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And now for something
competely different...
Every day I sit at my desk in The Collegian office and
sort through pounds of junk mail. Most of it comes in the
form of irrelevant press releases. A good portion of it
attempts to peddle reporters' notebooks and editors'
pencils. The only satisfaction junk mail brings me is the
fact that it ends up in the recycling box.
On some occasions, however, I receive something
that's out of the ordinary boundaries of junk mail. The
following is one such letter
Dear Editor,
I am writing in hopes that you will please
print this in your newspaper. I know that you
don't get many letters from men in prison, but I
would appreciate you doing this for me.
A white incarcerated college student needs
correspondence. Will answer all letters.
Mr. Bert Murphy 91-A-2694
C.C.F. Annex P.O. Box 2002
Dannemora, N.Y. 12929-2002
I would like to thank you for your kindness
for putting this in your newspaper.
Here at The Collegian. we've decided to have a little
fun with this letter. But we need your help. The first three
people to write Mr. Bert Murphy a letter and receive a
response will win a pair of free movie passes valid at
Millcreek Cinemas.
Here's how it works: Once you receive a retum-letter
from Murphy, bring it to Todd J. Irwin, editor, and I'll let
you know if you are one of our winners.
I know what you're thinking - "No one ever wins
these contests." Well, we'll just have to let you see some
more immediate results. We'll have a little contest with
this week's issue. Somewhere within the pages of this
week's issue of The Collegian is hidden a picture of Dr.
Spock.
The first person to find it and point it out to me, Todd
J. Irwin, wins a pair of free movie passes valid at
Mificreek cinemas.
Happy writing and happy hunting. By the way, please
don't tackle me when you find Spock.
The Collegian
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Editor
Todd J. Irwin
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Opinion
Reader Forum:
Every year Behrend has a
meeting for all new residence
students. Being a member of this
group, I decided I would go and
become enlightened about the
rules and regulations of residence
living.
The meeting started off as I
would have figured with staff
introducing themselves and their
roles, along with a few rules. The
meeting then took a turn (to the
left from what I could see).
This turn occurred when the
administrators decided to show us
a film on campus rape. It was not
long before I realized that the
movie was very "correct." Now
trying to educate people on rape
is an admirable pursuit. However,
being talked down to as if I were
a little boy is quite, if I may say
it, offensive (being a white male,
I hope it is not illegal for me to
use that word. If it is, I am sure
the "Thought Police" will have
caught up with me by the time
you have read this letter).
Do not get me wrong, I feel
education about rape is
important. Nonetheless it should
at least be handled in an adult
manner. Saying to a young man,
"Now when a woman says no,
she means no," does not prevent
rape, it only offends one's
How about some mail?
If you would like to voice
your views on an issue, why not
write a Letter to the Editor?
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intellect.
Also their statistics were a
little cloudy. The movie claimed
that one out of every six women
are victims of rape or attempted
rape. Perhaps they should have
been more clear on what
attempted rape is, so as to
enlighten us further or at least to
let us know the legal meaning of
attempted rape. I would hate to be
arrested from doing something
that I thought was okay when
actually it is considered attempted
raPe.
Then again maybe they were
afraid to give us their definition
of attempted rape, lest we might
think the statistics are not so
astounding. If these statistics are
true there must be several men
attempting to rape a lot of
women (which could be possible)
or as many as one in six men are
attempted rapists.
Rather than dish out these
accusations and treat every man
as though he is guilty, and
without making every woman
think that there is a dangerous
man lurking around every tree on
campus, both sexes need to be
taught the moral responsibilities
they owe each other.
A man should be taught to
respect a woman's position on
include the semester and major of
the writer. All letters should
provide the address and phone
number of the writer for
verification of the letter.
The Collegian reserves the
right to edit letters for length and
to reject letters if they are
libelous or do not conform to
standards of good taste. All
submitted letters become property
Thursday, September 12, 1991
Human problem
sex and how to control his own
sex drive. A woman should be
educated on ways to protect
herself from rape. For instance,
this one unfortunate girl in this
movie was raped after letting the
rapist kiss and touch her.
Afterwards the girl said that
she did not like him kissing or
touching her, but she let him do
it anyway. Why? Why did she let
this man do that? Why didn't she
tell this man to go to hell at the
very start, rather than leading him
on and putting herself in a more
dangerous situation? If this girl
had been taught how to protect
herself she may not have been
raped.
.By educating all people
equally about the horrors and
destructiveness of rape can we see
its decline. Rape is not a female
problem nor is it a male crime. It
is a human problem and a human
crime, and through proper
education our rape problem can
be solved. But not through
indoctrinating us with incorrect
judgements that result in male
bashing.
of The Collegian.
Letters should be submitted to
The Collegian office, first floor
of the Reed Union Building or
The Collegian mailbox located in
the SGA suite also on the first
floor of the Reed Building no
later than noon on the Tuesday
prior to the desired publication
date.
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Tom Strunk
Third Semester
History