Page 2 - The Hehrend College Collegian Thursday. October 10, 1996 Despite rain, protesters By LISA HA/tKL^i'iur.n Colleniari Staff Writer University Park, PA Rain may have dampened their clothing and Tuesday, but it didn't lowt r the spirits of the 30 stu lenls camping and fsting on the Mall at University Park to protest human rights violations in Burma. With the constant drizzle, the demonstrators had to make a quick stop at Bestevent Rental, 140 N. Atherton St., to rent a tent. With a roof over their heads, they continued talking with students about what they could do to change the situation in Burma. The students will continued their 48-hour demonstration until noon Wednesday. Unlike Tuesday, the weather was picture perfect on Monday when the demonstrators smiled and laughed with each other as they distributed pamphlets and urged passers-by to sign petitions. Many relaxed in lawn chairs while doing homework or reading books for class. Students took turns playing CDs and one demonstrator even brought a guitar. As the sun went down and the candlelight vigil began, the mood became more somber and serious. Standing in a circle mt mt m( w* te? Question of the Week: What’s your opinion on the upcoming election? “Clinton hasn’t screwed up yet, so I’ll probably vote for him again." -Harry Bortmes, 09, EET “Dole is an idiot. Clinton [will win] by a landslide.” -Steve Pavlock, 05, MIS “I find it hard to believe that Dole’s fifteen percent tax cut is going to benefit in the long run.” -Jason Reese, 08, PLET “I think Clinton’s going to win." -Beth Reske, 05, Management “I definitely think Clinton’s going to win. I think it is going to be another Kennedy thing.” -Kim Ragan, 05, Psychology m&f ■feta* Collegian ATTENTION JUNIORS! Do you intend to pursue a career in public service? The Truman Scholarship provides $30,000 for the senior year and for graduate study, if interested, please contact Mari Trenkle at 898-6140 as soon as Volunteer tutors are still needed for the Diehl Elementary School After- School Tutoring Program. Just one hour per week can make a difference in a child's life. All majors welcome - no experience necessary. Help children with homework in grades 3-6. Tutors especially needed Monday and Wednesdays, 2:30 - 3:40 p.m. Pick up your application today at Student Activities! A walk-in flu immunization: clinic will be held each Monday in October from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Health and Wellness Center. Cost of the vaccine is $lO and may be placed on the side by side, the students took turns reading from various reports of alleged human rights violations in Burma. ic c.ccc -c graphic enough to bt,.. c tears to the students' eyes. "The group put me in a cattle corral, and the Burmese came and tortured me again. They kicked my head, rolled my shins with a piece of bamboo and burned me for a while," read one student. "Altogether I was tied for six days. They tortured me again. They punched my face, my nose, they stabbed my hand with a knife." The report said the man still has a hole in his hand from the wounds and still has black marks from when burned wood was put against his flesh. Another report told of what allegedly happened to Ai Khin when soldiers tortured and questioned him and another man to find where they had hidden weapons. "They tied and beat him, burned him, cut his lips, cut his flesh, buried him in the ground up to the neck, forced him to eat the flesh which they had cut from Ai Khin's thigh, and cut his flesh and made Ai Khin eat it," another student read by flickering candlelight. Join the Staff possible. Fall 1996 commencement will take place at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, December 15 in Erie Hall. Students participating in the academic procession must wear caps and gown which can be ordered at the Bookstore. A student receiving a baccalaureate degree must wear a black cap and gown which can be purchased for $18.50. A blue associate degree cap and gown can also be purchased for $18.50 as well. A graduate candidate can rent a black cap, gown and hood for $31.50. Cap and gown orders are due at the Bookstore no later than Friday, October 11,1996. 10-Thursday 11-Friday 12-Saturday Reservation Deadline for Last day to order caps and BRUNO'S. Unda Prosha Cleveland museum of JS® dan “,S, Art Dav Trio Llec. 15,1996 8.30 p.m. (FREE) l—“ commencement. i"" ~’ ¥ a"x i b‘ii a "Wi The Collegian IVCF 5:20 p.m. Academic 41 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. ALL STUDENTS WELCOMEI Music Room 13-Sunday 14-Monday 15-Tuesday 16-Wednesday WOMEN’S PROFFESIONAL WANTED : BlOOdDonors DRESS SEMINAR > 11:00 a.m. - s:oop.lti. 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. Reed Commons Reed 3 Biology Club TRIGON 6:00 p.m. Reed 3 Protestant Camntis 5:30 P m - BACCHUS Ministry P MulH-Cultural Center 7 p.m. Reed 112 interdenominational Democrats SGA MEETING I 8:00 p.m. Reed 114 600 pm Reed 3 [0.15 p.m. KbbU 114| Burma shine After a moment of silence to reflect on what they had just heard, many of the students then left to do homework or run home to get forgotten necessities. As the night got colder and darker, many longed for a campfire. Because they were not permitted to light fires, one demonstrator improvised and lit a stick of incense in the middle of the campground. Most students went to bed around 1 a.m. and were woken up yesterday morning by students hurrying to their 8 a.m. classes. Although many demonstrators thought they would be hungry during the fast, most said they felt fine yesterday evening. Some said they felt weak and a few said they kept thinking about food. Fred Anderson, a recent graduate who works as a lab technician at the University, said the first 12 hours of a fast are the most difficult. "I think it's your body realizing it's not getting any food," he said. "It's the contraction process of your stomach getting smaller when you feel hungry, during the first 12 hours. After that you're not really hungry." Courtesy the Digital Collegian located at http://www.collegian.psu.edu. Copyright © 1996. Collegian Inc NITTANY LION LEGEND: Penn State's athletic symbol, chosen by the student body in 1906, is the mountain lion which once roamed central Pennsylvania. H.D. Mason, a member of the class of 1907, conducted a one-man campaign to choose a school mascot. A student publication sponsored the campaign and Penn State is believed to be the first college to adopt the lion as a mascot. Since Penn State is located in the Nittany Valley at the foot of Mount Nittany, the lion was designated as a Nittany Lion. In regional folklore, Nittany or (Nita-Nee) was a valorous Indian princess in whose honor the Great Spirit caused Mount Nittany to be formed. Penn State’s Nittany Lion Homecoming Weekend. The shrine is a gift to the Class of 1940 and rests in a natural setting of trees near the Recreation Building. Michelle Gruendl/Contributing Photographer University presents on-line application .By DANIELLE CHIARA communication device between Everything will be done via the Collegian Staff Writer applicants and the admissions Internet using credit cards, , ' office, said Romano and Steve Mostert said. .• Applying to the University Mostert, director of The application can be easily taed to mean waiting for the communications in the accessed by students and goital carrier. But with theJielp admissions office. quickly received and reviewed of the World Wide Web, Through App on the Web, by the admissions office, applying now takes a few clicks students can also explore Mostert said, of the mouse. academic units and learn more "We tried to find the easiest After five years of working on about campus locations before way possible for students to project, the Undergraduate mg^sSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS Admissions Office has made the University application more . .. . ' . . accessible to students by y We forecast that over a number of years, Seating an on-line version. The students who will be applying to Penn State using adversity hopes this new electronic means and the Web application will dppbach win affect the number increase," -- John Romano, vice president for enrollment number Of years, students who management and administration. mb be applying to Penh State ttfcfag electronic means and the w fFSFIIS!SSSSSSSSSS&S!!I! I^^SSS!SSS^ w|6h application will increase," John - Romano, vice applying to the University. apply so l hat it is comfortable Incident for enrollment The on-line application and easily accessible to them,” management and consists of two parts: one which l> e added. students may submit via E- An on-line international Applicants can download a mail, which will be student application has also or IBM version of immeejately reviewed upon een created. These ttii application if they need submission to the University's t international applicants will Ifa&Q to review it. Another student data base and a second P r * nt a separate form from the for students who wish to part, which students must print web browser and mail it to the iMpediately complete the out and submit with a $4O admissions office. Sis the on-line payment, Mostert said. The new on-line applications version.- The admissions office hopes can he accessed at on-line site of the the second part of the http://www.psu.edu/psu/admissi . called Aon on the application will evolve so that ons/18.html. **&**. « a no print-out is necessary. ' .. Copyright © 1996, Collegian Inc. dedicated on October 24, shrine was during 1942, Scheduling books are now available at the Registrar's office SGA Report by Kimberly Thurston Assistant News Editor Two Student Government Association members attended this weekend’s Commonwealth Campus Student Government meeting. Throughout the weekend issues such as offering one credit far Leadership classes for SGA members, making the attendance policy more lehient and also how the computer fee should be disiributed, were talked about. As of this year, campuses will receive 49 percent of the computer fee and University Park will keep 51 percent of the student computer fees to improve the systems. The next CCSG meeting will be held Nov. 8-10, leaving Behrehd, Friday around 2:00 p.m.. Would you like to help raise money for kids with cancer? If so, contact SGA for information about this years Four Diamond Dance-a-thon. the traffic appeals committee will meet every other Monday stinting Oct. 14 at 5:45 p.m. in Reed 114. Next Wednesday, Oct 16, them will be a blood drive from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in the Reed Commons.'' SGA meetings held Wednesdays at 5:15 in Rood 114. jcofTGRATULATIONsI [HOMECOMING QUEEN | I __ ! ! SHANNA | COTTI | Love- I Your Sisters of } ©OA
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