—The Daily Collegian Mond' y. April 2, 1973
USG political hopefuls begin stumping
By MITCH CHERNOFF
and NANCY POSTREL
of the Collegian Staff
Posters in classroom buildings and
students sporting buttons indicate the
Undergraduate Student Government
presidential campaign is in full swing.
Five candidates representing a wide
variety of views have declared their
candidacy for the office to date.
Robert Angelo, head of USG's
Department of Academic Affairs, is not
new to the election game. He ran for the
USG presidency last year as Oz, using a
megaphone to expound his views.
Angelo said Oz is a thing of the past
One candidate for president is plan
ning to form a political party for the
future. USG Senator George Cernusca
said, "We're developing a student rights
party. We don't want to alienate the
administration," he stated, "but the
priority lies with representing the
students."
Cernusca added, "If we actually
represent the students' interests, they'll
become interested in USG."
Cernusca's platform includes "a
tenant union to fight rip-off landlords,
restructuring student standards board:
No kangaroo courts, retaining a student
legal counsel and building a union of
student workers."
To fight the tuition hike and budget
cuts, Cernusca said, "There are few
legal alternatives, like taking the
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and he will conduct a totally serious
campaign this year stressing his work in
academics during the past year.
Angelo was instrumental in
establishing a peace studies course this
spring. He also directed the writing of a
scholarship information guide and is
continuing work establishing women's
studies and peace studies majors.
If elected, Angelo said he would work
to set up new courses. "I would have
Academic Assembly student councils
encourage new course proposals within
the colleges. This would be different
from experimental courses," he said.
Another of Angelo's plans is setting up
a central test file. He said, "We will
gather exams that professors have
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University into court to have them prove
the tuition hike is warranted."
Cernusca said money from the USG
budget could be used for court costs but
added the American Civil Liberties
Union is interested in this and may help.
Cernusca said only slight
reorganization would be necessary for
USG. "The Senate is okay the way it is
now," he said, "but I would like to see
the Academid Assembly beefed up a
little bit. What I'd really like to see is
more communication within the USG
organization."
Cernusca said student membership on
the Board of Trustees should be raised.
"USG should definitely take action on
anything that affects students," he said.
Cernusca's experience includes one
year as USG senator, during which he
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A lecture note service also is planned
in which students would recopy, print
and sell their notes. Angelo stressed that
this would be an experimental service
"and not a substitute for class at
tendance."
Angelo's running mate, USG Senator
John Rocco, called himself "a
stabilizing factor." Rocco said he would
like to reorganize the USG Senate.
"There's too much triviality now," he
said.
Rocco suggested bi-weekly Senate
meetings, instead of meeting every week
as they do now. He said he would like to
see compulsory projects for senators.
was chairman of the Ritenour Hearings
Board and organizer of a student
workers' survey. His vice presidential
candidate, James Lomax, cited his
experience as his main selling point.
Lomax, who has served in the military
as a policeman and in numerous other
jobs in the last 10 years, said "I know
how political systems work. If you want
to resolve problems, you'll have to use
methods of solving these problems that
are really effective." Lomax cited as an
example suing the University rather
than demonstrating on Old Main la r wn.
Cernusca pointed out that Lomax, now
a fourth term student, will not graduate
next year and will be able to help
students for a long time. "I think he's got
wisdom," Cernusca said.
A different perspective is being ap
proached by presidential candidate Jim
Cory. A candidate of the Young Socialist
Party, Cory is basing his campaign on
predominantly economic issues.
His platform states "no tuition 'hikes,
no cutbacks in EOP or PHEAA, no
cutbacks in sports and no lay-offs of
faculty or staff."
If elected, Cory said he plans to hold a
mass meeting of students, faculty
members and University employes to
plan a University-wide strike. Cory said
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Incumbent Mark Jinks is running with
a new vice presidential candidate,
Senator Frank Muraca. Jinks became
president last January when Michael
Shields resigned.
Muraca said, "Our campaign is based
on what we have done in the past plus
our current platform." He explained
programs started by Jinks last term will
be followed through. These include
extending the pre-paid bus system and
fighting to get a full-time lawyer to
represent students.
The Jinks-Muraca platform also in
cludes a number of new ideas. According
to Muraca, among the most important of
these is to give faculty members credit
toward tenure for advising. Muraca
explained this would improve the quality
of advising.
"Tenure is now based on research," he
said. "If credit is given for advising as
well, faculty will take more time with it
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this would "force the restoration of
education appropriations ravaged by
Nixon and Shapp."
Cory said, "We're Socialists, we're
revolutionaries. The only way any of
these problems are going to be solved is
for the working people to take power.
There shouldn't even be any tuition at
this University our parents built it."
He said he planned to use USG funds to
urge the labor movement to defend the
students' "right to an education."
"We expect to win," Cory said,
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and students will benefit. This will help
freshmen and transfer students
especially," he noted.
Muraca also proposed a grading
system to give students an intermediate
grade of + (.5). He explained that the
extra half point will be equivalent to a
C+ or a B+, for example. "It's to
recognize that the student has done a few
points better," Muraca said. "It shows
the difference between an 87 and an 80."
Another idea is telephone rentals for
students. Muraca said residence halls
used to have private phone lines, but
they were removed in 1955 He added
they could be installed again for a small
fee. "It would work like the refrigerator
rentals," he said.
"This is certainly not a lofty issue, but
just a little comfort," Muraca continued.
"We're not ignoring the little things.
USG is a service organization, not a
governing body."
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"because none of the other candidates
have said, anything about the budget
cuts. They can't defend the students."
Commenting on the University, Cory
said, "These people are nothing but
criminals." He continued, "The
University is packing more and more
students into classes. People actually
are going to class early in order to get
seats."
Cory and running mate Joe Nlarinucci
are planning a jammy April 11 to
promote their campaign,
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Muraca said another important item
in their platform is the establishment of
a student lobby. "Tuition increases are
prompted by the state legislators," he
said. "Many of them feel Penn State
should have the same tuition as Temple
and Pitt, whose costs have risen faster.
Muraca said the lobby may be a
people's lobby, or consist of hiring two
graduate students or may be in league
with other state universities.
Jinks said he plans to keep his
relations with the administration "low
key." "When you walk into an ad
ministrator's office, you should ask him
about the plants on his desk, to 2.1 p
break down the barriers. You have to
relate to an administrator in other ways.
Screaming and yelling won't get
anything done," he added.
The fifth candidate, Preston
was out of town and could not be reached
for comment.
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