PAGE FOUR Editorial Opinion A Representative Opinion Would Carry More Weight flow can students who refuse to support their student government even to the extent of voting for people to represent them, expect student government to do anything for them? For three years, we have been hearing students, who obviously haven't bothered to find out what their student government is trying to do, scream student government is a fa► ce. Student government might be a lot better off if some of these students would channel their excess energy into constructively supporting the system. The type of attitude which considers SGA a farce is the coward's attitude or that of a person who is afraid to do a lob himself and envies those who do try. At this point, the job of student government must be defined as far as is possible. Student government must get the administration to consider the student viewpoint, to let students know of proposed changes in advance and its reasons for the changes. We can hope that the administration will take these views into account when deciding an issue or that they will modify a program accordingly. If the administration considers every stand taken and still ignores student opinion, then the SGA must look for other means of action. However, whether the administration places much stock in these student views depends upon how much respect they have for the SGA and how touch importance they feel the students place upon an issue. As long as many students cry student government is a farce, naturally the administration will ignore what it has to say. People who are not interested in voicing constructive opinions and who don't care about what happens at an institution where they live nine months of the year, are like the mobs who are ready for dictators and not de mocracy. No matter which party candidates win the election today, they must have the suppoit of the students, or stu dents will have no effective voice. They will have a voice but it will only be that of one man or a group of men. It was our impression that this was not quite what the designers of the Student Government Association had in mint[. A Student-Opernted Newspaper 55 Years of Edttorial Freedom Daily Tollrgiatt Successor to The Free Lance, en. 1887 Published Tuesday through Saturday morning during the University year. The Daily Collegian is a ■tudent•uperated newspaper Entered as second-class matter July 6, 1931 at the State College. Pa coat Office ander the act of March S. ME Mall Subscription Prices 113.00 per semester 113.00 pee rear DENNIS MALICK Ediiur mkrat., tvleirebeY of The Associated Press and The Intercollegiate Press Manselna Editor, William Jaffe; Asestant Editor Catherine Fleck; Publle Relations Director Lolh Neuharth; Copy Editor, Roberta Levine; Sports Editor, sandy Padne. Aeaistunt Sport• Editor. John Black; PhototrraphY Editor Martin ticherr; Member, 'Land, Slosion Aaabitant Ad Mgr., Chester lucido; Credit Mgr.. Murray Simon; National Ad Mgr., Nancy Eioehel; Classified Ad Mar.. Sara Bran n Co-Circulation Mgrs., Loretta Mink. Richard Kitringer; Promotion Mgr.. Darlene Anderson; Special Page Mgr Alice Mithachk; Personnel Mgr., Dorothy Srneal; Office Secretary, Ronnie Haile'. Meier; Research and Records, Margaret Dimnerio. P "ks` JUST THINK, CHARLIE BUM MY OWN LIBRARY CARD! —.4 rA-16 ALA. ultaik; I SUPPOSE THAT WOULD BE MORE PRACTICAL, WOULDN'T IT? MPIE GEORGE McTURK Business Manager HOPE YOU M. KE GOOD UGE OF IT BY TAKING OUT ALL. THE IVOK6 VX) CAN READ.. 4 ' C ) P -----ri 14-4.: ii am <-.......-.....z..11 LICTOMEI .c,..~..c~.t~ MORE PRACTICAL NAN WHAT? OJA6 THINONG OF HAVING IT FRAMED! 4 4r 1-4 14441! THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Letters Campaigns Cl Reader Calls SGA Useless TO THE EDITOR: Many Penn State students will not vote in student elections again this spring. You do not have to look far for the reason. Just what does student govern ment accomplish? What influence, if any, does it have on the Uni versity administration? We came back this fall, and new, restrictive parking regula tions were in effect. Now the Uni versity has ruled that all trans fer students must live in residence halls unless they are affiliated with a fraternity or have another reason for not doing so. After the rulings are announced, the SGA gets excited and debates and finally takes its stand. Stu dents should have been notified before the ruling was passed. Well, hooray for the SGA! They have expressed the students' feelings exactly, So what? Let's face it. Regardless of what student government says, the ad ministration makes rulings to suit itself and it won't change them because of anything SGA or any other students say! Froth Editors Apologize for 'lnconsistency' TO THE EDITOR: The "Froth" senior board of editors would like to apologize to the student body for the obvious inconsistency be tween the declaration of "Froth" editorial policy, as outlined in yesterday's Collegian, and the editorial appearing in today's "Froth," The confusion arises from lack of definition. Should the maga zine have a policy of its own by which the editor must abide, or does the editor set the policy for the magazine? Because "Froth" is a powerful instrument for student voice and opinion, we feel there should be a definite policy by which it can control itself. Lest the magazine fall into the hands of a special group, we also feel that it must remain non-partisan on inter student conflicts in order to fairly present both sides of an issue in question. Herein lies the present dispar ity. Alan Elms' views, as they ap pear in this issue of the magazine a.-; well as in the handbill which he distributed. are still Elms' views. They do not reflect the opinions of the staff insofar as they state emphatically their pro- Campus bias This may be good; however. it is not justified in the light of the magazine's function. To this we take decided um brage; on the other hand we stand firmly behind Elms on those topics dealing with student and administration failings. "Froth" will continue to assert itself strongly on topics which will serve to benefit the Univer sity as a whole. This is our func tion. The appearance of Elms' per sonal political views in this issue are a result of time and financial requirements which we were not able to meet if the magazine was to appear on time. One can not help but admire the courage of conviction shown in his outspoken opinions. The example will be of some value if it is evidence of a reawakening from the mass indifference of the student body and even the United States as a whole. —Dale Peters, '6l, Associate Editor "Froth" —Stewart Barmen, '6l and Howard Lincoln, '6O Business Managers Janie' Armstrong, Meryl Barsky. David Bergey. Stephen Blum, Frank DeLillo, William Duemier. James Ebert, Sandra Fellow, Bruce Dinader. Lucinda Hart, Robert Hart,- Linda Hendrick, Mary Isaac% Robert Kimble, Linda Levin, Arthur Lin goueky, Harry Makttka, Alan Moses, James Nehis, Sandra Pfleger, Sheila Roseirtwoß, Sheron Bowles, Morton Schweiger, Elaine Sweeney, Bernard Tandarich, Kim° Yama moto, Martha Weller. Frances Zangerhr, Mark Zilberberg. —John E. Koop, '6O HOSPITAL imax With Cross - Criticism Pledging, Depledging Queried TO THE EDITOR: As we enter the that he now believes in frater. last day of Campus party's smear nities as a worthy institution? NO, I say, he hasn't come to see campaign to win the University the innate . value of fraternalism. elections by resting doubt on the But by his own admission to a personal integrity of University fraternity brother of mine in an party's candidates, I have come informal discussion, he said it was upon some information which advantageous at this time for him makes me wonder about Campus' to be a fraternity man. own Peter Galie. It just so happens, he recently became a pledge of a fraternity he had earlier depledged. Since the time of his depledging, he has been known to blast the value of fraternities and be yiolently op- posed to them. Why, then has he again decided to become a fraternity man? Was it because he has seen the light, Greek, LP Affiliations Hit TO THE EDITOR: Mr. Galie, Campus party candidate for SGA president, was quoted in yester day's Collegian as saying that he would not join Lion's Paw, a men's honorary made up of out standing senior men, if he was extended a bid. His reason for not joining was that Lion's Paw "is a secret or ganization one would have to join to find out about • • . " How in the world can Mr. Galie to be responsible to the students and his colleagues justify their that elected them, they will be belonging, to social fraternities, responsible whether they are organizations which you not only members of Lion's Paw or not have to join, but pledge a semen- (unless, as Mr. Brandt must be ter as well to find out about, with belie, Lion's Paw has some mag such reasoning. is potion they give good student Either Mr. Galie and his col- leaders that turns them into tools leagues are trying to make a of administration as Mr. Brandt meaningless political grandstand implies the present Campus SGA play or else, they are the biggest officers have become). political hypocrites to appear on —William Whitlatch, '6l Soph Does Not Find 'Slander, Libel' TO THE EDITOR: University Again, concerning .administra party has said that the Froth ed- tive pressure, University party Ronal written by Alan Elms was defends its insignificant platform "slander, libel" and "mudsling- by saving that anything stronger ing." However, upon rereading would not be considered "prac the editorial, I can find no state- tical and feasible" by the admin ments which are essentially un- istration. true. It also states that such specific Mr. Elms' central thesis was that University party would be more likely to submit to Lion's Paw and administration pressure than would Campus party. This seems very reasonable since Uni versity party candidates have said that after 3 years at Penn State, they still don't know enough about Lion's Paw to decide whether they would accept a fu ture bid or not. On the other hand, Campus candidates have stated emphatic ally they will not accept a bid to any such secret organization since student government should be completely open to public view. Defending Elms' Position TO THE EDITOR: Tuesday's is sue of the Collegian had quite a lot to say about the SGA elec tions. There were six (count them) news items, editorials and letters to the editor that concerned the handbills that were passed around campus, criticizing certain Uni- versity party leaders. Most of the articles greatly cri ticized the remarks made by Alan Elms, the author of the handbill and "Froth" editor. I am inclined to agree that Mr. Elms' feelings were perhaps too vehemently stated in his "expose." However, he did bring out some controver- sial points that at least could have been mentioned in the reporting, Page seven of the Collegian con- tained a report on Dick Haber's sharp-worded attack on Elm's handbill, but there was no, infor mation in any of the articles about what was actually said in the handbill. Most interesting, however, is the TODAY Nittany Council Float Committee, T p.m.. Accounting Convocation, 8 p m., RUB as . 218 HUB sembly room Placement, 2.5 p.m., 203, 212, 213, 214 Anthropology Club, 8 p.m., 218 HUB 215, 216. 217, 218 HUB Professor Snarl Contest, 8 a rn. - 6 p.m., ASAE, 7 p.m., 206 Ag Eng HUD first floor Chess Club. T p.m , 1 Sparks Riding Club, '7 p m., 119 Ovmond Chem-PhYs Student Council Meeting, 8 SGA ELECTIONS, 9 a.m. - 7 p.m., HUB p.m., 105 Osmond cardroom Christian Fellowship, 12:45 p.m., 218 HUB Sigma Theta Epailon, 7 p.m , Wesley Circa Circulation Staff Meeting, '7 p.m., Foundation 301 Boucke Bpartscar Club, 7 p.m.. 212, 218 HUB Civil Air Patrol, Group 1300. 7:80 p.m., TIM, 7 p.m., 206 HUB Air National Guard Armory TIM Movies, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m., HUB sis• College of Liberal Arta faculty meeting, sembly room 4:16 p.m., 121 Sparks Women's Chorus, 6:30 p.m., HUD assem• Forestry Convocation. 11 a.m., 121 Sparks bly room Forestry Society, 1 p.m., 106 Armsby WSC,A, a p.m , 211 HUB Nsry Recruiting, 10 a.m., HUB ground WRA Tennis Club, 6:so p.m., $ Whit* /loot /obbg WEDNESDAY. APRIL 6. 1960 As I said, I wonder. Is this man as virtuous as he says? Does he not have goals that he is willing to-be come 2-faced about? Before Cam pus party and its publicity agen cies start to question its oppon ents' integrity and reasons for their actions, it had better be sure of the personal integrity of its own men. this campus in a long time. To turn down a bid to one of the most respected (not always by the students, but always by out siders) organizations in campus one must have a very good rea son, especially when his party has as ambitious a platform as that of Campus party. An organization is only as good as the people who make It up. If the officers of SGA are going Campus party planks as a trial. basis voluntary ROTC plan and a student book store are "nebu lous and improbable"—not be cause they don't represent student opinion but because the admin istration has been pressured by outside groups Into objecting to them. It will be noted that neither Mr. Haber nor the other University party candidates have attacked Mr. Elms personally. I urge all students to reread the editorial in Wednesday's "Froth" and decide for themselves whether they agree with it or whether it is "mudslinging." —Henry Luciano, '62 fact that the Collegian seemed quite annoyed about Elms' one sided attack on the University party, but then the Collegian came out with its own editorial criticizing certain Campus party leaders. Certainly we should expect to see our college publications take strong editorial opinions, but how far they should go in a campus election is an extremely impor tant question. From my personal contacts I feel there are excellent candidates in both parties, and I think it must be difficult to feel justified in supporting the candi dates of only one party. Was it necessary for the Col legian to counteract a biased at tack on the University party that almost appeared in "Froth" with its own attack on Campus party leaders? Two wrongs don't make a right. Gazette —Ben Bronstein. 11 —Robert Toplin, '62
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