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ditorial 0 •inion
and Miss Student
Mr.
Penn State
Dear Fellow Students:
We have heard you talk about how
"mickey mouse" student government is,
how it doesn't do anything. We would like
to ask you then, why didn't you do some
thing about it?
Thursday and the day before you had
the chance and only 17 to 20 per cent of
you used it
You may say you don't care, but don't
you realize that even if you don't vote you
will be affected by what student govern
ment does.
Since University party now has control
of the Assembly you have committed your
self, even by not voting, to a party that
has told the student body it will engage
itself in a reorganization program to make
SGA coordinate most student groups, give
SGA the power to pass group charters and
also the power to coordinate the Judicial
system.
If you agree with the University party
.plan, you have nothing to worry about. If
you don't, you have lost your chance to
protest.
If you would have rather seen in office
a party which, as Campus did, promised to
work for voluntary ROTC, student multi
level parking lots, four terms of physical
education and a student-run book store, by
not voting, you killed your own viewpoints.
Or maybe your sympathies were with
the independent candidates who promised
a book Store, housing check, student
faculty forums and tutoring list.
Did you vote for the party that you
thought would carry out the plans you
agreed with? If you did, we salute you. If
you didn't, we would 'like to say that you
Our Vote for Eidophor
Eidophor, that over-sized television screen in Schwab
and the rest of the equipment that goes with it has proved
to be an intermediate solution to the University's lack of
a field house or large auditorium.
After the Kennedy-Nixon debates were carried over
Eidophor for the benefit of the students who couldn't
crowd around the 21-inch. receiver in their dorm, public
sentiment immediately pressed for Eidophor's use in tele
casting sports events, concerts, etc. which may be sold out
at Recreation Hall or other auditoriums.
Saturday's telecast of the wrestling meet and basket
ball game in Recreation Hall was the first experiment
with sports events.
In addition to the capacity 6000 crowd which jammed
Recreation Hall, another 1200 watched at Schwab. Thus
the meet and game could be seen by more fans than ever
watched an indoor sports event here before.
It is encouraging to note that there are other sports
events already scheduled to be shown over Eidophor this
winter, and Dr. C. R. Carpenter, director of the Division of
Academic Research and Services, has said that if students
create a demand for it the Soviet-U.S. gym meet may also
be telecast to Schwab.
If tickets for this meet go as fast as they did for the
Finnish-Penn State meet two years ago, there will cer
tainly be a demand for Eidophor.
The use of Eidophor, despite the expense, indicates
an important attempt by the University to help alleviate
the problem of outgrown facilities until a field house and
auditorium can become realities on campus.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
University
University Park, Pa.
have forfeited.your right to complain that
students have no voice in this University.
You have no yoke because you did not do
anything to try to obtain it.
For those of you who did not vote on
the referendum we haire nothing but scorn.
Here is the greatest chance you had to
make student government stronger.
If you thought the $7OO SGA Campaign
Fund bill would make it possible for the
ablest candidates to run instead of the ones
with the most money, you should have
voted for the referendum.
If you thought the bill would lead to
fouled up and biased campaign publicity,
you should have voted against it.
Forty per cent of you voted for mock
elections in which the outcome would have
no effect on you. Yet, less than half that
number voted in student government elec
tions where you will feel every effect,
good or bad.
If you thought that none of the candi
dates were worth voting for, why didn't
you run yourself or go out and convince
abler students to run for the office and
offer them your support. Anyone can run.
It only takes 100 legitimate student names
on a petition.
We are sick and tired of people who
complain about a situation and then when
the chance is given them, do nothing about
P. S.—As for the 103 people who wrote
Piddle on their ballot, a joke is a joke,
but only a sadist would play a joke on
himself.
P. P. S.—Don't• miss the editorial on stu
dent government coming next Tuesday!
—Yours for a bettor Penn State,
The Daily Collegian
Letters
EidophorOpinions
Asked of Students
TO THE EDITOR: It is with
great pleasure that I view Dr.
Carpenter's enthusiasm con
cerning Eidophor. He has tak
en a true interest in the wel
fare of the student body. Dr.
Carpenter has asked the stu
dent body for certain informa
tion with regard to the demand
for Eidophor.
To aid Dr. Carpenter in
getting the desired informa
tion, the SGA Public Relations
Committee is circulating a
short, but comprehensive,
questionnaire. These question
naires are located on the HUB,
Waring Hall, Warnock Hall,
arid Pollock Dining Hall bulle
tin boards.
The student body has a real
obligation to itself and to Dr.
Carpenter. Every student is
urged to answer the question
naire in a complete and respon
sible manner.
—Earl Gershenow.
Chairman
S.G.A. Public Relations
Committee
Gazette
TODAY
Graduate Students Dance, 9-12 p.m.,
HUB. ballroom
Home Economics Extension Leaders,
a.m.-5 p.m., 213 HUB
I.V. Christian Fellowship, 12:46.1:10
p.m., 218 HUB and 7:30 p.m., 111
Boucke
Singers, 124:30 p.m., B.lt p.m., HUB
assembly room
World At
Loos Army
Takes Over;
Reds Flee
VIENTAINE, Laos (JP) Mili
tary units vowing loyalty to neu
traliSt Premier Prince Souvanna
Phouma took over Vientiane yes
terday and pro-Communist ele
ments fled or were placed under
guard. Capt. Kong Le, who leans
toward the left, was sacked as
garrison commander.
The predawn maneuver ap
peared aimed at the pro-Commu
nist Pathet Lao and other leftists
who have infiltrated the capital.
Rumors had swept the city that
Pathet Lao guerrillas nearby
might try M seize Vientiane.
Some Western diplomats said
the military maneuver might be
designed to strengthen the pre
mier's hand in his peace nego
tiations with the rightist re
gime' of Gen. Phoumi Nosavan.
Phoumi's forces have broken
through on the jungle front 100
miles to the east and are re
ported advancing on the capi
tal.
In his southern headquarters at
Savannakhet, however, Phoumi
asserted forces loyal to him had
staged the uprising, that it is di
rected against Souvanna, and his
forces expected to have complete
control of the capital soon.
Armed Invasion
Of Cuba Rumored
HAVANA UP) Armed invad
ers were reported yesterday to
have landed on Cuba's north coast
near the town of Carralillo Tues
day 'and engaged government
troops and militiamen in a furious
battle.
There was no confirmation of
the reports but anti-Castro sourc
es insisted they were correct.
Earlier the government claimed
it had destroyed a band of in
surgents in a battle at Cabanas
only 32 miles west of Havana.
Corralillo is a few miles east of
the Matanzas-Las Villa border to
the east of Havana.
Rumors of fighting in the Cor-1
ralillo area about 100 miles east
of Havana have been current for
the past two days.
Pickets Reduce Attendance
NEW ORLEANS, La. up)
Hard-working neighborhood pick
ets yesterday whittled down still
more the number of white chil
dren attending the William Frantz
School.
In contrast to Wednesday's 19
and the 23 Monday, only 14 white
pupils entered the building.
Letters
Soph Gives Thanks for Eidophor
TO THE EDITOR: I'd like to
thank the University for their
closed-circuit television broad
cast of Saturday night's wres
tling matches in Schwab Audi
torium. It was a thoughtful
move on the University's part
to enable those students who
were turned away from a
jamme d-packed Recreation
Hall the opportunity to witness
our team in action.
My only objection to the
atle Batty Tutlrvin
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JOHN BLACK`
Editor
STAFF THIS ISSUE: Headline Editor, Saralee Orton; Wire
Editor, Lynne Cerefice; Night Copy Editor, Ann Palmer; As
sistants, Betsy Mulcey, Sandy Yaggi, Sue Beveridge, Ed Kaliss,
Bettie McCoy, Rochelle Goulde, Barbara Duitz, Marilee McClin
tock, Kitty Bassett, Valerie Smith, Dennis Grubb, Peggy Phillips,
Betty Jane Sauer.
FRIDAY. DECEMBER 9.1960
A Glance
Reduced Taxes
Expected for
Old Age Group
WASHINGTON (IF) The gov
ernment is working on two major
changes in federal income tax
procedures. If both innovations
are adopted, millions of people
will be affected and many will
pay less taxes.
One change is definitely in the
works. The Internal Revenue
Service will announce shortly a
new tax form to be used by cer
tain taxpayers who itemize their
medical deductions. This form
will be used by those 65 or older
or who support parents in that
age group.
The new form stems from a
1960 law which, for the first
lime, allows bigger deductions
for those who pay the medical
bills of dependent parents.
The second change still is under
consideration. Revenue people
are debating whether to issue
special • tables telling how much
may reasonably be deducted on
federal tax returns for paying
state sales taxes.
This is a problem that has long
troubled many taxpayers who
itemize deductions but don't keep
accurate records of sales tax pay
ments.
Algerian Settlers
To Stage Strike
ALGIERS (k . )—Algeria's right
wing European settlers ignored
official warnings of a crackdown
on rioters and went ahead with
plans for a general strike to co
incide with President Charles de
Gaulle's arrival today.
Officials admit the tension in
Algeria has reached such a point
that it could mushroom into mob
violence. •
While peaceful street demon
strations were not specifically
banned, the government warned
storekeepers any shop which shut
down could be seized for up to 30
days. They told grocers to consid
er themselves requisitioned by the
army and to stay open as usual
or suffer military discipline.
Clarion College Students
Boycott Food Center
CLARION, Pa. (W) About
700 students boycotted the Clar
ion State College student food
center yesterday in protest against
what they called "poor food and
poor food service." Some 200 of
the students picketed the center.
About 14 students ate breakfast
at the center. They said they
couldn't afford to eat elsewhere.
School officials declined to corn
ment.
telecast •was the comedian who
was attempting to act as sports
caster. I was laughing so much
at. some of his ridiculous com
ments that at times I was dis
tracted from viewing th e
matches.
Aside from this sore spot I
definitely feel that Eidophor
is a good indication of the Uni
versity's progressikre actions in
trying to make a better Penn.
State.
—Mark Slovonsky, '63
CHESTER LUCIDO
61 ED *1 Business Manager