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Letter from the Editor
Good-bye
With finals week right around the corner, most of
us are anxious to finish out the semester and get
home for the holidays.
For some students, this is their final semster at
Behrend. Some are graduating, some are leaving this
campus for another and some have yet other reasons.
Many of us know people who are leaving. Some
are friends or roomates, some are classmates or
coworkers. All will be missed.
As editor of The Collegian, I've learned to expect
people to leave and their positions to become vacant.
I've tried to look at losses in terms of turnover ratio.
Sometimes it's just not that easy though.
With this issue, The Collegian is saying good-bye
to a few long time members of our staff.
Gary Nolan has been writing reviews for us for
the past several years. His descriptive style has
brought albums and movies to life for out readers,
and we've come to rely on him as a mainstay in the
entertainment section. Gary is graduating this
semester.
Although John Musser isn't graduating until this
Spring, he has decided it's time for him to turn in his
editor's pencil and his X-acto and concentrate on his
studies. Muss has been on staff since the Spring of
1989 and has been the sports editor for the past three
semesters. John has been able to produce a reliable
and solid section every week no matter what it takes.
When I joined The Collegian, Rob Prindle was
already an editor and a well known columnist. At one
time, the most talked about and least recognized
person on campus, Love Rob had people waiting to
pick up The Collegian each week just to see what he
wrote. And whether you loved him or you hated
him, he always made us think. Rob is graduating this
semester with a degree in General Arts and Sciences.
Thanks guys and good luck.
The Collegian
Published weekly by the students of Behrend College, Erie, PA
Editor
Todd J. Irwin
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determined by the editorial staff,
with the editor holding final
responsibility. Opinions expressed
in The Collegian are not necessarily
those of The Collegian Or the
Pennsylvania State University.
PAsnaging Editor
Mark Owens
News Editor
Lea Gotch
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Sports Editor
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Jim Pierdomenico
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Michael B. Schell
Office Menace
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Dr. Mks Simmons
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I am writing this open letter
to ask whomever is responsible
for the policy making to respond.
Penn-State-Erie owns a large tract
of land here in northwestern
Pennsylvania. Much of the land
owned consists of woods. In
these woods lives much wildlife,
including the whitetailed deer.
Now, the Game Commission
of the state employs many
biological specialists. These
people through extensive research
calculate what the estimated deer
herd is currently. Then, they
figure out how many deer the
ecosystem of particular areas can
support. After doing so they allot
a given number of licenses to
hunters to control the population
of deer.
In Erie county the deer herd is
very massive. Especially in the
more rural areas, like the land
Behrend possesses. I would like
to propose that a limited number
of hunters be able to purchase a
permit from the University and
hunt on its private lots that are
becoming overpopulated with so
many deer.
The benefits of such a
program would be many fold.
First, it would help the Game
Commission with their deer
harvesting program. Second, it
would help the local farmers
whose crops sustain heavy
damage from the deer. Third, it
would help the deer in that they
would not have to compete for
food and it would create better
quality deer. Forth, it would
alleviate the heavy hunting
pressure on the area's public
game lands thus making the sport
safer and more enjoyable for local
hunters. Fifth, it would generate
revenue for the university if a fee
were to be charged for the
permits.
There is a lot to gain and
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nothing to lose. So, why not?
Sean W. Englert
2nd semester
Engineering Technology
Save Earth!
In the next 20 years the
population is expected to increase
at a rate where humanity will be
unable to support itself with its
current resources. This
outrageous expansion of the
human population poses a threat
to the destruction of the
environment and mankind itself.
This population explosion
results in extensive use of
resources, destruction of our
ecological systems and
environmental pollution. As we
Americans strive to maintain
affluence. our air and water
shouts "pollution" louder and
louder each year. Only recently
have Americans begun to realize
this problem as "Spaceship
Earth" exceeds its capacity.
Nobody knows exactly the
capacity of the earth to support
its people. However, our rapid
consumption of our support
systems involves the depletion of
our fossil fuels and other natural
resources vital to our survival.
We are using the richest and
most accessible resources at a
very high rate without any
plausible needs. At the rate we
are going, our resources will be
nearly consumed within 100
years.
The eroding soils, the
diminishing fresh water supply
and the growing extinction of a
number of plants and animals is
further reducing our life support
systems. It is important that we
remember we cannot continue to
support ourselves when we are
continually degrading the systems
that support us.
Unfortunately, if we continue
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to reproduce at a faster rate, we
will face many environmental
problems to the point of no
recovery. As a result of the
population growth, we are
experiencing a growth in the
industry. And with the growth of
industry comes pollution.
Pollution of all types (i.e., air,
water..etc.) You may not think
this affects you or that in some
way you may possibly be the
cause; but, it affects us all and in
one way or another our daily
activities contribute to the
deterioration of our environment.
We can no longer take for
granted our life support systems.
Generally, we seem to have this
idea that these resources will
always be there. Well, They
Won't! Drastic changes have to
take place immediately!
Also, in facing drastic change
we must deal with our own
attitudes. Generally, we are not
too keen on change for the better;
unless in some way it benefits us
as individuals. However, just by
altering our daily activities we
can prevent some of the
environmental issues we are
facing'. In the long run, it will
prove beneficial.
There are many ways to
alleviate both the population
crisis and the environmental
problems. For Americans have
both the ability and the resources
to do just that.
For centuries we have been
traveling first-class on
"Spaceship Earth" ant it has
almost put ns in a life.or death
situation. Without thinking we
are quickly destroying our life
support systems. We must soon
come to a better understanding of
the Earth and the damage we are
causing. And as the next
generation, we are to take full
responsibility in securing our
future. Help save the Earth!
Kimberly Edwards
3rd semester
Communication