EDITORIAL OPINION Sense and Nonsense University President Eric A. Walker injected versity administrator a potentially, fatal case of the sense into yesterday’s state House of Representatives shudders, Higher Education Committee hearings on the state’s If the education is-just as good, why sacrifice its Master Plan for higher education; his testimony efficient administration? Why not, rather than up proved large parts of the plan to be nonsense. rooting standing institutions, build on and around Sense: Walker pointed out that by 1970. accord- tbem? WhPt, to be cryptic, throw out.this master ing to a Pennsylvania Association of Colleges and P la “ and desi S n ? new ° n f that 18 and mo f Universities study, college and university fa: uao n r + eabstl + c? A , nd not let Professional educators do the state will fall short of the number of applicants “ “ 11S time -... by 70,000. ' “ ' - ’ Nonsense: The plan's provision calling lor the *1 •« ■» mvv merger of commonwealth campuses into community V. JaiJl I J X 1 jl CJ I IC* \f colleges. Or, as Walker put it, "Certainly these 170,000) places can't be found by turning branch ~ , ~, , . „ , , , campuses into community colleges." , s, nce the beginning of I the term, many “student r. ~, ~ , . leaders have asked the editor of The Daily Collegian .., \ a r s P ro °f that students transferring }f they could write columns for this newspaper. Some *. u C j^ US - campuses request regular (weekly) space for comments, others academically and statistically a little 'want space just when they are momentarily inspired, better than their classmates who spend four years This i s by no means a new request. Every Col ca^ USI . legian editor has been asked this; some have given in. Nonsense: The failure of the master plan’s de- So we would like to make clear our policy. Space signers to scrutinize the quality of the Common- f or editorial comment is given on a regular basis to ' wealth Campuses, and the concomitant assumption members of the Board of Editors. Occasionally we of the merits of community colleges. Apparently the solicit faculty comment on a particular issue, and we academic superiority of the commonwealth camouses sometimes accept faculty contributions in the.way of . was inconceivable to the plaiimakers, who therefore columns, again on a pertinent and current issue .with assumed its converse. - which'the faculty member is connected in some way. Sense: Walker’s blanket comment on the plan: Beyond this, individual pieces of commentary “In some cases we are happy about what it says and are used only in the form of feature articles by Col in some cases we are unhappy about what it doesn’t legian writers and Associated Press analysis, and say. these are at the discretion of the editor. We also wel- Nonsense: The plan's errors of omission Walker come letters to the editor, referred to under this statement, including failure to The Collegian will not grant regular (or irregu sStudy graduate education, and failure to fully ap- lar) column space for representatives of any group, praise future state manpower needs. . As far as Undergraduate Student Government is con- Walker pointed out a month and a half ago the cerned < we ' ve had requests from USG officers, class difficulties that conversion of commonwealth cam- presidents and others in USG) Awareness is designed puses to independent community colleges would *° be lbe of opinion. If this is not used, there raise for the University are man Y other media (including a weekly radio pro- Future plans call for devoting the University C ° ne 9 ia , n reporters are available to talk Park campus entirely to upperclass and graduate with USG'personnel and get their opinions, education. The master plan’s obvious monkey wrench , other S rou P s which have approached us in this was stated by Walker in September: “It would also have pe ™ dlc “Otters through which they be extremely difficult for us to put together a junior T express their °P'™ ns ' ,T he “gunient u that class from the product of liberal arts colleges or com- tbe . audl ® nce 1S muab smaller this way, but, here munity colleges. Many of our degrees require a again ’ ° P T m can be m ?- de clear f throUgh Collegian sequence of carefully planned courses which must be coverage of group meetings, interviews with re taken over a period of three and sometimes four porters and succinct letters to the editor, years ” Why this policy? Let it merely be said that this y „ - . , , , , ... paper is committed to no group or special interest. . JL,; P ° P ? C /%?, a , ta j g « transfer credits, gaps We would have to make space available to every ? r ,„ r f ment l ; due to dlf e ™g community college group from every corner of the campus. And we feel of r gs) needing extra terms to make up, and that your opinions are adequately covered through inappropriate courses are enough to give any Uni- the communications channels now open. 61 Years of Editorial Freedom - {WfeVlFi f \ IhELLO, LUCILLE? YOORWOBROTHER /iX H * i MaLo ‘ j JUST LEFT HERE A FEW MINi/TES iatlji ©nllratan „ mfr feTSffiE? Successor to The Free Lance, est. 1887 Jj SsKWeBIfiNOSE publishad Tuesday through Saturday during me Pali, winter and Spring termi j; 1 7 ; and once weekly an Thursday daring Jana, July and August. The Dally Collegian si lSr Jz&rnmSL U Is a student-operated newspaper, second class postage paid at Slate College, Pa. si - 3 fll >Q\. ML * 16601. Circulation 9,500. l| Of— 'J Cl *"**—'l M•• Mall Subscription Price: 57.90 a year fi J ■ Mailing Address - Boa <67, stele College, Pa. 16101 *2 . .fItEBX <£- Z 7 editorial and Business Olllee - Basement 01 sacked iNorth Endl _ ' Phone - 865-2531 Business office hours: Monday through Wednesday, 9.-30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. YEAH, HE TOLD ME THAT WHOLE Dl IT Tnr I irur 1 fll -— 1 put I BELIEVE ITU ; WILLIAM F. LEE HELEN VAN NOEDEN 51 * I 3 Editor ' ■ Business Managar 1 cvbN HtftKl?,.. // |! oeb Stoddard, Managing Editor ' (\ if i Board at Edlfors: Kafhy case, Laurie Devfne, sue Diehl, Julie Moshlnsky, Ed Munn, m i • r y< WA c Vs na % ; Jackie Snyder, Mel Ziegler. If |•• J n«\ A I /\X I sports Editor, pat Cunningham; Assistant Sports Editor, Norm Brown; Photography 11 4UI xß*. ( IfoM tSU ; Editor, Mike Urban. 1(\ jj (Sm 7 Allan Friedman, Personnel Director y , PAGE TWO Fifty years ago we only made ‘aeroplanes’. . .. 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And if you desire, an advanced degree and qualify, Boeing will help you financially with its Graduate Study Pro gram at leading universities and colleges near company facilities. now! ieninj Helicopter NASA Saturn V Often it will be sheer jiard work. But: we think you’ll want if that, way when you’re helping to create something unique —whil? building a solid career: Visit your college placement office and schedule an interview with our represetatative.'Boeing: is an.equal opportunity'employfer. * Divisions: .Commercial Airplane V 'Mistilt & Information Systems * Space • Supersonic Transport • VertOl • Wichita • Also, Boeing Scientific Research Laboratories , Boeing, 737 Twinjet BERRTS "And I'm FOR Pat Srown, because he DOESN'T hare sex appeal!" Letters to the Editor Financing Plan TO THE EDITOR: Two recent changes in University fi nancing have come to my attention by way of your excel lent newspaper; these as follow: 1. The sale of student tickets for football games. 2. Ihe sale of drugs to students at the Ritenour Health Center. Now, I am not an expert in university finance; but X am that (an expert) in the role of student finance, which role I have played for many years. I have a suggestion: that we, as students, urge the integration of the two changes by having all income from change No. X allotted to a student drug fund, thus eliminating change No. 2. W.M.L., PSU'34 (Author's name withheld at his request.) ‘Administration Followers' TO THE EDITOR: Rich Kalich and David Karr have tried to explain the poor voter turnout in the past elections as caused by weak campaigns, uncontested congressional seats, and lack of publicity and student awareness about the elections, As usual, they have managed to overlook the true reason. They have failed to realize that there is a large and constantly growing student awareness an awareness that USG is useless as an effective form of student government. USG cannot by itself make any important decisions concerning the student body. It must beg what power it has from the Administration and, because of this, it must pander to the Administration's desires while ignoring the stu dents' needs. In the past, USG congressmen have proved themselves to be "Administration followers" rather than "student leaders." I think that Misters Kalich and Karr should be ecstatic over a 1 per cent turnout. The Administration has taken away our right of self-government by bending USG to its own ends. At this time a vote for USG is merely a vote for the Administration. I think most students realize this and want nothing to do with USG. This attitude will continue unil a truly autonomous and democratic form of student government is reached. ! The Dally collegian accepts letters to the editor regarding Collegian news ' coverage or editorial policy and campus or non-campus allairs. 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They enjoy the full -_3upj>ort of NSA’s completely na&pii3f security agency Steven Pincus, '6B LETTER POLICY f :.. where imagination is the essential qualification. HU Mann US6 and Me: > MbS'Sl T A f > i%l true Confession In full awareness of the mortification it will bring me, I have decided (the people’s l'ight to know, and all that jazz) to publish this startling confession. i was a USG Congressman. My election last spring was one of the most resounding victories in the history of the Congress. I swept the town area, polling an unheard-of 864 votes more than anyone running against me. I was, incidentally, unopposed. My first meeting, as a congressman-elect with no voice in the proceedings, was an atypical session. It was a special meeting, called to provide swift rebuttal to the apartment visitation inanities promulgated by the Dean of Men's office. The bill we passed was called the Visitation Ruling Disapproval Act. It said, among other things, that "once a student lives in an off-campus apart ment he is subject only to civil law," Great stuff. The only other bill on the agenda was another good one called the Human Relations Act. It set up a committee to investigate problems of discrimination, problems with which, believe it or not, this campus is rife. I was, to say the least, turned on. All those shibboleths about USG’s impotence were obvious lies. Why, this was the kind of thing the student government should be doing. So it was not without enthusiasm that I took the oath of office at the next meeting. It was a tense gathering indeed. The administration’s bill on apartments was be fore us. We took .a brave stance, striking out all the patent silliness. The, "two couples, or two coeds" provision went first., The»s those djumb hours for visiting. Ai last, in a dra matic crescendo, vte voted out the party registration plank. But the tumult and the l 'shouting' died, and that same night, I found out what USG was really all about. We spent an hour or so in fierce debate over the Class Gift Fund, and wound up voting a wad of money out of our coffers, over the treasurer's objections. Then we passed a measure “to distribute USG awards to deserving undergraduates.” As I understood it, there were lots of certificates lying around that had to be got rid of. Then we debated some bill or other to change the by-laws (we were always debating some change in the by-laws). Another bill to set up a Campus Tour Guide was withdrawn. 1 left in a daze. It had all taken several hours, but at least in the first half-hour or so we got some glory. Or so I thought. As it turned out, the administration's disdain for our proceedings was almost total. They laid down the parental permission dictum soon thereafter, with no reference to anything we had said or done. In the next meeting we talked interminably about Student Health Insurance, took a self-congratulatory re port from the Elections Commission, argued a revision in the by-laws and a Reorganization of Class Duties Act, and set up a committee to investigate something or other. The HUB committees chairman, calling her organization (rightly enough) apolitical, introduced a resolution to get the HUB committees off our allegedly political congress. At .the next meeting I was co-sponsor of my first and only bill. Its wording was lousy, its implementation was clumsy. But at heart (if you will pardon my immodesty) I thought it was in the right spirit. It proposed that we de clare all administration rulings on apartment visitation null and void, and make USG the sole governing agency in this area. It was, in short, a ploy to take a little power, since after all we were calling ourselves a government. The bill was "postponed indefinitely" (read: "killed") after some debate. In retrospect, I think this might have been the proper fate of such an illiterate proposal—but the objections weren't over its construction. They were over the shocking idea that we should declare the administration null and void, that we should attempt to represent and govern, that we should attempt to be relevant. After that, I just yawned, while we talked about the by-laws again, and the HUB committees, and something or other (voted down) about Commission System Reform. Then a sort of abstract-impressionist “Student Season Ticket Reprisal Act” was discussed. We declared ourselves against the eight-dollar season ticket. Our resolution might have done something—at least we are now permitted to pay blood money for one football game at a time. . We closed out the Spring term by voting to “unify the freshman class” and volunteering to go out and say nice 1 things about Penn State. : My yawn turned into slumber as my term of office ended this Fall. 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