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THE NITTANY CUB
Established October 26, 1948, as the official publication for the
student body of the Pennsylvania State University, Behrend
Campus, Erie, Pennsylvania.
Published by The Breeze Publishing Co., 4557-4559 South Lake
St., North East, Pennsylvania.
Editor
Asst. Editor John Thompson
Dave Craley
Sports Editor
Reporters _
e For Student Council?
You're Out of Your Mind!
I was a lowly frosh last year,
so I ought to know what I'm talk
ing about. Would I run again if
I were in the same boat? Read
on and then decide for yourself.
I can remember sitting there
in spacious Erie Hall on that hot
September afternoon listening to
a faculty member tell us about
S.G.A.—Student Government As
sociation. I was impressed, to say
the least! But as I sat there with
a gym full of some of the top high
school kids from three states, any
idea I might have had of trying
for election to the Behrend Cam
pus S.G.A. was at that time pure
fantasy. But I was a dreamer. So
when I found out that all I had
to do in order to try for election
to Student Council was to have
ten friends sign a simple make
shift petition, make a few cam
paign posters, and then give a
simple two or three-minute speech,
I decided to try it (you see, I was
good at making petitions).
Well, I was elected . . . but it
wasn't easy! There were only eight
positions remaining to be filled
on the Council and there was a
total of twelve students running.
At first I was fearful for my po
litical life. But when I convinced
the fellow sitting next to me to
cast his vote my way, I knew that
with two votes I was assured of
a place on the Council.
It must have been the speech
I gave that got me the third vote.
Anyway, I was a runaway winner
with only four or five candidates
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__ Mary Jean Ferguson, Mel Ross,
Mary Gene Shea, Bob Williams
getting more votes than I got. I
guess I was quite fortunate in be-
ing able to give my speech near
the end of the program. Most of
the audience was asleep and
couldn't tell that my mouth had
completely dried up on me. But
I guess that's one of the unfor
seen hazards of political cam
paigning.
During our first meeting we
elected officers. After that, Dean
Lane, Dean of Student Affairs,
gave us a pep talk about our power
and duties and responsibilities
that really set us up for the im
portant months ahead. Our first
task was to arrange the budget
and activities program for the
coming terms. From there on in
the tasks were many and varied.
For example, the S.G.A. last year
(1) arranged programs for the
Thursday morning free period
(common hour); (2) operated and
maintained the pool, bowling al
leys, and ping-pong equipment;
(3) managed the financial affairs
of all the student activities on
compus; (4) programmed the
Winter Carnival; (5) sponsored
and arranged the Prom; (6) plus
discussing and acting on countless
other less spectacular but very
important matters concerning the
students and the Campus.
In addition to the prestige and
personal satisfaction a student re
ceives from belonging to the Stu
de n t Government Association,
there comes four times through-
THE NITTANY CUB
Bob Ropelewski
out the year a chance to attend
the two or three-day-long, all
basic expenses paid trips to Uni
versity Park where the Organiza
tion of Student Governments As
sociation holds its quarterly con
ferences. The O.S.G.A. is an as-
sociation composed of all the
fourteen Penn State Common
wealth Campuses. At these valu
able conferences one has the op
portunity to gain first-hand in
formation from the "big brass" of
the University including President
Eric A. Walker himself. He also
has the opportunity to discuss
campus problems with students
from all over the state, to par
ticipate in workshops and leader
ship programs, to make new
friends, to attend parties, to tour
University Park, and in general,
to share experiences not available
to the average Penn Stater.
It's a great life—the life of an
S.G.A.-er. And, now that I've seen
how tremendously interesting and
rewarding it can be, the question
that bothers me most is: "Why
aren't there more students inter
ested when it's so ridiculously
simple to get into and the rewards
are so great?" One material re
ward the year-long S.G.A. mem
bers receive is a beautiful, gold
plated, personally initialed key
that is now recognized and treas
ured all over the state. Have one
of last year's members show you
his. And then, why don't you try
out for S.G.A.?
Doug Prozan lobs in another two points during one of last year's
many exciting basketball games.
Friday, Sept. 21, 1962
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and a sign, e.g., sophomores,
faculty members, visitors, etc.
Women must curtsy.
All must doff their dinks or
curtsy when paSsing the Behr
end Pine.
When a sophomore says to a
male frosh: "Button, frosh,"
that freshman must doff his
dink by holding the button
atop the dink and lifting it
from his head.
When a sophomore says to a
female freshman: "C urt sy,
Frosh," that freshman must
curtsy to the sophomore.
All freshmen must carry
matches and light any sopho
mores' cigarette upon request.
Freshmen must know the
words and the tune to any song
on the song sheets given them,
and must sing them aloud
upon the request of any
sophomore.
No freshman is permitted to
use the foot bridge between
Erie and Turnbull Halls, nor
can they walk on the grass
at any time or use the diving
board at the swimming pool.
Frosh must use only the back
entrance of the Otto Behrend
Science Building.
Freshmen must know, word for
word, the inscriptions on the
dedication plaque on Turnbull
Hall and on the model ship
Niagara in the lobby of Erie
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