GSA event open to everyone
Bike rally set for
Area bicycle riders will have a chance
Sunday to participate in an event unique
to this region,— a bike rally.
The Graduate Student Association will
sponsor a bike rally scheduled to start at
11 a.m, Sunday from Kern. After the
rally a picnr: will be held near the finish
area.
According to Roger Richards, co
chairman of the event, the rally is dif
ferent from a regular bicycle race. “The
rally is more an intellectual race than a
physical race,” he said.
The riders will start at one-minute
intervals. When each rider reaches the
starting line, he is handed a set of in
structions describing his route.
These instructions may use- land-
marks, such as buildings, and signs to
% guide the participants. For example,
Richards said one method of giving the
New government in Laos
VIENTIANE, Laos The Communist Pathet Lao an
nounced last night a political and military agreement with
Prime Minister Souvanna Phouma that will establish a
provisional government equally divided among Communists
and non-Communists.
Sources said the agreement provides for geographic zones
of control, with the Communist zone encompassing about 80
per cent of the country.
The accord reportedly also calls on the U.S. Central In
telligence Agency to dissolve its paramilitary forces in Laos
and to end the “secret war” that only now is coming under
congressional scrutiny.
The settlement was announced in general terms at the
headquarters of the 50-man Pathet Lao Mission in Vientiane
and was confirmed by royal Laotian and U.S. sources.
'Damn Yankees'
preview tomorrow
musical-comedv
•‘Damn Yankees” will open at
the Playhouse Wednesday as
the final production of this
summer's Festival of
American Theatre.
The show revolves around
Joe Hardy, a baseball fan
devoted to the hopeless
Washington Senators, who
sells his soul to the devil to
become a young ■ baseball
player.
"Damn Yankees”
represented playwrights’
first successful effort produce
a hit show based on the
nation's baseball craze. It ran
for two and a half years on
Broadway for a total of 1,019
performances.
The musical was written by
George Abbott and Douglas
Wallop with music and lyrics
by Richard Adler and Jerry
Ross.
The Festival production is
directed by Richard Edelman
with choreography by Judith
Haskell and musical direction
by Bruce Trinkley. This team
also produced this year’s
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clues is by revealing ‘.‘only two words of
a six-word sign.” While riding, all
competitors must keep a sharp lookout
for the clues or they will go off the rally
course.
Unlike a regular bike race, the person
with the fastest time will nojt necessarily
win, Richards said.
“In a rally, the riders must travel the
course at a certain average speed,” he
said. “Usually in a bike rally the speed
would be about eight or nine miles per
hour.”
Each participant Avill have a stop
watch, and there will be several check
points where the official time and speed
will be checked. The winner will be the
rider whose finishing average speed
comes closest to the correct average
speed that was established for the rally.
Festival musical
“Brigadoon," as well as
“Anything Goes” and “The
Most Happy Fella” last year.
Professional actors in the
cast include Paul Farin as
Joe Hardy; Michael Thomp
son, who played Mortimer
Brewster in the Festival
production of “Arsenic and
Old Lace” as the devil; and
Mary Jo Gillis, Meg Brockie
in “Brigadoon”, as the
temptress Lola.
Scenic design is by Anne
Gibson, whose credits include
the sets for “Arsenic and Old
Lace,” “Anything Goes,” and
“The Most Happy Fella.”
“Damn Yankees” and the
Festival production of “Little
Murders” will run every day
except Monday until Aug. 11.
Tickets are available at the
Playhouse box office.
A student preview of
“Damn Yankees” • is
scheduled for 8 p.m.
tomorrow. Tickets priced at
one dollar will be on sale
tomorrow from 10 a.m. to
curtain time.
Commonsplace Theater presents
the maltese falcon
New Scope
Soth Pethrasy, the chief delegate of the mission, said only
minor details, including security arrangements, remain to be
worked out before the agreement is signed sometime this
week*,
Other sources said that in line with Lao custom, each side’
will consult its astrologers to determine an auspicious day for
the signing-ceremony.
Senate to vote on fund curb
WASHINGTON Watergate-inspired legislation to curb
political campaign funds comes up for a vote today in the
Senate.
Reduction of U.S. forces in Europe and the rest of the world
is on the House calendar for tomorrow.
The minimum wage, j appropriations bills and
congressional salaries also aije among legislative items this
■week as Congress prepares to 1 leave Friday for a month long
summer vacation.
The campaign spending bill would set the spending limit
for House, Senate and presidential candidates to 10 cents per
voter in : primaries 'and 15 cents in general elections. It also
would limit presidential candidates in general elections to 75
per cent of the amount permitted in each state for Senatorial
candidates.
Watkins Glen tops Woodstock
WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. Sun-baked and mud-caked,
joyous and jolted, hundreds of thousands of young people
struggled out of this picture book valley yesterday, aware
they were part of the biggest rock festival ever the one that
topped Woodstock.
Some 600,000 persons came from across the country to the
15-hour, three-band concert on a 90-acre site built for in
ternational motor racing. The lure for many was hope of
recapturing the spirit and energy of 1969’s Woodstock festival
150 miles away. Many discovered, however, that 1973 was a
different year. 1 -
The crowd, more than three times the size that promoters
and authorities planned for, was incredibly orderly. Con
sidering the numbers, the event was almost trouble free. The
biggest problem was a monumental traffic jam.
“I feel tired, but very happy,” said Shelley Finkel,
copromoter of the festival. He said he had expected a
maximum of 200,000 people to turn up to hear the music of The
Grateful Dead, The Allman Brothers and The Band. •
A/ka-Se/tzer safety probed
WASHINGTON The makers of Alka-Seltzer were accused
yesterday of deliberately withholding a study allegedly
questioning the drug’s safety until after a government panel
had completed its work on proposed antacid standards.
Ralph Nader’s Health Research Group, which made the
accusation, asked the Food and Drug Administration to
censure Miles Laboratories publicly and order removal of
Alka-Seltzer from the market until it has been reformulated
without aspirin.
In addition, the consumer organization suggested that the
FDA’s antacid advisory committee be polled or reconvened
“to reconsider its position on Alka-Seltzer in light of this
study.”
A spokesman for the Elkhart, Ind. company called charges
that it withheld information “outrageous and unjustified.”
The FDA said it will ‘“fully consider” the charge and other
public comments before taking final action on the proposed
standards.
HUMPHREY BOGART
SYDNEY GREENSTREET
Aug. 5
Richards said these differences make
a rally easier for the average rider than
a race. Everyone has a chance and there
is not an emphasis on speed, he said,
adding this would make it easier for girls
to compete. ;
Richards 1 said the tentative plans
divide the bikes into classes for one
speed, three-speed and five- and ten
speed bikes. Three prizes will be
awarded in each class, Ihe said.
The rally is open to anyone, but par
ticipants must register by Friday at the
Kern Graduate Center;desk. A $2 fee
must be paid at person registration.
, Richards said each participant will be
provided with a box lunch for the picnic.
Richards said GSA'hopes to hold the
bike rally annually in the future.
Merger increases efficiency
Center guides
By MARY ANN MCDONAGH
Collegian Staff Writer
Last September’s merger
of the University’s coun
seling services into the
Career Development and
Placement Center has
resulted in greater efficiency,
according to Gary Scott, the
Center’s director.
“The Career Development i
and Placement Center acts as
the link between the i
University and the students,” :
Scott said.
Although many students in l
the past have had little,
knowledge of the Center and,
its services, all freshmen now :
come in contact with it;
through preregistration'
testing and counseling.
A battery of tests inj
chemistry, English, math and
vocational interests is given
to each freshman. Once jhe 1
results have been tabulated,!
the student receives a day of
counseling.
During counseling, Scott
said, each freshman and his
parents recieve individual
interpretations of test scores
and what they reveal about
the student’s academic
future. Questions about life at
the University also are an
swered.
Scott said the University is
one of the only schools that
have such a complete testing
program.
Another unusual aspect is
the Division of Counseling,
which is recognized as an
individual college. The DOC
provides a home for the
student who has not decided
in what direction he wants to
go.
“Many students comej in
and ask ‘What am I doing in
college?’ ” Scott said. ‘j‘We
offer him professional
counseling to help him .an
swer the question.” I
• DOC also accepts students
who lack prerequisites
because of a transfer land
need a classification while
acquiring them. ,
Scott said students faced
with academic difficulties
will be accepted in most
cases. Of those dropped from
a college because of low
academic achievement, Siott
said, “75 per cent of those! we
accept are readmitted ami 70
per cent graduate.” j
A student may remain in
the DOC only for his fresh
man year and three mjore
terms. If a student enters
after his freshman year, he is
permitted to stay only three
terms in accordance with a
University Faculty Senate
ruling.
For other students the
center provides vocational
counseling. Despite this
service, “most students
don’t take advantage of it,”
Scott said, adding that the
students 'who do usually are
not those who need it jthe
most. j
To combat this, the center
has initiated the “Out Reach”
program. The program’s
main goal is to work wjith
resident assistants, student
organizations and various
departments to find ihe
struggling student before it is
too late. •
Another phase of “Out
Reach” is group counseling.
With the aid of other
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students
organizations the center has
been providing videotapes on
relevant topics. The three
most popular have been
“Choices for Women',” “What
Are You Doing In College?”
and “Making Your Own
Decision, That’s What
Counts.”
These tapes are the fastest
growing project in the
counseling division. Scott said
“Out Reach” recently
received funds to develop a
program on education in
formation.
This new phase will consist
of cassettes on every major.
When this is completed, Scott
said, students will be able to
go to any listening center here
qcat branch campuses for the
information.
The center’s other main
concern is job placement.
Individually students can-do
some research at the career
library in . the Grange
Building.
The placement division also
is responsible for bringing
Collegian notes
Today is the deadline for
faculty members to submit
reserve reading lists for Fall
Term. Lists received after
today will be accepted only if
the material will not be
needed until the third week of
classes.
Lists must be submitted on
reserve forms available at
the Undergraduate Library.
Mechanical . Engineering
about 700 employers to the
University to interview
seniors. Most of the em
ployers, Scott said, are from
demand fields, and not every
department is represented.
But, Scott added, em
ployers from businesses such
as banks and insurance
companies look for graduates
with any degree.
At present the placement
division is-compiling lists of
possible employers who do
not come to the University.
Most of the list will be for non
technical graduates.
Another placement service
for seniors is the skills
workshop, in which the
student is taught the writing
and verbal skills needed to
have a_successful interview.
One tool used in these
sessions is a vidoetape on the
interview. This tape now is
being revised. Scott said in
the past employers have told
him that University students
were well prepared for their
interviews.
470, “Introduction to Air
Pollution Control,” will be
offered first period-Monday,
Wednesday and Friday Fall
Term instead of the scheduled
fourth period. The class will
meet in 145 Fenske.
Penn State Amateur Radio
Club Station K3CR will
operate all summer. For
more information contact
Virgil Neilly at 865-9031.
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