PAGE FOUR Editorial Opinion So'rorities Deserve A letter of protest signed by all 23 sorolities awaits President Eric A. Walker this morning, The letter is the result of an emergency session of Panhellenic Council held last night, when 60 angry sorority women planned their opposition to a new housing The Department of Housing has an nounced that the policy—to go into effect next semester—will drastically reduce the number of rooms allotted to each sorority. The Greeks are furious because the action means that next year there will be room for only about 25 of each chapter's members to live in rooms near the suite. '['he other half of each chapter will be scattered. Sororities from McElwain and Simmons are complaining because their 'annexes" are being taken away. Under the new policy a sorority no longer may stake out a claim to an entire hall so that the overflow from the suite area can live together. The Greeks in the new dorms have a related problem: the 27 places, to be alloted to each South Halls sorority will be split between several floors. Housing's new room assignment policy presents several serious problems for sororities. First, it will scatter the members of each chapter hither and yon throughout the residence halls, since it is quite unlike ly that all the sisters and pledges will be able to get rooms in the same building. Chapter unity and efficiency necessitate that the members live together. Second, the policy will mean more instances of independent women living in Vested Interest Vs. Most of the members of six college student councils apparently want to bolster the crumbling philosophy of vested inter ests which has dominated student govern ment over the past 20 years. The members have come out against the basis of representation for the proposed Student Government Association constitu tion. The new constitution would have all legislators elected on the broad basis of class, rather than according to "interest group" as A 11- University Cabinet is elected. Four methods of representation were considered by the Cabinet Reorganization committee: • Interest groups, which were discard ed partly because, as this system works with the existing student government, only a very few representatives are directly elected by the students, and these are Published Tuesday through Saturday warning ductal the University year, The Daily Collegian Is a student operated newspaper. HA per semester MOP per year Entered es second-class matter July 5, 1934 at the State College, Pa. Post Office under the act of March 3, 1879. ROBERT FRANKLIN, Editor Credit Mgr., Janice Smith; Local Ad Sisr., Tom BUlkei: City Editor, David Fineman; Managing Editor, Richard Asst. Local Ad Mgr.. George Mattrk; National Ad Mgr., Drayne; Sports Editor, Lou Prato; Associate Snorts Editor, Betsy Bracbbiil; Promotion Mgr., Kitty -Rurgert: Personnel Mitt Mathews; Personnel and Public Relations Director, Mgr., ill{cloy Nash; Classified Ad Mgr.. Rae Waters; Co• Patricia Evans; Copy Editor, Lynn Ward; Assistant Copy Circulation Mara., Mary Ann First and Murray Simon; Re- Editor. Dick Fisher; Photography Editor. Robert Thompson. search and Records Mgr., Mary Herbein; Office Secretary, Myls Johnson, STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night editor, Cathy Fleck; copy editor, Denny Malick; wire editor, Neal Fried man; assistants, Rona Nathanson, Cordie Lewis, Sally Hoover, Barb Greenwald, Pat Vargo, Barbara Foster, Edie Beck, Jim Strothman, Dave Yoblick, Brenda Desch, Diane Still, Susan Weinman, Olive Runes, Lee Gahn. a Better Break Ohre Battu eillltglan Successor to THE FREE LANCE, est. 1187 THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA rooms near or in sorority areas. This situa tion is particularly bad during rushing. But the Department of Housing's prob• 'ems also are serious ones. This year there were more than WOO rooming changes made by sorority members—many more than were made by independents. The moving in and out of rooms in volves much extra work for the depart ment, and often means that double rooms have only one occupant for part of a semes ter. Housing is justified in its opposition to the situation. The need for a better policy is apparent. But the one proposed by the Department of Housing is unfair to sororities. The Greeks pay rent for their suites and deserve enough living area near the suites to house their members. Communications between Housing and the sororities has not been good. Much misunderstanding has arisen on both sides. The sororities' protest to Walker indicates that they feel further negotiations with Housing will not solve the problem. The best result of the protest would be a compromise plan which would appease both Panhel and Housing. But the pos sibility is strong that a suitable compromise cannot be reached in time, since rooming arrangements for next year must be made in the next month. In that event, the interests of the sorority women should be placed above the desires of Housing. Sororities should be allowed to continue with their present 40 spaces around the suite. Negotiations can be reopened next year with an effort on both sides toward better cooperation and mutual understanding. Student Welfare chosen with the idea of representing their group, not the students at large. • Living areas, which would require an undesirable fraternity-sorority-indepen dent partition. - e Colleges, which would require either the unrepresentative basis of equal mem bership for all colleges or the apathy-pro moting basis of membership by college population. • Class, which is the broadest pos sible representation and which is the most truly representative, since class member ship is determined purely by chance. This alternative was the choice of the committee. The college council members who op pose the new representation would do well to stop worrying about perpetuating their own vested interest on the legislature and start thinking about the general welfare of all the students. ROBERT PICCONE, Business Manager FittT•toar years Editorial Freedoms. Weekly Crossword Puzzle ACROSS SS Azalea, for 1 Early Mexican. example, 6 Surprised , 56 Painter of exclamation. 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