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Vol. 72, No. 99
Guess who ’s coming to dinner?
AN INNOCENT DINNER party ends on a strange note when Nate Cook (center)
meets his girlfriend’s parents, played by Mac Shoemaker, M.J. Novotny and
Susan Swarthout. The scene is from “One Big Happy Family” at the Pavilion at
7:20 tonight only.
Council seeks student input
Studies probe advising
° By ELAINE HERSeHER
Collegian Senior Reporter -
By reviewing various University-wide
surveys, the University Council is taking
a serious look at student advising.
The effectiveness of the freshmen
advising programs at both University
Park and the Commonwealth Campuses
was discussed at yesterday’s council
meeting. The area of student par
ticipation in academic affairs was in
cluded in the Council’s review.
John Romano, administrative
assistant for resident instruction, ad
dressed the Council on the effectiveness
of the four kinds of counselors faculty
advisors, full-time professional ad
visors, graduate students, and un
dergraduates.
Romano’s as yet incomplete report
examining the response of incoming
freshmen for Fall 1970 indicates that all
four are effective under certain con
ditions. He said in some instances all a
new student,needs is a friendly face to
help him adjust to the University en
vironment. For others the need may be
more concrete-necessitating a specific
area of knowledge.
He cited the need of each college to
give its own program “an honest look.”
He said there is “no question that some
programs are more effective than
Death sentence set
in Yablonski killing
WASHINGTON, Pa. (AP) Paul E.
Gilly was sentenced yesterday to die, in
the electric chair for his role in
arrangihgand then'helping to carry out
the-slayings two years ago of t United
Mine Workers insurgent Joseph A.
“Jock” Y.ablonski and his wife and
daughter.
The judgment was handed down after
three hours of deliberation-bythe same
Washington Courity jury of seven men
and five women mat Wednesday night
convicted Gilly on three counts of first
degree murder, one for each victim.
Clearly shaken by the sentence, Gilly
hesitantly stood and started to speak
when Judge Charles G. Sweet asked
whether anyone had any final
statements.-
• “Yes, yes,. I do,” the 38-year-old
former Cleveland house painter said in a
choked, halting voice. “I wish to speak,
pl6dS6 —-
But the defendant was interrupted by
his attorneys, Gerald Gold and Samuel
Rodgers, and a murmured, inaudible
conversation" between the three
followed: A newsman sitting nearby said
he was able to distinguish-only the word
“conscience.”
Special prosecutor Richard Sprague
later reported: ~
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others.” He added, however, that some
colleges face more difficult problems
than others.
John Casciotti, undergraduate
representative from the Commonwealth
Campuses discussed two surveys un
derway ; one considering advising at the
Commonwealth Campuses, the other
concerning student participation in
academic affairs. -
Although incomplete, the study of
Commonwealth Campus advising seeks
feedback from students on the strengths
and weaknesses of their programs. The
review takes into account the dif
ferences of off-campus advising, con
sidering availability of course's and.the
most opportune time for a student to
take a course.
Student participation in academic
affairs is being evaluated on the branch
campuses by Casciotti and at University
Park by Steve Arkans, president of the
academic assembly.
This study consists of a questionnaire
circulating among the University
colleges in response to a University
Council statement submitted to
University President Oswald, last
March. The .statement is a study-oL.
student participation in academic af
fairs and consists of guidelines and
suggestions for six facets of the colleges,
“I am told .he said ‘l’m not, going to
.take_the whole blame for this thing’.”
, ■ But Rodgers said that
was—completely - inaccurate, ’ ’ - adding:
“As clear as I can remember, he said
something like this ‘lf you jurors can
live with your consciences under the
circumstances, that’s all right’.”
Gillyls remarks were entered into the
court - record as’ an “inaudible
•statement.”
The state had charged that Gilly was
the middleman in the Yablonski deaths,
planning them under instructions and
money from a mystery man known only
as “Tony” and later handling the payoff
said to have come to $5,200.
Gilly was' the second of five alleged
participants in the Yablonski slayings to
joe convicted and sentenced to the
electric chairs-
The other was AUbran W. “Buddy”
Martin, 23, another Clevelander who was
tried last fall.
Key state witness in both trials was
Claude E. Vealey, 28, also of Cleveland,
who pleaded guilty to murder last
summer and issued a rambling, 15-page
confession in which he said that.he, Gilly
and Martin carried out the killings under
Gilly’s direction.
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University Park, Pennsylvania Friday, March 3', 1972
University aiiswers HOPS suit
Defense to
By BARB SNYDER
Collegian Senior Reporter
The defendants named in' the
Homophiles of Penn State lawsuit
against the University are expected to
file prelimfhary objections to the HOPS
complaint either today or Monday.
Named as defendants were University
President Oswald, Raymond O. Murphy,
vice president for student affairs,
William Fuller;'manager of the Hetzel
Union Building, M. Lee Upcraft, dean of
student affairs, the University Trustees
and Albert Shoemaker, chairman of the
Trustees. ' ,
According to Delbert McQuaide, the
University’s lawyer, the nature of the
preliminary objections will not be made
publicly known until they are officially
filed in Centre County Court. “I cannot
at this time say what they will be,” he
said. .
• The HOPS suit was filed Feb. 11, and
served to the University on Feb. 14.
Standard legal procedure allowed the
University 20 days to respond, making
Monday the last day it can answer the
complaint.
HOPS sought to establish in the suit
that the University has'violated both its
First and Fourteenth amendment rights.
The University’s preliminary ob-.
jections to the HOPS suit are not an
actual answer to the lawsuit, although
they are a standard legal procedure,
according to Richard Issacson, one of
the HOPS attorneys.
Preliminary objections can be used in
two-ways, Isaacson said.
One way is to use them as a “delaying
tactic.” “Let’s say the University is not
ready to answer our complaint. This
gives them more. time, to research the
'basic issues involved,” he said.
They can also be used in a more
serious way by “attacking the heart of
the suit,” causing the suit to be knocked
out of court and the need for an entirely
including advising.
The questionnaire-is designed to
reveal what progress has been made or
changes implemented in response to the
Council’s statement.
Another report, completed but not
released, publicly,- was compiled by"
Richard E. Grubb, vice president for
administrative services. Following the
Council’s statement, Grubb was asked
by Oswald to review feedback submitted
by the deans of the various colleges. -
Don Carson, undergraduate
representative to the Council, said the
major thrust of Grubb’s report is that
“things are being done.”
Another . point of’ discussion at
yesterday’s Council meeting was the
University’s calendar. A sub-committee
was formed chaired by Donald R. Olson,
faculty representative. Its members
include Stanley F. Paulson, dean of the
College of the Liberal Arts, David
Harris, graduate representative, and
Carson.
The University’s final exam period
will be scrutinized on the question of its
necessity. A preliminary-Council survey
indicates that possibly only 25 per cent of
the faculty schedule courses in the exam
period. The Council will try to determine
-how r many of that group actually hold
exams during that time.
Through the recommendation of
possible changes in the calendar the
Council will aim at a better coordinated
summer term for 1973, It will examine
some of the more time-consuming
procedures ,such as grade processing
and cleaning schedulesin the residence
halls over term break.
Voter registration ends
; Monday for primaries
Monday looms as the last day to
register to vote in the' upcoming
April 25 primary elections, and the
Undergraduate-Student’ Govern--
-ment yesterday urged - students to
register to vote locally “even if they
don’t presently meet local
residency requirements.”
The. USG political affairs
department said if a student now
does not - meet ' residency
requirements, he will be rejected
and have until April 10 to appeal
; that rejection.
.This.wouldgive him time to apply
and receive the kind of proof of local
residency which is being accepted
by the county commissioners - in
their capacity as Board of Elections
for the county.
“Accepted” —proofs - include
marriage licenses, Pennsylvania
drivers-.licenses with local - ad
dresses, .local credit cards, county
or school tax receipts or forms; Bell
Telephone credit cards with local
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new. suit may become'necessary.
. Preliminary objections are based on
very broad, general legal points,
Isaacson said. However, they,can get
quite technical, so he gave an example to
indicate, the types of objection HOPS
may find itself up against.
For example, the University may say
that scandalous material was contained
in the HOPS suit. The University would
then file a preliminary objection to have
the scandalous material stricken,
Isaacson said.
Other possible preliminary objections
can be of a more serious nature. For
example, the University may say that
the Centre County court lacks the.
jurisdiction to hear the case in the first
place, he speculated.
Once these preliminary objections' are
filed, it is necessary for the court to set a
date, for the arguing of the objections
which will be at least 20 days from now.
Then, depending on local rules of court,
the university may choose to submit a
LA votes on changes
in election procedures
By JOYCE KIRSCHNER
Collegian Senior Reporter
Faculty members in the College of the
Liberal Arts are jvoting on a proposal to
change the procedures for electing
senators to the University Faculty
Senate.
Each year, faculty members in' the
college vote to replace five of the twenty
libera) arts senators.
According to the current procedures,-
each*voter must cast votes for as. many
nominees" as~there are positions to be
filled, and can cast no more than this one
vote per nominee. Ballots containing
more or less than this number of votes
are not counted. . • -
The new proposal states that each
voter has as many votes as there are
Senate seats to be filled. He may cast all
his votes among'candidates in any way
he chooses so long as no fractional votes
are cast. >“7
In April, 1971, several members of the
college sent a letter to Dean Stanley F.
Paulson questioning the current voting
procedures.
Ronald Maxwell, assistant professor
" of English, was asked to chair a com
mittee charged with reviewing the
voting procedures questioned. The
committee was asked to explain how the
alternatives offered might work and
what their effects might be.
According to the Senate Elections
Committee, the proposed change is
designed to realize "the following ob
jectives: .
to ensure that no. voter will be
constrained to vote for a nominee either
unknown to him or whose views he
cannot support;
Contenders politicking already
USG campaign brewing
By ART TURFA
Collegian Staff Writer
With ' Undergraduate ...Student
Government elections scheduled for
next term, politiking has reached a
climax. The USG office is ablaze with"
rumors and inside information con
cerning the race. Much of the con-
addresses ; and the combination of a
twelve month lease with local
savings and checking accounts.
It-is-expected.that.a .suit-wil!„be‘
filed against the county corir
missioners' for unfair registration
procedures.' In that case, it. is
possible that students who register
but'are turned down will be rein
stated by " court order before the
primaries.
During fall registrations here,
hundreds of rejected students were
ordered reinstated to the voters
rolls by the coursts.
Free rides to the Bellefohte
County Courthouse are available to
students who wish to register to vote
or to appeal registration rejections
in-time for the Monday, March 6
deadline.
• Times for the rides are 9:30 to 11
a.m. and from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Contact the "USG secretary,, in 202
Hetzel Union Building, 865-4952.
file objection
brief about ten days, before the ob
jections are to be heard. HOPS,. if it
chooses, then has about five days to
submit its brief, Isaacson said. .
Assuming HOPS does - hot file
preliminary objections to the Univer
sity’s preliminary objections, the. “day
of argument” in court will be set. The
objections will then either be dismissed,
or upheld.
If they are upheld,“the court should
nevertheless give us leave to amend our
complaint,’’ Isaacson said.
If they are dismissed, HOPS will
finally arrive at the point where the
University has to answer the original
HOPS lawsuit the violation of First
and Fourteenth amendment freedoms.
That, however, will take an additional
10 to 20 says, he added.
“I guess what I’m trying to say is that
we anticipate a long hard battle before
we even get to our original suit,”
Isaacson said. r
“It’s going to be hard on HOPS hard
to encourage representation in the
Senate;
to encourage, though not to ensure,
proportionate representation by
academic rank;
—to encourage greater faculty par
ticipation in all affairs of the college by
inviting greater participation in this one
important area, the election of Senators.
According to Maxwell, under the old
system,'many, voters had to vote for
someone they did not know. “A lot of
assistant professors and instructors
couldn’t find five people they wanted to
vote for. So, they had to vote for someone
they didn’t know, for whose
name they knew because that person
was prominent in the.college; or vote for
less people and have _ their vote not
count.”
Concerning increased minority
representation in the Senate, Maxwell
saidthe committee feels that if there is a
sizable-minority opinion on any issue,
and if there are 30 or 40 people who can
get together and cast all their votes for
one candidate supporting the issue they
deserve the power to elect that person.
This would he possible if the proposal
is approved.
Among the liberal @rts faculty, 32
percent are full professors, "29. percent
are associate professors, 32 percent
assistant professors, and 7 percent in
structors.
Representation by rank is not equal in
the Senate. 65 percent of . the Senators
are full professors, 30 percent are in
structors, and only 5 percent (only l
senator) are assistant professors.
According to the committee report,
the current system assures that well
established and well-known individuals
troversy centers on whether USG
President Benson Lichtig will seek re
election.
John Martonik, chairman of the USG Rodden, in addition to members from
Department of Student Welfare, said, ' the resident hall councils of North Halls,
“It’s difficult to say if he’ll run. He’s Pollock-Nittany Halls and South Halls,
wavering. I told him to start Shields felt Lichtig would run, but
his personal life.” /Warned, “He is foolish if he runs. A’ loss
Jim Fritz, USG vice president,
remarked, “Looks like Benson will run.
You can’t count him out.”
Jan Levenberg, a USG senator, who
resigned because he grew weary of the
feuding concerning the ejection in USG,
had the observation that Lichtig might
run again. He added Lichtig recently
told him that he would not run, but the
decision was not final.
What Lichtig ultimately decides will
determine .-the—strategy—of . the- other
candidate. Martinick, once mentioned as
a candidate should Lichtig not run, has
been rumored' as. a vice-presidential
candidate. Martonick said he did- not
consider himself as a contender,.adding,
“Benson hasn’t asked me.”
Lichtig was unavailable for comment.
Other' presidential candidates include
USG Senators Mike Shields, and Ed"
Burrowes, in addition to Frank
Callahan, and Nick Maile: -Made and
Callahan could not be .reached for
comment.
Burrowes stated, “Officially, there’s
no campaign until spring,” and said he
would beginat that time.
—ln a-more recent development,-USG
Sen. Jim Trask is supporting Shields. He
stated, “I really think Mike would do the
best job; so l’m going to work and get
him in there.” Trask was formerly a
candidate himself.
Shileds has picked up the support of
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for them to be patient,” he commented.
HOPS President Diane -Whitney
quickly denied-his"fears.
“The most-discouraging part of the
battle was getting the suit filed in the
first place. It took almost a year. Now
that-the actual suit has been filed,
everyone’s spirits* are up. We are
prepared to put all our efforts behind the
case.”
HOPS treasurer, Joseph Acanfora, the
teacher dismissed from his student
teaching position due. to his HOPS af
filiation, expressed similar sentiments.
“When you are subjected to emotional
abuse, physical abuse and inhuman
treatment because you are gay, for
years on end, you are willing to fight
for as long as it takes to secure your
human rights,” he said.
“This decision that is going to be made
is going to effect thousand of students
coming to Penn State it is worth the
fight,” he emphasized.
be elected with considerable regularity.
Maxwell said, “We realize the ex
pertise is needed but we need other
things also. ” The report says the current
system discourages the election of those
who would urge change, innovation, and
the introduction of new ideas and ap
proaches to academic education at the
University.
Claus Friedrich, assistant professor of
economics, said he supports the proposal
because “it gives potential to interest
groups to get representation in the
Senate.”
Associate Dean of Commonwealth
Campuses Harold J. O’Brien said, “I
think .the .way we are doing it is fairer
it is based-on one man, one vote. It is
more honest this way.”
According to Arthur 0. Lewis,
associate dean of resident instruction,,
the current system has been operating
for 12 years. “I like the old system
better; I don’t see the need for change,”
he said.
Stanley F. Paulson, dean of the
college, declined to. give his opinion of
the proposal while the faculty was still
voting.
“I do think there is some problem v
getting fair representation. The senior
faculty' members who have been active
are better known and there tends to be a
higher proportion of them elected,” he
said.
' He added that assistant professors are
serving on many .college committees.
“Through their service they become
better acquainted with the college and
better known,” he said.
Faculty members have until March 10.
to submit the mail ballot.
Academic Assembly President Steve
Arkans and Organization of Town In
dependent Students President Jim
in the election would jeopardize his
credibility with the Board of Trustees as
a student leader.”
As proof of his belief-? in Lichtig.’s...
candidacy. Shields said that yesterday
“Lichtig secured a banner for the Mall
from the USG-office.”
... Levenberg commented on Shields’
candidacy by saying, “I think it will be a
disaster if Shields is elected.” He added
Shields', would radicalize the USG and
hamper its bargaining position.
j Speaking about the role of USG,
Shields remarkedr’T think the position
of USG should gear itself more to an
advocacy role and work towards
creating alternatives.” He continued,
that USG should be “exercising the
rights on a level'of .parity with the ad
ministration.” 1
According to Shields, he feels con-'
fident of victory', even if-several other
candidates run in addition to himself and
Lichtig.
In'-, the vice presidential field, no
definite candidates have surfaced as of
yet. Sen. Thomas Kearney stated, “I’ve
had £ few hints,” but also commented,
“I’m up here to go to school.”
John Szada, president Pro Tempore of
the USG senate, said,' “I’m not going to
make any comments on . that at this—
time.”
Up to now, the field seems to be
narrowing down. The main interest will
center around Lichtig’s candidacy.
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