P4GE FOUR
Editorial Opinion
USG Commission Syitem
We returned to campus thii. fall to find an innovation
in the executive branch of student government. This is
the commission system which was quietly. introduced
during the summer by USG president Dean Wharton and
supported by Encampment this fall.
This system has been designed, as we understand it,
to coordinate and to oversee the workings of the commit
tees set up by the USG Congress. Present plans organize
committees into commissions according to the interest
area of the 'committee. Plans call - for five commissions—
educational affairs, public affairs, public relations, student
4.ffairs and' University developinent.
There has long been a need for a method of keeping
all of the various student government committees -func
tioning and doing the work for which they were formed.
The Rules Committee of the Congress recognized this
Problem last spring when it decided that all committees
would report to it each month.
We believe that this commission system could be the
answer to the problem of maintaining communication
between the policy-makers, the student government presi
ilent and the Congress and the committees which carry
Olit the policies.
We also endorse the recommendation of the encamp
ment workshop on USG which suggests that many of the
commissioners be appointed frbm the Congress. This
would make for even better communications since the
Congress would have immediate access to all information
concerning the work of the committees through the
Congressmen-commissioners. ;
At the present time, we, have only one suggestion
which we,feel would improve the system. That is to in
clude the elections commission under the system either
as a s separate commission or 'under .the student affairs
commission,
By including the elections commission, 'the system
would cover -all of the student government committees
except those composed solely of Congressmen which exist
to facilitate the operations 'of the. Congress—the Rules and
the By-laws committees.
The elections commission is not technically a Con=
giessional committee but rather la committee designed to
take care of one area of student goternment's. authority
and. thus we feel it should be included within the corn-.
mission system.
We believe that the system offers student govern
'pent vast opportunities for=-improved communication hp
' tween tho : coMmittees and the Pi)licy makers arid as such
we giVe t our full support.
An Outdated Clause
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Within the `pages of IFC rules, currently being re
' viewed and revised, is a disciplinary regulation which we
believe is outdated in comparison with the updating of
student -judicial procedures on campus. .
The rule, incorporated into the Social Code, reads!
" Information which appears to the administration officers
-*of the University to be substantially indicative of viola
tion 'of the provisions and . conditions of Regulations 2
and/or 3 (concerning use of alcoholibeverages and good
conduct) shall be sufficient for-the retary, of, the Com
mittee on Student Affairs- to noti the group concerned
that the information is being refer ed to the appropriate'
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student judicial body for study l and recommendation to
the Committee or a designated sub-committee. The issu
ance of such a notice to any group shall immediately sus
pend the social activities of that group until the case is
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settled." I
Although this clause has not been rigidly held to in
the past, it was put into use last weekend .when a fra
ternity's social activities were suspended pending an IFC
Board of Control hearing tonight. .
We believe theta much more modern and democratic
version of this rule is stated in the current "Guide. to
; University Regulations Concerning Student Affairs Con
duct and Discipline." This rule states: "Violators of regu
lations governing fraternities and sororities shall be disci
plined by the IFC Board of Control or' the Panhellenic
Judicial Committee': subject to review by , the Dean of
Women or Dean of Men and/or the Senate Sub-Commit--
tee on Group Discipline." .
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.- Adherence to this rule eliminates the possibility of
,a group receiving a-penalty before being, heard by a stu
dent judicial body. - ,
We urge that the old ruling be carefully considered
during the updating process on disciplinary regulations
and. that the implication in this clause of a group being -
guilty until proven innocent be eliminated from the
Social _Code. . . , . .- ,
THE • DAILY COLLEGIAN, UNIVERiSITY PARK. PENNSYLVANIA
Remember the oldt, song, "Bon
go, bongo, bongo, I don't want to
leave the Congo, oh, no, no, no,
no, no," There -may be a few too
many. bongos and COngos in that
sentence; but overwordy or not,
the whole , thing is slightly out of
date.
Same thing
to ;Me," which
abtit the marl
place in old ,
giers. That marl
place has• s e
many things of
more fiery nab
since Jo Staff(
sang about "F:
away Places."
What - song w
fall victim next
the troubled wok
scene? Can you
think of any?
More important, MISS MII
what new spot on the map will
hit the front pages tomorrow?
hiterpreting
New Indian Border
By HENRY BRADSHER -
NEW DEHLI; India (AP) In
dia, which is fighting the Chinese
Communists at either end of its
northern frontier, is heading into
trouble at the middle of its Hima
layan border with Nepal.
Worsening - relations that could
lead India to an.open break With
the little kingdom of Nepal have
been' foreshadowed by a change
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Angola . .., Argentina again ...
Berlin ditto ... Cuba ..-;Gitate
mala . . Israel . . the dia-
Re i d China border •i . . South
Africa etc., ad nauseum.
Geography today is more li l t
ever a Study of political tem I
area;. But back to the two take
off points for this colutnn;—the
very diverse African countries of I
Algeria and the Republic of the j
Congo. , -
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Sub-Saharan Africa is not alone how those running for. national
in possessing social unrest on that 1 'office would react .to these frau
vast continent. Algeria has for
years been labeled with the ad- ble spots before we vote. That's
: one thing. Then, too, the constant
jectives "war-torn" and "strife- : 'concern is with the U.S. image.
ridden." Now the country is fac- and we need to-consider, how the
, ing economic collapse, and it's ' U.S:. as a country, stands on these
"market place" may become a • questions,
most undesirable scene of oper- I
Perhapp most of all, however;
ations if the internal bickering ;:
~. , we, on campus, occasionally need
continues much .longer. 1 - . a reminder that the is not all
Who knows what. is ahead in' football karnes and studies. The
'the two-year-old Congo. •Tinie I "big" prpblems we face daily,
i and'again Moise Tshombe says he aren't a 1 end in themselves. •
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of foreign ministers in Katmandu.
Kina Mahendia of Nepal re-,
placed the man known for friend-;
ship with India with a =pi re.:
garded as toughly anti-Inditm.
Replacement of, Rishikesk Sha:,
iha with Dr. Tulii rGiri on Siitur
day was accompanied by renewed
accusations that India was allow;
ling attacks to be launched across
the border in Nepal.
I• Shahs said there had beer; 138
raids in which about 100 pioni
were killed from the time ing
Mahendra abolished • parr ed
tary government, in Deeeinber
1960, until Sept., 11.
The raiders
_ le raiders are seeking to un . .
dermine the king's authority, and
force him to restore a representaL
tive government, it is said.
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Wonns. GAIL
TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 25..1962
,y.kay mills
will unite Katanga with the oth
er Congo provinces to make the
country whole. Whether the jig
saw puzzle which represents the
scores of tribes in the Congo can
remain assembled even if the
country is reunified remains for
the future to tell.
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The ideas above are hardly new.
So why Write them, you . ask?
Well, ifs election time. Maybe
we need to examine more closely
robllems
The Indian government claims
it has issued orders for local au
thorities to I prevent raiding and
gun running across the long open'
border. Indhi says the trouble is
internal unrest in Nepal.
There is no evidence of any In
dian determination ,to carry out
such orders. Independent observ
ers in Nepal have found little
sign of internal opposition in the
country.
The Indian attitudes now is that
unless the king restores full .civil
liberties, removes penalties on ex
iles =and provides a legal form of
opposition to his rule, trouble can
be expected to continue.
Continued trouble between
India and Nepal can only benefit
Red China.
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