PAGE FOUR enisiishon ifeeagay tiliresigh Eat- ,:oilegian editorials rePreseal 1 t a b r e e . 7 .= 7 , o e rst ro tea r IlaVne b ;:rre da ttwe s ri ta n t l a, it r an ' 'II Battg entirgt ice viewpoint of the writers, not necessarily the policy of the ; of The Daily Collegian of the newspaper Unsigned editorials 1 V'eorterleitoio Stew Voirorottei Seeteasar ea THE MEE LANCE, eat. UM err br the editor. Eattrs4 as wreaud-rJass matter DAVE JONES. Ediformr STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night editor, Roger Beidier; Copy editors, Tammie Bloom, Ed Reiss; Assistants, Peggy Leas, Vera Wingert, Stan Frolic, Dave Bronstein, Marge Blank, Sue Coo Kim. Ad staff, Vince Tempone. Political Party Defiance: A Wise Move? Tuesday morning quarterbacking indicates two campus political parties have made an ill advised move in publicly defying the All-Uni versity elections committee. L•nst week the elections committee incorpor ated in the spring elections code a provision for the r4tation of All-University offices be tween independent and fraternity students. In so doing, the committee felt it was merely codi fying what has for years been an unwritten gentlemen's agreement between campus parties. Both parties, however, attacked the committee as acting beyond its jurisdiction. Both parties have denounced the committee for meddling in internal party affairs, and both have refused to obey the decision. The com mittee action cannot become official unless All- University Cabinet approves it within the elec tions code Thursday night. It was a natural reaction for the parties to balk at this regulation. But was the reaction a wise one? The parties can only retain freedom they already have, but they could lose much prestige. A wiser decision, it seems, would have been for both parties to appeal privately to the elections committee in attempts to solve the matter. If this failed, the parties might then reasonably defy the committee publicly, or on the floor of cabinet. Both parties have now shown their hands, and opposition to the party stand may form. Had the parties kept this discontent silent, they may have been able to enlist enough power on the cabinet floor to strike down the regulation. The parties have said they will not obey the committee ruling, but that they will obey cab I® Elections Committee: The Past (The first of three editorials on relations between the All-University elections com- mittee and campus politics.) With spring elections about six weeks away, it seems a good time to review past experiences with election procedures and determine if these procedures worked properly. Past elections have been devoid of campaign excitement. Candidates have not been willing to attack the opposition. While this may lead to a better Penn State by eliminating bad blood from the campaigns—it has not necessarily led to better student government. The elections committee, by its control of elections, has eliminated chances for such com petition to exist. Platforms are meaningless be cause the elections committee makes them so. The elections committee has repeatedly with held planks which are not feasible. Because of this, little has been added to the development of new projects by student govern ment. If a party adopts an unfeasible plank, it should be the duty of the opposition party to charge that plank is unfeasible, and possibly make a counter-proposal. If .the opposition party failed to do this, it would discredit itself. In other words, such a system would keep parties on their toes and eliminate unrealistic planks. The party should endorse its platforms at the meeting of the party. The elections committee should not have total power over what the party says in the platform, as it now has. The elections committee, by establishing unfair campaign practices in the elections code, has gone far in Today ACCOUNTING CLUB, 7:30 p.m., Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity ALL-UNIVERSITY ELECTIONS COMMITTEE, 7 p.m., 103 Willard AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL EN GINEERS, 7:30 p.m., 105 Mechanical En gineering ARNOLD AIR SOCIETY MEETING, 7:30 p.m., Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity BELLES LETTRES CLUB, 7 p.m., North West Lounge, Atherton CHRISTIAN SCIENCE ORGANIZATION, 6:45 p.m., 304 Old Main COLLEGIAN AD STAFF MEETING, 7 p.m., 102 Willard COLLEGIAN AD STAFF CANDIDATES, 6:30 p.m., 102 Willard COLLEGIAN BUSINESS STAFF MEETING, 6:45 p.m., Business Office, Carnegie COLLEGIAN CIRCULATION STAFF MEET ING, 6:30 p.m., Business Office, Carnegie COLLEGIAN EDITORIAL CANDIDATES MEETING; 7 p.m., 111 Carnegie DE MOLAY CLUB, 7 p.m., Alpha Zeta fraternity HOME ECONOMICS CLUB, 6:30 p.m., 105 White Hall PENN STATE CLUB MEETING, 7 p.m., 411 Old Main INFIRMARY Audrey Arbuckle, Terry Bechakas, Richard Chandres, Marsha Felman, Jerry Hassemer, Joseph Humphreys, Raymond Klodziej, Joseph Mitchell, Frank Norris, Virginia Norton, Joan Pollock, Jeanne Riddle, Ronald Solovitz, An thony Spinato, Stanley Stirman, Charles Stone. 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