SATURDAY. JANUARY 14. 1961
It's Time to Review This Semester
It’s that time of the year
again . . . time to find the
notes you took in September,
reborrow the Chem book you
lent to someone before
Thanksgiving and to sum up
the entire semester’s work on
5x7 index cards.
In other words, it’s time to look
back.
Glancing over our shoulders,
we see that in the world of activ
ities, as in the academic world,
so many things have happened
■since September that it is diffi
cult to remember or record them
all, but we’ll try to recall the
mast- significant.
During the last semester, SGA
cleaned up Stone Valley, held
elections and brought the book
store back into the iimelight.
Politically, a new party ap
peared and finally got its charter:
after much hassle.
Speaking of hassle, this semes
ter was mostly verbal. State Col
lege police report that on the
whole this has been a very quiet/
orderly semester despite victory
rallies when “We beat Pitt” and:
“We beat Army.” ■
The inlet-fraternity Council was
busy over the months, working!
on plans to improve tfie scholar
ship system while Panhellenic
Council began revamping the
rush system.
Independents from AIM, TIM
and Leonides began their merger
into one large unit for more ef
fective action.
All in all it was a busy semes
ter but we’ll try to get it on our
“3x5 cards" below.
Bills Passed
In SGA Chaos
In a semester that could make
or break SGA, the Assembly found
itself repeatedly embroiled in pro
cedural chaos. However, several
major bills managed to get to
the floor for discussion and ac
tion.
The importance of the past se
mester's record is significant in
view of the upcoming re-evalu
ation of the now provisional SGA;
constitution and charter by the;
Senate Committee on Student Af
fairs. j
The record that the Senate will I
be considering was touched off!
with a local entry into the na-!
tional political prediction contest,j
when early in the semester a bill j
to stage a Mock Election, spori-;
sored by student groups from both;
parties, was approved.
The student body chose the j
losing candidate, Richard Nixon,l
but the fact that such an election!
was held became significant later!
in the year when Walter Darran’s!
resolution to give SGA "the right;
to officially express a group opin-'
ion on any subject even though
we cannot offer full answers" hit
the floor.
The resolution was defeated in
a heated debate, on the grounds
that SGA already had the power
to extend its scope should it want
to use it, as evidenced by the
Mock Election.
Back on the campus scene, SGA
took fast-paced action on a chron
ic student complaint when it ap
proved a bill recommending to
the Board of Trustees that a Uni
versity-run bookstore be estab
lished.
At its recent meeting, the board
asked that a detailed report on
the need and means for establish
ing such a store be submitted at
their June meeting.
One of the major accomplish
ments of SGA Assembly this year
is visable by the non-discrimina
tory housing list now in the Hetz
el Union lobby.
I The Assembly bounced back
! this semester after a dishearten
ing walkout last spring—when the
discrimination problem was first
brought to SGA—by taking over
maintenance of the list from the
University.
The administration’s decision to
permit SGA to take a positive step
in this direction may be an indi
cation that they want to see an
SGA with more responsibility.
Liberal Party
Enters Scene
i The political scene this semes
ter was marked by the rise of a
new political party (Liberal) and
continued dominance of the
University party.
In the fall elections University
party netted two class presiden
cies freshman and sophomore
—and 12 SGA Assembly seats to
hold a 12-seat majority in the As
jsembly,
j Liberal party entered campus
politics early in the semester and
after rewriting their constitution
twice was granted a charter last
Tuesday. However, they backed
three successful Assembly candi
dates as independents in the elec
tion.
| Campus party, running on a
:platform which favored contact
ing officials in Harrisburg to
administrative actions
jcontrary to student opinion, won
(five assembly seats,
j University party’s platform
jcalled for integration of all stu
'dent activities under SGA and
transferral of powers to SGA to
grant and retract charters of stu
dent organizations.
| The Independent (now Liberal
iparty) platform advocated serv
ices to the students such as a stu
dent bookstore, improved library
facilities and minimum standards
for off-campus housing.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
ISA Co-Ordinates
Independent Groups
The Independent Student Asso
ciation in their initial semester of
operation provided coordination
of socal and service activities for
men and women independent stu
dents.
A need for ISA grew out of
poor communication between in
dependent groups. Since reorgan
ization, the independent members
of Leonides, Town Independent
Men and The Men’s Residence
Council now exist primarily as
governmental bodies.
ISA is in the process of writing
a constitution which they will
submit to the Senate Committee
on Student Affairs for approval.
During the year, ISA has spon
sored many Saturday night
dances including Club Hubana.
At Christmas they entertained or
phans at a Project Joey party.
The future of Leonides rests
upon the decision, yet to be made,
of whether to join the newly
formed Independent Student As
sociation.
It is presently supporting ISA
bn a one-year trial basis.
Leonides has before it now
three choices: it may dissolve
completely and join ISA; it may
refuse to join ISA at all; or it
may become a division under ISA.
The struggle by Town Inde
pendent Men’s Council for a char
ter which would grant them au
tonomy was their major activity
of the past semester.
Although the Senate Commit
tee on Student Affairs has not yet
final approval for this
charter, it is expected that they
will do so in the near future. As
it now stands, TIM is an organi
zation with the Association of
Independent Men.
However, since AIM has tem
porarily disbanded in order to re
view their constitution and reor
ganize as the Association of Men
in Residence, TIM has been left
in the middle with all of their
funds tied up.
Panhel, IFC Plan
Codes for 4 Terms
One of the major problems con
fronting the Panhellenic Council
during the past-semester has been
adapting the structure of the
council and the rushing program
to the four-term system.
A revised rushing code accept
ed at a meeting in November es
tablished a counselor-guide pro
gram and changed the number of
coffee hours from two to three.
The change in the structure of
the council adopted last week
provides that each sorority will
be represented by the presidents
and a Panhellenic delegate.
The quota limitation system
adopted last week will establish
a pledge quota and a membership
limitation number for all soror
ities be set after registration for
Formal Spring Rush.
Transfer rushing programs, bar
policy, jazz festival plans, a schol
arship improvement program, a
new housing policy and a yearly
fire inspection are' among the
things which the Inter-Fraternity
'Council concerned itself with this
isemester.
In a new program all students
transferring from Commonwealth
campuses were permitted to live
in a fraternity house for a period
of three weeks before pledging a
fraternity or moving to a resi
dence hall or downtown.
IFC also enforced the rule pro
hibiting permanent bars in fra
ternity houses and passed a rul
ing for a yearly fire inspection of
the fraternities.
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