~ ~~ 'rvw.\~.v:>...r w..~+....~.~u...w...~~..w...,~w..ww....w~w..M. UNIVERSITY PARK, PA.,—Pennsylvania State University stu dents will have a Thanksgiving week-end vacation next November, the vacation extending from 12:25 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 25, until 8 a.m! the following - Monday, Nov. 29. The calendar, as approved earlier, had provided only Thanks giving Day as a vacation period, a practice that has been in effect since 1961 when the four-term calendar under which the University operates was inaugurated. In the revised calendar, Fall Term commencement exercises have been changed from Dec. 13 to Dec. 19. - lINIVER.SYTY PARK, PA.,—Three Penn State football players have been named to the Academic All-America football squad for 2969 as selected by ballot of the college sports information direc tors of America. Linebacker Dennis Onkotz and halfback Charlie Pittman, both first-team AU-America selections in 1969, were named to the acad emic first team, while AU-American safety Neal Smith was named to the second unit. To qualify for nomination and election, players had to main tain a S' or better grade during the past two terms, or during their college -career, and they had to be first-string players. UNIVERSITY PARK, PA., Mar.—With applications for admis- - sion to The Pennsylvania State University running at a record high, approximately 1,600 additional students will be enrolled this Fall at the University's Commonwealth Campuses. 1970-'7l Fall Term enrollment at Penn State's 18 freshman sophomore branch locations will - be in the neighborhood of 12,840 full-time credit students. This is up from 11,212 who were enrolled at the campuses last The total does not include the projected enrollment of 1,125 undergraduates next year at the junior-senior Capitol Campus near Harrisburg. In addition, 100 junior students will be enrolled in one of two majors, general science or general arts _and science, at the Behrend Campus in Erie. The other 3,900 students at the campuses will be enrolled in one of the University's 16 two-year associate degree programs. This presents an increase of approximately 600 from last year. 650 NEW STUDENTS AT MAIN CAMPUS UNIVERSITY PARK, PA., Approximately 650 new students reported to The Pennsylvania State University on Wednesday, March 25, for a short orientation prior to the 'opening of Spring Term Classes on Monday, Mar. 30. - The new students included 75 freshmen, 70 students transferr ing with advanced standing, 250 re-admitted, and 250 transferring .here from. the Commonwealth Campuses throughout the State. The Spring Term closes June 11 and commencement exercises will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, June 13. UNIVERSITY PARK, PA.,—A pilot program to train a new breed of rural leaders, not in isolation of urban, national, or inter national problems, but in full awareness of them, will begin this Spring at the University. Based on the principle that world problems such as poverty and hunger can be solved only through an understanding of the inter dependence of men, regardless of where they live, the five-year pro gram will be carried out under a $500,000 grant from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation. It will be designed for young adult rural leaders as well as col lege students, with the philosophies and practices developed through the program expected to become a permanent part of Penn State's educational activities. Emergency Loan Fund Established University Park, Pa.—A $30,000 or other incidental educational or fund to provide emergency short- Personal expenses. term loans ,to students from ani- nority group or low-income fam ilies has been established at The Pennsylvania State University. - Money for the loan program was set aside by the University Board of Trustees from undesig nated contributions to the Penn State Foundation, the _fund-rais ing arm of the University. The program was created to provide low-income students with emergency loans of relatively modest amounts to meet such im mediate needs as books, supplies UNIVERSITY EXTENDS THANKSGIVING VACATION P.S. FOOTBALL PLAYERS ON ALL-AMERICAN SQUAD ADMISSIONS AT RECORD HIGH PROGRAM TO TRAIN RURAL LEADERS emergency loan would be 60 days with no interest charged unless a student has an unpaid balance at the time he should happen to leave the University. In these instances, a 2 percent interest charge would be levied the first year, 4 percent the sec ond and 6 percent thereafter. Students in need of emergency loans - should contact the Office of Student Aid or the financial aid officer attached to the Uni versity's Special Educational Op— portunity Office. _:......._,.......,w.....~,w_ ~........~,,.~. The maximum term of an Walker States Priorities For Appropriated Money • First priorities for use of the $69,160,000 appropriated to The Pennsylvania State University by the Legislature will be to pay off bank loans and to make overdue salary and wage adjustments, Presi dent Eric A. Walker said today. His comments followed the signing of the appropriations bill by Gov. Raymond P. Shafer. No 'general salary increases have •been made since July 1, 1968, President Walker said. In creases will be made retroactive to July 1, 1969. Academic promo tions and merit salary increases are generally made on July 1, but were held up last year because of uncertainties in the Legislative situation. The $69,160,000 approved by the Legislature includes $4,600,000 for retirement for University fac ulty and staff, an item that pre viously- was in the budget of the Department of Labor and Indus- Tlw Wittatty TITO - i : .1r N • `V• • • 'a - NN t t ' lO IF TATE UNIVERSITY Vol. XXI—No. 21 Casino Night At Behrend Roll your own, baby! Saturday night, April 11, will be Casino Night at Belarend, and the second floor of the R.U.B. will be transformed into "Har old's Club East." Provided will be a bar, floor show, and gaming including poker, craps, black jack, roulette, over-under, and beat the house. Much work has gone into this event by the Student Union Board and should prove to be one of the biggest events of the year. Admission is tantatively $2. Per couple, $1.50 per person, and includes $2,000 per person in gambling money. Girls' dorm hours will be extended until 3:00 a. m. Two Selected As Candidates Tau Apha Pi National Honor Society has „selected two Behrend Campus students, Charles A. Zie gler (2-DDT) and Thomas A. Acri (2-EET), as candidates for membership into the Penn State Chapter, lota Beta. This chapter was established in 1960 for the purpose of providing recognition for a high standard of scholar- Ship among associate degree stu dents enrolled in programs ad ministered by the College of En gineering. To qualify for membership, a student must have been enrolled for four terms at the time of election to membership. In addi tion, scholastic requirements are such that not more than one stu dent out of twenty-five shall be eligible. Selection of candidates is made by the General Engineering faculty at each campus. On the Inside... • Earth Weekend ____ Page 3 Baseball Schedule _ Page 4 try. Thus the net appropriated is $64,560,000, an increase of $5,340,000 over the $59,220,000 ap- Propriation. for 1968-69. This is $2,800,000 , less than the University sought in a budget request that President Walker described as "frugal" in view of the known financial situation facing the Leg islature. Part of this amount was offset by a $25 tuition increase made last summer after consultation with Legislative leaders. The appropriated amount will "allow us to put our house in or der without raising Spring Term tuition," President Walker com mented. Students had been told ama _ MAN and his kite. What a trip!!! New Games Played At University Park UNIVERSITY PARK, PA.,—The name of the game is "Ecopa- It's similar to the more familiar game, Monopoly, but it's an new, developed by students at The Pennsylvania State University concerned • about ecology. And there was another game, "Extinction," a gme that can be played only once, There were specially composed songs, and illustrated children's books. And there was a giant tree limb dramatically stuck with nails and a toilet bowl, labeled "Twi light", and filled with growing plants. It was all a part of a project started last winter by professors in a biological science course, the idea to dramatize the problems of pollution. "Express yourself", was the only charge given to some 750 students by the instructors, Dr. Neil Anderson and Dr. Richard that a tuition increase might be required for the Spring Term. The University must absorb the $890,000 paid out in interest on the $48,000,000 already borrowed this fiscal year. Since money from the State will not become immed iately available, this amount will increase somewhat before loans can be paid off. "I do not wish to minimize the problems of Legislators who must raise taxes before they can ap propriate money for educational purposes", President Walker said: "I should emphasize, however ■ that we are faced almost immed iately with budget planning for (Continued on Page 6) I H. Wagner, both assistant pro ; fessors of botany. And expreSe themselves the students did. There were collages made at magazine • photographs describing the . evils of pollution. There were maps and dioramas, there was a flag of ecology, there were paint ings, etchings, sketches and wat ercolors. Some of the students presented their feelings in dance, song and skits. Others turned to the more traditional "term" pap er approach, but the exhibits were the most overwhelming. The game of "Ecopoly," for ex ample, came complete with cards, play money and a set of ecolog ical disasters. The garbage can, (Continued on Page 3) April 3,1.97 A
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