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Boycott hits local markets
By ELAINE HERSCHER
Collegian Contributing Editor
For some State College businesses,
yesterday was, in the words of one food
chain official "just a normal Monday."
But for others, the results of a nation
wide meat boycott took their financial
toll.
Barry Turner, assistant manager of
the N. Atherton Street Riverside
Market, reported "little meat checked
out all day" of the store's previously
decreased supply in anticipation of the
boycott.
Temple Market butchers agreed meat
sales had not declined during the first
weekday of the boycott, but one ad
mitted, "Students have been scarce
today," at the meat counter.
Officials at the N. Atherton Street A&P
Nixon, Thieu issue peace pledge;
discuss stepped-up U.S. aid
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (AP)
President Nixon and South Vietnamese
President Nguyen Van Thieu pledged a
joint effort yesterday to build a lasting
Indochina peace, then began discussing
Saigon's plea for stepped-up U.S.
economic aid.
After the leaders completed an initial
90-minute meeting at the Western White
House, officials indicated Thieu had
collected Nixon's pledge of an infusion of
U.S. aid for postwar reconstruction.
But indications were that Nixon was
frowning on a Thieu request for a
specific U.S. guarantee of renewed
military intervention if North Vietnam
blatantly violates the still-fragile cease
fire agreement.
As he gave Thieu a full military
welcome, Nixon voiced hopes their two
days of summit talks would produce
University policies wrapped in red tape
Discipline system contradictory
By BETH BOYD
Collegian Staff Writer •
The University's discipline system is a
maze of bureaucracy and contradictions
wrapped in red tape or at least that is
how several students in North Halls will
remember it.
Early Sunday morning last Novem
ber, 23 students were apprehended on
charges of underage drinking after a
party in Runkle's first floor study
lounge. The arresting officer, Sergeant
News analysis
Ronald Jackson, said he could smell
alcohol on the breath of everyone in the
group.
The next week the students were
presented with the charges against them
by Donald F. Suit, director of the Office
of Conduct Standaids.
Student Standards Board usually has
jurisdiction over violations of student
made rules governing residence hall
living. However, when students agree
they are guilty, they have the option of
having their cases heard by Suit, who
then decides the penalty.
Student complaints concerning the
University's legal system have focused
primarily on Suit, a new director hired
last October. The North Halls residents
said Suit violated their rights by not
presenting the students' options clearly
and said he pressured them into having
their cases heard by him rather than
SSB.
All but one of the students charged
with underage drinking on University
property had their cases heard by Suit.
These students were declared guilty
and received disciplinary probation for
one term. If found violating the Code of
Conduct in the same term, they would
have been expelled from the University.
Jeff Wall, Association of Residence
Hall Students president, was the only
one aware of his rights. He had his case
heard before SSB with the help of a USG
adviser. He was acquitted because of
lack of evidence.
Four North Halls students requested
an appeal to Suit's decision. The request
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said there had been no cut-back in help
or meat sales.
But at least one fast-food chain, Roy
Rogers Restaurant, has been hit hard by
the effects Assistant Manager Mark
Lightner attributed to the boycott.
"We're down about $2OO from a normal
day," he said. "This has hit us pretty
hard."
Contacted several hours before closing
time last night, Lightner said, "The
decrease could be $3OO or $4OO by the end
of the day. We've sold a lot of chicken,
one of the lower priced'meats."
Lightner said he thought the decline
stemmed from the bo'cott, since,
although the weather was not conducive
to heavy sales, it was comparable to last
week's when no such decrease in profits
occurred. He said his emotions about the
loss are mixed. "I'm upset because,
"great steps forward in building the
lasting peace, the real peace that we
have fought together f0r..."
Thieu responded by expressing
"heartfelt gratitude" for past U.S.
assistance and said he hoped the summit
would bring "a consolidation of peace in
Indochina and a new era of constructive
cooperation in peace among all parties
concerned."
After the meeting, White House press
secretary Ronald L. Ziegler said they
had reviewed the situation in Indochina
and had "stressed the importance of
implementing" the cease-fire
agreement signed two months ago in
Paris.
The two presidents, Ziegler said,
"reaffirmed the continuing strong
friendly ties" between their countries
was denied by the University Hearing
Board.
ARHS warned representatives at its
weekly meetings, "You'll get screwed
by Suit; go before Student Standards."
At an ARHS meeting, Kevin Smith,
assistant director of Undergraduate
Student Government's Department of
Legal Affairs said, "Please tell students
to come to us (legal affairs) because our
people are trained in University
discipline and we have the proper
contacts."
Smith said Suit is overstepping his
bounds of power. "He should only
present charges, explain options and
oversee prosecution."
Smith added, however, that Suit,
"views the cases from an administrative
viewpoint, he does what he thinks is
right. Dr. Suit isn't a monster."
Betty Youndt (4th science), one of
four students who asked for an appeal to
Suit's decision, said she felt her rights
were violated by Suit. "We were talked
into going before him. He made it sound
like it didn't make any difference who
we went before, we were still guilty.
"Some of the methods he is using
aren't correct. He told us we were guilty
and then gave us a choice," Youndt said.
Wall said, "I heard a rumor Suit ex
pected a guilty charge for me. When he
saw my acquittal his chin dropped."
UHB voted to reconsider their verdict
due to a request from Suit, but the
University Appeals Board upheld the
earlier decision by SSB, finding Wall not
guilty.
Richard Craft (3rd earth and
mineral sciences), another student who
went before Suit, said, "He made it
sound like we were guilty and there was
nothing else we could do. We were ripped
off in that way."
Craft suggested the University devise
a better discipline system and said their
policy should follow state guidelines
more closely.
According to Craft, the state favored
SSB's decision. The students arrested
were also fined by the State College
police, since they allegedly broke a state
law, he said, and 12 students had the
case heard by Magistrate Clifford H.
Yorks who dismissed the charges due to
lack of evidence.
"Most kids don't realize they have
another alternative. Suit comes off as a
"nice guy" so that students decide to
avoid the hassle of waiting for their case
to be heard by another legal board,"
Wall said.
Suit conducted the initial hearing with
five students at a time, according to
Wall. He gave them papers to read
explaining their rights and asked them if
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natitally, this is my job. But I'm all for
the boycott. I have to live with higher
prices too.
"We'll probably cut back on our meat
orders, but the smaller restaurants will
really be hurting. It's happening
everywhere, not just with us. That's
some consolation anyway."
But McDonald's Assistant Manager
Gary Workman said, "There has been
very little decline; it hasn't affected us
yet." But he noted it still may be too
early to tell.
"It's just been a normal Monday,
maybe even a little better than normal,"
according to Burger King Assistant
Manager Dave Orchard. "We're not
even selling more fish than usual," he
said.
Consumer checks yesterday at the
and discussed the development of their
postwar relations.
The spokesman said the talks were
held in "an atmosphere of friendship and
cordiality." Sources reported the
summit was bringing hard bargaining
on .economic issues. Ziegler
acknowledged there was "substantial
discussion regarding economic
assistance ... redevelopment assis
tance ... which the United States could
continue to provide to South Vietnam as
we move into the postwar period."
He said the leaders were discussing
"in depth and in detail" such questions
as efforts to account for U.S. troops still
missing in action, reported infiltration
by North Vietnam and the presence of
North Vietnamese troops in Laos and
Cambodia.
they wanted to go through the trouble of
requesting a hearing.
"You have to decide right there where
your case will be heard and it's really
tough. Kids just don't know what to do,"
Wall said.
He said the administration is at fault.
"It's all kind of shady, they don't give
students enough chance to be informed. I
don't think they're fulfilling their
obligation."
Suit, a former psychology teacher, had
previous experience as a hearings of
ficer at Ferris State College in Michigan.
Wall suggested, "Maybe he's taking
liberties with his new freedom, since
he's from a small university."
Cathy Houk (3rd science), who was
also arrested last November said, "He
(Suit) pointed out the definite ad
vantages of going before him. He
seemed like he was being Mr. Nice
Guy."
Responsibility shifts to Academic Affairs
Advising unit design underway
By MARGIE LAWLOR
Collegian Staff Writer
Harvey W. Wall, associate director of
the Career Development and Placement
Center, will head a study beginning April
1 to design a new academic unit to share
the work now handled by CDPC.
According to Wall, the new system
hopes to remove the responsibility of
student academic advising from the
Department of Student Affairs, under
which CDPC operates, to the Depart
ment of Academic Affairs "because
advising is an academic activity."
Proposed by 'the University Faculty
Senate, Phase H Committee on a
University College, the academic unit
has three basic functions:
—to serve as a college for the
enrollment and advising of students not
in one of the 10 existing colleges, a
function now handled by CDPC;
—to create a University-wide support
system to dispense academic advising
information to all colleges and cam
puses;
—to evaluate and present proposals
for improving the academic advising of
all students.
The new academic unit will "hopefully
Beaver Avenue Weis Market indicated
the majority of those interviewed were
not buying meat. Of 24 shoppers in
terviewed, 13 bought either no meat or
substituted chicken for more expensive
cuts. Technically the boycott covers
meat, pork and lamb.
Of those 13, only 5 entered the store
intending not to buy meat. They an
swered emphatically concerning their
convictions not to buy. "You can get just
as much protein from other things," one
female student said. "I'm not going to
buy meat," another said. "I haven't
been buying. I'm eating tuna fish and
tomato soup," she said.
Another woman eagerly displayed her
purchase of eggs and fish, saying that
was all she intended to buy. One male
student said he is boycotting pur
posefully. "I hope that it destroys the
meat market entirely," he said.
Most other non-buyers said despite the
boycott they could not afford to buy meat
anyway. One woman said she had "a
well-stocked freezer before the prices
went up." A male student said, "We
looked at the meat, but we bagged the
idea." A female student answered that
she lives in a dormitory. "But if I could
buy meat," she said, "I wouldn't."
Non-boycotters had diverse reasons
for purchasing meat. One shopper said
his wife is eight months pregnant and
has a protein deficiency. Asked if he had
considered other sources of protein, he
said he considered meat the best. "I'm
all for the boycott," he said. "People
shouldn't buy meat. Nixon really
screwed up on this grain deal. It puts me
in a bad position because I can't afford
it."
Some who were undecided said they
hadn't considered boycotting yet. Others
were buying ground beef or chicken and
said they hadn't purchased meat in
weeks. One student said he supported
the boycott but had to buy ground beef
for chili.
Another meat buyer was less sym
pathetic. "I think' the whole thing
sucks," he said. "If I want to eat meat,
I'll eat meat."
Houk said students' ignorance about
their rights is due to carelessness on the
students' part and lack okinformation on
the University's part. At the hearing, "it
sounded like you had to be your own
lawyer," she added.
When Suit assumed his position he told
The Daily Collegian his job is that of "a
prosecutor, an attorney, an adviser and
an informer of rights" to students faced
with disciplinary action.
Suit said, "I see students when they
need advice when they need someone to
talk to." He later added, "It's peculiar
but I've been hearing most of the cases
after the pre-hearing interview," where
students meet with Suit after they are
charged.
Wall advised students, "If you get
busted, go to Legal Affairs in USG."
Many students who have become en
tangled in the discipline system agree
with him.
simplify the complex academic system
by performing in many areas," Wall
said. It will give undecided students a
temporary college and advise them in
selecting a major.
For the benefit of the entire Univer
sity, it will supply each college and
Commonwealth Campus with better
communication through one information
center. •
Wall said the unit's functions will
include prompt referral to correct
academic ' sources, training advisory
personnel and faculty and evaluating the
present advising system.
Wall's immediate task is to implement
the model plan outlined by the Senate
Phase II Committee last year.
The plan is the final evaluation of a
University College concept recom
mended to the Senate almost two years
ago which proposed that incoming fresh
men not enter one particular college but
take courses as part of a homogenous
"11th college."
Under the University College plan a
student later could associate with one of
the 10 colleges and / declare a major with
that college between his third and sixth
terms..
Fortress of tradition
defies rapid change
By KEN RUTKOWSKI
Collegian Staff Writer
University House, with its tall
columns, woodwork and rock masonry,
still manages to retain its dignity despite
being hemmed in by the bleak exteriors
of Hanimond, Sackett and the Electrical
and Mechanical Engineering buildings.
University House was the home of
every Penn State president except its
builder Evan Pugh until three years ago
when the buildings around it made it
unsuitable for residency. Pugh died
before he could move in.
The house was first called the
President's Mansion or President's
House. Through the years, dignitaries
including former U.S. President Dwight
D. Eisenhower, General William C.
Westmoreland and many Pennsylvania
governors have been guests there.
The house was constructed in the same
style as Old Main at a cost of $3,000
between 1864 and 1866. Much of the work
was done by Pugh himself, with the help
of students, faculty and laborers then
working on Old Main.
Push wished to have the house
"command the whole side of the
college" which in those days was just
one building: Old Main. Looking at it
today, it's hard to believe the house once
offered an unobstructed view of the
countryside from any window.
The house was improved through the
years, according to the needs and
desires of various University presidents
who lived there.
A large porch was added in 1893, and in
1895 President Atherton raised and re
shaped the roof to add on four third-story
rooms. In 1902 indoor bathrooms, luxury
items in those days, were installed.
In 1990, President Hetzel had major
alterations done on the house. The roof
was re-shaped and exterior landscaping
was done. Porches, a garage, modern
heating and lighting systems, and a
servant's quarters were built.
The improvements could not prevent
the President's Mansion from being in
the middle_ of a rapidly growing
university. Buildings sprang up around
it, and the once unobstructed view of the
countryside became blocked by the store
fronts of downtown State College.
During President Walker's ad
ministration, it became evident that the
house was no longer suitable for
residency. It offered no privacy to its
occupants and plans were being made to
use the land for future University
The Senate rejected such a proposal at
its January 11, 1972 meeting and ap
pointed a "Phase II" Committee to
study the feasibility of a University
College on the basis of implementation,
purposes, structure and cost.
The Phase II Committee decision
differed from the original proposal by
suggesting the academic unit serve as
an optional, not mandatory, college.
Wall, a former member of the Phase H
Committee, said he feels the new unit
has several advantages over the
University College concept.
First, since it requires less ad
ministrative reorganization, the cost to
the University should be decreased
greatly. Costs for a University College
were estimated at $675,000 a year.
Viewing the present system of 10
colleges as fairly flexible, Wall said he
sees no insurmountable difficulties in
switching colleges. The new unit, he
said, would simply ease the process.
The University College idea also had
created a major question about ad
visers, since no freshman would be
enrolled in one of the 10 colleges. Wall
said the new unit will build on the
strengths of the present advising
University House
buildings.
There were plans to destroy the house
as far back as 1963, when the Board of
Trustees' Long Range Development
Plan showed the President's House
eventually being removed to make way
for engineering buildings.
When Oswald became president in
1970, the Board of Trustees bought and
renovated the David Beach Smith
'residence at 639 Kennard Road,
Boalsburg for him and his family. Plans
were made to destroy the President's
House because the land it occupied was
premium building area and state
building requirements limited the house
to residential use only.
Throughout Winter 1970, students and
townspeople voiced their opposition to
having the President's House destroyed,
because it was in excellent condition and
had historical significance. On April 14,
1970 the Board of Trustees voted not to
destroy the house.
A committee was set up to explore
possible uses of the President's House in
November, 1970. Suggestions included
using the house as a Faculty Lunch Club,
and Alumni Center, a Horticulture
Center, a counseling center or an ex
tension of the Penn State Room.
As a result of the committee's findings
the former residence was designated
University House, to be used by the
pr'esident and trustees for various social
functions.
Two years ago, President Oswald said
he used University House as a "sort of
focal place on campus," while his
Boalsburg house "provides us with the
opportunity for living, which you need to
do a little of in connection with this job."
University House is maintained today
as a second house for the president.
One of the secretaries at University
House said the only student related
activities held there are a garden party
the president has each May for in
ternational students and a spring party
for seniors graduating with honors.
Fire and safety regulations made by
the State Department of Labor and
Industries restrict the house to its
present uses, and prohibit opening it to
the public. If the house were opened for
public tours, there would be a problem
with staffing.
At present, University House stands, a
little out of place in the midst of all those
engineering buildings, as a small
reminder that the past hasn't been
completely forgotten at Penn State.
system
Finally, Wall said, placing advisory
and enrollment functions of CDPC into
the new academic unit will enable the
Center to focus its attention on career
counseling and supplying information on
professions, graduate schools and job
placement.
Wall's study, to be completed June 1,
will be the last evaluation before review
by University President John W. Oswald
and Provost Russell E. Larson. Wall
said he will "present a workable design
outlining specific objectives, activities,
proposed facilities, staff members and
costs." His plans include staffing the
unit with "academic counseling
specialists" from CDPC and perhaps
faculty members on a part-time basis.
In drawing his conclusions, Wall will
consult with academic deans, faculty
and students throughout the University.
Because 70 percent of all freshmen and
sophomores are located at Com
monwealth Campuses and the unit is
expected to serve mostly freshmen and
sophomores, Wall said good com
munication and implementation
throughout the state will be crucial.