opinions editorial opinion PSU a Top 20 fund-raiser The University is expected to be in the deserves a hand. His abilities in" fund rais- Top 20 again, but in anew category fund ing were well publicized when he took over raising. the helm of the University a little more than Private contributions to the University a year ago. totalled $24.2 million during the 1983-84 The current year's gift tally got a boost fiscal year. This all-time high figure means Monday when the University announced it Penn State is expected to be among the will receive $5.6 million from the estate of nation's top piiblic universities in fund rais- Homer F. Braddock, the last surviving ing. This is no small feat. member of the Class of 1906, who died Several reasons for this good news can be March 21. This is the largest single bequest found. First, the Office of University Devel- in the University's history. opment's Telefund program reached more But what does all this mean for the donors than conventional mail campaigns. average student? More scholarships, This resulted in an alumni participation fellowships and grants-in-aid may become rate of 18.9 percent and nearly 16,000 first- available. And we all can hope, with private time donors.contributions on the rise, the University's • And, alumni groups showed teamwork need for increased funding from public when 100 percent of the classes participat- sources and especially its need for higher ing in this year's reunion weekend an- tuition may be decreased. nounced class gifts. But the University should realize' that Also, gifts-in-kind donations othei than these gifts must be used efficiently if it money are up. These totalled $2.7 million hopes to encourage even more donations in in 1983-84, with the majority received by the the future. Younger alumni will not be College of Engineering. Wilbur L. Meier likely to give money to the University if Jr., dean of that college, deserves congratu- they leave here with memories of wasted lations for his efforts in that area. resources and constantly increasing tuition University President Bryce Jordan also bills. Apartheid still reigns In the shadows of Canadian elections and Those, elections, although giving some American campaigning last week, another governmental representation to "Coloreds" country in another hemisphere changed its (South African term for people of mixed system of government. • races), Asians and Indians, are a not-so- But the news coming out of South Africa funny joke in the 'eyes of a democratic form last week didn't focus on the new chamber. of government. . The news from South Africa last week The problem in South Africa is that the focused on the worst rioting in that country government excludes any representation since the tragedies of Soweto, a black resi- from the country's 73 percent black majori dential area of Johannesburg, in 1976. ty. That is apartheid. Of course, over two dozen dead and near- Twenty-two million blacks in South Africa ly 300 injured in rioting should be news. But, are ruled by a 4.6 million white minority. more importantly, the news should focus on That is why the rioting has been so bad. the reasons behind this rioting. , Apartheid, simply, puts South Africa Unfortunately, the reason behind last back into the stone ages as far as civil rights Week's rioting is the same as that - of 1976. are concerned. And that reason can be summed up in one The riots will continue to make the head word. Apartheid. lines. Maybe it will be a week, a month, a Apartheid is still the winner in South year or maybe even several years before Africa, even after a,change in the system of the rioting flares again. But it is bound to government. The rioting and looting in happen. South Africa resulted from mounting ten- Because even the days there isn't any sions over ethnic elections that took place rioting, the majority of the population of under a new national constitution that took South Africa lives in total repression —no effect last Tuesday. voice in government, and no where to turn. Ron Yeany; Assistant Editorial Edi- Sales Manager: Beverly Sobel; Ac dz, Collegian tor: Dan Levine; News Editors: Bri- counting Manager: Mary T. McC af an Bqwers, Lori Musser; Sports frey; Assistant Accounting Magazine Editor: Greg Loder; Manager: Catherine Reese; Office Sports_ Editor: John Severance; As- Manager; Kathleen E. 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All writers should provide tor: Marcy Mermel; Editorial Editor: ager: Michael A. Meyers; Assistant their address and phone number. Alecia Swasy Editor -n -t‘s ist:rr EVEN WATER ...11t REG' INK reader opinion Tuition rollback? This is about money and Penn State. For many people money is a difficult subject for students and their parents, for the administration and for The Daily Colle gian. For this school year the annual appropriation from the state was almost nine percent (8.9) more than the previous year's figure. In fact, it was an increase more than twice the size of that given in 1983-84, which saw an increase of four percent. This year's increase was re ferred to by President Jordan as "a fair share" of state revenues. Penn State's reaction was to ask the trustees for permission to raise tuition by 10.8 percent. Private colleges didn't raise tuition that much, and public institu tions in America averaged an 8 percent increase not almost 11. I don't think that anyone was surprised with an increase since it has been a way of life for 17 years. What surprised was the magnitude of it. We had heard for several years about the "ravages of inflation." Not this year because it just is not that big a factor. Depending on whose figures you use, inflation over the past year has run between-3.6 and 4 percent. Yet the increase in the state appropriation and the tuition total almost 20 percent. Not bad in a year where inflation is the lowest in recent years. Penn State will soon announce a drive to raise a quarter of a billion dollars, the first major effort in its history. Much of that large goal is earmarked for endowment to defray some future costs. So in the future tuition increas es will be lower? Maybe. But this state is still hard hit by the changes in how people earn a living. The heavy manufacturing of the industrial age, which was the very foundation of Pennsyl vania is in serious decline. This state has not recovered from it. Some tax bases have eroded and unemployment is high, especially in the western part of the state. Many of our students come. from there, and for some of them just staying in school is difficult financially. The applica tions they submit for scholarships show a home reality that is grim. The Daily Collegian Wednesday, Sept. 12, 1984 ',-/-I.e, So do many blacks who are arriving in slightly in creased numbers, following a law suit against Penn State by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. It has once again become fashionable ( the law suit helped) to recruit black students here something Penn State has never done with great success except for running backs to entertain the public at the stadium. The additional costs of attending Penn State will not help to integrate this place. Now the technique changes. This past weekend the trustees approved a request from the administration for a state appropriation for next year of $l9O million, close to 17 percent above this year's. That is awfully high and is said to be a substitute for another tuition rise next year. It seems that such a request will only trigger similar proposals from other recipients of legislative cash. With all sorts of state agencies trying to match it, an increase in revenues would be necessary that don't appear obvious from traditional tax sources. This state is still recovering from recession and industrial change. Year after year the state is portrayed as the problem, the bad guy, the heavy-. "They never give us enough money," we hear incessantly. Yet the state doesn't make out the tuition bills or the budget. Penn State's adminis tration does. Why not trim the budget, cut it? Even the Pentagon does, year after year. The state more than doubled its increase and that is generous. President Jordan calls that one leg of the stool; another leg is private support and that is underway. This third is better management. How is that to come about? We hear very little about it. With better management why not a tuition rollback next semester, this coming January, to a figure of half this year's increase? A real break for the students and the deserve it. In July a couple of the trustees were in favor of such a reduction. Since the subject is money, perhaps it is time the Collegian turn some of its considerable resources into a long look at the problem. Robert Farson, professor of journalism Sept. 11 opinions From cliches to dog fudge, you can have them, Penn State From the time I was 18 years old, teach ers, friends and family members have called me a chronic complainer. I suppose that is true because I do spend a lot of time moaning about one thing or another. So, keeping true to form, I think I'll publicly air some of my pet gripes. Mind you, I've probably been guilty of most of the things I'm about to list here now, so I guess that makes me a hypocrite as well. • . • ,"... • ," • . . • : Probably the one thing I hate the most is Penn 'State cliches. I am sick of the jokes about the obelisk crumbling to the ground if and when a virgin walks past it. I mean, seriously, doesn't that line get a little beaten V)10.7?„, #6.ot) GIOE UP Pou-ncs nittany hart springs and you deserve it. Today, how about a long, relaxing Soak in a hot tub? Escape to Nittany Hot ~~~ after a while? The chortles and guffaws ended the first time I heard it. I hate people complaining about the lines that materialize at mandatory PSU func tions. I can't be bothered with lines any more. If you know you're going to be stuck • in line, then just accept it. All the cursing in the world about the inefficiency of the registrar, the ,bursar and various other UniVersity departments isn't going to make the time pass any quicker, so lighten up. I hate walking along College Avenue and having someone stuff a can up my nose requesting a donation. I'm just barely find ing the finances to eat each day and these people are asking me for money, ha! And God forbid if you don't contribute to these zealots; they make you feel like slime if you pass by without reaching into your , pocket. I hate people who get dressed in the latest design of Alexander Jtilian or Norma Ka mali just to . go to a stinking class. Okay, I dress a little preppy myself but I under stand that the main objective of going to class is to absorb knowledge, not to impress the person sitting beside me. Also, I hate those ridiculous mirrored sunglasses with the little string that runs sity and spewed out during warm days. around the back of your neck. They kind of What's even more cruel is sitting in a class remind me of the glasses my grandmother in Willard on a hot, muggy day and trying to or the local librarian wore. But hey, it's the hear the professor over the brimstone. trend, right? I. hate walking barefoot on University I hate the constant impositions tacked on lawns and finding myself almost stepping in the students (for example, the noise ordi- the dog fudge that some disrespectful pei. nance, the potential future banning of the owner neglected to scoop. Which reminds Phi Psi 500, the zoning ordinance that states me, does. State College have Pooper Scooper no more than three unrelated people in an laws? If not, why? area zoned single family dwelling). Some times I think people don't remember the reason this University , is the largest em ployer in this Congressional district. How many jobs would be available without the University - and the money supplied by the I hate seeing some poor motorist hope students? lessly stalled in traffic while uncaring I hate the sandwiches some fast food restaurants in this town try to pass off as subs or hoagies. Actually, what we're being served is a roll and mayonnaise with sprin kled meat and cheese flavorings. I hate being harassed by the various religious holy rollers that pop up every time the weather is nice. I swear these people are being produced in a genetic engineering laboratory somewhere beneath the Univer reader opinion City cow-tipping I would like to address this letter to the immature person or persons who rolled my Volkswagon Bug on its side on Sunday morning at 3 a.m. while it was parked in the rear alley of 228 S. Atherton St. Sure, you were out for a good time Saturday night hit a few parties, get drunk and raise hell. You saw a VW bug parked in a lot and decided that it would be fun to do some "city cow-tipping." Or maybe you were trying to steal my stereo and speakei's, but upon discovering that I had installed a double lock system on my doors and windows (to prevent theft), you got angry and rolled my car over on its side. You sure must have had fun . . . at my expense. Obviously you have little or no respect for other people's property, and I assume you are still dependent on your parents for your car, schooling, food, money, etc. Some of us, like myself, are independent of our parents, and work hard for the material and intellectual posses sion we own. I worked 12 hours a day over the summer break to get money for schooling and living expenses, and to fix and paint my car. I,spent the weekends learning and performing maintenance on my car to save myself money, and apparently to no avail, thanks to you. The estimate on my car is $1,200 for repairs (2 running boards, 2 fenders, alignment, paint, the entire oil system, linkage foi the transmission, driver's door, side-view mirror, and glass). No doubt, my insurance costs will go up, and I will be deeper in the hole. (Unlike you, I don't run to mom and dad for cash.) It looks' like I will be working extra hours at my job to try to get back to where I started befoie this thoughtles, selfish act - oecurred. As you can tell, I am friistrated, sickened and angry about your incredibly rude actions. • Joan Stumpf, junior -recreation and parks management Brett McCarthy, sophomore-business Sept. 9 Sept. 10 Also, I'm sure the original owner of con venience stores was an ancient British highwayman. The concept is , the same, right? Relieve innocent citizens of their money and give them nothing in return. hoardes of students file unendingly in front of his or her car. What a brash thing to do! I hate the arguments that almost always pop up in State College about the issue of pornography. First of all, this sheltered little haven seems fairly tucked away from real life to escape porn and the low life it dredges in. I mean, what do some people think, porn movies will be filmed on location in Happy Valley? Not bloodly likely. This The Daily Collegian Wednesday, Sept. 12, 1984-9 town is too sleepy for location shooting of "Little House on the Prairie." I hate attending 8 a.m. classes in a poorly ventilated, overly crowded rooms that some University employee had the wisdom and insight to just grace with a fresh coat of paint. Really fellas, the smell doesn't bother me too much. Don't worry that I find it difficult to keep my Wheaties down. Don't paint the room on a Saturday when nobody is there. In ending, I'd like to say that I hate the hassles of trying to write a check in this town. Not only do you have to provide your name and address but also your social security number, local phone number, home phone number, home address, your parent's names, any and all addresses and phone numbers you've held in the last ten years, blood type, hair color, eye color, likes and dislikes, religious affiliations, hobbies, communicable diseases . . . Michael Newnam is a chronic complainer, a senior majoring in journalism and a staff member of The Daily Collegian. More on porn I attended "The Pornography Debate" as Ms. Taylor did. I agree that the debate was at best a parody. However, I do not agree with her opinion that "Reems ripped Alexander's argument to pieces point by point." Ms. Taylor did not realize that, although "Alexander's speech was canned" it was based on facts from such reliable sources as the F. 8.1. and Forbes magazine. However, Mr. Reems' speech was based in most part on opinion and a few outdated facts. An example is his rebuttal of one of Alexander's statistics in which he brilliantly stated "Bullshit!" Fact or opinion, Ms. Tay lor? Mr. Reems was little more than a rabble-rouser. Anyone with opposing viewpoints was treated with harsh comments from their fellow Penn Staters. It is these very same responses that help me justify my opinion. Ms. Alexander's speech was callously booed. The majority of these boos were from loud-mouthed, imma ture "men." These were the men that supported pornog raphy. They appeared to be in favor of an open sexual attitude, yet at Alexander's reference to gay and lesbian rights, they had the audacity to boo! Quiet a contradiction! This is the opposite of Mr. Reems' statement that pornography promotes sexual openness. The verbal attacks made by the few outraged women who dared to question Reems' speech were greeted with an onslaught of heinous comments from these'very same pretentious men. Isn't. this a form of sexual violence, Ms. Taylor?
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