gov ernment has had a remarkably quiet year. While it has provided several student services, it has not spoken out loudly on two important issues the calendar change and the presidential selection. USG President Leni Barch and Vice President Lee Facetti failed to provide strong leadership on the financial aid issue, giving up the well-orchestrated fight of their pre decessors. Sports . The Nittany Lions captured their first ever national championship after one of the toughest seasons on record. Need we say more? can students realistically expect to have any influence on state, local and university administrative issues. If your own student goverment won't listen to you, why should University President John W. Oswald? Again, call your USG senators and tell them you support order number one. Darnell Daisey, East HI USG Senator Jan. 11 • d t a l l; Collegian Wednesday, Jan. 12,1983 Phil Gutis Editor The Daily Collegian's editorial opinion is determined by its Board of Opinion, with the editor holding final responsibility. Opinions expressed on the editorial pages are not necessarily those of The Daily Collegian, Collegian Inc. or The Pennsylvania State University. Collegian Inc., publishers of The Daily Collegian and related publications, is a separate corporate institution from Penn State. Complaints: News and editorial complaints should be presented to the editor. Busines6 and advertising com plaints should be presented 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 secretary, Collegian Inc. Paul Chiland C)1983 Collegian Inc Paul Rudoy Business Manager reader opinion Savory, opportunities Jellie Bellies. Not the regular jelly beans you can buy at Weis Markets, but the gourmet kind. Penn State is a jar full of these rainbow flavored candies, from the savored and deli cious mocha to the (putrid) pink grapefruit. In the Jellie Bellie code of ethics, it is written that "Thou shall not eat a lone Jellie Bellie." But even if it weren't stated as such, one wouldn't have to twist my arm to make me eat more of these bon-bons. It's a lot like Penn State. 'Ole State has so many opportunities that you try to devour them one right after anoth er, you just don't want to stop. First of all, there are so many classes to take and all you need is a No. 2 pencil to fill out that pre-registration form. Joining an activity or two or becoming a member of a club (or two or three) lets you have fun while learning, too. And how 'bout them students? Meeting new people, seeing old familiar faces and getting FT. LAUDERDALE. Spring Break Special: February 25 - March 6. $230 per person includes deluxe motorcoach transportation from State College, 7 nights in BEACHFRONT hotel, quad 'occupancy. HURRY going FAST. Absolute deadlines for deposits is. Jan. 21 WEST COAST. New LOW fares. $l9B round trip. Children under 17 can fly FREE. REASONABLY PRICED PACKAGES TO HAWAII, THE CARIBBEAN, MEXICO , A CREATIVE TRAVEL AGENCY CAN SAVE YOU TRAVEL DOLLARS. No charge for services. 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Life at University Park is full of such awful dilemmas! But all I can say is when you come across those disgusting lemon ones, it's kind of like thinking about pre-registering for first period basketball in Rec Hall and second period English in Wagner during Winter Term; it just isn't done. How does this all end? Will I ever get sick of eating my jar of Jellie Bellies? Hmmm, that turquoise one looks good . . . , Robyn Wild, sth-business administration Jan. 9 COLDT Try Pedro's delicious new.'.. . Chicken Noodle Corn Soup mug o'soup only PEIERO P IS ~„, 8 1 4.1. . 72 rner St. 2.4" - . Open is '' "472:Isharsii 1 Z472':IM'vl 1 ...... ~ 4 Sunday 11AM-12PM Never called We at WQWK-Rock would like to correct some departures from fact in the Jan. 7 Daily Collegian column by Joe Englert headlined, "Airwaves Flooded with Schlock and Roll." "Whatever happened to those three-minute can't get the melody out of my head songs?" Englert asks. They're still around, Joe. For example, a Holland-Dozier-Holland '6os soul /funk tune (which you are so fond of), "You Can't Hurry Love," redone by Phil Collins. Or, Joan Jett's summer anthem of 1982, "I Love Rock 'n' Roll." Even the Go-Gos had the "Beat," and so did you. You then say "The Doors have always been a favorite of mine . . . but I don't feel the need to listen to them in the 'Bos." We've found that our listeners still like The Doors, along with the Stones, the Who, the Beatles, etc. We play the music this area wants to hear, which is determined through local and national re search, requests and by listening to and talking with the people in the area. ...„::.:-_,,,......,..-...„.,._:. -:.,..,:::....,:....i•....•.: ......::i:..k...„-:.„.„ .i.:„.„:.„...,„.,..„...•.:_:: SOMEONE-7S Aft,..nrinir Pti 412110 IM . . . and the best way to do that is with a professionally typeset/printed résumé from Collegian Production. With our wide variety of styles you can be sure of presenting your vital statistics in the most attractive way possible. A prospective employer can New music? You want to hear it and we play it. But heaven forbid if the the Stray - Cats, the Clash, the Fixx, Men at Work, or any of the new rockers should assault the air waves. And how about your contention that Pat Benatar is our idea of a punker. Where'd that one come from? We never said it. Did you ever think to ask us what our opinion of a punker is? You certainly never called. WQWK has never made any pretentions of being anything but what it is. Album-oriented POPular rock. Had you bothered to call us, we would have happily explained our pro gramming and musical philosophies. Heck, we would even have given you a tour of the station. But you never called. Why? Joe, it might be fun to pick at the rash inconsistencies made throughout your col umn, but we'll save that for later. Let's get \together in 10 years at Mr. C's. 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