October 10, 1969 Letters to the Editor (Ed. Note) It is not the policy of the Nittany CUB to reply to letters openly, however in order to keep people from making fools of themselves, we print the following letter. It was written after the writer read the editorial policy and saw the word. criticism. It's too bad that Mr. Neighley is the example, but it's good that we have an illustration of invalid criticism to present to the student body. Dear Editor, After reading the first issue of the Nittany CUB, I have found that the editorial pidicy leaves something to be desired. It seems as if the writers are trying to please everyone on Campus by defending a topic in one sentence and criticizing it in the next. For example, in Mr.- Kinkead's editorial concerning the spendinc , of large somes (sic) of money for space ex ploration, he states that the reallocation of funds used for space exploration could be applied to such urgent problems as poverty, education, and technoligical advance ments. These are true statements and I agree with them. But, later in the article, Mr. Kinkead states that the scien tific knowledge gained from space exploration is impor tant to everyday life. This assumption would make the massive spending .programs seem worthwhile. A second example is found in the article by Mr. Esch weiler concerning, Bob. Dylan. At first he refers to the latest Dylan album, Nashville Skyline, as "hillbilly mus ic.". Later he refers to it as a "sontented Album." Thus he• -is looking at it froni - two different viewpoints, both exactly opposite. • These two examples signify what I mean - about trying to please both sides. It seems to me, who has no journalism experierice, that• this is 'a bad course to pursue. The mid dle of the - road is fine for some things but a newspaper of any type should be •either for Orlagainst. It can't he both and a-good paper. • - - • • . . • • Mr. Neighley: 0 The purpose of an editorial (contrary to your beliefs) is to point out a problem or miscue and to offer a solu tion. In the .editorial referred to, it is criticizing the cry of .Sen. Kennedy and offering. the Viet Nam budget as a replacement for the space funds. There is no reflection of Janus here. There is one point and it is very clear. Mr. Eschweiler states that five years ago, the idea of Dylan doing hillbilly music would have floored him. He also states that, now that Dylan has recorded an al- Inim of hillbilly music, he cam enjoy it. This 'is a quite honest review. "Hillbilly is not used derogatorily. And, your comparison of the two expressions you quoted is like saying, "That car is a Ford. it •is ugly." Ford and ugly are not opposites. Likewise "Hillbilly music" and "con tented album" are not. The opposites are hillbilly music and classical music or contented album and frenetic album. You also state that the editorial policy leaves some thing to he desired, but yogi offer no explanation of your charge. Tf anything, it needs the word "valid" implanted before the word "criticism." "CHR*ST YOU KNOW IT AIN'T EASY" by Charles Peter Eschweiler THREE DOG NIGHT. SUIT ABLE FOR FRAMING . . . DUN HILL D 550058. 1965 was the best year Ameri can rock ever had, one out of every songs of any given month was a classic, Dylan was the main man, the Beatles and Stones were getting sophisticated, and McGuinn and McGuire were just getting higher in L.A. you know where thats at. One of my favorite songs of 1965 was a late summer release by Danny Hutton, called Roses and Rainbows and You. It had a harmonic diversity and a good timey feeling to it, and Danny Hutton had a moustache and wore sandals when he sang. Re member this was 65, no one had a moustache, sandals were still considered to be worn by fag gots . . Hutton was quite a freak. 1965 was a freaky year any way, Glen Campbell was singing protest songs (A cover of Don ovan's Universal Soldier) the Turtles and Grass Roots were actually doing gobd material, and the majority of the country still 'thought grass was what grew in your lawn, Danny Hut ton was still freaky. • When I saw that Hutton was singing _with Three Dog Night I Charles Neighlev Randy S. Kinkead was saddened and surprised, saddened because the moustache was off, surprised because I'd al ways wondered what had hap pened to Hutton. Three Dog Night is considered something of an enigma, prob ably because of their three lead singers, god only knows why; the Beatles have four, as does the Airplane. as did Cream, every Paul Butterfield group, the Blues Project, Grateful Dead, Stones, Moby Grape, Byrds, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Electric Flag and Country Joe and the Fish. The latter mentioned groups also have the distinction of every singer being an instrumentalist, while Three Dog Nights vocalists don't play, one sings, and the other two stand there. Don't get me wrong though. I don't mind such antics, I dig the Temptations (now that they've gotten rid of David Ruffin and sing music with guts. MORE TO COME Three Dog Night is not a dis tinctive group, they do nothing new or radical, but then again, its nice to be able to sit back and dig where you've been, and Dan ny 'Hutton is still a good singer, as is Chuck Negron (the singer on One and Easy to be Hard), Cory Wells' however, should be stopped. THE NITTANY CUB ,W ~' '''\''' , ,.`k , : , „\ ~,,\,',.,•';', , '''' . k , ` - ' , ..'''' 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S. soldiers were read the fol lowing sentence: "We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain inalien able rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." The Gl's were not told that the sentence came from one of the great political documents of U. S. history, the Declaration of In Dear Editor: As part of the Viet Nam Moratorium which is to be held on October 15, the Behrend. Forensic Union is in itiating a Viet Nam Memorial day program her on campus. We feel that our organization, which is dedicated to the maintenance of student interest in topical issues through the spoken word, should involve itself in this issue of great concern. I am appeali-ng to all those who have a point of view on Viet Nam whether it is "hawk" "dove" or neutral, to participate in the day's activities. Think about and pos sibly re-evaluate your stand on the touchy question of the Viet Nam war, a question which concerns us all! I urge the students who do participate—and I hope the entire student body will do so—to participate seriously and dispassionatley in keeping with the meaning of the day. To me. there's no need for an organized boycott of classes or civil disobedience on any scale at Behrend. Through a "quiet" demonstration Behrend can show the value of peaceful assembly, a value which has some times been last in the rubble, and ruin of many college outbursts. Suitable for Framing starts out with Dave Mason (& Traffics, I suppose) Feeling Allright? Joe Cocker does it better, and its his song. but Three Dog Night's Version is closer to the way Steve Winwood would do it, and the organ backing is pure Winwood style, I suppose you can take it as a tribute to Winwood and Traffic, but Joe Cocker's version has spoiled me for any other. • The entire group trades verses on Feeling Allright, and it comes off nice (Much better than Chest Fever, on their first album, which was done with all three boys singing, and was feeble next to the Bands version) The - next song, Lady Samantha is a beau tiful bit of mood rock as it should be. Chuck Negron does a nice job on it, but the next nrin - ther, Dreaming, isn't good. For You is a Danny Hutton song, ' written and sung by Danny Hutton. It's not another Roses and Rainbows, but it will do. Cory Wells makes an ass of himself trying to sing black, with the "soul" grunts and shriks and in general the whole superspade act_ Wilson Pickett and James Brown pull it off and look like amusing little minstrels, but when a white cat tries it he looks absurd, and sounds funny. dependence. They were told merely to sign the statement if they agreed with it, not to sign if they didn't. Seventy-three percent refused to sign. The Berkshire County High School student union conducted a similar experiment in Pittsfield, Mass. The group circulated the First Amendment to the U. S. Constitution explaining that they intended to submit it to Congress as a petition. The First Amendment, of course, guarantees to all U. S. citizens freedom of religion, speech, press, Roger Nuber President, Behrend Forensic Union Well ruins A Change Is Gonna Come, well, that's understand able, you have to be just right to sing it correctly (Why did Wells pick such a hard song?) But Laura Nyro's Eli's Coining is hard to ruin. Don't worry, old Cory doesn't do it too much harm, but . . . Side two isn't distinguished Easy To Be Hard is done well, 1 there's a strange, exotic drum solo by drummer Floyd Sneed, called Sing Solomons Mines, and a bit of elevated bubblegum a la Spinning Wheel called Celebrate. The horn section for the "Fram ing" album is the Chicago Tran sit Authority's, and it's real, and the flipped chicks on the inside cover are Frank Zappas private harem, the G.T.O. (Girls To gether Only). This album is a fairly unpre tentious, pleasant thing, it's rocked Muzak of course, but not all that bad (it beats most of the garbage WJET plays). There is nothing on the disc to get excited or incited by (ex cept Cory Wells' bad singing) and I wouldn't buy it for .myself; in fact, I bought it for my sis ter as a birthday present, be cause it's one album she can dig, and I don't mind healing occass ionally. That's what's known as being cheap and selfish, hell, heh, heh. peaceable assembly, and the right "to petition, the government for a redress of grievances." Of 1154 persons polled, only 4 percent recognized the First Amendment; 42 percent, however, agreed with the statement; 35 percent disagreed, and 23 percent refused to commit themselves. Some of the comments of adults to the student pollisters: "People like you make me . . rll ask my. husband . . . rd punch you in the mouth but you're a- girl . . . I never sign anything . . . I work for the federal government so I can't comment . . . No, the Con stitution is all right the way it is . . Children should be seen, not heard." ' Moffett Speaks On Customs Week Ridiculous as it may sound, Beh rend Campus is still in existence. Why ridiculous? You •might well ask. It seems a rather incredible rumor has been spread among the freshmen concerning that bother of bothers Customs Week. As everyone is fully aware, this clever little setup is really a diabolical scheme devised by the upperclassmen with only one pur pose in mind . . . the total and final dissolutation 'of the fresh men and, ultimately, Behrend. Now that we have any mindless definitions out of the way, - an ob jective viewpoint is definitely in order. Customs Week is, in my opinion, one of the best ideas in operation on Behrend Campus. In theory, at least, it's an ingenious way for a large body of people to recognize each other and become aware of others whom they may or may not otherwise know. I say in • theory because it is quite evi de4t from the extremely wide spread lack of participation that we have been going about this in the wrong manner. It is entirely impossible to pin the blame for any failures on a particalar,ixidividual or group. All factions involved are guilty of som neglect of responsibility, inten tional or otherwise. To achieve the aforementioned purposes of a Cus toms Week will take a greater ef fort of cooperation from every one. Freshmen cannot be expected to participate to any extent. if the upperclassmen take on an uncaring attitude and vice versa. In planning next year's Cus toms Week, it is my hope that the freshmen take into consideration all these points. Plan for and with the idea of non-participation. Make it a desirable function. Re evaluate the entire program and put the emphasis not so much on the actual event, but on the ideas behind it. A better under standing of its purposes will lead, I'm sure, to an infinitely more successful Customs Week. Marw Moffett Chairman-Customs Week '69 Page Three , :`,•;.",••••e: , 5, , , ,, , , Z ~~~/ •
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