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Wednesday, September 13, 1989 Behrend's Weekly Newspaper Volume XXXVIII, No. 2
Should campus police be armed? Police
and students have difference of opinion
by Cindy Craig
Collegian Staff Writer
Randy Hoffman, manager of
Behrend Police and Safety, in
marked disagreement with much
of the student body, thinks his
officers should be allowed to
carry firearms.
"If you're going
to ask people to do
police functions,
shouldn't You - give.
them the tools to do
so?"
- Randy Hoffman
Police & Safety
Manager
"I don't want to do the thing
where I wave the magic wand and
all of a sudden everyone's wearing
guns," Hoffman told The
Collegian. But Hoffman would
like to see the force become
armed in the near future.
A poll of 170 students
Report
prices;
by Mark Owens
Collegian Staff Write'
Lorenzo Paul, a Student
Government Commuter Senator,
presented the SGA with a report
last
,Wednesday that questioned
prices and hours at the
Wintergreen Café.
Paul said the purpose of his
report was to see how much of a
price difference there was between
the Café and other stores. He also
was trying to get the
administration to justify the price
increases and reduced hours. He
commented, "I'm not head
hunting, I'm trying to get them to
say 'this is the reason.' I want
them to tell us why."
The report compares the Café
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indicates most arc opposed to
armed officers on campus. When
asked, 131 students felt Campus
police should not carry guns.
Students expressed concern that
campus officers might not have
the proper training to carry
firearms. Hoffman acknowledges
this problem, but notes officers
would be trained in proper use of
fi rearms.
"Weapons arc a potential
headache. You can't just issue a
weapon. I don't advocate the
wholesale statement 'give them
(police officers) guns'."
At present, all but one of thc
current officers employed by
Behrend have worked or still
work for other police forces
where they carry guns. The
training they have received is the
same as that of Wesicyville,
Lawrence Park, and City of Eric
police officers.
Many students said they feel
that guns have no place on a
college campus. This may be
true, concedes Hoffman, "but
crime has no place on a college
campus (either)," he said, noting
(continued on page 9)
to SGA questions food
justification offered
Price Comparisons
• Item ' Wintergreen Country Fair Giant Eagle
Apple Jacks (15 oz.) " 55.69 $4.35 52.99
• Chunky Soup 52.22 52.09 . 51.47
, . .
Folgers coffee (12,0 z.) $7.5755.19
----*--
Miracle Whip (32 oz) ' ' 52.38 51.69 51.75 (64 oz.)
- Scope (6 oz.) - $3.04 ' 53.09 52.66 (24 oz.)
Tide (42 oz.) 54.41
_____ 52.55
Ramen Pride Oriental - . -
,' , Noodles -- ' • '-' -.:: :• , - :-SOAI '. - ' •• 2' . • 7/$l.OO (Food Club)
Common Man wins
SPC's Battle of the
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Police and Safety Manager Randy Hoffman says he doesn't think guns
should be routinely issued to campus police officers without proper
training procedures.
Sports Editor John
Musser gives his
Sporting View -
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Gergen at
Behrend
David Gergen, Editor at Large
for the U.S. News & World
Report, told an audience at Reed
Lecture Hall last night
"Why the Democrats Won't Win
the House. Soon."
Besides the fact that the
Democrats have lost five of the
six last presidential elections by
a landslide, Gcrgen notes that
both the Democratic party and
the way they arc viewed by
society have changed.
Once ccnsidercd to be the
party of "tne average worker,"
Gergcn states, "Democrats arc
straying from the mainstream."
This has resulted in the loss of
130 top Democrats to the
Republican party in the past
year.
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Republicans shouldn't be
complacent," said Gergen.
They're not challenging the
nation. They're not going after
the key issues.