The Collegian Wednesday, October 18, 1989
Opinion-i_.
Letters to the editor
Letter writers criticize
campus, police's
handling of accident
Dear editor,
Why is it that before I've even
turned off the engine of my
illegally parked car, there . are six
Behrend Vice surrounding it, but
when they are really needed there
are none to be found?
Early Sunday, October . 15,
while returning home, we came
across an accident a few hundred
yards from the Behrend entrance.
Of: course we stopped to offer
assistance. Seeing that the two
Passengers of the truck were
seriously injured, three of us
jumped into the car to go alert
Behrend Police and Safety while
one of us stayed with the
victims. (This is the funny part.)
On our way to the Police and
Safety building, we saw a P and
S car sitting in the Reed parking
lot: Alas, our adventure was not
yet over, for the car appeared to
be abandoned and the Reed
" Building was locked. (Made sense
to us.) Trying to draw attention
to ourselves, we began honking
our car's horn repeatedly, but no
wandering "Vice-men" appeared.
Again we hopped into our rescue
mobile and continued on to the
Police and Safety building. Upon
arrival, we were disappointed to
fmd that although the lights and
the computer were on, the door
was locked and no one was home.
(It's 2 am. Do you know where
your policemen are?) Our next
step was to go to .the Niagara
lobby to call the emergency
number given to all Behrend
students. We were quite surprised
to find no Behrend Auxiliary Vice
loitering in the lobby, hitting on
our, night assistant. After the
phone rang seven times, a very
sleepy woman made our evening
and answered the 'phone. We
reported the accident but before
she called for help, she asked : the
bathe of the caller (which had to
be spelled twice) and her phone
numlxit.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch,
our friend was all alone in the
dark with a bleeding drunk and a
girl trapped in the inverted Nissan
truck: We hoped he was having
as much fun as we-were.
• We rushed back to the scene
of the accident to find our friend
and a few other Behrend students
assisting with traffic; as yet no
professionals had arrived. The sad
part is the paramedics made it to
the accident before Police and
Safety even got off campus.
When Police and Safety finally
arrived we were relieved to see
that they didn't bring. any dogs
with them. Soon the ambulances,
paramedics, and State Police
arrived and everything was under
control. The incompetence the
Police and Safety officers showed
made us wish we hadn't bothered
to call them. By the way, to
anyone it may concern, if the
Behrend student Auxiliary are to
be taken seriously they will
really need to learn how to light a
flare.
This letter has approached this
episode from a very sarcastic
point of view but in reality it
wasn't a laughing matter. The
accident was a• traumatic
experience for all of us. We had
no idea how badly the victims
were hurt and not being able to
find any help made matters
worse. There should always be
someone on duty in the Police
and Safety Building, especially
on weekends. We realize the
danger of illegal parking,
delinquent night assistants and
underage drinking, but we would
really appreciate if during an
emergency we could find just one
Behrend Vice-man "standing tall."
Because of this trying experience
all four of us have decided to take
up heavy drinking. No doubt
there will be Behreid Police and
Safety lurking around every
comer.
Phoebe Ikmfardline
chuck Hoffman
Vicky Kohhneyer
I..ayla Poch
LOVE
Butch, Bush .
by Rob Prindle
"Can you believe all of these strange
fluctuations, Rob?" It was my pal Butch. With
our busy schedules we've just been too busy to
get together and do any real complaining.
Ah, you must be talking about the terrible
roller coaster ride that the stock market hasbeen
taking lately, right? .
"Stock market, shmuck market. Now - why
should I care whether a guy makes a few million
bucks or loses a few? The market has been
continually-rising for the past two years and if
everyone got greedy then that's their own fault.
What I'm talking about is our President's
fluctuations."
, Oh, you mean the abortion thing, Right?
Yeah, our fearless leader certainly is a bit like
watery Jello when it comes to doing anything
logical with abortion laws.
"I think that we both know how we feel about
abortion. Let women decide what women do with
their own bodies, but as long as Bush is going to
stick his nose in all this, the least he could do is
keep his views consistent."
I know what you mean, Butch. First he says
that there are only three reasons why a woman
should be allowed to have an abortion: rape,
incest and if the woman's life is at stake. And the
government will pay for an abortion if a
woman's life is on the line but then Congress
decides to pass a bill that would allow public
funding for the other two cases and Bush says
that he will veto it. I'm thinking that our
President is just a little tired of his job. Why else
would he do something as shifty as this? Why
else would he do something so asinine?
"Hey, I just figured it out Rob. I think that
Mr. Bush (that name really fits the man, doesn't
it?) might just be acting logically after all. Do
you remember the platform that he ran on? He
ran on the promise that everyone would be equal
as long as they had a Gold Card."
"He got elected because white suburbanite
zombies needed a leader and they needed a
President who would tell them that they are
superior to anyone who didn't own a Dodge
Caravan. His stand does make sense after all.
Thanks Rob, now I can't imagine what I found
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so surprising about Bush telling people that it's
fine for anyone to get an abortion because of rape
or incest, but only if they can afford it
themselves."
Of course Butch, you know as well as I do
that Bush is screwing those same suburbanites in
other ways.
"Yeah I know that, but that's okay because
suburbanites have Blue Cross. They can afford
abortions if Bush gets them in trouble. , "
Editorial Polic
ROB
and abortion
Rob Prindle
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