PAGE FOUR Editorial Opinion Parties Still Needed The weakest part of the proposed revised Constitution presented before SGA Assembly last Thursday is the section prescribing the nomination and election of Assemblymeii No method was included in the Constitutional revision other than to let the nomination and election procedures entirely in the hands of •the four community bodies IVIRC, AWS, IFC, and TIM. The SGA Reorganization Committee is currently work ing on a more specific procedure for conducting nomina lions and elections of Assemblymen., The best way to handle these nominations and elec tions is to continue the party system. In the proposed Constitution parties are retained only to run candidates for the All-University offices and not the Assembly. However, allowing parties to run Assembly candidates would help arouse interest in student government in each living area and also let candidates run on a specified plat form to which their constituency could hold them responsible. We have already recommended that the allotment of Assembly seats apportioned to MRC, AWS, TIM and IFC further be broken down to specify so many seats for each living area, such as West Halls, North Halls, etc. Any students interested in running for Assembly could fill out an application to be given to the area council. Lists of all applicants could . be made available to the political parties. The parties would then hold meetings in the area and students interested in running on a party ticket would have to get - out their support to win the party's nomina tions for the seats to be filled from that area. This would be the easiest and most- democratic way to select candidates. Under the party system, candidates would also be running on a platform so the voters would know what issues the candidates favored and what issues they opposed. A platform is an important criterion - to use in judging candidates if the election is to be more than a popularity contest One further provision should be made for any stu dent to run independently by presenting a petition signed by 100 residents of his living area. A Student-Operated Newspaper 56 Years of Editorial Freedom Bally Tollrgiatt Successor to The Free Lance, est 1887 Published Tuesday through Saturday morning during the University rear. The Deity Cotiegiari is a student-operated newspaper. Entered as ascend-rises matte' July 0. 1934 at the State College Pa. Post Office under the art of March 3. 1.319 Mail Subscription Prices 33.00 per semester 35.00 per year. Mailing Address Box 261, State College, Pa. Menthe? . of The Associated Press and The Intercollegiate Press JOHN BLACK Editor ovM"" City Editor and Peraonnel Director, Susan Linkrotim; Assistant Editor, Gloria Wolford; Sports Editor, Sandy Padwe; Assistant City Editor, Joel Myers; Copy and Gestures Editor, Elaine Miele; Photography Editor. Frederic Bower. Local Ad Mgr„ Brad Davis; National Ad Mgr., Bat fleisher; Credit Mgr.. Mari Ann (Tans; Assistant Credit Mgr., Neal Keitz; Classified Ad Mgr.. Constance Kiri.el; (n-Circulation Mgrs., Barbara Nolt, Richard Kitzinger; Promotion Mgr., Elaine Michal; Personnel Mgr., Becky Kohudic; Office Secretary, Joanne Huyett. STAFF THIS ISSUE: Headline Editor, Joan Mehan; Wire Editor, Sandy Yaggi; Night Copy Editor, Karen Hyneckeal; Assistants, Al Sharp, Lillian Berger, Susie Robbins, Vicki Caplan, \Vinnie Boyle, Gloria Magida, Bobbie Schepps, Dottie Spahr, Susan Linguist, Su Hooley, Janice Chrabas, Faith Popkin, leva Sleicers. ItillatlinA 4.., ...4... t , g Cr. 4 1 1 1 ,1 ; 1.c.1 Nom aflima 170 • _...... • Business Manager CHESTER LUCID° THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Letters Sr. Questions Record Hop Cancellation TO THE EDITOR: Like many of my fellow students who waste their time writing these letters, I have decided to tell my troublea to you the student body of Penn State. The reason I am talking to you students is because I doubt if our great leaders ever bother to listen to student opinion or gripes. What I am complaining about is why in the world the Pol lock Record Hop for this Fri day was .called off. If I stated this question in • the words I would like to use, this letter would never get past the .cen sors. The reason for this action, so I have heard, is that our illus trious Dean Murphy feels that we the students are spending too much of our OWN money in the form of advertisements and prizes In a way I can see his rea soning. After all, why waste this money, which comes from the students, on such a worth less thing as holding a dance for the students, and even more disgusting, giving away free prizes. Another point is that there are already enough things on campus to occupy the students. We can dance at the HUB. drink downtown or in the dorms unless we get caught. go to a movie, take a ride if we have a car. or sit and watch the televisions which we paid for. After writing this letter, I guess even I am convinced that the Pollock Record Hops are worthless. So may I con clude by saying to whomever is responsible for canceling these Hops, "A great thinking person like yourself will go far in this world, maybe." English Prof Hails DARE TO THE EDITOR: The Ameri can college student has long been criticized for what has euphemistically been called his "apathy." Unlike his counter part in the foreign university, he has too often been content to allow his elders to manage (or mismanage as the case may be) the social affairs of the nation. It is thus particularly refresh ing when a student organiza tion asserts its rights to leader ship in social affairs. The proposals advanced by the organization known as DARE represent such an as sertion. It is of course, both Impossible and undesirable to attempt to force fraternities to admit individuals unacceptable to them. Nevertheless, the very exist ence of discriminatory clauses in fraternity charters is, per se, evidence of a faulty morality; it is symptomatic of the pro cess by which America has lost (Continued on page five) Gazette Air Force filuenotee, 8 p.m., 111 Boucle Alpha Lambda Delta, 8 p.m.,• HUB as• seri:lily room Angel Flight Drill: no Uniform'. 6 : 30 p.m., Itctlifer Biological Science Lecture Series, 4:1.5 p.m., 112 13uckhout BX Candidates, 6:30 p.m., HUB assent. bly roorn Campus Party, 6 p.m., 212 HUB Chess Lessons, 7 p.m., HUB card room English Colloquium, 7:30 p.m., Nittany Lion Inn Gamma Sigma Sigma, 6:15 p.m., ill Boucke Graduate School Lecture, 8 p.m., 121 Sparks High School Tour, 10 p.m., HUB u. acmbly room • IVCF, 12:45 p.m., 218 HUB .la2a Club. 6:30 p.m., 214 HUB Lecture, "Thought on Creativity," 4:15 p.m., 12 Sparks Matins arid Breakfast, 7 n.m., Willey Foundation Penn State Ed Association, '1:30 p.m., 103 Home Ee South Queen of Benda, Spring Week, 8:90 p.m., 218 HUB Sociology and Anthropology Informal Tea, 3 P.m., Simmons lounge Table Tennis, 6 :30 p.m., HUB ball. room University Party, 7 p.m., 218 RUB Young Dementta and Young Repubil eons, 7 n.m., 214 Boucke —Mike Barone '6l TODAY Letters SOON, Asks Half of Chaos TO THE EDITOR: The best proposed reorganization locked and only sensible approach that up to this late date so that he could railroad it through SGA. SGA could take in regard to lf the present plan is ap reorganization is to ask for an proved, Lion's Paw could extension of its present form of easily take over student gov government. ernment and all matters- of an SGA should put the pro- All-University nature. Hence, posed reorganization plan into there would be no need for stu a committee which would have dent government. open meetings and publicize SGA should not be given what it is doing. Through this more power until they use a more feasible plan could be their already existing powers. worked out. There certainly They will, never do this as long isn't any need to railroad this as they have a weak exentive. reorganization plan through -The administration is not al- SGA. The plan SHOULD NOT ways wrong, but neither are be put in the hands of someone they always right. They do riot who will use it as a stepping need to tell us what is good Itone to a higher office. for us, whether we like it or To approve of this plan now not. We are not babies; we are would only add more chaos to not stupid; and we MUST student government and the have someone to tell the ad approaching elections. e ministration clearly and force apathy for student government fully what we think is good is at an all time high as was for us. Dick Haber has not. witnessed by the turnout in The administration is appar the last election and the poor ently more interested in suc turnout at the party meetings cumbing to the will of outside last Sunday. There is great rea- pressure groups than in giv son for this apathy. During the ing the students an occasional first semester SGA spent most break. of its time embroiled in pro- It is NOT our duty to be rab cedural chaos. ble rousers. We must be re- The present Assembly has done very little to evoke inter est and the weak executive branch has made a bad situa tion worse. Platforms have meant nothing to SGA mem bers. Let the SGA show us ac tion, not meaningless words. If the SGA had had positive lead ership this year, they wouldn't be in this chaos now. By his actions Dick Haber has made his position and the SGA look ridiculous in the eyes of the administration and the student body. I strongly be lieve that Mr. Haber kept the Proposed SGA By-Laws The following is a reprint of the by-laws for the revised SGA Constitution now under consideration by the Assem bly. By-Laws By-Law T. Election System Section 1. Each major community govern ment iIFC, MRC, TIM, AWS) shell con duct nominations for two candidates for each assembly neat to which it is entitled. and may establish such qualifications or conditions as it sees fit. Section 2. Candidates for the three SCA offices and Senior Class President shall he nominated by political parties by a ma jority vote of the cat-dhoti - ling members or by a petition signed by 209 full-time under graduate students. Ey•Law 11. Elections Code Section 1. These by-laws shall apply spe• ' cifically to elections of the Assembly and SCA officers. and irenerally to all elections conducted under the supervision of the Elections Commission. Section 2. The Elections Commisaion Chair man shall recommend the tittles and places of nominations, campaians, and elections to the Assembly for approval, but must notify Cabinet and the chairman of each party at least four days prior to such action. Section 3. Organization of Parties a. Any group may form a political party if chartered by the Senate Sub- Committee of Organizational Control and after approval by the Senate Committee of Student Affairs. b. A party must file a copy of its Constitution and all its amendments there to with the Elections Commission, with the Assembly Rulep Committee, and with tie Secretariat. e. Each party will have an official chairman and such other officers as it sees fit. d. To become a member of a party, a student must attend at least two party, meetings a term. A party member shall be issued a membership card by the Elec-I tions Commission upon attendance of the. second meeting. e. Any member shall be entitled to vote for party officers and at his party's nomination meeting only if he has been issued a membership card. f. Party meetings shall be announced by the party chairman at least five days in advance. At least one member of the Elections Commission shall attend each meeting. a. The Elections Commission shall com pile a membership list for each party. Copies of these lists shall 'be made avail able upon request. h. The party chairman shall be elected by the entire party. Persons voting for party chairman shall hold membership cards. i. A person may not hold an elected or appointed office in, or be a member of more than one party at one time. 1. No party shall be required to run a full elate of candidates. Section I. Method of Nomination a. A candidate must be nominated on dates specified by the Elections Com missions. b. Party chairmen shall submit a lint of all the party's candidates and their respective tranneripta to the Elections Com mission. e. Any independent candidate shall sub. THURSDAY. MARCH 23. 1961 sponsible and dedicated lead ers. The SGA should use a program •based on an Under standing of the action and scope of student government. Such a program would in clude: opening the HUB park ing lot on a trial basis, improv ing the library situation, pro testing the lack of an audi torium, criticizing the admin istration for some of their ridi culous policies only after in vestigating these matters, en forcing minimum standards in downtown housing, etc. —Gomer Williams, '63 mit a copy of his transcript to the tions Commission. d. The Elections Commission shall de. termine by coin toss the position of the parties on the ballot. e. If a candidate withdraws, a Ruh. stitute candidate. may be nominated by the party at a specifically designated party meeting. f. — A candidate may not run on more than one political party in one election. Section S. Methods of Campaigning a. All publicity materials must he cleared from town anti campus in a with factory manner at a time designated by Elections Commission. h. The Elections Commission will meet with the party chairman after the closing of the polls and before the counting of the votes, when complaints will be heard. Witnesses must be called in on specific ease, when that case is being discussed. Witnesses and the accused persons must he present when a party discusses any charges of the validity of the election i.e. persons voting more than once. Any ap peals must be made after the final meet ing immediately prior to the counting of the votes. Decisions will be made by ma. jority vote of the Elections Commission. e. Only party Chairmen, the Elections Commission members, the 8 SCA officers, Collegian representative, and a repre. sentative of WDEM will be present when the votes are counted. Section 8. Method of Electing All students must present official uni. I versity matriculation cards at the polls before being permitted to cast their ballot. The student shall state his place of resi dence, which shall determine the slate of candidates for whom he votes. The Elec tions Commission shall record the names of all students who vote. Any student found voting more than one time or voting in place of another person will be sub jeet to severe disciplinary action. Section 7. Place of Campaigning a. In town 1. Permanent posters inside store win.. dows are permitted. 2. Painted window displays are per. missable if contracted with shop owners. 3. Prohillited are posters, of any type on the exterior of a building. b. On campus 1. Campaigning including the use or loud speakers, band, cheerleading. etc. will be restricted to the hours of 12 noon to 7 p.m. on Saturdays and 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on weekdays, 2. The misuse of public. or private prop erty or campaigning in poor taste shalt he defined by the Elections Comminsion subject to appeal to the Supreme Court. 3. All campaigning shall be subject to the regulations of the borough or Univer sity. Seition 8. Violations In the event the Elections Commission decides that a violation of the code merits disqualification of a candidate (s) the case will be taken before the Supreme Court for approval. If the Commission decides the violation is not serious enough. the case will be dismissed. In the event of a dismissal, the case may be appealed hi the parties concerned to the Supreme Court. Persons involved in infractions of the code may be subject to disciplinary action through the proper administrative ,channels. If the candidate (s) is disquali fied before voting takes place, another [ candidate may not be substituted for him. [ Violations which merit conside'ration for disqualification are the following: I a. Buying of -votes whether with promise of money or other forms of bribery. b. Electioneering at or in the lames diate vicinity to the polls. [ a, Stuffing the ballot box. • (Continued ott psis. live)
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