opinions editorial opinion Diamond Don shouldn't do PSU Given the fiscal importance of Penn development campaign which ideally would State's $2OO million fund-raising campaign, move the University closer to its goal of you'd think the University could have found equality," said Sabrina Chapman, coordi a political figure with a little more public nator of the Center for Women Students: relations clout, or even simple tact, than . Undergraduate Student Government Vice White House chief of Staff Donald Regan to President Sue Sturgis feared that Regan's kick it off. Was James Watt unavailable? visit would alienate "half the number of Although Regan's appearance at the people who'would give to the campaign." Sept. 13 inaugural gala has not been offi- Regan's selection is even more baffling cially confirmed, Secret Service agents considering the possible altern4tives. In the have already been on campus to prepare for administration's own back yard, football the visit. Student leaders also have begun coach Joe Paterno has boosted Penn State's their preparations by sending a letter to nationwide reputation through athletics University President Bryce Jordan ex- while tirelessly promoting academics as pressing their justifiable concern over Re- well. • gan's suitability. And when 'Penn State's football team celebrated a "Century of Excellence" last Some have called him the most powerful month it got comedian Bob Hope for the man in America, but Regan's well-docu- occasion. Perhaps Donald Regan is the mented views on women and South African University's idea of a joke. sanctions hardly qualify him as representa- If the ramifications were not so serious, it tive of higher education. Rather, they seem may have been funny. As it stands now, to be the product of no education whatsoev- Penn State is about to begin its capital er. campaign with a public 'relations disaster. During November's Geneva arms-control The University Student Executive Coun summit, Regan suggested that women cil should be supported in its % attempt to stop could not understand the issues involved Regan's visit, if for no other reason than to and were more interested in Nancy ,Rea- distance students from Regan's obtuse con gan's wardrobe anyway. servatism. Then,. in defense of the president's anti- An administration that already suffers sanctions stance toward South Africa, Re- from some money-talks-students-walk pub gan noted that American women would lic relations problems might want to take have to do without that country's rich sup- this to heart and dissociate itself from ply of diamonds. "Are the women of Ameri- Regan. To use reasoning that will be appre ca prepared to give up all their jewelry?" ciated in Old Main, Regan's visit could cost Diamond Don wondered. the University money, not just. its image. The real question is: Does Penn Stale He may be the most powerful man in want its fund-raising campaign tainted by America, but all Regan possesses at Uni such blatant misogyny? versity Park is the power to contaminate a "I think it is an unfortunate beginning to a good idea with repugnant politics. dry Collegian Opinion, with the editor holding should be presented to the business final responsibility. Opinions ex- manager. If a complaint is not satisfacto• pressed on •the editorial pages are rily resolved, grievances may be filed not necessarily those of The Daily with the Accuracy and Fair Play Commit- Tuesday, Sept: 2, 1986 Collegian, Collegian Inc. or The tee of Collegian Inc. Information on filing grievances Is available from Gerry Lynn ©1986 Collegian Inc. Pennsylvania State University. Hamilton, executive secretary, Collegian Collegian Inc., publishers of The Inc Daily Collegian and related publica tions, is a separate corporate insti tution from Penn State Anita C. Hoslin Editor Letters Policy: The Daily Collegian en• courages comments on news coverage, editorial policy and University affairs. Letters must be typewritten, double. spaced and no longer than one' and one. Complaints: News and editorial corn• . half pages. Forums must also be type• The Daily Collegian's editorial opin- plaints should be presented to the editor. written, double-spaced and no • longer ion is determined by its Board of Business and advertising complaints than three pages. William G. Landis Jr. Business Manager News staff: _ Dedication, despite sallow complexions If ever you walk into the caver- Although a sense of derision may nous offices of the Daily Collegian, be detected at times between the it will instantly become obvious to news and business staffs and the you what makes this newspaper e feelings that one side is better than great. the other, the fact is, we couldn't As you enter 126 Carnegie, exist without one or the other. straight ahead and to your left 5 4 ,4 1.:, Common to both news and busi behind a long white counter, you ness Collegianaires is a staunch will notice a dozen or so tanned, loyalty to our product and organi well-dressed, aloof-looking people zation within the walls of 126 Car milling about. These people rep- negie. We all wear the same resent the business division of the . sweatshirts that pronounce our al- Collegian. ally quite nice to chat with and are legiance to the Collegian (although These folks are well-tanned be- most informative about the latest some staffers have been known to cause they work on shifts arranged innovations in suntan accelerators turn them inside out to avoid con around the optimum mid-day tan- and who's tearing up the greens on frontations on the streets). ning hours. They also only work the U.S. pro golf circuit. (The busi from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on ness manager, Bill Landis, is an We all put our heads together to plan for our annual Christmas par weekdays. Standing behind the up-and-coming hacker who cut his ty and find ways of getting around long, white counter they are sepa- handicap to a mere 20 strokes be the ever-present alcohol liability rated from the hot, sweaty masses cause he made a point of slipping problem. And , we all answer the that come in every day to buy away a couple of hours every day telenhone Hello, Daily Colle personal and classified ads. to hit the links all summer long.) . - ' , gian" except on those rare occa- These calm, cool and collected Overall, it's pretty obvious sions when my mother calls and people behind the counter live by where priorities are when, given someone disconnects her. . the rule that says "money talks." the choice of bringing honor and The fact is, although the news They represent the future of Wall glory to the Collegian, news staff- Street.ers can be seen running to cover staff believes in quality while busi- Now if you look to your right you the latest protest or municipal ness is always harping on making will see what looks like utter chaos council meeting while business advertising quotas, we all believe wild-eyed people running around workers are heading downtown to we are here to sell as many ads, flailing telephone receivers and cash their checks that come wry write the most informative stories scribbling furiously in notebooks two weeks. and learn as much as possible in while others pound away at video the process. But the important thing is that display terminals. These frenetic To be quite honest, we who work we recognize how the Collegian and people comprise the news division here six days a week are probably . its readers do benefit from the of the Collegian. more surpised at times to see cop ies of our daily rag on the streets For the most part, they sport efforts that from news and, yes, staffers put forth. sallow complexions, red-rimmed businessand in the dining halls every day eyes and less than 2.0 GPAs be- Consider, if you will, how empty ready to greet those people who are cause of their all-consuming devo- your daily life would be if you insane enough to get up that early. tion to the one, most important didn't have a Collegian to find out But as a last plug, let me assure thing in their lives journalism. the latest head count of people who you that we go to press every night Their motto is "if there's a story were arrested for underage drink- primarily because of the skill and here, we'll find it." These worka- ing over the weekend or to clip two, dedication of nearly 200 reporters, holies represent the future of The for-one ads for home delivered editors, photographers and graphic New York Times. . pizza and subs. We'd be forced artists who represent the heart of The business folks do a great job (god forbid) to resort to reading this fine organization The News of answering telephones, filling out substandard local publications if it Staff. resume request forms and bustling weren't for the noble efforts of the around their side of the office, dedicated news staff and, at least, wearing their little plastic consistant endeavors of the busi nametags. Some of them are actu- ness division. Anita Huslin is a senior majoring in journalism and the editor of The Daily Collegian, F.- - 40/OALAYNA.p. -6 • - 1 / I .FYbU C.At.5 POO A SerfEtZ GANDicont RA PREODEOT: I1OM(NP 1 HIM 1* The Daily Collegian is looking for Please pick up an application for a few good columnists for Fall further details. Semester 1986. The deadline for all applications The Collegian is accepting appli- , Columnists will bp expected to is' Wednesday, Sept. - 3, - 1986 at' 5 - cations for anew editorial '''cartoon= write opinionated, well-written and p.m. No late applications will be ist. You must demonstrate good researched columns for the editori- accepted. drawing ability along with a per al opinion page concerning issues and topics that are currently cap- . The list of Fall Semester column- ceptive grasp of current events and turing the public's attention ei- ists will be posted on Tuesday, the ability to comment on them on ther locally or nationally. Sept. 9in 126 Carnegie Building. a regular basis. Applications are now available in Questions should be directed to Applications are now available 126 Carnegie Building. Opinion Editor Jill Graham or As- at the Collegian in 126 Carnegie, All former columnists must reap- sistant Opinion Editor Alan J. Building. The deadline for applica ply if they want to retain their Craver in the Collegian office or at tions and drawing samples is Fri position. 865-1828. day, Sept. 5, Business staff: Win or lose, appearance is ail that counts "Are you one'of those crazy liber al writers that writes that garbage in The Daily Collegian every day?" I looked down at my Collegian sweatshirt and realized I was mis taken once again for a reporter. I tried to explain that I worked on ' the business staff, but knew it was In this person's mind, I was a radical left-wing fanatic and possi- Then, a representative from bly even a Democrat. That's the way it is in this business, though. also know that the one who dies which size to use. The news side Few people realize what the busi- with the most toys wins, so we tend wants as large a paper as possible ness division of a newspaper does, to be prolific consumers. This is so more of their articles are pub or that it even exists. admirable because we know that lished. The business division wants The business division's primary we help the economy when we a smaller paper because it costs function is to sell advertising. To- increase our discretionary spend- less to print it. day's paper is 54 percent advertising. (How's that for a rationaliza- As you can see, the scene seems ing, so I contend that by virtue of tion?) set for confrontation. taking up the majority of the space, When news and business people Suprisingly, there is usually little the advertising is more important speak to each other we see how conflict. Each side understands the than the news and editorial con- really different we are. other's concerns and is generally tent. The news staffers tend to be sensitve to them. We have Ido concede that it is quite possi- concerned with politics and cam- guidelines to follow, which make ble no one would read The Colle- pus events, while the business staff sure the paper size allows for at gian if it was all ads, but we sure sees the world through sales quotas tractve layout. Occaisionally there would save some money. (Oops, and financial reports. The news is disagreement, but we always that's the business person inside of staff wants to save the world, while arrive at some sort of a compro me surfacing again!) The point is the business staff wants to make mise. that the news and business divi- money. This makes for interesting Maybe it's best that the Collegian sions do their share to produce the conversations when the two divi- is as diverse as it is. The paper news and advertising package you sions get together at a party. needs different skills for each func see every day. News Staff: "I can't believe Don- tion and different people are The differences between people ald Regan is coming to Penn State looking for different experiences, on the news and business staff tend to kick off the Campaign for Penn so it seems natural that different to be striking. The most obvious State! It's such an affront to worn- 'types of people gravitate toward differences are in appearance. en!" Business Staff: "I agree with one division or the other. News people seem to work very you completely, why can't we get While people in the business divi hard at cultivating the wild-eyed, someone like G. Gordan Liddy or sion do not necessarily have the haggard look. lam convinced that maybe even Lee lacocca?" same values as those in the news, they avoid sunlight because they Business staff: "That's a nice t- we all do realize that we are here to feel as if they would appear less shirt you're wearing. It's relatively put out the best college paper possi credible in their role of world de- clean today." News staff: "Do all ble and learn a lot while doing it. fenders if they had a tan. Someone your shirts have alligators and polo Now, if we could just put some would obviously accuse them of players on them?" tanning lamps on the news side and selling out to big business if they Needless to say, news ends up on find some common ground to talk were seen playing tennis or, god 101139010ne side of the room and about at parties .. . forbid, golf. business on the other. Given the Business staff members, on the differences between the two William G. Landis Jr.is a senior other hand, realize that it isn't "sides" of Collegian, it is amazing majoring in marketing and the • whether you win or lose, it's how that we all work for the same Business Manager of The Daily you look when you play. We organization. Collegian. Good help is hard to find . _ The only time the news and busi ness division really work together 1 * / W ' l 4 :ge „ ic l i Islole is when we determine paper size. We take the number of inches of 6' I advertising we sold for a particular : :. issue and feed that into a computer -," program. The program generates five possible paper sizes and calcu , L. "A lates the cost to print each one. The Daily Collegian Tuesday, Sept. 2, 1986 • • • reader opinion Bomb scare Let us assume that Reagan had spent $2 trillion to build a Star Wars system and that it worked perfectly as he claims it would. Could the Soviets still launch a first strike against the United States? A hydrogen bomb is small enough to carry in a suitcase. The casing for such a bomb could be made in the United States. The electronics that would detonate the bomb could be bought over the counter in any city in the country. The triggers that would detonate the bomb could be manufac tured in a machine shop by Soviet agents in the United States. The plas tic explosive that would cause the initial explosion could be bought or made in the United States. The Soviets would only have to smuggle in the hydrogen fuel and the plutonium. The Soviets could assem ble 500 bombs and place them in strategic locations where they could all be detonated simultaneously via satellite. Would Reagan's Star Wars system defend the country against this type of nuclear attack? J. Pasinosky Bellefonte resident Drug testing Once upon a time, King George's soldiers searched poeple indicsrimi nately in order to uncover those few who were committing crimes against 1, the Crown. The American people were out t raged.•To insure that such indiscrimi nate searches could never again ,• happen in America, they wrote the . 1 Fourth Amendment to the Constitu i How t, "The right of the people to be A secure in their persons, houses, pa } pers, and effects, against unreason , able searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, sup- ( -- A - i - -4_9..) ,s e c . /. LEAVE THE 7-".___., , . NOTE-TAKING At.; ) SOFT . , i-/ The Athletic Club C; 1 CONTACT ft. ': TO US Attend class without ever needing to take notes!! With a ; subscription to Nittany Notes you'll be able to pay complete Ree Unlimited Suntanning LENSES : attention during lectures and WE'LL TAKE THE NOTES with • kk. . FOR YOU" Fall Semester Nautilus Membership $9900* , ...0 . FOR A 95 WHOLE only $ 99 - . :, ONLY $l9 . *lncludes vision exam & care products , SEMESTER! , _ . How does it work? 2 for 1 - . . . 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President Reagan is getting a lot of press over his proposed voluntary drug testing of federal employees; unfortunately, neither the press nor the people have reacted to the real danger of Reagan's plan. By allowing these supposedly "vol untary" tests, Reagan is violating his presidential oath to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in particular, the Fourth Amendment. He is allowing a basic principle of the people to be destroyed; he is helping make Ameri ca ripe for another King George. President Reagan has allowed the Army, Navy, Justice and Treasury departments to conduct drug testing (searches) on civilians without prob able cause as long ago as November 1983! He also allowed the Postal Serv The Daily Collegian welcomes let- three typed pages, double-spaced) to ters from students, faculty, staff and the Collegian in 126 Carnegie Building area residents concerning issues and during office hours, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 topics of interest to the Collegian's p.m. readership. Students' letters should include the Even though we are entering only semester and major of each writer. the second week of the Fall Semester, Letters from alumni should include many important issues already con- the author's major and year of grad front the University community. uation. The Collegian wants to know what All writers should provide their you think about: address and phone number for verifi • The effects on the University cation of the letter. community caused by the 25 percent The opinion editor reserves the decrease in black freshmen enroll- right to edit letters for length and to ment. reject letters if they are libelous or do • The University's stricter policy not conform to standards of good which will crack down on underage taste. drinking on campus and at University Because of the number of letters events such as football tailgates. received, the Collegian cannot guar- Authors must present letters to the antee publication. editor (no more than lik pages, All letters become the property of double-spaced) or forums .(up to Collegian Inc. ice to drug test (search) applicants without probable cause. Many argue that drug testing is required for job safety and perfor mance; public safety is paramount. Unfortunately, drug testing does not measure job performance, therfore, the job performance argument must be considered as merely a gimmick to gain control. And predictably,' private industry followed his lead. Now 25 percent of major American companies have in stituted drug testing programs. Where does it stop? Supreme racism One need not look as far as South Africa to find racism. In a few weeks, William Rehnquist will bring it to the U.S. Supreme Court. Use this space Richard Prawdzienski Lowell, Massachusetts resident Randy J. Maniloff junior-marketing Big Brother is JUST SAY 'NO' SEE OUR SPECIAL JOSTEN'S INSERT IN TODAY'S COLLEGIAN A's oo deposit is all it takes. f # 4e , 6V)4Prfac.-isAeth•- 4 a ,& so ~~yy~ Corner of College and Allen Downtown State College 814-237-7942 The Daily Collegian Tuesday, Sept. 2, 1986-11 yours THE OFFICIAL ,N STATE ASS RING
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