Politics Meets Education
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bills that come through that may impact
us [ Penn State] . We try to keep up
with all of them," said Shuckers.
Forni said that they regularly
deal with such issues as hazardous waste,
drinking, campus violence, and student
aid.
Shuckers and Forni have set up
a system of what Forni termed
"appropriate people to contact who
would know what impact [a bill] will
have on the university," to aid them in
their lobbying. They sometimes bring
those people to Harrisburg to discuss the
impact with the legislators.
Forni said that they also bring
legislators to University Park
" to get a better understanding of Penn
State." He said that these people are
given tickets to sporting events, but
their visits are not limited to the events.
In an article in the March 23 Weekly
Collegian, Forni said the seats the
legislators are given to football games
are not available to the public.
Foni and Shuckers are not the
only lobbyists on the university payroll.
Thomas Etten and Richard DiEugenio
represent Penn State's interests in
Washington D.C.
Etten and DiEugenio lobby for
appropriations money, tax issues, higher
education, and financial aid. They also
work with other university's lobbyists
on issues of common interest for
students.
The Washington and Harrisburg
lobbyists work with limited resources,
Etten said.
"We make contacts through
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friendships," he said. "When you
represent a non-profit institution that's
what you have to do."
DiEugenio and Etten also try to
bring legislators to the university, and
professors to Washington.
Forni said that in the state
legislature there arc 24 graduates of Penn
State who the "hard-core" Penn State
supporters. There is also a Penn State
caucus made up of democratic legislators
who support the university, he said.
He and Shuckers work to build
and maintain strong relationships with
these people, Fomi said.
"Our job is to press upon them
the importance of higher education and
the importance of Penn State within the
commonwealth, " he added.
Shuckers, who had lobbied for
the university in Washington before
coming to Harrisburg, said that lobbying
for education is a "white hat issue" and
"we always sleep at night."
Republican State House Whip
Sam Hayes said the Penn State state
lobbyists are the most active of the
educational lobbyists.
"The competition for dollars is
very keen and Penn State has competed
effectively. The story of Penn State has
to be continually told," he said.
"Penn State probably has the
best lobbyists up here [Capitol Hill],"
said Nicholas Colafella, House sub
committee of higher education chairman.
Since there are so many
factions trying to get money from the
state, Colafella said it is very important
for Penn State to be re 'resented.
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Showing Off Pays Off for Student
By Andrea Abolins
One day, riding the bus to his
job at the Department of State in
Harrisburg, Andrew Bacha was
discovered.
Bacha, a Penn State Harrisburg
junior, had been talking to a girl on the
bus and she suggested he apply for a
modeling job at Boscov's. He went to
Boscov's in the Colonial Park Mall and
was hired on the spot.
Bacha was always interested in
modeling. He liked dressing well and
expressing his individuality through his
clothes. The job at Boscov's gave him a
chance to pursue one of his favorite
interests.
Since September 1987, Bacha
has participated in twelve shows for
Boscov's. The department store puts on
shows for shopping malls, clubs and
organizations. He enjoys working with
the crowd and presenting an image to
them.
"It's important to present
yourself well, flow with the crowd and
smile," said Bacha.
He is currently a freelance
model and can work for any agency
interested in using him. This summer,
he plans on going to Philadelphia and
pursing a contract with a professional
modeling agency. But, even though he
enjoys what he's doing, modeling is just
his hobby.
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"After graduation I want to get
a commission with the Air Force
Reserve and then work at the Department
of Defense in international logistics,"
said Bacha, a criminal justice major.
The blue-eyed blonde feels
concentration is very imixmlnt in the
modeling business. When walking
down the runway, you have to know
what you're doing with your body and
how you're showing the clothes.
Between walks down the runway a model
often doesn't have much time to change
outfits. The clothes are laid out for you,
but you have to know how to put a
jacket on the right way and to make a
perfect knot in a tie in a matter of
seconds.
Nancy Stone, director of public
relations at Boscov's, organizes the
shows that Boscov's sponsors. Three
times a week, buyers from Boscov's go
to New York and pick out new clothes
to show. Fourteen other models, male
and female, work for Boscov's. Stone
picks clothes for them by using sizes
from their applications and asking them
what colors and styles they like.
Bacha uses some of the money
he makes from modeling to buy clothes
for his everyday wear. His favorite
brands include Liz Claiborne, Bugle
Boy, OP and Street Scenes.
Sometimes, people recognize
Bacha from shows they've seen him in.
He also has a part-time job at a
restaurant, and customers will approach
him and comment on his modeling.
Bacha and his family are very
pleased that he got into something that
had always interested him. Looking
good on the bus ride to work proved to
be the start of an exciting hobby--one
that many people only dream about.
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