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Editorial
One rape a minute. Ninety-three new rape
victims a day. Over 525,000 rapes a year.
Strangers, acquaintances, boyfriends, husbands.
As Colleen Kelley said, the difference between
the beautiful act of making love and the heinous
crime of rape is the simple word "no". When a
woman says "no", she means it and no sexual
relations should follow.
Although a woman's body language may show
otherwise, her spoken word must be taken as
what she truly wants and what she means.
Sometimes in the heat of the moment, the man
may not take into account what she says, and
that may lead to regrettable results.
In one instant of pleasure, the assailant puts the
victim through a lifetime of hell. The victims
have to tell their families, the police, and an
investigator (if the victim wants to prosecute).
The victim gets degraded when they have the
hospital rape exam (this include pictures of the
victim's body), and have to have their life put
under a magnifying glass. Not only can a man
destroy a woman's self-esteem, but the
possibilities of spreading disease are multiplied.
Most assailants have to realize that rape is not
an act of sex, but an act of violence.
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Opinion
Letter to the editors
No controversy
I realize you are possibly
hard-pressed for mg news on a
campus as quiet as Penn State-
Behrend, but must your claimed
"3000 readers" put up with half
hearted columns, the purpose of
which seems to be only to
incite controversy that didn't
otherwise exist? I cite Matt.
Duddy's column of two weeks
ago as the worst in a series
begun last semester by Mr.
Festa (may WI pen rest in
peace!) Perhaps this silliness
began before that. If it did, I
thankfully hadn't noticed.
From the
The winds of spring have
struck again.
With the fresh breeze comes a
new beginning. The grass grows
back (even in Erie), the trees turn
green and most importantly, the
boys of summer return for six
months of the greatest soap opera
that could ever be created.
Snap. At 1:35 on Monday,
Orioles pitcher Rick Sutcliffe
took the mound and hurled the
ball to catcher Chris Hoiles, and
baseball '93 was upon us.
Baseball is more than a sport.
In this great melting pot of a
country, baseball is one of the
only things we can proudly call
our own.
It has seen World War I and 11,
the Great Depression, the
revolution of the 1960'5, and like
the first tulip of spring, baseball
keeps coming back for more.
Opening day is my favorite
holiday. (Well besides Christmas
and National Pizza Awareness
Week).
All of the teams have a fresh
start and everyone is in first
place, including my beloved
Phillies.
These columns are beginning
to take on the air of a bad talk
show where the host has to
shout and scream bish sides of
an argument, repeatedly play
devil's advocate and spit out
comments unrelated to even the
toga of his forum in an attempt
to stir up a little emotion in the
audience.
Sometimes controversial
columns can bring out
otherwise "hidden" topics that
no one would otherwise discuss.
I recognize that articles like that
may well be necessary, but
Opening day is the time to
dream. It is the day to truly
believe that this is the year your
team will win its division. The
year your team will win it all.
Unfortunately, my team has
not been doing much winning in
recent years, but once again, I
believe that this is the year.
Matthew D. Cissne
I am sick of losing seasons and
long winters of despair. lam
sick of seeing players like John
Wockenfuss, Juan Samuel, Steve
Thursday, April 8, 1993
please end the patronizing
nonsense you've been feeding
us!
If you have something to
print that you feel strong about
- iminLig But, I have yet to see
a • so-called "controversial"
column in this paper in which
the author himself is convinced
of his own argument!
I'm tired of "controversy for
controversy's sake!"
Laura Lovic
Bth Semester
English Major
hip
Jeltz and all the other Phillies
who had been billed as talented
stars while the hated Mets,
Cardinals and Pirates were
collecting division tides like they
were gold plated Easter eggs.
This year will be different. I
know it will be. It has to be.
The Pirates have lost Barry
Bonds. The Mets are over the
hill and St. Louis is no threat.
This is the Phillies year. And
if it is not, then there will always
be another season.
Just as soon as that ole tulip
blooms.
Matthew D. Cissne is a fourth
semester communication major
and co-editor of The Collegian.
He often asks himself how he got
stuck working with a co-editor
who asks questions like. "what is
a Banybonds."