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Editorial Opinion
Independent Government
An examination of the present status of SGA and its
constitution immediately brings to light certain points.
First, the constitution must be reworked by ,the
interim government as established by the Senate Commit
tee on Student Affairs last spring. That interim govern
ment includes the SGA officers and all Assemblymen who
have not graduated and are still academically eligible.
The Senate Committee's - mandate also stated the
constitution must be completed by the end of the fall term.
Either this must be adhered to or an extension granted.
University officials have said several times they want
a significant student government--and -we now propose
The 'all-University governing body is SGA.
Under this body are the autonomous governing units
throughout campus. These are AWS, MRC, IFC, Panhel
lenic Council, and TIM.
Their Jurisdiction extends only to legislation over
their individual areas. They do not tamper with SGA
matters—and SGA keeps its hands off residence area
matters.
The IFC and Pantie' Council deal in legislation over
the groups which they represent—the Greeks. Also in
cluded here are Greek boards of control Which regulate
the rush codes and judicial infractions affecting the groups
as a whole.
We also propose a completely autonomous judicial
branch of government that is organized under SGA and
ultimately responsible to the Senate Sub-committee on
Discipline
For women and men students there are a series of
lower pleas courts in the residence areas. The women's
courts have a women's central appeals court as do the
men—a men's appeals court.
These appeals courts are responsible to the discipline
sub-committee.
Town xi - ien will have an off-campus tribunal with their
appeals going to the discipline sub-committee.
In this system SGA has complete Jurisdidion over all
disciplinary functions. Its courts dispense all penalties
Including disciplinary probation. They can also recommend
more severe penalties to the Senate Sub-committee.
This is not a major change in the present system but
it is a major shift in jurisdiction, for it'is taken out of the
hands of the residence area. governments and out of the
offices of the Deans of Men and Wornen._Every case would
go to the courts. No case would bypass the courts to the
deans' offices.
The representation system of this government is at the
grass roots—the residence areas. But the representatives
are nominated by the party wards and the residence area
governments keep their hands off.
This basically is the structure SGA brought to the
Senate Committee on Student Affairs. The judicial system,
however, could not be considered until the present groups
—the deans' offices and the Senate Sub-committee on dis
cipline—straighten out their own functions.
In addition - , the Senate Committee on Student Affairs
will have to give real judicial power to the SGA.
On the legislative side, the committee did not approve
political parties. Again, they will have the final say on
this question.
The whole question of what powere will be granted
often becomes analogous to the situation in the United
Nations. The organization as a whole cannot be powerful
because its members are afraid of one another and afraid
of yielding any of their Individual power or own national
Interest.
- As the new constitution is formulated, we urge that
the document state the determination of the student body
to uphold the right of self-determination and self-govern
ment. We urge an independent and meaningful constitu
tion. We urge that the maturity of the students be finally
recognized.
We've urged these things before
them enough.
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We cannot urge
Letters
HUAC Film
Editorial Hit
By Freshman
TO THE EDITOR: The editor's
criticism of the HUAC and the
film "Operation Abolition" is
completely unjustified. The
main objective of this commit
tee is to expose internal sub
versive activities - of the Com
munists. To do this - they must
question those suspected of sub
versive activities.
They were in the process of
such questioning When college
students from Califgrniarioted,
and it was a riot_
The loader of these students
was Harry Bridges, a, man
whom the F. 8.1. has labeled a
Communist, despite what the
editors of The Daily Collegian
say. It is truly unfortunate
that such influential people on
campus could be so misin-
formed.
I suggest that if the editors
can prove that "Operation Abo
lition" is all lies, they do so.
If they have no such proof, it
would be most advantageous
for the student body if they
refrained from making such
false statements.
For those who will see "Oper
ation Abolition," may they keep
in mind that no one would
like to see loss of the HUAC
than the Communists them
selves.
Editor's Note:. The Supreme
Cottrt's 1957 tlecisinn on the
Watkins case said ". . there
is no congressional power to
expose for the sake of expo
sure."
—BIII Blackom '6s
Buckley Answered
TO THE EDITOR: Neil C.
Buckley (Collegian, Oct. 2?)
would not need to "fear Rule
W-6" if he would "look at the
record" as Al Smith, the- dis
tinguished Governor' of New
York. used to say.
Mr. Buckley asked. has
the student body even been
consulted on a major policy is
suer' The answer is yes * The
first explanation of the four
term plan was presersted to 1960
Encampment at Mont Alto.
It was favorably received
and approved and not one word
of protest about the Thanks
giving Holiday was voiced.
—C. 0. Williams
Dean Emeritus of Admissions
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- Letters
Plea for Better Lighting
-TO THE EDITOR: Yesterday'
practicgily ran into Sue. This
occurrence amazed me as Sue
was the blind student, • not I.
- She _is attending school only
because of the services of the
student readers. But she does
lead a relatively' normal life.
Sue even joined a sorority—but
she's missing something vital,
something I wouldn't give up
for anything in the world—her
'eyesight.
Unfortunately. - Sue will not
remain,alone. for more and,
more students are losing more
' of their sight daily. Of course
part of the loss can be attribu
ted to the mistreatment of their
eyes—but not all.
The other cause is poor light
ing. I have not yet lived in a
dorm with adequate lighting
and fail to see why this situ
ations exists, especially at a
TODAY
Alpha Phi Omega, S a.m.. f int
floor
Cosmopolitan CIO llalovreen Party.
7:30 p.m., Evangelical and Reformed
Church
English Colloquium. *:*O Pan-r HUB
assembly room
Enxlitsh Department, 11 a.m.. HUB al-
eerntay room
Interiandia Iznik Dante. 7:33 p.m., del
Emtineeting A -
Inter... Varsity Christian Peilawihip. 7.30
World Roundup
U.N. Committee Judicial Race
Passes Motion
On Moratorium
UNITED NATIONS,N.Y. (W)
—The U.N. Main Political com
mittee approved last night, over
U.S. and Soviet opposition, a
new call for a voluntary halt on
testing of nuclear weapons.
By a vote of 72-21 with eight
abstentions t h e 103-nation
committee approved a resolu
tion submitted by India and
five other nonaligned nations
urging a moratorium pending
a test ban treaty. ,
The United States and the
Soviet Union voted against the
proposal.
The margin assured ratifica
tion by the General Assembly,
where a two-thirds majority
is required.
The action came as the Unit-
ed States announced it is mak,
ing preparations , to resume
tests in the atmosphere if
necessary and the Russians
set of go. 29 and 30 in their
current series which included
two superbombs of at least 25
and 50 megatons.
- General Walker
To Quit Army
WASHINGTON (N) Maj.
Gen. Edwin A. Walker an
nounced last night he is quit
ting the Army because he feels
its action in rebuking him and
taking away his divisional com
mand destroyed his usefulness
in uniform.
Announcing his decision
"with a heavy heart," Walker
said he will forego his retire
ment pay of more than $12,000
a year in order to be free as a
civilian to continue his- cam
paign against what he regards
as Communist infiltration.
The general is a key figure
in the controversy over how
much freedom 'military men
should have- to speak out
against communism.
Red Math Explained
MOSCOW (AP) Delegates
to the 22nd Communist con
gress are teaching the world
mathematics z.--• Soviet - style.
They describe the _B-3 vote
against Premier Ithrusbehev
in the Presidium" in June 1957,
as "a technical arithmetical
majority"- unworthy of - being
taken seriously. The true ma
jority, they said, lay in the fact
that everyone Anew the major
ity of - the Central Committee
and the population were really
behind Ithrashchev,
FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 3, 1961
time of life when people are
doing tremendous amounts of
reading.
It seems to me that proper
lighting is much more impor
tant than freshly painted doors,
new bulletin boards in the
halls, and all the other changes
'which are recently improving
the dorms.
Why hasn't something been
done about the lighting? Is it
too expensive to provide better
lights and does thte University
therefore plan to have us study
is The library *there the lights
are better instead?
If so, why aren't students al
lowed to supply / their own
lamps, especially floor lamp%
which give better lighting than
any number of desk or table
lamps? Why doesn't the Uni
versity investigate the situation
and see what can be done?
—Gail Radcliffe '64
Gazette
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°SCA, 4 p.m., HUB ica'ding room
OSGA, 6 p.m., HUB second floor -
Mime production. "The Cove IDwell•
ers," 8 p.m.. Center Stage
PS Bible Pelletrship. 12:15 p.m., 212
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HUH
Selene* Fiction flak T p.m., HUH as.
sembly room
Swedenborg Society, 8 p.m., 211 Houck*
Westminster Foondation, •Operation
Abolition," 7:80 p.m., Presbyterian
University C-vilter
To Indtcate
Voter Mood
HARRISBURG {fl) A cam
paign for judge—even a Su
preme' Court judge—normally
is about as politically innocu
ous as a contest for school
board.
The one coming up next
Tuesday is different. Profes
sional politicians who believe
in signs profess to see in the
outcome some inkling of the
mood of the electorate that
would have a bearing on the
big races in 1962.
The race is between incum
bent Democrat Anne X. Alpern
and county judge Henry_ X.
O'Brien, Republican, both
,Pittsburghers. both age 57„with
extensive experience' and prov
en vote-getting abilities.
The race takes the spotlight
because it's the only statewide
contest on the ballot this year.
Nobel Prizes Go
To 3 Scientists
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP)
Three scientists working
separately in California were
awarded Nohel prizes in phys.
les and chemistry yesterday
for using new tools of the atom
ic age to uncover secrets of
life and matter.
The 1961 prize for physics
was shared by Dr. Robert
Hofstadter, 46, of Stanford Ilni-
Versity, who opened new pros
pects for harnessing nuclear
energy; and Dr. Rudolf L.
Moessbauer, 32, of 'Munich,
Germany, now at the Cali
fornia Institute of Technology.
.His work may help make space
travel safer. -
Dr. Melvin Calvin, 50, at
the University of California
was awarded the chemistry
prize for his research with
plants that may help to find
the answer to the question of
how life began on earth.
Writer Thasiber Dies
Of Respiratory Failure
NEW YORK i/P) Jame s
, Thurber, whose writings and
drawings kept a generation of
Americans laughing, died yes
terday. He was 66.
The writer and cartoon ar
tist died of pneumonia and
respiratory complications which
followed a brain Operation be
underwent after a blood clot
caused his collapse in a hotel
room Oct. 4.
Thurber's writings included
magazine short stories, fables,
and humorous personal essays,
and he drew countless cartoons.