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Letters to the Editor
Festa off
mark
Once again Mr. Festa is right
off the mark with another one of
his over-whelmingly stupid
articles.
This time he does an excellent
job of babbling his way through
another article deadline. In his
wonderfully ignorant article, Mr.
Festa has decided to place the
blame of ignorance upon
Behrend's professors. Mr. Festa
goes so far as to place the
responsibility of his being a part
of Penn State-Behrend upon the
shoulders of the University and
its staff. I wouldn't wish that
responsibility on my enemies.
No, Mr. Festa, your "smile
and pride at having been a part of
Behrend" does not depend on the
University and its staff - it
depends on you. It depends on
what you make of your college
career - academically and
otherwise. Mr. Festa, placing the
weight of your pride on our
professors is a cop-out.
Instead of asking the question
- Are our teacher's doing all they
can, ask yourself - Am I doing all
1 can? Teachers, doing all they
can, can only do half the job, the
rest is up to you. Teachers can
only teach us the facts, albeit
some belter than others, then it's
up to us to study it, learn it, and
apply it.
, -1. seriously doubt Mr. .Festa
has ever taken an Ed. Thcp., .Ed.
Psy., or C and I teaching course,
let alone actually teach a class -
heaven forbid! Perhaps Mr. Festa
has forgotten about, or chosen to
over-look teacher evaluations.
Indeed, this minor point could add
a lot to his article.
In conclusion, I hope that Mr.
Festa would stop using the
University and its staff as a cop
out for his own academic failures.
Education is not a magic wand
professors wave over your head
and you're instantly educated. It
takes a lot of work on your part
as well - live up to your
responsibilities.
Chuck Hoffman
Tenth semester
English
Thankful
electees
We would like to thank all of
those who voted in the recent
Student Government Association
elections.
Voter turn-out was the highest
ever in recent years. Don Krause,
who was in charge of the
elections, deserves special thanks
for giving an exceptional effort in
coordinating the event.
Hopefully interest in student
government will continue to
build, allowing us to become
stronger and serve you, the
student body, better.
We arc sincerely thankful that
a majority of students looked
beyond the superficialities of the
campaign and to the positive
future we proposed for next year’s
SGA. We are already laying the
groundwork to get a jump on
SGA activities for next fall.
Look for us to have better
communication with students,
more cooperation with The
Collegian, earlier and updated
student phone directories, and a
centralized campus
aclivities/entertainment schedule
next year.
We look forward to serving
you in the future, and welcome
your questions, concerns, and
ideas.
Joe Mycka
Sixth semester
Accounting
Gregory Farrell
Sixth semester
BECON
The authors of the above
letter are the president-elect and
vice-president-elect of the
Student Government
Association, respectively.
Allegations
explained
In the wake of last week's
election, it has become necessary
to explain some of my campaign
allegations.
Let me begin by
congratulating the Greek
organizations on their ability to
mobilize around 200 voters and
win the election. Until the
commuter population learns to do
the same, the Greeks will control
campus politics.
It has become apparent that
Joe Mycka wishes to dispute the
fact that he has not sat on a
single committee this year. He
argues that two years ago he sat
on the Spring Break Committee
and last year he sat on the
Homecoming Committee (maybe
for IFC).
He will argue further that this
year he sat on the Appellate
Board. Although one committee a
year is an unacceptable work load
for any SGA member, the past
two years Joe did sit on A
committee, although his level of
output on said committees is
suspect.
He would have you believe
that the Appellate Board is a
committee that meets regularly
and actually performs work. The
Appellate Board is not a
committee, it is an appeals body
which meets only when a student
is unsatisfied with the decision of
the Disciplinary Board. It has met
once in the last three years, and
not at all this year.
I have not been the most
active member of Student
Government, but I have been a
working member of the Erindale
Committee, the Bylaws
Committee, and the Budget
Committee. I have also been a
SGA Representative to the
Faculty Committee on degree
audits and major requirements, as
well as a member of the
Opinion
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Appellate Board.
Qualifications aside, the Greek
vote has allowed Joe to gel
elected SGA president and Greg
to ride on his coattails in Dan
Quaylc fashion. The greatest
difficulty Joe will have will be in
increasing his work load from
nothing to planning,
coordinating, and overseeing
everything.
I wish him luck, for this is a
tall order. I also recommend that
he curb his emotional outbursts
in SGA meetings and plan on
studying Parliamentary procedure
and Robert's Rules all summer.
John J. Mack
Fifth semester
History
Stay
involved
The last few weeks have been
tough for all the candidates in the
SGA elections.
I congratulate all who were
elected and encourage all who fell
short in their bid for an office to
stay involved. I thank all the
students who came out and voted
last week, especially my friends
and supporters.
I thank everyone for their
encouragement and dedication
during my campaign, I could not
have done it without you.
Next year will certainly be a
special one for Behrend College.
Christopher J. Hilden
Seventh semester
MIS
The author of the above letter
is the president-elect of the
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