Page 6 Had it with pampers Last week Students Today For Tomorrow's Earth (Penn State Behrend’s environmental group) sponsored a Wintergarden Gorge Hike and cleanup. First, I would like to thank everyone that showed up their help. The reason I decided to write this letter is not simply to thank the people that helped (although I wish it was). We started cleaning and soon realized there was far more than simply a couple cans and bottles to pick up. We finished with around twelve bags of garbage. If it had not been getting dark, we would have picked up more trash. This volume of garbage amazed me, but even worse were the items that we retrieved. To name some types of trash: cans, bottles, paper, tires, plastic pipe, cigarette butts, a melted beer ball, pieces of metal, socks, underwear (or a jock strap....too indistinguishable to tell), shirts, and maxipads (unused). Personally, these items were enough to make me realize that people really do not care what the *#s% happens to, the environment. But, if the previous examples are not enough to prove the point, The Collegian Published weekly by the students of The Pennsylvania State University at Erie. The Behrend Collei Editor Vicky Snyder Business Manager Karen Major The Collegian’s editorial opinion is 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. News Editor Loretta Russ Entertainment Editor Craig Campbell Sports Editor Matt Cissne Copy Editor Keith McFall Advertising Manager David Mahoney Collegian Staff: April Bogdanski,, Jim Burke, Brian Chaffee, Robin Clement, Hal Coffey, Julie Coughenour, Von Cousin, Shawn Gallagher, Abby Greenberg, Amy Herb, Gary Johnson, Sue Kass, Rick Kas tan, Ben Kern, Ryan Marquis, Calandra Matthews, Sue Moreno, Joe Mottillo, Liam OMahony, Danette Parrott, Melissa Sabo, Randy Schmoyer, Tim Schweitzer, Rob Taylor, Jen Toubakans, Teresa Turley he Edi maybe the next example will. We found around twenty-five Dirty PAMPERS (I lost count after awhile.) Dirty Pampers in the Gorge.... Are people that ignorant??? Evidently. I could get into details on the condition of the pampers but that would, maybe not so needlessly, make you sick. I'll just leave with you the fact that they had bugs crawling all over them. Caring about the environment does not mean you have to be a tree hugger(as some people like to say). What caring does mean, is that you should clean-up after yourself and not needlessly throw trash everywhere. This letter is hopefully appearing in the Erie Times News and The Collegian (Penn State Behrend's newspaper). I hope that this letter makes people slightly more conscientious towards the environment but, I will not hold my breath. In conclusion, if you are a Behrend student, faculty member, or a member of the community, PLEASE at least have the decency to clean-up after yourself, or anyone for that matter. Thank you in advance. Jake Sherosky President of Students Today For Tomorrow's Earth MISBD 6th semester Photographers: Amel Balcita, Tim Barr, Steve Binder, Craig Breter, Andrew Festa, Kristie Guldner, Dan Jaecks, Darren Schilberg Typists: Pamela Baccus, Dylan Sousa Advisor: Cathy Mester Columnists: Andrew Festa, Alicia Hartman, George Hiegel Letter Policy: The Collegian encourages letters on news coverage, editorial content and university affairs. Letters should be typewritten, double-spaced and signed by no more than two persons. Letters should be no longer than 400 words. Letters should include the semester standing 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. Letters should be submitted to The Collegian office no later than noon on the Tuesday prior to the desired publication date. Letters submitted to The Collegian become property of the newspaper. The Collegian is published every Thursday during the academic year on recycled paper. Postal Information: The Collegian (814-898-6488) is published weekly by the students of The Pennsylvania State University at Erie, The Behrend College; First Floor, The J. Elmer Reed Union Building. Station Road, Erie, PA 16563. FAX (814) 898-6019 Opinion (#*■ ma * ' I WIN! \l‘M OUT! , VM IN! i VW fWOUr- Gamma Beta Lambda I am Patrick from Gamma Beta Lambda. We were pleased with the article that Danette Parette wrote about us. It was well written, and non-biased. There are two things, however, that we feel we must clarify. The article claims that "There are 243 gay, lesbian, or bisexual students in the minority population alone." There are actually 243 total minorities (non-white). Also, according to an actual survey taken in Spring 1991, 2SO students answered as being either gay, lesbian, or bisexual. This proves that we are the biggest minority on campus— bigger, in fact, than all other minorities combined. Secondly, we must apologize to Sue Daley, for continually misspelling her name. We had it correct on our ads and posters, until we called her office to check. They told us D-A-L-Y. Our first set of posters has it spelled this way. When we submitted our ad to you for publication, we had it again spelled correctly. But, needless to say, it was printed wrong. We cringed once more. Other than these minor errors we liked the paper. Thank you, Patrick Editors Note: We allowed an exception to our letter policy, but in the future, we will need the author(s) real name(s) and semester standing. How about some mail this week? From The Hip: Sometimes I wonder just why exactly I’m here. I wasn't sure that I wanted to attend college, yet, right now, there's no place I'd rather be. I wasn't sure that I wanted to take over the position of news-editor, yet, well anyway, at least I enjoy it—sort of. I guess I'm in it for the fun. I mean, money-Mom and Dad—really. Your money's being well spent so that some day I’ll be making lots of money and well-maybe I can spend it well. Anyway, back to why I'm here. I've decided to take full advantage of the chance I have offered to me. I really don't have to be here if I didn't want to. I could be back in the home town, scanning groceries for a living and shucking com to help Ma make dinner for Pa and the boys. I always had nightmares about that scanning noise though, and let's just face it, that family bonding stuff just isn't for me. Back to why I'm here. Well, I really don't know yet. All I can say is I'm making the best of it and I'm sure enjoying myself. I believe that someday I'll really make a difference in this world. Today is the chance that will make that someday happen. Frank Lloyd Wright once said, "The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen." So I guess what I've been trying to say is, believe in yourself. I have complete faith in my abilities. If you don't give yourself a chance, and believe in yourself, it's your loss. You're the only one who can make your beliefs into your reality. You'll never have the chance again. Thursday, October 1, 1992
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