Liows Eye
Vol.1 Num. 2
Delaware Co. Campus P.S.U.
Feb. 1968
OSGA to cooperate with
Undergraduate Government
UNIVERSITY PARA(APS)--Student
Government Association presi-
dents and vice presidents fra
1G branch Comronwealth campuses
gttended the ¥'i nt e r Term
Conference of the Organization
of Student Government Associ-
ations (OSGA) last weekend at
University Park. Following
adjournment of *the Saturday
session, O0SGA president Fobert
Bauer said, "This has probably
been the most successful con -
ference OSGA has held in recant
years."
Jeff Long, president of the
Jndergraduate Student Govern-
ment, (USG), addressed the
general meeting Friday. Luring
his speech LLong repeatedly
emphasized that both the USG
and O05GA had common problems.
He suggested that cooperation
Detween the two groups would:
aid in soiving major issues
such as Senate representation,
the University tuition hike
and the recently instituted
pass-fail grading system.
"Students are for the first
time discussing policy and ruls
which affect student life,"
Long said. "We are all here
for the same purpose, to benefit
the student."
Two major pieces of legisla-
tion were approved during the
Friday session. First under
consideration was a bill pass-
ed by UsSG last term, which
Bl ccated to 0SGA the authority
@::: the commonwealth cam-
-u8 representative to the
culty Senate Comittee on
ctudent. Affairs. conte Pe 3
SHAFER'S $100 HIKE
Gov. Shafer
GCM
Moves Chester
The Greater Chester Movemat
(G.C.X.), located at 28 E. 3th
Street in downtown Chester is
the official Community action
agency for Delaware County.
G.C.M., is a private, non-
profit corporation and provides
programs in health, education,
Job training, legal services,
community organization and
econdmic development for the
citizens of Delaware County.
The movement is currently
funded by the Office for kco-
nomic Opportunity, the Dept.
of Health, Education and Welfare,
the Labor Department and the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
G.C.M., operates the anti-
poverty programs in Delaware
County.
The Greater Chesteriovement
Conse Fu 3
BRINGS protest at PSU
: Governor Raymond P. Shafer submitted his
t 1968 budget proposals to the Pennsylvania
General Assembly several weeks ago.
tained & propbsal for a $100 hike in the
tuition rates for students at State-related
universities, among them Penn State,?iTT
and Temple Univ.
anproved by the legislature and would be-
come effective on July lst.
The governor contends that such a hike is
l necessary to meet the demands of enrolling
more students and new programs of education
Whether the hike will pass depends vboz a
It on-
The budget must still ve
large extent on the effect of
pressure now being brought on
the legislature by students and
parents who wish to see increas
-ed expenditures met by increas
-ed taxes rather than increased
+uitions.
Undergraduate Student Govern-
ment President Jeff Long and
Daily Collegian Editor, Richard
Wiesenhutter sent a telegram
protesting the hike to Governor
Shafer, the majority and minor-
ity leaders of the State House
of Representatives, and the
chairman of the House Approp-
riations and Budget Committees.
They also plan letters of pro-
test to every legislator.
Long and Wiesenhutter have
promised to "keep in touch with
any organized student effort
necessary to voice our opinion!
A recent tuition increase sug-
gested by Governor Ron a ld
Reagan, of California, was shel
-ved after militant student pro
-tests against having the burd-
en of education fall more heav-
ily on the student's shoulders.