only for you and me The Suspicious Finger By RICHARD G. SPAGNOLLI With the outline for the proposed change of the off-campus visitation rule be f ore the student body, a penetrating analysis of the new policy as well as the rationale behind it is necessary, After years of concentrated and meticulous effort, after long hours of discussion and thought on the off-campus visitation issue by students and administrators, the attempt to eliminate the so-called cause-and-effect rela tionship between State College housing and student immorality has failed. It has failed because the Administrative Committee on Stu dent Affairs and a few members in particular do not have the courage to admit a mistake. And this mistake has been their defense, through fallacious and inconsistent reasoning, of the present off-campus visitation rule for the past five years. And now when the administration's old line defense becomes embarrassing and crum bles under careful analysis, a new rule issub stituted that alleviates its embarrassment for the moment, but still points the suspicious finger at every student living in off-campus housing, This rule is still based on the belief that a cause-and-effect relationship still exists between apartments and immorality, Not only Is this belief false, but it illustrates the Ad ministrative Committee's lack of understand ing of the basic realities of the educational and residential communities. The 'fault does not lie in either of these communities, nor is it the result of too strict or too lenient regulations in this respect. The problem arises when certain students know ingly and willfully use apartments for immoral purposes and nothing short of a police force can prevent thiS type Of behavior. And it is rather doubtful that these particular 'people will ever abide by any University regulation which limits their activities in this realm. Yet' these few people are the ones who have falsely influenced the Committee into believing that the so-called student body with immoral tendencies must be watched closely And guided lest they avoid their academic responsibilities and pursue a compromising life while attending the University. 66 Years of Editorial Freedom Bat . lglltgian Ad Hoc Committee, 8 p.m., 21S-216 Hetzel Union Building. Chess Team, 7 p.m., 217-218 HUB. Committee on Student Organizatl^A 2 p.m., 218 HUB. Published Tuesday through Saturday during the Fall, Winter and Urine terms FreShman Class, 1 p.m., 213 HUB. and once weekly on Thursday during June, July and MOM. Th. Dilly Coltalian Ga ß m ou m c l ic i e. S ( Sinla Sigma, 6:30 p . m., 214 Is a student-operated newspaper. second clan postage paid at State college, Pa, junior Class Advisory Board, 9 p.m., 4801. 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BEST BUY.: _..-7 - 2— : — OF THE WEEK 4 , 04 ....si. e ,‘,‘,,= , 0 351111 1 114, ,„„_*\ NABISCO 4, 7 iSO CHOCOLATE ~,, CHIP.,--- COOKIES lb. bag Reg. 49c 2 1 89c is* • 4 1 4 14 \tqA" 414 E. College - v "• MANAHAN SEITCE Editorial Columnist Will there be pregnancies under the pro posed change? Most likely . this university will have its share of piegnancies this year and in coming years regardless of the rules that exist to regulate student behavior. It is from the Committee's reluctance to accept this basic premise that much of the student discontent has arisen, and until the individual committee members discard their own fears and •preju dices in this area and view the issue in is realistic light, students will continue' to violate any new rule change. Two segments of the proposal submitted by Dean of Men Frank Simes , are indicative of the suspicion he and the committee have for the student body. They are: (1) Three or more couples must be in the apartment during the 'entire visitation period; and (2) When classes are in session, visitation may take place during the evening from Sunday to Thursday inclutive starting at 5 p.m. and ending by 8 p.m. Why must there be three couples? Perhaps it Is because even the biggest apartments in State College have only two bedrooms! Perhaps with three couples, immoral behavior is less likely to occur! Why visitation for only three hours Sunday through Thursday? Again this segment casts doubt and suspicion on' the student body under the illusion of extending more freedom to it. And these exampleS alone illustrate that there are deep-seated reasons within the minds of certain Committee members that have not been revealed to the student body and most likely never will. In considering the off-campus visitation issue as a whole, it would be well for parents and administrators to realize that after their children reach a particular age, parents do not know what is best for them, but can only en courage their sons and daughters to Seek the re warding and wholesome aspects of life that they as individuals can incorporate into their own lives. THURSDAY, APRIL• 28, 1966 4 . ; t y. Today on Ca'mpus Persons - With complaints about The Daily Collegian's editorial policy or news Mirage may voice them In the letters to the editor column or present them •. in person or In writing to the editor. All complaints will be Investigated and efforts made to remedy situations where this newspaper is at fault. The Daily • Collegian, however, upholds the right to maintain rte independence and to exer- else Its awn ludgment as to what It thinks Is In best Interest of the University DANKS ALL NEW AND EXCITING BOOT SHOP Follow the Leader! 9, Os p of-S,Y naturally - . _ . America's number one classic moccasin ... beautifully fashioned with haridseivp, vamp details in the mostluscious shades, Dank, Boot Shop State College, - Letters to the Editor TO THE EDITOR: .The administration has a rule than to have no rule. But what about done it at last! ' those students who have seriously, con- The long awaited liberalization of the scientiously arrived at a personal philosophy "apartment' rule" - has been made. But in differing from the middle-class, 19th Century reality nothing has changed; the rules of the ideals advocated by the powers that be? game have been' placed in different order, • Have they no right to live as they see but the game; is the same. • - fit within the bounds of civil law? Perhaps The administration•has not taken serious- , it holds down the illegitimacy bounds of civil ly the mood 'of the majority of the students law? Perhaps it holds down the illegitimacy and the trend of the times. Admittedly, 2,281 rate, but is that the purpose of a Univer studenti or-so don't care; in fact they may sity? The 'students, I fear, will not take the even wish no change. - administration seriously either. After all, it's a bigger joke to flaunt H. H. Rigg, '66 'Bernreuteran Democracy' TO THE EDITOR:.As something-of a preface, than others. let me say that as a twelfth term senior liv- Snce the manner in which a vote Can be ing in a fraternity, I have no personal ax 'to split follows a straight line relationship, the grind, in the matter. of visitation. Not only is obvious extrapolation of the 11-1 tie would any ruling,too' late to affect me, but I am be that if another person had agreed with vehemently opposed to .the possibility of Dean Simes, the vote would have, been - crossing paths with some chick while; I am unanimous in favor of Forces for Good in the on the way to-the shower wearing ,a towel Community, Bather quaint. over my shoulder. That Dean Simes had very good reasons However, lam drawn by the innovation for his ballot is quite immaterial. It can in democratic procedure introduced, by Dr. hardly be assumed that the other equally Bernreuter at the recent meeting of the Ad- prestigious members of the committee had niinistrative Committee for Student Affairs, reasons-that were no good, or had no reasons ,The rather well-known 11.1 tie vote is at all' Unless good is defined as equal to 'the something of a first. The basic tenet of Bern- thinking of Dr. Bernreuter. Perhaps the reuteran Democracy appears to be the weight- disclaimed "Baron Reuter" title is not so ed ballot. A vote cast favorable to the think- inaccurate after all, ing of the chairman becomes_ more influential Like Enforcing Prohibition TO THE EDITOR: I' am sorry to see that think how futile and trivial it is to fight over Dr. Bernreuter's committee reached a stale- -permission for girls to visit apartments when mate with an 11-1 tie • over the unlimited all through the - fighting, visitation occurs apartment visitalon. . fully cognizant that no matter what decision lam relieved; though, to see that at least is reached, the visitation will continue. 11 members of the committee were open- It's about the same as fighting against a minded and intelligent enough t osee how ruling to enforce prohibition in State College. archaic the entire situation is. This is autocracy—make the most of it. But admist all this smoke I can't help but Chris Dubbs, 'BB TO THE EDITOR: If The Daily Collegian's ments of the following people: Dean of report of Mr. Bernreuter's Statements to the Women; the Directors of the Division of State Ministerial Association is accurate, and Counseling, International Student Affairs, if Mr. Bernreuter reported accurately to the Placement Service, the Office of Student them the voting at Monday's. meeting of the Aid and Student Affairs Research; the Co- Administrative Committee on Student Af- ordinators of Religious Affairs and Student fairs, then we, as reasonable human beings, Activities; the Director of Admissions; and must announce astonishment and outrage. the Dean of Student Affairs for Common- Mr. Bernreuter stated that. his commit- wealth Campuses. fee had voted 11.1 in favor of unlimited Once again, upon Prefessor Haag's in visitation. .Simes' .dissent, .Bernreuter vitation„we must admire the classy sleight claimed, gave the committee a "tie. vote of mind with which Mr. Bernreuter manipu 'because his (Simes') reasons are good.'" lates the rules of reason and the forms of Thus Mr. Bernreuter clearly implies justice, that, because he approves of Simes' position, the single negative vote of the Dean of Men should be as powerful as the combined judg- TO THE EDITOR: In 1862, under the Morrill Pennsylvanians." Land Grant Act the location of Farmers High When persons from the listening audi- School, later to become the great Pennsyl- ence call in to protest this inaccurate asser vania State University, was determined to be tion, the station president maintains that in at the geographical center of the State of his mind • Harrisburg y has always been in Pennsylvania. central Pennsylvania. Yet today, the disk • jockeys, commenta tors and president-owner of WHP (radio sta- Can Centre County defend itself against tion) of Harrisburg insist on making asser- this persistent and flagrant disregard of geo tions fifty times a day like this: graphic accuracy? "WHP in th heart of central Pennsyl vania" or "WHP in the hearts of central . a ~"~ ~ . The. Same Game Simes' 'Tie Vote': Get Out ,the _ Maps ANOTHER SHOCKER FROM STOCKER! '5OO OFF IS A GOOD DEAL. ON A '66 IMPALA. Gene Stocker's Deal BIG DISCOUNTS ON ALL 1966 MODELS ! * Caprices * Bel Airs * Nevelles olmmediate delivery! 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It's so archaic and unrealistic ,that it, in effect, breeds a contempt among all students for university au thority. • Several months ago student groups appealed to the administration to revise the ruling. They were aware that any forthcoming change in the rule would not alter the actual practice of visitation, but they were concerned over a naive University viewpoint which was years behind the times in meeting student needs. In a town blossoming with vast new apartment com plexes ,and with modern students disgusted with the stifling and 'drab conditions of University dormitories, more and more of the student body has resorted to the freedom and privacy of off-campus hotising. In a town whose under 21 recreational facilities are confined to a few overcrowded movie theaters and bowling alleys, students have sought new places to expend their non-academic energies, other than the weekly squalor or dullness of fraternity party rooms. • All this time the University insisted upon resisting the changing social conditions. For a while it downright prohibited coeds to enter into men's apartments, even though it was aware that such a ruling was as ludicrous as Prohibition was years ago. Then in an instant of modern ized thinking, which could be characterized as a shift from seventeenth century prudery to eighteenth century priggish ness, it authorized visitation only if the students would register their parties and secure chaperones. And, of course, this modernization in University thinking came at' a time when students were already openly violating the ruling, without worrying about babysitters. As a result, to date only one student of the thousands living downhtown has registered his party and probably did it only as a joke. This week the University has again offered a revision to the ruling, which it seems to think is in the interests of the students. But the committee headed by Dr. Robert Bern reuter, which proposed the change, has only further severed the bonds of a meaningful student-administration under standing. Instead of accepting conditions as they really exist: the committee has chosen to perpetuate a prudish and unrealistic attitude. The result, of course, will be further disregard and intensified disrespect of University authority. The Univers ity, under the influence of such people as Dr. Bernreuter, Dean of Men Frank J. Simes and Dean of Women Dorothy T. Harris, again has failed to assert itself in a way students can revere. The students have gone to the University, not because they are seeking freedom, but honor. The University will never be able to inhibit the freedom of visitation, but through its dogmatic attitudes it has bred a dishonorable situation. But if this is what they want, this is what they will get. USG President Robert Katzenstein and President-elect Richard KaliCh, AWS President Alexis Brown, and TIM President Ed Cressman have all agreed that if the , pro posed ruling is finalized, they will take steps +o appoint me head of the TIM•AWS Board of Control, which will be invested with the power to check town apartmPnis. As chairman of this checking board, I will urge all students NOT .to register their apartments, and for those foolish enough to register, I will refuse to ever use the Board of Control to check them. In other words, if the-University takes final action on its newest proposal, we will not obey it. In fact, we will go right on disobeying the rule. 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