WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30. 1960 Haber Aims to End Communication Gulf Richard Haber, Student Gov ernment Association president, has 'written the following letter in an effort to establish more ef f e cti ve communications be tween the student body and SGA and to make "student govern ment a living reality." As president of the Penn State Student Government Association, I am often called upon to act or speak for you. Every day I begin at least a half dozen letters with, the words . . . "on behalf of the Student Body of The Pennsylvania State Uni versity" . . . thus I am speaking on your behalf. In this capacity, I not only initiate matters in your name, but also assume the respon sibility for your actions. Due to our large student body, commu nication with each of you is most difficult. However, for us to move for ward, I will concern Myself with methods of improving communi cations between the student body and its representative, the student body president. There are several media open to our use. The Student Govern ment Association office provides one location where we might get together to better improve our lines of communication. (Office hours are posted on the door of room 203 HUB.) SGA coffee hours extend an open invitation to each of you to attend and informally discuss student affairs. The open meeting of the Student Govern ment Association Assembly on Leaders To Discuss Party Issues Student .political leaders will debate party issues and platforms at 9 tonight on WDFM-WMAJ's "Forum of the Air." Representing the University party will be Walter Darran, par ty chairman, and Michael Lazor chak, campaign manager and vice chairman. Campus party rep resentatives will be Dennis Eise man, vice chairman, and William Laman, candidate for junior as semblyman. Leslie Lewinter, secretary-treas urer, and Wayne Ulsh will speak for the Liberal party. Following statements by the party representatives, there will be cross-discussion and inter panel questioning. The leaders will also discuss the role of stu dent government on campus at present and its status in the fu ture. Also on tonight's Forum will be Dr. Richard R. Renner, director of the Latin American Project for the University. He will discuss the pi.ogram scheduled for the 21 Latin American educators who have come to the University to observe American teaching and administration methods. VIZZAPIE ? Where to go? BOALSBURG STEAK HOUSE 4 Miles South of State College on Route 322 Thursday evenings affords an op portunity for you to be heard by your student legislature. • Why is it important for you to be heard by student government? Simply this . .. every day a mem ber of the Student Government Association is called upon to ex press an opinion on behalf of the student body. The subject in volved might be a disciplinary case, a revision of calendar and class schedule, a policy of aca demic honesty, the approval of a charter for a student organiza tion, or perhaps an election of the president of the Penn State Alumni Association. Your Student Government As sociation is the group recognized by the administraticin; faculty arid other universities to be the offi cial voice of the student body. I consider it my primary function to represent you. As for the as sembly, it represents you as well as you support it . . . that is to say that the assembly has all the power you alone give . . . you 'are the ones that strengthen or weaken the voice of the assembly. Now that we understand the nroblem involved with communi cation and cooperation, we must work together to solve them. The fact that the University is grow ing more aware of a need for bet ter communications is exempli fied by President Walker's re cent talk with the Assembly. the greater circulation and expansion of The Daily Collegian, and the attempt to strengthen ties with our Commonwealth Campuses through the Organization of Stu dent Government Associations. One step which you as students might take in the immediate fu ture is that of fulfilling your ob ligation by voting in the Pall Stu dent Government elections. It is through the strength of your bal lot that the voice of student gov ernment will be heard. The New Trim Look Mary-Mac Skating Skirts and Danskin Tights and Trunks The Custom Skate Shop Everything for Your Skating Needs 711 North Allen Behind Old Beaver Field Call AD 8-2861 for an Appointm?nt at ib 'blot Enjoy sizzling hot pizza, with true Italian flavor. A sure treat for anyone! THE DAILY COLLEGIAN; STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Political Parties Come and Go By DICK LEIGHTON Rallying around cries of "Get the Greeks out of politics," "Keep the Indies out of government" and "We will show you how it's done," campus political parties have led a hectic, but comparatively short-lived, existence at this university. Student political parties, as we know then now, came into their own when the Campus Clique, a fraternity-backed or ganization which had the repu tation of controlling Univer sity politics, did not reorgan-• ize after World War IL Since the fall of Campus Clique in 1944, the University has seen at least 10 parties or ganized and has watched many more student groups try vainly for acceptance. The Nittany - Independent and Campus-Key parties were the first to go the polls after the war. The Independents made such a thorough sweep in that 1945 election that Cam pus-Key never recovered. After sweeping their second election (1946), the Nittany- Independents were considered kings of campus politics. Inde pendent officials openly laughed when a new group which called themselves the State party said they would run in the next election. The Daily Collegian added to the Nittany-Independents' confidence when it openly en dorsed the incumbent party on its editorial page. (Collegian policy now is not to endorse either party or candidates,) The fall election of 1947 will long be remembered by many of the University's alumni, for Lobby of Get Your Tickets NOW 1960 'Ol.. Woodchopper WOODY HERMAN America's Greatest Entertainment Unit the new party won all but ono office and caused the complete disruption of. the Independent party, which soon (lied. The next two elections were dominated by the State party which won all but one office in each election from the new ly formed Lion party. A brief stir was made during this time by a third party which com plained about Greek domina tion. This party failed to be come organized sufficiemly to run any candidates. Campus politics remained a battle between the Lion and State. parties for . the next few years. In 1954 student parties became officially recognized by the student government All University • Cabinet. Up until this time they were unofficial groups working in accordance with an elections committee. This power of approving parties was later given to the University Senate Committee on Student Affairs, thereby giving the groups 9fficial Uni versity recognition. The year 1955 was a big one for new parties. Three new parties Campus Campus- Key 'University made their appearance ,that year and al though Campus-Key and Uni- .!,.,..-----. 1 '...''..:,: i::-7`. DeVictor's the best hair stylists ':" . . , for miles around - ... , ~..„,,,, • ~ `:4 - . t 41 4 . AWF ) • .... at the Wagner Building for the MIL ALL featuring the and versity parties were dissolved before the spring elections Campus party went on to win every single position from the State and Lion parties. State party, suffering from many desertions to the new Campus party, dissolved that year and once again the Uni versity had a two-party sys tem. Lion and Campus parties battled each other for two years before another party en tered the race.' University and Blue and White parties arose in 1958 but Blue and White disappeared after a few weeks because it could not blect a chairman. The campus once again had a three-party sys tem, History repOted itself that fall when the newly recog'-' nized University party cap tured four out of the six avail able positions. This was too much for the aging Lion party. With a final roar at its desert ing members it too faded away. And so the political scene has remained; University and Campus battling each other for the past two years and as of late the new Liberal party has begun its fight for recognition. 220 A S. Allen St. AD 8.0213 PAGE FIVE
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