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roving education for the future .
A cold wind blew into Penn State and need for a better balance between year colleges that enroll more than 5
every other college campus in the teaching and research. . million students students who may
country last weekend. But the chill is Undergraduates obviously lose out not be getting the education they need
more than just a sign of winter's tight- on the education process when their or deserve. These and probably more
ening grip; it's a sign that our colleges teachers are too wrapped up in the students face increases in tuition and
and universities aren't doing their job. push to publish to care about them. At living expenses each year for an educa-
The Carnegie Foundation for the the very least, universities should tion that may not be worth what they
Advancement of Teaching issued a equally emphasize teaching and re- are paying.
harsh critique of the nation's under- search from college professors. Good While portions of the report seem
graduate colleges on Saturday • that instructors and researchers should be harsh, improvements in undergrad
said today's universities are better at allowed to focus on their areas of uate education —at Penn State and at
handing out degrees than at educating expertise in and away from the class- every other university in the nation
students. room and should be rewarded for their are clearly needed.
The report addressed nearly -every work. We hope administrators and officials
aspect of today's higher education sys- As the report urged, universities at Penn State —as well as those at
tem,' including the Scholastic Aptitude should fight overspecialization of stu- other colleges take the foundation's
Test, athletic recruiting and training dents, require upperclassman to take report to heart.
budgets, and a proposal to require all seminars in which social and ethical They should look at the recommen
seniors to write a thesis before gradua- aspects of their major field would be dations and see which apply to their
tion. Many of its 83 recommendations explored, and bolster general educa- universities and then take the nec
hit home here at Penn State. tion requirements, something Penn essary steps to make the changes. In
The report criticized major research State is already in the process of estab- the end, improvements in the higher
institutions that push professors to- lishing. . education system will not only benefit
ward research when they would rather The foundation studied the educatio- students and universities, but will also
teach. At Penn State, there is clearly a nal programs at the nation's 2,000 four- benefit society as a whole.
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Anita C. Huslin , Pennsylvania State University. mester standing, major and campus of selected for publication in The Weekly
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Save the squirrels
In the three years I have been at
University Park, hardly a day has
gone by that I haven't seen someone
watching,, photographing or feeding
the squirrels of State College. It has
always amazed me the amount of
trust they have for you as they come
up and eat out of your hand.
On Wednesday, Oct. 29, someone
abused the trust by hanging a squir
rel from a noose and threw the body
into the gutter on Southgate Drive.
The enjoyment of these animals is
our privilege and responsibility.
If you have any informaton regard
ing this or any other incident of
cruelty to animals, please contact the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals in Centre Hall at 364-1725.
But foi now, take some time out today
to stop and notice the squirrels.
Jim Siegl
junior-theater production
Dining response
On Friday, Oct. 24 our letter was One week later, Estela Rocha, a
printed in The Daily Collegian that Nicaraguan teacher, spoke to a group
pointed out Findlay. Dining Hall's of similar size. She gave first hand
difficultly toward the end of dinners. accounts of life in northern Nicara-
The same day we received a call from gua, specifically of U.S.-sponsored
Ursula Gusse, assistant director of war waged against everyday people.
Food Services, to•set up a time when Not a single word was written in the
we could meet and discuss our sug- Collegian about this speech.
gestions to cope with the problem. This type of selective reporting is
We met with Gusse and Dale typical of our "free press." Two
Kuhns, Findlay Dining Hall supervi- weeks previously, the Collegian elect
sor, and Richard Donaldson, assis- ed to ignore the visit of Nicaraguan
tant Findlay Dining Hall supervisor, priest Bernie Survil.
the following Wednesday. Their first his message? Religious freedom is
message was that they are always greater with the Sandinistas than it
open to suggestions. Anyone, any- was under the U.S.-backed
where across campus, is welcome to dictatorship of Somosa. On Sept. 17,
see the supervisor of the dining hall Veitnam veteran Charlie Clements
they attend whenever they have ques- spoke of his extensive experiences in
Bons or comments. Nicaragua and El Salvador and the
After this was clear, we turned to horror of U.S.-military activities
the suggestions we had for students there. The Collegian neglected to
who receive sub-par meals when they cover this too.
arrive late. Our first idea of further •
research was unnecessary; Kuhns Two Americans are barely cold in
the ground as a result of this incredi
was well prepared with pages-on th e
war. Are you waiting for Penn
pages of statistics Food Services
Staters to die there before you report
keeps for every meal.
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Further discussion showed the solu- it adequately? We already suffer
from the diversion of our tax monies
lion to bur complaint already existed.
from human needs (education, health
We came to the consensus these two
things should be done: care, housing, good jobs, etc.) to the
• Students should take advantage military.
of all the dining halls open in their This inequity was not lost on Ro
area when they find themselves wait- cha: She spoke movingly of seeing
ing in line. On the particular night we steel workers forced out of work, of
mentioned in our previous letter, 800 Pennsylvanians going through gar
people went to dining hall a ,"C" while bage cans in search of a meal. As a
only 300 went to "A." We decided that professional in day care, I find it
more signs could be posted to remind outrageous that even on campus, pre
students of this. schoolers lack the funding they de
• The ovens in Johnston Dining serve while our government funds
Hall will be used to aid those in Contra attacks on day care centers,
Findlay with heavy dinners. schools and health centers in Nicah-
At the end of our meeting everyone gua.
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elf;els
seemed pleased with our discussion
and its results. Once again, we en
courage other students to first talk
with the supervisor of their dining
hall whenever they run into prob
lems. It worked very well for us.
Lady Lion?
Several weeks ago, I saw Penn
State and State College for the first
time and was most admiring of the
town, the stately campus and the
spirit of the Penn State students at
the game to say nothing of that
terrific team itself.
My female soul was appalled when
The Daily Collegian
Thursday, Nov. 6, 1986
Ken Snodgrass
sophomore-engineering
Steve Slater
freshmen-engineering
there was an announcement for some
event at the Lady Lion field. "Lady
Lion," I thought, "what happened.to
that stronger, more accurate term
lioness?"
"Lioness" has connotations of
strength;pride, fierce protectiveness
and independence while "lady lion"
has intimations of the secondary, the
one who trails behind; in a word, the
wimpy other half of the king of
beasts. Now Lady Lions might com
plain, "Another hard-core feminist at
it again; what difference does it
make?" But the "lionesses" among
you will know the difference.
Elizabeth Lambert
Assistant Professor of English
Ignorance
Several weeks ago, Sen. Robert
Dole appeared with Rep. Bill Clinger.
The Daily Collegian devoted the top
half of its front page to this visit. I
could find nothing newsworthy about
Dole's visit except he can't tell jokes
as well as President Reagan.
The irony is clear; even as the
nation's teachers receive grossly in
adequate salaries (teachers in the
Cedar Day Care start at $6,000 to $B,-
000 per year depending on qualifica
tions). They, as taxpayers, fund the
killing of teachers in Nicaragua.
With disinformation being an ad
mitted tactic of the Reagan adminis
tration, the CIA continually sows
propaganda in the worlds' newspa
pers (see the September/October edi
tion of Common Cause), substantial
evidence of administration law
breaking regarding Contra aid, and a
Congress lacking the will they . had
during Watergate, a vigilant press is
demanded. Your silence is complicit
with the forces of ignorance pushing
us into a new "Vietnam."
Terry Griffith
Class of 1972
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New right paranoia•
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The bus of Morality makes a stop at the Betty Ford Celebrity Rehabilitation Center
I can still hardly believe it, it all seems so .."11 1111110r 4 --...7-7-' i. "Hey, Jerry, what're they gonna do to
much like a perverse, twisted dream. The The troll took me to a small, white room with a doctor's
first thing I can remember was waking up .„irad
"Trial, man. I gotta take a bottle test
on the cold stone floor of what seemed to be , ' 7 . '-"; --. .. 44' . II- 744 j - against Ed Meese and that's gonna be used table .. . I noticed what had to be the world's largest enema
a prison cell. The walls were dancing, the Cr' as evidence." bag, currently empty, hanging from a stand. Next I felt those
floor was spinning and my head was pound- - f ia.--itit - "Holy hell, Jerry, what're you gonna
t damn hands lift the back of my gown up and out of the way.
ing all over. I groped my way' to the bunk . . 4'.3F- • ir.-- ' 1 do?"
against the wall. It appeared that I had not •'
, p . "Oh, it's cool man. The Bhagwan works
slept on it at all, spending the night on hard .- . - ~.„,„...„,_ ..** — r ' 64 .. '3 ; 31; "
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here as an orderly. He'll just switch our
stone. -Vl*. . 4
. . . , bottles." I couldn't help but chuckle at that •
I crawled to the bars of the door, stuck my ''.' . '"di ‘ 4"*. ' ' thought. . • "Yeah, well, I gotta crash, man. Talk to jumping through the ceiling.
head through. "Where the hell. am I?" I An angry groaning came from the cell on you later, dude." . She took me to a small, white room with a
cried at the top of my lungs.
A head popped out through the bars of the think. They burned your last one in Chicago couldn't see who occupied it. was still pounding mercilessly and my body and spread-eagled. I noticed what had to be
cell to my left and stared curiously at me. It last week with some Salinger and Vonne- "Who's that, I asked." was sore all over. Maybe if I slept hard the world's largest enema bag, currently
had long, flowing hair and a beard, both gut." "That's Ozzy Osbourne, man. You know enough I'd wake up back home. empty, hanging from a stand. Next I felt
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dark and graying, wire-rimmed spectacles, "Kurt Vonnegut?" him?" No such luck. A few hours later, a rattling those damn hands lift the back of my gown
and a tie-dyed bandana. For cripes' sake, I "Yeah, man. Guy down the hall. You "Yeah, yeah. Why's he here?" on my cell door woke me. A haggard old up and out of the way.
thought, it's Jerry Garcia. know him?" "Backmasking, man. And evil satanic nurse with icy, bony hands tossed a white A green-gowned figure entered the room.
"hey cat, that scream was heavy. What's "Forget it," I said. "So listen, do you lyrics. You should see it. They drip his hospital gown at me and told me to put it on. lie stared coldly into my eyes and dropped
the problem, man?" know why I'm here or anything?" melted records onto his bare back and She said "my time had come" and then his surgeon's mask. My God! It was a man
So I asked him as calmly as I could where douse him with holy water."
"All I remember is they brought you in, walked away, the ugly old troll. who looked like President Jordan!
the hell I was. day after Halloween. You smelled like a "My, God." I said, appalled.
"Looks like this is it, man. Good luck," . Laughing wickedly, he grabbed the ene
"Dude,- he began, "we're doin' time at "Oh, they got something bigger planned
brewery, man." Jerry said. ma bag and held it before my eyes. Then,
they etty Ford Celebrity Rehab, man." for him, man, cause he won't give in.
My insides were screaming for a mental My mind reeled, as if searching for some Rumor has it there's a stake set up out- I turned to him and with a pleading and with an evil cackle, he produced a bottle of
timeout. The last thing I remembered was lost and vital clue. Halloween .. . party .. . side." philosophical look all around, raised my Everclear Grain Alcohol from beneath his
grain cider . . . taking a squirt in President arms and asked, "Why?" gown and slowly filled up the bag.
peacefully going to sleep in my room, and ."You've got to be kidding."
Bryce Jordan's bushes . . . I gulped.
now I wake up in a jail cell next to a cult "No way, man. It gets better. See that guy "It's the New Right Paranoia, man. That's when I fainted.
figure/LSD merchant. "What are they going to do to me, Jerry," across the hall, that's Bob Guccione. Jerry. Looks like the bus of Morality is making a
"Hold it," I said, "I'm in no need of rehabili- I asked in a trembling voice. Falwell got hold of a film of him, three stop at your station." .
Todd S. Christopher is a sophomore ma
tation and I'm not a celebrity either." "Don't know, for sure. Alcohol case, man. teenage girls and a dog." The troll returned, shoved me in her joring in English and a columnist for the
"Sure you are, man. Those groovy colum- Sounds heavy." "Ooh," I winced. "Don't even tell me desired direction. The touch of her ice-cold, Daily Collegian. His column appears every
ns of yours get further around than you Wonderful. After a while I spoke again. what they're gonna do to him." gnarly hand on my bare butt nearly sent one other Thursday.
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