The Wednesday, March 28, 1990 Mark bitches about his diet as Pieces returns - page 6 Have trouble with regular articles? See our comics feature - page 10 Baseball squad gets first win on the road Cause of last Wednesday’s power is still outage being Mechanical failure suspected by Tony Olivito Collegian News Editor The cause of last Tuesday night's power failure which left most of Bchrcnd without electricity for over three hours is still being investigated. The incident occurred at 9:43 pm in one of the underground lines located under the sidewalk between the 700 and 800 block of apartment buildings. Several people reported hearing "loud bangs" at this lime, according to Randy Hoffman, head of Police and Safely. Apparently the problem was mechanical in nature, according to John Ream, director of operations. Such systems arc man-made and arc likely to have glitches. An official at Pennsylvania Electric Company (PENNELEC) replied likewise that it was a mechanical failure. It was the second outage this school year. The other occurring October 24,1989 was caused by a faulty cable splice. - page 11 investigated The splice, which connects two electric lines, blew apart, forcing a man hole cover off. The lines arc owned and maintained by PENNELEC. Power was temporarily restored at 1 am Wednesday morning to all areas of the campus except the apartments, according to Hoffman. Then, at 6:20 am power was shut down on the entire campus so that the line supplying power to the apartments could be connected. Hoffman stated students were familiar with the situation "having experienced it once before," and the incident was more of a nuisance for students this time. He said because of the power outage phone service was down, preventing students from receiving or making telephone calls. Some teachers who had scheduled tests for Wednesday morning gave them at a later time. Collegian Behrend's Weekly Newspaper Feminist of a truly democratic nation Advocates greater freedom in the workplace and household by Lea CJotch Collegian Staff Writer Gloria Stcincm, consulting editor of Ms. magazine and well known author and feminist, delivered a speech entitled "Women: The New Immigrants" last Thursday night in Eric Hall. Stcincm began by explaining that feminism is the equality between men and women of all ages and races. She pointed out that we shouldn't forget how recent it was that the majority of this country's population was not definable as human beings. "The question before us this evening for the future is really how can we perfect this democracy and...fully integrate the fcmalcs...who arc the single largest group of psychic immigrants in what is still a patriarchy," said Stcincm. She cited five points that must be accomplished for the United Slates to be a true democracy. The first point was reproductive freedom. She explained that reproductive freedom includes the right to have or not to have children, protection for someone that docs not want to have an Juft c \ 21301 Volume XXXVIII,No. 21 .aurica George, president of Behrend's Women Today Club, meets Gloria Steinem, editor of Ms. magazine photo by Audrey Acosta abortion as well as someone that docs, and improvements in childbirth conditions. In reference to human sexuality as a means of expressing affection she said, "To say sexuality is okay only inside marriage and directed to having children is like saying that you can have freedom of speech but can only say one thing." Also, Stcincm said that we should understand the parallels between sex and race in the Tight for equality. "It is not possible for white women to be free without the freedom of men and women of color," she said. Secondly, she called for a redefinition and reevaluation of work. Homemakers work harder than anyone and get paid the least amount of money she said. The third point is the democratization of thcrfamily. "We can't have a democratic state until we have a democratic family," she said. Fraternity's court hearing results in concessions by Tony Olivito Collegian News Kditor The defense and prosecution involved in the Sigma Kappa Nu fraternity raid last month met and agreed to a disorderly conduct charge before yesterday's hearing at the Nothcast Municipal Building, according to District Justice Abate. The underage drinking charges also filed against the fraternity that night were dropped. Each person who was ticketed paid $lO2 in fines and court costs Names of those who were involved are "not a matter of public record” and can not be released, according to Abate.
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