The Gadfly
The Gadfly is a new publication of sorts buzzing
around It promises to sting a few people,
mostly administrators.
According io its first issue, the newsletter, which
is edited by Barry Clemson, "was conceived as a
forum for those activists who are concerned v/iih
university reform." ~
, The fdllowing article appealed in The .Gadfly’s
second number. It is a complete, concise summary of
the problem of justice for University students, and
its remedial proposals are sound.
Penn State students face a stacked deck in
disciplinary proceedings. The same individuals who
make and enforce the rules also adjudicate them: the
traditionally separate functions of legislator, judge,
jury and policeman are all combined in the Office of
Student Affairs. ■ ,
• Procedural safeguards for the individual are al
most non-existent. The student has no way of deter
mining “court procedures” in advance, no right to
counsel, and no record is kept of the proceedings.
Some of the rules under which a student may be dis
ciplined are so vague that accurate knowledge of
prohibited 'behavior is impossible. For example, a
student whose “.. .'influence is found to be injurious
to the standards of morals . . .” or who exhibits
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conduct prejudicial to the good name of the Uni
versity . . may be dismissed from the University.
Overlying and hiding this administrative system
of non-justice is a smokescreen of euphemistically
titled "student" tribunals. Alihoughwidely touted by
the Administration as representing increased student
responsibility, these tribunals handle only minor
offenses.
Last year, University graduate Jim Caplan set up
the USG Legal Awareness Committee. He Was able
to help a number of students by briefing them on
their rights and what to expgct from the Administra
tion. This committee needs, to be expanded into a
comprehensive, network of highly publicized public
defenders—preferably several downtown and one in
every dorm.
This network of public defenders could serve two
long-range functions as well as attain its immediate
goal of securing a measure of justice- for the Indi
vidual vis a vis the Administration. First, the indi
vidual public defenders could, inform the students
in their area of the true nature of the discipline sys
tem and necessary reforms. Second, it would form
the organizational backbone of a grass roots reform
movement. '
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EDITORIAL OPINION
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1966
FOR THE HOMECOMING FINALE
The Penn State Folklore Society presents
Stings
The American Association of University Profes
sors (AAUP) has adopted a vdry good, strong state
ment outlining the necessary characteristics of a
university discipline system. The following is a
partial list of those AAtJP'proposals Which Pfehn,
State needs but docs not have: i
The formality of the proceedings-should be pro
portionate to the gravity of the'offense and the pos
sible sanctions. Offenses; must be defined clearly
avoiding such phrases as “undesirable Conduct.” In
serious cases:
» The hearing committee should be made up of
faculty members or students and faculty (th? hear
ing committee at .PSU is, composed of only adminis
trators).
• Each student must have the right to counsel
of his choice.
• The burden-of proof must rest upon, the offi
cial bringing the charge. -
» Each student must have the right to testify,
present witnesses, cross-examine, all witnesses and
attempt to rebut all evidence presented against him.
0 Improperly acquired evidence cannot be used
(PSU hearing committee personnel are notorious for
referring to psychological tests and data of unspe
cified nature and unidentified source).
0 A transcript or verbatim record must be kept
"(PSU claims that its pplicy of “no records” is designed
to protect the student’s privacy). ' _ \ -
The AAUP proposals outlined above would, if
' adopted, 1 eliminate the worst features of Penn State’s
star court discipline system.
Georgie: 4-F?
. “Greetings' from the President of the United
States.”
• That, as nervous'University males are acutely
aware, is the first line of a cheery notice of induction
into the armed forces.
George Hamilton, the Selective Service’s MNE
(Most Notable Exemption) got a slightly different ,
greeting from his draft board (Local-No. 8) yesterday.
It ihay not have been from the President, but the
odds oh it are pretty good. . 1
George’s greeting Was ah order to report for a
physical examination in what wa? described as a
move to “get all possible information into his record.”
It was pointed out that if George‘was fit, it
wouldn't mean he’d be drafted. His “hardship case”
deferment would still stand.
As.we all know, poor George is the sole support
pf his mom, who is just withering away in that-
Beverly Hills mansion amongst all those heaps of
hardly edible cash.
As we also know, George is an important White
House adjutant of sorts.
Very possibly, yesterday’s order marks an at
tempt to find something physically wrong with
George, to make his exemption just a bit more 7
credible. 1 ' '
Hopefully, that would make something else more
credible—his prospective father-in-law’s statement
to the troops in Vietham on Wednesday: “I give you
my pledge: We shall never let you down ... (I came
here) to tell every soldier, sailor, airman and Marine
how proud .we are .of what you-are doing and how
proud we are of how you’re doing it.”'
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Letters To
The Editor
A New Challenge
An Open Letter to the Academic Community
Dear Colleagues: We are all'aware of imperfections In our
world, and much of our academic work leads ultimately
toward their diminution. All our knowledge, however ab
stractly pursued, is eventually employed for more univcr
s .1 well being. Obviously a conscious integration of our
varied skills can accelerate the improvement of our social
and physical milieu.
The architects, immersed in the technical and aesthetic
problems of the,living environment can apply their find
ings to improve our unlovely world. We need as close a
tie with you physical and social scientists, humanists and
artists, communication and administration experts as we
already enjoy with the engineers and landscape archi
tects,, We a further collaboration. Together, we can
better ease the major inequities that confront us all.
The swelling concentration of ill-equipped urbanites
in morbid slums may constitute the greatest threat to civil
peace today. Social frustration and despair is inevitably
translated into violence. Sentimental utopian theories are
futile, as are fulminations against governmental authori
ties and the victims of social inequity. But surely the in
telligence and expertise represented on this campus, co
ordinated on a universal problem, can begin to formulate a
feasible solution. ,
, Let us begin with an Appalachian or a Southern town,
demoralized by chronic unemployment. (Our students are
currently working with an existing Indian Reservation).
These people can be helped before they migrate to greater
misery in city slums.
We have inherited a task (which does not exceed
our ability), to devise a workable program offering solid
hope and some relief to the underprivileged now, and the
promise of a full, creative future. Such a program will
vitalize and unify the University at the same time. Be
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students ready for the challenge.
How soon can we meet?
A Worthwhile Project
TO THE-EDITOR: Peddling pins, dear editors, stirs up a
lot more enthusiasni than blindly blaming student poli
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of an effective mock government. The blame or respon
sibility for not initiating mock elections does not lie with
the Young . Democrats or the Young Republicans. The re
sponsibility lies with the student government to organize
such elections. In fact this responsibility of the USG was
actually inferred by the editors; see paragraph five of the
Oct. 25 Collegian editorial, “. . . pending USG executive
and budgetary approval”.
I hardly feel that a mock election is a new idea or
any kind of a brainchild on the part of the editors. On
the contrary such elections are practically a tradition.
. But in any respect the “idea" has been presented. A mock
election is definitely a worthwhile project for generating
interest in the approaching elections and I urge strong
student participation. .
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