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Clinton the choice in PS
Election Survey Results
CHOICE VOTES REGISTERED ► ;
Bush 22% 91% 9%
(28) (28.3) (25.6)
Clinton 33 % 92 % 8 %
(27.3) (28.2) (23.5)
Perot 6 % 78 % 22 %
(25.9) (26) (25.5)
Undecided 24 % 85 % 15 %
(28) (27.3) (21.2)
Write In 1 % 50 % 50 %
(30.5)
Not Voting 14 % 9 % 91 %
(23.5)
Professor resigns over contract requirements
Stacey Simmers
Capital Times Staff
Twice nominated for the James A.
Jordan Memorial Award for Teaching,
Charles Kern, professor of accounting,
turned in his resignation after being told
he has to add another class to his schedule.
Kern has been teaching three classes
each semester since he started here in
1980, even though his Fixed-term I
contract required four.
"It just isn't feasable to take on a
fourth," Kern said.
David Hansen, assistant to the
associate provost, said that telling Kern to
take on another class is an effort by the
administration to use the faculty to the
fullest extent.
Hansen said that this enforcement of
Bush visit to Penn State causes controversy
Ann Feeney-McGovern
Capital Times Staff
Although it's been almost three weeks
since Penn State Football Coach Joe
Patemo rose the Nittany Lion Banner to
welcome President Bush's campaign to
PSU, faculty and students are still talking
about it.
Throughout the PSH campus, the
event has generated almost as much
discussion as the campaign itself.
"I thought it was in poor taste," said
Carlos Bigles, a junior in accounting. "It
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contract policy would have come
eventually.
"The concern to use the budget
efficiently has caused this to come to a
head sooner," Hansen said.
Kern was not the only professor to feel
the effects of the crunch.
All faculty working under a Fixed-term
I contract were told that four classes are
mandatory, even though they might have
been teaching three in the past.
In the school of business
administration, there are two other Fixed
term I contract professors. They have
taken on the fourth class.
According to the Penn State Faculty
Handbook, a Fixed-term I contract is a
full-time position for a period of not less
than six months. It may be renewed
annually.
portrayed the university as being pro-
Bush, whether or not it was the
intention."
"They should have gone a little bit
more out of their way to ensure
neutrality," he said.
Lawrence Bates, a 1992 PSH graduate
and Middletown resident, expressed
stronger dissent about the incident.
"As a student who lived through two
Republican presidencies--under Bush and
Reagan when government funding to state
institutions like PSU decreased--I'm
disappointed with Paterno," Bates said.
Penn State Harrisburg
Bill Clinton leads President Bush by an
11-point margin in a Penn State
Harrisburg poll.
The poll, conducted during the week of
Sept. 28, collected the upcoming election
choices of 260 students and faculty.
The results show Clinton is the major
choice with 33 percent, and Bush is
trailing behind with 22 percent of the
votes.
While filling out the survey, many
people complained that there isn't anyone
worth voting for. Undecided voters totalled
24 percent, ranking just two percent
higher than Bush supporters.
Many people said they think their
votes won't make a difference. Fourteen
percent of those polled do not plan to
vote.
Although Ross Perot had not yet
announced his plans to return to the race,
he was a choice on the poll and received
six percent of the votes.
This contract provides professors with
a full-time position without the
requirement of research and publication.
And their salaries reflect that difference.
Fixed-term I professors earn, on the
average, 60 to 70 percent of a tenure-track
professor's salary.
Tenure-tack professors are required to
research and publish new methods and
theories in their field of specialization.
Dr. Krishna Dhir, head of the school of
business administration, said that research
is an important part of the educational
system
"The overriding goal of the business
administration department is to provide
current, state-of-the-art business methods,"
Dhir said.
"It's seems like a bunch of hype, like
the Pepsi deal," he said.
Leaning toward a kinder opinion, SGA
President Rick Delgiomo said, "I think it's
wonderful that Paterno endorsed Bush, but
I don't necessarily agree with the fact that
he tagged it with PSU as a whole," he
said.
Allan Rossman, a visitor to the PSH
campus who lives in Carlisle, said, "I
think the coach certainly has a right to
endorse whomever he wants, but if he uses
the PSU logo, it might be inappropriate."
Faculty members expressed concern
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Capital. Times Staff
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survey
Approximately three-quarters of the
people we surveyed are registered and are
planning to vote.
Those people registered to vote tended
to be, on the average, older than those not
registered.
The presidential debates began Sunday,
Oct. 11. Election day is Tuesday, Nov. 3.
Vote percentages were rounded
off to the nearest whole number.
Numbers in parentheses
represent the average age of that
category.
This survey was given to 260
people. It was passed out in the
Lion's Den during different days and
times, given to classes and
presented to people in the Olmsted
halls.
Although this survey was not
random or scientific, effort was
made to represent all ages, majors
and student types.
Dhir said that having a Ph.D. and
doing research means that a professor
knows how to advance his or her specific
field.
"Not publishing has a direct effect on
the ability of the school to present a
quality education," Dhir said.
Kern earned his B.S. and M.B.A. in
accounting at University Park.
Since then, he has been a certified
public accountant. He runs his own firm
in Camp Hill. Many of his employees are
Penn State Harrisburg alumni. He also
hires two or three PSH interns during tax
time.
"I wouldn't have stayed on for eleven
years if I didn't like the job," Kern said.
about the misuse of the university's
symbols and image, especially considering
the performance of the Blue Band in
uniform.
"The band and all all the symbols of
the unversity were marshalled in support
of the campaign," said Louise Hoffman,
associate professor of humanities and
history and chairperson of the faculty
affairs committee.
"I think it was totally inappropriate to
October 12, 1992
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