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O p inion
Letters to the Editor
Adopt-a-Lion
As a member of Lion
Ambassadors, I would like to
clarify some points about the
Adopt-a-Lion project that our
organization is spearheading.
Lion Ambassadors are
arranging for the adoption of two
mountain lions, or pumas, at the
Erie Zoo in Behrend's name. We
are encouraging all organizations
on campus to contribute to the
fund, which has its own SGA
account. Donations can be made
through inter-departmental
transfers. This project is intended
to raise the visibility of Behrend
while reaching out to the
community, and will contribute
to the support of an endangered
species.
For these reasons, we feel that
this is a worthwhile endeavor,
and hope that our enthusiasm is
shared by the entire campus.
For information, call Diana
Montgomery at 864-6794, or
Bonnie Fagan at 898-6159.
Amy M. Bippus
Fifth semester
Communication
Damn dryers
Havp yom ever felt. like you
were walking around in sand
paper? I have, especially since I
have to drip-dry my clothes after I
wash them. You know that not
so fresh feeling when you slip on
that stiff pair of jeans? In this
case, there is no need for ironing,
considering at this point your
jeans look more like the ironing
board itself. What is all the
complaining about? Well you've
probably already guessed ...
apartment laundry rooms.
First of all, there are roughly
Ro thanks. Mat with
the recession and atl,
we can only afford
a cam..
'1
14 dryers to accommodate about
288 students. Obviously not
what we would call an even
student-dryer ratio. Not only do
we have a limited supply of
dryers, 93% of these do not
operate as they were designed to.
That's right folks, only one dryer
was lucky enough to make it
through all these years. Where is
it? Is it behind door #1 or door
#2? Well, I can't reveal the.
answer to that.
Some changes would be nice,
and since everyone wants to
complain and nobody wants to
take action, I thought I'd get the
ball rolling. What can students
do? Go to housing and start
complaining. If enough students
voice the problem, something
may be done about it. What can
housing do? How about giving
us students a Christmas present
and fix the damn dryers.
Tim Savina
Seventh semester
Psychology
Naive pity
This far into the year, I've
become used to most of the inane
babblings in The Collegian, and
they don't bother me tcx) much.
Most of the limb.. What does
manage toget tinder my normally
thick skin is getting a lecture
filled with falsehoods,
misrepresentations, PC cliches,
and no point.
I'm really pleased that Ms.
Flan is enjoying her
'valuable' liberal arts education. It
is a shame, however, that in six
semesters, she has failed, or failed
to take, any courses in American
history, political geography,
governmental science or National
Security Affairs, or film
appreciation.
Thursday, December 5, 1991
'l' - ‘
Suffrage rights were extended
to blacks by the Civil Rights Act
of 1866, reinforced by the 1867
Military Reconstruction Act, and
explicitly stated by the Fifteenth
Amendment, which was ratified
in 1870. The leaders of the
Soviet Union are mainly
Russian, this is true; however,
the majority of the Soviet people
certainly are not. (A little advance
warning, when the new treaty
"over there" goes into effect, it
will no longer be called the
Union of the Soviet Socialist
States. I'll leave looking up the
new name to you. It appears that
you could use the practice.)
Be careful about throwing the
term "national health care"
around. I fear, given your usual
political slant, that you are really
referring to socialized medicine. I
suggest that you do some
research on the disaster it has
become in Canada and England. (1
know it's a strange concept; but,
you should try it once.) Finally,
I'm not sure whether you got
your definition of a snuff film
from COSMO or Reverend
Wildmon's Christians for
Censorship; but, while a "snuff"
film may or may not include
rape, the key point is that
someone gets dead. The victims
are men, women or children.
From your erroneous definition,
you happily jumped onto the
bandwagon of the "Ted Bundy
was bad; Ted Bundy read porn;
therefore: Porn is bad" school of
false logic. Try again;.' no
.legitimate‘ study , has eve? found
the link you insinuate. Perhaps it
would be clearer if you thought
of it like this: Tom Jefferson and
Ben Franklin collected porn; Tom
and Ben were good; therefore:
porn is good.
As for the rest of your little
article it'll go without comment.
Naivety isn't a crime, only a
pity.
Third semester
Mechanical Engineering
Matt Kremer