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Do something
Life was much easier when Star Wars
meant Luke Skywalker vs. Darth Vader.
Today, however, Star Wars is the Strateg
ic Defense Initiative program and Presi
dent Reagan and Soviet leader Gorbachev
are fighting for the force
With the superpower summit between
Reagan and Gorbachev coming in Novem
ber, the Defense Department and Reagan
are hailing Star Wars research as our only
hope for peace. And while the SDI program
may have University researchers scram
bling'for dollars, they don’t want to be sold
to the government lock, stock and test tube.
Selling Star Wars to the American public
has become a big business. And it seems the
scientists doing research associated with
the program are a big part of the advertis
ing budget. The most recent advertisement
an innuendo made by the Defense De
partment places academia at the top of
the list of those supporting Star Wars.
The ad insinuated that researchers work
ing on projects associated with the Star
Wars plan automatically support it. Noth
ing could be further from the truth.
Case in point: Just because the Universi
ty has investments in companies doing
business in South Africa doesn’t mean stu
dents support apartheid.
Petitions calling for a boycott of the
proposed Star Wars plan are circulating at
37 campuses throughout the nation that
believe that the Defense Department has
falsely advertised. These universities do not
want to sell out to the government.
With noise being made at colleges nation
wide, including Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, and Cornell and Carnegie-Mel-
reader opinion
_ I I . . are the same corporations that are sticking their necks
IMo new sKirt out and putting themselves on the line by breaking South
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the convictions of Penn State students and labelling them few and degrading j obs that would remain for the
“guilty without understanding why we take and do not Blacks Qf South Africa if all American companies were to
take action toward divesture, I would like to express an country
opinion of yet another group Although i regret j am not £ informe d as I should be;
there is some substance to his statement regarding however j am proud to be one of the open-minded
“fashipnable” protest demonstrations, the fact remains “ ndividu ; ls who d £ es not make rash and selfish decisions
that students are more educated in terms of the apartheid with and uninformed accusations. I will
issue now more than ever as a result of media coverage along wun P Y knowledge of the apartheid issue;
alone, even without the awareness program. f Q be aU factSi j refuse
If University officials had decided upon a total divest- tQ at t em pt to sway the opinions of my peers. If Ido decide
ment in order to supposedly aid the Blacks in South Africa a f; rm stand on one side or the other, Old Main will
while, at the same time, raising tuition costs to compen- never see me protesting on its steps even if Ido have a
sate for losses of commissions and probable lawsuits, that „ new p j eate d skirt” to show off
same group of students, I must feel, would have been on
the steps of Old Main demanding the University take care
of its own before those thousands of miles away in a
foreign country.
Nevertheless, the lack of involvement this fall does not nn |i«\>
necessarily constitute a dying interest or growing rate of Irlai 11 yII JJCMIoy
indifference. . „ Because of the recent article in the Sept. 12 Daily
Divestment is so far from being a cut and dry issue th collegian concerning the issues surrounding the use of
the more one knows, the more neutral one seems to alcohol in the com munity, I feel it important to clarify a
become. We are all well aware of the violence that is number of concer ns about the policy of On Drugs, Inc. On
going on and the injustices that are taking place. I have D js NOT against student drinking, we do believe in
had death and bloodshed shoved down my throat for about viding un biased information and skills allowing people
six months now. My sympathetic insides are becoming make responsib i e decisions. On Drugs is NOT involved
numb due to overstimulation This does not make me a _ n making u niversity policy.
cold individual, contrary to liberal belief. As a reg i stere d Penn State organization, it does provide
Penn State s divestment at this uhere a 24-hour hotline and drop-in service, crisis intervention,
alone, without even mentioning the n *6^ lv ® unbiased information, referral assistance, and support
at home, could do more harm than good. South African n available free and confidential to Penn State
Blacks who are fortunate enough to have jobs with ° L
American corporations would lose those jobs if those
corporations were forced to close and/or pull out. These Lori Strayer, freshman-individual and family studies
lon universities, Star Wars research here at
Penn State has also become a topic of
serious debate.
L.R. Hettche, director of the University’s
Applied Research Lab, said he would not
back such a petition and Charles Hosier,
vice president for research and dean of the
Graduate School, agreed.
“Most of the academic world doesn’t
support Star Wars,” says Rustum Roy,
director of the University’s Materials Re
search Laboratory.
What about Penn State?
Penn State has not taken a stand one way
or the other. “I have not initiated anything
yet,” Roy said.
Roy said because many faculty members
are unwilling to do classified research, they
will not involve themselves in much of the
SDI projects and research. He said others
think “Star Wars research is a dumb idea
and won’t do anything with that label.”
It seems University faculty members
can’t decide which stand to take. But by
remaining wishy-washy, University faculty
members are not accomplishing anything.
Hettche said the public has been confused
by the rhetoric surrounding the issue and
added that if a petition were circulated and
signed, no one knows how much federal
funding the Univeristy would lose.
Obviously, the possible consequences
whether good or bad will remain hidden
until some action is taken.
Star Wars reasearch is gaining interna
tional attention. University researchers
must realize this and do something . . .
anything either lead, follow or get out of
the way.
Kimberly J. Ackerson, sophomore
division of undergraduate studies
“There he goes again."
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Open markets
I think Rich Douma is wrong in his
Sept. 13 column on free trade when he
says that the U.S. government’s num
ber one priority should be finding a
way to open foreign markets to U.S.
imports. The number one priority
should be reducing the deficit be
cause massive government deficits
cause interest rates to rise. High
interest rates cause the demand for
dollars to rise which makes the dollar
cost more in terms of foreign curren
cies which in turn causes U.S. goods
to be more expensive for foreigners to
buy.
The Libertarian answer to this
problem is to let people exercise their
right to engage in free trade with
whomever they want and reduce gov
ernment spending to the bare mini
mum.
junior-business logistics
On the new rules
“How ‘bout a beer?“ my daddy asked
In the stadium parking lot. ' ,
“Sure I said, “Don’t mind if I do
It’s getting kind of hot.”
e the game.
I withdrew from school my friends
Then my momma said, “Now only did, too
one> Penn State’s just not the same.
Or if you’re good, then maybe two. Karl A. Kline, junior-English
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Tuesday, Sept. 17, 1985
But no more remember what I
said,
I’ve got my eye on you.
“So I pulled a bottle from the ice
And pulled the lid fron off the top.
But just as I raised it to my mouth,
Someone bellowed “Stop!”
I looked around and saw a cop
staring hard at me.
“You look young, son," he said,
Let’s see your 1.D.“
I said I was only twenty
And then I saw him grin.
My daddy said “Hey, He’s my son,
I gave my beer to him.”
The cop stuck out his chest real far
(Like policemen always do) .
“He’s underage and drinking beer,
So I’m arresting you.”
Doug Litchfield,
“I’m taking your beer, your wine,
your food,
Your charcoal, your hibachi, too,
Your car, your dog, your wife, your
home.
Let this be a lesson to you.”
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Bulimia:
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of herself was her weight... and the ritual
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weight she tended to keep a good, healthy
diet. Now she tended to eat sparsely; yet why
did she feel so guilty when she ate so little?
The guilt was overwhelming sometimes. Af
ter dinner she lay on her bed and could feel
the fat accumulating on her hips, thighs,
stomach or buttocks; or so she thought. She
decided that she wanted to lose weight. She
had to. The need was overwhelming. She
thought “If only I could lose 10 pounds every
thing would be great, my clothes would hang
as I wanted them to when I bought them, I
will feel better about myself and my looks,
maybe guys will find me more attractive if I
am thinner ...” and the ritual continued.
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around the corner and down the hall. Her diet
was quickly becoming an unhealthy way of
life. Her world revolved around her obessive
love for food, and her hatred of the flabby
consequences. She had found what she
thought to be an easy way to “Have your cake
and eat it too.” Little did she think of the
consequences she would bring upon her own
body, or the emotional scars left on her self
esteem and pride when others realized the
situation.
Secrecy became the primary concern.
Friends were now beginning to question her
post dinner-time abscence and her mys
terious behaviour after the nightly “pig
ouf’that seems to be a tradition at college.
Ten pounds had dropped rapidly because of
her behaviour and people had questioned the
sudden loss. She wasn’t as happy as she
thought she would be after the 10 pound loss.
She thought,“Maybe just 10 more...” and
the ritual became a habit.
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Now the lies began. Lies that seemed to
excuse her curious behaviour. Lies that per
mitted her not to eat in public. “Oh,l’m not
hungry just now. I’ll stop on the way to class
and get a bite somewhere.” After all she was
supposed to be on a diet. Lies to her friends,
to her best friends who cared the most about
her, and would have tried to help her if they
had known the severity of the situation. Lies
that would slap her in the face when the truth
became known. Sooner than later her secret
would be revealed. The beaten path from her
door, around the corner, and down the hall
would soon become known.
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and heartbreaking experiences of her life. It
was also the best thing her friends could have
done. She was one of the few that got help.
It is estimated that 1 out of every 4 college
women suffer from a socio-psychological
disease called Bulimia. Included in this esti
mate is it’s sister disease Anorexia. These
diseases manifest themselves differently de
pending on the person that they affect. The
fictious “she”in this column could become
anyone with an overwhelming desire to lose
weight coupled with a low self-esteem. One
out of 4 women is quite a scary estimate. If
you have a friend whom you think exhibits
these qualities, please talk to them. Showing
concern is the best possible way to motivate
that person to get help, if not for herself, for
her friends.
Megan Culhane is a sophmore majoring in
journalism and is a columnist for The Daily
Collegian. Her column appears every Tues
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