opinions ■: editorial opinion Council rushes zoning plans “If one were to characterize the voting tecord of the outgoing State College Munici pal Council members, it would be based on their habit of voting along political lines. . And at Monday night’s council meeting, the story was no different as Joseph Wake ley Jr. and Fred Honsberger got their part ing shots in on an issue that at least one fellow council member thinks may have been rushed through the voting process because a new council takes office next month. The issue in question is, according to a Planning Commission recommendation, whether to rezone public lands in accord ance with surrounding zoning designations. Public lands are defined as districts owned by the borough or municipal authority that are not subject to the usual zoning restric tions. Rezoning in accordance to surrounding property would, as Planning Commission Chairman Roger Downs said, give the bo rough more control over public lands lands that are considered the only part of the zoning ordinance out of control.' The council, however, decided to reclassi fy each of the 19 public zones on a case by case basis, instead of an inclusive ordinance which would automatically revert each pub lic parcel to its adjacent zoning designation. This decision, with one exception, is ba sically fair to the incoming council because it will allow it to decide in the future what to designate 18 of the 19 public districts. * But instead of allowing the issue to right fully wait until the January meeting, the reader opinion Monotony on the air What happened to WQWK? When we returned to Penn State after Thanksgiving break and turned on the radio, we noticed a few changes. What happened to breakfast specials, two-shot Tuesday, the work-force block and their other musical novelties? Their so-called new sound lacks the old variety, and relies on playing the same few popular hits at regular intervals throughout the day. We used to return to the room from a monotonous day of classes to listen to the radio and relax. Unfortunately, now we must face more monotony on the air. It's not that we don’t enjoy these songs, but too much of a good thing can be irritating. We realize there are worse problems in the world than the loss of a radio station, but out here, music is an essential part of everyone’s day. We would just like the “old” sound of WQWK Rock to return, and not be able to count the variety of songs on one hand, because hearing the same song every hour on the hour is just not enjoyable listening. Amy Schoenagel, sophomore-civil engineering Traci Steele, sophomorc-French business Dec. 5 All-nighters: This time next week, college students across the country will be participating in the ultimate collegiate activity. No, the activity has nothing to do with intercolle giate sports or coastal vacation tours. It won’t even include the planning of new menus for spring, semester or the debate over who is going to take the goldfish home for the holidays.' We are all going to participate in a tradi tion that lasts all night long. ' * ( r. .' Studies say that the activity really has no benefit. Instructors warn us not to partici pate. Mothers shudder at the thought of it. But, hey, for some reason it makes us feel a little bit better. I really don’t like to bear such news (especially during the holiday season), but I feel morally obligated to do so. Fellow last minute students the end is near. Finals are slowly becoming a reality. Ugh. In approximately 10 days, the culmination of the academic material that has been covered the. past 15 weeks will be ready to spring upon us like a half-crazed wolf. Finals. And what goes better with finals? All nighters the collegiate pastime. Never has there been such a compatible partnership since the debut of peanut butter and marshmallow creme sandwiches. (Fluffer-nutters, remember them?) I know they lack the excitement of an ultimate dynamic duo, but hey, use your imagina tion. present council, led by its lame-duck mem bers, had to get its hand in the cookie jar. In a 4-3 vote, the council decided to rezone only one of the 19 public districts, the land occupied by the Centre Area Transportation Authority’s garage, from its public desig nation to a R-2 land use. R-2 is classified for residential use only. Councilman Dan Chaffee, who will be returning to the new council, agreed with the decision to rezone case by case, but thinks the CATA decision was made too hastily. He said the council did not have sufficient time to understand a legal opinion on the change from Borough Solicitor Rob ert Kistler. Not to mention the problems CATA, which is trying to relocate its facilities, may have selling the land now that its R-2 designation limits the type of investors that could pur chase the land. At least under the old designation, chances of the garage land being sold were much better because the most likely buyer, the borough itself, is now prevented, under R-2 rules, from purchas ing it. One can only specualate why Honsberger, Wakely and two other Republican mem bers, John Dombroski and Gary Wiser voted for the CATA land change. .For no other reason, except for a politi cally motivated one, the council intruded on an issue that certainly could have waited another month, and should have, in all fairness to the interests of the State College voter. , Physicists nuke Ed All hail Ed Macey and his crew of Chem E jerks. This is in response to your letter, “Drop the subject” in the Dec. 2 Daily Collegian in which you impudently belittled the others who aren’t interested in your Chem E handbooks. Although we ourselves are not business majors, we can understand that different people have different interests and how perturbed they can become when a self-appointed intellectual “elite” continually abuses anyone outside its inner circle. Being nuclear physics majors, we occasionally take engineering courses of one type or another, and, believe us, it’s no party being in a class full of losers in glasses who are wielding pocket computers. There is more to life than discussing past grades and molecular orbits, Ed. Now, concerning your disdain for weeknight partying, maybe it’s because you’re a geek. Contrary to Ed’s forecast of ill omen, there is a hope for business majors. One of our fathers, a Penn State business graduate, is a vice president of a western Pennsylvania coal company and earns a six-digit salary along with the use of a five-digit expense account. And guess what Ed, he owns engineers like yourself. With finals around the corner, this favorite collegiate pastime draws near What does one wear to the festive occasion of an all-nighter? At this very moment, manufacturers are probably producing chic all-nighter’s attire. But die-hard fans, like myself, prefer the sweat pants and T-shirt that were purchased for first period gym class. (You know, the class that I somehow never found during the past 15 weeks.) No pseudo-participants will be tolerated during this nocturnal pastime either stay up and be somewhat prepared or go to bed and be somewhat prepared. The choice is up. to you. “All-nighters? Why, they’re a blow-off student’s best friend,” a friend of mine said. At first I found this observation amusing. Now I find it repulsive. How dare anyone be optimistic about all-nighters. They are the worst thing in this world next to liver and onions and two-month-old gym socks. (I do know of one person who really does like liver and onions, but fortunately my father hates dirty socks.) Optimism is what we don’t need when we are faced with a term (oh, excuse me) semester project that should have been finished yesterday and we are still trying to locate East Pattee. I really don’t need to look on the bright side of my academic situation (if there is one) as I approach the last few days of classes. Finals that I have yet to open a book for are just around the corner and I’m still two blocks away. My typewriter will inevitably break down at 5 a.m. when the take-home is due in three hours. Of course, the paper is 14 pages long and I type approximately three words per hour. (This lack of speed is not the result of poor typing skills; it is more the result of my limited, somewhat non-existant attention span.) I’ve heard about time management and effective course planning. That’s the prob lem, I’ve heard about them and never did anything about them. It was at this time that I also heard about all-nighters. Guess which one got my vote. What I find most amusing about all-night ers is that every time I “pull”,one, I make a solemn promise to never submit myself to such excitement again. But, hey, I’m hooked. I keep going back for more. I really don’t know why. You would think that after three pots of coffee and a week of indiges tion I would have learned my lesson. I do, however, only participate in such activities during finals week. I often threat en to pull one throughout the semester daily Collegian Wednesday, Dec. 7, 1983 Suzanne M. Cassidy Editor The Daily Cojlegian'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. So take that you fat, trendy pud, Chris, Hammerer, junior-nuclear physics John Ingros, junior-nuclear physics Dec. 5 Trust the Soviets? “Reagan’s policy like that of past administrations is based on the old rule that despite the appearance of mutual good will, the Soviet Union can’t and never should be trusted. However, in the opposition’s eyes, can we be trusted either?” With such a statement, the Collegian editorial opinion column of Nov. 29 indicated its position on U.S./Russian affairs, seemingly void of basic knowledge of the Soviet system of government. Again, the Collegian states, “If the United States says it’s interested in arms reduction all the while introduc ing a plan to add to the arms race should the Soviet Union trust us?” In the book, “Who’s for Peace?” by Francis Schaeffer, Vladimir Bukrovsky and James Hitchock, Bukrovsky says, “There is in fact little difference between the Soviet system and that of Nazi Germany. Is there anyone who * “"731 ©1983 Collegian Inc. Judith Smith Business Manager (much to the hysterics of my roommates) but I decided to just wait until the pressure is on. Well, the pressure is now certainly mounting but I’ve still got a week. No problems I can handle it. When you come down to it, all-nighters are the result of poor academic discipline and ineffective study skills. They are physi cally grueling and mentally exhausting. By the time I actually get to the final, I am concentrating on only one thing getting back home to bed. I know I’ll walk out of the final and swear reader opinion Wednesday. Dec. 7. f Roud to be in marketing “Research and Development.” Plug that into your calcu- In rebuttal to the clowns who wrote “Drop the subject” lators! VoitEriday, Dec. 2: . If, in your opinion, the petition to change Management Stuart Haas, junior-marketing 301 was asking too much, then a letter was fine.' Dec. 5 However, when that same letter becomes a vicious attack on the whole College of Business Administration, __, . _in then your purpose arid your editorial become flagrant. I 111031 IS 1116 ISSU6 w “ arol F «" k «*w«. »> * - «-► and lam them promptly at 5 a.m everyday stand is (hat the deepest and most burning issue ot today .s r • precisely the threat of nuclear war brought upon us by the Pr “ B . US “ d f riel rr^ a 'fve,v,„ere Stratton in open to reytew ... achievements and know,. £ST S" ' For your information, Penn State’s College of Business mimds <" di P lom f lic Precision thar, would normally be Administration is among the top 20 undergraduate schools required between two antagonistic states, for Business Administration in this country! More than we Further, these arsenals make both the United States and can say for the College of Engineering. the Soviet Union vulnerable to third party involvement. Third, their ridiculous comment, “If weeded out'of the The situation in the Mideast could easily explode into a I College of Business Administration, there is no place else direct U.S.-U.S.S.R. confrontation. Should either Reagan t 0 g 0 ” or Andropov be incapacitated at the time (and both have Well, there’s always engineering. been at some point) the result could be nuclear catastro- Oh, in case you forgot, the present quantitative business Phe. analysis major, has much similar course content as A bilateral freeze is not a panacea. Massive stockpiles i compared to industrial engineering. would still exist and the U.S.-U.S.S.R. polarity would still I’d like to see how the authors of “Drop the Subject” dominate world politics. But a freeze would at least stop would fare in Econ 302, or Q.B.A. 102, or Marketing.4so. the proliferation of arms, along with the coincidently Carol voiced justifiable concerns over the possibility of information, please come to the next nuclear freeze group It would probably be too conceptual for them and they increasing risks of nuclear accident. a nuclear threat from third parties. At this time, however, meeting (Wesley foundation, 8 p.m., Dec. 8). would be wondering where the button on their calculator Additionally, we could expect an improved atmosphere this is not an issue. Between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. Mass movements can affect change; your actions (or to solve a “real problem” was. . ~. in which to negotiate arms reductions. John Kennedy there is more than 6,000 times the total firepower used in inaction) do count. Once you understand the situation, you k Finally, if.the implication of “Drop the subject” is that began a unilateral ban on atmospheric tests which he said WWII. In comparison, all other stockpiles are insignifi- will see that this may be the most important thing you’ll engineers are “better” than businessmen, then allow me would continue as long as it was honored by the Soviets, cant. ever do for your future, to remind you who makes “real money” the corporate Fa j. from «taki n g advantage” of the situation, the Rus- Finally, Carol’s “cynical tendencies” may hide nothing executives, and who makes average pay working for the sialls complied as well, and in 1963 the formal test ban more than a lack of information and/or the will to act. John Mier, senior-architectural engineering, corporate executives, the R and D teams. treaty was soon negotiated. Neither can be an excuse in a democratic state. For more Dec. 6 / • 1 The Daily Collegian ~ Letters Policy: The Daily Collegian encourages com ments 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 include the term, major ' and campus of the writer. Letters from alumni should 1/ include the major and year of graduation of the writer. All t ; writers should provide 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 ;j to standards of good taste. Because of the numbers of letters received, the Collegian cannot guarantee publica- . tion of all the letters it receives. Mail letters to: The Daily Collegian; 126 Carnegie Build ing; University Park, Pa. 16802. Names may be withheld\ " on request. Letters may also be selected for publication ~ in The Weekly Collegian. supposes that he should have trusted Hitler more than the"" democracies?” (p. 51).. «c Bukrovsky spent 12 years in Soviet prisons before being” released to the West in 1976. Schaeffer states that “fori; them (the Soviets), oppression is not incidental to the 2? system. It is a logical, integral and inevitable part of their** system, "(p. 22). £ Some knowledge of Russian History since their revolu-** tion, and recent activities such as the killing of 269 people!? on a Korean Airlines jet, indicate to me that the Soviets S? are; indeed, not to be trusted. * I claim no authority on U.S. or Russian policies, and“» needless to say, this book is not the final word, but it does « substantiate some real concerns with concrete evidence. « Bukrovsky points put that while the peace movement in*“ Europe is raging at the United States for the deployment of Pershing missiles, the movement in Europe only in whispers, if that, about the hundreds of Soviet SS 20's already aimed at Western Europe.” I highly mend this book to anyone that desires a sober, realistic*"'* estimate of the recent movement in nuclear affairs in the™ United States and Russia. Ann E. Mancini, Graduate Non-Degree Dec. 6 I’ll never do it again. (I’ve had so much practice, I’m sure that I will.) Every other bleary-eyed student will too. We’ll all go home and sleep it off. In fact, we’ll sleep all through break. After that we’ll come back and start all over again with new resolutions to keep up with all the work. Except for seniors like me. I’m graduating in May. I know I’ll have to go for it just one last time. K. L. Kane is a senior majoring in journa lism and a senior reporter for The Daily Collegian. *J>ietynYoF : poor hun6 n KIPS m-tte U.S. S+iLL. AVAi LABIS' ! 1 i* COpiti • OOOM *COfM6 • COP*M • COpt#* • COptM • COpW# • CQ ik»«oop*<i»oopi—»copww«copwcopwa*cop>a»«copw>* 'I [poieapr, losgOK =jj S Before stepping out. . . jj rm. 4ft*' 8 i © 0 Read weekend jj h . - every Friday O ll y- in the Daily Collegian n /ma ''fmm The Salad Lover’s Delight ■ . ■ Salad by the Ounce! 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