opinions editorial opinion Getting back to the beginning In 1855, a small agriculture school in Some have not forgotten our humble central Pennsylvania was opened. The beginnings. Pitt fans still relish the cry that farmer's school was surrounded by lush we are a farmer's school. Pins and bumper fields in the middle of a sparsely-populated stickers carry the slogan "Pitt versus Penn farming community. One stone building State Culture versus Agriculture." stood alone where the students ate, slept, And although those from Pitt look upon attended classes and went to the one-room Penn State's beginnings as something to library. belittle; these foundations are not belittling The school was founded because there because they serve as a reminder of the was a need to educate young men about purpose of Penn State a purpose that's farming. Many of the students had been worth keeping in mind. away from their family farms serving their But do Dr. Jordan and members of the country in the armed services. Board of Trustees remember how it all Eecause of the importance of studying began? They seem to be forgetting the past agriculture, the school became state funded as they strategically plan for the future. and was the first land-grant school in Penn- This year, tuition was raised 7.3 percent sylvania. $l9B and $212 dollars for in-state under- Almost 130 years later, this school is still graduates and graduates respectively. In a land-grant institution, but it is now a addition, a $lOO surcharge was added for major university. Instead of 30-odd stu- some students in the colleges of Engi dents, more than 60,000 come to study. neering and Earth and Mineral Sciences. The same old stone building that stood While it is true that the University cannot alone no longer houses students. Instead it control all economic conditions or the holds administrative offices • including the amount of funding appropriated by the second-floor office of University President state, the University community can do its Bryce Jordan. part to lessen the effects of these factors. How ironic that, surrounded by the hum- Last year, University students showed ble beginnings of what was a school for their concern by engineering the largest average- to low-income men, President voter registration drive in the country and Jordan, and in fact the Board of Trustees, by lobbying in Harrisburg for more state have forgotten where the roots of Penn funds. At the same time, the administration State lie. was lobbying and beginning a campaign to Not from an ever-expanding research raise funds from the private sector. department or atop 10 football team did this These efforts are commendable, but a Univeriity grow, but from a learning insti- concentrated effort one involving stu tution that, in its day, was not geared for dents, administrators, ,faculty and even only the rich to attend. members of the Board of Trustees would Today, Penn State is becoming a place have. a greater impact on keeping tuition where only the rich can come to study. expenses down. Tuition has increased for the 18th straight Why go to all that trouble? year and no relief is in sight for students. In Because Penn State is Pennsylvania's the midst of cuts in federal student aid, the original land-grant institution, and it was cost of studying at Penn State is becoming founded with the purpose of educating the unaffordable for the type of students first "middle-class" student, that's why. encouraged to come to this institution. - Remembering our beginnings Penn Penn State boasts of being a university State's beginnings is the only reason for first-generation college graduates, be- needed to keep the cost of education down. cause of its accesibility. . It has so much to In 1855, the stone building in the middle of offer and extending this higher education campus provided students with the opportu to students who would not normally be able nity to recieve a solid education. In 1985, to Study at a large institution is something that stone building ought to be doing the of which to be proud. same thing. Welcomed help in voicing concerns David, Just a note to let you know your perfor mance at the Board of Trustees meeting in Unioritown this past weekend was very impressive. Although the fight for a tuition increase was lost, you presented a solid case as to why a tuition increase should be avoided. Your input in substantiating the views and opinions of the student body will be a personal precedent in that the administra tion knows you as a representative of stu dents are concerned enough to speak out. It was also perceptive to question the intention of the $lOO surcharge for engi neering majors by pointing out the possibili ty of the additional cost being "a tuition under another name, in the sense that next year we're going to come back and discuss how much it would be raised." And despite the decision to raise tuition, you continued to fight on other important issues. Requesting the temporary postponement of the divestment issue was a strategic move because student input is necessary before such a crucial decision is made. You Ai; Collegian Tuesday, July 16, 1985 ©1985 Collegian Inc. Gail L. Johnson Michael A. Meyers Editor Business Manager The Daily Collegian's editorial opin ion is determined by its Board of Opinion, with the editor holding final responsibility. Opinions ex pressed 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 publica tions, is a separate corporate insti tution from Penn State. 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I miss the festival itself, the artists (most of whom are actually mercenaries in a flimsy disguise), and the bands I want to see but always manage to miss. 441&" A man from WPSX-TV announced him and the crowd went wild. "Speedy Delivery!" we screamed. He smiled confidently and said, "Well, Speedy Delivery to you." What followed was pure entertainment. He had brought X the Owl, Donkey ,Hotie, and King Friday along with him. He explained that they were just puppets and not real, living people. He did pass- Now, don't get me wrong here; I've probably killed able imitations of X and Friday as he slipped them on more brain cells this week than droughts have killed his left hand, and he got the crowd into the act as we Africans. I wake up in the morning thinking someone brayed along with Donkey Hotie. He got children volunteers to step up on stage and sing a song (we were used my tongue to clean the ashtrays in every bar treated to the ABC's and three rousing versions of between Beaver and College Avenues, even though I "Jingle Bells"). don't smoke and probably wasn't anywhere near a bar while I was on my hands and knees, wretching into a The only disappointment of the show was Purple little cluster of weeds in some dark recess of town. Panda. Normally, Panda speaks in a low monotone, (Actually, I haven't done that in ages, but it's still usually saying "I don't have a birthday. I'll never have pretty fresh in my memory. It's fairly fresh in my a birthday." But when Panda mounted the stage and burnt nostrils, too —at least when I think about it.) I'm McFeely asked where he was from, a female voice said not particularly proud of getting sick like that, but "I don't know." We immediately sensed something everyone who drinks simply has to york once in a was afoul, although the rest of the crowd seemed while. Besides, it was probably a new color, prettier ignorant of the discrepancy. But we decided that the than_ anything anybody's ever seen before. real Panda must have been unable to appear for some But, sickness and headaches notwithstanding, the good reason and we didn't press the matter. festival atmosphere in state College makes people As he came to a close, McFeely led us in singing want to party —with anyone. A strange sort of camara- "Good Feeling" (Mr. Rogers sings it at the end of the derie that usually only exists after the football team show every day), and we followed along happily. The wins a tough game seems to affect everyone. You can song over, he left the stage to shake hands with fans usually just walk into anybody's apartment (providing and told us that some people were handing out pic they're having a party) and start drinking. By the end tures. We quickly got a couple pictures and followed of the night, you may find yourself in a mass of people him out of the tent to get an autograph. you won't remember, singing weird old songs you As we stood in the throng of screaming, whining kids, won't remember, and making out with someone your we thought we might not be able to get near him. The roommate says you don't want to remember. Nobody competition to get near him was fierce, and we gets turned away at the door, though, and that's what's narrowly escaped getting our kneecaps chewed off. We important. (Remember this the next time I show up at drew closer as he was posing for a picture with some your place.) kids, and he looked up at us. Now that I've convinced you all that I actually do "Here's a couple of our bigger fans," he said and drink, I can get on to what this column is really about. reached out to shake our hands. "I can sign your Each of the two years I've been here for the Arts pictures for you after I shake some more hands." He Festival, one or two things always made it worthwhile. pointed at the pen I was holding and I nodded. After a This year, it was two things: going to a great party on minute, our pictures said,"To Russ, Mr. McFeely" and Friday with my girlfriend (she wasn't here for festival "To Ed, Mr. McFeely." weekend last year), and Mr. McFeely. He signed one more picture and told the crowd, "Sorry, but I think this pen belongs to Russ or Ed. We'll Yes, he's the guy on Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood. The have to get another," and handed it back to me. He had one who runs the Speedy Delivery Service the only remembered our names! It was like being acknowl resident of the neighborhood who has ever made the edged by a deity. The shock took a moment to wear off, transition to the Kingdom of Make-Believe without and we thanked him and went on our way, convinced having his apperance, name, or job altered (with the that he would never shun his fans like some stars. possible exception of Chef Brockett, but he's not a We showed our pictures to everyone we met, but regular like McFeely). If you don't believe me, I'll give most people weren't impressed. We couldn't help but a few examples. Mr. Negri, who is normally a musi- feel that we were much wiser than they, for we knew cian, is transformed into Handyman Negri. Miss they would never feel the raw power and knowledge Aberlaine certainly isn't royalty, but she becomes that Mr. McFeely has to offer. In bad times, we will be Lady Aberlaine in the Kingdom. Francois the singer able to turn to him for support and advice, while they was twisted into a singing State Police trooper with will wallow in their problems and eventually wind up lavender gloves. And I don't remember exactly what dead, impoverished, or hopelessly insane. We know Robert Troll does in the neighborhood, but he certainly that "It's a good feeling to know you're alive," and that isn't a troll. His voice was even changed. you can make people happy by "your just being Thinking about this, one soon comes to the realiza- yourself." Words to live by tion that Mr. McFeely is the one stable, immutable Speedy delivery to you person in the neghborhood. He is the safety line that we cling to as the trolley takes us to Make-Believe. So imagine how excited I was when I found out that he was ~,; , • -, 1 • .: 1 -:•' ' ''• '‘.. ,..• RaiGIi*ILAND 1 616411.L2 " The Daily Collegian Tuesday, July 16, 1985 your life will to be alive" coming to the festival on Wednesday —"11:30 til 12:30, Mr. McFeely, children's event, Festival Tent," the schedule said. "Children's event"? HAI My roommate and I decided that we couldn't miss this opportunity. We left the apartment at 11, but were delayed by the crowds and didn't get to the tent until 11:25. It was standing-room only, just as we had feared. A slight drizzle was falling as the minutes ticked by. At 11:40, we started wondering if he wouldn't show up because of the weather. Someone spotted him giving an interview and our excitement mounted. Russell Kantner is a senior majoring in English and is a columnist for The Daily Collegian. Live Aid concert gets rave reviews By RANDY WHITESTONE Associated Press Writer PHILADELPHIA Cleanup crews removed piles of beer soaked blankets and broken cool ers from John F. Kennedy Stadi um yesterday, two days after rock 'n' roll's biggest concert went off so smoothly that city officials wished they could stage another one. "It was a tremendous event. I really feel privileged to be a part of it," said Joel Ralph, director of the city's stadium sports complex in south Philadelphia. Ralph, who has spent 13 years as head of the complex, said the crowd of 92,000 at Saturday's Live Aid superconcert for African fam ine relief "restored my faith in our attendees because sports fans in general are less well-behaved than they were." "It was almost scary how good they were," he said. "It was a great feeling." Singer Bob Geldof, who orga nized the event, which took place simultaneously in London and Philadelphia, said a final total of the amount raised would not be known until Thursday. But orga nizers of the Live Aid Trust told the British Broadcasting Corp. they estimated the total in pledges and rights at $7O million. Mayor W. Wilson Goode and other officials said the 14-hour concert would provide a needed boost to the city's international visibility. The mayor has been working to improve Philadelphia's image since he took office in 1983, and has done so with increased urgency since the May 13 standoff between police and members of Philadelphia begins rebuilding process By JOVE MERCER Associated Press Writer PHILADELPHIA The mayor and neighborhood residents broke ground yesterday for 61 houses to replace those destroyed by fire May 13 when police tried to evict the radical group MOVE from its forti fied rowhouse. "I want to assure you that our goal is to rebuild and provide quality hous ing and I believe that out of this site will come a new community," Mayor W. Wilson Goode said to a crowd of about 250 people. The mayor turned the first shovel of dirt, followed by many of the neighborhood's residents who took turns shoveling half-dozen at a time. Fifty-three homes were destroyed and eight heavily damaged in a fire that broke out after police dropped a bomb on the rooftop bunker of the home MOVE occupied. Officials said 11 MOVE members died in the blaze seven adults and four children. Residents of the quiet, middle-in come neighborhood of rowhomes in West Philadelphia had complained of harassment by MOVE members, whose philosophy allowed them to live with numerous dogs, rats and waste. On the morning of May 13, police tried to serve arrest warrants to some MOVE members and to evict MOVE from the dwelling. A daylong standoff developed during which pf) lice unsuccessfully tried to force Pona Meng waftoo up ap the Collegian 4 FREE 16 oz. Pepsis with any Large Pizza air Expires 7/17/85 • FREE DELIVERY DAILY am" Starting at 11 a.m. I I IZZa II Wear your Pizza 7r T-Shirt into the store and get 1 free 234.0182 one coupon per customer topping on a slice! 411 _ _ the radical group MOVE ended in a fire that killed 11 people and left 270 homeless. "I think this (concert) will have a tremendous positive impact," Goode said. Samuel Rogers, a spokesman for the Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau, said the con cert was even better than he'd hoped. "I thought it was one of the smoothest productions that I've ever seen," he said, adding that it gave the area a $lO million influx of tourism dollars. Ralph said he had a crew of 50 cleaning up inside the 59-year-old concrete stadium known affection ately as "The Rockpile." "We really just got started," he said. "We've cleared the field and removed the tarp. But there's a lot left." Ralph said that partly because officials encouraged fans to bring supplies, "it was the heaviest gar bage we've ever had." Among items left behind by con certgoers were shoes, beach chairs, shirts, beer-soaked blan kets, and shattered styrofoam coolers used as platforms by en thusiastic fans. Ralph said an en tire trash container had been filled with ruined, abandoned blankets. Officials estimated that 7,000 pounds of empty soda cans had been left behind, and about 50 tons of garbage were found outside the stadium. He said some minor vandalism had been committed, but no major damage was done. "It's an insur mountable fortress," he said of the 100,000-seat stadium. Police reported 44 arrests dur ing the concert. MOVE members out of the house with tear gas, water deluge guns and smoke grenades. The explosive device was dropped late in the afternoon to try to knock out the bunker, and the ensuing fire caused an estimated $lO million dam age and left 270 residents of a 1 1 / 2 - block area homeless. The city has promised to rebuild their houses by Christmas. Earl Watkins, who lived in the neighborhood for 28 years, said he feels "a little sad because we lost so much." But Watkins said the letters and gifts they have received from around the country show that Americans care. Beverly Harper, one of the devel opers, said she hoped to meet the Christmas deadline. "The issue is to make sure that the community understands what's going on," she said. "The community wants quality. They don't want to sacrifice quality for time." The cost of the houses will not be known for about two weeks, she said, but previous estimates have put the cost per house at about $BO,OOO. City Housing Director Julia Robin son said she was unable to quote a final price for the homes, but said the developers were awarded the rebuild ing project for a bid of $4.9 million. After the groundbreaking, a man who identified himself as Alphonso Africa, called Goode and police mur derers. We Are Renovating We have to move it. So we don't have to move it. Save 25%-50% on selected merchandise Kofmon's Korner 143 W. Deaver 237-7440 Pzzza Ir collegian notes • The Committee for Justice in South Africa will sponsor the film, "Last Drop of Blood," at 7 tonight in the HUB Main Lounge. • The Free University will sponsor a vegetarian cooking class at 6 to night in 273 Willard. • The Student Assistance and In formation Center offers help in study skills, test taking, and time manage ment tonight from 5 to 10 p.m. in 135 Boucke. • The film, "Madchenkrieg" will be shown for the German Intensive Course at 8 tonight in 165 Willard. • The Penn State Ultimate Fris bee Club will hold an open Ultimate Frisbee Practice and Tutorial at 7 tonight on Old Main lawn. police log • Robert Mickelsen of Melbourne Beach, Fla., reported to the State College Police Department that two glass figurines valued at $5OO were taken from an artist's booth at 300 S. Allen St. sometime early Sunday morning. • State College Police reported that someone gained entrance to St. Andrews Episcopal Church, 208 West Foster Ave., where the suspects bent and damaged the brass alter cross valued at about $5OO. • Two handmade wicker baskets valued at $B6 were taken from a booth in the 200 block of South Allen St. around 2:30 Sunday afternoon, State College police said. • Eloren Frantz, Box 123, State College, reported that a stage canopy worth an estimated $lOOO was taken Eccentric genius to By NAN CRYSTAL ARENS Collegian Staff Writer Paul Erdos, the roving Hungari an mathematical genius, will dis cuss the number theory and "Some Questions in Finite Math ematics" in a public lecture at 4 p.m. today in 101 Kern. Steven Krantz, University pro fessor of mathematics, said Erdos is recognized as one of the most prolific modern mathematicians producing more than 1,000 pa pers during his career. "Most mathematicians write 50 in a lifetime and that's a lot," Krantz said. "Whole wheat dough available The number theory, the topic of much of Erdos' work, has many applications including the making and breaking of secret codes, Krantz said. In addition to being a genius, Erdos is also one of the world's most eccentric scholars, with no regular job, no home, and no fami ly, Krantz said. "He has no regular job at a normal university," Krantz said. "He has no home of any kind. He just travels around and lives out of a suitcase he just shows up and expects people to take care of him." "He flew to Japan one time with no credit cards, no check book, no • The Moshannon Sierra Club will hold its monthly meeting/8.Y.0. pic nic at 6 tonight at Greenwood State Park. There will be a 1 p.m. hike before the meeting. For information or rides, call 238-0590. • The Free University will sponsor "Arabic as a Foreign Language," from 7 to 9 tonight in 212 Boucke. • The Free University will hold a discussion class on "Eckankar, The Ancient Science of Soul Travel" Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in 113 Sack ett. • The Graduate School and Office of Summer Sessions will hold an Evan Pugh Summer Seminar at 3:45 today in 101 Kern. Professor Stanley Rosen (philosophy) will speak on "Nihilism: Much Ado About Noth ing." from the Arts Festival area on Pol lock Road sometime Sunday, Univer sity police said. • University Resident Assistant, Angela Fugo, 304 Wolf Hall, reported that 11 residents have had property and money taken between June 8 and July 13. Total losses are estimated at $340, University police said. • Robert Morris of Summit, N.J., reported golf balls caused an esti mated $4OO damage to the front and rear windows of his 1985 Nissan sta tion wagon, while it was parked in lot Red A Friday, police said. • University Police Services Officer reported he apprehended an individual at McElwain Hall Sunday in connection with the theft of two light bulbs that had an estimated value of $1.50 math speak formalized plans, and only $5O in cash," Krantz said. "He just called somebody from the airport and told them to come pick him up." Erdos is also unique because of his ability to collaborate with oth er mathematicians, Krantz said. Erdos has also produced many new ideas in a variety of math ematical fields, including a 1949 paper, which presented a new and innovative proof of the prime num ber theorem, Krantz said. Helen Warren, assistant direc tor of the Summer Session, said in addition to special speakers like Erdos, the summer session office sponsors weekly lectures by the University's Evan Pugh Profes sors. "These are professors who are recognized by the (University) president for their national repu tations and their scholarly achievements," Warren said. The Evan Pugh lectures are held at 4 p.m. every Thursday in 101 Kern, Warren said. The lectures are designed for the general public, and audiences have included University faculty, administration, graduate students and interested people from the community. However, Warren added that few undergraduates have attended the lectures to date. • Advance sale tickets $3.50 each (Get "em" while they last) 2nd Floor Hotel State College Desk • Show starts 9:45pm • Doors open 8:00pm Turn Pro. You wouldn't think of going to a job interview in your old blue jeans. 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