Editorial opinion 'Wait and see,' but Students' summer invariably soured by late tuition hikes Tuition hikes have become almost as regular as the noon chiming of the Old Main clock. But notification of an increase usually conies in the mid-summer, which in variably causes great anxiety to students and parents who must devise a manner in which to raise extra funds. Loren Furtado, director of the Planning and Budget Office, said yesterday the University cannot make the tuition announcement until the state legislature and the governor pass the Univer sity's yearly budget ap propriation. The appropriation is sub ject to scrutiny from the state Department of Education, the Department of Budget and Administration and a review and recommendation from the governor. That lengthly process begins in the fall and ends To get respect, student government must change USG must emphasize service to By DAVE PRITCHARD and PAM NESKY During the past year the Undergraduate Student Government has undergone quite a number of changes, and as a result has also experienced many problems. Because of the closed meetings, the overall secrecy, and the lack of communication, USG has abruptly lost much of the respect it took years to gain. With the onset . of new executives, new department heads, and a new senate, USG must return to its service-oriented path. We feel we are qualified to get USG back on its feet. Out of all the candidates, we definitely have the most experience in USG and other campus activities,. ,pr,i,tch ard has been,a USG, senator for two years, where p he served on •the Policy,and ProcedureS i '9 i mmittee, and also the Finchot Firc, Committee. Re was alio - a Major cOntributoe . to the USG Summer Jobs Program, and served on the Student Advisory Board to the Penn State Bookstore. Nesky has been involved in USG longer than any other candidate. A member of the USG Department of Legal Affairs for three years, she held the position of staff coordinator during 1979- 80. Also a member of the USG senate for one year, she worked on the Police Services and Constitution Committees. She has also 'worked with the Pennsylvania State Association of State- Related 'Universities (PSASRU), which is a student lobbying group. Along with the above activities, Nesky was also a chairnian for the Ihterfraternity Council Dance Marathon and a student advisor for the College of The Liberal Arts. We would like to see USG take on a new image. . .the image of an active, respected and cooperative student government. To do this, USG must utilize its different departments and other campus organizations to accomplish things the students and the administration will notice. We strongly believe that strength comes in numbers, but along the same lines, without cooperation, so does confusion. Therefore, USG An outsider's view needed to rebuild government Op-ed ~i ; depending on how quickly the state legislature wishes to act. Furtado said the University plays a "wait and see" game before it can of ficially act. The legislature should seriously take into con sideration the importance of forewarning students of a tuition hike. Then, students financing their own education can apply for loan increases or get extra jobs, and parents can budget more money. We constantly hear of the red tape involved in getting education legislation passed, but it seldom affects us directly. In this instance, the procrastination of the legislature is affecting the financial lives and futures of the student. That should be a concern of every student. Furtado said the student's best interest is the main concern when arriving at needs to work on increasing its relations with other organizations, both large and small, so they can work together to become stronger and more effective. Too often different organizations spend their time competing against each other and defeating each other's purposes. If USG is to gain the respect of the students and the administration, this must definitely change. Because USG is the central voice for the students, these changes must begin here but USG also needs every other organization's help. • Executive Council was originally formed in order for the major student organizations to work together toward common student goals. However, in the past, the council has proved to be, fairly ineffective because its meetings are filled only with individual reports on each organiiatiOn's activities. Therefore, we would like to see the council become more active and sponsor a campus-wide event. Just think of the manpower it would have to make the event a success. A few examples would be a voter registration drive, or possibly the council sponsoring Homecoming activities or a campus-wide Spring Week. Although the last two have been predominantly greek in the past, there is no reason why this cannot change. By involving all of the organizations, activities could be geared to ALL students. We would also like to work directly with many of the other organizations on issues currently affecting students. One example would be to work with the Association of Residence Hall Students on improving the night security system in the dorms. Another would be working with Black Caucus and Academic Assembly on a recruitment program to present to the Univerity's recruiting officers. Because of USG's experience in Legal and Political Affairs we would also like to work with the Organization for Town and Independent Students on bettering landlord/tenant relations. Also, we would like to work with Academic tuition costs, and a thorough preparation can only help to insure an increase of the lowest possible amount. He said because this is an election year, the ap propriation might be delivered earlier, depending on how fast and how much business the legislature wants to accomplish before ad journing. Fast and efficient service should be the legislature's motto. But in the absence of this, it becomes the current legislature's responsibility to understand the plight of the students and act accordingly. Too large a tuition increase with too short a time to compensate for the deficit could terminate the academic careers of many students. A mind may be a terrible thing to waste, but needlessly wasting a mind is even sadder. Assembly to compile a pamphlet including all scholarships available to University students. We feel awareness of USG and its functions and services • must definitely be increased. Because the average student is unaware of the opportunities and learning experiences USG offers, we would like to incorporate a USG slide show and workshop into freshmen orientation. This slide show would be an entertaining in troduction to USG, showing each department with a brief description of its functions, every service USG provides and people working together and having fun together. This may make a more lasting impression than another pamphlet that finds its way directly into the By JOE KRETA and KRIS COBB The time has come for an outsider to lead the Un dergraduate Student Government. USG needs people who can objectively look at, and evaluate the various operations, departments and services of USG in a calm and unemotional manner. The positions of president and vice president of USG are very important ones. In the past, we have seen our elected officers make many campaign promises to get elected only to see them fail in implementing them. We are going to be honest with YOU our constituents in order to make student government work for you. However, we do not want to make the same mistakes. "Building for the Future" is more than a campaign solgan, it is a vision. We foresee ourselves as the first in a series of steps designed to help improve the reputation, credibility and financial status of USG while providing the students with the services they need now. USG must work to become a respected organization in the eyes of the administration and faculty as well as its sister organizations. We must be able to work with these administrators and faculty members, through the proper channels, in order to accomplish our goals and we must learn to cooperate with other student organizations in order to measure student opinion more accurately. The senate, in its chaotic and undisciplined manner, has failed to do this throughout the year. The Night Map is a classic example. Its originator failed to communicate with the appropriate University officials and, as a result, was forced to take $BlO out of his own pocket to fund the project. Although the University will pick up $6OO of that bill, the remaining $2lO is to be absorbed by student organizations. Once again, the senate messed up its communications and to our knowledge refused non monetary support from these very organizations. Now they are asking them to pick up part of the tab. Recently, however, the Association of Residence Hall Students defeated a motion to fund a portion of this sum and we can't blame them. Recently, the structure of USG has attracted much "Pn'~' y t:. 5 ,}..~ ~. IMEII 0.:4 7 ‘ , Letters to the Editor Face the facts Today's American economy is in serious trouble. To cure the problem of 19 percent inflation, President Carter has proposed a balanced budget. President Herbert Hoover's attempts at balancing the budget to cure economic woes did not prevent the collapse of the stock market and the• ensuing depression. Furthermore, the attempts at balancing the budget would result in a proposed $l3 billion cut in the 1981 budget. Social programs and solar energy research will face major cutbacks in funding. At a time when• alternative energy sources are of prime concern, it would be self-defeating to curtail solar research. Today we are primarily reliant on fossil fuels or atomic energy. With its radioactive 'hazards, atomic energy is an unac ceptable energy source. Although coal is abundant in the United States, it still remains a limited resource. Coal, as an energy source, also damages the environment through water and air pollution. It is time for President Carter to the face the facts. By at tempting to solve the inflation problem, he is compounding the energy problem. While 19 percent inflation requires im mediate attention, we can not afford to let solar energy fall by the wayside. Timothy M. Sukel, sth-prelaw March 20 Easy access The Daily Collegian encourages comments on news coverage, editorial opinions, and on-campus or off-campus affairs. Letters should be type-written, double-spaced, and no longer than 30 lines. Students' letters should include the author's name, term, major and date when letter is being submitted. They must be signed by no more than two persons. V . N , attention The reorganization, which has been going on since January and which is still not resolved, has resulted in the loss of USG's former business manager, project directors and movie staff. USG has even found it necessary to advertise for students to fill these various positiong. These are the same people USG had working for them but chose to eradicate through personal in sinuations the very thing the senate wanted to avoid. Our administratioh would have no need of the secretiveness that surrounded this executive order. We firmly believe public criticism provides many of the checks and balances that are so important to an organization the size of USG. We would rather be told and learn from our mistakes than have people laughing behind our backs. When we make a mistake, we admit it. The various department heads, the senate and all concerned parties in cluding The Daily Collegian and the public should have been involved in such a major decision. Since this presidential order, the senate has ground to a halt. It has become ineffective because of the reorganization as well as its own inabilities to com municate between USG's branches. This inefficient transfer of authority caused by the reorganization has even forced the administration to freeze USG's funds fearing that the organization was incapable of paying its obligations. This lack of decisiveness may also force the Senate to break its $15,000 money-market cer tificate which it has not needed to touch since November 1978 in order to pay its debts. • For an organization such as USG to become in competent in serving the students' needs because of its own inabilities to communicate between its own branches, let alone the administration and other student organizations, is unthinkable. The financial stability of USG is also of grave con cern to us. We would like to build up the money-making division of USG so the organization will not be dependent upon the University for its funding but will be able to support itself through its investments and projects. This money could be used for emergency funding, such as assisting Delta Tau Delta rebuild after its fire and channeling it into the campus loop. FM= et back•.on•feet;. garbage can. Although we stress the importance of campus issues, we also believe local and state govern ment decisions affect students just as strongly. We believe that by strengthening and supporting PSASRU the student lobbying group for the state-related universities that the University's voice can be more effective. We would also like to see members of USG work more closely with the administration. To accomplish this, we propose a standing com mittee within USG to work with the student trustee. Instead of having only one liaison to the trustee, this committee would help conduct polls and surveys, research, etc., so the student Bring letters to the Collegian office, 126 Carnegie Building (across from Willard) so proper identification of the writer can be made. Names may be witheld on request with approval of the editorial editor. The editorial editor reserves the right to edit letters fo'r . grammar or space limitations or to .reject them if they are libelous or in poor taste. ' k.; : Fooling around News Flash: April lst is April Fool's Day Does this mean something to you? Well, does it? Of course it does. Surely there's someone or something at 4 t,be University whom you feel is truly deserving of the honorary "Fool of Fools" title. (Here's your chance to alienate your roommate forever.) Or perhaps the day reminds you of that incredible •no one-is-going -to-believe-this, I'll-never-forget what-happened-when, once-in-a-lifetime experience you had at dear old State. Even more importantly, how do you think the Univerty should celebrate April Fool's Day? Or has it already? How? " I ' C'mon folks, here's your chance to be creative. On April' Fool's Day ( that's Tuesday, April Ist, remember?), The Daily Collegian will devote its Op-ed page to Penn State Humor (Or perhaps the lack of it, if you don't respond). Comment on this pressing issue by submitting letters to The=' Daily Collegian Editorial Editor, 126 Carnegie Building. All' letters must be typed, double spaced and no longer than'Oci lines. Deadline is 5 p.m. Friday. No joke. • E tr y omi egian Tuesday, March 25, 1980—Page 2 Betsy Long Editor USG Elections I .t . 4 .`s~ =MEE trustee's voice better reflects the opinions of tlw,- entire campus. . We are definitely the most qualified can didates for president and vice president. Our, ideas are feasible and our proposals are back6A by experience and knowledge from the work we have put into USG and the research that has gonp into our issues and proposals. It's one thing to suggest ideas; it's another to, support how you plan to strengthen these ideas•. Although we cannot promise that we will be able to accomplish all of our goals in one year, we 00: have the experience and dedication needed to put USG back on its feet, and keep it growing in a, positive direction. '; • In a recent debate, we suggested that a board of directors consisting of USG's president, its vice ; president, its treasurer, the president of the senate, the chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, a Senator elected at large, the director of Programs arid Services, its former director, and a professor and administrator from the College of Business Ad : ,. ministration would provide the optimum solution to USG's current dilemma. The Board of Directors would be responsible for monitoring the activities of USG's Director of the Department of Programs and Services, who in' turn - would be responsible for the activities of four proje4 t managers. In turn these project managers would be responsible to the students to help run these various projects. The Department of Communication should be' - strengthened. This is the department that is respon sible for distributing information to the student boy and could be used as a link between the Collegian, tfie radio stations and various student organizations. ' - - The Department of Minority Affairs is also very important. It was set up to help minority studentS'!' adjust to University Park and it should be encouraged' to build upon this worthwhile objective. f The safety and welfare of the women at the -. L University is of grave importance. They not only havaq ( the right to expand their horizons and pursue their goals, but they also have the right to be free from fear,: It is therefore our hope to expand the role of the Department of Women's Affairs in USG. It should given the opportunity to grow and respond to the ever-" increasing increasing and changing needs of today's woman. At this time, we feel it is only fair to tell you we are , t,' honest and we believe that this has been holding us" back. In the interest of helping our fellow students, we have only sought your time and vote. Tom Johns and Dave' ' Klaphake, our campaign managers, did not ask for campaign contributions. We sincerely wish to make'' USG a government for all the students and not just 4' select few. ! • Finally, we would like to thank all those who have"' assisted us in campaign efforts. C) 1980 Collegian W. Kathy Matheny Business Managek'' `t. ... .., w':r:A. 'S Goals for a strong student government Responsible leadership for USG B 3 STEVE REEVES and CHRIS CALKINS , There is a need for a strong and de,dicated leadership for the Un dergraduate Student Government. The REEVES/CALKINS ticket has the experience and integrity to provide that This year we found that the Senate became more effective by setting goals and working towards them together. We are familiar with this goal setting ap proach. and will continue it. Here are some of our goals for making student gwernment a stronger and more ef fective voice for the students and our ideas on how we intend to accomplish these goals. Increasing cooperation • between student organizations. There is a lot that can be done at this Uoversity with improved cooperation between the major student organizations. Student opinion is much more credible and effective when student organizations join together and pool their resources, such as USG and the Organization of Town Independant Stgdents joining together to lobby for the student seat on the CATA Board, or USG and Association of Residence Hall Students working together to get out student voters in the dorms. We feel cooperation could be enhanced by, giving the Executive Council a goal orknted direction rather than merely reacting to crises. As USG executives we would continue to attend selected dorm area, house and OTIS meetings to keep in touch with the special concerns of spy al~~` a ~;1, ' Y Time for USG to become an effective organization B*TOE lIEALEY anti ANDY WEINTRAUB The same issues and problems have been with us for several years. Every year, new candidates look at those old problems and say that they are going to change things. But things haven't changed very much at all. Students still get the shaft on decisions such as the Physical Ed i kcation (priority system) change. Students are still unMvare of what the Undergraduate Student Government has to offer or what its purpose is. We feel the capability and the manpower exists to make USG into an effective organization. The problem stems from the political games that are played within USG. This year is no different. The campaigning is going on in the same old way. The same purposeful and snide attacks on opponents are still with us. If the people who take office are going to change USG and its very evident that students want it to change they must be people who have shown that they care about students and have truly worked with students and administrators. In short, the president and vice president must be people who have demonstrated their capability and knowledge of students, stilkent organizations and this University. As a senator and through the projects he worked on, Joe Healey gained experience and knowledge in working with students and administrators as well as many other aspects of Penn State. The major accomplishments and knowledge he gained through the Night Map was knowing where the people are who are willing to work and help. Andy Weintraub has a strong working knowledge of USG. He has been active in USG for two years. But more importantly, he has worked on the Race Relations Board since near its beginning and, two years later, left the board as vice chairman. A question for the future: To pay or not to pay? By, MARK BERG Pr?.. 4 ,'Went, Undergraduate Student Government Senate There has been much concern lately about the qyCstion of whether workers in the Un dergraduate Student Government's business function should be paid, as well as about how long the decision on this question has taken. One hciArs it at USG Senate meetings, reads it in The Daily Collegian, and even hears it in con versations between uninvolved students. This concern is encouraging interest is always good to see. What I would like to do is to clear up any misconceptions that might be surrounding the entire issue. Judging from the cvversations, debates and editorials, it seems necessary to go into a little background. The Office of Business Manager was established by the senate in March 1972. In the structure that evolved, the business manager was responsible to the president. Since James E. Mjnarik assumed the position in 1973 and was cossidered to be the originator of USG money making, as we now know it, the business faction became popularly known as JEM Productions. It those organizations. We will urge town senators to attend OTIS meetings and sit office hours in the OTIS office. • Incieasing communication between student organizations. In order to achieve improved cooperation between student organizations, better channels of communication must be opened. We will establish an effective system of liaisons between USG and other major student organizations for formal com munications. We will also organize in formal meetings between represen tatives of other student organizations and The Daily Collegian to discuss the best method for dealing with student issues. • Increasing student input into USG We will prepare regular press releases detailing what USG is doing and what it is planning to allow students and the press ample time to comment or criticize USG initiatives and programs. We will continue and expand the Student Opinion Surveys to assess true student feelings on major issues concerning them. • Improving continuity within student government. We will develop a plan for the decade using Executive Council as a forum to give long range direction to student government. It will. detail the ways to improve student government in the 'Bos and can decide whether a co-op is a feasible or desirable method of funding student organizations. Obviously there are many short term problems that must be solved, but . this plan would give was a small operation in 1973 and was basically a one-man show. In the years since 1973, JEM grew in size, in quality and variety of programs, and in profitability. JEM's profits (revenues less ex penses) grew from $2,381.47 in 1973-74 to $25,080.37 in 1977-78. But as JEM grew, potential problems for USG did also. The level of expenditures and the size of the structure that began to become necessary threw questions on the structure of USG especially on that of the relationship between JEM and USG. Please stop and think about it. Was a business that was directly responsible to the president and only indirectly responsible to the senate and the rest of USG viable? Could an organization such as USG contain an autonomous business? Could, the philosophies of such a business and a government coexist? These questions made it seem that some change, or at least a discussion of the structure, was needed in USG. The first action taken was the executive order of Jan. 14, 1980. JEM was brought into USG as a department. This order started the flow of ar- It is said that our fellow candidates, with exception of one team, have tried to take good accomplishments and hard work and smear them to benefit themselves. We have feasible, well-researched ideas that can accomplish our goal "to help students make the most out of their education and the most out of their lives at Penn State." PLEASE read our platform, look at our past and compare We want to and have shown we can do the job. Major points from our platform student government continuous problem solving direction for the future. The REEVES/CALKINS ticket is the most experienced team running for the USG executive positions. We both have been very active in USG over the past year. Stephen has been a senator for the last year. While in the senate, he was elected chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee which required him to work. closely with the treasurer of USG and audit the financial books of the organization. This has given him an accurate understanding of the financial workings of USG. He has also worked on senate ad hoc committees such as the Athletic Policy Committee and the Communications Department. Unlike the vice president in the federal government, the USG vice president has a very important role. One of the major responsibilities of the vice president is chairing the senate. Chris is the best qualified candidate for the position. He has been a senator for one and a half years. While in the senate he was chairman of the ad hoc committee on co ed housing and the ad hoc committee on Ritenour Health Services which resulted in the revitalization of the Ritenour Student Advisory Board. REEVES/CALKINS will work as a team to bring effectiveness back to student government. We are capable and willing to work hard throughout the year to provide responsible leadership for USG. By being here this summer, we will be able to work on new programs and an orientation presentation about USG for incoming freshmen as well as representing student opinion in any administration decisions made over the summer. Orily through working together with other student organizations will USG be able to provide students with an ef fective student government. ticles and editorials in the Collegian. The two month debate in the senate over pay also began at this time. There are those who feel that the matter of pay would best have been left to the executives and out of the hands of the senate. There are others who feel that the discussion of this issue has made the senate "argue its time away" and that the senators have "copped out" on other issues. My opinion is that the senate is the only place for such a decision to be made. It would, of course, take much less time for a few people to sit down and decide which way USG should go on the pay issue, but something very important would be lost. Our society runs on the principle of representative democracy. We implicitly realize that the resulting debates among lower groups of people can take time, but it is felt that better decisions result from discussions, debates and deliberations. At Penn State, the body for this is the USG Senate. Sure, it would have been wonderful to keep moving on the track that the senate was on before Jan. 14. It is important for the senate to work on those policy issues at the University ~zi4. :5~1;a.~~ Photo by Dave Kraft Stressing quality over quantity to revitalize student government By CHARLES KENNEDY and RAY LEACH Charles Kennedy and Ray Leach are ready to accept the responsibility of Undergraduate Student Government executive office. We are not plastering our names all over campus, nor are we producing expensive brochures. We want your vote because we can do a responsible, honest job of working to represent students' interests outside the student body and provide competent, efficient management of student services. Charles P. Kennedy has been vice president and president of Black Caucus. He has served on the Student Advisory Board, the Executive Council, WDFM Board of Directors, Paul Robeson Cultural Center Board of Directors and as Assistant Editor of Black Life. He feels his years of dealing with both student concerns and administrative matters has amply prepared him for the job of USG president. Ray Leach has lived in Centre County for 12 years, has worked at Sears and Roebuck during his entire career, is now the president of the Middle East Cultures Club of America and is a published author. As a run-of-the-mill student, he is prepared to approach the job of USG vice president with an outsider's skeptical eye and the ambition to put in the time it takes to do the job. We believe our platform illustrates a blend of our philosophies that can revitalize USG and stress quality over quantity in student services. We have agreed to undertake the following measures: ' • Refuse the stipend that is now being offered to the president and vice president of USG. Most students do not realize their executive officers are paid, and we feel the educational experience gained by holding this office is ample compensation for our time. This is a personal preference of ours and we do not want to spend money to get the office, or take money for filling it. • Work to reorganize USG's machinery for dealing with minority and intergroup relations. We advocate the combining of the Race Relations Board and the Department of Minority Affairs under an executive department called the Department of Intergroup Relations. The energy level of the Department of Minority Affairs has been lagging, while the Race Relations Board is a growing group that needs departmental status to obtain funding and USG control. • We will support a realignment of the USG chain of com mand that would continue the Department of Programs and Services while separating it from JEM Productions. JEM would be reinstituted as a separate body accountable to a .~>~ ~;,,_ .. '~ ~,. Fu <'.i .~' `, C A t , 5, ~ t ~ ~ :::{~ 1 ,:, .1 ~ • Tuition: When decisions are made, students should be told why they are made. We will also work to give more student input into the decisions. • Student Town Representation: We will set up a program so organizations work together to choose and nominate a student or student representative and help him or her get elected to the Borough Council in the next election. • Co-ed Housing: We feel living in the form of co-ed housing needs to be expanded at Penn State especially in the form of interest houses. '," 0 -' '' , l; : '' ' lfl.Y , ll 4 :',fl ;:t H l‘. : •,,i5 *if(' b't:tv , A ys't.' , lf„: .. c , ',:= • 4.‘ci...- 1 4 , -:1 gt , .. i , ,,,1 , ;( .., , i- , ' '' - '4fAiCtrtq'':: 4: '?: , 1,,Y4. ,"Alf ei e + , " .- ` .. . 4 i, 484- 0 .;' .6 :' ' , r ,„: , ~, ; i ;fr , ... 4— ' 43t %!Af•i- , `: : `; -: '' '' •. ,: k. i ' ''' 4 ,i - 140t.:41#10„„,tt . i) 4 which affect the students However, the decision on the structure of the business function and payment of workers is also very important. The executive order brought immediacy to the question, but I feel that the question would have come up sooner or later. The structure of JEM was becoming too large and diversified for questions about that structure and JEM's relationship to USG to not come up. Somewhere along the line, some senate would have been faced with our present situation. This brings me to my major reason for writing this forum. Much has been made of the two months spent on the question of USG's function as a buisness. Granted, two months is a long time, but the decision is not a simple one. The committee of the senate that is studying the questions has been in existence for four school weeks and has made some headway. Before the committee was formed, the senate had long, repetitive and unproductive debates on pay proposals. The committee set out to change this. Relevant past and present members of USG came before the committee and gave input, so Board of Directors composed of the president, vice president and treasurer of USG, the senate president, appropriations chairperson, and JEM business manager. A faculty position would be optional. • We will conduct a survey of students and student organizations immediately after being elected. Student input is vital to our efforts in focusing lobbying efforts, providing student services and filling particular needs of student groups. We will work to increase student voter registration because it is the foundation of our lobbying efforts. We feel an expanded role for the Department of Political Affairs is a necessity in moving toward , this goal, and we would support an increase in its appropriation. • We feel the Executive Council must take a more visible. leadership role. We would like to add one seat-at-large to the council to allow student groups other than the eight most powerful ones to participate in long-range planning. Representatives of smaller groups such as the Third World Coalition, Eco-Action and Turning Point would fill the seat-at large on a rotating basis, allowing them to add their opinions to those of groups like the Organization for Town and In dependent Students, Panhellenic Council and the Association of Residence Hall Students. • We would ask the USG Senate to make a greater effort to involve town students and independent students in its ac tivities by working with OTIS. • We favor a larger annual grant for Associated Student Activities to allocate for student services. We think that a responsible USG will earn more respect from the ad ministration and enable ASA's funds to keep pace with in flation. • We would promote continuity in USG by making a better effort to recruit underclassmen to staff agencies and par ticipate in USG activities. Orientation need not stop after Labor Day. • We want to assist the University in its mission and corn mitment toward minority recruitment. We will work with the Offices of Secondary Education, Admissions, Special Programs and Services, and Academic Assembly and Black Caucus toward that goal. '~;~~ We entered this campaign with a clear conscience and a determination to restore pride and integrity to student government. We think that for too long USG executive office has been an exclusive club open only to people with the money and resources to obtain it. We embarked on this one-week campaign to win, and we will, if all the candidates are evaluated on their talents. We want to work together to help serve you better. • Academics: We will work with the administration to help create more study space and better and longer learning facility hours. We also will help the Academic Assembly put more pressure on the Faculty Senate for better student ad vising. • Campus Safety: With the development of the Night Map, safety awareness at Penn State has risen. To further broaden our awareness of safety (theft, car theft, vandalism, rape and attack prevention, etc.) we will push for the implementation of a one- or two-day safety presentation to be part of some of the required Health and Physical Education classes. What follows are some of the possibilities of change within USG. 1. Clearly define responsibilities of senators and enforce them. Aside from the senate's regular functions, members should improve their communication with and visibility to their constituents. 2. Establish an ad hoc orientation committee to form a program aimed at informing freshmen on student government structure, where to turn for answers and what diverse services are available to them. 3. Encourage the administration to use Executive Council and USG Senate to get student input rather than boards set up by the administration. Executive Council and the senate are student elected and thus better represent student concerns. Communication. • Improved Communications: We will improve com munication and education between members of USG by having new senators come and observe two senate meetings out of the four remaining meetings before they take office. • More Student Input: With the cooperation of other student organizations, we will institute a student poll at least once a term. Remember, it's time USG meant something to you Now's the time! The Daily Collegian Tuesday, March 25, 1980-3 the committee members started with increased knowledge. It was decided that a more intelligent decision could be made by first deciding on the general role that profit-raising should have in USG- in the future. Only then could the decisions on structure and pay be considered. While this three-step process takes longer than simply sitting down and deciding pay, the latter wasn't happening without the former. The process seems to be working we are very close to a decision. With this background given, I ask you to look at the situation objectively. It may seem that the senate is doing nothing about student interests, but I feel that we are. Not only are we intelligently deciding on a concern that will affect the quality and quantity of student services offered by USG in the future, but we are also clearing the way for other student concerns to be discussed. We are doing our best to make a good decision and to move on to other matters. With the help and patience of the students, we can most cer tainly do it. .
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