Guest Editorial Right To ecruit? Editor's Note: The following editorial is reprinted in part from the Boston University News of Feb. 28, 1968. The ultimate responsibility for our country's insane Vietnam policy does not, of course, rest with the government. Lyndon Johnson may call up the troops; various generals may order young Americans to kill young Asians; a docile and pliable Congress may approve the appropriations for the government's criminal pursuits. But none of this detracts from the fact that it is a subconscious coalition of institutions and indi• viduals which permits the slaughter to continue. Nuremberg taught us that responsibility for war crimes is finally individual; that we must examine our conscience as well as the factual record of insti tutional complicity, and determine to what extent we can lend our minds and our bodies to such a catastrophic effort. To bring the issue close to home, we ‘ need only cite the appearance on our campus of recruiters for the Armed Services, with the full cooperation and implied approval of the University administration. As was the case last November when we were visited by recruiters from Dow Chemical, producers of the napalm which melts the flesh of our presumed "enemy," the issue raised by the presence of Marines in the Union is quite clear-cut. The issue is: in a University community ... does there exist an absolute and unfettered "right to recruit?" Are our campus facilities open to recruiters from all governmental and private agencies, regard- TODAY ON CAMPUS Association of Wom,n Students, Senior Class, 9 p.m.. 213 HUB 6:30 p.m., 203 Hetzel Union Undergraduate Student Govern- Building ment College Bowl, 7:30 p.m., Colege of Education, 6.30 p.m., HUB assembly hall 217-218 HUB USG Consitutional Revision HUB Arts Committee, 7:45 Committee, 9:15 p.m., 214 p.m., 218 HUB HUB Karate Club, 7:30 p.m., HUB World University Service, 7 ballroom p.m., 312 Boucke Rangers Company. 7:30 p.m., Young Americans for Freedom, Wagner 7:30 p.m.. 214-215.216 HUB Successor to The Nee Lance, est: 1887, TaltrEttan 62 Years of Editorial Freedom Published THEW through Saturday during the Fall, Winter and Spring Tertne and once weekly on Thursdays during June, July and August. The Daily Collegian is a studanhoperated newspaper. 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Suit Diehl; City Editor, William Epstein; News Editors, Martha Hare and Mika Serrill; Editorial Editor, Andrea, Fetich; Editorial Columnist, Jay Shore; Sports Editor, Paul Levine; Assistant Sports Editor, Ran Kolb; Phe• tography Editor, Mike Urban; Senior Reporter, Richard Mits. Personnel Direct or-OtfiCg Manager, Phyllis Ross; Weather Reporter, Elliot Abrams, Committee on Accuracy and Fair Play: Charles Brown, Faith Tenney, Harvey Reeder. PAGE TWO Discovered at last . . . Reg. U.S. Patent Office ... the perfect facial that clears complexions of those disfiguring blackheads and pimples, and changes those oily, muddy complexions to peaches and cream after a few treatments. You can feel the delightful, tingling action that draws out the bleackheads; dissolves the deeper ones right in your skin; feel the soreness and redness of those pimples fade away. After just one treatment your face feels wonder fully clean and fresh—and YOU can actually see the improvement. Would you like to know more? Just call at: PENN STATE BARBER SHOP FIFTY-FIRST LITTLE INTERNATIONAL DRAWING March 7 7:30 P.M. 105 Fergeson Bldg. Choose either Beef Cattle, Horses Sheep or Swine To be shown in the Fifty-First Little International on April 27, 1968 Sponsored by Block & Bridle Club SKI CLUB VERM*NT TRIP Reduced rates for WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 1967 RUTHI MARCH 21 -25 Sign•up sheet at HUB Desk. For further information be at 321 Boucke Wednesday, March 6 atll3o for a short informational meeting. All interested persons invited. less of their purposes and their conduct elsewhere? The answer should be an emphatic NO. The Armed Forces have at their disposal one of the most sinister and sophisticated recruiting mechanisms known to "civilized" man the Selective Service System. They do not need Boston University as well. Boston University, moreover, associates itself in a chillingly direct manner with the activities of the military and its corporate "helpmates' when it affords these recruiters the tremendous psychologi cal advantage of approaching students on the stu dents' own territory. Last autumn several institutions (among them Columbia University) banned all military recruiters from their campuses after the issuance of the no torious Hershey memorandum on drafting dissenters. After the government produced several muddled clarifications, which seemed to soften the Hershey edict, all of the institutions in question buckled under and permitted the recruiters to return. We submit that such recruiters should not 'be given Administration-ordained sanctuary on this or any campus—not only because of Hershey's impetu ous memorandum and what were preceived as its probable encroachments on civil liberties, but be cause we must not be partners in American aggres sion. Letters to the Editor What's it Going To Be? TO THE EDITOR: After two terms at Penn State, one fact is very clear to me: students here want far more in the way of stimulating discussions, concerts, lectures, and seminars than is now available. Nearly every - "cultural" event I have attended has been ipacked, often with even standing room unavailable. Artists Series - tickets are all issued long before the per formances. I attempted to register for a CREATION semi nar at East Halls, to my knowledge the only extra-curricu lar activity of this sort on campus. Several hundred stu dents were trying to register, and all non-East residents were turned away. Unfortunately, there are not nearly enough tickets, -seats, seminars, or even Daily Collegians to go around. Many students' "lack of interest" may largely be due to lack of opportunity. If a student here wants to learn about' something besides his major, his roommates, the Hetsel Union Building, and the nearest plastic diner, he will have to exert considerable effort to find mentally-stimu lating extracurricular group activities. Yes, Penn State is very large, and still being put together .. . but couldn't a little more money from Harris burg be spent for the benefit of students today rather than on buildings and equipment for tomorrow? Five thousand dollars in state money will buy two new trucks for the dairy or pay for at least five good lecturers, three concerts, and 12 seminars on topics of general interest. Which is the better use for "the people's money?" Who is paying the bill, and who is receiving the goods? zlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllloi F.:. • F.•l Apply Now for =1 Service on next year's :; MEN'S TRIBUNAL hz. 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This charge of "conflicting aims" is unwarranted and appears to be based on confusion and ignorance, Is it so difficult to comprehend that a worker may request and deserve both higher wages and better working conditions? In the same light, is it so difficult to comprehend that we as students may rightfully demand improved education at the least possible expense? The editorial fails .to recognize that we are here as students 'and not as administrators. We must concern our selves as students, therefore, with the improvement of our education and not with problems of administration fi nancing. I agree with the editor that "there is no argument that upper level classes should be limited in size." To suggest that students should shy away from idealistic demands of educational improvement only to sacrifice these goals to practical administrathe concern with money is absurd. To the contrary, it would appear to me to be ideally desirable for students to assume the role of administrative financing. However, for the sake of practicality we better concern ourselves with that which brought us to this University; namely, the quality of education we are re ceiving. Beef Stroganoff at Herlocher's: the delicious result of careful preparation We think you'll like the New Herlocher's. We serve fine food and offer a selection of wines and mixed drinks to enhance your meal. Isn't it about time you dined out? 418 East College Avenue itm.-1 ri qta*° David Vinikoor '6B Town Congressman . it 04E! st EP. Ma, ' 5 -. .e? 4 e k • 1 e - - • Letters to the Editor Last Chance TO THE EDITOR: This past Weekend the President's Ad visory Committee on Civil Disorder issued its report. In effect, the blame for the past and the choice for the future has been placed squarely in the lap of the white com munity, if we wet cn't already aware of this situation. Congress' reception of the report continues to exhibit the racial thinking which can only prolong the problem, but we don't have much more time. We had better begin now because the summers in the cities occur once each year with disturbing regularity, and the winters don't serve in cooling hatreds. We must act right now, and here at Penn State is the place where we must begin. Tomorrow Undergraduate Student Government has a chance to finally prove itself composed of true student leaders by issuing a forceful statement of the white stu dents awareness of the problem and - willingness to act. Prompt action could include a student petition to national party leaders demanding massive appropriations to eradi cate slums and the establishment of a student "watch dog" committee to keep track of how Pennsylvania con gressmen vote on these appropriations and civil rights legislation. USG should demand that the University admit culturally deprived students on a special basis. Other student groups must also begin acting now. The Class of 1968 should forget about lights for the football stadium and give their class gift to a scholarship fund for ghetto students. Fraternities should offer free housing to students admitted in the special programs and give all the money from Spring Week for this purpose and also for scholarships. The University Senate has an equal responsibility and they better get to work right. now also. We all have im portant jobs and the last chance to establish a truly free society is staring us in the face. Words aren't enough any more. USG, your chance comes tomorrow. Adult Apathy TO THE EDITOR: For all the consternation evoked by the war in Vietnam, we are appalled by the' greater, over powering apathy inherent in the U.S. population. If "grown-ups" disagree with the war, it appears that they are not willing to voice their opinions. They probably won't be drafted, and they mildly protest at the dinner table or occasionally groan' at the TV news with its Vietnam casualty list. Many have sons and say, "Too bad, Johnnie, join the Air Force, it's better than the Army. Why, I remember in World War II . . ." Their taxes go right into big business . making bombs and destruction in South Viet nam. Such apathy, it 'appears is typical in our democracy, But should it be typical? Are our "elders" really so com fortable to say, "Tisk, tisk, too bad about this war."? We notice also that for all we students attempt to protest, we're dismissed as mindless, trouble-making hip pies. No one can say that we aren't aware of our position —we're directly involved. We don't agree with the war and we say so. Yet we're put down. What else can we do? Obviously, the concerned public doesn't dissent enough. Silence to LBJ is an implied yes. Only an impressive show of adult dissent can turn this silent yes into a loud, ob vious no! Therefore, we plead for parents and draft exempt peo ple to throw off their apathy and show the government the true American spirit of dissent. Students, get your fathers to carry your placard be. side you as you protest. Let cries come from fathers, mothers, and sisters as well as from you, already labeled "College Crazies"! Get rid of this swamping cloak of apathy if you disagree with this war. This is America, not Nazi Germany!! 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