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Editorial Opinion
Collegian Policy in Printing the News...
The philosophy that guides The Daily
Collegian in its news coverage is that not
only is it a right of ihe people to know in a
democratic society, but if that society is
to survive, it is a necessity that they be
informed.
To place this philosophy in its campus
context, the Collegian aims to print as
accurately and fairly as possible all news
it deems of vital concern to the students.
News value Is judged solely by the
student Board of Editors, which enjoys a
freedom from censorship unknown at most
colleges and universities.
The editors realize that this freedom
from censorship likewise places its corres
ponding burden of responsibility solely on
their shoulders.
The Collegian jealously guards this
cherished freedom, and zealously strives
to meet the responsibilities it imposes.
Collegian attempts to print campus
news which comes to the students through
no ,other paper, and secondly to carry a
digest of local, state and national news for
those readers who do not have time to read
It in more detailed reports.
Because of space and manpower limi
tations, Collegian cannot print all news of
every campus group or event. But it eval
uates the news and attempts to print that
which is of most interest to most students.
Collegian is not a publicity organ.
Its news columns cover events and
activities and carry what its editors con
sider newsworthy and not what may be
needed to pump the prestige of a certain
group.
Similarly, news items must be weighed
Cheer, Don't Groan
When the prices for seats at the closed
circuit telecast of the Penn State-Miami
football game were announced at last
Saturday’s game, a loud groan arose from
the crowd.
That groan was uncalled for.
The University did not decide to tele
cast the Miami game because it was in
terested in making profit. It did so to pro
vide tlie students who couldn’t make the
3,000-mile trip, a chance to see the game.
The expense and effort to which the
athletic department has gone testifies to
this motive.
It will cost $lO,OOO to return the game
via closed circuit television to the campus.
This is the cost for line charges and setting
up the equipment.
A near capacity.audience will be need-
Term Standing, If You Please!
Progress, as many students discovered
at the Navy game, has its drawbacks. The
University abandoned the semester system
as archaic, and with it went the traditional
matriculation card.
This card was not sturdy and did not
resemble the “credit card” we now sport.
But it had one very valuable asset— it
stated the term (nee, semester) of the
bearer.
When called yesterday, Warren Haff
ner, assistant registrar, said, "This is the
first I've realized this problem."
No one, we realize, can think of every
thing, but this oversight may cause more
problems for students than the administra
tion can now foresee.
As mentioned, seating in football
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against all other news of the day and be
played according to their relative im
portance.
The Collegian feels obligated to call
upon University officials as well as stu
dents for information that affects student
life, rights and welfare. Since this is a
state institution most of the University’s
affairs are of public concern.
Collegian does not make the news, it
merely prints it. A newspaper is often
criticized as printing negative rather than
positive news. Unfortunately, news is not
evaluated on its pleasantries or cheerful
ness but rather on its impact and affect
on the readers.
People by nature wish to know the
truth only so long as it does not make them
uncomfortable.
Neither is comfort a principle of news
evaluation
Too often a student or administrator
does not enjoy seeing his verbal statement
of yesterday in print today. He may then
condemn this as untruth because he doesn’t
want to believe it.
Another “out” that gun-shy news
sources often try to use is, “This is off
the record.”
At a public meeting. Collegian does
not accept this request. Its reporters feel
free to see, hear, and report all that tran
spires, because in fact, nothing can be "off
the record," if the meeting is open to any
one who cares to attend.
The Collegian, then, attempts to report
news affecting students, fully realizing its
responsibilities to evaluate it fairly and
print it factually.
ed in both Schwab and Recreation Hall for
the University to break even on the ven
ture.
Before the University could make ar
rangements for the telecast, it was neces
sary to get clearance from both the Na
tional Collegiate Athletic Assn, and the
University of Miami.
The Miami game telecast will be ex
perimental. If enough tickets are sold to
prevent the University from losing money
on the project, other away football games
may be televised on a similar basis later
this fall.
We hope the student body responds
enthusiastically.
Considering the cost —half the price of
admission to a live game—and the exciting
game that is expected, we think it’s a good
buy.
games is determined by class. But more im
portant, many elections for student coun
cils and governing bodies are based on a
class representative system.
Some of these elections are coming up
in a few weeks.
To nip undue chaos in the bud, we
suggest an alphabetical schedule be drawn
up whereby each student could report to
Willard and have his "Certificate of Regis
tration" stamped with his term standing.
In the future there should be a perma
nent designation of term standing on this
paper half of the matric card, since a new
one is received each term.
We realize that this would mean a
great expenditure in man hours, but this
administrative oversight must be corrected.
Interpreting
World of
Or World
By J. M. ROBERTS
Associated Press News Analyst
On a day when he admitted that the very life of the
United Nations is at stake, President Kennedy challenged
the General Assembly to take new action and new. re
sponsibility for the future.
He virtually promised, if it would do so, to turn over
to it some of the programs by
which the United- States has
been acting more or less uni
laterally to produce the kind of
world in which
she wants to
live,
Here was
Kennedy at his
inspira i i o n a 1
best, an earnest
young man,
recognizing cold
rea 1 i t i e s, un
willing to be
Red rather than
dead, but look
ing “across this
world of threats
to the world of peace.”
He was attempting to revive
the faith of the United Nations
in its own future, laying di
rectly upon it the choice of a
world living in peace instead
of dying in its own flames.
He proposed that disarma
ment control and inspection be
placed under the United Na
tions.
He gave strong indication
that the United States will one
day consider surrendering its
foreign economic and techni
cal aid program to the United
Nations so that “development
can become a cooperative in
stead of a competitive enter
prise.”
This is a highly controversial
idea which many objective stu
dents of world affairs have sup
ported for years. He proposed
an official U.N. "Decade of De
velopment."
He reiterated United States
proposals for a U.N. Peace force
and an extension of U.N. fact
finding and mediation powers
In international disputes. He
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T hreats
of Peace
advocated U.N. control of spaca
as neutral area, of space com
munications, of weather study,
and eventual control.
In the next 10 months, ha
said, the United Nations may
determine the fate of man for
10,000 years.
He promised, in the tone of
a man who makes his vow to
his God, the dedication of the
United States to the aims of
the charter.
He told the world that it
could be free if it would, with
no nation, great or small, re
quired to conform to the' will
of others.
The ordinarily reserved as
sembly applauded when he
said that “weapons must be
abolished before they abolish
us.” When he said we would
never negotiate out of fear and
never fear to negotiate the ap
plause lasted six seconds.
When he spoke of self-de
iermination and free choice,
and of fhe firm intent to defend
Berlin, ihere was more.
Also when he reminded of
Pushkin’s fictional Russian
czar who ordered his people
frozen within their own boun
daries. At this, Soviet Foreign
Minister Andrei A. Gromyko
smiled.
ROBERTS
And at the end, the applause
continued for a full minute be
fo r e the adjournment an
nouncement, and then con
tinued until he passed from the
hall.
He sounded just like an
American, steeped in tradition
al ideals, facing unhesitatingly
into the winds of trouble, ap
prehensive yet unafraid, believ
ing that there is a future for
the highest aspirations of man.
WAYNE HILINSKI
Business Manager