Editorial opinion
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of the Undergradua
Judiciary Committee.
Those 40 students
plied and were intervi
Judiciary Committee
USG Supreme Court.
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USG Senate judiciary
power to fill the three
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best buddies, Brandt
and opened applicatk
40 students who aPI
mittee chose nine as
not make a final selecti
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elected: George Cern'
not Brandt's committee, had the power to select
the judges. In a compromise, Cernusca and
Brandt agreed that Cernusca, with some input
Letters to
Drinking on the wall
TO THE EDITOR: The other night my companion and I were
participating in one of Penn States oldest traditions, tile wall.
As everybody knows the wall is the place to be during the
spring term. Most ‘ivallers come out to have a good time, have a
beer or two, and maybe even blow a joint.
As everyone in Pennsylvania knows, the drinking age is an
outraaeous 21-years-old. My friend and I have waited 21 long,
hot, miserable, frustrating years before we could have that first
legal drink. But last night we, and several others, were refused
this privilege for the simple reason, that we were on the wall.
A campus security Patrolman and a short, skinny, narco-type
dude came trampling along and, for no reason, unduly
harrassed us. They said it is against University rules to drink
on campus except in a dorm room. They also said that the
campus boundary line extends to the middle of College
Avenue, so we were violating the rules. But how rinky-dink can
campus officials be? People who are on the wall are trying to
establish a spirit of brotherhood and friendship. Why is it
necessary for these campus fools to refuse - wailers a good
time? Are they trying to start some kind of riot? We feel that
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to whether 40 people will from Brandt, would select three judges from:, Brandt, the other students in the original nine. • .•
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decided Cernusca did not have the power to railroading was going on, revoked its approval i r 4 -. A . 1
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are the students who ap- select the judges because Academic Assembly. Friday. Z'.7% ; / I ',
iewed by the former USG had given that power to the Judiciary Com-6. Brandt was wrong. It does not come down to /i c
for three vacancies on the mittee. Kaplan threatened to take Cernusca to R te.
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whether 40 people will get screwed; it comes
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down to whether 30,000 students will get . . -
tdemic Assembly gave the, judges for its interpretation of the USG screwed. Every USG Supreme Cdurt decisiqn J
r Committee chairman the constitution, which, as in so many other cases, affects those 30,000 students. And thode . .
court vacancies with the does not make it clear whether or not the new decisions must not be made by a bunch of bud
the Judiciary Committee. Judiciary Committee retained the power to dies railroaded in by a bunch of their buddies.
select the judges.
Iposed to be a democratic USG and all its branches are not supposed to
To avoid a Supreme Court case, Cernusca lit,4 ,:rsi, "::.%, • ,
and not a dictatorship of
backed down and granted the new Judiciary be a clique. They are supposed to form a govern- • r,'
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Committee the power to select the judges. ment for the students. The U.S. government ~ ,
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ions to all students. Of the
Instead of choosing three from among the nine works on a system of checks and balances. But ~., ,
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students chosen by the former Judiciary Corn- one branch of the USG government cannot
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mittee, the new committee chairman without check another branch if USG is being run by 0.;' . .:., i : :, -': • ~..tr,
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consulting her committee presented to them for best buddies rather than budding statesmen. - ' : ,
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, new USG president was approval three students: one from among that The new Judiciary Committee must interview .., , .
iusca, who decided that he, nine, one of the 40 applicants and one who had the nine students chosen from the 40 applicants. I '
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not even applied.
The new Judiciary Committee interviewed
those three students, and, under pressure from
the E• itor of the Collegian
there are numerous other problems on campus to which these
boys in blues should be attending. Seriously, how much harm
do these wailers do?
We suggest, if a student is 21-years-old, he should be able
to be enshrined in the wailers' hall of fame, and be able to
enjoy his booze anywhere he pleases.
Help WEHR
TO THE EDITOR: For three years now, people have sunk
enormous amounts of time and energy into WEHR to get it
totally functional. As of this time, the station is only partially
functional. It is established and is recognized as a new station
with many accomplishments and great potential. It is also
recoanized as a valuable and worthwhile communications
medium in an ; area where it is definitely needed. However,
WEHR is not able to broadcast to all of the dorms in East Halls
and is not th•it financially stable.
Audit demands:
By DOUGLAS FORD
6th-community development
I direct this letter to the members of
the Undergraduate Student Government
Senate.
The auditor general's office cannot
possibly meet your request. The reason
is that they only record that the money
was delivered and received. They do not
have the authority, the time or the
manpower to audit Now each ap
propriation is spent. Such an audit
Collegian forum
would have been possible under a bill
co-sponsored by Rep. Galen Dreibelis,
D-State College, which provided for a
special office composed of professional
auditors and certified public ac
countants which would perform a
thorough audit of all state institutions
and organizations receiving state ap
propriations.
At the present time, if USG goes to
Harrisburg to voice its opinion that
money is spent or used unwisely, you
will find that you will have hurt your
selves rather than helped. It's common
sense to know that when a recipient of
an appropriajton complains about how
unwisely the state's money is being
used, the legislature will simply cut back
on its appropriations. After all, would
USG give money to an organization that
And it must make the three selections from
among those nine with no additions or ex
ceptions.
Russel J. Pensinger
9th-Ilberal arts
Stephen P. Lyon
Bth-Journalism
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I was recently told by one resident of East that it seems
whenever WEHR makes some progress, it is always con
fronted by a new problem. They went on to ask why a needed
service oraanization such as WEHR has not received more
assistance from the Univesity than it has received up to now,
and why certain people always seem to see a need to create
impediments for WEHR. THis has been recently exemplified in
the case where persons who evidently felt WEHR to be a
menace to them, furnished C. Fred Willits, candidate for State
Senator, with false information concerning the station.
Granted, we have obtained help from some people within the
University, and we are grateful for this help. But aaain, we can
unquestionably use much more than we have been offered,
particularly in terms of financial support. After all, if this
weren't true, WEHR would presently be broadcasting to all of
the fourteen dorms in East. These feelings of frustration are
more than abundant through the people in the city of East
Halls and others associated with WEHR, as many have ex
pressed such feelings.
The purpose of this letter is not to deny the help people have
been giving us, but rather to make it known that the problems
we've been encountering far outweigh the assistance we need.
So, if you don't mind watching as a harmless, worthwhile,
they were told was not using their money
wisely?
In my talks with several administrators
and leaislators I found that the three
primary reasons for tuition increases
were inflation, the five per cent increase
due to Social Security and the tuition
increase policy put forth in the Com
monwealth Master Plan for Higher
Education. It stated that tuition * at the
three Pennsylvania state-related
universities, the University of Pitts
burgh, Temple University and Penn
State—would be increased to the level of
$l,OOO.
At present Pitt and Temple have an
annual tuition rate of approximately
$1,050, and therefore are not being
asked to raise tuition. Members of the
administration expressed that the in
crease in tuition as now proposed is
definitely needed, but whether we need
the increase to $l,OOO only time will tell.
The problem seems to be in dealing
with the leaislature. If the administration
approached the leaislature saying that
tuition is high enough the legislature
would simply, say that our appropriations
are high enough. In any case fighting the
University and the legislature for an
audit is ridiculous.
Another point that must be expressed
concerns the accusation that this
University makes a larae amount of
profit on such services as telephoning
and mailing. You are not entirely wrong.
poor judgment
The University may make a profit over a
month's time, but this money is used to
pay off the debts incurred in past
months and debts will be incurred in the
future. These operations are budoeted
on a lona-run basis to break even.
Another point concerning George
Cernusca's accusations deals with the
question of a continency fund. The
administrators I have talked to sub
stantiate the fact that a continency fund
exists. Profits do not ao into this fund, it
is budaeted for, with other monies
coming in from sources such as colleaes
who have money left over after their
expenses, which is a rare happening
indeed. The primary purpose of this
money is to pay for equipment
replacement.
It is a fact that some money is spent
unwisely. This happens in any business
or institution and it is important that we
try to solve these problems but the
amount of such spending at Penn State
is not anywhere near enough to offset a
tuition increase.
So, I submit to; the Senate the
followino recommendation:
Stop runnino headlong into a situation
which apparently you know little about.
To base your actions on an ex-employe
and one senator is terribly shallow
thinking. As I stated in a past letter to
the Collegian, look before you leap.
Stop going to the legislature to
demonstrate your grievance that money
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student-rub entity painfully wastes away, fine, it's your
conscience. But if you'd rather lend your support and
assistance where it would be most appreciated.
dtatryCollegian
DIANE M. NOTTLE CYNTHIA A. ASHEAR
Editor Business Manager
BOARD OF EDITORS: MANAGING EDITOR, Steve Ostrosky,
EDITORIAL EDITOR, Barb White, NEWS EDITOS, 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, CARTOONIST, Tom Gibb,
WEATHER REPORTER, Brian Thomas
I assure you that there are plenty of
student, faculty and administrators who
are terribly upset over these situations
but let's deal with these situations
through Penn State in a cooperative
manner. Don't send letters with "you do
this or else" statements through them.
After all wouldn't USG react in the same
same manner if the administration told
you to stop your tax fight or else? You
would probably tell them to go to hell
and rightly so.
Russell J. Rossman, Jr.
President of WEHR radio
is being spent frivolously and unwisely
because the only effect you're goino to
have on the University is a decrease in
appropriations. If this happens you
alone are to blame and then you will be
representatives of the student body no
lonoer.
Stop dealing with people as though
they can be manipulated by your power.
It is imperative that you learn - to deal
with people cooperatively. You cannot
deal with administrators, leoislators and
people in general by intimidating or
throwing ultimatums at them as you
have with your letters to President
Oswald.
As it is now, this USG will no lonaer
be effective for you manaaed to
thoroughly alienate the administration
and many students by your poor
judgment in dealing with people and
your refusal or inability to research a
problem thoroughly and effectively.
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