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Penn State Football Celebrates 100 Years
By Mike Camilli
This is a big year for
anniversaries. The Statue of
Liberty turned 100 and Coca
Cola has been around for 100
years. This also marks the 100th
year that Penn State has had a
football team. But, like Miss
Liberty and coke, the Penn State
football team seems to improve
with age.
Back in 1887 when the Nittany
Lion football tradition began,
the team had to travel by
stagecoach to catch the train to
Lewisburg. That first game
against Bucknell was obviously
the start of a good thing. Penn
State won 54-0. They might
have won by more, but the
school could only afford to get
twelve players uniforms. Penn
State also won its second and
final game of the short 1887
season. The Lions beat Bucknell
again 24-0. Even Joe Paterno
couldn’t complain about that
schedule.
Things continued to go pretty
well for the young Penn State
team. But, while they won their
share, they also suffered some
Student Court Must Be Redefined
By Joe Kupec
Acting Chief Justice of the
Student Court, Doug Richwine,
is seeking to redefine the role of
the Student Court at Penn State,
Harrisburg. In the past, the
Student Court was responsible
for four areas of university
student relations. These included
student appeals in reguard to
campus traffic violations. The
court had the final authority on
traffic citations contested by the
student body. Under the present
constitution, the court has final
authority to deny or grant an
appeal. Disciplinary appeals
were handled by the court. These
are categorized as damage claims
filed by the university against a
student or group of students.
The Student court could
previously rule on granting or
withholding the appeal.
Presently this function is being
handled by the Office of Student
Services.
Another area of the Student
Court’s jurisdiction dealt with
the handling of the Student
Government Association
Constitution. As covered under
the present constitution, the
Student court acts as a check to
the SGA. Should an individual
or group feel that the SGA is
overstepping or abusing its
powers, the individual or
organization may petition the
Student Court to prevent further
abuse. One of the powers
presently held by the Chief
Justice of the Student Court is
the power to suspend the
activities of the Student
Government Association for
three days.
The final area of the Student
Court’s jurisdiction, as outlined
by the existing constitution, is
pretty staggering losses. One of
the worst was the 106-0 defeat
to the Lehigh Engineers.
However, the Lions bounced
back, and by 1891 they had won
their league (The Pennsylvania
Intercollegiate Football League)
championship. Perhaps part of
the reason for the improvement
was the change in uniform
colors. The original colors were
pink and while.
One of the problems that
resulted from the football team’s
success was all the people who
wanted to watch the games. The
first stands were built at Beaver
Field in 1893. But Penn State
continued to win and the number
of fans continued to grow. By
1909, it was necessary to build a
new set of concrete stands which
could hold almost 22,000 fans.
By the early 1930’s steel stands
were installed which were
eventually expanded to seat
about 30,000 people. Finally, in
1960 Beaver Stadium was
constructed. Since then, its
original capacity of 46,000 has
been expanded to over 83,000.
But there still isn’t enough
to interpret the constitution for
the SGA. Here the court serves
in an advisory capacity based
upon their impartial position in
relation to the student
government.
The powers and jurisdiction of
the Student Court and student
government w.ill be changing
during the next two semesters if
Doug Richwine’s plans are
realized. The language of the
existing constitution and ins
terpretation in the past have lead
to abuses on the part of prior
Student Courts *md SGA
administrations. Citing the
weaknesses of the constitution
as one of the major contributing
factors which lead to the
dismissal of the Student Court
for misconduct. Rewriting a
constitution and carrying a full
load of classes requires a lot of
balancing on the part of all
parties involved. Recognizing
the time limit, the acting chief
justice wants to develop several
committees responsible for
drafting portions of the final
work which would be completed
in time for ratification by the
student body in the Spring
Semester election.
The new Constitution would
define the powers of both the
Student Government and Student
Court, outlining and defining
the offices and responsibilities
of office holders in both
organizations.
This process will take the
better part of two semesters.
Recognizing that the campus
experiences a turnover every two
years in the student body and the
importance of involving all
facets of the campus population
in the process of writing the
new constitution has lead
Richwine to introduce novel
ideas in the initial process. A
junior chief justice will be
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room for all the fans. It’s
possible the stadium may still
be expanded to eventually hold
120,000 fans.
A large part of the reason Penn
State football has such a
following is the history,
tradition, and integrity behind
the program. Penn State has not
had a losing season since 1938.
The Lions have finished in the
national top ten for 14 of the
last 19 years, and over the last
hundred they have compiled a
sworn in and will work with the
acting chief justice in order to
insure continuity in the
formation of the new
constitution. Another
recommendation is to involve
representatives from Meade
Heights. Church and Wrisberg
Halls, The University
Apartments, commuting
students and graduate students in
the Student Governme.nt
Association. Each of these
groups would then have a voice
during the writing of the new
constitution.
Campus organizations will be
affected by this process.
Presently the constitution of any
campus organization is reviewed
by the SGA. Under the planned
changes the Student Court will
review charters for new campus
organizations and develop
guidelines for examining the
constitutions of all campus
organizations. This is intended
to prevent abuses which have
developed from liberal
interpretation of the existing
constitution.
As an upper division two year
school the Capital College has a
unique student population.
Richwine’s goal is to involve
the different elements of the
campus population in the
constitutional process in order to
develop and promote a Student
Government Association and
Student Court that will actively
serve the needs of that
population.
record of 604 wins, 268 losses,
and 40 ties. Penn State has
produced S 3 All-Americans and
16 Academic All-Americans.
Academics as well as athletics is
stressed at Penn State. In fact,
almost 90% of the football
players graduate.
All this, however, is not in the
past. Penn State football has a
bright future. The team is off to
a 3-0 start this session, and they
are ranked fifth in the nation.
What does veteran coach Joe
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DTK Speakers
Delta Tau Kappa, international
honor society for the social
sciences has announced its fall
speaker schedule.
Thurs. October 16-1:15 Dr.
Carol Nechcmias, division of
public policy, Capital College,
topic “Women of the Soviet
Union” in the BCAC
Thurs. October 30-1:00 John
Wanner, professional lobbyist,
“Making your effort count”, in
Gallery Lounge
Thurs. November 13-1:15 Dr.
Richard Ammon, division of
behavioral science and education,
Capital College, “Children’s
Literature and Stress to perform,”
in BCAC
Thurs. December 4-1:15 Final
club meeting of 1986, speaker to
be announced
Oct. 8, 1986
Patcrno have to say about the
rest of the season? He said that
they have a good kicking game
and stronger offensive line than
last year, “the problem”, he
says, “is the schedule...we’ve
got to be really good to have
any kind of decent record.”
Well, hopefully the Lions will
be able to pull through and have
another good season and add one
more page to the legend of
football at Penn State.
Jan Travers
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Advisor
Hunter’s Safety Tip
The Hershey Medical Center is
advising hunters that hunt in this
area to get pre-exposure rabies
vaccine, since they handle the
animals - especially the small
game.
The two shot series, given
interdermally, are given 30 days
apart. The price is $7.00 per
injection. To continue the
protection, the shots are repeated
in two years.
Appointments for injections
can be arranged by calling Dr.
Kammerer at the medical center
at 531-8161.
Kammerer warns that these
shots do not mean a person
bitten by a rabid animal should
ignore it. If bitten, you should
still go to the hospital for more
serum.