Vvi • • *f. *•-»; <% __ * t Beware of dog THE OVVNER OF this bike need not worry about theft as this puppy presents a formidable obstacle to any thief. Advising program: The University Faculty Senate has reaffirmed its stand of leading students by the hand through their four years at Penn State, or at least of letting the task up to the individual colleges. ' At a. meeting Tuesday, the Senate approved recommendations that each college be allowed to set up its own advising program subject to minimum News analysis specifications set down by the Senate. The specifications require that: a named faculty adviser be available to each student; information be provided to each student regarding ' v i•.:<!u:rci:.'.iKs Inins major; referral information be available to students with special problems: and a list of unfulfilled requirements be given each student prior to his tenth term. The recommendations at first appear to give the student more freedom to select courses on his own because they remove the requirement in the Senate’s “Policies and Rules for Students” that the adviser’s signature appear on registration and drop-add forms. But Thomas E. Daubert, chairman of the Senate Serves as employer , Report Few people doubt the impact of the University on the Centre Region. The University’s role as employer, cultural center 'and home of a vast block of consumers is readily apparent. The College of Business Ad ministration recently completed a report substantiating these generalities. The report focuses on the University’s effect as an employer, as a “generator of flows of funds” and as a “neighbor in the Centre Community.” The report states, “One of the most pronouneed effects on the University is the provision of a livelihood and a rather secure one at that— for a very large number of persons.” It points out that the University Park campus em ployed 7,595 persons as of October, 1972 of which 4,379 live in the Centre Region. The report indicates the University is responsible for half the jobs in the State College-Bellefonte Labor Market Area and employs three times more people than Maytag Company. As an employer, Penn State paid its employes a total of $96.2 million in 1972, , according to the report. $82.7 million was repaid to full-time employes and $13.5 ~ million to part time employes. In addition to paying employes, the report says the University adds $3.58 million to the local regional economy through i the purchases of goods and services. 1 These costs include: . sl.B,million for goods; - sl.2] million for telephone service; $530,5f0r coal; $34,248 for oil; Publication I notice I This is the last issue of The j| jj Daily Collegian for Summer 8 8 Term. Publication will resume 8 £ with an Orientation issue Sep- fi tember 4 and a Registration ■£: :S issue September 7. Regular 8 publication will resume Sep -8 tember 10. Photo by Rick Nelson Subcommittee on Advising, told the Senate that despite the change, “many colleges may continue to require the signature.” The Senate report contends that each college should set up its own advising system since the resources of each college in providing -advising vary greatly. It points out that in different majors the student-faculty ratio varies from 50 to four. But what is not pointed out is that the abilities of students to select their own courses do not vary greatly from major to major. A self-advising program in the Cciflege of the Liberal Arts indicates that students are Capable of planning their own curricula. v i In this program, liberal arts students are given the option of having a faculty adviser or of acting as their own adviser. The program has been successful so far, the only problem being contacting students about changes in policy, according to Jim Kehhy, head of liberal arts advising. Questioned by The Daily Collegian, Daubert said there had been no discussuion among his committee regarding implementing self-advising programs and giving each student the option of requesting a faculty adviser. / studies PSLTs roles $5,000 for interest; and —54,000 for insurance premiums. In addition, the University paid $3.78 million in stipends to students in the 1971-72 academic year, according to the report. Indirectly, the University brings funds into the Centre Region .through con struction-projects financed by the General State Authority rather than by the University. The report states more than $l2 million was paid to contractors for 24 projects on campus in 1972. The money funneled to consumers by the University readily finds its way to local businesses. The report shows that during 1972 University employes spent a grand total of $52.8 million in the Centre Region. Examples of the expenditures are $9.4 million for housing, $10.9 million for food, $5.8 million for automobiles and $2.9 million on taxes. The report emphasizes the effect of University employes on the region by pointing out that these employes pay a total of $3.6 million in taxes to Centre Region governments, including $689,000 in wage taxes. In addition to providing the money spent: by University employes, Penn State drew into the Centre Region in 1972 31,000 students who spent a total of $55 million dollars including dormitory costs,: according to the report. Of this group, 26,000 undergraduate students spent $28.6 million and 5,000 graduate students spent $26.2 million, according to the report. The: report indicates a total of $111.2 million was brought into the Centre Region in 1972 because of the University. According to the report, these figures do no| take into account expenditures of visitors to the University, General State Authority contractors in,the area, part time ; non-students employed by the University or the local investment of University employe and student savings. The report indicates these “indirect” spendings amount to about $43.4 million. The report on the economic effects of the University concludes: “There is no question that the University is, directly or indirectly, the major economic factor in the Centre Region.” The report cites other effects of the University on the Centre Region in Agnew holds on to records WASHINGTON (AP) Vice President Spiro T. Agnew held on to his financial records yesterday despite! a request from federal prosecutors probing political corruption in Maryland that they be permitted to.- study the documents. It was reported that the prosecutors had given Agnew an indefinite extension on complying with the request while the vice president’s lawyers studied the possibility of claiming immunity. Meanwhile, a federal grand jury which since January has been in vestigating! political kickbacks in Maryland went back into session in Baltimore. Several persons appeared before the jury but federal officials refused to say if the testimony involved Agnew. U.S. Atty. George Beall, who has been directing the politically explosive inquiry, had requested that Agnew voluntarily turn in by 2 p.m. yesterday all financial and tax records from January 1967 to the present. The date coincides with the beginning of Agriew’s two-year term as Maryland's governor. One of Agnew’s lawyers, Jay H. Topkis, said he would be in touch with prosecutors next week. He indicated tjie delay was due to questions of executive privilege and not on Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination. cultural center addition to the economic influences. The report states, “The University supplies far more than jobs and income to the Centre Region and Centre County. Residents ... attend conferences, take short dourses, go to concerts and football games and other special events on campus to a much greater extent than do residents of other counties in Penn sylvania.” The : report cites concerts of the University’s symphony orchestra, concert bands and marching band; recitals by University staff members and students; programs broadcast by the Penn State educational television station and Artists Series programs as events enjoyed. by Centre Region residents. Non-students bought 455 tickets to the Artist Series during its 1971-72 season at $12.50 per season ticket. The report states that shows costing $5 to $lO in a city are available on campus for $2.50 per ticket. The University also has a marked effect on the educational level of local residents. The University recorded 25,575 enrollments in informal night courees in 1972, most of which were Centre Region residents. Continuing education courses for credit showed an enrollment of 2,739, again, mostly Centre Region residents. Centre Region residents who are University employes have the added benefit, the report points out, of enrolling themselves or their dependents in the University at a reduced tuition rate. The report states, “Many a degree has been earned admittedly slowly by a full-time University employe who was permitted to take course work on the job.” The report also points out some 'to Centre Region Residents having a University in the community. It cites as examples traffic jams on days of major University events and the “bad manners” of some University people. } j It explains that low ipcome families have a hard time when merchants who have a captive market with high in comes are tempted to raise their prices. It also cites problems of shoplifting and drug abuse. Collegian V 01.74, No. 21 8 pages 4 v park Pennsylvania the daily little change He said widespread oppositon to this suggestion among faculty and administrators would have prohibited its passage but added, “In most cases I don’t think there is anything wrong with it.” One student senator said officials in his college are strongly opposed to a self-advising program and favor improving the present system. Daubert said, “Legally, the University is responsible to the parents” to see that students are provided with advisers but could not clarify why it is more legally responsible to engineering students without a self advising option than to liberal arts students with the option. Asked about steps that could be taken toward im plimenting self-advising programs, Daubert said, “It is up fb the , student councils to get that through the individual colleges.” This apprdach has been effective in the past since the liberal arts advising program was proposed by the Liberal Arts Student Council. But the student senator said he is unaware of any such attempts among the college councils at the present. j One benefit for students-form the Senate recom mendations is that they require advisers to have some form of trailing in advising. —RN Never before had any president or vice president been involved in a federal criminal investigation while in office'. Aaron Burr was tried and \ acquitted of treason in 1807, but this was after leaving the vice presidency. At a news conference Wednesday, Agnew- unequivocally denied any charges that, he accepted political payoffs, calling them“damn lies,” and saying he has “absolutely nothing to hide.” Council claims by-pass needs federal approval , By JEFFREY DEBRAY Collegian Senior Reporter The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s intentions to complete the middle section of the State College By-Pass at the planned location are illegal unless approved by the federal government, Centre Citizens Council charged Wednesday. But, the report points out, these problems would not vanish if the University became some other industry. The report also compares State College and the Centre Region with the rest of Centre County and Pennsylvania. The University’s effect on the relative income of people in the area is shown in the report in that, as of 1970, one fourth of the families with an income of more than $lO,OOO and half of the families with an income of more than $50,000 in Centre County resided in State College. There is a' corresponding effect on housing. The median value of one family houses in College in 1970 was $28,900, as compared to a median value of $16,300 for Centre County as a whole. The report calls State College a “community of renters” and states that 68 per cent of all housing units are oc cupied by renters. - It states “rents are high here” and points out that 37 per cent of the units under contract in State College rent for more than $l5O per month, compared to 29 per cent in the rest of the county. In addition to employing many Centre Region residents directly, the report states, “Without question, the Univer sity has been a factor in the development of local industries here.” It cites the technical expertise of University staff members, the availability to the company of expensive University equipment, the opportunity for employes to take University courses and the possibility of selling products to the University as incentives for com panies to locate in the Centre Region. As a result, the report states, State College alone has 47 per cent of the county’s volume of retail trade, 25 per cent of the county’s wholesale trade and 21 per cent of its receipts for services. Comparing Centre County’to the rest of the state, the report shows a 50.6 per cent increase in Centre County’s population as compared to an average 3.2 per cent decrease in population in 16 counties surrounding Centre County. The report sumarizes that, with the exception of the Johnstown works of the Bethlehem Steel Company, “No other single business or companyj in the 17- county block even approaches the employment level maintained by the University.” \ University Park Pennsylvania Published by Students of The Pennsylvania State University He said he would “make available at the appropriate time and in the ap propriate way to the appropriate authorities, as determined after con sultation with my counsel, whatever records, my own body, for interrogation what-ever is needed.” But, he added, “there are certainly high unprecedented constitutional questions that must be considered.” Agnew was notified Aug.'2 that he was In a letter to PennDOT secretary Jacob Kassab, the council has asked for a review of the contending that PennDOT has not received the necessary state and federal approval for use of park land in College Township. The property in question.is Project 70, which includes Slab Cabin Creek Park and Limerock Park. Council President Sue Smith told The Daily Collegian the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development put up the money for the parks and it can not be transferred without HUD approval. “There are strict regulations about what can be done with it,” Smith said. “Without this land, which we think HUD will not allow tojbe transferred, the project cannot go ahead,” Smith said. No. action will be i taken on the suit which Centre Citizens, a group opposed to the' by-pass on environmental grounds, had intended to file until it receives a response form PennDOT. Council’s Philadelphia attorney Robert Sugarman informed Smith the state legislature had not properly authorized the land deed transfer from College Township to PennDOT. “Some mistake was made in the legislation,” Smith said. She added that an amendment correcting the mistake ,v n-, .. ’ . :t - -. r„ • •'■ -■■ 'BombS' ' THIS SCULPTURE BY George Sam Gardner is now on display m front o under investigation for bribery, ex tortion, conspiracy and tax violations in a letter from Beall requesting-not subpoenaing-his financial records. Deputy White House Press Secretary Gerald L. Warren declined any further discussion yesterday of Agnew’s legal problems. He repeated that “the President has confidence in the vice president and the fact of the in vestigation does not change that." was in a Senate committee, still pending The council also has asked that all PennDOT activity be halted “pending full environmental review, which is required before HUD can pass on the proposed transfer.” In addition. Smith said, the council pointed out to Kassab that it would be a mistake and a waste of highway funds to buy other land because HUD may not approve use of the parklands. “If they (PennDOT) can correct the mistake and get HUD approval, then they can go ahead," she said. Despite the suit’s postponement Smith said the group still is soliciting funds to help defray attorneys’ fees. “All we can do now is wait." Smith said. Increasing cloudiness, warm and humid today with showers and thunderstorms developing this afternoon and continuing into tonight. High today of 86; low tonight of 66. Cloudy with showers tomorrow; high of 81. Becoming fair and cooler tomorrow night; low of 39. Sunny and mild Sunday; high of 71. ..'■i * Weather -.*' ■ n\ ■ r ~ '.'■V ,>•«!' =U- V j. Photo by Rick Nelson
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