We’re Finally Bigger
A Power Hungry University Mom Onward
The Oct. 8 issue of the Oregon State
University Daily Barometer, OSU's campus
newspaper, carried the following banner
headline on page one: “U of O Finally Sur
passes OSU Enrollment Totals.” But the
“Stats Prove Deceiving” read the second
headline. Thereupon Barometer Feature
Editor Alice Pitney launched into a highly
qualified acknowledgement of the fact that
there are more Ducks than Beavers this
fall.
The reasons given for this phenomena
were at once puzzling and amusing. Our
graduate requirements are lower they say,
thereby explaining why the University
boasts 839 more graduate students than
OSU. “But should OSU sacrifice academic
requirements just to become the largest
state university in Oregon?” the story
asked. Also, good old U. of O. has many
more part-time students — you know,
“housewives and those persons wishing to
‘better’ themselves intellectually.” And,
finally, the University is much easier on
admissions for foreign students. Thus, with
all these illuminating discoveries in mind,
it is really no wonder that Oregon “edged
ahead” of its neighbor to the north this
year.
Yes, Beavers, we have finally done it.
We have labored arduously for 31 long
years to surpass you in something. We have
poured blood, sweat, and IBM cards into
our patient vigil. And, after 30 years of
crushing disappointment, we felt our weary
hearts exalt in ecstasy this fall as we
watched the endles throngs pour across
our green lawns and into our corridors of
learning. We viewed with endless delight
the pushing, shoving hordes in our Student
Union and shouted with frenzied glee as
we fought for a chair in our classrooms or
a space in our parking lots.
But we have just begun. We have big
plans. We will lower our admission stand
ards to a 1.5 g.p.a. We will give scholar
ships for flying kites. We will have bill
boards and handbills and spot ads on tele
vision all over the world. We are not con
tent to be the biggest in North America,
even. Our goals reach past the farthest
stretches of imagination. We do not care
that our State System of Higher Educa
tion is organized as one body. We know
that underneath they really want these
little rivalries. They need them; they have
no worries anyway.
So there you are. We know you were
right to “question the U. of O. tactics . . .
in trying to achieve a larger student body.”
After all, we have to fight for what we
want. Quantity, not quality. Isn’t that the
answer?
A Kind Word
Although they seldom attract a great
crowd, the YMCA’s dialogue programs are
one of the best examples of an open forum
of ideas within the academic community.
Like the YM and YWCA’s other programs
(including international coffee hours and
discussion groups), the dialogues present
consistently high level programs of timely
topics. We applaud both of these groups
for the maturity of their programming and
for presenting programs of broad interest
to a large segment of the University’s pop
ulation.
The second YMCA dialogue will be held
at 4 p.m. Tuesday afternoon in the Bottom
of the Bowl, the Student Union’s down
stairs lounge area. Like the first dialogue,
this one will deal with current political
problems. Over the course of the year, if
last year is to be a pattern, the dialogue
topics will range over religion, social prob
lems, economic situations, or areas of direct
campus interest.
Dialogues will feature faculty members
and prominent figures from the local area
or visiting speakers in discussion, some
times heated. The student audience, too
often not more than fifteen, will join in the
dialogue or, when the discussion gets too
intense, merely watch the give and take.
The dialogues will be reported in the Em
erald but too often ignored by students,
busy sipping their 4 o’clock coffee in the
fishbowl upstairs.
The YWCA will begin its activities Tues
day evening with an orientation program
towards women’s activities on campus. A
rather innocuous idea in itself, the YWCA
has tried to include the ordinarily over
looked activities such as scholastic honor
aries and sports and special interest groups
in its program. It also hopes to inject some
candid comments as to the true worth of
activities in the modern student’s life.
Throughout the year other programs
such as the international coffee hours, en
couraging foreign and American students
to meet for a coffee break and an informa
tive discussion, will be sponsored by the Y
groups.
These groups are to be applauded for
their efforts to deal with problems of inter
est to general segments of the student body
and for their record of programming con
sistently worthwhile programs for relative
ly little recognition. They have a good rec
ord behind them, we hope they continue.
The Senate—An Old Story
We viewed last Thursday’s ASUO Sen
ate meeting with a great feeling of disap
pointment. It was the same old story, the
Senate’s version of “Tales Twice Told.”
ASUO President John Luvaas opened the
meeting with “Student government is not
at all a strong organization on this cam
pus.” And the group went on to prove
exactly that.
To say that the “policy” letter sent to
the faculty by the Senate vote is innoccu
ous and useless is to deal in understate
ment. The letter asked for “clarification of
faculty policy in the area of campus elec
tions,” and expressed hope that the policy
would eliminate “misinterpretation in the
use of University funds and materials.”
What are statements like this supposed to
mean? Has student government lost any
traces of lucid expression which it may
have once had?
We applaud Bill Holly, married student
representative, who stood in almost lon«
defiance of this watered-down statement.
Possibly Mr. Holly grows weary, as we do,
of policies and clarification and political
hogwash. We don’t know what the faculty
will do with this letter, but if they even
read it they will be doing the Senate a
favor.
Luvaas pledged that student government
at the University will be respected by stu
dents, administrators, and leaders on other
campuses. We will reserve great applause
for him if he can achieve this in light of
the present status of the group. And we
sincerely hope he can.
We also hope to see no more resolutions
like last week’s. It is time for the Senate to
stop playing around with policies and big
words and get down to brass tacks.
“Once More, Dear Friends-”
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NSA: It’s Functions
By TOM CLARK
NSA Representative
“It's all very well to have a
national union of students, but
what does it do?" This particular
question is frequently confront
ed by the United States Nation
al Student Association In at
tempting to answer. I would like
to discuss one area within the
philosophy of NSA: benefits to
the individual campus.
At last Thursday’s Senate
meeting it was pointed out that
there have been numerous dis
affiliations from NSA. It is gen
erally assumed that these drop
outs results from the consistently
liberal tones of political resolu
tions and a lack of concrete
aid in formulating programs.
I think it must be said in
NSA’s defense that, in the
majority of instances, t h e
failure to establish effective pro
grams resides with the lack of
effort on the part of the indivi
dual student government to
take advantage of membership.
A strongly determined effort is
an indispensable element if any
campus desires to exhibit bene
fits. I think we have that effort
in the person of Dean Francis
covich this year, and it is my
opinion that the campus will see
results with our NSA program
One of the new programs is a
plan of low-cost life insurance
now available to students in
member schools. This provides
the opportunity to secure a
$10,000 policy at student-term
rates ($20 a year). A medical
examination is not required of
any USNSA student who is in
good health. Full coverage con
tinues if a student drops out,
transfers, or enters the service.
Once the policy is issued, the
plan is guaranteed renewable
and non-cancellable by the
company as long as premiums
are paid.
Another program available to
students on our campus is in
International Student Identifi
cation card which acts as a dis
count card throughout most of
the world.
Invaluable information con
cerning foreign students was re
ceived by members of our dele
gation at the Congress, and we
are planning to establish pro
grams which meet the needs of
foreign students, acquaint them
with our ways of life, and more
importantly, help us to under
stand their background.
An area under discussion is a
book exchange and co-op, in
which a student simply names
his own price on a book, and
pays a nickel to place it on a
shelf. The profits would go in
to such areas as the Southern
civil rights projects.
A major area of concern is
the problem of student-faculty
relations. Through the perspec
tive NSA offers our student gov
ernment and the information
provided by the Student Gov
eminent Service we can see how
other colleges approach the
problem and perhaps transplant
efficient programs and ideas.
There are a surprisingly large
number of schools with pro
grams similar to our Student
Conduct Code, and through the
communication and assistance
of NSA we undoubtedly will be
able to improve upon our sys
tem.
Beyond any shadow of a doubt
the greatest benefit NSA makes
available to our student gov
ernment is a medium through
which we can exchange ideas,
and consequently establish, mod
ify, and improve programs.
NSA is not without its prob
lems, but neither is our student
government. The advantage, if
we are willing to work, is that
NSA provides a short-cut for
development, eliminating waste
ful trial and error The poten
tial for a useful organization is
there if we tap it.
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Letters...
Parking Space
Fmerald Kditor:
It seems clear that the de
mand for parking space will in
crease faster than it is possible
to provide new space. Thus
during peak demand hours ei
ther less cars will be able to
enter the campus area or some
cars must be removed. 1 pro
pose a final solution to the
parking problem based upon
the latter alternative.
At several stations on cam
pus arriving cars will be load
ed onto auto transport trucks
The trucks will carry the cars
to some outlying area and re
turn with them at the end of
the day. Since the railroads
have taken over most of the new
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