GOP students look past Watergate Has the GOP been demolished by Watergate? lHf£T presents something to look forward to on Monday CONSUMER O | R —buyingtips ,j N consumer survival advice g every Monday’s Collegian n Register i ' for Student Health Insurance Wed. & Thurs. across from HUB Information Desk Student Rate Student & Spouse Student & Children (No spouse) Full family St administered b By JOHN MITCHELL Collegian Staff Writer The resignation. of former President Nixon and his sub sequent pardon have caused some embarrassment among Republican Party members, but College Republicans at Penn State are putting the events of the past year behind as they look to future ac tivities. The current campaign for GOP gubernatorial candidate Drew Lewis is being con ducted on a bipartisan basis with support being drawn from both Republicans and Democrats, according to Ed Lerch (7th-accounting), coor dinator of the campaign. "We want to support our candidate because he is a good man rather thaii because he is a member of the Republican Party.” Lerch said. Party affiliation is being emphasized less in this cam paign so that the stigma at tached to Watergate does not camaflouge the candidate as a man, Lerch said. “People aren’t voting party •MO' •fiC o* < /T • * • . # k cJEJfe^ 4° *° o, fcfiott.-tf&L udent, spouse, children information desk for furth information Insured by Mutual of Omaha "We want to support pur candi date because he is a good man, rather than because he is a member of the Republican Party. " tickets nearly as much any more,” he said. As a result of Watergate strict party af filiation is not as prevalent <iow as it has been. People are examining the issues before deciding to support a can didate, he added. After examining the issues closely, former president of the College’ Republicans Clyde Sheehan (9th-accounting), is leaving the Republican party, but he said the “reason I'm switching has nothing to do with Watergate.” “One of the reasons I got in to the Republican Party is because I. didn’t think it out io-s Tve Frank B. Hall & Co. of Penrta. —Ed Lerch (7th-accounting) ,1..?. j ,riJh.-urS 10-5:30 ... $150.35 enough.” Sheehan said. "I Bill Morton tilth-general was a fanatical Republican; arts and sciences) said he what was best for the party thinks Ford's pardon of Nixon was best for government. Now was premature. He said that I’m for good government -people wanted to see what first ” truth really was in the case. Sheehan plans to campaign but the pardon will make that for issues which emphasize , knowledge much"' harder to the working class rather than get. big (business. He said he does ' • not see how he could do that According to Lerch. Nixon’s and remain in the Republican acceptance of-the pardon was Party. not an admission of guilt, but Other College: Republicans Lerch pointed out that "if have chosen to remain with Nixon was innocent, he the party, although they are wouldn't have needed a par not always in agreement with don." the decisions made by party Margaret Hostetler (11th members. community development) j» o £ 4-5;3 O0 $ 49.00 $101.25 $106.25 The Daily Collegian Thursday, September 26, 1974 — eece ‘ said that the pardon should have come with a few more stipulations on the part of President Ford. "Then might have heard a mot jg definite reaction from Nixon as to his guilt, and also make the pardon more justifiable to the public." she said. Lerch said that ( "there is a thin line . between political ethics and dishonest. Nixon clearly passed the line into dishonest v.” Lerch added that "nothing Nixon did went for personal gain. Nixon's ends usually were a'll right, but his wavs of going about them were questionable." Nixon's resignation and Ford’s inauguration "was a breath of relief," Mprton said. As an organization. College Republicans support all Republican office holders, ac cording to member Dave Buf fington ( lst-sceondary education). But individuals m the organization "are not so much party hacks" as might have been the case in the past, he said. .Moviktof rfiswjv
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