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Gun found at du Pont mansion
Media, PA-A gun, believed to have been used in
the murder of an Olympic wrestler, was found in John
E. du Pont’s mansion.
Police believe the .38-caliber revolver was used by
the millionaire chemical company heir to shoot Dave
Schultz, 1984 Olympic gold medalist wrestler, last
Friday. The revolver is being tested to confirm it is the
murder weapon, said Delaware County District
Attorney Patrick L. Meehan Monday.
Du Pont was apprehended Sunday after barricading
himself in his mansion following the shooting Friday
afternoon. Police feared that du Pont, a military buff
with a reportedly large cache of weapons, had booby
trapped the mansion but no explosives were found.
Du Pont, 57, was arraigned on murder and weapons
charges, then jailed without bond pending a hearing
today. Schultz had been training on du Pont’s estate
for this year’s Olympic games in Atlanta.
Citadel applications opening
Charleston, S.C. (CPS)-The all-male Citadel is
accepting applications from women.
Even though the courts have not decided whether
women may enroll as cadets in the all-male corps, The
Citadel said it will send applications to women who
request thorn, under a plan* filed in federal court in
December.
According to the plan, women seeking applications
would receive a letter explaining that the question of
female cadets is before the courts.
Women whose applications are rejected will be
informed of the reasons why, and the school would
inform the U.S. department of Justice of its actions for
each individual application.
So far, The Citadel has four applications from
women on file but has not made a decision on them,
said a school spokesperson.
One of the applicants is Nancy Mellette, who has
taken Shannon Faulkner’s place in the lawsuit against
the military college.
The battle to admit women to the corps began when
Faulkner deleted gender references from her high
school transcripts. She was accepted, but later rejected
when the school learned she was female. Faulkner
sued, was admitted as the first woman to the corps, but
dropped out in August, less than a week into training.
Ernie and Bert nabbed
Erfurt, Germany-Miss Piggy was under police
protection Monday, after her colleagues Ernie and Bert
were abducted.
Thieves knocked through a wall and plundered an
exhibit of original Muppet puppets overnight Sunday at
the Erfurt Garden Show. They also smashed a glass
case, trying to rip Miss Piggy from her display, but
were unsuccessful.
The Ernie and
$126,000.
Snake Escape
Cambridge, Mass, (CPS)-A 6-foot-long boa
constrictor escaped from its cage and slithered its way
into a dormitory heating duct before Harvard
University officials captured it by coaxing it out with
chicken meat
“A student had the snake in the cage, and he was
cleaning the cage, and the snake slipped out,” Lt John
Anderson of the Harvard Police Department told The
Harvard Crimson.,
The snake was captured when maintenance workers
cut a 6-inch.by-six-inch hole in the student's sheet
rock wall, exposing a hollow area in which die snake
was hiding. O&cials then used chicken meat to coax
the snake from the hole.
Jose P. Rosado, a herpetologist, or snake expert, at
Harvard's Museum of Comparative Zoology, said a ;
domesticated boa constrictor is harmless-unless it is in •
a feeding mode. When snakes go into acceding mode
and when anything bite it, he added.
Bert puppets were valued at
News
Dresden chosen for
study abroad
by Doreen Foutz
Assistant News Editor
Dresden is the location chosen
for Penn State’s study abroad
program this summer. From
early May until early June
German students, and others who
are interested, will have the
opportunity to study the German
language for Penn State credit.
Penn State’s first study abroad
program, not based at University
Park, will allow students to earn
four credits between the end of
the spring semester and the
beginning of the summer
session.
Dresden, capital of the German
state of Saxony and long regarded
as one of Germany’s most
beautiful cities, has a
metropolitan population of
approximately 800,000. It lies
about 100 miles southeast of
Berlin and is presently rebuilding
what was lost in the great
destruction of World War 11,
which makes Dresden an
excellent place to discover
German culture.
Classes in Dresden will meet
Monday through Friday from
9:00 a.m. until 12:45 p.m. in
order to leave the afternoons and
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Other suggested uses for
activity fee revenue included:
*Greek life activities, which
are currently excluded from SGA
funding due to discrimination on
the basis of sex.
"■Emergency phones in parking
lots.
* Improvements
renovations to the gymnasium
*The construction' of new
residence halls.
* Attracting more prominent
public speakers.
*Funding to keep expanded
Health and Wellness Center’s
hours.
SGA could receive all activity
fee revenue and make allocations
through Us yearly budget process.
Or SGA could end up with only a
fraction of the estimated
$150,000, with the rest being
distributed by an independent
committee.
“None of this has been decided.
This is all speculation,” Reber
said.
Some SGA members pushed
for an entirely student comprised
allocation committee, some for a
committee with equal
representation of students,
faculty, and staff and some for a
committee whose make-up falls
somewhere in between.
“I feel the committee should be
more representative of the student
body,” Bill Mattory, SGA
senator, said.
“I think it should be primarily
student driven,” Reber said, in
agreement with Mattory.
evenings free to participate in
cultural exploration.
“The classes will be taught
cither in a classroom or we may
decide 'let’s go out’ and everyone
buy something. I think it would
be a good learning experience,”
Dr. Steven de gart, associate
professor of German and
humanities said. “The last thing
I want to do is go to Germany
and spend all of our time in a
classroom. That would be
stupid.”
“We arc trying to keep the cost
down,” de Hart said. The
projected cost of $l6OO includes
round trip transportation from
Erie to Dresden which includes
bus, air, and rail travel, lodging
in three person dorm rooms at the
Motel Ascot Am Wiesenrand,
health insurance and international
student I.D. for all registered
students.
The cost also includes
predeparture, orientation sessions,
informational packets, on-site
guidance in planning cultural and
travel experiences. It can also
include optional organized
theater, concert, museum, and
recreational activities, and
assistance in obtaining work
permits for those students who
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wish to spend the rest of their
summer working in Germany.
“To save money we decided
that people could have the option
of cooking their own meals in
the dorm or eating at the place of
their choice. Breakfast is
available at the dorm for those
who want that,” de Hart said.
To aid in further cost reduction,
two scholarships are being offered
to Penn State students. The first
is the Penn State Study in
Dresden Scholarship. This grant
of $5OO will be awarded to the
first 15 Penn State students who
pay a non-refundable deposit.
The second, scholarship
available is the Behrend College
German Club Study Abroad
Scholarship. This $lOO
scholarship will give additional
financial assistance to selected
students.
Further, this is a Penn State
academic course, and any type of
financial aid including loans,
grants, and other scholarships
may be used. Contact the Office
of Financial Aid for more details.
Dr. Steven de Hart is the
director of the Study Abroad in
Dresden Program. He can be
reached at 898-6448 for more
information.