PAGE FOUR Potomac(' Tuesday through Saturday mornings during the University year, the Daily Collegian is a student operated newspaper. Entered as second-class matter July 5. 1984 at the State College. Pa. Post Offlee under MIKE FEINSILBER, Editor Managing Editor. Mike Miller; City Editor. Don Shoe- Co-Asst. Bus. Mgrs. Roger Vogelsinger , Dorothea Reidy': maker; Copy Editor, Dotty Stone; Sports Editor, Roy Wil- Local Adv. Mgr., Faye ' Goldstein; National Adv. Mgr., Jerry llama; Editorial Director. Jackie Hudgins; Society Editor, Fried; Co-Circulation Mgrs., Milt Lin's', Christine Kauffman; Inez Althouse; Assistant Sports Editor, Roger Seidler; Photos- Promotion Mgr., Delite Hoopes: Co-Personnel Mgrs., Aletta raphy Editor Ron Walker. Manbeck, Connie Anderson; Office Mgr.. Ann Keeney; Classi . fled Adv. Mgr., Peggy Davis; Secretary, Lil Melko: Research and Records Mgr., Virginia Latshaw.. STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, Mike Moyle; Copy Editors, Shirley Calkins, Ted Serrill; Assistants: Arabel Wagner, Terry Leach, Dick Hufnagel, Lenore Hamilton, Jan Davidson, Joan Delacy. Ad Staff: Deanna Soltis, Nancy Swicely. Collegian Policy: For a Better Penn State (Today a new staff takes over the operation of the Daily Collegian. The policies it will follow throughout the coming year are explained below.) The main concern of a newspaper—this one included—is to tell the news: to inform the human race about what it is thinking and doing and feeling: to report what is happening and the significance behind the event. The Daily Collegian's position as a news paper is nearly unique. It enjoys a measure of freedom many professional and most col legiate papers do not attain. Because of this, the Daily Collegian is a better paper than it otherwise would be. Likewise, we believe, Penn State is better because of this. Only a well informed public can make wise de cisions. Acting under the freedom granted it, the Daily Collegian is able to present the news it feels is significant to its readers. As a student newspaper, Collegian feels an obli gation to publish campus news. But it is not obligated to print the news of any specific group or to cover any single event. News is relative to the other news of the day. The play any one story receives de pends on its importance in relation to other stories to be published on the same day. Ultimately, it depends on judgment. Collegian does not print publicity as such. It prints publicity when what is being pub licized is also news. Collegian always strives to keep its news accounts objective. Writing, however, it must be remembered, is a subjective pro cess. Not all news is pleasant; in a world where there is ugliness, newspapers cannot report only the agreeable. Newspapers do -not make the news; they report it. To protect some who have made unpleas ant news is unfair to the reader and to every other person who is not similarly protected. Therefore, the Daily Collegian will not withold legitimate news nor will it suppress names unless it deems such ac tion within the public interest. We can think of few instances in which this would be the case. Collegian reporters attending public meetings have ,we feel, the same rights as the public itself would have. If the public were at the meeting it would hear and see all that takes place; likewise, we feel the reporter has the right to report everything Unfair Counselors? Men who eat in the Nittany dining halls have been complaining that their s , counselors, who are supposed to set good examples for them, "cut in the food line." These objectors, who feel they are being treated unfairly, say they think the counselors should wait their turn in the line just like other students. But counselors who "cut in line" are doing so under orders from the dean of men's office and we feel the dean's office has good reason for making this a requirement. In order to have a properly disciplined dining hall it is necessary for the counselors to be present while the bulk of the men are eating. If a counselor enters the hall before any of the men do, he will have finished eating by the time the hall is filled, and if he waits for the end of the line most of the men will have eaten and left. It is the counselor's duty to keep order in the hails. Administrative officers have com plained to the dean of men's office because of fist fights, food fights, and water battles while the men were eating. The Association of In dependent Men Judicial Board of Review sug gested that the men be more closely watched white eating so as to cut down on the number of discipline cases resulting from dining hall rni-Torcluct. th 2. couivelors "cut in line" , at the hi• f fines is part of a year-long experiment to determine the effectiveness of tle Batty Collegian Buecessor to THE TRIM LANCE. est. 1187 r:', JACK ALBRECHT, Business Manager THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA that takes place at meetings he attends in his capacity as a Collegian reporter. Off the record remarks at open meetings are, in fact, not off the record by virtue of the fact that anyone could walk in and hear them. The Daily Collegian supports no campus or national political party. It has, however, the right to comment upon platforms, can didates, and actions of any or all parties. Collegian's relative freedom gives it a complementary responsibility. We pledge ourselves to uphola the responsibility we assume by publishing l? a newspaper: to keep bias from creeping into our news columns: to exercise our best judgment in the coverage and the play given news; to not knowingly print an untruth: to make corrections when errors have been printed: and to continue to maintain that treating all equally and fairly is the only way to operate a newspaper. Presenting the news is only one function of a responsible newspaper. It has an obli gation, we feel, to interpret the news, com ment on it, and exercise its right to criti cize. Correspondingly, Collegian recognizes it is open to criticism. We feel the editorial must be fair and must present an honest—although not necessarily a popular—viewpoint. Colle gian does not claim to be the spokesman for the majority of student opiniop, the faculty, the staff. the alumni, or the University it self. At least one of the functions of Collegian ,editorials is to inspire students to think for themselves. Often editorials pointing out the pios and cons of an issue are printed toward this end. Collegian's unchanging editorial policy is stated on page one: "For a better Penn State." We attempt to present viewpoints, not dogma. Editorials, therefore, represent the viewpoint of the writer, not the paper. Collegian, however, assumes responsibility for the publication of its editorials. Editorials and letters to the editor are selected for publication on the same stand ards: good writing, good taste, and good sense. Letters must be signed, and, we feel, letter writers must assume responsibility for what they say. Therefore, we will nOt withhold names of letter writers or print false names. These, then, are the policies we pledge ourselves to uphold during the coming year. I —The Senior Board Gazette ••• COLLEGIAN BUSINESS CANDIDATES, 7 p.m.. 217 Willard COLLEGIAN BUSINESS STAFF, 6:80 p.m., 218 Willard COLLEGIAN AD STAFF, 6:80 p.m., 111 Carnegie COLLEGIAN CIRCULATION STAFF, 6:80 p.m., Collegian Office COLLEGIAN PHOTO STAFF. 6:90 p.m.. 9 Carnegie CENTRAL PROMOTION AGENCY—ALL STAFFS, 7 p.m., 215 Willard, bring Student Directory CLOVER CLUB, 7 p.m., 217 HUB FRESHMEN COUNCIL, 6:80 p.m., Commuters' Room, Woman's Building HOME EC CLUB, 6:80 p.m., White Hall HOME EC CLUB CLOTHING INTEREST GROUP. 7 p.m., 223 Home Economics NEWMAN CLUB, Daily Rosary, 4:30, Church. Bishop Sheen on TV. 8 p.m. PHI MU ALPHA meeting, 9 p.m., tomorrow, 100 Carnegie STUDENT ENCAMPMENT COMMITTEE, 8 p.m., 208 HUB YOUNG REPUBLICAN CLUB. 6:80, 214 HUB ZOOLOGY CLUB, 1:80, 214 Frear Lab. UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL Harold Berg. Pauline Christ, Lorraine Cobosco, Richard Disany, Nancy Ehler. Archibald Gentles, Mary Goode. Marcia Gracion, Glenn Heasley, Jay Livziey, Eileen Mona, Jack Morrison, Asu Tosh Pal, Kenneth Poff, Diane Poole, Milo Rodich, Carol Roland. William Smith, Mark Wallace, Ger trude Winzenburger, Donald Wise. their presence, James W. Dean, assistant to the dean of men, said: According to the Judicial Board, the number of disciplinary cases in the dining halls has de creased during the past year, partly because of the implementation of the new' system. If more counselor supervision means less student discipline, we are in favor of "line cut ting" in the Nittany dining halls. —Jackie Hudgins ltditorisie represent the viewpoint et the writers, net neeessarily the pellet of the paper. 'tTnelirned editorials are b, the editor. • set of Mardi S. lan Little Man on Camp "Well. Prof. I've known the formula all my life —guess nobody ever tried it before." Safety Valve ... The Daily Collegian welcomes letters to the editor. To be published, letters must be signed with a bonsfied signature. Names of writers will not be withheld. Letters should be typewritten and are more likely to be published if they are brief. No Double Jeopardy in Our Courts TO THE , EDITOR: With regard to the recent letters and edi torials concerning whether or not a student may be placed in double jeopardy before a student court, I would like to clear up a little foggy thinking, First, a student who is apprehended by the local authorities for committing some minor offense does not appear be fore a student judiciary body unless publicity is given the offense and the fact that the offender was a University student. When a person does appear for the above reason (and there are numerous other reasons a person may appear before one of these bodies) the only charge which is acted upon is: Conduct prejudiced to the good name of the University. The only reason details of the original offense are heard is to make it possible for the judiciary body to decide on the seriousness of the detrimental conduct, and to hear all extenuating circumstances. When judg ment is made, however, it is made only on the one charge men tioned above. The students comprising the judiciary groups themselves are among the most thoughtful and conscientious people with whom it has ever been my pleasure and privilege to work. Several times this year Tribunal has been in session more than four hours con sidering just one case, and I'm quite sure that all student courts are just as concerned in seeing justice done. Every effort is made to get the facts, and consideration of the offender is the prime rule. Also, remember that all major decisions and punishments hand ed down by student courts are reviewed by a Senate sub-committee, which has representation from the student body and from the fac ulty. Just one more safeguard. Now, to show how justice at Penn State differs from military justice, which by the way, does not place offenders in double jeopardy either. In the first place, in military justice, trials are not conducted by the offenders' peers. They are at Penn State. Secondly, unless an appeal is made, little or no review is given the case, and in any case no peers of the offender are present at the review. And last, but not least, in a military court strict court pro cedure must be adhered to. No extraneous facts are considered, and no consideration is given the offender outside those granted by law. Student courts do not observe exact protocol, and all forms of evi dence, opinion, defense and consideration may be used in arriving at a decision. These are the facts. Use them to arrive at your opinion of our student judiciary system. and I hope you will agree with me that it is a good and fair one. Students Warned To Be on Alert -'v t -•. For Impersonators Captain Phillip A. Mark of Cam pus Patrol, has issued a earning to students to watch out for any person in plain clothes posing as a Campus Patrolman. Mark issued the warning yesterday in conjunc tion with a recent series of black mail attempts. Couples parking on University grounds at night have recently been approached by a man posing as a Campus Patrol officer, Mark said. The man, dressed in street clothes, has taken couples' names and addresses; then called up the girls and attempted blackmail. Various descriptions of the man have been vague, Mark said, and efforts to catch him have been fruitless. "Any officer on duty will be in uniform," Mark said, "and any officer off duty and not in uni form does not have official au thority." The number of students living off campus, 6705, almost equals the entire student enrollment of 1940, when it was 6779. TUESDAY, MAY 3. 1955 By Bibler "44. —Kayo W. Vinson Jr. UCA Dance Set For TUB Tonight The weekly square dance spon sored by the University Christian Association will be held from 7:30 to 9:30 tonight in the Tempqrary Union Building. An instruction period will be conducted from 7 to 7:30 p.m. for registered students. Chauncey P. Lang, professor of agricultural extension and assist ant state 4-H leader, will call for the dance. Pollock Council Meeting Pollock Council will meet at 8 tonight in Nittany Dorm 20 to nominate and elect officers for next year. Prank J. Simes, dean of men, will speak at the meeting. Tonight on WDFM , •91 1 MEGACYCLES 7:35 - Sign On 7:30 Marque Memories 8:00 ____—_-_-- Behind the Leetunt 8:30 Music of the People 9:00 __--, Informally Yours 1:15 ___ News 9:30 This World of Meals 9* si• _____-- Thought Inc the Di. 1 - 04Ery
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