PAGE four Editorial Opinion La Vie Recognition Of Campus' Expansion i It has been the unstated policy of La Vie not to print the activities in which a senior graduating from the University has participated while attending a Common wealth campus. I La Vie has done this for so long that it has become a tradition—one which unfortunately is out dated. J ! In the past La Vie has defended this practice stating that most of the campuses offered only two-year pro grams and that it was too difficult to check the validity of a student's activities at another campus. } Considering the growing importance of this Uni versity's Commonwealth campuses we believe that La Vie can no longer justify this tradition. In recent years dthese branches of Penn State have become more important to the expansion of the Uni versity. In fact, the names of these branches have been changed from “centers" to “campuses” to give a more accurate picture of their position within the University’s structure. They are currently destined to play an even niore important role in the expansion of the University. Next fall 2,500 of the 5,500 freshmen admitted to the University will enter one of the 13 Commonwealth campuses. And President Walker has indicated that possibly in the future all Penn State students will spend their freshman year ait a Commonwealth campus. • Although many students spend only one or two years at a .campus, they often fill high positions of leadership in the activities of that campus. At least tvfp of the candidates for office in last month's student government elections began their work with student government while attend ing a Commonwealth, campus. It would indeed be unfortunate if the outstanding contributions to the University of these and other-transfer students were not attributed to them in their yearbook. The La Vie staff could compile a list of the major activities at each Commonwealth campus with little diffi culty. Such» list would protect La Vie from listing,non existant or very minor activities and still allow for recogni tion of outstanding transfer students.- It would.be a simple matter for the La Vie staff to contact a student's campus if a question about an activity -should arise. This year the La Vie staff for 1963 has done much worthwhile revamping and we urge that the senior board extend their up-dating plans to provide for these transfer students. The University is growing rapidly in areas other than University Park. So are its student leaders. A Student-Operated Newspaper 57 Years of Editorial Freedom (Hij? Uatlg (EflU^ntan Successor to The Free Lance, est. IM7 Fvhllulied Taeadar th ranch Saturday morning durine thu I'nlrrraltjr year. Thu Oailr I'ellecUn U a atudent-aperatrd newupaper. Entered aa aecend-rlaM mallrr Jalf 4, tail at Ihu Statu Collect. Pa. Pout Office under the act of March I, IS7». Mali SuWcrlplWn Price: a year Mall in# AMrtM Box SCI, SUU OH**®. Pa. Member of The Associated Prc. s ANN PALMER Editor flggßUa HI il K JL y ! 1 a--# - . • THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. UNIVERSITY: PARK. PENNSYLVANIA HERBERT WITHER Business Manager 2 cemfs worth Swing Votes Decisive It seems ironic thiat neither the party which controls the executive branch of USG, nor the party with which most of \ the Congresr' pathize contrt the Congress. This is 1 exemplified the actioi taken by Coi gress Thursf' night when 1 major piece> legislation w passed ' NSA propo: and the 1 up student opinion bureau. These bills were pre sented by opposing power cliques in the Congress and were not supported by the other grotp. The vote on both of these bills; was close witji the NSA proposal passing by) two votes, 13 to 11, and tine student opinion bureau, biljt being, ap proved, 13 to 9. ‘ijhese close votes were recorded even though suitable compromises were worked out in both cases.' Letters Sr. Questions Bomb Testing TO THE EDITOIt: No one wants war, nucleajr or other wise." Linus Pawliijg is a very distinguished p h y.s i s is t, no doubt, but like tide cigarette and cancer (and the'y have more evidence and work with) argument thSs claim that three. million neonatal deaths will be the result; of the one per cent increase itjt radioactiv ity is mere scientific specula tion based on very little evi dence. They stili) have -not proved conclusively that there is any relation between ciga rette smoking and) cancer. If Mr. Ravitz wil] lakea little longer look at the map he will soon see that ihe majority of the Islands near tjhe test area belong to the U.Si Those that don’t belong to thtj U.S. belong to our close allies.'Also I’don’t believe Hawaii would declare war on us if a nussle did land there. A chance tsr accidental war by a stray missile was the contention of hisj first letter. The missiles are undoubtedly sent on a trajectory such that in case of a complete malfunc tion of all safety ; systems the missile would land within the safety zone set up 1 for this rea son. The only typ? of accident that -could occur ?t one of our missile bases is, ;that one of the personnel wbpld take con trol and put the others out‘of commission so he;could launch a missile. Other country’s! commanders could launch an attack whether or not we had A-Bombs. Mr. Ravitz evidently has for gotten that any, decision to launch SAC or th