opinions
Keeping a sharp eye on vandalism
A word to the wise: Partiers, better watch trouble and then call the police. They must
your step in State College neighborhoods, not think their job is to capture the vandal,
You might think it’s a riot to “borrow” a take him down to the station and book ’em.
fraternity’s stereo or take target practice at Interfraternity Council Community Rela
someone’s window, but other people do not tions Chairman Eric Graves said partici
share your amusement namely the vie- pation in the program is overwhelming,
tims of the pranks. Thirty-six of the 52 fraternities have signed
To protect their houses and their neigh- up to participate in the crime watch so far.
bors’ homes against vandalism, fraternity Crime Watch’s purpose is to protect every
members and pledges have formed a Crime fraternity in the neighborhood from vandal-
Watch program. ism and disorderly conduct. Because crime
Besides having the police on the lookout is a community problem, all fraternities
for trouble, University fraternity members with houses should sign up to participate in
and pledges will patrol the streets of State the program.
College every weekend as part of the first- j us t knowing Crime Watch exists may
ever nationwide fraternity crime watch. prove to be very effective in deterring
The State College police should not have cr i me . If people know someone is watching,
to spend their Friday nights sitting in their they may think twice before vandalizing
patrol cars in fraternity neighborhoods ba- property or disturbing the peace,
bysitting people who have had “one too gut for this program to work, fraternity
many” and are trying to find their way members must be dedicated to the Crime
home. Watch.
It is a great burden off the police to have involves a weekly commitment from
fraternity brothers watch their own turf and A “1 until 2a m every Friday night
call the police if and when there is a prob- the weather Ms wj mfan
And when fraternities work with the po
lice, it will also help ease relations between £ ™ d ' e “ dr f£ and mtke sure those
the two groups Crime Watch is the perfect f out on ™^ t 7avi?g 1
opportunity for fraternities to e , se , s e .
selves as contributing members of the com- 6
munity rather than isolated, self-reliant and Fraternity Crime Watch has the potential
temporary residents. to be a great success to deter crime. But it
But fraternity members must also keep in will take the dedication and cooperation of
mind their role in crime watch. They are both the police and fraternity members to
not vigilantes. Their purpose is to watch for make it work.
daily Collegian
Thursday, Oct. 30,1986
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Anita C. Huslin
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Relationships:
To have true friends requires honesty, openness and a minimal amount of game-playing
Oct. 30, 1982
Just another mischief night. My friend
Stacey dragged me along to this halloween
party in a not so nice part of town. She was
hot for this guy who was going to be there
and, being an adventuresome (crazy? stu
pid?) soul, I let myself get talked into going.
Not a bad party, actually. I met this guy
named Chris interesting, kind of lost
looking, nice body. We went back to Sta
cey's house and talked (yes, talked) all
night.
There are too many lonely people walking
around. Some are part of a group, but that
doesn’t matter there’s a difference be
tween knowing a lot of people and having
others fenow you.
According to Erik Erikson’s stages of the
lifespan, most of us in early adulthood (18-
24) are in the Intimacy vs. Isolation Stage
(assuming we’ve gotten past toilet train
ing). Do we choose to form meaningful
relationships (not necessarily sexual) or do
we choose to keep who we are inside, hidden
from everyone friends, lovers, etc.
I would have liked to take a not-so-ran
dom survey on this question, but emotional
topics like this make many people uptight.
Besides, those in the latter group probably
wouldn’t answer me anyway, that’s why
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they’re in that group. So, given the situa
tion, I will assume that both types are
represented here today.
What is a true friend? (Sorry, I know this
is elementary stuff but I think many people,
in this age of appearances, need to be
reminded.) Someone you can emotionally
dump on when you think your life is falling
apart and doesn’t tell you to get lost or get
drunk, but listens. Someone you can be your
obnoxious true self around without worry
ing that they’ll never speak to you again. (I
could go on but I’m sure you get the idea.)
To form close friendships is a basic psy
chological need. Yet, some of us, although
we would like close friends', merely know a
lot of people. What’s the problem?
A common complaint is that there is
nobody around worth being close friends
reader opinion
Public service
This letter is in response to the
“Scalping Scam” editorial which ap
peared in The Daily Collegian.
Referring to intelligent business
minded entrepreneurs as “capitalists
money-mongers” • and “vultures”
demonstrates the editorial staff’s ig
norance to the important economic
functions that these businessmen per
form for their communities.
Instead of calling for stricter en
forcement of victimless crime laws,
let’s look at the services these law
abiding citizens perform.
Just as most businesses carry in
ventory so goods will be available to
buyers, so does the scalper. His in
ventory is tickets and represents a
large cash investment. It is only fair
that he be compensated for this in
vestment since this money could be
earning interest in a bank.
The scalper is never guaranteed a
profit on his tickets. Like other busi
nesses, the scalper takes risk when he
buys merchandise for resale. Would
you risk- hundreds of dollars if you
could not make a profit?
If Penn State has a bad season or if
the weather us bad, the scalper
stands to lose significant amounts of
money.
Nobody forces “desperate Nittany
Lions fans” to buy tickets from a
scalper. These people know well in
advance that tickets could be selling
for several times their original price
on game day and when they venture
with, just a bunch of jerks. There is some
validity in this point, but blaming others
will not help you; it’s possible you may not
give others the impression that you are
capable of being a friend.
To have true friends requires one to be a
true friend. To be a true friend requires
honesty, self-disclosure and, most impor
tantly, a minimal amount of game-playing.
The games we play with others are a
result of the images we have in our minds of
how we should act and who we should be. If
these images represent who we really are,
there are no games. (Only you know when
you’re playing.) We all play to some extent,
but like everything else it’s harmful in
extremes. You have to know when to stop.
Why do we need to play games? One
reason is that we don’t want to reveal our
true selves which may not be liked or.
accepted. A better one is that we don’t want
to get hurt. If people attack who we are not
(our “image”), it is not a personal attack,
right? Personal attacks are the most pain
ful hurts.
A good defense is the best offense. That’s
what walls are for.
It’s a natural step from the superficiality
of some friendships to the superficiality of
some relationships. A relationship should be
a friendship (as in real friend). Unfortu-
up to Beaver Stadium with their
“money-lined pockets,” they are hap
py to find tickets at any price.
The scalper is simply buying a
product and reselling it at a higher
price in hopes of making a profit to
compensate for monetary risk and
time invested in selling the tickets.
He helps make the ticket market
more efficient by purchasing unwant
ed tickets and selling them to custom
ers who want and are willing to pay
for them. His customers get to see the
game at a price they feel is fair or
they wouldn’t have bought them.
With these facts in mind, maybe the
Collegian should advocate the repeal
of all scalping laws so these business
men would get the respect they de
serve and never have to break the
law.
Douglas Litchfield
senior-business logistics
Endorsements?
The political campaign of Bill Wa
chob has been dealt a serious blow: it
has been endorsed by the Undergrad
uate. Student Government. You con
sider this endorsement as a plus for
Wachob, but consider some things.
The turnout for the USG elections
last Spring was as low as 20 percent.
Few, if any, students can tell you who
represents them in the USG Senate.
Worse yet, few could even care.
Don’t think this is the students’
fault either. For the past few years,
divestment has been a hot issue. The
leadership of the USG has taken it
X HA.VE SEESi -THE EMEKAV< . . .
upon themselves to push the Univer
sity for divestment.
This is backed by a very feeble
attempt at a survey that was proven
flawed. I am not saying anything
about divestment, but I do disagree
with USG taking a firm stand on it.
This Fall it was announced that
White House of Chief of Staff Donald
Regan was to speak here. Before
most of us were back in the swing of
things, the USG announced it was
joining the University Student Exec
utive Council in protesting the visit.
People new to the campus did not
know anything about USG (not that
they were missing anything), and the
other students knew that USG and
USEC would do whatever they
wanted anyway.
So based on these limited exam
ples, Wachob, just because you have
the endorsement of the USG, don’t
think you have the student support!
Now all we have to do is wait for
The Daily Collegian to add its “sup
port” to someone’s campaign.
The Daily Collegian welcomes let- issues still confront the University,
ters from students, faculty, staff and Authors must present letters to the
area residents concerning issues and editor (no more than IVj pages,
topics of interest to the Collegian's double-spaced) or forums (up to
readership. With the semester past three typed pages, double-spaced) to
the half-way point, many important the Collegian in 126 Carnegie Building
nately, it seems as though a minority of
relationships fall into this category.
Let’s imagine that you treat .your boy
friend or girlfriend no differently than a
close friend. (Throw in sex if you’d like, but
that shouldn’t make any difference for our
purpose here.) How might things change
between you?
Posscssiveness. Do you get jealous if your
close friends have other friends who they
like to go out with? How about if your
boy/girlfriend goes out with someone of the
other sex?
In the latter case, our insecurities often
cause a red flag to wave in front of our eyes
and we do something stupid. You don’t try
to control your friends, but a relationship is
different, right? Why?
My opinion on possessiveness is that ff
two people have a strong relationship, no
other person can come between them. If
seeing other people causes a break-up, as it
sometimes does, one of the parties involved
was unsatisfied with the relationship and
probably wanted out anyway. Either that,
or those damn insecurities make us act
stupid again.
Honesty. Something like 75 percent of all
people in relationships have had at least one
outside sexual experience while in the
relationship. I doubt many of them decide to
Thursday, Oct. 30, 1986
Darin Cox
junior-mathematics
What do you think?
The Daily Collegian
Environment
U.S. Rep. Bill Clinger claims to,
have a good record on enviormental
issues. Yet, when the most important
votes were cast, Clinger voted for the
polluters; ■ ‘ • *
His cumulative rating of 42 percent
with the League of Conservation Vot
ers demonstrates his lack of concern
for enviormental issues.
Clinger has consistently voted to
weaken the Superfund, which was
created by Congress to clean up toxic
waste sites. He voted to eliminate the
industry tax the main source of
revenue for Superfund.
He also voted against allowing vie-,
tims of industrial waste to sue for
damages in federal court. Clinger
surley knows that the best way to stop
pollution is to make it economically
unsound to pollute.
I hope the voters of the 23rd District
won’t be fooled this time. I know Bill
Wachob can do a better job. His
record in the Pennsylvania legis*
lature was very pro-enviormental. .{j
Hick O’Neil
Franklin, Pa., resident
tell their boyfriend or girlfriend. Why not?
Would it mean the end of the relationship?
(I know the answer to this one is often
“yes.”)
Think about it, if your feelings toward him
or her haven’t changed, what harm is it
doing? The greatest harm is in the lying
which will de-stabilize any relationship.
We generally don’t try to possess our
friends and are honest with them; what
would it be like if we really did apply this to
relationships? What have we got to lose by
being true to ourselves and our own feel
ings?
0ct.30, 1986
I’ve been close friends with Chris for
exactly four years. He's still interesting,
lost-looking and has a nice body. No one else
lets me ramble on all night about things
going on in my mind on his long-distance
phone bill.
1 wonder what he’ll say when I tell him
that he inspired this column. He may never
speak to me again. That’s what friends are
for, I guess.
Abby Felgus is a senior majoring in
psychology and pre-medicine and a column
ist for The Daily Collegian. Her column
appears every other Thursday.
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opinions
Blind support:
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narrow-neefeed bottles: the less they have in other reason moment to hear it in your mind. through the flesh of another human being
them, the more noise they mohe m pouring . U • I’ve met those guys many times before. And still, there are people among us who simply because he lives in another part of
it out. Alexander Pope. though in different personages. They come profess the desire to be the agents of such the world and has a different set of ideolo
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ble genius. In fact, I know how to say I which we all share- the ability to feel At to fight! When they catch someone they perform the kind of savage acts that so
don’t know” in 11 different languages I take which we all share. y don . t B like , he’s dead meat. They ain’t afraid many of us talk of so freely? Or is it simply
my life very seriously and I’m always least 1 minx so. ~; falk 9
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much I don’t know. already have military personnel in Central so many people men and women alike * * * you mean w hat you say, if you honestly
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