CONF',RTITC.7, CONTM, f3S
Improvement of communication between
campuses was one of the major topics
of discussion yesterday - , as a joint
conference of three Commonwealth
campus organizations got under way.
Approzlmat=3ly 125 students from
all 18 campuses, representing the
Press Association of Commonwealth
Campuses, the Keystone Society, and
the Organization of Student Govern
ment Associations were present
when the first session opened at
2 p.m. in the Hetzel Union Building
assembly hall.
Thomas Bundy (7th-pre-law-
Fairview) president of OSGA, pre
sided over this general meeting,
which began with a welcome extended
by Undergraduate Student Government
President Robert Katzenstein.
Kenneth L. Haldeman, director of
Commonwealth campuses, then spoke
on campus-community relations.
He stressed that it is students even
more than faculty and adminiftration
who create the University's image in
the various communities. •
Following this, the head of each
group outlined the objectives of this
weekendts meeting. Workshops aimed
at accomplishing these objectives
occupied the remainder of the afternoon.
Under the leadership of Dennis
Arbutiski (4th-business administration-
New Kensington), stag, president of
PACC, members voted to set a date
during the organization will have
more continuity.
The group also voted affirmatively
on several amendments to the PACC
constitution pertaining to the
election of officers and to filling
offices left vacant. In an effort
to establish communication between
campuses, Pacc resolved to have
copies of each campus newspaper
mailed to other centers.
During the evening session the
various newspapers were ane.lized
and constructive criticism given to
improve each paper's auality.
Election of a vice-president and
formultion of a committee to
investigate other methods of improv
ment rounded out the evening sessio
from The Daily Collegian
The Student Government AsSociati
has made a fine effort to facilitat
and improve student communications
dividing the bulletin board into •
topical areas and requiring "For
sale" and ' , Personal" items to be
entered on 3x5 cards. This policy
has been quite successful. I feel
that with the addition of one polic
by the S.G.A.--that of assigning
a meriber to check ail bulletin
boards possibly twice a week, and
removing all outdated announcements
(which have at times been numerous
bothersome to the biflletin board
reader) - -the S.G.A. could really
finish off their well—started task
of improving bulletin board comnund
cation.
Recently the S.G.A. voted down
a proposal to supply students with
ping-gong balls when ping-pong
paddles are given out. It seems to
me that the loss which the S.G.A.
would incur wsth broken balls over
the course of a year would not be
very great, and that student apprec
iation of such a courtesy would
outweigh any financial loss. Why
shouldn't the S.G.A. assume the sma
financial loss and the responsibili
of seeing that balls are supplied a
returned when a certaln amount of
student satisfaction is at stake?
N. U. T. P. 0. W.
S. G. A.