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
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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
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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.
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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."
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at http://www.collegian.psu.edu.
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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.
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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.
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