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Sharing the spotlight
Most fans are aware of how much Penn
State is influenced by its sports programs.
And most are also aware of the hard work,
dedication and sacrifice required to become
a national champion.
But, contrary to popular belief, football is
not the only sport that receives national
attention for its reputation as a model
collegiate program. This year the gridiron
giants will have to share the spotlight with
the Lady Lion lacrosse team.
On May 16, the Lady Lions earned their
fourth national championship in nine years
by downing the previously undefeated Lady
Owls of Temple 7-6.
The victory marked the end of a 17-2
season and the team’s first national title
since 1980. And it paralleled the Fiesta Bowl
as a showcase for late-game heroics.
Hail to the Lady Lions for their star
studded performance. Beth Stokes and
Tami Worley led the way on offense with
three goals apiece while Chris Vitale
anchored the defense holding Temple All-
American Gail Cummings at bay. Netmind-
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Censorship
Nearly six weeks have passed since the
last Collegian rolled off the press at the
Centre Daily Times and a lot of blue-chip
stories have escaped our coverage since
then.
The leading Democratic candidate was
driven from his race for the presidency,
Congress started its investigation into the
events surrounding the Iran-Contra scandal
and 37 servicemen were killed in a missile
attack in the Persian Gulf.
There was one incident, however, that
escaped the attention of much of the na
tion’s media an incident made mors
poignant by the pomp and circumstance
surrounding the Collegian’s 100th anniver
sary celebration last month.
Columnists Wanted
“Winning
only thing. ”
Vince Lombardi, former Head
Coach of the Green Bay Packers
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A growing problem among college newspapers that must not be taken lightly
On May 15, the Daily Pennsylvanian, the
University of Pennsylvania’s student news
paper, went to press with a pair of hard
hitting front-page news stories. One told of
an accounting, professor accused of raping a
4-year-old girl and the other told of four
students arrested on drug charges. Shortly
after the issue hit the streets, 600 copies
disappeared from two distribution points in
Penn’s Wharton School.
Penn’s student editor charged Wharton
School officials with stealing the papers.
The Wharton administration said an indi
vidual had removed the papers and later
returned them.
Though the disappearance of 600 newspa
pers should by no means rival the scope of
the three national stories I mentioned
above, it would be an injustice to let the
incident get lost in the shuffle of day-to-day
news events.
Censorship of the college press is not
something that should be taken lightly. It is
an issue of growing concern among journa
lism professionals and an- issue that
merits the attention of others. In 1986 alone,
the Student Press Law Center in Washing
ton reported 550 requests for legal advice,
up from 371 the year before.
er Sue Sommers preserved the Lady
slim lead with 11 saves.
To each goes the credit for the title
victory. Credit for the national
championship, however, belongs to the en
tire squad for persevering through a 19-
game season and a seven-year drought.
Hail to the Lady Lions for grace under
pressure. They rallied to stop a late-game
surge by the Lady Owls and held their
formidable opponents in check through the
final 2:45. No other team can lay claim to
that feat this season.
Hail to Sue Scheetz for her inspirational
coaching. She has led the Lady Lions to the
title game in each of her two years as head
coach. With a record like that, there’s little
room for improvement.
And hail to the latest team of Penn State
ambassadors to return to Happy Valley
with a national championship. No one is
more deserving of a hero’s welcome.
Move over Joe Paterno and the Nittany
Lions; It’s time to make room for Sue
Scheetz and the Lady Lion lacrosse team.
who we are looking for this summer.
Anyone interested in becoming a columnist for the
Collegian should stop into our offices in 126 Carnegie
building to pick up an application. Completed applica
tions should be returned, along with two typed samples
of your writing, to Opinion Editor Meg Culhane by 5
p.m. on Friday, June 19th. NO LATE APPLICATIONS
WILL BE ACCEPTED. Questions may be directed to
Meg Culhane at 865-1828.
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As Ivan Holmes, a professor at the Uni
versity of Arkansas, discovered in a study
of college media, censorship can take many
forms including threats, stolen newspapers,
cuts in financial aid and the suspension of
reporters or editors. What’s more, it has
many proponents including administrators,
faculty advisors and even student govern
ment officials.
“It seems to me that, these days, far too
many university administrators are more
concerned about their image than about the
pursuit of truth,” Holmes wrote in the
Columbia Journalism Review. “This has
led to an intimidation of the campus press,
•to the point that journalists are considered
troublemakers if they ask tough questions.
Today the important thing on campus is to
make the university look good. So a univer
sity newspaper that tries to publish honest
hard news is cut off on every front.”
Unfortunately censorship of the college
media is destined to become more in vogue
as the nation’s higher education system
becomes more dependent on a strong public
image to secure funding. That is, of course,
unless something is done to stem the tide.
In a statement responding to the student
All- ser 1990 RsesioEsmAL campaign
Are you angry at a recent editori
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Daily Collegian and are your
friends are thoroughly bored with
the fact that you’ve rehashed it at
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daily Collegian
Thursday June 11, 1987
©1987 Collegian Inc.
Chris Raymond
Editor
Glenn B. Rougler
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ion is determined by its Board of
Opinion, with the editor holding
final responsibility. Opinions ex
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editor’s charges, Penn’s Wharton officials
readily confirmed their committment to
freedom of the press, but they lamented the
“negative impression” the Daily Pennsyl
vanian's coverage left on Alumni Day. The
coverage was “most inappropriate and not
balanced,” they said, and “not reflective of
the current state of a great university that
has much to be proud of.”
Last month during the Collegian’s 100th
anniversary celebration, University Presi
dent Bryce Jordan affirmed his commit
tment to a free collegiate press.
“It is an independence that, quite candid
ly, is not always comfortable for the admin
istration,” he said. “But considering the
alternatives, it is an independence that is
not only easy, but also correct to support
and defend.”
“At its best, (a student newspaper) is
alert to and involved with the life of the
campus,” he added. “At its best, it is a
contributor to the development of a strong
school spirit not by being an uncritical
“booster,” but rather by reflecting the rich
diversity inherent in what James Bryant
Conant so eloquently described as ‘the hol
lowed ground’ of the university.”
Board of Managers
However, as David Jones, editor in
charge of national editions for the New York
Times, pointed out in his speech: “We
cannot limit our concerns to the Penn State
campus because there appears to be too
much of a feeling around the nation that
college students are not to be trusted to
publish a newspaper . . .
“Sometimes people come along who say
that this is all irresponsible and dangerous
and that we can’t let a bunch of juveniles
risk the reputation of the university,” Jones
said. “But I submit that mentality is alien to
the spirit of inquiry that epitomizes a true
university. And I would urge that no univer
sity president succumb to this delusion.”
It is ironic that the Wharton School inci
dent happened in this the 200th anniver
sary of our nation’s Constitution in the
very city where that great document was
born. But perhaps, there is no better time to
reflect back on the genius of our founding
fathers and take note,of their all-important
First Amendment.
Chris Raymond is a senior majoring in
journalism and the editor of The Daily
Collegian.
The Daily Collegian
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