Guessing Game University Students are playing a new game. It's called "Guess Who's President of the Undergraduate Student Government." The first step of this game is to place 'Jeff Long, the outgoing president, on academic probation for the Spring Term. This means that Jon Fox, vice president, is now "acting president." Second step is to hold an election, to decide next year's president. Let's run Jim Womer against Fox. Womer, for those who are not avid USG fans, is chairman of USG's Legal Awareness Committee. Despite the popularity of Fox, for merly known as, the "Spirit of '69," Womer defeats him for the presidency. This is an upset, for no one has ever defeated Fox. , But Womer, campaigning on the slogan "Isn't the Establishment Wonder ful?—Jim Womer Doesn't Like It!" manages to convince the student body that he holds the key to "student power." So now we have Womer as presi dent-elect, Long as the displaced presi dent, and Fox as the acting president, until Womer is sworn in. But the game is just getting under way, for the next move tells us that the election results might be reversed. This is because of discrepancies in West Halls balloting. It seems that someone named Jay Hertzog, who will graduate in six weeks, has run in the election as a write-in candidate for USG congress. The USG Supreme Court claims that West voters were not given proper write-in instruc tions by the Elections Commission, rul ing that the election must be re.lield in West. The rules of our game do not explain why anyone would run for congress Tile Bag Tatirnian Published Tuesday through Saturday during the Fall, Winter and Spring Terms, and Thursday during the Summer Term, by students of The Pennsylvania State University. Second class postage paid at State College, Pa. 16101.• Circulation: 12,500. . 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Until a decision is reached, Womer is our pres ident, and the game is over. - But the game is over in more ways than USG officials might think. The game is over because students have not paid attention to the activities of our amateur politicians. Why should the student care who the USG president is? Why , should the student care about a Supreme Court or an Elections Commission? Why should the student care about USG? These are questions that f ace Womer, or whoever the new USG presi dent might be. When he takes office, he will inherit an organization that holds a minimum amount of student respect. Why no respect? Because USG has not demonstrated that it can solve stu dent complaints. It will be Womer's responsibility to prove that USG can secure results on student problems. It will be up to him to provide action on such standard issues as the bookstore, coed housing regula tions ,and the nitenour Health Center, along with more radical questions such as coed curfews. USG must show that it can spend less time on petty political squabbles and more time on sincere work that will obtain results. Until USG 'shows that it is capable . of successfully working for student goals, the Penn State student body will remain unwilling to "play the game." —W.E. WILLIAM FOWLER Business Manager THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1968 BEEPS WORLD © 1966 by NEA P Inc. 1 "Looks as though. Bobby's pulling out all the stops—he got a HAIRCUT!" Letters to the .Editor ,Piqqyback Ride on a Memory TO THE EDITOR: I was appalled at the editorial pub,lshed in yesterday's paper. The about-face support lent to Sena tor Kennedy is as come-lately as his entry into the Presi dential race, and even more incomprehensible. Your editorial was in fact a negation of the glimmer of honest politics sparked by Senator McCarthy who prom ises to close the alienation chasm (I find "gap" too inappro priate.)By your support of the Kennedy monarchy and his "machine" you have negated the essence and the hope inherent in the democratic process. If a man is not to be judged by his election victories, his integrity or his cour age how important can a "machine" be? Do not be fooled by the family resemblance and the Organization. Do not be fooled by a man who did not act when it was imperative. If a candidate does not use his political power when it is right, what makes you think he would use his presidential power when we need him? A vote for Senator Eugene McCarthy is a vote for integrity and honesty not for a piggyback ride on a memory. The McCarthy campaign is a reaffirmation of our New America. rit ,; • " I • . WE WRIST WRESTLERS SHOW 0\%41t .. 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When political criticism passes the boun dries of reason, as perhaps the McCarthy era (Joe, not Eugene) best illustrates, it cer tainly merits a closer ' examina tion Reagan is criticized as a "second rate ac. tor."' Perhaps he was. But acting is an honorable pro• fession, certainly as honorable as selling hats or used cars. I t seems significant that no one found it relevant to sug gest Harry Tru man was unfit to be presidert be cause he failed to make the big time in the haber dash er biz. Obviously the real case- against Reagan has very little to do with bad acting. Lib erals object to something far more serious. What is it? Unlikely as it seems, it could be success. Politicians of liberal persuasion have been in control of the legislative and judicial branches of government since the days of FDR. Witness the trend in the Supreme Court decisions which recently compelled so esteemed a liberal as Justice Black, longtime member of the Supreme Court, to publicly re pudiate his former policies and hold that the judicial had usurped legislative function, and was wrong to do so. Witness the increasing progress towards the welfare state, illustrated by Medicare, by federal aid to education, and by growing federal control of poverty pro grams on local levels. Liberals have been eager for "meaning ful dialogue." They seemed to talk exclusive ly, however, with conversationalists of the Left. Conservatives are portrayed as pudgy Southern Colonels with white whiskers and black hearts, who stand adamant against pro gress, probably because, their mothers didn't love them 'or because they witnessed some disturbing freudian scene that warped their childhood. As such they are laughed at, pitied and hated, and effectively ignored on the national level. But look at Ronnie Reagan. He has the glamor of a movie star, for the obvious rea son. He is an effective politician, winning his first election by an amazing million _votes. He is a man of principle, combining wit with May sth 8:30 p.m. The Riiht Line MISS. WERTHEIM Liberals in Control the political power of JFK. He is an able debater. Newsweek reports that he obviously an unashamed conservative, and California loves him. Brown Was Popular Pat Brown, California's governor, was a dedicated liberal. He was also an enormously popular figure in California. He was "friend of the oppressed," cited by the Americans for Democratic Action as being liberal above and beyond the call of duty. Yet Watts erupted, and the cover of Life magazine showed him burned in effigy. He appointed Clark Kerr, one of the most lauded administrators in the country, recipient of commendations front many liberal organizations, to be president at Berkeley, and Berkeley erupted. Brown did everything the liberal establishment pro scribed to cure California. The trouble was not with Brown, but with his ideology. The liberal solutions to the problems of our century do not work as they are intended. We cannot vote ourselves everything we'd like, in the way of municipal improvements and swimming pools, just because we'd like it, without counting the cost and seeing if we can afford it. Economy is important, which is what conservatives have been say ing. And it is what Reagan said. He was so patently not a stereotype conservative that people, tax-paying, relatively stable, well adjusted, happy, average people, listened to him. He spoke politics in the common-sense way that most people take for granted in ordering their own lives, but have stopped expecting iii political rhetoric. Having seen quite enough of the alleged Great Society, they elected Reagan by a cool million votes. The Establishment was shook. Conserva tives don't win in California; they just don't. National attention was focused else where, and hardly anyone knows that Reagan has succeeded. Who knows that California nas a• lower crime rate, a balanced .budget, a local system of government that is being strengthened while across the nation local government is being, controlled more and more by state authorities? And that Harris polls show Reagan is more popular in Cali fornia than ever? Threat fo the Liberals That is why, as convention time ap proaches, Reagan is attacked with such virulent and bitter sarcasm. He poses a threat to liberal dogma that has seemingly failed to accomplish what it sought. Liberals, like con servatives, are seeking a better way of life. Their plan—the welfare state—has widened the class division between the poor and the productive, and seems to be leading, in evitably, towards anarchy. But when, you discard the liberal philoso phy, you of necessity discard most of the liberals. „Entrenched politicians will not abdicate without a fight, and people who are ideologically committed rarely admit they were wrong. In such a battle of ideologies, the ranks of the defensive are apt to resort to unsavory tactics. The fight to discredit Reagan is an ideological battle. And any time the argu ments are presented on less than a . i • —Li lectual and philosophical plane, when they are epithets without substantiation, it is wise to distrust them. Rec Hall '2.50 Reagan Said It
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