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JOHN SHERIDAN
The Student Government
Association has a new
vice-president. He is John
Sheridan, who was formerly
co-chairman of the Social Affairs
Committee and finished second
to the current president, Mike
Dini, in the SGA elections last
May.
Sheridan was recommended
to the Senate for approval to fill
the vacancy left by the
resignation of Max Brady.
However, it was no small task in
gaining the two-thirds majority
required for Senate
confirmation. Because of the
important ramifications involved
in the decision, the other parts
of Monday's meeting will be
included in next week's report.
Dini's nomination of
Sheridan came before the Senate
under the part of the meeting
reserved for new business. The
initial vote was 8 for, 11 against
and two abstentions, so it
looked as if Sheridan was
defeated. After. a lengthy
discussion, it was discovered that
many people were confused as
to the nature of the motion on
which they had just voted. A
motion calling for recommital
passed by 17-1-3. Again the
Senate voted on the motion to
approve Sheridan as
recommended by Dini. And
again the motion was defeated
by 8-11-2.
Dini seemed perplexed. Many
senators explained they voted
against Sheridan on procedural
grounds. They argued that Dini
did not go through the proper
channels of formal screening by
the Election Committee, thus
exercising powers not granted
to him by the SGA Constitution.
Others defended Dini's actions,
pointing to passages in the
Constitution that the president
had the power to appoint people
to vacant positions "with the
assistance of the Election
Committee" and not necessarily
a formal stated approval of the
candidate. It could then be
interpreted that the president
has a "Carte blanche" power in
this respect, which apparently is
the way Dini interpreted the
passage.
After the two voted failed to
show Senate approval for
Sheridan, Dini turned too his
number two nominee, junior
senator at-large Bill Mathews. A
motion to confirm Mathews was
defeated, 1-5 with 15
abstentions.
After that, the meeting was
thrown into a tizzy. Extensive
discussion on procedural matters
and points of order, turned the
meeting into a mass of
confusion. The debate raged
until the next meeting was
defeated 4-17-1. At one point, it
was discussed as to whether
the non-voting members of SGA
would be asked to leave the
room to enable the debate to
continue in private. Such a point
was defeated by a consensus
vote.
Several students at the
meeting called upon the Senate
to take more affirmative action
while displaying their disgust
with the Senate's conduct of the
matter and its attitude in
representing the student body in
general. Yet others
acknowledged the Senate's
handling of the manner, stating
that individuals were exerting
NEW SGA VP
their independence and reacting
from their own set of values and
viewpoints.
Sheridan displayed his
displeasure with the Senate by
arguing that as long as it
continued to be bogged down by
constitutional structionalists and
passive senators, SGA would no
longer serve as a tool for student
sentiment. After nearly two
hours of debate, a motion which
would allow Dini to again
submit a name of
recommendation before the
senate passed by 20-0-1.
Dini, for the third time
during the meeting, specified
that he wanted John Sheridan as
his vice-president. The vote for
approval was again taken, this
time Sheridan getting an 11-3
with 5 abstention margin, one
vote short of the required
two-thirds needed. It was
discovered there was again
confusion over the nature of the
motion and that one senator had
temporarily left the room. When
the senator returned,
and the vote was taken and this
time Sheridan reached the long
time in coming two-thirds on a
13-3.4 vote.
Sheridan took the oath of
office from Chief Justice of the
Student Standards Board Harry
Franzreb at the end of the
meeting, thus assuming the
duties of vice-president. The
next SGA Senate meeting is
scheduled for Thursday,
November 9, in room W-309.
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Struggle
Against
Global
Malnutrition
An estimated 108 million
children between the ages of one
and three suffer from serious
protein malnutrition in the
developing countries of Africa,
Asia, and Latin America. At this
age, the deficiency can be
irreversibly damaging to mental
and physical development.
The United Nations
Children's Fund is currently
allocating more than
$5,000,000, 11 percent of its
annual budget, to helping the
governments and people of these
countries increase the
production, distribution, and
consumption of high protein
foods derived from local
vegetable sources.
In the 1950's UNICEF's
Trick or Treat pennies helped
equip Indonesian plants to
produce a soybean-based food as
an experimental supplement for
children's unbalanced diets;
today the Fund is aiding the
development of protein-rich
foods containing wheat,
chickpea, and lentil flours in
several Mediterranean and North
African countries. New high
protein mixtures of processed
grains with powdered milk
derivatives have already helped
millions of children to recover
from severe malnutrition in
Nigeria and Bangladesh.
As always, UNICEF's
emphasis is on aid that will help
partner countries find their own
low cost solutions to the
problems of their children.
THE CAPITOLIST
Nothing
Club
Last week, the Do-Nothing
Club held its first open meeting.
Approximately 42 club
memberships, at one dollar each,
were sold.
Activities discussed include a
possible kegger-dance,
club-sponsered movies, and a
type of ALL-U Day here at
Capitol Campus.
The organization is currently
in the process of changing the
offices of president,
vice-president, secretary and
treasurer into an executive
council. Kathy Barret has
become the fifth member of the
board along with other officers
Bob Getz, Bill Harris, Harry
Franzreb and Joe Thomas. The
club has hopes that Twyla
Brown, secretary in the Office of
Student Affairs, will become its
adviser.
Ms. Brown has suggested that
the club hold a rummage sale in
Harrisburg to raise funds. The
sale would double as a service to
the community.
Many people have
misunderstood the meaning of
the name of the organization.
The Do-Nothing club is not
restricted to those who are tired
of doing nothing. It is open to
anyone who wishes to improve
our dull social life here and for
those who want to have fun in
addition to being a service
organization.
Look for coming activities as
publicized in the CAPITOLIST`
HOT LION and on WZAP.
Today, the club will hold
another .membership drive in
Vendorville. We guarantee that
all members and those
non-members who attend our
activities will get their money's
worth.
Harry Franzreb
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Penn State Gets Gifts
University Park, Pa. -- A
record number of 17,211 gifts to
the Pennsylvania State
University from non-public
sources--- including 14,029 from
alumni---have exceeded
$3,000,000 for the fifth time in
the 20-year existence of the
Penn State Foundation.
Total private giving from
alumni, corporations,
foundations, organizations, and
friends to the University for the
1971-72 fiscal year amounted to
$3,293,083, according to
Charles Lupton, executive
director of the Foundation. The
new high of recorded gifts
surpassed the 1968-69 total by
about $l2OO.
Dr.. John W. Oswald,
president of the University, has
expressed his gratitude for the
financial support and described
it as "truly a partnership
between public and private
support."
Once again alumni
contributed a significant share of
the total with $581,881 coming
from 14,029 gifts to the 1971
Alumni Fund. This surpassed
last year's total dollars by 40.5
per cent as a result of 600 more
gifts.
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The Future of
by Boz
The Black Student Union of
Capitol Campus was host to
guest speakers representing their
respective political parties in the
gallery lounge last Tuesday. The
topic for discussion was "The
Future of Blacks in American
Politics."
A large turnout of students,
both black and white, listened to
the presentations of Gordon B.
Hickes, special assistant to the
chairman for minorities of the
National Republican
Congressional Committee, and
Anthony Montiero, Communist
Party candidate to represent the
third Congressional District in
Philadelphia. The Democratic
guest speaker, name and
qualifications unknown, did not
appear at all.
Mr. Hickes displayed a few
pieces of selected literature
which included a four-page
newspaper spread picturing
blacks who have been placed in
governmental positions under
the present administration. (This
writer cannot help but wonder if
she has missed a sizable
shrinkage in the bureaucracy, or
something. It seemed as though,
if I would have concentrated
enough, I would have been able
It doesn't
amount
to much.
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to really see a neon sign flashing
"tokenism ...tokenism..." above
his head at that time.) Mr.
Hickes also spoke of the funds
available to small businessmem,
however, here he did not
mention race at all.
Mr. Montiero was by far the
better speaker. He was not only
well prepared, he also covered a
great deal more ground than
simply "vote my way." The
underlying theme of his
presentation: "The future of
blacks in American politics is
woven into the future of
American politics." He said that
due to the problems facing
blacks in housing, taxes, jobs,
etc., he foresees radical
revolutions rather than
concessions. ("Radical"
revolutions not necessarily
meaning "violent" revolutions.)
After both presentations, the
speakers answered questions
posed by members of the
audience. It was a very
interesting scene...and most
informative. Mr. Montiero
seemed to welcome the
challenges. Mr. Hickes grossly
underestimated them. If you
missed this one, you missed alot,
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