Week in Review The more than slightly absurd dip lomatic battle between the North Viet namese and the Johnson Administration over a site for talks about talks dragged on into the weekend. For the fifth time in two weeks, North Vietnamese and U.S. diplomats met in Vientiane, Laos and for the fifth time came to no agree ment on a site for preliminary talks. If this uncompromising attitude on the part of both countries is the one which will prevail if talks are ever started, the war may go on until the sun burns out. Meanwhile, in Africa, the little pub licized, but extremely bloody war in Nigeria showed signs of coming to an end as the Nigerian government offered to begin peacetalks with the secessionist state of Biafra. In the nation, Arthur J. Goldberg, Ambassador to the U.N. has joined the ranks of defectors from the Johnson Ad ministration. In announc ing his long expected resig nation yester day, Goldberg said he felt he could work more effective ly for peace in Vietnam as a private citizen. The war this week re gained priority in the wake of the riots which followed t h e assassination of Dr. Martin Luther K i n g. The elusive Eric St ar vo Galt or James Ray or what ever the deranged killer's name is, re mained at large as the FBI expanded its search to include Mexico and South America. Though the possibility of a con spiracy has been dismissed, we suspect that the Ku Klux Klan was delighted enough by King's death that they will make life in hiding very comfortable for the civil rights leader's murderer. As the cities cooled down during the week, the locus of protest shifted from the ghetto to the college campus. About 400 students at Columbia University now occupy four buildings on the Morning- ARTHUR J. 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The Columbia students are protest ing the building of a gymnasium in near by Harlem and the university's associa tion with the Defense Department's In stitute for Defense Anaylses. The Col umbia protesters, who earlier in the week barricaded the Dean of Men and several other officials in their offices for 24• hours, were joined by Negro militants from the sprawling Harlem ghetto. Penn State is also one of the 12 col leges and universities associated with th- Institute for Defense Analyses, whos primary job is weapons research. And Penn State has the dubious di., tinction of being the only university whose students have not protested IDA . presence. The Students for a Democratic Society tried to organize a demonstra tion several months ago, but were frus trated in their efforts by the great, apa thetic mass. The apathy was temporarily shat tered last week as 8,000 Penn State/ abandoned their books and beer to vote in Time's National Collegiate Presiden• Hal Primary. If we judge by button: alone, Eugene McCarthy was the stu dent body's overwhelming choice wit'. Robert F. Kennedy a distant second. The University has meanwhile corn pleted plans for administering a pass fail system of grading beginning nex Fall Term. Each college will decide which courses its majors may take under the new system. The ease with which this revolutionary new proposal got through our arch-conservative Adminis tration astounds us. Perhaps there is some hope. The Undergraduate Student Gov ernment during the week sank deeper into disrepute. Did USG have time to review the University's participation in military research? Did USG find time to consider the administration of a pass fail system? No. USG was too busy deciding whether to invalidate the recent elec tions. USG members and prospective members were too busy bickering about who would be in charge of West Halls buck-buck tournaments next year. The students shrug their shoulders and laugh at Penn State's version of a high school student council. Adminis trators smile knowingly and continue to make university policy, unchal lenged. —M.S.S. Successor to The Free Lance, est. 1887 62 Years of Editorial Freedom Member of The Associated Press -feb.s WILLIAM FOWLER Business Manager SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 1968 ZETA PSI presents The Acidic Sight and Sound of ThepHl & Light Show direct from California Saturday 9-1 Rushees and Social Chairmen ONLY Mr. Jack Arting affiliated with SPRING WEEK ORGANIZATION the Federal and Pa. Drug Commissions accompanied by two experts from the Pa. Department of Health and Drugs MEETING will present a film and discussion on DRUGS and NARCOTICS Sunday, April 28th Room 64 pro's and con's will be presented Willard Bldg. at 8:00 P.M. we urge you to attend Spring Week Chairmen from ail 8 P.M. PUB Organizations Participating. in Spring Week Monday April 29 are asked to attend Sponsored by Pollock-Nittany Residence Council MEAM.YI 5 SEVENTH st 1..• f2e AMVAL WORLD WRIST WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIP" • 4 01 4 i wr ‘440. 14,4:0 240.4. qOO STUPIP BEAGLE, KOU CAN'T GO TO PETALUMA FOR 114 E U3ORLD'S GAF WREST , LING CHAMPLOORIP.,„ - - .. 421 IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT 70 HAVE HAPPEN? tiOU WANT TO GET LOST OR FALL IN A HOLE OR SOMETHING?! iminLikr . 101 Letters to the Editor Ignore Student Politicians? TO THE EDITOR: The recent USG election has brought the following observations to mind 1. It that some present USG officials and as pirants are more interested in student politics and polemics than with the duties and responsibilities vested in them as elected representatives of the entire student body. 2. Rather than directing their efforts toward the ac complishment of positive ends, these so-called student lead ers have found it more personally gratifying to devote their time and energy to the fascinating, however purposeless and unproductive game of personal politics. The apathetic attitude held by many Penn Staters with regard to student governman seems to be the result of lack of genuine interest, concern and desire to do good exhibited by numerous student personalities. What this campus needs is a core of student do-ers, students whO willingly could give some of their time to work toward finding solutions to the various academic and non-academic problems confronting the majority of students. To actually accomplish something for his college, class, or university as a whole, an individual need not be a student politician or elected student representative; rather he may be resourceful and willing to roll up his sleeves and work. Let's get politics out of student government at 'Penn Accomplishments are not ignored. Student politicians are, and should be. Trimester System Suggested TO THE EDITOR: In addition to the three alternatives for the University's academic calendar, I think that another should be considered—the trimester. Other colleges have used it, and find it quite beneficial. It has distinct advantages over the term and semester systems. It takes away the main issue against the semester system—the burden of school work during the holidays; and removes the "mad rush" of the term system. The Fall Term, which in early September, would end before the Christmas break. The Winter (or Spring) Term would begin after the break, and continue until mid-April-- a lot earlier than mid-June. I seriously' think that the University Senate should consider the trimester as a possible alternative to the present system. SOU SNOVLD ENTER, SNOOP'/,,, ITV GOING TO BE NEW OM MO 3'4 IN PETALUMA,. HE DEFENDING r" ------ CHAMPION STANDSDm^IOiAa?; SIK FOOT TREE AND li i , WEIGHS 333 NOM n 411 ir P . a l lie .:, mr. gOO I LL GET LOST OR FALL 1M A ROLE OR 50M5THING! ? t) ( ~..,...7 . 7 ,--.... -.....;„;„,...4. - Pk -1-..... r. STUPID BEAGLE : 1774 ) 4 , 1 ~k' 4 , Z. , 4•4•114 , A. 4 VI I'..- 14.- ' 14(.. ' - r. 1 Ray de Levie '7O Joe Pody '7l Reader's Challenge: Academic Wasteland? TO THE EDITOR: In The Daily Collegian of April 11, I was quoted as saying "we aren't getting paid enough to care" in reference to the discussion at the North Halls Gripe-in entitled "Penn State an Academic, Waste land." Dr. Stevens of the Economics faculty challenged this quotation in a letter to the editor, and I sincerely agree with his chal lenge. I don't remember my exact words at the Gripe-in, but my point was certainly not to complain about faculty salaries but rather to suggest that, in general, one's salary has little correlation with one's concern about teaching. I believe I actually said in response to Mrs. Harrison's comment "But we are not paid for caring!" My comment was based on the informa tion in the book "The Academic Market place" by Caplow and McGee, wherein the authors, compiling information from univer sities throughout the nation, found that a faculty members 'prestige' is based on a kind of average of opinion about one's teach ing, research and service to the university. Since both research and service can be measured (the Faculty Bulletin and the Centre Daily Times bear witness on this point) while teaching supposedly cannot ex cept in a very crude manner, research ac tivities and service projects are emphasized in faculty promotions, especially at the 'bet ter' universities. ' Perhaps I haven't been at Penn State long enough to make an authoritative judg- RFK: 'Much To Offer, 0r..: TO THE EDITOR: Congratulations on your editorial courage in the face of the infantile rantings against RFK. Kennedy's driving pragmatic idealism has much to offer our country and youth, but perhaps the visceral hatred of some of his detractors can't be reasoned with anymore. Maybe henceforth we could just make president whoever announces first, and for get the whole thing? Jack Flatley, Graduate ... Too Much Pragmatism? TO THE EDITOR: I found Friday's editorial rather sagacious however, I remain uncon vinced. James Reston cautioned political analysts that the old rules do not apply this year. Mr. Levine should have taken heed. Those "practical politics of Lyndon John son" which converted the "dreams of John Kennedy into legislation" also turned the nightmare of every feeling American into reality: witness the Tonkin Gulf Resolution. This feat of "practical politics" plus the credibility gap have destroyed the "value" of "driving pragmatism" which you attribute to Robert Kennedy. The congress and indeed the country have had enough pragmatism. Any position of leadership, from the head of a family to the head of a country, requires the respect and confidence of its membership. America has lost this feeling for her president. Personality-wise a country at war and moving towards revolution does not need a "practical politician". It does need a man who can restore peoples confidence in The Office of the President. Seydor Reviews Praised TO THE EDITOR: Many thanks for adding Paul• Seydor's sensible movie reviews to your columns. Keep them coming as long as you can, for with the great interest in films now to say nothing of the fantastic ad mission prices of most local theatres your readers deserve most competent judgments on them. ,Mr. Seydor's reviews impress me as more preceptive than those one can read in certain well-known professional media. R. M. Pocicrass Associate Professor of Journalism Diffimirninimiiiiiiiminimmilimilmffimmilimmilimmilmiiiimiiimilmmiimmiiiiiimmilimit a = E THETA DELTA CHI = = = = = 1 .7: E PHI KAPPA TAU E _ = present = 1= THE _ PR -P I= = = = J AM = I . At Featuring Theta Delta CM The -- 9:00 - 12:30 Rock = Saturday, April 27 Bottom _- _ filimmiiimmimimiffilimummminiminimunimmilimmilinimifinummimilmmimmilimi ment but it is my impression that the "apathy" described by my students extends through the university as a lack of drive. Professor Flay spoke to this point by sug gesting that this university, including ad ministration, faculty and students, and the state legislature, "lacks imagination." There is evidence that some students are trying to overcome this lack; the enthusiasm generated for the East Halls non-credit courses would be one example, and the faculty associate pro gram in North Halls illustrates a second ap proach. Cliff Fridkis '6B LUTHERAN STUDENT WORSHIP 11:45 A.M., --- 12:30 P.M. GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH As well as conserving, preserving and expanding knowledge, we, the faculty, have the obligation of communicating and inspir ing our love for learning to the entire com munity. I question how well we are accom plishing this if 'apathy' is a reality among the student community. The increased pro fessionalism within each of our separate disciplines and a concommitantly decreased institutional orientation has probably led to the impersonalization of the teacher-student relationship, but must this be so? Can we not increase our prestige as fac. uliy members through' increased concern with our teaching? It is my contention that if we wish to attain academic excellence, we must. May I challenge this university com munity to further discussion of the rhetorical (and admittedly prosaic) question "Is Penn State an Academic Wasteland?" through the forum of this newspaper? Neal W. Anderson Assistant Professor of Botany • Defense of Ticket sales TO THE EDITOR: I would like to reply to the letter published in yesterday's issue of The Daily Collegian entitled "Concert Tickets Scarce." Concerts on this campus are given for one reason—to make money. No student or ganization is subsidized by the University to have a concert so therefore these student organizations must show a profit for their efforts. Concert committees have the task of deciding what students want and what stu dents will buy in the form of a concert. In the past the student response to con certs has been unpredictable. Students bought out The Four Tops concert while The Temptations concert was half filled; Smokey Robinson and the Miracles .was a smash success but Ray Charles was just as big .a flop. It was decided by myself and the USG Concert Committee that tickets should be sold as they were. I stand by that decision. Concerning this concert I would like to get the facts straight. There was no block sold of 800 tickets (that is $2000). The great est block was 178 tickets end that was a combination of three groups. Tickets were sold to anyone who had the money to buy them. Fraternities were not given any pref erence in the sale of tickets. Also, when it was apparent that the one show would be sold out (Wednesday morning) I imme diately called Simon and Garfunkel's man ager and offered them 90 per cent of the gate for a second show. The offer was re fused. There has been much criticism of con cert managing on this campus. I have not been able to satisfy all the students in the past and if anyone has a plan that will solve all the problems of producing a concert at University Park, I beg them to come forward. Frederick M. Kirschner Chairman USG and IFC Concert Committees
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