TUESDAY.•FEBRUARY 5. 1963
Is USG's Role
Survey -Repeals
• Students at the University apparently tend to believe
their student government either does not have a vital role to
play Or, if it has one, is somehow prevented from playing
that -role.
These' statements are based on replies which were given
•
to The Daily Collegian • yesterday afternoon when it
randomly selected 20 students and asked theirs the following
questions: .Do you. believe student government has a vital
role to play at Penn State? If it does, how do you define that
role? 'ls it . playing.its role? Following are comments from
six of the students interviewed.
JOANNE - COBB --
(7tl - 1 -- =elementar:
and kindergartei
education - Pittt
burgh). "I def
nitely feel
a very importan
role at Pen •
State. I am tit
sure as "towheth ,
er th e people
here appreciate
or contribute at.
tively to its up-'
bringing but it is Miss Cobb
definitely important. I can't de
fine its role though because I'm
not sure of the part it's actually
playing. I would like to know
more about it though."
BRUCE MILLER, sophomore
class president.
"Student govern.
ment should have
a role to play
th e Universit:
However, be
cause of the fay
that the bureal
cracy of the Un.
versity fails ,
give the studen
any responsibi
ity, the powers
student govern
ment afe limited, Miller
especially in the areas of classes.
If the University would start
giving ',.us responsibility, then
perhaps we can do something."
LAWRENCE ROBBINS (sth
liberal arts-Teaneck, N.J.). "In
my limited e 7
perience
student- gover.
ment I have, yi
to see an effei
tive student go 7
ernment at al
institution. It a
pears that st
dents_are allow
to - play gover
ment but wht
they make a dL
cision, when the
Robbins
student body is
finally roused out of its nauseat
ing apathy, if this decision does
not go along with the administra
tion it is quietly and very effec
tively destroyed." •
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By_ MEL AXILBUND
ARLENE DE M
EL (2nd - liber
ar t s
p r t). "I I
think it has a
tal role to play
that it is tl
voice of the st
dents which
think is needs
in a Universi
as large as thi
If it Weren't fol
USG I think that
our ideas would Miss Demel
be submerged and not heard.
Everything would be handed
down from the administration
and they would have no idea
what our feelings and our ideas
were. As far as I can see, it has
played its role."
GEORGE COR
BIN (4th - arts ':
and letters-Ham
ilton, Bermuda). "7: .
"I think it should -
be playing a,, --
much more vital s "
role, although
am not too sure
just what its aims
are. I am a for.
eign student and
have not been too Corbin
interested in student government
but I would think that it is .not
doing its proper job. I would like
to be more informed about it. We
don't have any colleges in Ber
muda but students do play a very
active part i n
running the
schools."
-MICHAEL
EDELMAN (12th
-journalism-Phil
adelphia). "Does
student govern
ment have a vital
role? Well, it's
something nice
for the activity
majors I guess. I
don't think it has
Edelman
much of a vital
role except for giving these peo
ple a chance to get together and
talk things over. I haven't voted
for about two years because I
don't think it's worth it."
THE. DAILY COLLEGIAN, UNIVERSITY PARK. PENNSYLVANIA
Vital?
Doubts
Applications
Applicationi for women's ori
entation committee and leaders
are available at the Hetzel Union
desk. The deadline for returning
them to the HUB desk is today.
5 O'Clock Theatre
"Puppet Show," by Roger
Clapp, will be presented at 5:15
today in the Little Theatre, 11
Old Main. Director will he Ron
Smolin and technical director will
be Art . Schubert. No admission
will be charged. -"
International
Tensions Series
Dr. Marvin E. Rozen, associate
professor of economics, will take
part in the current series on Inter
national. Tensions at 4 p.m. in the
HUB Assembly hall. He will
speak on the effects of nuclear .
strategy and technological ad
\lances in foreign and domestic
affairs. The public is invited.
Films
Town Independent Men's Coun
cil will sponsor "The Dew Line
Story," a review of the Distant
Early Warning System, from 12 to
1 p.m. and from 6 to 7 p.m. in the
Tour of Africa
Offered to 12
An eight-or nine-week summer
program in East Africa and Eu
rope is being offered by the Afri
can Studies - Group for, College
Students.
The tWelve students who are
selected to take part in this pro
gram will spend four weeks in
Kenya, Tanganyika, Uganda, the
Sudan and Egypt, visiting many
of the East African tribes and
seeing and photographing wild
life. Side trips will be made to
peace corps installations and
Operation Crossroads projects.
The participants will also be
given a chance to meet and ex
change ideas with African uni
versity students. After leaving
Africa the group will spend sev
eral weeks in Greece, Rome, Paris
and London.
Part of this project will be to get
some photographs for National
Geographic and the Museum of
Natural History. Good photogra
phers will be given priority. Those
interested should write to The
African Studies Group for Col
lege Students, - c/o Ted' Estabrook,
8 East 92 St., New York, N.Y.
TODAY ON CAMPUS
HUB Assembly hall, This is the
first of a series of films produced
by the Bell Telephone Company
for its science series. A discus
sion will be held in the Alpha
Sigma Alpha sorority suite after
wards, to which the public is in
vited.
Council for Exceptional Children,
9 p.m., HUB Assembly hall.
Daily Collegian Promotion Staff,
6:30 p.m., 217 HUB.
HUB Fine Arts Committee, 7
p.m., 216 HUB.
International Christian ' Associa
tion, 6:15 p.m., 213 HUB.
Russian U.N. Official
Answers Questions
About 50 delegates to the Model
United Nations Assembly shared
post-midnight snacks and conver
sation early Saturday with Kon
stantin G. Fedosseev, senior po
litical counsellor of the Soviet
mission to the U.N.
Fedosseev engaged in general
repartee, clarifed and expanded
several points which he had made
earlier to the Assembly and an
swered questions for the dele
gates. A portion of his discussion
follows.
In-view of USSR-Chinese ten
sions why do you continue to sun
port their admission to the U.N.?
"CHINA IS already a member
of the United Nations. We sup
port her claims because the prob
lem is to restore the legitimate
rights of the People's Republic of
China. To have the U.N. really
universal you have to restore the
legitimate regime. And what you
call troubles are only differences
of a temporary nature which don't
affect China's rights."
What would happen to the
Formosan regime?
"Taiwan is a part of China. It
will have to he returned to the
legitimate government of China."
Your speech implied racial seg
regation is undesirable: What
about alleged religious discrimina
tion iri the USSR?
"It is only alleged. It is up t,o the
individual whether you beliee or
not. But we maintain freedom for
anti-religious propaganda."
Is Communist Party member
ship open to church members?
"NO THEY can't be admitted.
But I don't think a really religious
person would want to join, be-
ervice
With a capital "S". That's the way it is at Campus
Cleaners. Take our FAST SERVICE. Did you know
that any clothing brought in before 3 p.m. is ready
the SAME DAY! It's true, and it is just as quality
cleaned as if, it was left over night. Just an added
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Other Events
110 east beaver avenue
Investment Club, 6:30 p.m., 214
HUB.
Jazz Club, 6 p.m., 218 HUB.
Mil Ball meeting, 8:30 p.m., 214-
215 HUB.
Newman Club lecture, 7 p.m.,
HUB Assembly hall.
Penn State Figure Skating Club,
7:45 p.m., 217 HUB.
Penn State Rugby, 7 p.m., 218
HUB.
TIM Bridge Class, 6 p.m., HUB
card room.
Win. Penn Foundation lecture,
p.m., HUB Assembly hall.
WRA Gymnastics Club, extra
practice, 1 p.m., White hall.
cause of the differences of view
point."
Since only party members
achieve high rank and relative
affluence, isn't this a form of dis
crimination?
"No, because a party member
doesn't have any privileges, only
additional responsibilities. They
have to show an example of good
work."
Why does the USSR favor re
organization of the Secretariat?
"To be a more effective safe
guard of peace, the U.N. must be
organized so that it represehts all
viewpoints. Perhaps there are 90
or so persons from the socialist
states in the Secretariat now, but
they are mostly interpreters. I
think it (reorganization) would
also contribute to the prestige of
the U.N."
What do you think of the Model
U.N.?
"I THINK the opening session
of the committee meeting I at
tended was very interesting and
informative. I was impressed by
the citizenship the delegates por
trayed."
What is the value of the Model
U.N.?
"It helps a person' to know
the point of view of the different
sides. From this knowledge we can
come to the proper conclusions on
the issues'."
Are there Model U.N. events in
the Soviet Union?
"Not exactly. There is discus
sion of issues before the U.N. at,
meetings of groups similar to your
Fiiends of the United Nations, but
nothing on such a broad scale."
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