VOLUME 6 - NO. 1 Intercollegiate Highlights University Council to hold first meeting UNIVERSITY PARK, PA.--The University Council, a new element in governance at The Pennsylvania State University, will.. hold its first meeting early this month. The Council, comprised of four tenured faculty members, four students , and four members of the University administration, was authorized by the Board of Trustees in June as part of a broad reorganization of the University's governance. Specifically, the Council was created to involve faculty, students and administrators in the governance of the University, to serve as a channel of communication, and to bring together "the leaders of the University community to consider and review in depth significant matters." A primary function of the Council will be to advise the President concerning academic program priorities within the financial resources of the University. It will also advise the President on other matters and will meet periodically with the appropriately organized faculty for mutual exchange of ideas and advice on all matters of academic policy. Similarly in the area of student affairs, the Council and the appropriately organized student body will advise the President. University President John W. Oswald has enthusiastically endorsed the idea of the University Council "as a means of bringing the University community closer together and providing significant representation of its major constituents in governance." "Universities are being called on today to supply far more services than their resources permit, so priorities must be established," Dr. Oswald continued. "I think it is important that all parts of the University community take part in the process of priority determination, and the Council provides an effective mechanism in this Univeristy." At President Oswald's direction, members of the Council were selected by the major constituencies of the University, with the exception of the chairman, Dr. Paul M. Aithouse, vice president for academic affairs. The Trustees designated the vice president for academic affairs as a permanent chairman of the Council. President Oswald is not a member of the Councitbut can attend its meetings at his discretion. Faculty members of the Council, selected by the Council of the University Senate from among more than 40 nominees are: Richard Craig, assistant professor of plant breeding, Margaret B. Matson, professor of sociology, Moylan C. Mills, assistant professor of English, Ogontz Carnpus, Do nald R. Olson, professor of mechanical engineer ing. Student members of the Council are being determined by a student nomination and screening procedure involving University Park Campus undergraduates, graduate students, and Commonwealth Campus students. University Park undergraduate members are: Theresa A. Jablonski, a 10th term student in human development, Franklin, Pa., Peter P. O'Donnell, a 10th term psychology major, Camp Hill, Pa., Michael L. Easley, Levittown, a graduate student in regional planning' who is president of the Graduate Student Association, will serve as the graduate student member of the Council until the nomination and screening process can be completed. Still to be selected is a Commonwealth Campus student member. Administrative members of the Council, selected' by the Council of Academic Deans, are: Russell E. Larson, dean, College of Agriculture, and Stanley F. Paulson, dean, College of the Liberal Arts. Harold W. Perkins, director of the Berks Campus, was selected from among the Commonwealth Campus directors as the third administrator on the Council. Stanford discusses. violence PALO ALTO, CALIF.(I.P.)--Today's radicals who believe destruction is the only way to save the world are ignoring history, and "the intellectual poverty of their arguemtns has been more than a match for the unimaginative arrogance of their subsequent behavior," says Stanford University Provost Richard W. Lyman. Lyman, discussing violence, said that to regain public confidence, universities must use effective discipline, institutional responsiveness, and education. Part of radical strategy, Lyman said, is to goad administrators into mistakes through . weariness. The administration, in turn, tries "to respong strongly enought to constitute a deterrent, but not so strongly as to feed the ever- ready flames of martyrdom." Small campus trouble often explodes into big trouble because old ground rules don't work and "because of clever and unscrupulous--but effective exploitation" of disciplinary action, Lyman said. Supporters of higher education must understand, Lyman said, that "the radical intent is to goad (them) into demanding curbs on freedom of speech and of assembly, so that cadres of revolution can then be expanded by recruits from the moderates who will be outraged at such infringement of the hard-won freedoms of a democratic and open society." student-Faculty Forum suggested at Lehigh BETHLEHEM, PA.(I.P.)--LehighUniversity, as a total academic community made up of students, faculty and administrators, has taken a large step in restructuring its university governance system. The combined groups have recommended the creation of a student-faculty forum with 60 students and 60 faculty and 5 administrators, all with voting privileges and for at least one trustee and one alumnus as non-voting participants. This Forum would have a direct line of communiciation to and from the trustees and would have a number of legislative Functions, including policy-setting ,review, recommendation xtwers, providing students a larger governance role than ever afore in Lehigh's history. 'All actions of the Forum would be subjects to the approval )f the board of trustees, the ultimate legal authority for Lehigh. The recommended Forum would have legislative authority. rhe faculty would retain primary responsibility in the area of :ttrriculum, course content, instruction methods, conduct of esearch, faculty hiring, status and tenure, academic discipline, std awarding of degrees. However, the recommendation for the legistlative functions the Forum would provide increased student participation, with a many students as faculty members voting, in setting policy on cademic program and planning, social life and regulations, xtracurricular activities and athletics, and academic nvironments. The Forum would also have the authority to review ing-range planning, such as academic development, staff Nuirements, facilities and the overall budget, community Illations, and all administrative appointments at the rank of dean sd above. The Highacres Collegia Steber calls Nite "best yet" Los Vegas Nite ESP Expert speaks at Highacres David Hoy, Extra Sensory Perception expert, lectured to a large audience on the psychic phenomena in the SUB lounge, October 29. The author of three books, Hoy has made such predictions as the collapse of the Silver Bridge over the Ohio River; Robert Kennedy's victory in the California primary and the lor --Although they don't like "une maille qui file," at least one group of Pennsylvania State University coeds knows what to do about it. "It's not an expression you'd probably ever learn in French class," says Elaine Miller, "but knowing how to say "a run stocking" can come in handy for a girl." Miss Miller is getting the chance to learn a number of the expressions that make up conversational French as part of an unusual educational experience at the University. This pretty, brown-haird junior, a secondary education major from Latrobe, is president of French House, where along with 16 other coeds she practically lives, breathes, aeats and sleeps in French. The girls have their own wing in a University residence hall -- corn plete with a kitchen where they turn out an occasional crepe suzette for guests. They also have Mademoiselle Simone Schwoerer, a student from the University of Strasbourg, who lives with them, corrects their pronunciation, and is on hand to supply French equivalents for such American experiences as sleeping in mornings -- "faire la grasse matinee." "We are pledged," Miss Miller explains, "to speak only French in the halls, in our lounge or in the washroom, and at dinner, which we take together four times each week. HAZLETON, PENNSYLVANIA 18201 MONDAY, NOVEMBER'2, 1970 Betsy Switaja and an infamous bartender helped make Las degas Nite the success it was French house is unique experiment tragedy that followed it; and Jackie Kennedy's marriage to Aristotle Onassis. He also predicted that Senator Ted Kennedy would not run for the presidency in 1972 because of a personal tragedy, but not assassination. Declaring that everyone possesses some amount of E.S.P., Hoy believes that "At first, it's a little hard, but pretty soon you get so used to it that it begins to affect your English, and you wind up with• 'fractured French.' "We find ourselves saying `hold the porte' for 'hold the door,' or 'make a gauche' instead of a 'left.' Not all of the girls are French majors, although they must all have passed intermediate level courses in the language. The main criteria for admission are interest and a willingness to speak French. "As long as Simone is around, we have no excuse for lapsing into English," Elaine points out, " because she can always come up with the needed work or phrase. The other day, though, she was out, and I was trying to explain to a friend the strokes used in a water ballet. I finally had to resort to English." Once a year, the .girls get together a production of a French play, which they perform for the members of the Deparment of French faculty. Last year, they also prepared a dinner for the staff at the home of their advisor, Mmd. Alfred Le Blanc, producing a creditable boeuf bourguigonn and an array of French pastries. Together they celebrate such French holidays as the Feast of St. Nicholas in December, hanging stockings on their doors to receive gifts of candy, cookies and fruit. "anyone can reach into their mind and discover avenues unbelievable." He further breaks down Extra Sensory Perception into three catagories: (1) telepathy, (2) pre cognition, and (3) psychokinesis. Telepathy beign mind-to-mind communication. Precognition is the ability to predict the future and psychokinesis is mind over matter. When asked to explain his psychic ability, Hoy replied that it was a "feeling." Primarily trained for the ministry, Hoy holds a B.A. degree from South Carolina, a Bachlor of Divinity degree with Hebrew and Greek from Southern Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky, and an Honorary Doctorate (L.H.D.) from the Universidad de Recife, Brazil. He has been engaged in research with Stanford University, School of Medicine, in trying to develop a test for derma-optical perception to determine if blind persons can receive impressions of color and form through only the sense of touch. Hoy lectures on the history of Ex tra Sensory Perception and its theories and practice. He demonstrates his ability to performing psychic tests on volunteers from the audience. His mental projection is chillingly accurate and he has proven accurately a phenominal 85 per cent of the time. The author of "Psychic and Other E.S.P. Party Games," published by Doubleday, Inc., Hoy also writes a weekly syndicated column entitled "E.S.P. According to Hoy." He is a native of Evansville, Indiana, and resides there with his wife and three children. Roy ended his lecture by giving predictions for the future through "Time Projected Empathy." They were as follows: (1) President Nixon will not run in the 1972 election for the Presidency. (2) Bodily harm will come to Vice-President Spiro T. Agnew, but not assassination. (3) The United States will experience a terrible winter this year, and (4) Icebergs will be sighted in late winter or early spring in the North Atlantic. is huge success SGA news Student Court formed Members of the Student Court were announced at the SGA Meeting Thursday, October 22. Six regular members and three alternates were chosen from the 15 interested students who had signed for it. The regular members include: Vince Gogel Linda Skypala, Steve Barrett, Mike Gallagher, JoAnn Vito, and Nancy Kent. Alternates are Tom Caccese, Bob Jackson, and Debra Zehner. These members were chosen by a screening committee which consisted of Mr. Leonard Shaevel, assistant professor of physics, Vince Gogel, Nancy Kent and Linda Skypala. It was decided that the SGA would extend an invitation to the Keystone Job Corp women to participate in campus social functions. Consideration is also being given to the possibility of setting up a cultural exchange night. One of the main topics of discussion during the SGA meeting held on October 15 was "Rate-a-Prof." Several different opinions were voiced from members and guests, Mr. Leonard Shaevel, assistant professor of physics, and Dr. Harold Aurand, assistant professor of history. Both Aurand and Shaevel stated that open-criticism would be beneficial to students and faculty. An open letter from Dr. Htain Win, instructor of chemistry, suggested that these surveys not be printed in the Collegian to save undue embarressment to those involved. All SGA members approved the idea of "Rate-a-Prof". At the following SGA meeting, October 22, four members volunteered to set up guidelines, that if approved, would regulate the proposed "Rate-a Prof" system. This committee includes: John Martonick, Debra Zehner, Dan Humenick, and Phil Zola. It was decided that othej (continued on p. three) SGA representative, Ron, Steber, described Las Vegas Nite -1970 "the most successful ever held." Steber estimated that the SGA made a profit of two hundred dollars in approximately three and one-half hours. An annual event since 1961, Las Vegas Nite was held in the Club Highacres, otherwise known as the Student Union Building. Decorations of wall posters from Harold's Club in Reno, Nevada, transformed the SUB cafeteria into a miniature casino, claiming such comments as: "Don't tip the dealer-he's tipsy already" and "Old bartenders never die-they just lose their jiggers." Crepe paper of various colors, radiating from the center of the room and highlighted by two large plastic dice, completed the decorations and provided an atmosphere of fun and excitement. Upon entering, each person exchanged $1.25 for $2500 worth of Las Vegas money to be used at the various gambling facilities. From eight o'clock to approximately eleven-thirty students gathered around two crap tables, two number wheels, dice games, and four tables of cards to place their bets. Stakes were high and cries of "double or nothing" at the money wheels, "shootin' for a tree" as the dice rolled out a Abortion of latest Abortion was the topic of last Friday's TGIF. Dr. Harold Aurand, assistant professor of history, opened this contraversial discussion with a brief explanation of Pennsylvania's abortion policy. He listed the existing exceptions to this law as rape, incest and in cases where the mother's health may be endangered. Aurand then stated that he favored abortion for numerous reasons including: (1) the present law discriminates against the poorer elements of society and (2) it interferes with the separation of the state and church. Most people attending the discussion showed little opposition to the legalization of abortion. Surprisingly, there was also little religious opposition. Numerous people Aurand supports Women's Lib Women's Liberation was the topic of the first TGIF discussion of the fall term. Dr. Aurand mediated the exchange of ideas between students and faculty in the SUB lounge. Aurand made an opening statement in which he said he was in favor of the Movement. He later qualified that statement by saying that he was defending the human rights of women rather than supporting the more radical elements. One of the principle side of the question, there spokesmen (or rathewere, nevertheless, major spokeswomen) for Women's rather were, of opinion on the Lib, Dawn Sandrow, led an equality or dominance of attack on the man-oriented either the man or woman in society, questioning whether it our society. was true that "the woman's Sorority to hold banquet Sorority will hold its will be installed into the annual banquet this Wednesday newly-former office of at the Holiday Inn, located on presidental aide. North Church Street in Sorority is in the process Hazleton. of organizing its annual The new freshmen officers Christmas Party fo r will be installed. They are underpriviledged children in vice-president Mary Polascik ( our area. Any contributions for Ist-Business Ed. - Beaver, this projects will be greatly Meadows) and treasurer appreciated. Further Marilyn Car s i a information can be obtained (,Ist-Education-Hazleton). by contacting Denise Debbie Zeh n e r O'Bremski. (4th-Education-Rock Glen) 10 CENTS two and a one, or "holding a full house" for a wipe-out in poker echoed throughout the crowded, smoke-filled room. As one's money slowly disappeared, more and more people returned for a fresh bundle at only a quarter a pack. As a final addition, a bar was set up in the rear of the cafeteria from which ice cold "beer" was sold to the thirsty gamblers. Pretzels and potato chips were also served between hands of poker or throws of the dice. Cowgirls and bartenders, as well as those in charge of the other stands, distributed and took care of the money. Dressed in the customary Las Vegas outfits-black stockings, short black skirts, and ties for the girls, and black hats ties, and garters for the guys-contributed to the success of the evening by keeping everything under control. As a final event, a film of a horse race was projected on the cafeteria wall with bets flowing hot and heavy. The race was close and the crowd went wild as horse number eight claimed the winner's title, paying odds of three-to-one. Prizes of cigarette lighten, slot machines, posters, and dice were chanced off at a drawing of tickets distributed throughout the evening, thus bringing an end to another happy and fun-filled evening at the Club Highacres. is topic TGIF questioned the effect which legalized abortion would have on the majority of the public. It was suggested that the moral standards of society might deteriorate. One of the more pessemistic effects suggested was the possibility of people making sex a mechanical act. In other words, emotion is absent in sexual relations. Several people felt that the public would abuse this privilege. Aurand then suggested that "double standards" be created for our society; one set for the masses and a different set for "superior people". In direct oppostion to legalized abortion, it was stated that it was the parents' responsibility to plan the family and contraceptives are available for this purpose. They should be sufficient. place is in the home." John Martonick, who said he found it hard to abandon his belief in the family as a sound economic and social unit, was confronted by Mr. Richard Campbell, instructor of philosophy. Campbell brought up the argument that the family is a social institution and that there is really no reason why it can't be changed to accomodate a new role of women. Although there seemed to be no radical views on either
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