I Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010 Tin D\i i \ Collegian Elizabeth Murphy Editor in Chief Kelsey Thompson Business Manager About the Collegian: The Daily Collegian and The Weekly Collegian are pub lished by Collegian Inc., an independent, nonprofit cor poration with a board of directors composed of stu dents, faculty and profes sionals. Pennsylvania State University students write and edit both papers and solicit advertising for them. During the fall and spring semes ters as weli as the second six-week summer session. The Daily Collegian publish es Monday through Friday. Issues are distributed by mail to other Penn State campuses and subscribers. Complaints: News and edi torial complaints should be presented to the editor. Business and advertising complaints should be pre sented to the business man ager. Who we are The Daily Collegian's edito rial opinion is determined by its Board of Opinion, with the editor holding final responsibility. 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Student letters should include class year, major and campus. Letters from alumni should include year of graduation. All writers should provide their address and phone number for verification. Letters should be signed by no more than two peo ple. Members of organiza tions must include their titles if the topic they write about is connected with the aim of their groups. The Collegian reserves the right to edit letters. The Collegian cannot guaran tee publication of all let ters it receives. Letters chosen also run on The Daily Collegian Online and may be selected for publi cation in The Weekly Colle gian. All letters become property of Collegian Inc. New stadium rules show promise The university announced last week that it is looking into different means of curbing alcohol induced rowdy behavior in Beaver Stadium and at tailgate parties. These include students being subject to a Bretha lyzer upon entering a game if they’ve been ejected in the past, as well as a tighter patrol on tail gate Lots 12 and 13, which are known for out of-control behavior, police said. This is a step in the right direction for the uni- ■V/I A *. Vi ( ' rfn r.t £$L h 86- Section shift will affect next season By Jessica Uzar didn't realize how upset I was about the student sec tion shift proposed for next season until I walked into the stadium last Saturday after noon. I had great seats for my first game as an upperclassman. Then as I looked around, I remembered that next year for my senior year I might be stuck high in a nosebleed sec tion of the stadium. The shift of the student sec tion in 2011 will take away the prime 50-yard-line seats that were a part of the junior and senior section in order to open them to the public mostly alumni. This leads me to wonder who the athletic department values more: current Penn State stu dents or returning alumni? That’s a tough call. But changing the location of the stu dent section makes a statement about which group is more important when it comes to foot ball tickets. Students will be moved to the other side of the current under classmen section. Since fresh man year, I have been looking forward to getting some of the best seats in the stadium. And now my senior year, I’ll be moved right back to where I started. Yes, they’re adding 800 stu dent seats and another gate for students to enter. So that should versity in taking control of this problem. The university needs to start somewhere to attempt to sustain the commendable football atmosphere that Penn State is known for, and this appears to be a good way to weed out the bad eggs. But hopefully the uni versity will develop this policy more fully and cre ate a consistant plan to reference. We believe that rowdy students should be pun ished, but all punishments make up for it right? I don’t think so. I understand that football even at the college level is also a business that needs to make money to operate. Giving those 50-yard-line seats to alum ni, who make much more money than the average student, will bring more revenue to the pro gram. Especially since football and basketball are the only two sports that make a profit at this school, as was reported by the Collegian last year, and the two basically pay for the other 27 varsity teams we have. But taking away benefits from the students and giving them to those who can afford to pay much more money is not a fair solution. Students are the rea son Penn State is such a well known football school Blue-and white students grow into blue and-white alumni who keep coming back year after year to watch the games or simply tail gate outside their favorite stadi um. Penn State students already have one of the highest student season football ticket prices around. Ohio State, University of Michigan and University of lowa students paid around $l5O for their student tickets this year. University of Illinois tickets are a low $BO, University of Florida tickets are about $7O and Indiana University comes in at just $3O the price of a single game here, according to the schools’ ticketing websites. Other schools are also sizably expanding their student sec tions. There will be about 2,000 more Alabama students this should match the severity of the crime. Any inconsistancy could ruin the university’s plan and credibility on this issue. And if a crackdown on student behavior is enforced, we believe that all alumni who attend games should be held to the same standards. It’s no secret that alumni do more than just cook hot dogs at tailgtes, so we hope that Penn State Police should treat misbe having alumni the same way under this new policy. weekend who file into the Bryant-Denny stadium in Tusculoosa to watch the fate of our Nittany Lions play out before them than there would have been at this time last year. Expanding the Crimson Tide student section was promoted as the administration’s way to foster a better bond between students and the university. How nice. Penn State season tickets were $2lB this year, and Beaver Stadium still only provides seat ing to only half of the University Park student body. We already pay a very high price, and starting next year we won’t even have a chance at get ting some of the best seats,in the stadium. The athletic office claims that the student section will sound louder with the move. Even if that’s true, that’s not a fair trade off for worse seats. We’re already a pretty intimi dating crowd to visiting quarter backs. And if we’re the loudest in the stadium, then we should get good seats so we can see what is going on down on the field the best Alumni do their part but students are, and always will be, louder. I don’t think the student sec tion will feel or look the same next year, and I don’t think this shift is fair. However, I hope that since this is a plan already in place that it works and works Jessica Uzar is a junior majoring in journalism and political science and is the Collegian’s Wednesday columnist. Her e-mail is Jlul2sopsu.edu. /fliiCflWOEßs/ *M eor*\ debate. We’re giving people fish when we should be teaching them how to fish. Spend the money up front to get these people the help they need to become independent again, and they’ll never need to ask for another penny. These programs should only ever offer handouts to people who truly cannot pro vide for themselves, mentally or physically. Jim DeLancey Class of 2008 In Tuesday’s letter, “U.S. balances greed, charity,” Garrett Evans argues that self interest and charity are mutually exclusive, which they are not. In raising healthy chil dren or giving to charity, I may be satisfying the interests of others, but I am certainly satisfying my own as well. It would be naive to assume that people engage in charity merely out of an altruistic desire to help the public interest. Just take a quick stroll around campus and look at the names of some of the buildings. I am curious to hear how Mr. Evans’ pro poses building this “beautiful, harmonious and efficient society” without the engine of “selfish” interest (hiving the economy and giving us the standard of living we enjoy. In a free economy, those who work for their own interest also work for the welfare of society as a whole. Buying a new flashy car, in addition to sat isfying the selfish desires of the consumer, supports the employment of thousands of workers. Is this not as much as a public good as direct charity? Therefore, we should be proud of the pursuit of our own interests in this country, whether materialistic or phil anthropic, for both serve to benefit us all in the end. The Daily Collegian Football is second to educating In regards to Tuesday’s article “Grad calls for Patemo stadium,” Coach Joe Patemo already has a library and a statue named after him. I believe that graduate Warren Armstrong wanting to honor Penn State football coach Patemo is admirable. But to rename Beaver Stadium to Joe Patemo Field, in my qpinion, is being disre spectful to James Beaver. If Patemo is to be honored with an edifice being named in his honor, it should be largest and best educa tional building on campus, not a football field. Coach Patemo is an educator first, and I think even the coach believes that being a benefactor and coach are secondary to Ws ability to teach young men and women. Joe Patemo field wouldn’t stick Talk of this has been going back and forth for a few years now, and I just don’t see it happening. What would we call it, Joe Patemo Field at Beaver Stadium? Think about Medlar Field at Lubrano Park Who calls it that? It’s too long and after a while, people just omit one of the names (sorry, Lubrano). I don’t see the name Beaver Stadium being redacted. It is as much a part of Penn State tradition as are the jer seys, Patemoville and tailgating. Where would it end? Would we call Rec Hall, Russ Rose Court at Rec Hall? Sanderson Mat and Rose Court at Rec Hall? Plus, doesn’t it seem like a small 120 yard patch of grass isn’t gratifying enough for the best coach college football has ever seen? If Joe were to read all this (we all know he doesn’t read his own headlines), he would push it all away. He would rather the university build a building of academic excellence in his honor. Besides, sports should always take a back seat to academ ics. Without this belief, all of his successes wouldn’t have occurred. Russ Beck senior-security and risk analysis Holistic welfare system needed In Tuesday's letter “Economy warrants welfare,” Valerie Clark asked for a solution to the economic problems that “warrant” a welfare state, so I’ll offer one. First and foremost, I don’t think that any one is proposing the immediate elimination of all social welfare programs in this coun try. I think most taxpayers want to see a change in the way the government admin isters these programs. Instead of simply giving unemployed people a check each month, give them actual help help them find jobs and help employers hire them. If the government would stop setting up new hoops for employers to jump through, it would be a lot easier for them to hire new employees. When employers get hit with a massive increase in overhead courtesy of the health care bill, it makes it tough for them to retain their employees, let alone hire new ones. When they know their taxes are going to increase, they have to tighten their belts. As for welfare, the idea is the same: help people help themselves. It’s the old “give a man a fish” vs. “teach a man to fish” Personal pursuits benefit all EXPOSURE Views from New Mexico Cimarron, New Mexico is an average small town by most standards. It has a high school, a gas station, and even a small restaurant known as the “Cree-Mee-Drive-In” (though it does not feature any sort of drive-in at all) Andrew Dunheimer Senior phptographer Read more of The Daily Collegian’s blogs at psucolleglan.com/blogs. Thomas M. Kupchlnsky Class of 1969 Kal Kaapro graduate-law
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