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Editorial Opinion
When Will Legislators
Begin to Legislate??
SGA Assembly tonight will hear a report on an
Encampment workshop, another on student insurance
and make four appointments ... another nothing meeting.
This will be the fifth meeting of the semester and
hardly a thing has been accomplished. The only "accom
plishment" has been the realization that it couldn't do
something—amend its constitution until the full Assembly
is elected.
Just why should Assembly meet if virtually nothing
Is being done?
Only one bill has been introduced—to elect class vice
presidents and treasurers--and this is now "laying on a
table" waiting for the full Assembly to be elected.
This single action has left political parties in the lurch
as to how many candidates, if any, they will need for the
November elections.
Granted this interim Assembly cannot change its
constitution but this is the only legislation it cannot pass.
However, no move has been made by anyone to initiate
new business.
Where has legislation come from in the past?
When the old Cabinet was in operation, most recom
mendations originated in student councils and other key
organizations such as Interfraternity Council, Association
of Independent Men, etc.
Are these organizations disgruntled because their
presidents do not sit on Assembly? There is no reason for
them to stop making recommendations.
The present Assemblymen are supposedly represent-
ing their individual classes. Can It be true that students
are completely satisfied with everything on campus?
What has happened to the five-point grading system
proposed last spring, or the parking meters that were
recommended? When will the student body find out the
status of these proposals?
The new parking regulations should be one of the most
immediate items for action. A committee has been work
ing on this for two weeks, but no report.
Student government has already missed the boat for
this year on a floating half-holiday for a football weekend.
Cabinet wholeheartedly endorsed this last year, but the
issue has not been mentioned. How many more students
would be at the Pitt game if a half holiday had been
proclaimed?
The Lecture Series which was successful last year
with appearances of Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt and Clement
Atlee is operating this semester with a list of speakers
almost unknown to students. Hasn't anyone wondered
why?
The Lecture Series and Artist Series have the same
goals and should be operated jointly with funds split more
equally.
What new could student government undertake?
Perhaps it could see to it that a better method of
ticket distribution be established for Artists Series. Or
maybe plans could be started early enough to get a suit
able program for Homecoming Weekend.
These are just a few of many projects that could be
undertaken.
Many students, especially freshmen, have showed
interest in participating in student government this
semester. But how many of these same people are wonder
ing just what student government does?
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TO THE EDITOR: Since every
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1860 LaVie
TODAY
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Letters
Space Edit Complimented
TO THE EDITOR: Congratula
tions to the Daily Collegian
for their short, but apt, com
ments on the new SGA.
Last semester the students
accepted the new SGA under
the impression that this would
be an improvement over the
old Cabinet form. In five
months, however, this system
has proved very weak, pri
marily due to the inactivity of
the legislative branch.
It seems that they have been
too interested in arguing over
the machinery of the system to
try to accomplish something
with it.
Student government is for
the students not for a few peo
ple trying to complicate an al
ready intricate system. Stu
dents will be asked to elect 42
assemblymen plus the class of
ficers, and now certain mem
bers want to elect more. This
is not necessary.
Instead of trying to compli
cate this new system, let's see
the SGA Assembly put this
system to work for the stu
dents. Remember, SGA is for
the students, not for SGA.
—David Epstein, '6O
Patrol Requested
To Follow Dean
TO THE EDITOR: Col. Lucien
Bolduc, Campus Patrol impres
sario and producer of the
Greatest Snow on Earth, could
well take a cue from Dean
Lipp, our dean of women.
As Dean Lipp is quoted as
saying in the article in- Tues
day's Collegian, "Rules are not
a static element . . . in order
to be effective, they must be
continuously evaluated and
altered."
How about it, Col. Bolduc,
revise, evaluate, and alter what
is now so ridiculous that we
may soon see you in line with
the rest of us in 203 D HUB,
with the same disgusted look
on your face.
—Norman Kahn, '6O
(Editor's Note: Fine com
ment, Norm, but it's directed
to the wrong person. Such
regulations are turned out
by the Office of Vice Presi
dent for Business Adminis
tration. Col. Bolduc and his
patrol can only enforce
them.)
Student Hits Luck
Library Books
TO THE EDITOR: Penn State
has a very poor library system.
I try to find books on my
subjects, and there are none
to be found. I think that some
thing should be done to im
prove our library stocks.
—John Shue, '62
(Editor's Note: We give up,
why isn't something done?)
Little Man on Campus by Dick Bible,
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1959
TO THE EDITOR; With refer
ence to your editorial in yes
terday's issue, I would like to
suggest some important mat
ters for the immediate atten
tion of the SGA:
Many of these important
matters demand wise legisla
tive consideration. Or, like un
der what pretenses does any
such inactive group retain its
University charter?
—Rick Woltman. 'Bl
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Frosh Asks
Team Support
TO THE EDITOR: Everybody
loves a winning team and Penn
State is no exception.
Our team is one of the best
to come out of State, so we all
welcome them home from their
victories especially over Army
and Illinois. We welcome them
home after the game is over
and won. Everybody is behind
a winning team but what about
the winning team before the
game?
It takes a while for a team
to get fired up for a game.
The cheering after the game
doesn't help them win the game
they've already won.
If you want to help the team,
get out and cheer the team
before the game. We're all be
hind the Nittany Lions so let's
be behind them all the way,
all the time.
—Lillian Lehi, '63
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What Happened
To Grade System?
TO THE EDITOR: What hap
pened to the five point grading
system under discussion last
semester?
The pros and cons of such
a proposal should have been
elaborated upon before the
subject was dropped complete
ly. So far this semester noth
ing additional has been pre
sented to the student body
zoncerning this matter.
What, if anything is wrong
with the system? If there are
defects, the student body
should be informed of them
unless this is just another form
of political influence. This
does not appear to be an ap
propriate means of presenting
such a recommendation.
Would it benefit the Univer
sity? We would like to know.
We hope that this subject will
again be brought into focus in
the near future.
—Donald Taft, '6l
Ronald Luther, '6l
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