PAGE FOUR Editortat Opinion Off-Campus Housing —An SGA Concern Sine the administration doesn't want the responsi bility of dealing with the off-campus housing discrimina tion problem, the Student Government Association, as part of its function to promote student welfare, should take action on the problem. The SGA Committee on Inter-Racial Problems, which was appointed October 6, has drawn up a bill recommend ing that SGA maintain an off-campus housing list. This list would e,lrry only the rentals of those landlords who agreed not to discriminate against prospective tenants because of race, color, creed or national origin. The bill also recommends that the housing list main tained by the dean of men's office be discontinued. Presi dent Eric A. Walker said a few weeks ago that if the students wanted the dean of men's list taken down he would do so. The COmmittee on Inter-Racial Problems, chaired by Cynthia Xanthopoulos, has seen its responsibility and taken action to carry it out. If the dean of men's list is discontinued, the only opportunity landlords would have to get a free listing of their vacancies on campus would be through the SGA list. And to get on the SGA list they would have to agree to the non-discrimination policy. If a complaint of discrimination was lodged against a landlord whose name appeared on the SGA list, the com mittee would talk to the landlord, and if the charge was valid, would remove his name from the list until he followed the policy. The bill will be brought before the SGA Assembly Thursday for action. This will allow the students to ex press through their representatives on Assembly their views on the housing list as requested by President Walker. SGA known about the local discrimination problem since last spring when students, who sympa- thized with the efforts to curb this problem in other parts of the country, also became concerned about its existence right here and pleaded their case before their Student Government Assembly. The Assembly has been hesitant, worrying whether or not it was within their function to do something about this problem. They have little cause for hesitation, for no project or problem that has come before SGA in its 1 1 / 4 year history has a more important bearing on the student welfare SGA is pledged to promote. A Student-Operated Newspaper 56 Years of Editorial Freedom 0111$ Criollrgiatt Successor to The. Free Lance, est 1887 Puhlislira Tuesday through Saturday morning during the University year. The Itaily Collegian is a student-operated newspaper. Entered as second-class matter July 5. 1934 nt the State College Pa. Post Office under the act of March S. 1879. Mail Subscription Price: 53.00 per semester $5.00 per year. JOHN BLACK Editor STAFF THIS ISSUE: Headline Editor, Bark Yunk; Wire Editor, Polly Dranov; Night Copy Editor, Carol Kunkleman; Assistants, Dot Dra:ther, 011ie Himes, Marie Thomas, Margie Halprin, Bar bara Daitz, Diane Ryesky, Eve Bowers, Linda Williams, Peggy Lacy, Trudy lir, hrer, Linda Leney, Barbara Scheffer, Sandie Wall, Karen Wrem, Sue Robbins, Joan Hartman, Barb Herbert, Sandy Bianco, Pete Thompson. MTH SANTA CLAOS IT'S JUST A JOG! HE GIVES AWAY ALL THOSE TOYS - BECAUSE EXPECTED OF HIM! (" . t—P alkali e' s• c. Do \\ .' . . ma. imit og 1 fg .....5 CHESTER LUCIDO Business Manager avi•Mis, , I HAVE NOT: THEY'RE T XlO DISTINCT IROIRLE YOU'VE EAT ;ED OP , AlkUsl PERSONALITIES! THE GREAT PUMPKIN GIVEG AcoAg NIS TOYG 6EcAuGE HE FEELS HE FULFILLING A MORAL OBLIGATION!! 04, - -" 1- GOOD - u GRIEF! 10 r k..1.e.-- 44 2.• THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA ALL RIGHT T HE TELL ME THE DIFFERENCE! 60 MEAD!TELL ME! Letters Counselors Defended By Cambria Men TO THE EDITOR: We have read the letters in your paper referring to the "gestapo" tac tics of the counselors in the North I - lalls and before every house in the area writes in to you about the evils of their re spective counselors, we would like to strike a different note by sticking up for our coun selor instead of tearing him down. We cannot comment on the charges brought against their counselor by the "boys" of Montgomery and 'Westmore land Houses; and, conversely, we feel that they are in no position to condemn counselors in general because of the ac tions of their own respective counselors. What these guys don't seem to realize is that a residence hall counselor has one heck of a tough job to do and we feel that our counselor is per forming the task fairly and squarely for eVeryone con cerned. Any rules governing the "Boys" are first voted on by the boys themselves, and if they are passed, these rules are enforced by the boys, not the counselor. The time for quiet hours and the method for enforcing them has, for instance, been handled in this fashion. We do not see how our house can possibly fall into the cate gory of dictatorship which the boys of Montgomery and West moreland Houses seem to feel is prevalent throughout North Halls. The "Boys" in Cambria House Soph Objects To Litterbugs TO THE EDITOR: Many times as I walk our cainpus, I hear visitors comment on its beau ty. Yet. as I walked it today, what did I see papers strewn on the ground, cups tossed in the bushes, beer bottles, pizza cartons littering the lower end of Old Main's front lawn, .and a stale roll on top of a bush. Can't the students that do this show more respect for their own campus? Check the path between Old Main and the HUB, check the lower lawn of Old Main if you don't be lieve me. —Jeff Fischer, '63 Gazette TODAY Agriculture Student Council, 7 p.m., 212 BUB Agronomy Seminar. 4 :10 p.m.. 111 Ty- s”n Enzineering and , Architecture Student Council. 6 :15 p.m.. 219 EE IV Christian Fellowship, 12 :45 p.m., 2I a BUB Liberal "Arts Student Council, G:3O p.m., 217 11Ull Mock Elections Committee Meeting, 7 217 HUB Newman Club. 7 p.m., HUH assembly Newman Club Fall Forum Series, I p.m., HUB assembly roum Panhellenic Council, 9 p.m., 203 HUB Plant Science Club, 7:30 p.m., 111 Ty- i:(111 Political Science Seminar, 12 noon, dining room ''A" Hull Schuh!)lattlers, 7 n.m., 100 Weaver Social and Recreational Advisory Com- mittee, 4 p.m„ 212 HUB ucA, :1:15 p.m., 214 HUB UN Display, HUB ground floor Young Republicans, 9 a.m.•5 p.m., ftUB ground floor• World University Service, 12:15 p.m., 21R HUB HOSPITAI Francis Carey, Marilyn Daum. San dra Doner. Harriet Emdur, Jane Flani gan. Witli:1111 Gardner, Barbara Irwin, John Jourdan, Sandra Katinaky, Hen ry Lauer, Patricia Mamet, Michael McCombs, Ora McLaughlin, Richard NippeA, John Sepp, Joseph Ste!lomat, Caleb. Sweeney, Beatrice Rein. WDFM Schedule 5:00 p.m. Three at Five ;00 p.m. Studio X :55 p.m. Weathescope 7:00 p.m. Children's Corner 7:00 p.m. Guest Lecture 7:50 p.m. News Roundup 8 :00 p.m. Accent on Sound :00 p.m. Drama Showcase 9:+o p.m. Focus 9 :15 p.ni News, Sports, Weather 19:00 p.m. Contemporary Classico 13:00 p.m. Sign•Oll , Interpretin Threats Attempt To Divide West By J. M. ROBERTS Associated Press News Analyst Despite his deadlines and talk about not being able to wait, it is hard to believe that Soviet Premier Khrushchev will pro voke a really serious crisis over Berlin next spring. His latest threat is primarily an attempt to divide the West, with the British going for a preventive summit conference, the United States reverting to the wariness of previous years, and France all bound up in her own precarious affairs. Khrushchev may also wish to try out the new American president as quickly as pos sible, as a factor in fashioning his own propaganda line. He knows, however. that there is no - :: • ,•:.- '.:f possibility of : changing ! 1 1. , 1 Western:l;,."'"4;; 1 views about , ; 7 : ' • , ~, ' Berlin. The y city is the' i symbol of the ' '''::::-'•',. l':.:: - '• whole unset- ,`:',''''.: tled German question, and of the Anglo-American com mitment to defend Western Europe. Berlin is not merely an off shore island, or a matter of principle. Berlin and West Germany represent Europe's front door on the Communist sphere, and there is no possi bility that it can be forced without producing a general war. ROISEIITS Khrushchev may sign his separate peace with East Ger many. That is meaningless. since Soviet control there will Letters Road Signs for Sidewalks? TO THE EDITOR: It would be difficult to imagine a time when road signs could be used as effectively on crowded cam pus walks as they are on high ways. But consider, for a moment, those pedestrians who insist on traveling in herds of three, four, or five—one alongside of the other. How might we thwart them in their uncon scious efforts to revert to say ager? An occasional reminder like "SINGLE FILE ONLY" or "PASS AT YOUR OWN RISK" might help, but perhaps a white line in the middle of the sidewalk would suffice. Then again, patrolmen stationed in areas of severest concentration could probably do just as ade quate a job. But don't get the impression that the only offenders are our vigorous young lions. At times, you "mild" little coeds are not much better. The other day, in fact, I felt justified in main taining my ground—against five healthy, red-blooded and highly talkative young, dam sels. But in retrospect, was it Diehi Letter Draws Retort TO THE EDITOR: To Dick Diehl. How can one college student have as little school spirit as you have exemplified by your letter in the Collegian? If you feel that attending a pep rally makes one immature, you haven't been around very much If this were the case there would be hundreds of thou sands of "immature students" attending our universities to day. There is nothing wrong with not attending pep rallies, but to down them in the way you have is unquestionably wrong. If you have ever participated on a school teaM, you would know of the boost in morale that is given to the team by these pep rallies. From read ing your letter, I guess we can. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1960 remain unchanged, unless the Communist puppets are or dered also to block Allied ac cess. And that is something Khrushchev will aobably wish to hqld in reserve rather than run fhe risks involved. The worst cold war beating Stalin ever took was when he tried to blockade the city in 1948, and Khrushchev undoubt edly remembers. . . Allied determination was made clear at the Washington meeting of foreign ministers prior to the abortive Paris con ference in May. Rather than face the turndown he would have gotten then, Khrushchev blew up the conference. Nothing has changed to give him hope that he will fare any better next time. Both the presidential candidates in the United States know that Ger many is the key to the whole free world position. Whoever is elected will, of course, be faced with an early decision about whether to let Khrushchev have his summit conference at all. In this, Brit ish Prime Minister Harold Macmillan will probably car ry the day with his idea that no more serious crisis will be created while talks are pend ing or underway. worth it? A collision. And the result? "Fresh! Don't you have any manners!?" (Sorry, the rest was deleted because of censorship). The next day, on a slightly narrower path, I encountered a quartet of professors, en gaged in intensive conversa tion and argumentation. Did any—or even one—of them move to the grass on the side or, possibly, step behind the other? They merely expected me to move. Our moral: Ph.D.'s and the execution of common courtesies are not necessarily correlatives. What, then, should be our courses of action, apart from those facetiously alluded to in the second paragraph, in order to allay these boorish tenden cies in people? Many of the violators, having received their orientations in barnlike sur roundings, are obviously be yond help, but what about the others? We might try widening the pavements, but then they would only assemble in thicker packs—of six, seven, or eight abreast. Looks like we might have to live with it. —Harry Felton, '6l take it for granted that you probably have never even seen a football. No one is asking you to guard the "Lion" or greet the team but it should be, no concern of yours if other students wish to show their spirit, Does this in any way interfere with you directly or indirectly? If we had more students like you at Penn State we would not hesi tate in transfering schools. For tunately, you are in the min ority and this is where you belong. You are the kind of a person with the "who cares" attitude and all you think about is yourself. Good luck in your future endeavors, you'll need it!!! Melvin Kaulkin, '62 Robert Mayhew, '64
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