Page 12, The Rocket April 22, 1983

T EEEREDITORIALS VOICES ACROSS CAMPUS

Fiv ee dit OrS l o aVin g ggc}l,((??u feel there is anti-semitism here at Slippery

As the end of another academic year draws near, my
thoughts turn to the seniors who will be missing in the fall.
am very happy for them, they have reached a goal. They
are also ready to enter the ""real world.”

Five seniors I know very well have already had a taste of
the "real world.” They have worked with deadlines and
pressure as well as many of the professionals I have known.
These seniors are editors of the Rocket.

Many students do not realize the time and effort that goes
into each week’s Rocket. These five seniors know very well.
Not only do they put in anywhere from 20 to 40 hours a week
simply putting together an issue, they also deal with the
public and see the results of their work almost immediately.

Granted, it is not thrilling to see your week's work in the
mud or strewn about the cafe. There is not much fun in
being yelled at by perfect strangers either. But these edi-
tors know how to deal with people, they have had practical
newspaper experience, and they have met a great many
more people at SR than they might have.

Ken Bryk has worked for the Rocket for two and a half
years, as Managing Editor last year and Editor this year.
Not only that, but he works at the library, and is active in
many other groups. Ken has taught me much about this
campus, the people on it, and the way things are done. I am
not sure what I will do next year the first time there is one of
our everpresent minor crisises. ¥

Jetf Talarigo is our Associate Editor, was our Copy Editor
last semester, and wrote for the Rocket for a year and a half
before that. This semester he and T.P. Sheppeck shared an
honorable mention from the National Society of Collegiate
Journalists for their Personal Opinion/Commentary co-
lumn, “Fire Safety questioned, Part 2.” Not only is Jeff an
excellent editor and writer, he is one of our finest come-
dians. Without Jeff next semester, Wednesday nights will
not be nearly as entertaining, and neither will our head-
lines.

Jolo Bodnar is our “Jo of all trades.” In three years, she
has been assistant to the Copy Desk Chief, Graphics Editor
for three semesters, and Sports Editor for this year. She also
keeps the office respectably clean, enforces the deadline
for classifieds. and takes both reasonable and unreason-
able complaints calmly (until the complainer leaves.) I
could go on, for it is JoJo who keeps the Rocket running on
a day to day basis. She is the only person I know who can be
cheerful at breakfast, after 12 straight hours at the Rocket
office and an away basketball game before that.

Maureen Kinney has been our Copy Desk Chief this
semester, and worked at the Rocket last semester. How she
has managed to proof all the copy every week is beyond
me. What does she read Friday morning?

Gwen Albers has put three years into the Rocket. As our
Features Editor this year, she has done a remarkable job
with too few pages, and too many ads. She is the only one
who comes in and does her work while it is still light out.
Her attitude is one of the most professional I have seen,
even when we fight for stories.

These five friends will be in the “real world” next year.
They are some of the best people I have met on this campus,
and while I know they will all do excellently in their fields, I
hope the "real world” is ready for them.

s

Kim Schludecker
Rocket Managing Editor

Rocket Staff

The Rocket is published weekly during each academic year by the
students of Slippery Rock State College. The opinions expressed are
not necessarily those of the college and the student body.

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Editor Ken Bryk
Associate Editor Jeif Talarigo
Managing Editor Kim Schludecker
Sports Editor JoJo Bodnar
Features Editor Gwen Albers
Graphics Editor Jim Rogers
Business Manager Tim Johnson
Copy Desk Chief Maureen Kinney
Advisor Mr. Joseph Normand

Staff: Jim Aronson, Cheryl Bauer, Matt Brennan, Kevin Dunn, Tom Fas
ano, Kim George, Bob Hamilton, Yuzo Hasewaaa, Andy Heitzelman,
Doreen Jones, Kevin Kearney, Kim Klein, Dave Korpiel, Bill Lennox, Rob
Lyons, Lee Anne Marks, Dave Marin, Nancy Mickle, Paul Paterra, Mark

Radziewicz, Tracy Ray, Jayne Rennie, Charlie Slaight, Jetf Sullivan, Matt
Veralli, Bob Weiser, Jim Yeamans
Graphics: Joe Drago, Jim Feudale

Typesetters: Pam Crippen, Kathy Smith, Sue Smith

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MICHAEL MONTGOMERY
SENIOR

“Evidently, there must be a
touch of this problem due to
the letter a student wrote to
the Rocket. But, we do not
have any such hate groups
on this campus. Slippery
Rock is an institution that is
known for people accepting
others on a first-name basis. 1
do feel it is important, and
others should realize it hap-
pened once, there is apart-
heid, so who is to say it could
not become a national propa-
ganda deVice again?"



BOB HAVRILLA

GRADUATE OF SRSC

“Yes, I think there is anti-se-
mitism and it comes from the
younger generations. I think
it's hereditary from genera-
tion tg generation."

(Photos by Kim George.)





JIM ARONSON

FRESHMAN

"I am Jewish. I am very
proud of my religion, but not
to.the point where I am ob-
sessed with it. The people
who think there is anti-semi-
tism here at Slippery Rock
ought to take a good look at
themselves. If you feel you
are so different, thé attitudes
of your peers will change,
too. The Rock has the nicest
atmbsphere around, and
people like me or hate me -
for me, not because I'm Jew-
ish."”



DWIGHT TURNER

SENIOR

“I'm sure that anti-semitism
does exist here at SRSC.
However, it exists only on a
social level and not an in-
stitutionalized level. The
anti-sematic people who do
exist are few in numbers as
compared 'to the whole stu-
dent body and staff. All in-
dividuals must learn to deal
with all levels of discrimina-
tion in everyday life. "