Thursday, September 14.1995
Greater numbers at
Behrend
by Danielle M. Murphy
Collegian News Editor
Interest in Behrend is soaring.
The number of Penn State
applicants choosing Behrend as
their first choice campus and the
number of potential students
accepting offers to attend Behrend
are growing. These increases
have lead to problems in housing
and more selectivity in the
addmissions process.
“This is a really a different
year,” said Mary Ellen Madigan,
Director of Admissions and
Financial Aid. “Interest in
Behrend has really grown.”
According to the Admissions
office, about 60 percent of Penn
State applicants chose Behrend as
their first choice campus. Of
those applicants, 64 to 65 percent
were accepted.
In the past, of students who
come to Behrend, 60 percent
remain until graduation. As of
August 28, Behrend’s enrollment
was at 127 percent of what
Admissions had expected in
enrollment
“We want to stay a small
college,” said Madigan.
“Students come here for the small
college part of Penn State and
the personal interaction.”
In the future, it will be more
difficult for students to get into
Behrend. There will be higher,
more competitive admission
standards.
Currently, twenty-four students
live in temporary, on-campus
housing in quads or converted
study lounges. These students
received discounts on their roonf
charges and upgraded off campus
from FEE on page 1
Dr. Reber was one of the majo*
drives behind the proposal "The
student activities fee, as currently
proposed, will provide funding
assistance that would be very
helpful to expand and maintain
out of class student concerns,"
said Reber.
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Commonwealth Student
Governments (CCSG), a student
government body composed of
representatives from all the
University's locations outside of
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bookings were made available to
students unable to get on-campus
housing.
As of August 17, 138 students
were on waiting lists for on
campus housing.
According to Ken Miller,
Associate Dean of Student
Affairs, the University
intentionally overbooks because
not all students who accept
admission register. This year
more students accepted and
registered, leading to over
enrollment
“We’d rather have this problem
than have empty rooms and
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enthusiastically endorsed the
proposed fee.
In the release "CCSG's Official
Stance On the Student Activities
Fee," the organization outlines
several goals it wishes to see in
the final policy regarding the fee.
The five (5) items they will be
advocating are:
1. All money raised at each
campus will stay at each campus.
2. The student activity fee will
not replace the University
allocated budgets for student
programs and activities at any
campus. To ensure this, the
University is to commit to
continue with its past practice of
raising the budgets in these areas
by a comparable percentage of
any and all tuition increases.
3. This money is only to be
used for student activities and
relatedevpntc and issnpc
4. There is a safeguard against
the University folding this
classrooms,” said Miller. “Next
year will be another tight year.”
To open up more on-campus
housing, a 136 student, co-ed
residence hall will be constructed
behind Tiffany Hall. The hall is
in the preliminary design phase
and changes are still being made.
“We want to invite student
feedback on the design,” said
Miller.
Students can see the
preliminary design Wednseday,
September 27 from 9 am to 11
am in the Dobbins Gazebo.
Students will have the
opportunity then to offer their
ideas and concerns.
money in among the general
tuition funds.
5. The student activity fee
does not exceed $25 for its first
five years in effect
At Behrend the fee would
generate approximately $160,000
(based on approximately 3200
students).
How the money will be
disbursed is unclear at this point.
Dr. Reber hopes the final
policy will create a special
committee composed of at least
half students. That committee
will review various proposals and
recommendations and make final
decisions on the disbursement of
the funds.
"I personally hope that a high
priority is placed to registered
student organizations and for
efforts and programs that will
enhance evening and weekend
out-of-class life of the college,"
Teber said.
Battle over Citadel continues
The Citadel may not remain all male, despite efforts on the school’s
part to reverse the judicial decision that allowed Shannon Faulkner to
attend the military college in South Carolina.
Nancy Mellette, a senior at Oakridge Military Academy, a military
style high school in North Carolina, has added her name to a suit
against The Citadel. Mellette, a second Liutenant Cadet, has won
numerous scholastic and athletic honors, completed an application to
the state-funded Citadel and plans to major in electrical engineering,
according to court documents.
Mellette’s father is a 1963 graduate of The Citadel and her brother is
currently a senior there.
Faulkner, who won the right to attend The Citadel after a two year
court battle, left the school, along with many other cadets, after
suffering from heat exhaustion during “Hell Week,” the first week of
the semester.
Mellette’s filing comes after South Carolina inaugurated a so-called
women’s leadership program at private, all-female Converse College in
Spartanburg, S.C. The court will decide if the program is
constitutionally equivalent to The Citadel. The trial is scheduled for
November, and if found constitutionally equal, women can legally be
diverted there.
Serbs resist NATO bombings
In Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, rebel Serbs have shown no sign of
pulling heavy weapons from Sarajevo despite repeated NATO bombings
during the past two weeks. A senior U.S. official has prepared to meet
with Serbia’s president, Slobodan Milosevic, to negotiate an end to the
40-month-war. The warring parties have agreed in priciple to divide
Bosnia giving the Serbs 49 percent and a federation of Bosnian Croats
and Muslims the rest Positions of the factions are still being felt out
before any new meetings concerning the plan.
After Serbs captured United Nations “safe areas” of Srebrenica and
Zepa in July, the U.N. and NATO agreed to protect the four remaining
safe areas in Bosnia, using massive airstrikes. The Serbs have said
they would rather suffer airstrikes than pull back their heavy weapons
from around Sarajevo.
Pres. Spanier gives address
On September 15, Penn State’s 16th president, Grahm B. Spanier,
will give his State of the University Address at Eisenhower Auditorium
in University Park. His address will be broadcast live via satellite to
Behrend at 3:00 pm. Students, faculty, and staff can watch the
broadcast in the studio in the Academic Building.
President Spanier had been Chancellor at the University of Nebraska-
Linclon and assumed his role as president September 1.
Core services such as Career
Development, Health and
Wellness services and personal
counseling could also be
expanded with the addition of the
fee according to Dr. Reber.
According to Jeff Butler,
CCSG’s BOT representative, the
fee is expected to pass easily
through the Board of Trustees.
“The administration is fully
behind the proposal and most
Trustees have already expressed
their support for the concept,”
said Butler.
The resolution to be voted on
Friday only approves the concept
of the fee and does not outline
specifics on disbursement
procedures.
The final policy regarding the
fee will be formed after the vote
on Friday.
Though many support the fee,
some however some do not
advocate it.
Resident assistant Brian
Schaeffer said he did not think
that the fee would make a
significant impact.
“(Students) do not want to pay
for what was free before and
considered bad by some,” said
Schaeffer.
However, according to
Schaeffer, not all programing is
bad. In fact, Schaeffer said that
the programing is very good.
“As a stigma, with
programming, people expect to
be disappointed. For example, at
Brunos (this weekend) the band
Jake’s Blues performed. This is a
"The administration is
fully behind the
proposal and most
Trustees have already
expressed their
support for the
concept."
--Jeff Butler
very popular band in Erie, but
there was a low turnout here. We
really do have good prgrams, but
people don’t come,” he said.
Schaeffer added that people
associate Bruno’s with being
disappointing. Though the
quality has improved very much
this year, Schaeffer said he feels
people haven’t realized that yet.
This is why Schaeffer said he
against the fee. With the instated
fee, students would be paying for
programing they don’t want (or
in some cases, don’t like).
According to Reber, a
committee composed of
representatives from all concerned
areas of the University will likely
be formed to reach agreement on
how funds will be handled.
Dr. Reber is pleased that the
fee is being considered after
investing years of effort to make
it a reality. "The entire college
community has long advocated a
fee to provide important new
programs and services as well as
expanding existing ones. I am
delighted the prospect appears
promising."