opinions
edi.toricil opinion
Fight for a proper farewell
It will take about 10 minutes of
your time.
And in exchange for those 10
minutes, you and your friends
could get a Fall Semester com
mencement ceremony after all.
All the Undergraduate Student
Governinent's Academic Assembly
wants you to do is to contact four
University administrators to let
them know that, like the thousands
of Penn State graduates before
you, you deserve a commencement
ceremony.
According to projections by the
University registrar's office of di
plomas and commencement, there
are almost 2,000 of you prospective
_Fall Semester graduates out there.
If each of you writes or calls the
four administrators, no one could
deny that the desire for a Fall
Semester graduation exists at
least for 1983, the major transitio
nal year.
And if you encourage your paren
ts to write letters and make tele
phone calls, things could really
start happening here
Academic Assembly, USG and
Don't take the tulips
Please don't pick the daisies. Or
any of the more than 6,000 flowers
planted this spring by the Universi
ty landscape crew.
Last • year, the University spent
about 14,000 and 451 hours planting
flower that set the campus awash
in color color and beauty for
everyone to enjoy. Yet a few people
try to take the beauty home with
,fr them every spring.
Flower-picking is not a big prob
lem at the University. It shouldn't
be a problem at all.
When a few individuals steal just
a spray of flowers for personal
; decoration or for resale at a profit
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• It was one week before Thanksgiv- of these events kept my eyes wide I was quick to notice that other vice president for Housing and Food Nittany also has many social ac- theurfers must share a single room
ing and I Was sitting in Ms. Miller's open, the thing that stood out most in students had a pretty bad perception Services, said the first apartments tivities. Coordinators feel that the witl l rother student
third grade class just dying to get my mind was spending the weekend of the Nittanies, too. Last week I told should be ready by Fall 1984. Rent living conditions allow for Universi- T program is one of the best in
out for the weekend. in a Nittany dorm. a student that I lived in Nittany and • for each apartment will be about ty policies to be less restrictive. the ?untry and turfers come here
The reason I was so anxious to Ironically, I now live in the same she asked me if there were giant $5OO plus utilities. The apartments There are usually parties and happy fro 11 over the United States. Most
: leave was that I was going to spend dorm that my brother lived in, only cockroaches there. will contain up to 60 percent grad- hours in the dorm areas that are of th have been out of school for a
• the weekend at Penn State in State four doors away. When I arrived last . I . proposed changing the name of uate students. attended mainly by fellow Nittany few ars before they return. The
College. My brother Fred was an year to start my junior year at Penn our dorm from Nittany to Nittany-O. The plan to modernize the Nittany residents. turf spend only two eight-week
agriculture major at the University State, the dorm just didn't seem to The reason being that everytime area will bring sad memories to Many Nittany hosts decorate the term wring the fall and winter.
•in 1969. He invited me to come up to be the same. I didn't know that not someone asks me where I live, I those of us who have spent our barracks to provide a more social Thi seem to be a little more
• see Penn State's football team play everybody had to live in Nittany. reply "Nittany," and they say "Oh." college life living there. After all, atmosphere. And as long as the expenced and , socially active
Maryland's. When I arrived at my new home, I I don't think the University com- they are not just tearing down the parties are carried out within the (wildihan the other students. But
~ thought maybe I had made a wrong munity has great admiration for the dorms; they are tearing down a rules of the school, residents rarely they e down,to earth people who
turn. The barracks looked very simi- buildings either. I recently saw a community. receive any hassles.
' lar to a German concentration Penn State tourist map with little Nittanies living also has its posi- Recently the question of security
camp. caricatures drawn to designate spe- five side. Everyone lives in a single arose in the aftermath of an at
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'4ov of the buildings and the dark blue even listed on the map. Not even one dorm. There' are both male and. dorms. The Nittany women live with
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seem to Ike what I was looking for. Well, whether we like them or not, The main advantage to living in students at other campus facilities. for rigs
After all, l l had spent only the week- the Nittanies are coming down. The the Nittanies, which were used to They do not have night receptionists
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. ' end last time; now I had to spend the University administration has de- provide temporary housing for or sororities.
4 interac ith the students.
year. tided to replace the dorms with , ROTC students after World War 11, The rape attempt failed because
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• My brother indoctrinated me ear- after one year as a Nittany resident, in clusters arid used mainly to pro- privacy. the victim. After the incident, there y near future. I can't wait
ly about the religion of the blue and I have become true blue (and vide housing for graduate and for- There are no roommates to put up were no cries or protests from the to see face when he gees to the
, white. He drilled in the concept of brown) Nittany. Although the dorms eign students. with because everyone lives alone. Nittany women about security. Nittani z. A smile will invade his
>. face as gets to relive the old days.
`z the almighty Paterno at an early do have their disadvantages, nobody The first cluster is going to .cost And if you feel lonely, all you have to Some of the females I talked to
: age. I had my heart set on attending seems to mind living there. about $3 million and will be built on do is walk down the hallway into the believe the incident was a rare oc- But I ,ill not get the chance to
•• Penn State since 1968, so here I am. Where else can you be awakened the site of the Theater Arts Produc- lobby where residents usually con- currence and said that they enjoy come b and see the Nittanies
. • The weekend was great. I stayed by the natural call of the rooster? tion Studio. The studio will be torn gregate around a TV. living in the area. becausei ey will not be there. I will
up all night hanging out with my Where else can you have the adven- down in August. The overall cost for Another advantage is that Nittany The Nittanies are also host to the only hav , he memories.
- brother in the burger joints. Penn ture of trying not to get scalded in the Nittany project will be about $l5 , residents are allowed to fix their students from the University's Turf
• State destroyed Maryland 48-0 and I the shower? Where else do you have million and will be paid for with tax- rooms the way they like. They may Grass Management Program. The Gerard S •Ids is llth-term journa
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watched Lydell Mitchell run 79 your own personal flies? Only in the exempt bonds. - paint their rooms and the University students are nicknamed "turfers" lism maj and a columnist for The
yards for a touchdown. Although all Nittanies. William H. McKinnon, assistant even provides the paint. and unlike other Nittany dwellers, Daily Col.! ian.
other student groups are doing
their best to convince the Universi
ty administration that a graduation
held sometime after Fall Semester
would be a feasible and fair solu
tion for graduates caught up in the
semester transition swirl.
The administration seems to be
giving the matter the consideration
it deserves. But they need some
more encouragement.
Give it to them. And ask your
parents to do their part too. You've
put a great deal of time and money
into this University it owes you a
proper farewell.
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Write, call or visit:
University President John W. Os
wald in 201 Old Main
Calendar Conversion Council
Chairman James Bartoo. in 805
Kern
University Registrar Warren
Haffner in 112 Shields
Incoming University President
Bryce Jordan, Executive Vice
Chancellor for Academic Affairs,
University of Texas System, 601
Colorado St., Austin, Texas, 78701.
their actions detract from the
campus' beauty. They also spoil
the efforts of those who 'took the
time to improve the aesthetic ap
pearance of the campus.
Not everyone appreciates the
welcome change flowers bring to
winter-tired eyes still filled with
visions of dirty snow, slush .and
bleak skies. But at least others'
enjoyment of that beauty should be
respected.
So the next time you stoop to
pluck a newly sprouted begonia or
tulip, stop. Leave it for the other
several thousand people in the Uni
versity community to enjoy.
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Apology
Cheerleader not author
of letter
Due to a procedural oversight, the writer
of the letter titled "Uncheerful" in yester
day's Daily Collegian was wrongfully iden
tified as Caryn Holt (3rd-engineering).
Whoever actually wrote the letter appar
ently intended to make it appear that. Holt,
a varsity cheerleader, wrote the letter.
Holt did not write the letter and strongly
disagrees with , its content.
Letters accepted by the Collegian nor
mally are accompanied by some verifiable
identification. When letters are not sub
mitted first hand by the author, the Colle
gian normally makes a telephone call to
verify the authenticity of the letter. In this
case, the Collegian failed to verify the
identification of the letter writer. Mea
sures are being taken to avoid similar
incidents in the future.
We apologize for any problems and
embarrassment publication of the letter
may have caused Caryn Holt and others.
Inaccurate
In the Tuesday, April 19 issue of The Daily
Collegian, reader opinion section, appeared a
letter titled "Uncheerful." The unique aspect
of the letter was not the criticism of the
cheerleading program but the signature that
appeared following it.
The letter was signed Caryn Holt, 3rd-engi
neering. That was very interesting to me
because that happens to be my name, and to
my knowledge I'm the only Caryn Holt on
Penn State's cheerleading squad. The letter
was submitted in my name but not by me. It
was inaccurate, slanderous and done in ex
tremely poor taste.
I think the so-called "No. 1 collegiate news
paper in the country" has to do some policy
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revision when dealing with their practices of
properly identifying those wishing to submit
personal opinion letters. If this procedure
were handled in a professional manner, a
damaging and senseless prank like the one
previously stated would not have occurred.
Just to set the story straight, I've enjoyed
working with cheerleading in the three weeks
since tryouts. I do happen to be fascinated
with it and can see that my involvement is
with a quality program, the members of
which are extremely hard working and ded
icated to the support of the University. I'm
personally proud to be a part of that effort.
Caryn Holt, 3rd-engineering
Varsity cheerleader
Entertaining
This past weekend I had the chance to see Ka
the University Resident Theater production Ap
d i al; Collegian
Wednesday, April 20, 1983 ©1983 Collegian Inc.
Suzanne M. Cassidy Judith Smith
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Forty-Five Mimites from Broadway." In
15 years that I have been a resident of
S • e College I have seen hundreds of Univer
sit, and local productions, but • none have
en rtained me more tlian this George Cohen
m • ical melodrama adapted by Lowell Man
ful
much energy and spaikle was displayed
by' . ch and every member of the cast. It was
ea• to see everyone was enjoying them
sel .s to the utmost and that's what makes
m cal theater so special. ,
the Manfulls, I congrptulate you for
wing my faith in the charm and beauty of
musical theater can and should be. To :
volved in making the production such ,a A
erful way to spend a Saturday evening, I
i hank you. I urge every One to make the P c'
I to see this spectacular production. h
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An odd choice for Mother of the year
I was talking to my mother on the, phone the other
night. I am 20 years old and she insists on telling me
that if I don't wear socks, I will catch cold and
eventually die. My mother also says Bloody Marys
cause trench mouth. SuCh is my mother's wisdom.
Last time we talked on the phi
continued to listen to music on
eventually go deaf.
I usually listen politely and
Besides wisdom, mothers usuall,
However, mothers should be e:
experienees they put up with )
watching the chicken pox pass
next and PTA meetings.
It's shameful that we don'
Year contest.
If I may be so bold, I woul ,
winner.
The envelope, please.
The winner is JAMES Wd
James Watt?
Believe me, if there is any
the year, this gentleman is it.
Below, I have prepared a lis
tions
of Mr. Watt's qualifica
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Qualification 1: Watts firmly decided that the Ameri
can public (i.e. his children) should not listen to rock-n
-roll. He said rock-n-roll is nat a go4d influence on his
children. Children tend to pick up bad habits at rock-n
-roll concerts, like drinking,,,6rotising and other such
debaucheries children should nottake part in. Mothers
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habits picked up at rock-n-roll concerts.
Like all good mothers, he has decided what music i§
good for his children and what isn't. That is why
mothers give children Wayne Newton records for their
birthday when they specifically asked for Beach Boys.
Children . will not grow up to be good presidents and
senators if they listen to the Beach Boys.
Qualification 2: Watts does not like his children to
play out of doors. Children could hurt themselves
playing among the trees and other vegetation. So, what
does our caring mother do? She eliminates the out of
doors. And, like all good mothers, Watt has a good
rationale: with no out of doors, children will do their
homework and grow up to work in the industrial parks
that have taken the place of the great out of doors.
Qualification 3: Watt spoils his children. If they
really, really, really want something, all they have to
do is ask.
I'm sure Mr. Watt would be thrilled to know he has
been selected to receive this most distinguished award.
Mothers love recognition— breakfast in bed, a home
made, misspelled card or a flower picked from the
front yard flower bed for the work they have done.
However, mothers, like ordinary people, must take
the good with the bad. President and Mrs. Reagan,
members of the American public which makes them ,
Watt's children, too rebelled against their adoring
parent and informed him they loved the Beach Boys,
really LOVED the Beach Boys.. (So did George Bush,
but he's just the family baby, so few people pay
attention to him.)
And, like a typical parent when faced 'with spoiled,
rebellious children, Watt indulged his childrens' whim:
He opted for the Beach Boys instead of Wayne Newton.
Wasn't that loving and caring and marvy and stuff?•
What a wonderful and adoring parent, truly THE'
Mother of the Year.
They only problem with Watt is he is not the type of
mother children flock around he would not serve
Kool-Aid to dehydrated children.
Well, every mother has her flaws.
Mare Watrel is a 10th-term journalism major and a
staff writer for The Daily Collegian.
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Best interests?
Our congratulations to the Under
graduate Student Government. What
a great idea: a $9OO banquet so the
outgoing senators can "get into a
more relaxed atmosphere to get
along with the incoming, senators."
Let's take it one step further now.
We'd like to have 200 different $9OO
banquets for 150 people each so ev
erybody on campus could get into a
relaxed atmosphere "to get along
with each other." If we're short on
funds we can cut all the funding fpr
Movin' On and put it in the banquet
fund.
Keep up the good work, represent
ing the student's best interests to
your fullest capability.
Bill Jacoby
Albert Strausser
Presidential and Vice Presidential
Candidates
1983 USG elections
April 19
Nickels and lives
There were 11 nickels in what was
left of the roll I kept in my desk
drawer. Occasionally I used them for
the Xerox machine. This day, though,
I had no cash with me and I craved a
cupcake.
Running from the computer con
sole to my office, sa the screen
wouldn't ask once too often if I was
there and find out I really wasn't, I
dashed for the nickels in my desk
half tasting the orange Tasteecake.
The comb was there; the paperclips
were there; the ungraded quizzes
were there; the nickels were not
there.
I have worked in my profession for
10 years. Finally, with my doctoral
degree nearing completion, I am re
ady for the job market.
I have collected 12 or 13 letters of
recommendation which address seve
ral areas of expertise. I spent hours
developing resumes for these areas. I
created a job-search portfolio which
also included the latest listings and
the positions I had applied for al
ready.
All of this I placed in a n inexpen
sive black vinyl briefcase. And this
briefcase I placed on the desk in my
office. And into this office someone
came; and, like my nickels, this
briefcase disappeared.
Frankly, I don't understand. Nei
ther of these instances netted the
thief a profit that would warrant the
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risk. The case cast $9.95, and there
were only 55 cents worth of nickels.
But the loss was great to me, espe
cially the case.
My real message is simple (al
though I must admit that this letter
comes mostly from frustration; after
all, what action can you really take to
dissipate the anger and frustra
tion?):
If you work in one of those graduate
student warrens that are divided into
cubicles, make sure the door is locked
when you leave and be aware of
wandering strangers: Ask people
what they are doing there. Depart
ments can issue desks with drawers
that lock. Security can be more
aware of the problem when they are
patrolling these areas. And even the
students can keep their eyes open.
I know I am not the only one who
has been robbed. I am not the only
one who is angry and frustrated and
not a little disappointed in humanity.
So, from all of us who are victims to
all of you who are thieves, may your
knees drop off so you can grovel on
the street at the level on which you
belong.
Richard lacovoni, lecturer
Department of English
April 14 .
Insecure
After reading Andy Hasselbring'§
recent column "True equality means
draft registration for women," April
8 issue of The Daily Collegian, I find
myself reluctantly agreeing. I used to
fight against war, silly me. I thought
it was wrong for young men to get
maimed, burned, shot and killed in
the name of Capitalistic profits. But
Andy has set me right.
Now I think it would be great for
women (and maybe even children) to
get maimed, burned, shot and killed.
On second thought, maybe it would be
better if we only "used" women for
support services. Wouldn't it be great
to come home to your tent aftr a long,
hard day of killing civilians and
torching commies to find the smiling
face of "your" woman cook?
Look Andy. The issue is not wheth
er men or women should fight wars.
The issue is whether humans should
fight wars in the first place. My
impression, from reading your col
umn, is that you are firmly entrapped
in the "Women's Equality Paranoia
Trap."
Let's face it Andy, you are afraid of
women so you want to put them in
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their place. If men were destined to
be the superior sex then they wouldn't
have to be afraid of women's equali
ty. Chauvinism is insecurity.
Quentin Davis, 3rd-film
April 19
Phi Psi Proud
On Saturday, the Phi Kappa Psi
Fraternity will sponsor the 15th an
nual Phi Psi 500 race. The brothers,
pledges and little sisters urge all
Penn Staters to support this year's
500 by coming to watch 1,800 partici
pants run and chug for the Associa
tion for Retarded Citizens here in
Centre County.
To continue the Phi Psi 500 as a
worthwhile Penn State philanthropy,
we and the State College Municipal
Council members have been meeting
since the beginning of last September
to ensure the smoth running of this
year's race.
The race route will be the same as
last year with the addition of another
bar and a pizza stop. (The pizza stop
is not required for timed runners.)
There will be 100 student marshals
for crowd control procedures, and a
sufficient number of State College
Police officers will assist in vehicular
traffic control.
We are placing trash barrels along
the race route to aid us in our clean
up. We have asked bOttle shops to
restrict their sales to only non-glass
containers in order to reduce the risk
of injury.
The Phi Psi 500 staff realizes that
the magnitude of the race has in
creased significantly, in the recent
years and we have made an absolute
commitment to better organize the
event. The planning for this year's
race will only be effective if you, the
students of Penn State, act in a re
sponsible and mature manner.
We are grateful for the recommen
dations, suggestions and support
services that have been given us by
the State College Police Department
and the council. The race is now in the
hands of the Penn State students. Let
us all work together to continue the
Phi Psi 500 as a great Penn State
tradition a tradition which we can
all be proud of.
Tom Brown, community relations
chairman
Tom Aichele, overall chairman
Phi Psi 500
April 19
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