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Basketball Schedule
DATE OPPONENT PLACE OF CONTEST
Feb. 4 - Shenandoah College, CAPITOL CAMPUS
Feb. 7 - Schuylkill Campus (PSU), CAPITOL CAMPUS
Feb. 10 - Mont Alto Campus (PSU), Mont Alto, Pa.
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Feb. 11 - Lackawanna Jr. College, CAPITOL CAMPUS
Feb. 13 - Stevens Trade School, CAPITOL CAMPUS
Feb. 18 - Spring Garden College, CAPITOL CAMPUS
Feb. 21 - Delaware Campus (PSU), CAPITOL CAMPUS
Feb. 26 Wilmington College, New Castle, Del.
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Chess Tourneys
Scheduled
In Hbg.
TIME
7:30 pm
7:30 pm
7:00 pm
7:30 pm
7:30 pm
8:00 pm
8:00 pm
8:00 •m
Chess players are remind
ed of the area tournaments to
be held in Harrisburg at the
Holiday Inn Town at 2nd and
Chestnut Streets on February
1 and February 2. There are
three tournaments in all.
(I)the Sixth Harrisburg Be
ginners Open is open to all
under 1200 or unrated. The
entry fee is $lO at the tour
nament. Trophies go to the
top five players. Registration
ends at 9:00 am, 2 / 1 /75.
Rounds are at 9:30, 12:00,
2:30 and 5:30.
(2) The Central Pennsyl
vania February Tornado of
fers three trophies and the
entry fee is $5. Registration
ends at 9:00 am on 2/ 2 / 7 5.
Playing times are at 9:30,
12:00, 2:30, and 5:30.
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(3) For the really avid
enthusiasts, the two-day Fifth
Penn Capitol Open tempts
you with six cash prizes from
$lOO to $3O. Registration,
$l3 at the tournament, ends
at 9:00 am, 2/1/75. The
rounds begin at 10:00, 3:00
and 8:00 on Saturday, and at
10:00 and 3:30 on Sunday.
If you plan to enter a
tournament, be certain to
take your own clock and set.
It is possible to borrow sets
and clocks from the Capitol
Campus Chess Club through
a club member.
honestly now, what kind of person
would go into elementary ed.?
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Tuition:
Your Problem
The tuition at Penn State may have to be raised, but maybe
you can stop it. During the past few weeks I have been in
attendance at several meetings at University Part, at the
meetings the subject of the University's financial situation was
always discussed, President Oswald has always assured us that
a tuition hike would be the last resort. At the last meeting the
following letter from Douglas Ford, a U.S.G. Senator, best
summarizes the situation of the University and what you can do
to help.
To the student body of the Pennsylvania State University and the entire
university community.
Do you remember Nixon's Six Crisis?
Well, Penn State doesn't have six crisis, but it has one very big one.
The Pennsylvania State University like many universities and colleges
in this country is facing a severe financial crises. I will attempt to
explain briefly the problem, the reasons why the problem exists, and
the consequences of the problem.
The Problem
The university has submitted a budget request to the governor that is
approximately a fifteen to seventeen percent increase from last year's
budget. This increase is necessary to avert the financial crises we now
face.
The Reasons Why the Problem Exists
There are basically four reasons for such an increase. First, we have
inflation in all areas of the university. Paper costs have increased
tremendously and laboratory supplies are scarce and extremely
expensive. The list could go on and on. Secondly, fuel costs have gone
up dramatically. Just over the part year, coal has gone up from
approximately three to four dollars a ton to over thirty five dollars a ton.
Oil has dubled in cost just over the past year, and with federal policies
concerning oil imports and taxes, oil will cost ever more. The third
reason for such an increase deals with the legislatively mandated
increase in the state retirement fund. The 1.7 million dollar
appropriation that was to cover the cost this fiscal year was vetoed by
the governor. In the 1975-76 budget an even greater increase of 2.9
million dollars is slated for the state retirement fund, and again this is
legislatively mandated and this university can do nothing about this
increased cost. The fourth & final reason deals with the cost of living.
Pay raises for university employees will be necessary as the cost of
living rises. If this is not done, we may lose some of our best
employees.
I believe it is very apparent that if this university does not receive
something close to the budget increase requested for the 1975-76
fiscal year, we will be in an even greater financial crises.
The Consequences of the Problem
The consequences are three-fold. The unfortunate and most
important consequence of this crisis is that if we do not receive the
universities request, a tuition increase would seem unavoidable. The
second consequence concerns the quality of education. Because of
the freeze on hiring new faculy or filling old vacancies, we have an
over-crowding of our classrooms which is not conducive to learning. In
addition, if the university cannot maintain salaries to follow the cost of
living, then we may well lose some of our best faculty. Moreover, if the
unviersities increased budget request is not approved, then the
probability of cutbacks in the form of ceilings on enrollment, abolishing
programs, courses, and services presently in existence or presently
being intitiated will be near certainty. So I thnk it is obvious that the
quality of education will suffer, and student will be paying more for an
inadequate education.
What can the Student Body and the Entire University Community do to
Avoid Such Consequences?
The Undergraduate Student Government passed a bill nineteen to
three Monday night the thirteenth of January that called for support of
the university's budget request and would aid in lobbying effort to gain
approval by the legislature of this request. It is terribly distrubing to
hear our USG President declare his disapproval of the billwhen without
this appropriation the student body will suffer greatly. President
Cernusca argues that there is a great deal of waste going on at Penn
Soate, specifically within the university administration. There is no
doubt that some waste and excess exists, but every corporation or
large organization is going to have some problems with this, and it is
the responsibility of those within the university community to deal with
this problem. There is no reason to run to the state legislature with our
internal problems, after all they don't come running to us about theirs.
The President of USG fails to realize that the kind of waste he refers to
may amount to only a few thousand dollars. This is not going to bring
this university out of its financial crises, several million will. The fact is
that no matter what the university does to try to save money, and they
are considering several new initiatives, it will not save the
approximately fourteen million dollars it needs to operate the
university.
The governor is submitting his budget to the state in February, so I
urge the university administration, the university faculty, and
all students and student organizations to support and work for the
passage of this years increased budget request. I also urge all students
and their families, especially those attending commonwealth campus
es to contact their senator and legislator to urge support of the
university's increased budget request. I also urge that the entire
university community initiate and take part in austerity programs that
will not only same money, but will also show our sincerety in the effort
to conserve during this crisis.
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We are a community. We must work together if we are to see
throyigh this crisis with a minimal loss in the quality of education at
Penn State.
JANUARY 31, 1975
BY Scott Deardorff, SGA Senator
Douglas Ford, USG Senator, Main Campus