Editorial opinion: Goirig by the : book State Auditor General Robert P. Casey is a man who goes by the book. His follow-up of an abuse that has since been corrected is causing more trouble than it is worth. Casey charged the University owes the state $271,055 for a 1971-1972 appropriation budgeted for Continuing Education and Extension Service and spent in inappropriate areas. Then Casey took a serious step. He filed a court suit to collect the funds. To Casey, it was a simple matter of arithmetic. The University owes money, so pay up. But the rules of the game have changed. After the year in question, the General Summer Term improvemients Summer Term . has brought changes which will affect the en tire University population. The security forces at the University now renamed the Department of University Safety have undergone changes to make the department more efficient and responsive ; to the needs of students. According to David E. Stormer, now safety director, the depart ment will place an emphasis on people. In addition, the department has professionalized, now requiring either a bachelor's degree or at least two years of college and two years of ,police experience. In ad dition, training in law enforcement will be given within the department. In the past three line organizations campus patrol, security ,division and student division handled department duties, with much overlap and wasted skills. Now the department will be divided into two main organizations safety services and police 'ser vices, with specific functions and full efficiency. Another area which has -r -r r r = - -, 6/,/ A R I - - . / Print Sale 20% to 50% Off 136 east college avenue 237.3442 Let Us Know Your Art Needs . , How HIGH are your goals? 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OPEN DAILY 9:30-5:30 FRIDAY TIL 9:00 Assembly gave a thoughtful look at the problem and recognized that a university budget cannot be figured out to the penny. Sub sequent appropriation bills allow a 10 per cent variance along line items. The $271,055 variance that' was not permitted in 1971-1972 is an amount within the new 10 per cent allowance. In his own way, Casey is acting like a new, patrolman making an arrest for the sale of liquor just before Prohibition was repealed. When a reform is made, the bad situation that existed before the reform must be taken into ac count. The General Assembly was aware of this when they -allowed changed to a more effective for mat though it still needs im proving is the advising program at the University. This summer the , University Faculty Senate voted' to accept the recommendations of a report by the Senate Subcommittee on Advising, setting . safeguards for each of the individual colleges. Each freshman will be assigned a trained adviser faculty, professional, graduate or senior undergraduate to plan an academic program and to register. After the freshman year, stud ents will be assigned a faculty member responsible for program and professional guidance, in cluding course selection. Another safeguard requires that a' student be given a list of un- - fulfilled requirements prior to graduation to discuss with his ad visor. This is designed to prevent isolated cases in which a student is unaware of required courses and finds himself unable to graduate without additional terms: Many things will not change as a result Of the Senate ruling, but it does set minimum specifications which the individual colleges must Old Main Art Shop custom framing cleaning restoration the 10 per cent variance; Casey should be. If Casey just wants the $271,055 back, a court suit is an expensive way to do it. lied up with the case, state auditors and attorneys will not be free to work on more pressing assignments. The court suit can ha:ve only a harmful effect on relations be tween the state and the University. Usually, they tolerate each other; the University viewed as self centerdd, not interested :in carrying its own wieght, the state seen as out of touch and un concerned. $271,055 is not the price that will be paid: Summer Term has also brought an addition to Ritenour Health .Cen ter: the new Student Advisory Board to University Health Ser vices. The board will be broadly based, including one representative from 18 different student groups and up to six studenfs at large. What the board will do is this: involve students in Ritenour's policy-making and programs, such as student insurance, the budget, processing of student complaints; serve as an on-going source of student opinion; —aid in giving out health in formation to students. Active student concern and staff cooperation will be a welcome change from the present hit-and miss - communications between Ritenour and students. One University administrator jokingly commented at the end of Spring Term that the University waits until summer to make certain changes to avoid negative student reaction. True or not, the Univer sity administration should not have worried in this .instance. The changes are for the better. }:3IRSIERLLy 342 E. College Ave. F S lOW JEANS • JEANS JEANS . JEANS . JEANS c. Got A Date? Treat her to the best for the least Wednesday night is steak house. Get an 8 oz. sizzling N.Y. strip steak plus potatoes, salad i beverage the price of $3.45 Can't make it Wednesday? 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For the first time on film, the star-crossed lovers Were played not by adult actors but by ac tual teen-agers. ; In addition to these basics for success, the film had one more fun damental asset: plenty of publicity. -Much of this was provided by recordings of the picture's "Love Theme," .the first in a series of popularized movie themes, by Henry Mancini and on the official soundtrack. . Shakespeare down from what is commonly known as "culture" to a good old-fashioned melodrama With all the necessary elements sex, violence and a moral to the story. But on the second viewing one notices all sorts of little flaws which, rolled together, detract from its exposition of Shakespeare's play. The actors for the most part appear much too conscious of the fact that they are acting. Olivia Hussey as Juliet, for example, uses ex-' tremely broad gestures to get her points across; unfortunately, her facial expression never quite matches her words and gestures. Throughout the picture the audience has the feeling she is performing only for the director. .dtryeollegian PATRICIA J. STEWART Editor Successor to the Free Lance, est. 1887 Member of the Associated Press Charter member of Pennsylvania Collegiate Media Association Editorial policy is determined by the Editor. Opinions expressed by the editors and staff of The Daily Collegian are not necessarily those of the University administration, faculty or students. Mail Subscription price: $17.50 a year. Mailing Address. Box 467, State College, Pa. 16801 Office: 126 Carnegie COLLEGIAN EDITORS: MANAGING EDITOR, Steve Ivey: EDITORIAL EDITOR, Rich Grant: CITY EDITOR, Rick Nelson: ASSISTANT CITY EDITORS, Pat Hunkele. Diane Nottle: LAYOUT EDITOR, Betty Holman: COPY EDITORS, Maureen Keely, Nancy Postrel, Terry Walker: SPORTS EDITOR, Ray McAllister: ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITORS, Mark Simenson, Rick" Starr: PHOTO EDITOR, Randy Woodbury, ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR, Joe Rudick: GRAPHIC ARTIST, Jennie Atty: WEATHER REPORTER, Barry Richewien. BOARD OF MANAGERS: ADVERTISING MANAGER, Ed Todd: ASSISTANT ADVERTISING MANAGER, Cindy Ashear, Jan Franklin: NATIONAL ADVERTISING MANAGER, Steve Wetherbee. - STEREO - TAPE RADIO - 8-TRACK - CLOCK RADIO YOU GET. FULL FACTORY WARRANTY RIGHT HERE IN STATE COLLEGE WHEN YOU BUY FROM US! T & R ELECTRONICS PANASONIC 542 100°A. SOLID STATE REMOVABLE SUNSCREEN SPECIAi. 'TOUCH' ON-OFF SWITCH 3-COLORS - WHITE, RED, YELLOW EARPHONE BUILT IN ANTENNA 225 S ALLEN STREET (RIGHT NEXT TO CENTRE HARDWARE) -YOUR PANASONIC DEALER REVIEW 'Romeo and Juliet' As Romeo, Leonard Whiting never seems sincere about anything he does. Whitingis inclined to giggle during love scenes, recoil a touch too sharply at bad news and perform classical ballet steps during his in numerable street fights. His entire attitude makes him look far too childish to realize there is a difference between boys and girls, much less old enough to fall in love. The rest of the cast ranges in quality from very good to ridiculous, with most of the actors reach the latter rating at some point. All sen timent falls promptly on cue, but it usually is so pronounced that it almost seems like satire. Zeffirelli's direction helps little. While he tries to be as faithful to Shakespeare as possible, his efforts to make the film both dramatic and meaningful are overdone. His attempts at comic relief, such as those featuring Romeo's friend Mercutio and Juliet's bawdy, lower-class nurse, are utter failures mainly because they are not adequately tied in with more serious scenes. But the film does retain some of the good points notable a few years ago. The costumes and set designs are still appropriately rich and romantic, as are the scenes depicting the glorious life of Renaissance Italy. The popular musical theme, too, is a favorite of any top-40 fan of the past few years, even though the score repeats itself without end. Best of all, of course, is Shakespeare's poetry, made attractive to the ear, by the stars' clear, if unexciting, recitations. The plot of "Romeo and Juliet" , already was old when Shakespeare discovered it. Yet if the moviegoer remains interested in the film through all of Zeffirelli's mistakes, he may consider it more than a medieval version of "Love Story:: The film is, after all, a fairly satisfac tory rendition of what the Anglo Saxon world knows as the original story. JOHN J. TODD Business Manager $119.95 Forum The Daily Collegian welcomes responsible comment from interested townspbople, faculty members, alumni, undergraduates and graduates. 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