Letter to Editor
accuses fraternity of
racism
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The Collegian
Wednesday, February 7, 1990 Behrend's Weekly Newspaper Volume XXXVIII, No. 16
Frat house raided
Sixteen people cited for
underage drinking at Sigma
Kappa Nu house
by Mark Owens
Collegian News Editor
Last Friday nighr state and
local law enforcement officers
raided the Sigma Kappa Nu
fraternity house on Cooper Road,
citing 16 people for underage
drinking.
Officers of the State Police,
Board of Liquor Control
Enforcement and Penn State -
Behrend's Police and Safety
department arrived at the
fraternity house around 10:30 pm
to conduct the raid on the Sigma
Kappa Nu and Delta Chi mixer.
Randy Hoffman, Manager of
Police and Safety, said Police and
Safety officers were on hand at
the request of the State Police to
Enduring issue: Dr. Benjamin
audience in Reed Lecture Hall
and shortcomings of the civil
provide technical assistance, such
as identification and crowd
control.
According to Corporal
Zelinski of the Board of Liquor
Control Enforcement, roughly 85
to 90 people were at the party at
the time of the raid. He said
around 20 of them were around
high school age, adding one of
the 16 cited for underage drinking
was only 16 years old.
Zelinski said while 16 people
were cited for underage drinking,
no charges have been filed against
anyone for supplying alcohol' to
minors yet "We need to consult
with the District Attorney's office
to decide if and how to charge the
fraternities involved.”
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L. Hooks tells an
of the progress
rights movements
New entertainment
series celebrates Rock
Hall of Fame
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Sigma Kappa Nu house: State and local police raided the fraternity
house on the corner of Cooper and Shannon Roads Friday night
NAACP leader Hooks speaks
"bright and dark" days ahead
Activist tells blacks to take pride in achievements and
not to become complacent
by Tony Olivito
Collegian News Editor
Dr. Benjamin L. Hooks told
an audience in the Reed Lecture
Hall last Thursday night about
the "bright and dark" sides of the
civil rights movement.
Hooks, the chief executive
officer of the NAACP (National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People), was the
seventh speaker in a series
focusing on issues in the 1990'5.
Hooks stated achievements of
blacks should be held up to the
rest of the community as
examples of the "bright side" of
civil rights progress.
He noted that there are 7,800
elected black officials. Among
them are the mayors of New
York City and Los Angles and
the governor of Virginia. He
also pointed out there are 40,000
black lawyers, 33,000 black
doctors and 27,000 black dentists.
Hooks referred to the
successes of television figures
Arsenio Hall, Bill Cosby, Oprah
Winfrey and Bryant Gumble as
proof of blacks' progress.
Another point made by Hooks
was that Black-Americans'
spending accounts for about $250
million of the nations total for
consumer goods and services.
According to Hooks, in economic
terms this amount would rank the
Black-American community as
the eleventh largest unit in the
world.
"Money is power.... Learn to
use it," said Hooks.
As for the "dark side,” Hooks
noted one of the greatest
Men's basketball team
ends five-game losing
streak
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problems is complacency. Most
notably, he cited "black
revisionists" as undermining the
civil rights movement by
claiming that the struggle has
ended.
"When you deny the existence
of the thing [racism], you make
no effort to uplift it," said
Hooks.
He noted the importance of
celebrating black history month
as a means for blacks to
understand their heritage.
"If people think they are
nothing, then they tend to act
like that," said Hooks.
Hooks also said that blacks
need to get rid of jealousy in
communities and indolence in
individuals.
He referred to a situation in
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