PAGE FOUR
Editorial Opinion
Discipline-What it Means
Four students were caught cheating and were brought
before a student tribunal. One was given a warning,
another put on disciplinary probation, the third was put
on suspension and the fourth was dismissed.
This story is theoretical but it could happen, not
because tribunal punishment is arbitrary, but because
many circumstances influence a decision on student
misbehavior.
Before a student tribunal, the dean of men's or wom
en’s office or the Senate Subcommittee on Discipline make
a decision, they interview the student.
The sentence comes after they find out the answers to
these questions'. Does he have academic or emotional
problems? Was the offense premeditated? Does the stu
dent realize the seriousness of the offense? Is this the first
time he has gotten into trouble? To what extent will his
act affect other students and the University?
Last year 29 students were put on disciplinary pro-
bation, 10 received suspended suspensions, 31 were sus
pended and 5 were dismissed, Thus, only 75 of the nearly
16,000 students here were seriously disciplined.
Students who are first offenders or who do not mean
to be malicious usually receive warnings or counseling
from a tribunal or a dean's office. Students who are given
more serious sentences may also be asked to have counsel
ing or weekly interviews with a person in the dean's
office.
Those who have an “I don’t care attitude” or mis
behave continually may be put on disciplinary probation
by tribunal whose sentence is usually supported by the
dean's office.
Students put on pro, or suspended suspension, have
their activities limited for a certain length of time, usually
a semester
The student may still belong to organizations and
participate in their activities but he may not be an officer
or a committee chairman. Also, he may not represent the
University in a" varsity sport. His parents are notified and
the penalty is put on his record. However, the notation
may be removed by the dean's office after the penalty
period is over.
A, student whose behavior is detrimental to other
students or the University may be put on suspended sus
pension by the Senate Subcommittee on Discipline. If he
misbehaves again during that period he can be suspended
immediately by the dean’s office.
However, the suspended student can be reinstated by
the subcommittee if he can show evidence of his good
behavior during the period he was suspended. The nota
tion may be petitioned from his record during his eighth
semester.
The small number of problem students who are dis
missed may be reinstated If they can show they have
changed their attitude. Evidence of the change - can come
from service or employee recommendations. In special
cases it is possible for a dismissed student to go to another
school or take correspondence courses from the Uni
versity.
A tribunal is not a kangaroo court and neither are
the personnel at the dean of men’s or women’s office or
the members of the Senate Subcommittee on Discipline
grand inquisitors. These groups do not enjoy limiting a
student’s activities, acting as his watchdog, or ejecting
him from school. Instead they want to help the student
solve his problems so that he may enjoy a full academic
and social life at the University,
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Interpreting
Foreign Aid From W. Germans
By J. M. ROBERTS
Associated Press News Analyst
Why is the United States, af
ter two years of pressing her
allies to assume more' of the
burden of aid to underdevel
oped countries, now putting
the bee on West Germany more
directly than anyone else?
It’s because Germany is the
one which raked in the gold
which has ben flowing from
the United States.
In 1949 the
United States
had more than
$24 bill i o n
worth of gold.
Germany had
none.
Since then
the U.S. sup
ply has gone
down approx
imately $8
billion and Roberts
Germany has approximately
$6 billion.
Germany has taken skillful
Letters
Soph Asks "Who's Eric?"
TO THE EDITOR: Who is this
Eric Walker? Has he ever been
on this campus? Has anyone
ever seen him? I, for one, have
n’t. Occasionally I hear some
thing about him, though, and
it’s always bad. (Walker says
tuition is to be raised, or room
and board charges to be ‘re
viewed.’’)
DONT LET
IT BOTHER
VOU, UNUS.
Some of my friends tell me
that he is not a ghost after all.
Those who came to this cam
pus as freshmen tell me that
he was here to welcome them.
He was here to say. "Wel
come, students, have a good
time here. Pay your fees, your
parking fines, and obey the
rules, and we at Penn State
Soph Backs Party Fund
TO THE EDITOR: The Liberal
Party is now sponsoring a peti
tion against the appropriation
of $7OO for each political party.
Their reasoning behind this
action is that it is not fair to
lake part of the tuition from a
student who is not a member
of a party in order to finance
such a party.
Now it seems to me that this
is a rather narrow viewpoint
to take. Hasn't it occurred to
the Liberal party that every
one, not just those students
who are members of a parly,
benefit through the functions
of these parties and the SGA?
When the SGA, or any other
student-run organization passes
Greek Week Discrimination?
TO THE EDITOR: Speaking of
hypocrisy, how many of you
know about the discriminatory
practices in this year’s Greek
Week proceedings?
Among the Greek Week ac
tivities were the exchange din
ners in which each sorority
was to send its members by
pairs to the various fraternity
houses.
Whereas the other sororities
were allowed to send their
girls to a variety of houses,
Delta Sigma Theta, the Negro
sorority, was restricted to
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advantage, with the aid of
hard work, of the expanding
free world economy which was
based for many years after the
war almost exclusively on
American aid. German trade
has grown amazingly.
As other economies have
penetrated world markets, the
share of the United States has
shifted more and more to the
countries which she continues
to aid. Her net income in the
export-import field is still
about $3 billion annually, but
when foreign aid bills are paid
she has' a deficit, and that's
where the gold has gone.
When other countries lacked
the dollars to do business, the
United States filled the gap,
in addition to giving away bil
lions to bolster newly emerg
ing states.
When other countries began
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Down at Ogontz campus, I
didn’t get this wonderful wel
come from a “great white fa
ther-educator,” but perhaps I
didn’t miss anything.
What I ask is: Why doesn't
he show his face to the student
body more often, to help with
their problems on their own
campus? Is he more interested
in furthering his prestige
among educators by formulat
ing long-range plans for edu
cation of future generations?
Does he care- that many of
the present-generation students
are coming to hate the Univer
sity’s colossal guts? In short,
this is our University and he’s
our President. What is he do
ing for us?
—Bruce Harrison, '63
a law or executes some other
form of legislation, do they
specify that only students who
belong to political parties are
to benefit from it? Of course
not! Any bill passed by SGA
is for the good of the entire
student body, bar none.
I realize that because it is
a new party, the Liberal party
is trying to create issues and
make itself heard. However,
I’m sure that they could have
tried something a iot more rea
sonable in their quest for rec
ognition.
—Eugene Zuckerman, ’63
(Editor’s Note: The approp
riation is not $7OO lor each po
litical party but a $7OO fund for
all parties.)
sending its members only to the
two houses which have a pre
dominantly Negro member
ship, namely Alpha Phi Alpha
and Omega Psi Phi.
Rather than obey this dis
criminatory placement (and
let no one say it was a coinci
dence), the sorority chose to
drop out of this activity.
Who was responsible for
this discrimination? Does any
one wish to accept the respon
sibility and deny their guilt???
—Arthur Ravitz, '62
Bonelyn Kwiatanowski, '6l
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to show profits, the United
States started demanding that
they take over part of the aid
load. Some progress was made,
but not much. Total aid has in
creased, but the U.S. share has
not been reduced and, indeed,
political factors suggest that it
may even have to be increased.
Another reason why West
Germany is expected to shoul
der a larger share is that, even
now that she is rearming, the
Western allies are still paying,
through NATO, a large part of
her defense expense. She hsa
had a freer hand for econom
ic expansion, relatively, than
anyone else.
This, despite her cooperation
in the European Community,
has left points of abrasion in
her relations with Britain und
France, who find her cutting
into markets which they have
considered their own.