- A Page 2- November 12, 1975 LION'S EYE News From University Park Oswald Assumes Additional Presidency University Park--Dr, John W, Oswald, president of The Penn- sylvania State University, today assumed the presidency of the Association of American Univer- sities, comprising 48 of the lead- ing universities in the country. He succeeds Dr. G. Alexan- der Heard, chancellor of Van- derbilt University. Dr, Oswald, a year ago, was ~ elected vice-president of the As- sociation and in that role, served _also on the Executive and Fin- ance Committees of the Assoc. Dr. Kingman Brewster, Jr, president of Yale University, is the new vice-president of the Association, Penn State in 1958 accepted the invitation to membership in the Association, which recognizes outstanding graduate educatior and research programs. The University of Pennsylvania and the University of Pittsburgh are the other universities in Penna, which hold membership, the Uni- versity of Pittsburgh having been extended membership last year, Twenty-four of the members are public institutions, and the other 24 are private universities. The Association, founded in 1900, considers issues of com- mon interest to the Nation’s ma- jor graduate and research uni- versities. Among those current- ~ Wanted: More Engineering University Park --Unless col- leges and universities graduate a lot more engineers than they do now, the United States can’t become ‘energy independent?’, predicts the dean of the College of Engineering at the Pennsyl- vania State University, “For example, to meet current demands, universities should be graduating 35 to 50 percent more nuclear engineers than theyare?’’, says Dr. Nunzio J, Palladino, who is himself a nuclear engin- eer, - Dean Palladino points to a recent study by the National Planning Association of the Na- tional Science Foundation which concludes that if the United States is to reduce its dependence on foreign energy sources at anti- cipated levels, the employment of of engineers in the domestic energy industry may have to double within the next decade, The biggest increase in demand for engineers by 1985 says Dean Palladino, will be in the fields of nuclear and mining engineering, - followed by electrical, chemical and mechanical engineering, The National Planning Assoc- ation report says that 141,000 engineers and scientists were employed in the seven major en- ergy-related industries. are electrical generation; pet- . roleum and natural gas extrac- tion and petroleum refines; na- tural gas production and radio- active waste disposal; manu- New Course Offered At The Park: ‘Male - Sex Role Socialization’ University Park--The first academic course at the Pennsyl. vania State University on contem. porary male roles and male sex- role socialization has been offered this term by the College of Human Development. - The graduate seminar, ‘‘Mas- culinity and Male-Sex Role Socialization,’”’ is led by Robert A, Lewis, associate professor in the Division of Individual and Family Studies. The course is an exploration of the various role expectations and pressures that most men face today at work and at home, The masculine pressures upon men, Dr, Lewis holds, are often de- structive, as partly witnessed by the higher incidence of heart attacks, suicides, and mental illness among men than among women, ‘One way, however, in which men may help themselves,’’ he says, ‘‘is to become more aware of the pressures they face in trying to live up to the macho (masculine) images learned in early childhood and constantly reinforced by peers and the media, One of the better ways for men to do this is to examine in small groups their own per- sonal lives, especially their relationships with women, chil- dren, and other men,’ According to Dr, Lewis, there are a number of active men’s “‘liberation’’ groups in the State College area, most of which have been formed by males whose wives or girlfriends are mem- bers of women’s liberation ‘“The women’s movements have had dramatic impacts on Cited - nological ly under discussion are the fin- ancing of universities, support of research and graduate studies, quality of classroom teaching, equality of access to higher ed- ucation and policies related to government support of research, Dr, Oswald is serving also as president: of 117 public and private institutions of higher learning in Pennsylvania, He serves on the Executive Committee. of the American Council on Education in his role as president of the Assoc,of Am- erican Universities, In 1972- 73 he served as chairman of the American Council on Edu- cation. Majors facturing of selected durable, equipment for electrical com panies; and energy-related con- struction, The projections indicate a fast- er growth of demand for engin- eers than for scientists under study. These industries will increase their research and de- velopment activities substan. tially over the 15-year period, Dean Palladino notes, too, that significant increases in the de-, mand for agricultural engineers will become evident in the next several years to meet the tech- challenges of grow-. ing, harvesting, processing, pre- serving, and distributing food to feed a growing world popula- tion, . both women’s and men’s roles in contemporary America,” Dr, Lewis notes. ‘‘In the past, most men were expected to be strong, fearless, successful, unemotion- al, and inexpressive, “Interestingly, Women’s Lib- eration in recent years has not only put pressure on men to examine their own chauvinism, but also has given men permis- sion and support to change some of their Storectyped, traditional roles, ‘‘For instance, there are some men who would like to spend more time with their children and thus work only part-time, while their wives do likewise, For many men, their member- ship in men’s groups is part of their own effort to contribute to the feminist movement,” ARHS COUNTERPROPOSAL TO LOT TERY (Continued From Page 1) single rooms where feasible, e.g. some floors in Centre, Pollock and West, with the cooperation of the Office of Residential Life Programs, (This is already in . progress.) 2) Increase the number of spa- ces available for staging tempor- ary housing in study lounges, etc, for Fall Term, 3) Convert graduate units in McKee to undergraduate units (about 300 spaces), since demand for graduate housing is far less severe than for undergraduates. Atherton would remain as grad- uate student housing, 4) Convert large single rooms to double rooms, especially in West, Centre and Nittany, Many of these rooms used tobe doubles, 5) Convert larger double rooms to triples and increase capacity of “student suites and apartments where feasible, es- pecially in Centre and West, Assignment to these rooms could be limited to students who spec- ifically request them, They would also be offered at a reduced room and board rate, ARHS added to the policy a listing of priorities in room assignments, The administration had planned to make room assign- ments on a random basis; the student proposal will follow the procedures which have been used in the past. : So, if a student gets stcapied in the dorms, he will have prior- ity if he asks for the same room he had been previously assigned to or to the same residence hall, The final proposal also trims the number of reserved spaces from 4,000 to 3,500 but includes the same groups having rights to reserved housing, Among those: groups are freshmen, sororities, and athletic scholars, ARHS members are confident that their proposal willbe warm=- ly received by the administration, | “This isthe best position we’ve ever been in when we were pro- | posing a policy to the admini- stration, They’re wide open and have heard a lot of dissatisfac- tion with the (administration’s lottery) policy,”’ Malizia said, “They won’t accept ours ver- batim but I think they will take most of it, They’re grateful that “someone has come up with an alternative,’ he explained, Malizia said ARHS made no attempt to remove the freshmer residency requirement because ‘‘dropping it would be unfeasible and raise a lot of uproar from the administration.’? ~ Malizia said that the committee on assignment procedures will definitely report its recommen dations before the end of the term. University President John W, Oswald will make the final decision on the issue, ‘Letters To Lottery - Dear Editor, Rather than accept any of the three proposed lotteries, let us examine some priorities and possibly arrive at a better sol- ution to P.S,U’s dorm problems, The demand for dormitory space must be lessened and this would not be accomplished by any lot- tery. The primary responsibility of Penn State is to those students, especially upperclassmen, who have previously resided in resi- dence halls, It hardly seems equitable to cast out a student who has lived in a dorm for two or three years to give that space to an incoming freshman, Secondly, the University should provide living quarters for those upperclassmen transferring from Commonwealth Campuses, Both categories have made a commitment to Penn State and Penn State should, in turn, be committed to providing housing for these students. Finally, the University Parkfreshmen should ‘receive dorm spaces. The categories mentioned should receive adequate dorm space. However, this wouldleave many first-term students with no residence, This problem Lottery Dear Editor, In a short time, the adminis- tration and Office of Student Af- fairs will make a decision re- garding the proposed dorm lot- | tery system at Penn State’s main | campus. They are studyingthree proposals: 1-A stratified lottery system, in which a certain per- centage of spaces are reserved for Commonwealth Campus stu- dents; 2-a pure lottery system, where all requests received on time will have an equal chance of getting a dorm; 3-a lottery whereby 1300 spaces are re- served for Commonwealth Cam- pus students and are then as- signed by lottery, All three of these proposals exempt freshmen from the lot- tery; I feel that this one big | flaw of the proposed lottery sys=- jLomss The Commonwealth Cam- pus System only provides so much in the way of education, since stitutions, Freshmen can ful- Dear Editor, Thé focal point of our P.S.U, campus seems to be the mod- lular lounge. Students meet to play pinball, discuss what’s hap- pening or just eat totheirheart’s . content. Or do they? A percentage of the students { don’t want to take any chances on the food, or have, and regret it, Many have displayed great dismay with the taste of the tea and coffee. Pretzels and cheese University is most of them are two year in- The Editor could be slightly relieved by re- leasing freshmen from the ob- ligation of residing on campus, Sincé Commonwealth Campus students are free of this respon- sibility, University Park fresh- men should not be obliged to fol- low the rule, The crux of the problem may be that Penn State is accepting more students than can be hand- led properly. Delco Campus is ‘an example of these crowded con- ditions. Perhaps Penn State should examine this situation and re-evaluate its priorities. The ¢‘committed to making post-high school educa- tion available to all who pos- sess a high school diploma,” However, it must be remem- bered that an excess of stu- dents can cause not only hous- ing difficulties, but also can de- crease the quality of education received by the students. If it is not possible for the University to enact these chang- es -in policy, it should never- the less attempt to find housing for students either off campus or by erecting additional dorm- itories. . Harry Wilson fill basic requirements at these campuses, Sophmores are often wasting their time at these cama puses, because more advanced classes are not offered at Com- monwealth Campuses. These students are paying for their ed- ucation, and if these students wish to live in dorms, the uni- versity should make an effort to supply the student with these rooms, Therefore, I think that less freshmen and more upperclass- men should be admitted to the main campus, Proposal C could be modified so that more spac- es would be reserved for Com- monwealth Campus students and therefore more freshmen would attend the Commonwealth Cam- pus System, This would be more security for the upperclassmen, since they would be promised at -least so many spaces, as wellas a better education, Catherine Falasco : Vending Machines doodles are often stale and hot foods don’t sound very appetizing (Chef Boy-ar-dee’s Beans and Franks!!), Not many want to open a can to find a surprise, And sandwiches, well, ied friend of mine bought a sandwich and couldn’t tell whether it was ham or roast beef, Variety isn’t a big problem, although there have been some (Continued On Page 4) FrEIritedbr eet breeders - Issue 3 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF BUSINESS MANAGER: iliano ADVISOR: FEETEEE EER Ebb LIONS EYE PAGE EDITORS: Kate Connell, Kathy White, Susan M. Sic- CONTRIBUTORS: Vince Arcadia, Elaine Barberes, Jim Demopulos, Billy Hagel, Steven Ran: dazzo, Richard Squadrito, Ivetta Steph- ens, Elynn Whilden, Harry Wilson November 12, 1975 2 Opinions expressed by the editors and staff of the Lion’s & Eye are not necessarily those of the University Admin- istration, faculty, or students. E29 Lynn Signora % Jon Temple retrace, Ms Lynn M. Haskin: g. HEEEEEE ERE EE bbb bby
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