You're invited!

The students you represent request your presence

As the students know, you have taken a promising first step with your letter to the State College Borough Council, encouraging council members to reconsider the proposed revised housing ordinance that you believe "singles out students in a discriminatory fashion" by restricting housing in some areas to no more than three unrelated persons.

Your letter made University students and council members aware of your feelings that eliminating that discriminatory language is a "major step" in the direction to balance the concerns of students and borough residents.

But the situation still remains troublesome for students and will not be resolved simply by one letter.

In recognition of this situation and your efforts to aid students so far, your presence is requested at the upcoming borough council meeting at 7:30 p.m. April 7.

Although the meeting does conflict with your plans to entertain out-of-town guests, please entertain the notion of making a powerful show of support for your students -- even if only for half an hour -- by attending the meeting and standing up with them in protest of discriminatory housing rules.

Your interest in students' housing concerns is appreciated, but your presence before the borough council and student body on April 7 would clearly demonstrate the weight of your letter to the council.

RSVP your acceptance or regrets by sending an E-mail to The Daily Collegian Board of Opinion at amb184@psu.edu. Please feel free to bring as many guests as you like.

Sincerely,
Daily Collegian Board of Opinion

You, too, can invite Dr. Spanier to the April 7 meeting by sending him an E-mail at gspanier@psu.edu, or stop by his office in 201 Old Main to hand him this invitation personally.