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Jones gives report, recommendations
Fight may mean end of late-night dances
As a result of an investigation into
the reasons for and details about a fight
which broke out at a dance in Bentley
Hall Lounge on April 10, two recommendations were made by Mr. Terrell
Jones, Assistant Dean for Student Life.
Having overseen the investigation,
Jones, who made his report on Friday to
Dr. Hamblin, President of the Administration, and Dr. Milliken, Vice-president of the Administration, said, "I
recommend that a review of the policy
of lateness for some of our dances be
made, and in situations where there is a
confrontation on campus, the Dean of
Students be called immediately."
Jones, who was out of town at the
time ofthe fight, said, "What we really
don't know, is what started this thing,"
He reported that he questioned a
number of people about the incident,
and all the students who threw punches
in the altercation have not been
identified.
Jones gave a report of events which
led up to the fight, and said that what
turned the fight into a racial struggle
were the calls by at least one unknown
student to "kill the nigger," and the
kicking and punching by several
unknown white students of a single
black student who was down and
defenseless.
"Four black students entered the
dance at approximately 2:30 a.m.,"
Jones began, "and they split up in pairs
after they got in." Two of the black
students were moving through the
crowd when they encountered a white
student who had made it difficult for
them to pass.
According to Jones' report, the two
black students confronted the white
student to 'find out why they were
hassled. One of the black students
approached the white student, and they
stood face to face within a foot of each
other. The fight broke out when the
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year's budget
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Human Relahons Committee ad chesses Hambtn
By TINA BROOKS
Feature Editor
A letter has been sent to
President Francis Hamblin by
the Human Relations Planning
Committee (HRPC) about the
status of Howard Seeley,
whose contract terminates at
the end of this semester.
"The Human Relations
Committee urges Lock Haven
State College to resolve the
question concerning the reappointment of Mr. Howard
Seeley by forthwith establishing a position and appointing
him to fill it," it was stated in
the letter according to Terrell
Jones, HPRC Chairman.
Jones added that HRPC
"further requested that the
president meet with members
of the Human Relations Committee as soon as possible to
discuss any alternative suggestions."
A copy of the letter has
been sent to the Bureau of
Equal Opportunity in Harrisburg.
Jones related that the
cover letter from Dr. Hamblin
on the Affirmative Action
Policy reads, "It is the firm
policy of Lock Haven State
College to ensure equal employment and educational op-
portunity to all persons irrespective of race, creed, color,
sex or national origin.
"Implementation of this
policy requires that additional
efforts must be exerted in the
areas of recruitment, employment and advancement.
"The ultimate objective of
this policy is the abolition of
practices which tend inadvertantly or otherwise, to discriminate against certain groups of
minorities."
Jones noted that it is
difficult to obtain minority
faculty, -staff and students in
this area. He added that it is a
eonf. on page 4
"For those who care
where the hell their forty
dollar activity fee is going, the
budget will be presented in
full." These were the strong
words of SCC Treasurer Glenn
Miller, who was busy this past
weekend preparing and finalizing the budget for the next
fiscal year, which is to be
presented to the student body
at a special senate meeting
tomorrow at 4:00 p.m. in
Ulmer Planetarium.
Any students who may
question the apportionment of
money to any of the various
groups that the SCC funds,
should attend the meeting to
have questions answered by
• • :Uer and the other members
01 the Senate Appropriations
Committee.
Previewing of the budget
will be made available through
the senators. All senators are
to receive their copies today. If
there are students who want to
look over the budget, but
cannot get in touch with their
senators, they may find a copy
of the budget for their viewing
in the basement of the PUB.
'Wednesday is the la:.t
regular senate meeting of the
semester," Miller said, "and
we have to have that budget
completed before that meeting.
One thing we don't want to do
is carry the budget work into
the summer like last year."
Mon., May 3, 1976
EAGLEEYE
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Letters to the Editor
Many people unable to recognize racism
To the editor:
The LHSC campus in
neither exempt fi-om nor
unique in having the problem
of racism. Nor is it surprising
that so many of us are unable
to recognize what is perpetually under our noses. And the
reasons for this are not
difficult to discern Racism
takes many forms, some overt
and some covert. But it all
comes to the same in the end:
the oppression of the minority
race—specifically black persons. The term "oppression"
is not too harsh; it is probably
not harsh enough considering
the harsh consequences of
racial domination.
The view held by far too
many whites is that the race
problem is a black problem.
Most white people can live
their lives quietly oblivious to
the issues for the simple
reason that they do not have to
either suffer the sorrows or
notice their own (witting or
unwitting) participation. In
truth, racial domination is so
pervasive, ingrained and institutionalized that it is exceedingly difficult for a white
person to see it. It is as hard to
see white on white as it is to
see black on black, and
institutional racism is white
while its effluence is black.
And so we hear the repeated
theme: "Why don't the blacks
do what others who have faced
prejudice have done; work
hard, get ahead, solve the
problem?" But only monstrous ignorance or malicious
intent can justify broadcasting
a theme like that. Nothing can
be more absurd that to contend that the issues of black
liberation are the problems
solely of Afro-Americans. The
problem of racism does not
center in the first place in the
black community. Black
racism is but a tardy reaction
to the savage white racism that
began officially four hundred
fifty years ago when Europeans began the industrv of
kidnapping Africans to sell to
the highest bidders on foreign
shores. White racism is the
reason why black people are
(have been) demanding full
liberation. The problem is
fundamentally a white problem, not a black problem.
When a white listener
hears a black speaker lashing
out with blasts of inflamatory
and condemnatory rhetoric, he
often feels that a great injustice is being done him. After
all, he is not personally
responsible for any of it. He
never held slaves; and after
all, the slaves were emancipated! In truth, the slaves
were "freed" but never liberated. The social oppression
that has followed for more
than a century has been in
many ways worse than the
plantation system it replaced.
To set a prisoner free in the
jailyard is not to liberate him.
And to "emancipate" the
slaves without the means of
survival is to perpetuate their
enslavement in more subtle
and hideous ways. "But," my
white heart protests, "I do not
believe in racism. I am not a
white supremacist." In truth,
one doesn't have to be a white
supremacist to believe, perhaps only viscerally, in white
soperlority. And one cannot
believe in white superiority
without being a racist.
I don't address myself to
white supremacists and haters. They know who they are
and everyone can see them.
The mentally disadvantaged
persons who can think of
nothing more original to shout
than "Nigger lover!" and
nothing more original to do
than write filthy graffiti in
toilets are not the real problem. They are only symptomatic of the problem. The truly
insidious form of racism is the
visceral racism which white
people automatically acquire
througii the many quiet forms
of cultural osmosis. We are
carefully taught in thousands
of ways that white is ^ood and
black is not. Are not God and
virtue white! My mother was
dear, sweet and loving. And
she had an old colored lady
friend whom she often visited
and deariy loved. And my
dear, sweet, loving, and nonracist mother taught me (unwittingly) many racist things
which she herself had learned
(unwittingly.)
It is sadly still unusual to
find very many white persons
who are aware of their visceral
racism (or even their visceral
white-is-better-ness.) Ever
since the non-fulfilment of the
Civil Rights hopes during the
Johnson administration (during which colored people became black people) blacks have
been turning themselves virtually inside-out in the frantic
but vain attempt to educate
whites to their ignorance about
their racism. At least some of
the grosser expressions of
white superiority such as
"He's a credit to his race,"
"Why, I hardly realized she
was black," and "Some of by
best friends are colored" are
less common these days. But
we still hear the more subtle
expressions such as "I guess I
wouldn't mind my daughter
marrying a black man if he had
a profession with a good
income and wasn't militant."
In other words, if he seemed
sort of white.
The racism problem on
our campus is not going to go
away. It must be exorcized! It
is a devil in our midst! And the
trouble with devils is that they
are invisible and devious and
among the most tenacious
creatures of hellish origin.
And worst of all, they cast
spells upon their victims to
blind them froin the truth
about themselves. Even the
innocent babe can be the
victim of a devil; even innocent
white boys and giris, men and
women, can be victims of the
devil of racism. Our problem is
that such victims must be their
own exorcists.
The first step in the
exorcist ritual is to locate the
enemy, to discover its vile
habits, and to educate onetselv
in its ways. The next step is to
acknowledge that it is in
oneself. Perhaps then once it
has been found out, we shall
be able to take the measures
needed to get rid of it! Only
then will we be in a position to
realize that black liberation is
actually white liberation in
disguise.
It isn't enough to demand
the expulsion of white students who gang up on and beat
up black students or to prevent
black students from ganging
up to retaliate. It isn't enough
to clean the graffiti from the
toilet walls. It isn't enough to
maintain law and order (at any
nasty cost!) And it isn't
enough to see to it that the
black studentsfinallyget a few
furnishings for a center. It
isn't even enough to see to it
that we don't lose the token
blacks on our faculty. What is
needed is an era of enlightenment to follow out exorcism.
And to gain that enlightenment it is imperative that we
establish a new climate in the
whole college community, a
climate in which the devil of
racism cannot survive. If we
can do that, we will have made
a modest beginning.
John P Irwin
Philosophy professor
Prof praises
cast and crew
of Lebin's play
To the editor:
To the cast and crew of
"Passing Through Mat Town,
U.S.A.": You survived weeks
of rehearsals, exhaustion, and
controversy to give us ten
nights of joyous theater.
Thank You -- for your enthusiasm, your professionalism
and your courage. You are an
inspiration to all of us at
LHSC.
Michael Peplow
Eng./Philosophy Dept.
WANTED: Male and Female
sports writers tor the fall semester. All people with any Interest In
covering tall athletics, with or
without writing experience please
contact the EAQLE EYE office,
Ext. 293 or 456.
Mon., May 3, 1976
EAGLEEYE
Eaglettes score winning season
By MARY FEUSNER
Women's Sports Editor
The Lock Haven women's
softball club opened their
season on April 22 when they
were hosts to the visiting
Bucknell squad. In the single
game played on the Keystone
field, sophomore Lorim Keim
pitched a no hitter striking out
12 and walking only 3 to lead
the Eaglettes in their 5-0 win.
The Eaglettes jumped to
an early 3-0 lead after the first
inning of play. Second baseman K. Hamill singled and
later scored on a triple by
shortstop L. Trimble. A single
by third baseman D. Brubaker
put another run across the
plate.
In the third inning of play,
C. Baxter opened with a wald
and advance to third on a
single by Trimble and errors
by Bucknell. Brubaker brought
Trimble home with another
single and errors. The score at
this time was 5-0.
The Eaglettes collected
three more hits in the game,
but failed to score any more
runs.
Lynn Trimble lead all
Eaglettes at the plate with a
single, triple and 3 RBIs.
Brubaker collected two singles
for the winning cause.
On April 27 the Eaglettes
journeyed to neighboring Penn
State for a double header.
The Eaglettes pounded
four hits for one run while
Penn State capitalized on the
Haven defense for 8 hits and 6
runs. Scinto was 2 for 4 at the
plate for Penn State. Brubaker
went 2 for 3 for the Haven.
Other Eaglette hitters were
outfielders Paula Miller and
Cindy Baxter.
In the second game of the
afternoon Penn State Squeezed past Lock Haven 14-13 in
the final inning of the game.
The lead was exchanged between the teams several times.
Lock Haven hitters included
Ann Cariin -two singles, Mary
Feusner - single and double,
Kerrick, Kitzig Koznoskie,
Hamill, Buhl - singles, Kuhn a triple and Yenchick with a
double. Penn State's Wall had
three singles while Mitchell
and Lindsay had two hits
apiece.
In a rain-drenched game
at Edinboro on Saturday morning, the Eaglettes ended their
season on a winning note. The
Eaglettes collected 13 hits and
MEDICAL
TER
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Pitcher Lori Kiem was
creditted with seven strike
outs. She walked one.
Edinboro's runs came off
11 hits. They were led at the
plate by K. Bennicoff, C.
Fletcher, S. Fletcher and
Brandon.
Coaches John Thompson
and Dick Kauffman stated that
they were pleased with the
showing at Edinboro. THey
were disappointed, as were
the players, that the team
could not play a second game
with the University of Ohio.
The game was called due to
unfavorable weather conditions.
Lock Hover) loses to top
women's lacrosse feam
By AL VALLETTA
Men's Sports Editor
Ui .inus College, one of
the top women lacrosse teams
in the country defeated the
Lock Haven State women at
Ursinus by a 12-3 score.
Ursinus controlled play
nearly the entire game after
the Eaglettes, behind Sue
taken an eariy 1-0 lead.
Ursinus then scored five
straight goals to take a 5-1
halftime lead.
The second half found
Ursinus outscoring the Eaglettes 7-2 as all the Haven could
muster were the two goals by
sophomore Carolyn Rheiner.
Goal-keeper Cathy Sherman made an outstanding
number of saves for the game.
32 all together, but it wasn't
enough to keep the Eaglettes
in the game.
The Lock Haven junior
varsity battled the Ursinus
junior varsity team to a 3-3 tie
(2169 266^1810
which left their season mark at
4-0-1.
Women's
scored 10 runs to beat the lady
Scots 10-8 in a game called
after six innings of play.
Senior centerfield Cindy
Baxter went 3 for 4 at the plate
with three singles. Trimble,
Miller, and Robak poked the
ball for two hits apiece to
contribute to the cause.
Scoring for the Eaglettes
were freshman Kim Pallastrone with two goals and
Tacie Yerkes with one. Deb
Yoder the junior varsity goalkeeper play well, malcing a
total of 20 saves before the
game was over.
The Eaglettes took a 2-3-1
mark into the Millersville
match on Friday and upset
previously unbeaten Millersville(5-0) by a 7-2 score on
Lawrence Field.
Using goals by Cindy
Powell, Sue Woolston and
Rheiner the Haven girl's took
a slim 3-2 first half lead.
The Eaglettes then scored
four straight goals in the
second half to none for Millersville and evened their record at 3-3-1.
Scoring second half goals
were Bowers (1), Yerkes (2)
and Pat Rudy (1).
Lock Haven will host a
powerful
Penn
State
team on Tuesday, May 4 at
3:00 p.m. ^
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IHS goff feam
pidcs up two wins
on home course
By AL VALLETTA
Men's Sports Editor
The Lock Haven State
College Golf team picked up
two wins last Thursday with
victories over the University of
Pittsburgh at Johnstown and
Kings College on the home
course at Belles Springs.
The Eagle golfers were
assured of a winning season
having had only one match
remaining >vith Mansfield last
Friday. Their record consisted
of 7 wins, 5 losses and one tie.
Lock Haven came in first
with a score of 408 sfrokes
followed by Pitt ef Johnstown
with a 417 total and Kings
College last with 423.
Sophomore John Gaenzle
led the Eagles with a 79. He
was followed by junior Tom
Getz with an 81, sophomore
Dave Keener with an 82,
junior Jim Brungard with an
83 and freshman Jeff Rupert
with an 83.
Ted Lizanek of Pittsburgh
at Johnstown was low medalist
for the three teams.
The Eagles travelled to
Mansfield on Friday but fell
eight strokes short of winning.
The Mounties totaled 409
strokes to Coach Stan Daleys'
teams total of 417.
Rupert led the way this
time as he toured the Corey
Creek Country Qub with a
score of 77. Keener followed at
82, while senior John Thomas
shot an 84, Getz and Chris
Cooper rounded out the scoring as each had an 87.
The linksmen finished at
7-6-1 for the year and will close
out the season at the Pennsylvania Conference Championships at Shippensburg State
College today and tomorrow.
The school ol education students who plan to student teach
the tall semester 1976, will meat In
Sloan Theatre Instead ol Prica
Auditorium and will meat on
Tuesday, May
4, Instead of
Thursday, April 22. The lima Is
also changed. The meeting will
take place Irom 4:00 p.m. to 5:00
p.m.
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Cofeferia food
prices Slated
to increase
By J I M DORAN
Staff Reporter
Students at Lock Haven
State College will probably
have to pay more to eat in
Bentley Cafeteria next year.
Brian Van Deun, Student
Financial Aid Director, commented that the tuition and
room prices will remain the
same but, because of a rebidding in the contract with the
Macke Food Service (the present food service), the price
will definitely increase. Van
Deun said that the amount of
increase has not yet been
determined.
In other related financial
news, Van Deun has announced that Basic Educational
Opportunity Grant (B.E.O.G.)
money is in, and refunds will
be available at the Financial
Aid Office.
Students involved in the
B.E.O.G. program will be
asked to sign a reciept. The
Financial Aid office will be
open Monday through Friday
during the afternoons for those
eligible to receive refunds.
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EAGLEEYE
fighf may mean end of
human
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cont. from page 1
black student was punched in
the eye from the side, by an
unidentified person. The black
student then struck the person
he was standing face to face
with. The two exchanged
punches and wrestled to the
floor, as approximately 20
witnesses looked on.
In the meantime, the
other black student, upon
seeing his companion get
hit, swung and struck an
unidentified person and was,
in turn, hit by an unidentified
person.
The two fighting parties
were eventually broken ijp,
but not before cries of "kill the
nigger" were heard by at least
one white witness, and kicking
and punching of the black
student who was involved in
the original altercation was
witnessed by the other two
black students who entered
the dance with the two who
became involved in the fight.
"We don't know who
cried 'kill the nigger' and we
don't know who is responsible
for throwing the first punch or
who is responsible for the
kicking and punching, and I
wish we did," Jones said.
"That isn't acceptable behavior on a college campus or
anywhere else.
"Apparently, there were
two groups of whites with
different intentions," Jones
said. "Some of them were
«^rying to separate the fighters,
but some of them were also
beating on the one guy."
After the fight subsided,
the four black students left the
dance. They returned at
approximately 2:45 a.m. with
four more friends. Two of
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shame to lose Seeley when he
seems to be able to deal with
Lock Haven and the campus
community.
"We are actively involved
in recruiting minority students ,'' Jones commented,
"and one interview question
they always ask is 'How many
minority teachers and staff do
you have?'"
To lose Seeley would not
be fair to the black or the white
students according to Jones
because Seeley offers a different viewpoint.
Jones summarized, "We
try to not only maintain the
number of minority faculty,
staff and students on campus,
but we try to increase that
number. Few minority persons
attract fewer minority perJones finished his report sons."
by stating that he didn't
consider the fight to be dead
issue. "It's hard to believe
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forward," Jones said.
them brought back with them
instruments which they later
claimed were for defensive
purposes. One had a wrench;
one had a knife.
There were several scuffles after the black students
returned, but none involved
the use of the knife or the
wrench.
Dr. Hamblin was pleased
with Jones' report, and he
indicated that he thought
perhaps the dances held on
campus should be closed earlier than 3:00 a.m. "The bars in
town close at one-thirty or two,
and a dance is an attraction for
those who haven't had enough
[to drink]. Many of the people
entering at the late hours
aren't even students here,"
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everday except Wednesdays
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Cut the way you like it!
Fight may mean end of late-night dances
As a result of an investigation into
the reasons for and details about a fight
which broke out at a dance in Bentley
Hall Lounge on April 10, two recommendations were made by Mr. Terrell
Jones, Assistant Dean for Student Life.
Having overseen the investigation,
Jones, who made his report on Friday to
Dr. Hamblin, President of the Administration, and Dr. Milliken, Vice-president of the Administration, said, "I
recommend that a review of the policy
of lateness for some of our dances be
made, and in situations where there is a
confrontation on campus, the Dean of
Students be called immediately."
Jones, who was out of town at the
time ofthe fight, said, "What we really
don't know, is what started this thing,"
He reported that he questioned a
number of people about the incident,
and all the students who threw punches
in the altercation have not been
identified.
Jones gave a report of events which
led up to the fight, and said that what
turned the fight into a racial struggle
were the calls by at least one unknown
student to "kill the nigger," and the
kicking and punching by several
unknown white students of a single
black student who was down and
defenseless.
"Four black students entered the
dance at approximately 2:30 a.m.,"
Jones began, "and they split up in pairs
after they got in." Two of the black
students were moving through the
crowd when they encountered a white
student who had made it difficult for
them to pass.
According to Jones' report, the two
black students confronted the white
student to 'find out why they were
hassled. One of the black students
approached the white student, and they
stood face to face within a foot of each
other. The fight broke out when the
conr. on page 4
Lock Hovtn Stoto Collogo,
Sfucfenfs invited
lo quesfion nex t
Eag
Mon., May 3, 1976
^ ^ ^
year's budget
Vol. XVm fJo. 103
IT'S A BIIlD...n"S A
PLANE...NO IT'S SUPER GLIDER! — Hang
Gliding competition was
featured at Hyner
View yesterday. Thirtyone contestants entered
the competition, three of
whom will travel to national competition in
Washington. [Photo by
JOHN YUREK].
Human Relahons Committee ad chesses Hambtn
By TINA BROOKS
Feature Editor
A letter has been sent to
President Francis Hamblin by
the Human Relations Planning
Committee (HRPC) about the
status of Howard Seeley,
whose contract terminates at
the end of this semester.
"The Human Relations
Committee urges Lock Haven
State College to resolve the
question concerning the reappointment of Mr. Howard
Seeley by forthwith establishing a position and appointing
him to fill it," it was stated in
the letter according to Terrell
Jones, HPRC Chairman.
Jones added that HRPC
"further requested that the
president meet with members
of the Human Relations Committee as soon as possible to
discuss any alternative suggestions."
A copy of the letter has
been sent to the Bureau of
Equal Opportunity in Harrisburg.
Jones related that the
cover letter from Dr. Hamblin
on the Affirmative Action
Policy reads, "It is the firm
policy of Lock Haven State
College to ensure equal employment and educational op-
portunity to all persons irrespective of race, creed, color,
sex or national origin.
"Implementation of this
policy requires that additional
efforts must be exerted in the
areas of recruitment, employment and advancement.
"The ultimate objective of
this policy is the abolition of
practices which tend inadvertantly or otherwise, to discriminate against certain groups of
minorities."
Jones noted that it is
difficult to obtain minority
faculty, -staff and students in
this area. He added that it is a
eonf. on page 4
"For those who care
where the hell their forty
dollar activity fee is going, the
budget will be presented in
full." These were the strong
words of SCC Treasurer Glenn
Miller, who was busy this past
weekend preparing and finalizing the budget for the next
fiscal year, which is to be
presented to the student body
at a special senate meeting
tomorrow at 4:00 p.m. in
Ulmer Planetarium.
Any students who may
question the apportionment of
money to any of the various
groups that the SCC funds,
should attend the meeting to
have questions answered by
• • :Uer and the other members
01 the Senate Appropriations
Committee.
Previewing of the budget
will be made available through
the senators. All senators are
to receive their copies today. If
there are students who want to
look over the budget, but
cannot get in touch with their
senators, they may find a copy
of the budget for their viewing
in the basement of the PUB.
'Wednesday is the la:.t
regular senate meeting of the
semester," Miller said, "and
we have to have that budget
completed before that meeting.
One thing we don't want to do
is carry the budget work into
the summer like last year."
Mon., May 3, 1976
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Letters to the Editor
Many people unable to recognize racism
To the editor:
The LHSC campus in
neither exempt fi-om nor
unique in having the problem
of racism. Nor is it surprising
that so many of us are unable
to recognize what is perpetually under our noses. And the
reasons for this are not
difficult to discern Racism
takes many forms, some overt
and some covert. But it all
comes to the same in the end:
the oppression of the minority
race—specifically black persons. The term "oppression"
is not too harsh; it is probably
not harsh enough considering
the harsh consequences of
racial domination.
The view held by far too
many whites is that the race
problem is a black problem.
Most white people can live
their lives quietly oblivious to
the issues for the simple
reason that they do not have to
either suffer the sorrows or
notice their own (witting or
unwitting) participation. In
truth, racial domination is so
pervasive, ingrained and institutionalized that it is exceedingly difficult for a white
person to see it. It is as hard to
see white on white as it is to
see black on black, and
institutional racism is white
while its effluence is black.
And so we hear the repeated
theme: "Why don't the blacks
do what others who have faced
prejudice have done; work
hard, get ahead, solve the
problem?" But only monstrous ignorance or malicious
intent can justify broadcasting
a theme like that. Nothing can
be more absurd that to contend that the issues of black
liberation are the problems
solely of Afro-Americans. The
problem of racism does not
center in the first place in the
black community. Black
racism is but a tardy reaction
to the savage white racism that
began officially four hundred
fifty years ago when Europeans began the industrv of
kidnapping Africans to sell to
the highest bidders on foreign
shores. White racism is the
reason why black people are
(have been) demanding full
liberation. The problem is
fundamentally a white problem, not a black problem.
When a white listener
hears a black speaker lashing
out with blasts of inflamatory
and condemnatory rhetoric, he
often feels that a great injustice is being done him. After
all, he is not personally
responsible for any of it. He
never held slaves; and after
all, the slaves were emancipated! In truth, the slaves
were "freed" but never liberated. The social oppression
that has followed for more
than a century has been in
many ways worse than the
plantation system it replaced.
To set a prisoner free in the
jailyard is not to liberate him.
And to "emancipate" the
slaves without the means of
survival is to perpetuate their
enslavement in more subtle
and hideous ways. "But," my
white heart protests, "I do not
believe in racism. I am not a
white supremacist." In truth,
one doesn't have to be a white
supremacist to believe, perhaps only viscerally, in white
soperlority. And one cannot
believe in white superiority
without being a racist.
I don't address myself to
white supremacists and haters. They know who they are
and everyone can see them.
The mentally disadvantaged
persons who can think of
nothing more original to shout
than "Nigger lover!" and
nothing more original to do
than write filthy graffiti in
toilets are not the real problem. They are only symptomatic of the problem. The truly
insidious form of racism is the
visceral racism which white
people automatically acquire
througii the many quiet forms
of cultural osmosis. We are
carefully taught in thousands
of ways that white is ^ood and
black is not. Are not God and
virtue white! My mother was
dear, sweet and loving. And
she had an old colored lady
friend whom she often visited
and deariy loved. And my
dear, sweet, loving, and nonracist mother taught me (unwittingly) many racist things
which she herself had learned
(unwittingly.)
It is sadly still unusual to
find very many white persons
who are aware of their visceral
racism (or even their visceral
white-is-better-ness.) Ever
since the non-fulfilment of the
Civil Rights hopes during the
Johnson administration (during which colored people became black people) blacks have
been turning themselves virtually inside-out in the frantic
but vain attempt to educate
whites to their ignorance about
their racism. At least some of
the grosser expressions of
white superiority such as
"He's a credit to his race,"
"Why, I hardly realized she
was black," and "Some of by
best friends are colored" are
less common these days. But
we still hear the more subtle
expressions such as "I guess I
wouldn't mind my daughter
marrying a black man if he had
a profession with a good
income and wasn't militant."
In other words, if he seemed
sort of white.
The racism problem on
our campus is not going to go
away. It must be exorcized! It
is a devil in our midst! And the
trouble with devils is that they
are invisible and devious and
among the most tenacious
creatures of hellish origin.
And worst of all, they cast
spells upon their victims to
blind them froin the truth
about themselves. Even the
innocent babe can be the
victim of a devil; even innocent
white boys and giris, men and
women, can be victims of the
devil of racism. Our problem is
that such victims must be their
own exorcists.
The first step in the
exorcist ritual is to locate the
enemy, to discover its vile
habits, and to educate onetselv
in its ways. The next step is to
acknowledge that it is in
oneself. Perhaps then once it
has been found out, we shall
be able to take the measures
needed to get rid of it! Only
then will we be in a position to
realize that black liberation is
actually white liberation in
disguise.
It isn't enough to demand
the expulsion of white students who gang up on and beat
up black students or to prevent
black students from ganging
up to retaliate. It isn't enough
to clean the graffiti from the
toilet walls. It isn't enough to
maintain law and order (at any
nasty cost!) And it isn't
enough to see to it that the
black studentsfinallyget a few
furnishings for a center. It
isn't even enough to see to it
that we don't lose the token
blacks on our faculty. What is
needed is an era of enlightenment to follow out exorcism.
And to gain that enlightenment it is imperative that we
establish a new climate in the
whole college community, a
climate in which the devil of
racism cannot survive. If we
can do that, we will have made
a modest beginning.
John P Irwin
Philosophy professor
Prof praises
cast and crew
of Lebin's play
To the editor:
To the cast and crew of
"Passing Through Mat Town,
U.S.A.": You survived weeks
of rehearsals, exhaustion, and
controversy to give us ten
nights of joyous theater.
Thank You -- for your enthusiasm, your professionalism
and your courage. You are an
inspiration to all of us at
LHSC.
Michael Peplow
Eng./Philosophy Dept.
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Mon., May 3, 1976
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Eaglettes score winning season
By MARY FEUSNER
Women's Sports Editor
The Lock Haven women's
softball club opened their
season on April 22 when they
were hosts to the visiting
Bucknell squad. In the single
game played on the Keystone
field, sophomore Lorim Keim
pitched a no hitter striking out
12 and walking only 3 to lead
the Eaglettes in their 5-0 win.
The Eaglettes jumped to
an early 3-0 lead after the first
inning of play. Second baseman K. Hamill singled and
later scored on a triple by
shortstop L. Trimble. A single
by third baseman D. Brubaker
put another run across the
plate.
In the third inning of play,
C. Baxter opened with a wald
and advance to third on a
single by Trimble and errors
by Bucknell. Brubaker brought
Trimble home with another
single and errors. The score at
this time was 5-0.
The Eaglettes collected
three more hits in the game,
but failed to score any more
runs.
Lynn Trimble lead all
Eaglettes at the plate with a
single, triple and 3 RBIs.
Brubaker collected two singles
for the winning cause.
On April 27 the Eaglettes
journeyed to neighboring Penn
State for a double header.
The Eaglettes pounded
four hits for one run while
Penn State capitalized on the
Haven defense for 8 hits and 6
runs. Scinto was 2 for 4 at the
plate for Penn State. Brubaker
went 2 for 3 for the Haven.
Other Eaglette hitters were
outfielders Paula Miller and
Cindy Baxter.
In the second game of the
afternoon Penn State Squeezed past Lock Haven 14-13 in
the final inning of the game.
The lead was exchanged between the teams several times.
Lock Haven hitters included
Ann Cariin -two singles, Mary
Feusner - single and double,
Kerrick, Kitzig Koznoskie,
Hamill, Buhl - singles, Kuhn a triple and Yenchick with a
double. Penn State's Wall had
three singles while Mitchell
and Lindsay had two hits
apiece.
In a rain-drenched game
at Edinboro on Saturday morning, the Eaglettes ended their
season on a winning note. The
Eaglettes collected 13 hits and
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Pitcher Lori Kiem was
creditted with seven strike
outs. She walked one.
Edinboro's runs came off
11 hits. They were led at the
plate by K. Bennicoff, C.
Fletcher, S. Fletcher and
Brandon.
Coaches John Thompson
and Dick Kauffman stated that
they were pleased with the
showing at Edinboro. THey
were disappointed, as were
the players, that the team
could not play a second game
with the University of Ohio.
The game was called due to
unfavorable weather conditions.
Lock Hover) loses to top
women's lacrosse feam
By AL VALLETTA
Men's Sports Editor
Ui .inus College, one of
the top women lacrosse teams
in the country defeated the
Lock Haven State women at
Ursinus by a 12-3 score.
Ursinus controlled play
nearly the entire game after
the Eaglettes, behind Sue
taken an eariy 1-0 lead.
Ursinus then scored five
straight goals to take a 5-1
halftime lead.
The second half found
Ursinus outscoring the Eaglettes 7-2 as all the Haven could
muster were the two goals by
sophomore Carolyn Rheiner.
Goal-keeper Cathy Sherman made an outstanding
number of saves for the game.
32 all together, but it wasn't
enough to keep the Eaglettes
in the game.
The Lock Haven junior
varsity battled the Ursinus
junior varsity team to a 3-3 tie
(2169 266^1810
which left their season mark at
4-0-1.
Women's
scored 10 runs to beat the lady
Scots 10-8 in a game called
after six innings of play.
Senior centerfield Cindy
Baxter went 3 for 4 at the plate
with three singles. Trimble,
Miller, and Robak poked the
ball for two hits apiece to
contribute to the cause.
Scoring for the Eaglettes
were freshman Kim Pallastrone with two goals and
Tacie Yerkes with one. Deb
Yoder the junior varsity goalkeeper play well, malcing a
total of 20 saves before the
game was over.
The Eaglettes took a 2-3-1
mark into the Millersville
match on Friday and upset
previously unbeaten Millersville(5-0) by a 7-2 score on
Lawrence Field.
Using goals by Cindy
Powell, Sue Woolston and
Rheiner the Haven girl's took
a slim 3-2 first half lead.
The Eaglettes then scored
four straight goals in the
second half to none for Millersville and evened their record at 3-3-1.
Scoring second half goals
were Bowers (1), Yerkes (2)
and Pat Rudy (1).
Lock Haven will host a
powerful
Penn
State
team on Tuesday, May 4 at
3:00 p.m. ^
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IHS goff feam
pidcs up two wins
on home course
By AL VALLETTA
Men's Sports Editor
The Lock Haven State
College Golf team picked up
two wins last Thursday with
victories over the University of
Pittsburgh at Johnstown and
Kings College on the home
course at Belles Springs.
The Eagle golfers were
assured of a winning season
having had only one match
remaining >vith Mansfield last
Friday. Their record consisted
of 7 wins, 5 losses and one tie.
Lock Haven came in first
with a score of 408 sfrokes
followed by Pitt ef Johnstown
with a 417 total and Kings
College last with 423.
Sophomore John Gaenzle
led the Eagles with a 79. He
was followed by junior Tom
Getz with an 81, sophomore
Dave Keener with an 82,
junior Jim Brungard with an
83 and freshman Jeff Rupert
with an 83.
Ted Lizanek of Pittsburgh
at Johnstown was low medalist
for the three teams.
The Eagles travelled to
Mansfield on Friday but fell
eight strokes short of winning.
The Mounties totaled 409
strokes to Coach Stan Daleys'
teams total of 417.
Rupert led the way this
time as he toured the Corey
Creek Country Qub with a
score of 77. Keener followed at
82, while senior John Thomas
shot an 84, Getz and Chris
Cooper rounded out the scoring as each had an 87.
The linksmen finished at
7-6-1 for the year and will close
out the season at the Pennsylvania Conference Championships at Shippensburg State
College today and tomorrow.
The school ol education students who plan to student teach
the tall semester 1976, will meat In
Sloan Theatre Instead ol Prica
Auditorium and will meat on
Tuesday, May
4, Instead of
Thursday, April 22. The lima Is
also changed. The meeting will
take place Irom 4:00 p.m. to 5:00
p.m.
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Cofeferia food
prices Slated
to increase
By J I M DORAN
Staff Reporter
Students at Lock Haven
State College will probably
have to pay more to eat in
Bentley Cafeteria next year.
Brian Van Deun, Student
Financial Aid Director, commented that the tuition and
room prices will remain the
same but, because of a rebidding in the contract with the
Macke Food Service (the present food service), the price
will definitely increase. Van
Deun said that the amount of
increase has not yet been
determined.
In other related financial
news, Van Deun has announced that Basic Educational
Opportunity Grant (B.E.O.G.)
money is in, and refunds will
be available at the Financial
Aid Office.
Students involved in the
B.E.O.G. program will be
asked to sign a reciept. The
Financial Aid office will be
open Monday through Friday
during the afternoons for those
eligible to receive refunds.
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human
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cont. from page 1
black student was punched in
the eye from the side, by an
unidentified person. The black
student then struck the person
he was standing face to face
with. The two exchanged
punches and wrestled to the
floor, as approximately 20
witnesses looked on.
In the meantime, the
other black student, upon
seeing his companion get
hit, swung and struck an
unidentified person and was,
in turn, hit by an unidentified
person.
The two fighting parties
were eventually broken ijp,
but not before cries of "kill the
nigger" were heard by at least
one white witness, and kicking
and punching of the black
student who was involved in
the original altercation was
witnessed by the other two
black students who entered
the dance with the two who
became involved in the fight.
"We don't know who
cried 'kill the nigger' and we
don't know who is responsible
for throwing the first punch or
who is responsible for the
kicking and punching, and I
wish we did," Jones said.
"That isn't acceptable behavior on a college campus or
anywhere else.
"Apparently, there were
two groups of whites with
different intentions," Jones
said. "Some of them were
«^rying to separate the fighters,
but some of them were also
beating on the one guy."
After the fight subsided,
the four black students left the
dance. They returned at
approximately 2:45 a.m. with
four more friends. Two of
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shame to lose Seeley when he
seems to be able to deal with
Lock Haven and the campus
community.
"We are actively involved
in recruiting minority students ,'' Jones commented,
"and one interview question
they always ask is 'How many
minority teachers and staff do
you have?'"
To lose Seeley would not
be fair to the black or the white
students according to Jones
because Seeley offers a different viewpoint.
Jones summarized, "We
try to not only maintain the
number of minority faculty,
staff and students on campus,
but we try to increase that
number. Few minority persons
attract fewer minority perJones finished his report sons."
by stating that he didn't
consider the fight to be dead
issue. "It's hard to believe
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them brought back with them
instruments which they later
claimed were for defensive
purposes. One had a wrench;
one had a knife.
There were several scuffles after the black students
returned, but none involved
the use of the knife or the
wrench.
Dr. Hamblin was pleased
with Jones' report, and he
indicated that he thought
perhaps the dances held on
campus should be closed earlier than 3:00 a.m. "The bars in
town close at one-thirty or two,
and a dance is an attraction for
those who haven't had enough
[to drink]. Many of the people
entering at the late hours
aren't even students here,"
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