Discrimination If you are an unmarried un dergraduate, you cannot rent an apartment in some State College complexes. You might find it hard to get an apartment downtown because of your professed political beliefs or because you are physically handicapped. You might not be able to get a loan if you are black. Since Fall Term six student groups have been working toward the end of such discrimination in State College. They have drafted an anti-discrimination ordinance which they are planning to present to Borough Council soon. The ordinance would prohibit discrimination in employment, housing, public accommodations Tne Daily Collegian encourages comments on news coverage. editorial policy and campus and off-campus affairs. Le•:ers should - be typewritten. double spaced, signed by no more :han two persons and no longer than 30 lines. Students' ,ewers should include the name. term and major of the writer. Letters should be brought to the Collegian office, 126 Carnegie in person, so proper identification of the writer can Le made. although names will be withheld on request. If letters are received by mail. the Collegian will contact the signer for .erificalion before publication Letters cannot' be returned. Eil DUSTIN HOFFMAN Tuesday, May 7 Sponsored by Colloquy in celebration of Spring Week Litlir************* and lending practices on the basis of race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, - place of birth, sex, age (in employment), sexual preference, marital status, political ideology or physical handicaps. If you feel you have been the victim of discrimination for some of these reasons, you could take the case to a state commission dealing with discrimination complaints. But the ordinance the student groups have written for State College is more comprehensive than state law and calls for a local commission to hear discrimination cases. A local commission would help protect people without the necessary time or resources to take their complaints to Harrisburg. If Borough Council passes the Letters to the Editor AT HUB MAIN DESK 50' donation for Renaissance Fund Spring Week TO THE EDITOR: The fraternities and sororities deserve praise and recognition for their charitable efforts for improving the policies concerning admittance to the skits. We were first in line, with tickets, and upon entering the tent found most of the seats already occupied by friends of the participants. We had been waiting in the cold for over 45 minutes, and found it extremely annoying to be stuck in the back, unable to see. Spring Week would be greatly improved if these indications of partisanship were eliminated. If these people did not pay for admission the purpose of the carnival to - raise money for charity was being defeated. We feel a change in policy would help foster good will and improve the image of the festival. Tuition controversy TO THE EDITOR: As members of the Student Advisory Board, we would like to present a different interpretation of the tuition-increase controversy than that presented by George Cernusca in The Daily Collegian May 2 article. At trie April 30 meeting of the Student Advisory Board, the rationale behind the proposed tuition increase was presented by University President, Dr. John Oswald. In accordance with the Commonwealth Master Plan for Higher Education, enacted five years ago, the tuition at each of Pennsylvania's three public Universities (Penn State, Pitt, and Temple) was to be increased to a common level of $l,OOO where it would stabilize. At that time Penn State's tuition was $645, requiring an in crease of $355 to bring it to the established level. In dealing with the legislature over the past 5 years, University President John W Oswald has maintained that a drastic increase in tuition would place undue hardship on students currently in program at Penn State. He has opted for keeping the tuition increases low and spread out over as long a period of time. as ***************-***** - 1 FOR 8:00 p.m. ordinance, it will be guaranteeing State College residents their basic freedoms. AH tesidents could feel free k profess such things as their political ideologies, religious beliefs or sexual preferences without fear of discrimination. The idea of the anti discrimination ordinance is not new; towns and cities across the country have passed similar ones. State College needs such an or dinance. Borough Council must not put off the proposal. Council must give it serious consideration, changing it if necessary. But the borough must take this first step toward eliminating discrimination in State College. Rec Hall ********l possible, eventually complying with the $l,OOO requirement. Pitt and Temple reached the $l,OOO tuition level several years aao and, accordingly, the legislature has not asked them to increase their tuition. We ortoinally decided not to respond to George Cernusca's statement. believing that to cause a rift in the Student Advisory Board's membership ate , its initial meeting might create problems in cooperation for the entire 1974-75 academic year. This issue now has received such widespread publicity that we believe that an opposino perspective of the "Tuition-increase controversy" should be presented to the student body. Ed Doyle 10th-anthropology Gila Laubheim 11th-theatre arts TO THE EDITOR: Since I arrived at Penn State, I have heard many false and inaccurate descriptions of sororities, and I would like to clear up this misunderstanding. I have been both a God Damn Independent (GDI) and a sorority snob. and therefore I have made my own judaments about sorority life from my own personal knowledge Unfortunately. few in dependents know what a sorority is actually like because they have never been through rush. Yet many independents still stereotype all sorority members as bitches and snobs Why? Because most independents only hear about sororities through the arapevine which is a very poor source of the truth. I have talked with many independents (mina through_ rush who previously had put sororities down, but after seeing for caca t j cPw A $7 -\ itkr{V " ' MR. 5406, i TV* -gay /pow RR us To sear opF ow 66ws „„' It seems clear to us that Oswald is sincere in his attempt to keep tuition costs as low as possible for the averaae student, who is here 0n1y.4 years, by having small yearly increases over a 6 to 7 year periad. He did not state, as printed in' the Collegian. that "students would have to accept the tuition increase 'on good faith.' " Even with the proposed increase, Penn State's tuition would not comply with the $l,OOO level set by the Commonwealth Master Plan, yet Oswald is trying to convince Harrisburg to adopt a new Master Plan entitled "A Comprehensive Proposal for Financing Higher Education in Pennsylvania," which would require no further increase in tuition, beyond the $960. Judge sororities fairly 0 -- ((C 'w:), en . rnda y , may 10 hub ballroom s $A (Y 2 50 c tqWOD Dion Stewart Rick Howard Graduate student members of Student Advisory Board themselves what sororities were really likei they admitted how wronn their former impressions had been. After all, a sorority is nothing more than a croup of individuals trying to overcome the impersonal atmosphere of a lame campus. Granted, there are and will be snobs, but snobs will be snobs whether in a sorority or not. I am not trying to persuade independents to Join a sorority I know I can't. All I hope to do is open up many narrow minds Independents who have never rushed or have never become a member of a sorority . don't formulate your opinions from someone who knows nothing more about sororkies than you. Find - out for yourself. You might just like them Collegian DIANE M. NOTTLE Editor ouccessor to the Free Lance. est 1887 Member of the Associated Press Charter member of the Pennsylvania Collegiate Media Association Mail subscription price $l7 50 a year. Mailing Address Box 467, State College, Pa 16801 Office 126 Carnegie Editorial Staff 865-1828 Sports Staff. 865-1820 Business Staff. 865-2531 BOARD OF EDITORS: MANAGING EDITOR, Steve Ostrosky EDITORIAL EDITOR, Barb White. NEWS EDITOR, Glenda Gephart. ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR, Ben Weller. LAYOUT EDITOR, Cathy Cipolla. COPY EDITORS, Steve Auerweck Nancy Postrel Terry Walker SPORTS EDITOR, Rick Starr ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITORS, Tim Panaccio Jeff Young PHOTO EDITOR, Ed Golomb ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR, Ed Palsa. 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