opinions editorial opinion . Parking woes It’s a problem that people aren’t remaining neutral about. If you drive on campus you’ve experienced it and no doubt complained about it many times before: there are thousands of students with cars but never enough parking spaces on campus to go around. For every 100 parking spaces, the office of University Parking has issued 190 parking permits not exactly equitable in terms of supply and demand. The University parking committee composed of administrators, faculty, staff and students is investigat ing long-term alternatives to the parking problem, such as building an underground parking garage. But any solu tions the commission devises will not solve the parking crunch on campus for some time. In the meantime, though, there are constructive mea sures you can take to avoid the $2O parking tickets and to find a place to park on campus perhaps not an optimum one, but a parking space nonetheless. A complete list of regulations and a map of available parking spaces are issued to every student who registers for a parking permit. Reading these will explain exactly what parking is available when and where. While congested parking is indeed aggravating, not registering vehicles for a parking space is not the solution. There is an opportunity cost for everything and thou sands of students who don’t register their cars in hopes of avoiding tickets or parking restrictions increase the prob lem and enforcement becomes more costly. It is more worthwhile to consider parking legally before you choose to park elsewhere and hope you don’t get a ticket-. Case in point: contrary to popular belief, Parking lot 80 - is not the only option for parking after 5:30 p.m. Spaces near Pattee Library as well as other designated areas are svdildbl&t Yes, complaints about parking are justified, but while you’re screaming about how the problem is driving you crazy, examine all of your parking options. Chances are there are more parking opportunities than, you originally thought. daily Collegian Friday, Dec. 5,1986 ©1986 Collegian Inc. Anita C. Huslin Editor William G. Landis Jr. 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. Board of Editors Managing Editor Jeanette Krebs Opinion Editor Jill Graham Assistant Opinion Editor Alan J. Craver Editorial Writers Damon Chappie, Donna Saber News Editors Bob King, Donna Higgins CopyfWlre Editors Do you think the axing of the Liquor Control -**-*&? |L ? Ted Schaffer sophomore poultry technology and management “It’s some kind of authority that’s going to regulate. If it’s there people know it’s wrong. If it’s not there then people won’t even think about it. If it’s there then there’s a little risk involved so maybe it’s not worth it.” Sonya Baum,‘Rich Douma, Sheldon Jones Terry Mutchler, Megan O'Matz Town Editor Phil Galewitz Assistant Town Editor Thompson Holland Campus Editor Celeste McCauley Assistant Campus Editor Nancy Funk Sports Editor Mark Ashenfelter Assistant Sports Editors Rob Biertempfel, Matt Herb Magazine Editor Chris Raymond Assistant Magazine Editor Mark Brennan • Arts Editor Pat Grandjean Assistant Arts Editor Jill Kosko Science Editor Kathl Dodson Graphics Editor Tony Clccarelli Photo Editor Cristy Rickard Assistant Photo Editor Dan Oleski Accounting Manager Lori A. Spossey Assistant Accounting Manager K. C. McClure Office Manager Laura Karp Assistant Office Manager Curt Sayers Sales Manager David M. Profozich Layout Coordinator Nancy George Marketing Coordinator Kristy M. Burgess "$■ .■*igyr Board of Managers Assistant Business Manager Amy R. Norris Assistant Sales Manager Joe Palastro National Sales Manager Kathleen J.Heilman Cindy Lesh senior i J*A marketing “It would help prices. Pure com petition is the way business should be run, not state regu lated.” reader opinion Class act I’m thrilled with the 11-0 season of my beloved Lions football team! What has happened to Penn State Class? Penn State Sportsmanship? Penn State Proud? I am heartsick that Penn State fans would enjoy unsportsman like conduct; that my team would become entrapped into behavior which necessitated its coach, for whom I have the utmost respect, to go across the field to extricate players from a brawl. I fail to understand what pleasure comes from the destruction of expensive property goalposts. I grieve when, on local radio station, fans were encouraged to go finish removing the bent goalpost, and on another fans involved in tearing posts down were interviewed. To have my newspapers give front page coverage to such actions seems to condone and encourage them. I plead with Penn State fans, players and media to set high standards PENN STATE STANDARDS - and to be the examples for those standards. I want to cheer “WE ARE. . .PENN STATE” and have the way we act be something of which we can be truly proud. Only then can we really be No.l. Mamie Hoy State College Man talK AIDS facts I am writing this letter in response to the article iao«.o . “Feminism- Men speak 0ut...,” which appeared on The Daily Collegian should get its facts straight on the November 19. I would like to relate an incident that AIDS epidemic before climbing up on the soapbox to happened to me in high school, and to address a point preach about it (Nov. .^[nrhi^ind made in the article. disease, it was claimed that, All the lecturing and I was at a .magnet school fair representing a science warnings to drug abusers and homosexuals obviously club that was part of our magnet school. A woman came have not worked.” In fact, the potential occurrences of over to our booth and asked, “Are there many women in AIDS among gay men nationwide have been curbed by your science club?” I politely responded, “Yes, in fact increasingly effective AIDS education and publicity pro our chairman is a woman, my friend Patricia.” The grams, mostly initiated by the gay and lesbian commu woman exclaimed, “The chairMAN is a woman!?” She nity itself. It has also been that same community which lectured me about word usage (even though according to has been primarily responsible for the American Heritage Dictionary I used the word cor- government to increase AIDS and AIDS-related research recti v) cind then loft. funding. t What reminded me of this incident was the passage in The Collegian's inaccuracy on this point does nothing the article that stated “men need to object when people more than to perpetuate ignorance of a minority group say ‘chairman’ in referring to a woman.” Author Sidney already vulnerable to prejudice and unwarranted attack. Siller addressed this point in his article “Men’s Rights.” - Bob Bender He stated that “women’s campaign to eradicate gender- senior-communications H. ' , ' r 4fl junior agricultural business manage ment “Pennsylvania has an absolute monopoly over liquor sales. De regulation of the LCB will open up competition. Maybe we’ll get more liquor stores.” based terminology extends only as far as their own self interest. Word usage that places men in a less than flattering 'light is conveniently overlooked. So, while feminists would label words such as ‘chairman,’ ‘con gressman,’ and ‘spokesman’ as sexist, ‘doorman,’ ‘trash man,’ and ‘gunman’ are not found to be objectionable. According ,to radio show host Jack Kammer, desig nations such as ‘doorman’ and ‘trashman’ spread the idea that only men are appropriate for these lowly jobs. Kammer adds that use of the word ‘gunman,’ even when the sex of the criminal is unknown, subtly suggests that men are solely responsible for violence and aggression.” In closing, we all should ask ourselves if “women’s self serving crusade to neuter language (of words like chair man) .. . will do anything to eradicate sexist behavior?” Further, we should inquire as to what it is about these words that make feminists so irate. The answer is the connotation of these words that exist solely in their biased minds. If feminists would consider only the denotation, they would realize that use of these words in the proper context does not constitute chauvinistic behavior, and objection to their use is extremely narrow-minded. In the words of Siller, let’s “lay the gender-in-language issue to restate issues that can truly initiate equality.” Kerry Sanger graduate speech communications “It should be privately owned. I think it’s better for the consumer and probably the state. There’ll be more competition in prices rather than just one price. It doesn’t seem the kind of thing a state government should be in volved in.” Robert LaVerghetta junior-aerospace engineering Board was postive or negative? -i .1 . ' senior engineering science “It’s going to open the market for more competition. I think once it becomes decentralized it’s proba bly going to be run more efficient ly.” The Daily Collegian Friday, Dec. 5, 1986 We want to know Is the United States facing an other Watergate scandal? Is the media exaggerating what’s hap pening with the Reagan adminis tration? Is President Reagan fessing up to the secret White House arms sales to Iran and money transfers to Nicaraguan rebels? Should a special Congres sional Committee be appointed to investigate the situation or should private counsel be hired to take a look at what’s going on? The Daily Collegian’s Board of Opinion would like to know what the faculty, students, staff and area residents think about the entire Iranian arms sales situa tion. Deadline for letters-to-the-edi tor (no more than 1 ',<■ pages, double-spaced) and forums (up to three typed pages, double spaced) is 1 p.m. Monday, Dec. 8. Materials should be directed to Opinion Editor Terry Mutchler or Assistant Opinion Editor Jim Higgins All authors must bring the materials to the Collegian office, 126 Carnegie Building, in person and present proper identification. (If there is more than one author, all must be present). Students’ letters should include the semester and major of each writer. Letters from alumni should include the author’s major and year of graduation. Names may be withheld on request. Due to the large number of letters received, publication of each letter cannot be guaranteed. il p l-V- ir | n \ Nathalie Manfull junior theater “In some aspects, they need to control underage drinking. I had friends in high school who died in drunk driving accidents. It’s not too cool.” Complied by Collegian stall writer Patricia Roach and photographer Stacey Mink opinions The big hunt: Does the right to bear arms come before the protection of human and animal lives? “I’m going where?” I asked Jill, my editor. “Buffalo, Wyoming. You had better hur ry, if you miss your bus it’s a long walk.” “But it’s a reporter’s job. I’m not a reporter.” “All we need is a writer.” “Like I said, I’m a columnist, not a writer.” I wasn’t able to whine my way out of the assignment no matter how hard I tried. I ended up on my way to Buffalo, home of Bud Winchester, apparently one of the most famous hunters in these United States. “What’s so important about Bud Winches ter?” I asked Jill. “Nothing really. It’s just that deer season is under way and we need a decent hunting story.” After the tiresome trip, I started up the long gravel drive to Mr. Winchester’s house, wondering what I was getting into. As I turned the corner I got my first look at the house. What a sight! A long ranch-style place that looked as if it had grown on the spot. A decent forest must have gone into making all the rough-hewn logs that the house was built out of. The late evening light only improved its looks. I knocked on the heavy door. A man of about six feet and well over 200 pounds, dressed in faded blue jeans and a EFfe FMagic of Christmas <Hn international Children’s Christmas BBarty w<r| All Children Are Welcome! ■ To )'fcy . frohV Saturday, December 6, 1986 1:00 p.m. until 3:30 p.m. p au j R o b eson cultural Center V' vtfw The Pennsylvania State University, University Park 16802 TAKE IT TO THE LIMIT. Introducing the APCIV™ Advanced Personal Computer. It’s fully AT compatible. And it’s packed with power. With 640K8 RAM standard. Flexible storage to over 80 MB. Switchable 6 or 8 MHz processing speeds. And its high-resolution (800 x 560), auto scan display delivers graphics that will take your breath away So come see the NEC APC IV today. And take it to the limit. red flannel shirt opened the door. He peered down at me through his tinted glasses and said, "You must be the boy from the Collu gin, come on in, come on in.” “Collegian. Thank you very much, Mr. Winchester, I —” “Bud. Call me Bud. Everyone does. Give me your luggage and and make yourself at home.” As he marched off with my two bags, I had a good look at the room. A generous fire burned brightly in the huge stone fireplace. The flickering orange light bathed the cedar paneled floors, wall and ceiling. “If that fire decides to wander, we’re in for one hot time,” I thought to myself. Trophies from thousands of safaris adorned the walls. Looking down I noticed the rug I was standing on was actually an animal. I didn’t recognize it. “What kind of creature was this rug?” I called out to Bud. “One of the best shots of my life; it’s a Himalayan Fleece Footed Fox,” he shouted 222 W. College Ave • State College, PA 16801 (814) 234-3586 from an adjacent room. “Sounds rare,” I shouted back. “It is,” he said as he walked back into the room I was in. “It’s probably the last of its kind. One of the best trophies I have, no doubt.” He rocked back and forth on his feet with pride. The thought of collecting endangered spe cies as floor coverings was more than just a bit sick. I stepped off lightly. Instead of letting on that I was disgusted, I asked him to show me a few more of his most prized trophies. “Over here is one of my favorites out of the South American Jungle.” He was point ing to a jaguar that was shot while leaping, its mouth wide open and fangs exposed. “If I hadn’t made that shot, the thing would have gotten to one of my best friends.” He was grinning ear to ear with the thought of saving his buddy. Maybe it all could have been avoided if he didn’t wander into the “thing’s” territory in the first place. “What’s that one?” I asked, pointing toward something near the ceiling. Without my glasses I couldn’t make it out. “Oh, that was pretty funny. I was in the Catskills hunting deer a few years back when I saw something out of the corner of my eye.” Bud gestured a quick turn-around motion while holding an invisible shotgun. “I let one rip and later found out that all I NEC had landed was a Buick. Good thing no one was in it at the time.” “Good thing,” I repeated.’ “Why don’t we go take a look at my guns? Everyone is always asking to see my guns.” We walked down a hall and into another respectfully-sized room. A row of glass cabinets were full of every type rifle and shotgun that you might care to use. “Boy, I guess you’re not quite the person to encourage gun control,” I said sarcasti cally. Bud spun on his heels and suddenly turned serious. “I am certainly not,” he said cold ly. “If we outlaw guns, only outlaws will have guns.” “Listen son, it’s my God-given right to bear arms and I’ll never let some namby pamby liberal take it away from me.” “I don’t think that’s the goal of gun control,” I pointed out. “The idea is to keep guns away from criminals, not sportsmen like yourself.” “But that means restricting handguns,” Bud countered. “Sure, what’s wrong with that? I don’t think you can hunt with a pistol, can you?” “No, but I can protect myself with it.” Coming from a man that lives more than 100 miles away from civilization in any direction and owns just about every other firearm available on the market, that sounded very funny. The Daily Collegian Friday, Dee. 5, 1986—13 “Protect yourself from what?” I asked “From what doesn’t matter. It’s my right to shoot an intruder if I want to and no body's gonna take it away from me.” “You’re going to allow criminals to run around cities murdering innocent people so you can have the the pleasure of shooting a possible intruder. Doesn’t that sound a bit selfish?” “Son, guns don’t kill people, people kill people.” This was the second time he was refering to me as a relative. It was not a compliment. “That may be true, but it seems to me that someone needs to pull the trigger somewhere down the line. I'd say that people kill people a lot easier with a gun than without.” Well, Bud wasn’t about to stand around and listen to a namby-pamby liberal lecture him on gun-control any longer. He got my bags and sent me on the way home. As the countryside sped by outside my window, I wondered if there was any chance he might ever change his mind. I suppose I’ll be skating on the River Styx long before. Phill Staub is a sophomore in ihe Division of Undergraduate Studies and a columnist for The Daily Collegian. His column ap pears every other Friday.
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