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Editorial Opinion
Housing Code:
A Step Forward
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The public housing code passed by the .State College
Borough Council Monday night represents! a significant ;term election has gone intothe
step toward enabling students to find better housing facili- fo?uf e Kennedy AdmSS
ties. j ' ; tration. "XuJ
While the code is not specifically written for students, cmigr esnsi'orfa 1 r
the minimum standards it outlines will require landlords I j ol j^ s [ n
of previously fcub-standard dwellings in theistudent price ran* 11 stro'n'gl'
range .to better their facilities more stringently than ever against the gr
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heinne. j - ' The President
' Property owners will have until JuneT to improve P arty usually lr
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their buildings. At that time, housing' inspectors will 30 to 50 seats
examine town dwellings and any person .violating the severa?° U fn tl
.code will be subject to a fine of not less thain 510 or more Senate in a n<
than $lOO andl costs of suit. If the fine is j not paid, the eiecUon" President mteks
violator will be imprisoned for not more than 30 days. Wilson once lost 113 seats in the
ThU strict!* enforcement of the code/p jus itsspedfic' H °H^ ory shows tl?at if the same
requirements for minimum standards for sanitation,- ven- party retains control of the White
lilalion, light and heating, space and occupancy, structure.
cooking equipment , and rodent and pest Control should
help to establish' a uniform standard of good housing.
Action’.such/as this washing overdue by the Borough
Council, buj. by finally taking it the Borough Councilihas
issued a*v.'pnilng lo potential violators and given a Hope
to all downtown students. , . ! ' I
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Student 'penes' Tickets |
When a student submits his payment iof fees atUhis
University, he is entitled to free entry to)home athletic
con.f.U;, u copy of The Daily* Collegian, a personal volume
of La Vie in his senior yiear, and gratis j tickets td the
Artists ,'Jcries programs. |
IlecentJjir, j students have been securing tickets for
Artists Series events and then giving them toTion-stud'ents
such as landlord';, parents ! and faculty members.
Th'j iz oilTemely unfair to other students and will
no lcr.tjsr be tolerated by those responsible for planning
and pra renting the Artists! Series.
All non-students must purchase' tickets for Artists
Series programs at $1.50 if they wish to attend.
Non-s.udents attempting to enter a program with a
student ticket will be, stopped at the docjr and asked to
pay for their ticket .before entering. 1
This action, while necessary to protect students* free
entry, will be both embarrassing for the non-students and
will reflect badly on the Penn Slate stu&ent body.*
If a student has picked up.a ticket an[i cannot attend
the event, we feel he should give it to another student who
will use the ticket. i ;
But wejjrge students nptlo_cause extra work and
embarrassment for all by giving their‘free tickets to
non-students.
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN; UNIVERSITY PARK. PENNSYLVANIA
HERBERT WITMER
Business Manager
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THRUXINS
NEVVS?:
-snowed
Despite Republican victories in
the important gubernatorial elec-
Letters
Sophomore Coeds Dispute
Bel bach Criticism of Rush Code
TO THE EDITOR:| In reference
to Dave Bolbach's suggestion for
a “Replacement forlFroth,” which
appeared in The Daily Collegian
on Tuesday. Nov., 6, we ask
whether he would (Wish the U.S.
government to dispense with
laws Concerning all criminal acts
merely, because at; one time or
anothei these laws may be
broken? j ■
Rather, we believe that delin
quency would prevail it the gov
ernment did not ; pass laws to
serve as an ethical code in the
better interest of the, majority of
people subject ip its dictates.
With such an objective in mind,
the Panheilenic Council has de
signed a rush code.
The present Panheilenic rush
code is the answer to a need ex
pressed by the majority of sorori-
Students Urged
To Make Known
Opinions on Issues
TO THE EDITOR: Just like
“Zorro" on television fame, our
administration appears at the op
portune moment,' completes itf
mission, and then deftly and mys-1
teriously vanishes into the im-j
pregnable assylum of. Old Main. 1
Shouldn't we be more aware of
the administrative" mechanisms
which are so very vital to, our
existence mechanisms of which
you have absolutely no voice?
Our sola representative, in such
related matters, lies with the il
lustrious USG. As has been so
apparent the USG, in dealing with
such critial Issues, is quite ineffi
cient and powerless.- It seems that
the USG is nothing more than a
social gathering and a few more
pages in La Vie.
The one alternative left to the
student body is mature, unified
action. This can be achieved only
through organization by the living
units, that is, the dorms, Greeks,
and TIM. The leaders of these
bodies, through extremely demo
cratic processes, can obtain a true
representation of student opinion.
With petitions and tletermination,
these leaders can approach Old
Main .with a relative degree of
confidence.-
However, we feel that without
one vital ingredient, all attempts
would prove futile.
This necessary Ingredient is the
cooperation ; and iha respected
leadership’of the faculty. We do
not know whether this is possible.
Assuming that it is. any just cause
can be executed l>y - the above
formula.
' Now is the time to act! Arise
from your dormant state as “vege
tables” into a. new revitalized
organism! But, if you read this
letter like you read all, Others,
and shrug it olff with ! similar
apathy, then just forget about
Thanksgiving, Froth, and any
thing else which the administra
tion chooses to burden-you-with.
There is onlyj ope .thing that
will catalyze this,reaction—guts!!!
—Andre wßQhefield, *s4
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r-p Edward: Sticklers,
Election Analysis
by Joel myers
lain in both
* Frosh Wants Refund
TO THE EDITOR: As a freshman,
I purchased a year’s subscription
to the late “humor” 'magazine
Froth. According to principle,
when one does not receive what
he' lias purchased, a refund is in
order. It has been said that the
American society is materialistic.
I agree thoroughly, and I want
'my money back!
House in the following Presiden
tial election, many, if not all, of
the-lost seats are regained.
President Kennedy has already
let it be known that he intends
to seek re-election in 1964. His
amazingly high . popularity, as
measured by several reliable poll
sters, seem to suggest that he
will' sweep most of the electoral
votes two years hence.
Figuring on the usual number
of "coattail".-Congressional vic
tors. the Democrats would stand
to gain el least 25 seats in the
House and possibly a fejv more
in the Senate.
If such a majority should ma
terialize, the New Frontier would
have as-clear a popular mandate
as that given the New Deal in
the 1930’5.
The opposition candidate in
1964 will undoubtedly come from
the growing and strengthened
liberal element of the GOP. .The
balance of Republican power will
soon reside in the statehouses of
ties for an explicit, and detailed
set of rules. During the last
sorority rush/ due to the am
biguity of the ’ code; it was mis
interpreted = by two sororities
which were accused of rush iri-.
fractions. This resulted in the;
humiliation of both sororities and
the Panheilenic Council. It is;
quite evident that the wounds!
inflicted upon the groups in- ;
volved would have been avoided
had the code at that time been
less ambiguous;
We wish also to point out that
Panhel does not have to appoint
"watchdogs” to enforce this code.
Mr. Bolbach obviously forgets
that each women's dormitory is
inhabited by more than one soror
ity.
The Panheilenic Rush Commit
tee is justified in prescribing pen
alties for infractions when its
code is thus clearly defined.
] —Nancy Quigley, '64
’ —Joanne -Yamas, '64
—Janice Brown, '64
SENSE Editorial
Termed Redundant
TO. THE EDITOR: This is in re
ply to your editorial “It Just
Makes Sense” of Oct 25.
In the letter from Larry Gar
lock of Sigma Pi, I fail to see any
statement whatsoever challeng
ing the right of Students for
Peace to demonstrate against the
Cuban quarantine. Your infer
ence is in error and therefore
your whole editorial is redundant
Of course these people have a
right to demonstrate. And we, in
turn- have a right to criticize
them! V?
If they were running our gov
ernment now, I fear that we
would all be digging salt in Si
beria in a mailer of weeks. This
I would not want to do, and I
don't think you would either!
This is not a time for quibbling
over niceties. It is a time for
solidarity so that we may pre
serve our way of life, for which
so many have fought and died.
In addition to your aforemen
tioned mistake, you have un
justly slurred Garlock and his
friends in your opening sentence
when you referred to them* as
“supposedly • patriotic students.”
Even though they are in the ma
jority. they also have a right to
be heard!
—Donald Larson,
(Editor’s note: Our editorial-was
not aimed at the letter from Larry
Garlock. It was our opinion on
student sentiment which ques
tioned the right of SENSE stu
dents to demonstrate.)
-Michael Walsh. *6B
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6.1962
Albany, Columbus, Lansing ami
Harrisburg. A
Tjie increased power of theft*
liberal wing of the GOP together/
with the New Frontier's lechnU
cal gains .in Congress should aid .
the Administration's legislative-'
program this season.
The age and psychology of the
Congress will also favor the Pres
ident, Many of the Congressmen
who remember JFK as a former
colleague who won the Presi
dency •by a razor-thin majority
have been replaced by men who
first met Kennedy as the Presi
dent.
Also, the average age of the
newly elected Congressmen is
five to ten years less than that
of the men whom they will re
place. These younger men may
be more, prone than their prede
cessors to vole in favor of pro
gressive legislation. -
The victory scored by the Ad
ministration in.- Tuesday’s elec
tion was not dramatic but it- was
significant. This fact may be well
'•illustrated in the first session of
the 88th Congress, when Medi
care, a id-tdfeducation, and the
revision of income tax schedules
come up forrfi vote again. a ' .
Letters
Davidsons Gellen
Disagree With Plan
For Bomb Shelters
TO THE EDITOR: In the recent
issues of The Daily Collegian.we
have noticed that the adminis-.
tration of this University is plan
ning to establish a civil defense
policy centered on the establish
ment of fallout shelters and that
The Daily Collegian . has sup
ported this action.
LWe disagree. ’ ,
Our first objection is that, un
der the conditions of a modem
nuclear war, a .feasible- shelter
program is an economic impossi
bility. A feasible shelter system,
that is, one that would not be a
death trap, would cost this Uni
versity at least 150 million dol
lars. This figure 1s a conserva
tive adjustment of the costs- ar
rived at by leading scientists and
economists across the: nation.
Our second objection is that a
shelter program, especially on. a
large scale, instills in people a
false sense of security, and that
people will falsely assume that
they actually can survive a nu
clear war. This is analogous to
the ostrich thgt shoves its head
into the sand.
Finally, we believe that peace
is the only security, that the only
protection against nuclear war is
disarmament, and that the re
moval of the causes of war must
be gained through international
friendship and peace. We feel
that this Uhiversity should work
toward these ends, rather vthan
waste its resources on the' folly
of fallout shelters and civil de
fense.
Understanding Seen
As Asset of Model U.N. .
TO THE EDIT,OR: Upon entering
Penn State I was very surprised
to find myself rather isolated
from the problems and affairs of
the world. After discussing this
with other students, I realized
that this feeling was- widespread
and due to a lack of time for
both radio and newspapers. ;
What better solution could
there.be to this problem than a
' chance to work on a Model Unit
ed Nations Assembly?
__For the first time In its his
tory. Penn State is planning; such
/an assembly. This type of activity
has been carried on at many oth
er universities and has success
fully helped students gain’s bet
l ter understanding of international
t problems. ' - !
! By working on our model l U.N.
Assembly, it is not only possible
to exchange ideas ( concerning
international relations, but |it is
also possible to debate impending
issues.. ■ j . I
' Let’s all support our first model
U,N. Assembly and[ make lit a
'success! • |'
Grad Student
—Carl Davidson, "65
—Karen * Gellen, *6B
—Carole Andersoj