Editorial opinion Student trustee It's no longer a question of how long Penn State students must wait before representation is re turned to the University Board of Trustees. The concern now must be whether a new trustee will be selected at all. Gov. Shapp added a student to the board because he felt students are concerned about their Univer sity and not just their own in terests. And he believed that student concerns are general enough to be voiced by one student. If state Secretary of Education John C. Pittenger and Gov. Shapp discover that students are not rational, reasonable and united enough to agree on the com position of a selection committee, they may decide that the best route is to forget about student representation entirely. The Undergraduate Student Government Senktte must work to resolve the differences between student leaders and get the selec tion process going. ' No, I THINK IMPIACMENT woutp HURT ME couV7ley 7bo WON NIMWIkW \MMIMILNKWILIWWILMMWILIIILMMO h.'ll L I INLMIIWW I IOI~IOIOIIIIWIIIOIIkIIkII \WWIIII6IIMAIIMIL'ILIIIIMMIIIOI9O Sorry we ran out of applications! There are now LA VIE applications 1 • for all positions available at the HUB desk. Due date: Wed., Jan. 30 - 5 p.m. , i P 4 WISMILWV~IVI \WW‘I6IIIVII \WWIIIiWWWIIIiM.WIL. 0 NIILIWIDMILIIIM MI \WILIIIM.II~III67WWWWWWWII \II 01011WWWNLILI&J Fantastic Book Sale 2000 Different Titles Be your own best friend and give yourself a gift from the new book store 204 W. College Ave. where the latest and greatest are on sale Jacket Price 0 - 4.95 . . . 5.00 - 7.95 . . 8.00 - 9.95 . . 10.00 and up . Kennedy Promise - Fire in the Lake - World of Carnegie Hall - Dove - La Balsa - Spring Snow - George Kaufman - Oklahoma Crude - Serpico - Sadness - Group Portrait - World Without End - Lusitania - Flashbacks - Secret War Against Dope - Ist Edition of Confessions of a Child of the Century - Life and Death in a Coral Sea - Visions of Cody - Black Prince - Harry S Truman - Hour ofLead - Hour of Gold - thousands more. Nobody's happy. The Graduate Student Association, the Association for Women Students and the Academic Assembly all have objected to the composition of the new committee. The main otlection .has been that unlike the other student groups represented on the com mittee, minority students have three members for their one vote. The objection is valid. To argue that three minority members are needed to represent varying minority viewpoints is to ignore that one student each is represen ting the great diversity of opinions of women and graduate students. Although USG President Mark Jinks has given the USG Senators the responsibility of setting up the selection committee, they must not overextend their authority. The Senate cannot autocratically state that if the student groups do not comply with the selection committee specific ions and submit a mem ber by Peb. 1, a replacement will Book Marks $ .98 1.98 2 98 3.48 The Editors Sale Price be selected. The USG Senate does not represent all students. GSA is on an equal footing with the Senate, and must be considered when forming the selection committee. When the USG Senate meets on Monday, they must: , —revise the comdosition of the committee to consist of one mem ber each from USG, GSA, AWS, the Academic Assembly and the Black Caucus, with each member chosen from within the individual groups. —replace the requirement of a unanimous vote on all decisions with a more reasonable majority or two-thirds vote. If the vote had to be unanimous, each member would in effect possess veto power, making it impossible to move quickly. If students are ever to have representation on the Board of Trustees again, student le aders , must resolve their differences now. The University Theatre presents G. Bernard Shaw's Brilliant Classic ing the 50th Anniversary of a master's Masterpiece Directed by Warren S. Smith THE PLAYHOUSE Opens Feb. 1 and runs Feb 2 5. b. 7.8 and 9 Sperm! Student Promo Jan 30 All Cunains at 30 p m 801 alike opens Jan 28 For Re...nations and Ticket Information .all 865.1884 University Theatre is Your Theatre CENTRE CINEMA presents When a Lady by 31 pea J she 1 an e] My Fa La IWINNER OF 8 ACADEMY AWARDS INCLUDING BEST PICTURE ArEy HEP3HN 3EN HARRIS :\ STANLEY HpLLOVVAY. WI RID HYDE-'RUE •DM CORR ILIHEODORE BIKE, Nis•=•--••=clc, Boa Thur - Sun Marathon ideas TO THE EDITOR: Regarding the IFC Dance Marathon, I have compiled some observations from some of the couples who lasted 48 hours. We would like to say that during our 48 hours on the dance floor we built up a tremendous feeling of friendship so that we were able to help each other through the down periods as well as encourage the couples who were in winning places. But we feel that as contestants in the marathon we are better qualified to judge problems encountered during the 48 hours and to offer suggestions to alleviate those problems in future years. 1) There should be regular breaks of 5 minutes every 6 hours or 10 minutes every 12 hours with no penalties attached to them. This way everyone would receive equal breaks and not have to worry about the points they are losing. Budman and Robin could have sat out the marathon for a good while and still maintained first place. What kind of a contest is that? As it was, they used over 100 points—a luxury that none of the rest of us could have afforded. 2) The officials should have been stricter about keeping couples on their feet and moving in time to the music. 3) The IFC should have made an effort to provide better tapes for dancing during the periods when there were no bands. When it's almost morning and the HUB is almost empty and you are fighting with yourself to keep going, Ravi Shankar is not very inspiring. 4) We also feel that there should have been blood tests to find out whether an one was speeding, and if anyone was caught, they should have been disqualified. 5) We all feel very strongly that Budman should have been disqualified when he passed out Sunday morning. The whole point of the marathon is to keep going, and if you can't, you should be put out. Budman admitted that the hour and a half break that the IFC gave after he passed out saved him, but that same break almost destroyed the rest of us. You cannot take a bunch of people who have a rhythm going and adrenalin pumping through their systems and give them a break like that. It seems the humane thing to do, but ironically it was the cruelest thing that the IFC could have done because the energy drained out of our bodies and was replaced with total exhaustion. Several couples dropped out at that time, and those of us who didn't went through a long hard period of recovery. These are our observations on the dance marathon, and we hope the IFC will heed our suggestions because no one is better qualified to judge the problems involved than the couples who lasted the 48 hours. Paid willingly TO THE EDITOR: In Teresa Villa's Jan. 22 / article "Council will postpone sending tax bills," I have beeii misquoted. I never said, "Act 394, enacted in 1945, is outdated." My opinion is exactly the opposite. This act was enacted for the benefit of the tax collector to allow him to properly handle his duplicates. If it is currently being misused by tax districts, that does not imply the act is outdated. I am very much in favor of thefive dollar per capita tax levied on all State College residents94r 18 years of age. Five dollars is a small amount of money, but this tax has two important effects in local government. First, although the cost is small per individual, this head tax does generate a considerable amount of revenue for the Borough. It is the only tax many residents pay to help support the seemingly endless number of requirements placed on this local government. The services provided by the Borough are costly; inflation increases their costs yearly. St. Joan Letters to 7:00 & 10:00 Audrey Tischler graduate-theatre offer valid Jon. 24 • 29 Good Only in the I State College Arby's I 400 W. 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Laurel Glen Communit the Editor Even though the amount of this tax per individual is small, if this tax were abolished or its collection limited in any way, the revenue it generates would have to be made up within another tax. Undoubtedly, the tax that would be increased would be the real estate tax. The home owner is now bearing a heavy tax burden in this community. It becomes an unreasonable burden if Council elects to permit large numbers of legal residents to remain completely untaxed. Thus, the first effect this head tax serves is to tax all residents of State College Borough so that as large a number of residents as possible participate in financing our local government. The second effect of the per capita tax is it encourages a newcomer to this community to carefully consider his in tentions toward this community. The act of declaring one's self a resident of any community is a serious matter. It is an act not to be taken lightly for such a declaration carries with it responsibilities as well as rights. If an individual can in alt honesty state that State College Bgrough is the place where he lives and has his permanent home, that this is the place where he intends to return whenever he is absent, that he has chosen State College to be his home not for a special or limited purpose but with the intention of making this his permanent home. then of course this individual is a resident. (This part of the def ination of resident given in Act 511 (1965).) His declaration of residency gives him the right to vote in local elections, if he so desires. His declaration of residency also brings with it the liability for payment of local taxes if he falls within the class of taxables for any local tax This head tax is the only Borough tax many of our residents pay Since State College does have this tax, even though it is small, a considerable number of people pause to carefully consider their intentions toward this community It is a simple matter to say I want to participate in local government. I want to take part. I want to vote and help elect people that support my point of view. It is a much more complete commitment if after this individual has said all of these things he adds that in addition to moral support.'l am willing financially to support the decisions made by the men I help elect to office. The per capita tax is a small tax, just five dollars per year Because it is the only tax the Borough has that causes an individual to carefully consider his personal motives for being in State College, I do not want its collection limited I sup ported the enactment of this tax and I pay it willingly ;,Collegian PATRICIA J. STEWART Editor Editorial Staff 865-1828 Sports Staff 865-1820 Business Staff 865-2531 Editorial policy is determined by the Editor Opinions expressed by the editors and staff of The Dady Collegian are not necessarily those of the University administration faculty or students Mail subscription price $l7 50 a year Mailing Address Box 467. 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