Editorial Opinion Great Responsibility Faces New . Congressmen The Undergraduate Student Government Congress is one of the three divisions of student government on this campus. But,. it wields more than a #Ord of the power present in student government. The Congress is the watchdog for the •executive branch. That branch can take no actions without the ap proval, either implicit or explicit, of the Congress. The Congress also his . the responsibility to propose actions for student government to take. You, new Congressmen, have been. elected to fill just this capacity. Last year's premier Congress compiled an unenviable record. But'it also left many things in the legislative hop per for his Congress to consider and, indeed, several items which this Congress shoulci,begin moving again. Among the most notable of . the latter is a study on the feasibility of USG financing a system of radio signal Converters so that FM broadcasts as from the campus radio station, WDFM, can be received on AM radios. Also, the student government newspaper. The USG Record, has been struggling, mostly due to understaffing. and we feel an earnest effort should be made to get this publication on its feet. •• A current study which the new Congress will have to cope with is that of the best type of grading system for the University: In addition, the new Congress will have to decide whether or • not this University , will join NSA permi nently and determine the role of the USG SUpreme Court. Several valuable precedents have been set by student government organizations in the past which we feel should be adhered to. • • Aside from precedents involving internal structure such as the Composition of the Rules Committee, the Con gress has followed a precedent of carefully examining all executive appointments. In the recent past, especially under ex-President Dennis Foianini, all executive appoint ments ware scrutinized and many of them rejected. We feel this is a responsibility of the Congress. A precedent has also been set to - run- the USG meet ings like those of a gobernmental legislative body and not like the meetings of a trivial little club. We firmly be lieve each Congressman and as many students'as are in terested Shoilld have the. opportunity, either directly . or indirectly, to speak their minds on each issue. They should not be hampered by a "quick-draw" gavel-hammering vice President. The Congress has also spread out its range of activity. For instance, it approved a bill endorsing the Senate's decision on discrimination on campus. USG President Dean Wharton - has made plans for the education of the new congressmen. He has arranged times for the Congressmen to become acquainted person ally and ideally with members of the administration. faculty. University senate and student body. However, the education of you, the new ,Congres'smen, must not stop with planned instruction. We feel that stu dent government in the past has become too involved with trivialities, internal matters and technicalities''whicli have hampered its total effeCtiveness. As shown 'by the poor 'turnout for elections this fall, the student body is tired of ineffective government. We believe that an upward trend for student government be gan this fall and we charge you as representatiVes of the Penn State Student body to push for increased effective ness of student government in your term of office; We expect each of you to have knowledge of the past and present of student government, maturity to make de cisions without trivial squabbling. foresight to plan ahead for those who come after you, and an acute awareness of • student situations here at the University. We feel that Congress in the past has lacked the unity of purpose necessary for effective, government. We urge you to strive for this quality. Each of you has accepteda tremendous responsibility to the student body by -accepting a seat on the USG Con gress. We expect full recognition of this responsibility and effectiveness in maintaining this kesppnsibility to the stu dent body of this University. We can accept nothing less. Letters to the Editor' Froth Condemned by Graduate Student; Collegian's Stand on Issue Questioned • TO THE EDITOR: To quote Froth, ministration which squelches free- of the Froth writer who apologizes "As September slowly progressed dom of expression." at not being able to make 'a point a group of evil-eyed, crude, filthy- But at first I found it hard to because he won't be usingoiny minded but shamefully. intelligent believe that Froth was the humor obscene four-letter words. and I people began to filter to campus. 'magazine you were talking about wonder at the kind of people who The Froth staff has returned. The because you say that you support derive satisfaction from their University has requested that our I the. right of Frdth to express its "work of, art" which consisti of own brand of mind - rotting drivel views. I ask "What views is Froth nothing more than a conglomera- . not be put on sale until all the expressing?" Look through the lion of dirty jokes, cheap, sugges parents have left. All obscene whole - issue and try to find one five stories, cuss words and not four-letter words have been de- view except perhaps that ".the so-subtle allusions that are de leted for the - sake of - the virgin best time in the world is rubbing grading •to religion and ears of the Freshman boys (we rectums with 500 sweaty people; morals. have already met many of the to qUote'Froth again. I can't see I don't see how the writers with Freshman girls) which may pre- where Froth is an instiument of one track minds running on booze, vent the . truth frOin being said, student opinion and comment cheating, sex, sadism and im but at least keep us on campus." • (The last issue was a collection of moralty can claim pride in a work I have read the letters to the jokes of extremely bad taste and _like Froth. There' is nothing in editor concerning student opinion cheap vulgar stories.) • Froth to he -proud of (except per-- of Froth, I have real:{l your edi- Also I hold an opinion contrary haps Urie's column on jazz) - tonal concerning the Collegian's to that of The Daily Collegian and I think the main objection. stand on the Froth issue and for any American Civil' Liberties causing University action_ is that the first time in many years. I Union that says, "in the, long run, . Froth is a Penn State• humor hfiVe wasted my time to read' the' editors,' products will be ac- magazine and some - intelligent Froth cover to cover. As a - - - yesult cepted or rejected by -student people are insulted- enough at I condemn Froth and question .readers." This will never ,bring being identified with a place that the Collegian's stand oin the isSue. about the downfall of •any maga- allows trash like Froth claim to I know what the Collegian means zine like Froth at Penn State b 'be- be, representative of the kind of when it says that "Froth i's ex- cause there are enough clods arid humor that most. Penn Staters ercising its valuable right of 'free clodesses on this campus who., appreciate., expression"; or "no administra- would buy Froth if it published I'. think' the University should tive committee should be-allowed , just • jokes taken from lavatory challenge the crude, filthy-minded or should attempt to suppress ex- Walls. writers of their own brand of pression .of student opinion or These are the people who travel ,' mird 7 rotting drivel to write some comment"; or "which - is, more with the herd and haven't yet thing \worth reading for us not deteriorating to the University— thought for themselves how badly • so-filthy : minded readers for a a. humor magazine Which is al- such a magazine speaks for Penn better Penn State. • lowed to criticize freely the opera- State. , - 7 William S. Bickel tions of this•university or an ad- I also question the competence Grad student . Waelchli Clarifies Fraternity Probation Rules TO THE EDITOR: The rule to which you refer in your Sept. 25 editorial is trot an IFC rule, but parapharases the following, • a portion of Rule :W-5, Senate Poli cies and Rules for Undergraduate Students, 1961-62: "Information which appears to the administra tive officers of the University to be substantially indicative of vio lation of the provisions and con ditions of Regulations W-4 and/or W-5 'above shall be sufficient for the Secretary of the! Committee on Student Affairs to notify the group concerned that the informa tion is being referred to -the ap propriate student judicial body for study and recommendation to the Committee or a designated sub committee. 'issuance of such a notice to any group shall immediately suspend .the social activities of l I VE'E3E94 114IWING- ' UJHY COULDN'T I RON OFF A FORA LETTER ON A 6TENCL, AND SEND THE 9VkE LETTER TO "'RETREAT POPKIN'SANTA CLALKAND THE EASTO EilN(4 I, "MI I tOtT TRW TineD EVER KW Ti4E DIFFERENC_ . E .... _ riA SURE THEREAT FuveKlN' 4. P * t. HE VERY NAIVE.,. .y...2_ ....... ......._. _Y e e, ( , a io.a. I WISH 4tlo HADN'T 'MD ME THAT...IA Distlo.soNEp.,. _ • , f'.c • 1114.41 • ....gort-a. that 'group until the ease is set tled." .In.terfraternity Council feels this to be an unfair rule, and the Ex ecutive Committee of IFC asked to have it modified by the Senate. In the 1962-63 Edition of Senate Policies and Rules for Under graduate Students, Rule W-5 has been eliminated.' and the rule you mentioned: "Violators of regula tions go'verning. fraternities and sororities shall be disciplined 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 Subcommittee on Group Discipline.", along with the following rule which was not mentioned in the editorial: "... In formation which appears to the administrative officers of the Uni versity to be substantially indica tive of violation of the provisions and conditions of rules on conduct of students, on student activities, and on student social organize Department Juggling Seen As Administrative Abuse TO 'THE EDITORI 'One, of the body. Does the Board of Trustees many signs of administrative recognise the anomalous nature of the source of these cuVarid-paste activities? abuse of the university concept at If so, are its members Penn State is the present epidemic concerned? of juggling of departments , and Perhaps some of the difficul laboratories . into new jig -saw- . ties at Penn State arise from the puzzle arrays, mainly without con- fact that although humanism is sultation with faculties and in- the core of a modern .university, dividual scholars concerned. How- there are now no tniManists on ever the President justifies this the heights of Old Main. That game to a mesmerized Board of there is also little human feelings Trustees, its results are revealed at these rarified levels is sug to our university scholars by ad- gested by. the administrative, be ministrative„fiats, via the News havior which led for example to Bureau. : the destruction of the physics de li you want to know where you partment. Through our telescopes , are on ' the Great Re-Organiza- we see only a hierarchy, guarding tional Chart, Professor, just wait its self-assigned power. How long for the newspaper! could a humanist survive in that Even if the faculty' bad any con. i air? fidence in the wisdom and• good Must not' this re-organizationar 'faith Tof Old Main boises. it must razzle-dazzle be regarded as a sHy reject the idea that these device to distract attention from m. in whose selection the deep , troubles within our institu faculty ad no part whatever, tion? Can changes be made where til os.% ; should take over matters which they are needed most? . through reason and tradition are - —Ray Pepins,ky. TOCS the prerogatives of the scholarly Research Professor 01It Elailg Monad= , Successor to ,The Free Lance, est. 1887 • Puldished . Teesday through Saluda owning daring the University ; year. The Daily Collegian Is a studeat-epitrated newspaper. Entered as second-eiass matter July 1. 1034 at the State College, Pa. Pest Office under the act et March 2. 1379. Mall Sabeertpasu Price t SILOS a >ear Itallhat Address Ilex 231. State College. Pa. Member of -Thus Associated Press ANN PALMER - HERBERT wrnalat Eau= . Business Manages tions shall be sufficient_ reason for the dean: ofmen or dean of women to notify the group concerned that the information is being referred to the appropriate student judicial body for study and recommenda tion, or to the Senate Subcommit tee on Group Discipline. ;:The issuance of such a notice to a group may result in the sus pension of any or all activities of that group until .the ease is set tled." "Guide to University Regula tions Concerning Student Affairs. Conduct and Discipline:" Page 5). has been• substituted. The new rule, we feel, is a step in the right direction; but you will note that neither IFC nor the Board of Control have any power `to exercise the "suspension until the case is settled" clause., This power is totally vested in the Of fice of the dean of mein. ' —Fred Waelchli Chairman, IFC Board of Control
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