Mock Elex; Our Turn
Who do you think should be' governor?
Even if you’re not 21, you’ll get a chance to state
your preference soon, and give the winner in the
general election fair .warning for 1970.
A. mock election here four years ago gave Scran
ton the students’ imprimatur.
And now, in the, midst of another gubernatorial
campaign which has featured education as its pri- '
mary issue, students must be offered the same oppor
tunity. '
The Daily Collegian and the Undergraduate Stu
dent Government Elections Commission have formU- 1
laled plans for a.Student .Mock Election tentatively
to be held here Nov. 2 and 3. pending USG executive
and budgetary approval.
Collegian editors'' came up with the ' idea last
night and received, the immediate and enthusiastic
cooperation of David Karr, USG Elections Commis
sioner. .
Format of the Mock Election is yet to be deter-,
mined, but the elections would' be run entirely by
Karr’s commission. Balloting will probably de.done
through the cooperation of MRC, IFC, AW S' and
TIM, and every full-time student will be allowed to
vote.
The need for such an election is obvious. The two
campus groups on whom the direct responsibility for
initiating such an election .fall^—the campus Young
Democrats and Young Republicans—both failed to
live up to their responsibilities in this area.
In fact, neiiher ihe Young Democrats nor ihe
Young Republicans have succeeded in generating
much interest in the upcoming campaign. Both groups
have been content to peddle their pins in ihe HUB on
certain days—but neither has made much effort to
sell their candidates.
So it appears that' the impetus of the campus
campaign must be awarded to a group more able
and willing to shoulder responsibility —Karr’s com
mission. It’s a pity that neither the Young Democrats
nor the Young Republicans showed the same willing
ness to accept responsibility.
The fiscal and personal importance to students
of the Nov. 8 contest between Democrat Milton Shapp
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1966
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and Republican Raymond P. Shafer is immense, yet'
most students do not realize that they have a personal
stake in the election.
Their stake is rooted right here at the University,
in the form of state funds allocated each year atid
which have a lot to.do with What improvements can
’be made at the University. '' - '
It is,the governor who submits the proposed state
budget, which includes Penn State’s appropriations.
And it is the governor who appoints six of- the 32
members of the Board of Trustees.
This Mock Election is important-for thro? major
reasops. ' ' . •
It gives an otherwise eleclorally-silent segment
of the state, a chance to express its ojr-iaion.
It gives both candidates positive proof that Penn
State studehts are interested in their state govern
ment and the map .who sits at its helm.
And it shows ihat this student interest in state
affairs is as strong' before the election as it will be
long after Nov.' 8, when the University administra
tion and students begin the usual fight for higher
state aid. ' .
P&or Wiliam
Billy Penn day! That was yesterday. His 322nd
birthday.
, Pennsylvania week! That’s this week. All seven
days. ,
By proclamation of the Governor, October 24 was
set aside to honor the memory of William Penn, since
“Our rich heritage of liberty and justice based on ,
tolerance of men of all races, creeds, and national
- origins resulted largely from the policies of William
Penn and his ‘Holy. Experiment.’ ” ■• •-
Incidentally, the decision of Philadelphia busi- ’
nessmen, to .disregard the unwritten law that nothing
shall be built in the downtown area higher than the
Billy Penh statue atop city hall ends forever one of
the city's two traditions. The other, keeping Girard v
college white, is still going strong. ' '
Poor-William. His Quaker heart .must be break
ing- if he can see our only Holy Experiment now
afoot: Vietnam.
Pennsylvania Week honors the 284th-anniversary
of the drafting' of Pennsylvania’s first Constitution,
and the establishment of our first law code, the
“Great Law." Pennsylvanians have been refusing to
update their constitution for almost that long. '
The Great Seal of Pennsylvania’ is emblazoned
atop the declaration of William Penh Day and Penn
sylvania Week. As we know, the Seal features two
stallions rampant leaning on an escutcheon, upon
which sits an eagle. The State motto, "Virtue, Liberty
and Independence" is also On the Seal. The heavy
escutcheon crushes Liberty—and the' horses trample
/Virtue and Independence underfoot.
If you’re in Philadelphia this week, don’t be sur
prised if you see tears running down Billy Penn’s
pigeon-spattered cheeks.
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Letters to the Editor
Correction from Coxe
TO TjHE EDITOR: The Ameri- majesty forbids rich and poor
can Civil Liberties Union ap- alike to'sleep.under bridges.”
predates the generous news The printed version, in which
coverage you’ gave to my re- "permits” is substituted - for
cent appearance at State, Col- '-‘forbids” reduces the apbor
lege, and your editorial, sup- ism to 'vacuity which' would
port. ' • ’ cause poor Anatole to turn ever
iAt the risk of appearing nig- in his grave if he were alive
gling, I must point out that today,
the news- story misquoted ' Spencer Coxe
Anatole Prance, whose remark Executive Director' ..
was:. "The law in, its equal Pennsylvania ACLU
Correction
TO THE EDITOR: A rather
serious typo occured in the
printing of our position clarifi
cation (The Daily Collegian, 22
October).
Your version- read: "One
basic assumption of the edi
torial was:'The Administration
has the right to control stu
itVpi in tile classroom.”
(Emphasis ours.)
Our- copy text reads: "One
basic Assumption of- the edi-
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torial was: The Administration
has the right to control student
lives OUTSIDE OF the class
room.”
While your, version of this
sentence is as true as-ours,
it does not, fit "Into the context
of our statement. We wUI get
to Administrators-as-p roto
facultyin.a while.'
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Ask any student: “Who represents you at the Univer
sity," and you are likely to get some interesting responses.
Ideally, of course, student representation is to be ab
sorbed by the Undergraduate Student Government, with
its executive, legislative, and judicial branches. But how
many students would readily say that they are adequately
represented by USG? If voter turnout at USG elections is
any indication, not very many either are aware of USG’s
presence as their representative, or care that much about
the representation they are getting from USG.
In the pasl few weeks, USG has been formally chal
lenged to prove that it is a truly representative, democratic
and student-oriented organization. The challenge has come
from the campus chapter of Students for a Democratic
Society,
“USG is a very effective arm of the Administration
and is therefore opposed to democratic representation,” says
one SDS officer. “It is imperative that genuine representa
tive bbdies be created as an alternative base of student
power,” says another.
Thus the challenge and thus,the alternative: SDS pro
poses to establish a, counter-institution which woum oe
truly representative of the students of the UniversH'-.
But, I have an idea. It involves the National
Student Association. Five years ago, USG joined NS A on a
trial basis. At that time, NSA was strengthening its philoso
phy as a national organization of college students with
concerns about national and international affairs, as well as
inter-university matters.
This was during a sort of national withdrawal period
from the famous Silent Generation. John F. Kennedy was
in office, the Peace Corps was being born, yoUng people by
the hundreds were doing civil rights Work, there was a
general air of idealism in this country. The Era of Commit
ment, which has carried up the present, was beginning.
A Collegian editorial on May 29,1963, said NSA “has no
place at Penn State," because “NSA is idealistic. Its basic
premise is that students in American colleges and univer
sities are vitally concerned with national and international
issues . . . The Penn State student body, on the whole, is
not interested.” The editorial then urged that the trial
membership be dropped, and when it came to a vote in the
USG Congress, it was.
While membership in NSA can mean a great deal, it is
inconceivable that the present USG would ever rejoin the
organization. Finances would surely come up again. But,
more important, NSA has been branded a notorious left
wing organization dominated by Communists' and bleeding
hearts. After all, the argument runs, they’ve even had the
gall to oppose the Vietnam war and the draft!
My proposal is ihis.Tf SDS is going io challenge USG
(and such a challenge is advisable, even if only to clear out
a few cobwebs), it must seek the broadest base of support
possible. li's going io have io expand iis vision a lilile. It's
going io have to concentrate on action, not polemics.
And I think it should seek membership in NSA as a
legitimate representative of the student body. The NSA
by-laws state that membership is awarded to a student
government organization with “ratification by a majority
vote of the student body and/or by the democratically
constituted student government group.”
- This gives SDS enough leeway to consider this idea. If
it could, by debates or whatever mature and practical
means it chooses, achieve a base of common support, ratifi
, cation by a majority vote of the students would be possible.
If this cannot be achieved, the second alternative, the
“democratically constituted student government group,” is
also a good possibility. If it is SDS’s aim to prove that USG
is not democratically constituted or representative, then
recognition by NSA would bear this out.
Anyway, it is something to consider. In considering it,
and in presenting its case intelligently, SDS could increase
its stock with the general student body, point to the lack of
democratic representation which it see in USG and become
the nationally-recognized student government group of
the University.
tive on campus.
William F Lee
USG, SDS, NSA:
Who Represents!
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