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"All The News That Fits .... We Print"
Vol. IX, No. 9
SGA Advocates Parking
Sticker Boycott
by ROBERT W. BONAKER
In action on Monday night,
the Student Government
Association passed a resolution
calling for a boycott of the
$7.50 parking fee during the
spring term.
Vice President John Sheridan
initiated the proposal which was
supported by the Senate, 17-0-1.
Following is the text of the
resolution:
"Be it resolved that no
student, commuter or resident,
be required to purchase a $7.50
sticker in order to park in the
rear of the administration
building. We further recommend
that those students who receive
a citation because they do not
have a sticker be reimbursed
fully by the SGA, by presenting
a copy of the parking violation
and fee receipt to officials in the
SGA office every Friday at
designated times."
Sheridan explained he took
such "drastic" action after
having consulted George
Dressler, Administrative Officer,
about a possible reduction of the
fee. Sheridan quoted Dressler as
saying there was no way the fee
could be changed prior to the
fall term, due to Penn State
bureaucracy. The SGA had
earlier proposed a reduction to
$2.50 per term, and the proposal
passed through a subcommittee
and the Task Force on Space
and Facility Utilization, before
reaching Dressler.
OTHER ACTION
The SGA, during the course
of that meeting, enacted a
motion which established a
deadline
the 1
budget request for
yearbook, The
rected Registration
8:30- 8:50 a.m
8:50- 9:10 a.m.
9:10- 9:30 a.m.
9:30- 9:50 a.m.
9:50-10:10 a.m.
10:10-10:30 a•m•
10:30-10:50 a.m
10:50-11:10 a.m.
11:10-11:30 a.m
11:30-11:50 a.m.
11:50- 1:00 p.m
1:00- 1:20 p.m
1:20- 1:40 p.m
1:40- 2:10 p.m
2:10- 2:40 p.m
2:40- 3:10 p.m
3:10- 3:40 p.m
8:15- 8:45 a.m.
8:45- 9:15 a.m
9:15- 9:45 a.m.
9:45-10:10 a.m
10:10-10:45 a.m.
10:45-11:15 a.m
11:15-12:00 a.m.
12:00- 1:00 p.m
1:00- 1:45 p.m
Capitolite. It was felt that
should the annual be published,
a maximum of $l,OOO would be
coming from SGA funds. The
motion to "make or break" the
yearbook was proposed by
Sheridan. Treasurer Tom Dixon
reported that approximately 85
yearbooks were sold during last
week's sale conducted by SGA
members in an attempt to "bail
out" the annual.
The Senate endorsed the
principle of the faculty proposal
which. would establish a
mechanism to further the formal
"cooperation" between Capitol
Campus and Harrisburg Area
Community College. The vote
was 16-0 with two abstentions.
Senators nominated faculty
members for the James A.
Jordan Jr. Memorial Teaching
Award at the opening stages of
the session. A formal listing will
appear on the ballot during the
SGA Spring Elections. Gene
Bryan and Nick Spengler each
took the oath as senators, filling
a few vacant seats.
The Campus/Community
Service Committee, Chaired by
Senator Elyse Paul, voted to
stage the June Commencement
ceremonies at the Farm Show
Arena in Harrisburg. Bonnie
McSweeny (Sr.-Humanities) had
been one of a group that
circulated petitions against
having the graduation in the
"cow palace," and she
challenged the committee's
decision to hold Commencement
there. Members countered by
arguing that the Farm Show
would be less expensive and
could accomodate more people
than any other alternative. The
SGA approved the committee's
action by 9-4-3.
Schedule
MARCH 27 TUES
G thru J 12th-term seniors
K thru L 12th-term seniors
A thru B 12th-term seniors
C thru F 12th-term seniors
S 12th-term seniors
T thru Z 12th-term seniors
M thru N 12th-term seniors
0 thru R 12th-term seniors
All 11th-term seniors
All 10th-term seniors
LUNCH
G thru J 9th-term juniors
K thru L 9th-term juniors
A thru B 9th-term juniors
C thru F 9th-term juniors
S 9th-term juniors
T thru Z 9th-term juniors
MARCH 28 WED
M thru N 9th-term juniors
0 thru R 9th-term juniors
A thru M Bth-term juniors
N thru Z Bth-term juniors
All returning 7th-term juniors
A thru M new 7th-term juniors
N thru Z new 7th-term juniors
LUNCH
All late registrations and adjuncts
CAPITOL CAMPUS - MIDDLETOWN, PA
A delegate from Zaire seeks advice on a procedural issue with Bob
Hetzel, President of the General Assembly during last weekend's
Model United Nations. Students from area secondary schools
participated in the event sponsered by the United Nations
Association, Harrisb '• Ipter, and the Black Student Union and
Delta Tau Kapp on page 5)
A M age
President Oswald
Ed. Note: The following
article is reprinted by
permission from the editor
of INTERCOM, an internal
communications
publication printed weekly
for the Penn State faculty
and staff.
Economic Crisis
The seriousness of the
fmancial circustance of The
Pennsylvania State University
needs to be faced and
understood by all members of
the institution's community so
that we can deal as effectively
and thoughtfully as poisible
with the situation which exists.
THE CIRCUMSTANCES
As you undoubtedly know,
the budget• proposed by the
Office of the Governor to the
1973 Legislature would provide
no increase over the 1972
appropriations for Penn State or
the other Commonwealth
Universities. We are, however,
confronted with increases
totaling approximately five and
a half million dollars over which
we have no control in the
coming fiscal year, especially in
the area of employee benefits
such as State Retirement, Social
Security and Hospitalization
Insurance. These increases in
unavoidable costs are in addition
to further costs related to
general inflation in the
economy. These inflated costs
have substantial impact on all
maintenance and operating costs
of the institution. Required
increases in employee benefits,
desirable as they are, and the
inflationary cost increases do
not deliver any more education
for students or more service to
the Commonwealth. Thus, a
zero appropriation increase in
reality becomes a cut in funds
available for the academic
programs and services the
University can provide to the
Commonwealth.
From
Another University financial
factor facing us in our budget
situation at this very moment is
the loss of substantial federal
monies on which this University
like many others has depended
for many years for the
development and maintenance
of essential teaching, research
and service programs.
In presenting our budget
request last fall, its preparation
was fully in the context of the
State's own serious financila
problems, the concern about
taxes and the many other
obligations which faced the
State. Thus we decided that
Penn State's request for the
coming fiscal year would include
essentially those additional
monies needed for fixed
increased costs and modest
increases in wages and salaries.
We recognized that costs of any
new educational programs at
Penn State must come from
reallocation of existing funds
which support our present
educational function.
In order to reduce our
request to the State, our budget
also proposed a $45.00 per year
increase in resident student
tuition cost and an even higher
increase for out-of-state
students. The increase for the
Pennsylvania students we
included with reluctance because
of our already high tuition for a
public university. It should be
noted that after our last tuition
increase the composition of our
student body decreased from a
1971 figure of 13% of students
from families with incomes
below $3OOO to a figure in 1972
of only 5% from such families.
Tuition must not be increased
too greatly in a given year, and
any increase needs to be
accompanied by increased
financial aid for students
presently requiring financial
assistance.
(cont. on page 3)
March 8, 1973
STUDENT COURT
TO HEAR
DOG CASES
by Barbara Boswell
Tuesday, March 13th, at 6:00
p.m., the Student Court will
hear two cases. Both of these
cases stem from the dog incident
which took place in Meade
Heights on Wednesday, February
21.
Harvey Lubar, a senior, is
charged with "failure to comply
with directions of a University
official acting in the
performance of his duty."
Thomas O'Brien, a junior, is
charged with "physical abuse of
any person on University-owned
or controlled property or at a
University-sponsored or
supervised function, or conduct
which threatens or endangers the
health or safety of a person."
(translation...assult and battery).
The two cases will be heard
separately, back-to-back, on the
date mentioned above.
Both defendants have
requested that the hearings take
place in an open-court
atmosphere and that they be
assisted in presenting their cases
by me. (The open-court
atmosphere does not mean the
auditorium. It will be a room
large enough to supply space for
20 to 25 spectators).
Those persons wishing to
attend are cautioned that
outburst of any sort will not be
tolerated by the court. Any
persons responsible for such
behavior will be asked to leave
the proceedings.
ART EXHIBIT
NEXT WEEK
Nick Wolfson, an oil painter
who deals with surrealistic art,
will present a lecture and exhibit
of his prime works on March 13
and 14 in the Gallery Lounge.
He was born in 1944 and is a
1966 graduate of Columbia
University. He was a member of
the Peace Corps from 1966 to
1968, being stationed in West
Africa. Nick has held a wide
variety of jobs, being a merchant
seaman, a dairy farmhand, a
writer and an interpreter for the
State Department. Yet, he has
"always been close to art."
"Honesty in Art" and "Art
for the Individual" are two of
the topics upon which Nick will
speak. He contends that people
who have a devoted interest in
developing their own artistic
talents should not be
discouraged by the possibility
they may not be able to make a
living as an artist.
Nick will bring at least six of
his works, including, "Garcias,"
"Man," "Dancer and
Tambourine," "Meditation,"
"Musician" and "Untitled."
He is currently teaching art to
children and has recently
received a grant to study art
with a reknowned artist at Cape
Cod, Massachusetts.