Card Conspiracy THE DAILY COLLEGIAN hereby submits a number of pos sible reasons for the recent Uni versity decision to provide us all with new, improved and fortified niatric cards, effective Summer Term. —The FBI needed a new, up to-date photo file on students. On the old cards, they could not tell which students were the long haired hippie radicals. —Downtown bar owners were complaining about the old fresh man year photos on the old cards. They tried too hard to throw out underage students, and lost too much business. —Students were complaining and the new cards will reflect this because, thanks to the old photos, change. Apparently, it is a move to no bar owner would believe they make the school colors inoffensive were 21. to everyone. —REGISTRATION HAD be- —THE MOVE IS PURELY Deny demonstrators basic legal guarantees Washington police make indiscriminate arrests By JOHN WEAGRAFF Collegian Senior Reporter While the protestors participating in the Mayday demonstrations last week may not have succeeded in halting the government, they did force the Washington, D.C. police into making numerable illegal and indis criminate arrests. According to Donald Sassoon, who was working with the Central Pennsylvania Legal Defense Committee (CPLDC) in Washington, police often disregarded the proper proce dures for making arrests. He said the police pursued the tactic of indiscriminate arrests with such vigor that the courts were swamped with an "unbelievable load" of cases which could not be legally tried due to insufficient evidence. Case Dismissed The insufficient evidence stemmed from the police's failure to fill out the necessary forms stating the charges, the arresting offi cer's name, and other pertinent information. When the cases were brought before a judge, individuals found themselves dismissed be cause the prosecuting lawyers could produce no evidence, he said. Dave Dankovic, who was arrested in Washington. said that in one instance prose cuting attorneys were given a list of ten police officers and ordered to fill in the name of the arresting officer on the necessary papers regardless of whether the policeman named had actually made the arrest. Also, because no charges were filed against many of those arrested, the lawyers were told to supply on the forms whatever charge was decided upon. It is apparent that FREE CONCERT! FREE CONCERTS! Sunday, May 16 Monday, May 17 PENN STATE GLEE CLUB "CRABGRASS" East Halls 6 :30 P.M. "DAVE JARVIS & ALAN ANDERSON, PLUS 1" PENN STATE PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE Pollock Halls 6:30 P.M. SCHWAB AUDITORIUM LARIKYN (FOLK GROUP) 2 P.M. West Halls 7:30 P.M. PHI MU ALPHA MENS FRATERNITY Ist ANNUAL MUSIC WEEK MAY 16-19 IFS and PANHEL present THE GUESS WHO in CONCERT SUNDAY MAY 23 8 p.m. REC HALL Tickets On Sale Monday thru Friday, May 17-21 From 9:00 A.M. till 4:30 P.M. Ground Floor HUB editorial Opiniori come almost bearable, and the Uni versity had to find, something new to complicate matters again. Be sides, they could establish another administrative office to deal with matric card problems. —The old cards will be ground up and used in the dining halls to give some flavor to the food. This is only a remote possibility, for it might destroy the tradition of savory University chow. —An anonymous member of the Board of Trustees or the Uni versity administration just bought stock in a matric card company. —The school colors are being changed quietly to beige on beige, due to the illegal arresting procedures em ployed by the police, the courts were faced with cases that could not have been and should not have been tried under a legal pretense. Broken Rules Sassoon noted that the Coliseum, where people were taken when the city jails were filled, was "the place where all the rules were broken." None of the people there had been charged, or for that matter told that they were under arrest. They were simply brought to the site in buses and unloaded. Thousands of demonstrators waited in the Coliseum with no means to contact law yers, no bathroom facilities and no food. At this point it was decided that if the demon strators would put up $lO collateral, they would be set free and would not be required to stand trial unless they requested it. The fact that none of these demonstra tors were ever charged, but simply were photographed, finger printed and charged $lO is a grim comment on the judicial bungling that took place in Washington. Sassoon also said that when the defense committee tried to find out who had been arrested. the police department refused to supply any of the necessary information, simply because no one really knew who was arrested. Police Control Jim Huber, who also was working for the CPLDC, said that the judicial system became subject to the control of the police force which continually pursued the policy of arresting people without charging them and without following the necessary pro- bureaucratic, to keep people in matric card factories busy. —The new model is stronger, for easier and quicker lockpicking by enterprising students. —University computers refused to work with the old cards, and demanded something better. —The University intends to sell attachments which will inflate into pillows, for use in all boring courses. Rumor has it that the re ceipts will be used to build three to four new campus buildings. —A hollow space inside the card will be useful for storing any thing one wishes to stash there. WHATEVER THE rationale, the move seems to be a good one. It will make everything a lot simpler, and we are grateful for this small but worthwhile blessing. cedures in order to present the cases in a normal court of law. The result was that the courts in Wash ington did not function as the laws of this country dictate. In a desperate effort to clear the streets of Washington, both police and the courts followed unprecedented proce dures. Reports from Washington to this point have neglected to emphasize these instances of illegal arresting procedure. They also have failed to mention unnumbered cases where police arrested people without legal cause, and often used unnecessary physical force to do so. Nick Brink, another participant in the demonstrations who was arrested in the May 1 clog-the-traffic activities, noted that police simply walked up to groups of people who were doing nothing and herded them in to buses without ever telling them they were under arrest. He also said instances were not uncommon of police using gas or mace on people aboard the police buses or people who simply were standing around. He cited one instance at the Redskins Stadium, where demonstrators were taken after being herded onto buses, when students pressed too close to the fence and police began gassing them rather heavily. He noted many other in stances of indiscriminate gassing on the part of the police in an effort to subdue the demonstrators who, for the most part, con tented themselves with chanting and danc ing. Dave Rosner, Director of the Peace Cen- Track defended TO THE EDITOR: This letter is a reply to Terry Nau's recent comments concerning Penn State track. It is ob vious that Nau knows very little about the sport, this fact being revealed in his misleading "analysis". He seems to feel that the team needs a super star to merit any atten tion. Anyone who witnessed ;Greg Frederick's great per formance in the meet held last weekend would realize that he is a top athlete. There ig no other athlete on a Penn State team who has performed better ;this ,:year than has Greg. Nau goes on to state how boring track meets can be, but to anyone with the slightest interest in the sport, the recent P.S.U. - Navy duel had ,plenty of excitement. The - meet wasn't- decided until the last race and even' that event was a ,thrilling• contest that either team could have won. Granted, many. people have no interest in track, but certainly the same could be said for other spring sports, particularly baseball which some would rate the most boring of sports., Track is not always a contest with the clock or tape measure as Nau. asserts. Often in topflight competition, strategy and competition psychology are dominant con cerns. ' In my opinion, the track team draws about as many spectators as the other spring sports. (except spring foot- , ball, naturally). I'm not really overly concerned with the \ paucity of our following, or whether more people should be interested in track and field what I am concerned with is a sports writer who denigrates a program, espe cially when it is apparent that he - has no accurate concept Gas or Mace Uncle Eli's • • ' sells gentle . art supplies at gentle prices , 113 S. Allen St. Upstairs in The People's Nation his & her rocker & ottoman a real comfort from morn till night. roomy seat— hi back for lots of support—it swivels & rocks. sofa • chaer. Letters to ter, cited numerous examples of police ar resting anyone on the street they saw. Basically, the tactic used by the police was to sweep the streets of people in any, way they could, even if it meant arresting 12- year old boys, 70-year old women out to get a newspaper, and a couple on their way to get married, which they did, he said. Disregard Law Reports from Washington said the re straint exhibited by the police had met with praise by the President. The police did re strain from seriously injuring anyone but the fact remains that they arrested people in discriminately. In many cases they used gas more than liberally, as reports have stated. They used it punitively in an unrestrained fashion simply to quiet chanting demonstra tors who expressed no tendencies towards violence. While the police are gloating over their praise from the President, it cannot be denied or refuted that they did indeed make numerous arrests without reason, with out charges, without regard for the law. But perhaps most important and most dangerous of all is the fact that this coun try's judicial system took the liberty to transcend the legal court procedures and proceded to follow their own desperation procedures. The courts completely denied, through their actions, all that the concept of civil liberties means. It is true that the demonstrations did not stop the government but, if anything, they did make a comment on the lengths to which our government will go to supress this sort of appeal to" end the war. starting at 114.95 ship direct In & eut of state open 12.9 daily . 1359 e. college benner pike 237-6612 the Editor of , what the sport is about. Perhaps Terry Nau should go back to covering baseball, a sport he obviously has more affection for. . - Scott G. Hagy (13th-gen. arts and science-West Lawn) Captain— P.S.U. Track team . Suspension disturbing' TO THE EDITOR: The suspension of the charter of "Other Vision, Homophiles of Penn State" is disturbing in several ways, and causes some questions to be raised. The Undergraduate Student Government Supreme Court had agreed that HOPS 'qualified to 'be a chartered organization under, the Senate Rules and Policies. Now the legality of the organization comes into question. Where was the administration when we were trying to get a charter in the first place? Did they think it was some kind of gag, that would pass in a week? It sounds to me. as if the administration were not taking HOPS seriously or not taking the USG Supreme Court seriously. There is little point in' having the latter if its decisions are cooly 'dismissed. Being taken seriously is a must for there to be any kind of understanding or communication to develop. Every one can help: by realizing that the' word "queer" is 'no nicer than the word "nigger." (Many otherwise en lightened, reasonable people toss around the word "queer" with absolutely no thought of offending.) "Gay" is the generally preferred expression. • The Collegian has taken a step by giving HOPS front page coverage and by unofficially announcing our Colloquy speakers. Two more things are needed: That the. Collegian publish the times and places of these work shops, and continue to announce meetings and events sponsored by the group. Chernah Coblenti (3rd-arts and architecture-Souderton) Barbarism. in Pakistan TO THE EDITOR: The general body of the Friends of India Association has passed the following resolution about the recent happenings in East Bengal (E. Pakistan): "The FOIA of Penn State University expresses its deep anguish and grave concern at the recent tragic happenings in East Bengal (East Pakistan). Instead of acceding to the popular demand of the majority people there, the Govern ment of Pakistan has indulged in a systematic and de liberate massacre of the unarmed and innocent people with the help of modern military machines; this is unprece dented in the history of mankind. The anguish for this unnecessary tragedy is shared by the people all over the world. This house calls upon all the civilized people through out the world to condemn the atrocity unequivocally and to ask the rulers of Pakistan to stop their barbaric mili taristic adventure immediately. Also it appeals to all the nations of the world to mobilize whatever resources they can to alleviate the human suffering that has been inflicted upon the people of East Bengal." H. K. Chatterjee General Secretary FOIA Successor to The Free Lance, est. 1887 Vlr "Datil; Tatlrrtiatt Mail Subscription Price: 57.740 a year Mailing Address Box 467, State College, Pa. 16801 Editorial and Business Office Basement of Sackett (North End) Phone 0654531 Business office hours: Monday through Friday. 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Member of The Associated Press ROBERT J. McHUGH Opinions expressed by the editors and staff of The Daily Collegian are not necessarily those of the University Administration, faculty or student body. 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