Christmas edition
VOLUME 6--NO. 3
Nalker Award to be
oresented to student
gIVERSITY PARK,
.--The Eric A. and Josephine
lker Award was established
)vember 17 by The
insylvania State University
honor its outstanding
mmo n-we al th Campus
dnet.
Created and funded by the
ently retired 12th president
Penn State and his wife, the
and will be presented
npleting two full years of
;I - man-sophomore study at a
mmonwealth Campus and
o has, over those two years,
Lsistently demonstrated the
aides for which the Eric A.
I Josephine Walter Award
created.
Under the terms of the
Ar award, each of the
iversity's 18 campuses will
;ct a finalist. The campuses
nually to the
mm o nwe al th Campus
dent whose "outstanding
alities of character,
olarship, leadership and
zenship...are found to have
uenced fellow students and
tributed to the prestige and
l-being...of the Univeristy."
The first award will be
le next May.
Dr. Walker, who retired
June after 14 years as Penn
to president, established
ier a similar award to honor
niversity Park student.
Intent of the new award is
recognize a student who is
Intercollegiate
Highlights
eedom to select courses
UNSWICK, ME.-(1.P.)-Bowdoin College students, beginning
a the current academic year, find a "new freedom" when it
les to selecting courses. ,
Transfr ling theory into action, the faculty voted last spring
Lbolish all formal degree requirements except for 32 courses
satisfactory completion of a major program.
Professor A. Leßoy Greason, Jr., Dean of the College, said
faculty believes that the modern Bowdoin undergraduate and
academic counselor should be "the chief judges of the most
.ningful,pattern of courses in achieving a liberal education."
In an introduction to the 1970 edition of "Guidelines",
,doin's annual course selection guide, Dean Greason noted
during the 20th century Bowdoin, like most colleges, "has
moving away from prescribing the specific elements of a
ral education. The concept of electives and the choice of
ors mark a steady departure from the fully prescribed course
tudy of the 19th century."
culty compensation figures released
V YORK, N.Y.-(1.P.)-New faculty compensation figures,
ssed by the American Association of University Professors,
als that Columbia's average faculty scale rose to nineteenth
e nationally. Average salary plus benefits for full-time faculty
lbers for 1969-70 was given as $18,321, up 10 percent.
The report by the AAUP's "Committee Z," complains that
ition has cut into slalaries so that only 43.1 per cent of the
e than a thousand institutions surveyed could claim an
ease of 1 percent or more in "real" salaries. Five years ago,
report says, 90 percent of the institutions met this criterion.
nalty will be loss of credit
0 ALTO, CALIF.-(1.P.)-Starting this fall, the sole penalty for
re to complete an undergraduate course satisfactorily at
ford University will be loss of credit toward graduation.
Dwing more than three years of study, the Faculty Senate has
oved a comprehensive overhaul of the University's grading
!in for undergraduates
The only grades recorded will be "A" for exceptional
ormance, "B" for superior performance, "C" for satisfactory
ormance, and "pass" for nonletter•graded equivalent to a "C"
In addition to eliminating "E" and "F" grades, "plus" and
ms" designations, grade point averages, and class grading
yes," the new system will provide special incentives for
ents who want to delve deeply into a particular subject or are
gnized by their instructors for truly outstanding work.
The charges were first proposed by the three-year Study of
cation at Stanford (SES) which The New York Times said
y well be the most basic attempt to come to grips with (the
lems of) alienated campuses of any in the nation."
The well known Grade Point Average (GPA)---sometimes
Nn to three and four decimal places by stui—nts---will be
Mated. In its place, a letter grade indicator (LGI) vi,2! be
puted for each student to one decimal point only, to suggest
general caliber of a student's performance. It will be released
on written request of the student for use in applications for
larships, fellowships, entrance to graduate and professional
ols, etc.
The option of taking courses on a "pass-no credit" basis will
xtended to any course, subject only to the consent of the
uctory and the department concerned.
Other changes approved by the Faculty Senate included
ition of the so-called grading "curve" for each class, provision
:xtended academic credit to students deciding to delve deeply
a particular subject, and a strong recommendation that
:ted reading and directed research opportunities be made
able for undergraduate throughout the University.
will then be divided into four
regions--West Penn North
representing the Beaver,
Behrend, Dußois and Shenango
Valley campuses; West Penn
South, representing the
Altoona, Fayette, McKeesport
and New Kensington campuses;
Pocono, representing the
Allentown, Hazleton,
Worthington Scranton,
Schuylkill and Wilkes-Barre
campuses; and Piedmont,
representing the Berks,
Delaware, Mont Alto, Ogontz
and York campuses.
Each region will pick a
finalist with the ultimate
winner being named by a
committee consisting of the
directors and deans of student
affairs of the home campuses
of all the regional candidates.
Campus nominees will be
selected by a committee
consisting of the director, dean
of student affairs, and assistant
director of resident instruction
at each campus.
Regional finalists will be
named by committees
consisting of the deans of
student affairs at each of the
campuses in each region.
The award will consist of a
suitably engraved trophy for
the winner and a wall plaque
for his or her campus. In
addition, each regional finalist
will receive a wall plaque for
his or her campus and a
certificate of recognition.
lr Eigilarrro Totirgi
PUBLISHED BY STUDENTS OF TH
MODERN ,EQUIPMENT to be used in scoring answers for the Science Countdown series is
inspected by Gerry Racho, Gary Labanoski, Bill Gentilesco and Joe Correale.
Large audience
Williams' drug
"Dope without people is
nothing." That was the timely
message conveyed by Bud
Williams as he presented a
lecture entitled "Street Corner
Narcotics" November 19 in the
SUB lounge.
Conducting research in the
field of drug abuse and
narcotics with the Los Angeles
Police Department has given
Williams a first-hand look at
today's drug situation. This
was clearly evident during his
talk as he related personal
stories of the sad results of
drug abuse. He did not
condemn all drug users, as so
many "experts" have done.
Conversely, he sympathizes
with the innocent teenager
who has become hooked
through no apparent fault of
his own, but rather by the
dreaded pusher who, Williams
said, is "rotten straight down
the line."
Williams told his capacity
audience that there are
essentially five types of dope in
the United States. Th ese are
uppers, downers, heroin, LSD,
and marijuana. Uppers include
diet pills, speed, and meth,
while downers might be
sleeping tablets, 'y ellow
jackets,' or 'red devils.' The
latter, according to Williams,
are the worst type of drug
available and cautioned
everyone to "stay away from
those little red devils!"
Surprisingly enough, the
biggest group of drug addicts in
today's society is not the
teenagers in high school and
college. It is composed of the
middle-aged, white bored
housewife who is continually
downing all sorts of
tranquilizers, diet pills, and pep
pills.
Williams related that last
year he spoke on the same
platform with Timothy Leary.
"The son of a bitch," as
Williams himself put it rather
aptly, was booed from the
stage by the students because
he was unable to complete his
sentences. Ob viously he had
been tripping the night before.
In concluding his
well-received talk, Williams set
forth a number of his ideas
regarding the control on illegal
drug traffic. He believes that
uppers and downers could very
easily be controlled with a
crackdown on the
pharmaceutical houses that
distribute them. Little concrete
information is knwon
concerning LSD and it should
be studied further and deeper.
He said that heroin should
be legalized for addicts, only to
be administered in legitimate
clinics. Grass shouldn't be
legalized but it, too, should be
studied more extensively.
He believes, as do many
college students, that laws
dealing with drugs and
narcotics should be nodified.
Today, many teenagers have
been busted during their first
experiment and must go
through life with a felony
conviction chalked against
them.
HAZLETON CAMPUS OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
HAZLETON, PENNSYLVANI A 1: 201---MONDAY, DECEMBER , 70
Suspensions end
UNIVERSITY PARK
(APS)--Robert J. McHugh,
editor of The Daily Collegian,
was suspended from his
position for' the remainder of
Fall Term, according to Terri
Borio, president of Collegian,
Incorporated, the newspaper's
publisher. The suspension
followed an emergency
meeting of Collegian,
Incorporated, called Friday,
November 13 in response to
demands by the Black Student
Union.
McHugh's decision to
publish information secured by
a reporter by eavesdropping at
a closed-door meeting of the
BSU prompted the suspension,
according to information
released by Collegian,
Incorporated.
Rod Nordland, who
reported the story published in
the November 6 issue of The
Collegian, was also suspended
by the publisher, Miss Borio
indicated. Nordland is a former
editor of The Ogontz Campus
News, student newspaper at
the Ogontz Campus,
McHugh and Nordland
were suspended through a
directive effective Monday,
November 16. The directive,
established at the Friday
meeting of Collegian,
Incorporated, also directed The
Collegian to print an apology
to the BSU. The directive gave
the BSU equal space and the'
same (front page) position in
The Collegian to respond to
the story, Miss Borio said. She
said an official notification was
mailed to the BSU Saturday,
November 14.
Larry Reibstein, managing
editor of The Collegian, was
attends
lecture
Mr. Bud Williams
chosen as interim editor,
according to McHugh. Steve
Solomon, a contributing
editor, was offered the position
by Collegian, Incorporated, but
declined.
"I felt that my acceptance
of the offer...might be taken as
approval of the suspension of
Editor Rob McHugh,"
Solomon said. "While I
continue to believe that The
Daily Collegian was unethical
in its coverage of the Black
Student Union meeting, I think
Collegian, Incorporated,
overreacted," Solomon added.
Reibstein said his
acceptance "in no way signifies
approval of the Board's
(Collegian, Incorporated)
decision." He said he
"accepted it for the sake of the
paper. The staff conveyed to
me that if someone other than
myself were offered the
position they would have
refused to work." He said the
staff felt as managing editor he
was properly the next man in
line for the job.
Reibstein said he feels that
McHugh's suspension was
inappropriate as punishment,
and that he stands by his
original decision in advising
McHugh to publish the
November 6 story.
"The problem we are
concerned with is a question of
journalistic ethics," an
argument issued by The
Collegian's Board of Editors
stated.
Although the
Undergraduate Democratic
Government condemned The
Collegian for "flagrantly
violating" the BSU's "right to
assemble in privacy" according
haevel and Haeussler
Science series
produced
The plans for "Science
Countdown," a new thirteen
week television quiz series to
be produced by the Hazleton
Campus of the Penn State
University in association with
WVIA-TV in Scranton, are near
completion.
"Science Countdown" is a
highschool quiz program whose
main purpose is to help
stimulate interest in the
sciences in the Northeastern
Pennsylvania region.
Eighty-one senior students
representing 27 different high
schools will participate in the
complete series. Th e first nine
programs will consist of nine
students, three from each
school, competing first-round
elimination contests. The
winning teams will then
progress to the semi-final
rounds which will require three
weeks for completion. The
winners of these three
semi-final matches will
compete in the grand final
match.
High schools participating
Christmas
party
planned
The Student Government
Association of Highacres is
sponsoring a Christmas Party
for the underprivileged
children of the Hazleton area.
Theta Sigma Pi and Delta Delta
Tau are soliciting gifts from the
local merchants.
The Christmas Party will
be held December 20, 1970, at
2:00 P.M. in the Student
Union Building. A Gift
Wrapping Party will be held
December 18th at 8:00 P.M. in
the Student Union Building.
Everyone is cordially invited.
Bring your dates!!
protest
to a November 13 article in
The Collegian, the action of
The Collegian reporter was
perfectly legitimate because
the meeting was not an
executive session and was held
in a public building, McHugh
indicated.
McHugh said Reibstein
and The Collegian's
professional adviser Bernard
Buggy were consulted about
whether to print the story, but
the final decision was his.
Nordland, who wrote the
article about the BSU meeting,
said "I'm considering filing suit
in a federal court at least
against Collegian,
Incorportated, and possibly
against the BSU. I feel I've
been used as a scapegoat by the
Board's (Collegian
Incorportated) efforts at
cowardly appeasement."
Nordland said he believes
there is some question about
Collegian, Incorporated's right
to suspend him. He said the
action may be in violation of a
previous directive by the
publisher.
Spokesman for the BSU
were not available for
comment.
in the series, has been asked to
choose possible applicants
from their senior role. An
examination, prepared by
"Science Countdown," was
given to each Applicant.
"Science Countdown" is in the
process of grading the
examinations and sending the
results to the schools along
with their recommendations.
Five students will be selected
from each school; three
participants and two alternates.
Scholarships, totaling
$3OOO, will be awarded to
three schools participating in
the grand final round. A $l5OO
scholarship will go to the first
place school, a $lOOO
scholarship to the second place
school, and a $5OO scholarship
to the third place school. Any
student attending one of the
winning schools and planning
to major in a science-related
field in any college or
university will be eligible to
apply for these scholarships.
The scholarships were
Assistance is the answer
Today's high tuition costs as well as the costs of living,
books, etc. are creating problems for many college students. If
financial assistance is your problem, it would be well worth your
while to look into some of the following solutions.
Although there are many loans and scholarships awarded to
incoming freshmen, most . upperclassmen do not realize the
appropriations made for the sophomore, junior, and senior years
of study at the Pennsylvania State University. Any student
(including freshmen and transfer students) who has completed at
least one term of study at the university is eligible to apply for an
upperclass scholarship. Most of these scholarships, though, are
awarded to students who have earned cumulative grade point
averages of 3.00 (B) or better.
Applying for a scholarship: All eligible students may obtain
application forms from the Office of Student Aid, Grange
Building or from the dean of Student Affairs at a Commonwealth
Campus. Most applications are due by the middle of February
adn each must bear the student's cumulative grade average. The
exact due date is to be posted on the main bulletin board and in
the Collegian. All award winners are notified between May 1 and
July 1.
Upperclass loans: In applying for a loan, it is necessary to
turn in a Parents' Financial confidential statement with the loan
application. Both are obtainable from the Office of Student Aid
of the deans of Student Affairs. Completed applications should
be directly forwarded to the Office of Student Aid, Grange
Building, University Park, Pennsylvania, 16802. The Confidential
STatement is forwarded to the College Scholarship Service, Box
176, Princeton, New Jersey. Each completed statement must be
accompanied by a check or money order for $3.00 to cover cost
of the analysis.
Application deadlines vary, depending upon when the loan is
for. Most loans deal with finances on an annual basis rather than
term by term and are thus awarded only two times a year. The
most important deadlines to be remembered are: (a) April 10 for
those students seeking summer term loans, and (b) May 8 for
those students seeking loans for the fall-winter-spring term
period.
Those applying for loans for the summer term will be
informed in May of the decisions. Other loan decisions are made
known during June or July, or as soon as the necessary allocation
of funds is available from the federal government.
Short-term loans are to be repaid within three months, while
long-term loans are to be repaid after the student has graduated
or has terminated his education for any other reason.
In terest rates also vary on the different loans. Loans from the
National Defense Fund have an interest rate of 3% a year, starting
nine months after the borrower ceases to be a full-time student.
Rate of interest on loans from University funds, in most cases,
does not begin until after graduation and generally at the rate of
2% the first year, 4% the second year, and 6% for each successive
year.
Part-time employment is a third means of financial
assistance. Open to all students, jobs vary from laboratory work
to maintenance work or clerical work. Students are not permitted
to work more than fifteen hours per week and pay varies from
$1.45 to $2.50 per hour, depending on the job and experience or
skill required. For those students coming from low-income
families, the college work-study program is available. A
"low-income" family falls into one of the following catagories:
NO. OF DEPENDENT
CHILDREN
Other information on scholarships, grants, loans, and
part-time employment can be obtained from the Office of
Student Affairs or the dean.
Expansion p. 3
here
made possible through grants
made by the Sears Roebuck
Foundation, the Continental
Can Corporation and the
Meyer Manufacturing
Company.
M. Leonard Shaevel, of the
Department of Physics, and
Ernest Haeussler, of the
Department of Mathematics,
created and organized the
"Science Countdown" series.
the electronic display boards
and scoring apparatus were
designed and constructed with
student assistance at Highacres.
All questions used in the series
are being compiled and
authenticated by the science
faculty in co-operation with
the Educational Testing Service
of Princeton, New Jersey.
Judges for the series will b.
invited from the faculties of
area colleges and institutions.
"Science Countdown" will
begin its first annual series on
Monday evening, January 11,
1971, at 7:30 P.M. It can be
seen on Channel 44, WVIA-TV.
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