Roving Reporter (cont'd)
EITFFN BOWDEN: Its discou
raging to see half-page nlownpa
tpee spreads given to local highschool
sports and Gannon's splash headlines
lin the paper, and then you have to
p.m* to the back of page 15 to find a
one-column article about our teams.
he Times writes about what the public
is interested in. What we need is
Oloore students who are interested in
and promote our school.
An organization like the Boosters
with twoo hundred members could do an
awful lot of good.
DICK BEARDSLEY: I think it's
cessary because the school spirit
needs to be boosted; especially since
it's mainly a commuter school. Kids
can't support a team when they don't
know enough about it. More people
would join if they knew more about it.
To the editors
It seems that the SGA has recent
ly passed a new ruling regarding club
activities on the Beheend Campus. In
general it states that any club Ilot
sponsoring an activity for the bne-
fit of the student body will have its
charter suspended for a period o one
year. I hardly feel that this ruling
is justified and made in light. of all
situations.
I am a member of the Circle K
club on campus which was set up for
the sole purpose of serving the student
community. The Circle K sponsors all
types of - dances, Ness Night, Winter
gprnival l Ski Weekend, pool cleanings,
gar washes, and a host of others; this
is our purpose. The P.S. U. sorori
ty also in the past has had dances.
Other clubs have also participated in
these areas. In contrast to our so
cial clubs, Behrend also has the Ra
dio club, Engineers club, Computer club
and others. the clubs just mentioned
were not set up for sponsoring social
ftnctions„ although they have a perfect
right to. They were established for
members to get together and elaborate on
the subject for which their respective
clubs were formed. Why should they be
expected to be responsible for a danie
if they don't went one/
Tb back my argument ftrther„ it
takes time, experience, co-operation,
and money to sponsor a social activity.
Most of these clubs have never done
anything of this sort in the past and es
a result, would run into serious diffi
culty in making all the necessary ar
rangements and clearances. Co-operation
and money go hand in hand. Without
student co-operation in attending func
tions yourere going to lose money.
To explain this further; it costs
in the area of sixty dollars for a good
band, fifteen dollars for refreshments,
three dollars for tickets, twenty to
thirty dollars for decorations, and so
on. The cost is in the area of one hun
dred dollars for a good dance. How many
clubs are in a position to afford a
dance like this? Not many.
If the student community should
choose not to attend this dance, the club
could stand to lose its shirt. This has
happened to Circle K in the past when
only six people showed up for a street
dance which had been widely publicized.
Some of the losses suffered by Circle K
were absorbed out of the members' own
pockets so that the club wouldn't go
under.
There is much more which could be
said to back my arguement o but are not
necessary. If the SCA wants to make
sure that the student community has
plenty of activities to attend, why
don't they find out what t student
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