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Letters
Dear Mr. Kinkead:
This letter is in response to an article in the October
24th issue of the CUB ("Students Elect 20 SGA Reps").
In this release it was stated that the percentages of on
campus and Off 7 campias votes cast in the elections were 75%
and ("a disappointing") 21% respectively. I wish to correct
these figures to read 80% on-campus and 49 % off-campus.
The 643 votes cast (which represents 1056 potential student
voters) reflects a total voting percentage of 61%.
Also, further down the article it stated that the offices
of chairman, recording secretary, and corresponding secre
tary were to be elected, however, they will be (according
to the SGA constitution) elected at the fourth meeting
(Wednesday, October 29th).
May I also add that all future meetings of the SGA
are to be held on Wednesdays at 7:30 PM in the- Reed Sem
inar Room. These meetings are open and we welcome all
interested students, administration, and faculty and staff
to attend.
S-F Commission Urges
New Judiciary
_System
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA.. Oct. 31—An all-University Council, a
Black cultural center, and a revised judiciary system are among the
:recommendations made by a student-faculty commission which for
.the past four months has been examining policies and procedures at
..The Pennsylvania State University.
The all-University Council will
be proposed by the sub-commit
tee on governance, according to
its chairman, Deborah I. Chap
man, of Washington, D.C., a
graduate student in philosophy.
-The Council would include trus
tees, alumni, students, faculty
and • administrators among its
- membership, which would num
ber about 57.
"Rather than evaluating the
current structure of the Univer
sity in every detail or trying to
change it completely, we decided
:to bolster the system as 'it; is,"
Miss Chaptrian said. "The Colin
,.
cil emerged as an answer to
'_what many saw as a major prob
lem of that system—communica
tion among its elements.
"We hope the new body will be
a channel for groups with griev
ances or for those who simply
want to get things done. It will
serve as a clearing house for both
problems and • ideas."
Recommendations for the
Council are not -yet in final
form, nor are the reports of _the .
other two subcommittees.
Helen E. Pete - rson of East
on; a junior. in - general;,krti . aild
sciences, chairriiiii:g74he
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Sincerely,
Douglas A. Brower
Chairman
noted that their deliberations are
following several different lines
of approach.
Her subcommittee is consider
ing proposals for a Black cultur
al center, a special section in the
:Library devoted to books about
Blacks or by Black authors, and
the development of a Black stud
ies program specially designed to
fit the situation at Penn State.
Also under study are sugges
tions for the College of Educa
tion on the training of person
nel to teach in Black schools.
iyfernbers of the subcommittee
examining the University's judici
ary system are making a broad,
general investigation and ulti
mately hope to determine ways
to involve students more deeply
in the writing of rules and regu
lations governing their own be
havior.
The - existing - undergr'aduate
judicial - system •is being scrutin
ized, aCcording to Dr. Gary , J.
ScOtt„ of .. the Office a' Student
Affairs,, who
,is clra,h•man of :the
group. So are judicial procedures
fOr•kraduage stnilents, _as 7 well.a . S
the-`-related
,questiOn.-Oridiat,.ou.r;-
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:; - :Areas in which the UniverSitir_
THE NITTANYCIIB
Tranquil Society
- Or Why LSD?
New York ,N. Y.--(l.P.)—The
inability of youths to find a mean
ingful variety of experiences in
their lives leads them to LSD,
write two professors in a recent
issue of "The Record" (Teachers
College, Columbia University).
In their article; "The Tranquil
Society—Or -Why LSD?" authors
Robert-M. Schweider and Richard
G. Kohlan report on their research
involving more than 50 persons
at various stages in their use of
LSD. The subjects, .mostly male,
were in the
. 1.8 7 25 group, and most
were college dropouts. •
All the subjects interviewed re
peatedly emphasized that they
viewed LSD, not as an ,escape
_ ..
from anYthing, but.as an aid in a
search for scxnething. What they
'were
.searching for primarily was
reievanqe in their everyday lives.
The authors cite the growing
`.`dehumanization" of higher ed
. . . ..
ligation as an irnpoitagt cause . of 1
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One of the new buses getting its "daily bath." .The "iiw=culaty"
of their passenger coaches is a main attraction of the .Transit
Authority.
An
aerial concept of
_the EM MA garage facility at 13th acrd French
Streets.
Senate, faculty policy-making
body, has ruled on student be
haVior are under review, along
with the procedure the Senate
recommended last year for hand
ling cases of academic dishonesty.
"Our subcommittee has also
met regularly with a Senate ad
hoc committee considering the
problem of how to develop a
University judiciary board which
would handle cases concerning
the entire Penn State communi
ty," Dr. Scott comments, adding:
"We would hope that the final
reports of both groups would
dovetail on this matter."
The Commission was establish
ed last Spring by Dr. Eric A.
Walker, _president of the -Univer
sity, "to examine ,the basic prin
ciples which guide relationships
among various segments -
_Cf the
University community . . . in an
atmosphere free from the press
ur,es of day4•3-day operational
.Pr.oblems. and the hasty consid—
eration of pOlicy dictated _by
crisis - situations."
• pr.- professor
. anti head. -of :t,)te.:.Dep.FV;l:jlePP...,•.f.4'
;c1:7•
Erie Tran s it Authority
M0 . .6 , Viiiiiiie - ih- World
The Erie Metropolitan Transit
Authority (MITA) created in 1967
is . perhaps the most unique auto
bus transit system in the world.
Created 'by a group of cOlninunity
minded (in a very - true sense)
citizens who purchased the Erie
Coach CompSny, an 'indebted util
ity, from Myron Prosser, it has
become an example and inspira
tion to% other cities throughout the
world.
From 1950 to 1965, the Erie
Coach Company's (ECC) • passen
ger volume decreased 78% from
15 million
,to 2.8 million. The
ECUs fleet of buses was a con
glomeration of makes and models,
some,as_old as twenty years.-Quite
honestly the busses were unsight
ly and unclean. Schedules .were
less dependable than Erie's
weather! Prosser offered the dy
ing--company to the city, but they
couldn't afford to.. shoulder sucYi
Registration..
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be left with the advisor. If for any
reason a student ,wiShes.:or is ask
ed to change his schedule at ;a
later date, another No. 2 card
Must be completed with the ad
visor and marked "revised". Sch
equle revision.s.will be accepted up
until 5:00 p. m- Monday, Decem
ber 8_1969,
If a student's schedule requires
no.further alteration between De
camper .p . anclthe beginning of the
Winter Term, the reporting date
for the Winter Term is the.rdsy
classes begin or Monday,. January
5, 1970. But the student must
check in with the - registration
desk in - Erie - Hall on that 'day'
(X9nlay, January' 5) - to,,aetivate
a .data- card. ; F,e e receipts and may
tric cards .will ,be
_reckUired.
to
tbes.l9 , rt cif. aux student to Con-'
firm k r is enrollment 'pill result .in
the - forfeit.
-Sth4 ! ii its'...7 4- 4 0 •
-fall' 40:7
ter during the sixth " week " 4Se.,'
YII
Veini or who requiie scliedrire re;•
—4 sfifirts're,sult ' of course •
October 31, 1969
a large burden. Thus, Erie was
faced ' with losing a vital utility-
Then Dr. Robert.:Lasher,. quy.
Wilson, and a handful of others
devised a plan for financing their
yenture and formed the Erie Me
tropolitan Transit Authority.-
The first step . pf the Authority
was to purchase fifty brand nevir
identical buses. Next, in 1968 they
opened the first new bus route in
20' years. - That same' year they
built an ultra-modern garage-pf=
tiers complex to house and main
tain the fleet. Now the EMTA is
in the process of' erecting sign
poles at every bus stop they have,
on which the exact time -the bus
reaches that stop will be posted.
This will be unique 1n -,:the
world. This. year alsO,,,the EMTA
extended two of its existing routes
to further facilitate transportation
from surrounding - - , :communiiies
(Millereek and tiarborcreek) to
Erie. . -
The most remarkable point - - in
its story is the fact that the
EIVITA is operating at a subsis
tence level. It takes no great con
jecture-to see that this is a feat
deserving praise. But this is not
enough. Dr. Lasher states that the Y .
EMTA needs 500,000 more -passen
gers annually in order to make
up depreciatiOn. This increased
number of passengers is not an
unlikely figure, in fact they expect
thii increase. Their future locks
very. bright, -more new (identical)
buses will be purchased . by the end.
of the year, dtie to the greater
public demands.
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EDITORIALPOLICY
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newspa.pv.r be .-opiniOnated and
therefore subleet to eritisin. All
-_letters .that
,-4.1 . 7 e typewritten
submittedJO the newspaper staff
will
_he printed with , the exception
of those , that are repetitious or
Poor taste. The
.staff . reserves the
right_ to _correct or delete portions
of the letters for publication pur-
Poses.
All letters must -be signed, but
names will , be withheld -upon _re
quest.
Signed columns represent the
view of the author only and do
not reflect tlie Editorial policy . of
the Nittany CUB.
failures or changes of major must
attend an arena registration in
the Library on Friday, January
2, 1970, between the hours of 1:30
and 4:30 p.m. Failure to do so will
require payment of a $lO late reg-:
istration fee. There will be no ex.
ceptions. This procedure also
ap
plies to new freshmen, transfer,
readmitted, and adjunct students.
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