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Editorial Opinion
We Review Our Pu!poses
During Newspaper Week
Several times 'during the , year we take time to re
evaluate our purposes to stimulate measurement`of our
success in achieving these goals.
This, being National Newspaper Week, is one of those
times of the year We would again like to review our basic
purposes and goali. We welcome- student correspondence
on our performance. -
The Daily Collegian is a student newspaper; it is run
by, students, firuLped partially by student fees and par
tially A _by funds gained from advertising revenue. It is
written and edited by students of The Pennsylvania State
University. 1 .
< We strive tpresent as much varied news of Uni
versity and stude t affairs as our space will permit. We are
not bound to co cern ourselves solely with news items
which reflect fav iably on the University, for we feel that
the University 6 benefited as much by constructive
criticism 'and exposure of faults as it is by praise of its
many good point's;
O f pr right to Comment on any situation affecting the
student body is a Vital student freedom, found in relative
ly few student newspapers. We present our views on events
and situations affecting students in our "Editorial Opinion"
columrf. The editors of this paper are also privileged to
- preser4 their indiVidual views through signed columns.
Every student is given the right to comment and ex
press views in a: responsible "Letter to the Editor."
The Daily Collegian has complete editorial freedom,
unencumbered try censorship.
,We take tremendoUs pride
'in this freedom and the responsibility connected with it.
The i Daily Collegian is published by Collegian, Inc.,
Which acts as our ; board of directors. We are chartered by
the state of Pennsylvania. • .
This week We join with many newspaper's In the
United States and in the free world in an appreciation of
the freefilom of thf. press and of expression whicli we en,joy.
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VOTE Today! ,
The entire legislative branch of student government
is now being elected. Voting Will continue today and to
morrow during ;class hours in the HUB and on the Mall,
during 'dining hours in each dining hall and in the eve
nings in floating' l ,polls roaming the downtown area.
Students can vote only in their living areays. Voting
polls, for students living off campus have been set up on
ihe'Mall and in }the HUB.
The.Congr4s w i ich students will elect this week will
have a strong voice in determining any actions taken by
student government in the next year. Whether you vote
or not, those students elected will be speaking for you.
This year will be a vital one for student government.
The "founding fathers". of the current representative sys
tem of government have been replaced. The system has
survived its first formative year; it will now be si!en if the
system 'can serVe the governmental needs of th'e. student
body without those who formulated its organization and
who led it through its first year.
The new Congress will have many problems: to face.
These will include whether the student government at
Penn State will become a , permanent member Of the Na
tional Student Association: what the future of campus
political parties will be and what will be the jurisdiction
of the Student Supreme Court.
Last year, over 42 per cent of the student body'voted'
in the Congressional elections. We hope that that figure
will be topped this year.
Support the candidates of your Choice by voting.
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HERBERT WITHER
Business Manager
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An Btiemy On the Run
For the past several months the
news media of the free world
have been proclaiming that the
Vietnames&,:.aided by the United
States, are . on the offensive in
their war against the communists
in Southeast Asia.
During the pi.,
several, years thi
United States hs
been fighting
losing war in tilt
so - called bacl ,
Ward nations
Southeast A s
Just this year
were forced out
Laos by the Co
munists and
neutralist sett
ment was made
that, at most, will COLEMAN
only be temporary. We have been
asked to 'send troops to Thailand
to deter possible aggression by the
communists in neighboring coun
tries. In Vietnam we are fighting
to preserve the territorial integrity
of that country.
Vietnam was one united coun
try until 1954 when the Commu
nists overran the northern portion
of Vietnam and set up a Com
munist state. there. The French
held on to South Vietnam.
In recent years, the Communists
have been infiltrating the border
between North and South Vietnam
and President Kennedy has com
mitted the United States to de
fending South Vietnam. We have
been on the losing end of the war
until now.
The average Vietnamese gueril
la is not a hard core Communist
soldier, He has been trained only
Letters
Negro Student Comments
On Miss Kunkleman's Column
TO THE EDITOR: -I, being Ne
gro. was very interested in Miss
Kunkleman's column in The
Daily Collegian of Oct. 10, 1962.
The first thing I noticed was her
use of the words desegregation
and integration. Miss Kunkleman,
they are not the same. Desegre
gation: is concerned with the
rights , of all human beings, be
they black or- white.
Each citizen of the United
States has rights guaranteed to
him by law.i However, integra
tion is an individual relationship.
It deals not with laws i but with
morati, and each person's accept
ance of another human . being, for
what he is, exclUsive of laws.
I Should like ,to ask Miss
Kunkleman . a question. Why
should we be aware of inter
marriage? I am becoming sick
ened by people asking me, "Do
you believe in interracial mar
riage?" and "You really don't
want to intermarry, do you?", To
each person I give the'same reply,
- I don't believe in interracial
marriage because it simply does
not exist!" People fail to realiie
what marriage it. It is an "inter-
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in the use of his parti - cular weapon
and has had little training in com
bat tactics. -
Called a Viet Cong guerilla, the
Communist is not well-equopped by
our standards. He wears no -uni
form. A pair of rubber soled can
vas shoes suffice for combat boots.
His weapons are generally very'
inferior. He uses a poisoned cross
bow, spears, and traps. A. few of
the Viet Cong carry old French
rifles. They have no effective
supply or communications system.
There is. no air support.
On the other hand, the U.S.
equipped Vietnamese soldier has
a uniform, an American M-1 rifle,
a submachine (portable)_ gun, or
possibly the new lightweight, hi
velocity Armalight .225 caliber
rifle, vihich is considered by many
experts to be the best jungle -
weapon in the world.
He has a superior supply, sys
tem, firepower, superior commu
nication and air support if and
when he needs it. He is, then,
much better equipped than the
Viet Cong. But, the Viet Cong
guerilla, has been winning the
battles because of the tactics he
has used.
These tactics can be traced hick
to the years of French, power in
Ihii area. The French forces were
very small and therefore could
not carry out large scale patrols or
raids against the Communists. The
Vietnamese army was trained by
the 'French and adapts the
French tactics of waiting in forts
for the rebels to attack, and then
pursuing them. This allowed the
guerillas to move unmolested
through the dense jungles. Their
camps were not disturbed and
they could carry on their training
persona!" relationship. The priest
or minister does not marry two
races, but two people. Two :peo
ple, individuals. They are the
ones to determine their relation
ship, not you, not society, not L
I therefore ask you again. "Why
should .we be aware of this situ
ation?"
Next you use . traditions, fears
and Negro standards as examples
of the Southern Whites' basis of
criticsm.• My dear Miss Kunkle:
man, if tradition were a valid
reason; for doing anything, then
the world would still be in the
Dark Ages. As for fear of retri
bution,. the Southern White only
sees what he himself would do
in a Nero's place. Finally, peo
ple in - the same economic group,
be they of any race, generally
have the same living conditions
and social standards. •
Missi Kunkleman, you have no
need to travel any further south
than South Allen Street for ma
terial on prejudice. Look about
you on this campus. Note the fra
ternities. With few exceptions
they are farces to the ideals of
brotherhood. Note the subtleties
of housing around here, and use
these as examples of prejudice in
your column.
—Warren Barbour, '65
I JUST WANT 1 0 TO KNOW
THAT THREE HUNDRED•AND
FIFTY MILUON DOLLARS A YEAR
16' SPENT ON 006 NON
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I WONDER IF THAT
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1 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1,962
by den coleman
and planning without fear of at
tack. This situation has been re
versed. •
With full scale entry of the
United States into the cOnflict,
the Vietnamese are being trained
in ranger and anti-guerilla tactics
by instructors of the rst Special
Forces ; United States Army. They
have adapted British tactics used
in Maylaya.to the jungles in Viet
Nam. They are showing the Viet
namese how to prepare ambushes
for the Viet Cong ,how to counter
his attacks and how to pursue
him. Most important, our , army is
convincing ' the Vietnames that
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the Viet Cong is not invinci le.
Among the newer aggr ssive
tactics used in this theatre • one
that has achieved outstanding
success, Eagle Flight. Eagle Flight
consists of loading American hen-.
copters with combat-ready Viet
namese troops. The helicopters are
flown over the countryside to seek
out_the Viet Cong bands.
An adapation of Eagle Flight
is a plan in which helicopters and
troops on the ground are constant
ly on the alert 'for, reports ' of,
xontact with Viet Cong forces. The
helicopters then fly to the scene
of the encounter and drop into the
thick of the fighting or assist in
pursuing the fleeing Viet Cong.
While the' new tactics being
used may not show a rise in kills
and captures of Viet Cong troops,
they acomplish a far greater pur
pose in that they do not allow the
Viet Cong time to consolidate and
plan new attacks. Rather, the Viet
Cong are kept , on the run. . .
It is for this reason that, the
Vietnamese are or. the offensive.
They're taking the war to the Viet
Cong. -
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Froth Co-Editors
Issue Apology
TO THE EDITOR: Because our •
own medium of communication
has been suspended, we, the co
editors of Froth, are using this
space to make an apology to any
social organization which feels
'that we have damaged its image
by singling it out in a story. 'Any
such action taken by us was corn
pletely unintentional and was '
made in the firm belief that we
Would not cause any hard -feel
ings due to the nature of our
magazine.
,If publication ,is continued, it ,t
will not happen 'in the future.
We also wish to thank every- '-
one who has and is working for
our causes. Even if we go under
you can be assured that the sup- .
port that yob' have given us will
not be forgotten.
—Andi Buscanics '63
-4Edwin Uric '63 -
SCCA Hit
By Junior
TO THE' EDITOR: On October
10, 1962,. at 10:45 p.m., the' Stu
dent Check Cashing Agency was
closed. Why? It is perhaps;' under
standable that during the first
week of a term things might be
a little confused. But during the
third week of a term there is
no excuse. This was not the only
time the SCCA has failed to open
in recent days.
U the SCCA, as it claims, is a
service to the students, it should
-be dependable. Therefore, the
agency must have regular hours.
: The student leaders take nearly
$5OO a year from us to run the
• SCCA. Why don't they produce?!
Perhaps, the time has come for.
an investigation. Can the Uni-'
versity run it better? Surely,' one
full time .empoyee or two are
more efficient than fifteen part'
time students. If the controllers
cannot operate. the SCCA—well
—let them die.
—A. L. Harris, 14
Got word the other day that the
new Campus Party chairman will
spend the year surrounded by 31
lovely females. I also hear he has
only one other male with which
to share this paradise.
Wish you all the luck In the,
world, my boy! .
-*—Prof Wayne;