PennPIRG may
opt for
By JEFF HAWKES
Collegian Staff Writer.
Students for ' PennPIRG
may decide this weekend to
take legal action against the
University Board of Trustees
'for failure to approve
establishment of a Penn
sylvania Public Interest,
Research Group, thereby
ignoring PIRG support from
24,000 students petitioned last
May..
Students for PennPIRG
may opt for legal action
because their conciliatory
efforts with the University
administration have failed,,
according to PIRG
spokesman MikeTingue.
, University President John
W. Oswald has refused to
recommend to the Board of
Trustees consideration of the
student group's new com
promise “refusable
refundable” funding
Students, faculty, administrators will attend
Academic Awareness Day to be
By JANSEAMAN
Collegian Staff Writer
. Students, faculty and ad
ministrators concerned about
academic issues- can listen
and voice their concerns
tomorrow at the Second
Annual Academic Awareness
Day. ~
Workshops dealing with
academic trouble spots will
be held from 9:30 a.m. to 3
p.m. in the HUB main lounge.
Formerly called the
Congress for Student Coun
cils, the Undergraduate
Student Government
lawsuit
proposal.
Alan Rauzin, a Harrisburg
attorney, has volunteered
free legal aid for the student
group's efforts, according to
Tingue. A meeting with him
this weekend may determine
if legal action against the
University is a feasible
means toward establishing
PennPIRG.
‘Tve been watching for
sometime what’s been going
on at Penn State,” Rauzin
said in a telephone in
terview. "Students for Penn-
PIRG need good legal advice
and I consider counseling
them a mutual coming to
gether of interests.
“I’m very much in favor of
PIRG,” Rauzin said. "It’s a
constructive thing. It would
prove to be a very important
and maturing opportunity for
students- to make a con
tribution in areas they choose
Academic Assembly changed
the name to Academic
Awareness Day to “get
greater response from all
students not only members
of student councils,” Leslie
Evans, Awareness Day
coordinator, said.
The purpose of Awareness
Day, according to Evans,- “is
to make everyone aware of
information so they can deal
with problems and voice
concerns."
Two sessions of three
workshops will be held in the
morning. Participants are
to get involved.”
Rauzin said most university
administrations have been
very cooperative with PIRGs
across the country. "I think
Dr. Oswald would be
pleasantly surprised with the
results of a • PennPIRG,"
Rauzin said. "I don’t think the
administration is giving the
students a chance to show
this.”
Rauzin said he would not
advise the student group
unless he thought their
chances for succeeding were
good. “Legal action would be
a lengthy process,” he said.
“It would be in everybody’s
best interest if a law suit were’
avoided.”
A meeting with Raymond
0. Murphy, vice president for
Student Affairs, yesterday
revealed that students have
absolutely no say in policy
decisions, according to
Tingue. Murphy claimed
that the 24,000 student
signatures obtained last May
indicated support for a PIRG,
but not necessarily for a
PIRG under the mandatory
funding mechanisms.
free to' choose a workshop • Workshops include: uses of
from each session. the academic grievance
After lunch, a panel system and problems in
discussion and special , eluded with the efficiency of
speaker will be heard. the system; successes and
.. , , drawbacks .of course evalua-
Evans said secretaries will tions . and information about
attend the workshops and (j, e university Faculty Sen
afterrtoon activities. The a t e
information will be compiled The second session of
into a reference booklet and workshops, beginning at 11
sent to all participants and a .m., includes: the problems
student organizations, she with advising (advisers, self
said. - advising and student ad-
The first session of
workshops begins at 10 a.m.
after, registration and a
welcome speech.
“Majority rule does not
make policy at Penn State,”
Tingue said. “The ad
ministration resents students
telling them what to do. We
are left to believe that the
trustees and the ad
ministration never wanted a
PennPIRG.”
According to Tingue,
Oswald recommended a new
petition drive to take place
next year. PIRG called
Oswald’s request a "delaying
tactic.”
“It would take a whole year
to put another petition drive
together,” Tingue said. “And
even if we got the signature of
every student at Penn State,
we have no guarantee that the
trustees would not ignore It.”
According to Tingue,.
Murphy said he was in favor
of public interest research,
but not necessarily in favor of
PIRG. Tingue said Murphy
told the group they can
continue trying to support a
PIRG through persuasion or
through confrontation.
“Murphy said legal action
would be viewed as an ob
noxious approach,” Tingue
said.
vising); problems with
sponsoring career develop
ment and placement
programs and problems with
Japanese films featured
The Japanese Speaking
Society will present three
films: "Tokyo Festival,
Japan,” “Invitation to
Japan,” and “The Path: The
Tea Ceremony,” at 7:30
tonight in the HUB Assembly
Room.
Baha’i Fireside will meet at
8 tonight in 317 Boucke.
The Penn State Air-Hockey
Championships will be held
noon tomorrow at Funtime
U.S.A., 127 S. Pugh St.
A dinner-theatre featuring
"Cote Porter Revue," will be
held at 8 p.m. Saturday at
Kern. Tickets are on sale at
the Kern information desk.
For reservations call 865-1878.
There will be a flea market
from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Satur
day at the Jawbone, 415 E.
Foster Ave.
The Breazeale Nuclear
Reactor facility at the Univer
sity will hold an open house
held
communications and how The
Daily Collegian affects
students.
Participants wishing to
stay for the afternoon
sessions will receive a $2
meal ticket for lunch in the
HUB Terrace Ro'on.
A panel discussion about
the red tape encountered at
the University begins at 1:15
p.m.
At 2 p.m. John J. Coyle,
head of the Department of
Business Logistics, will
conclude the day’s activities
with a speech on the future of
universities.
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The Penn State Forestry
Society will hold a spring pic
nic at 12:30 p.m. Saturday at
Penns Cave. Tickets and
directions available in 106
Ferguson.
The University Coalition has
cancelled its plans for a May
Day celebration tomorrow.
Collegian notes
The Volunteer Service Cen
ter will hold Penn State Volun
teer Week from May 2 through
May 9. The following activities
have been planned:
—an open house at the Cen
ter May 7; Penn State volun
teers and participating agen
cies in the Centre region are
invited to stop in 203 HUB for
refreshments and to. talk
with the staff.
—"Movin’ On,” a concert
sponsored by" the Association
of Residence Hall Students,
May 8 and 9 on the HUB lawn.
—a party for all volunteers
and their friends May 7.
set for
| Regatta
Berger said that if it $
rains Sunday, the Regatta l-j
will have to be cancelled
for the year.
If weather permits, the
live music will begin at 11 j-j;
a.m. and continue until 5 ;$
p.m. and the canoe races
will be held hourly, starting
at noon.
All proceeds from the §i
Regatta will be donated to
the American Cancer •'§;
Society. ' §i
Postponed from last
$ Sunday because of in
clement weather, the
second annual Sy Barash
j:-: Country Regatta will be
held this Sunday at the
.Stone Valley Recreational
Area.
Sponsored by Beta Sigma
Beta fraternity and Kappa
Delta sorority, the Regatta
will feature six canoe races
5$ throughout the afternoon
■j: plus a country fair com-
ell
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The French Club will hold a
festival and picnic from 11
.a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at
'Sunset Park. Today is the last
day to sign up in the French
department office, fourth floor
Burrowes. Everyone
welcome.
The Free U course, "A
Taste of Nature,” will be held
at 1 p.m. instead of 3 p.m.
Saturday in 363 Willard.
Everyone will be going to Alan
Seiger Monument.
The Paul Robeson Dancers
will meet at 1 p.m. Saturday at
the Paul Robeson Cultural
Center.
Rosemary R. Ruether,
associate professor of
historical theology at Howard
University School of Religion,
Washington, D.C. will speak at
the University Chapel service
at 11 a.m. Sunday in
Eisenhower Chapel.
Katherine Elio (grad
music) will perform a-piano
recital at 3:30 p.m. Sunday in
plete with carnival booths',
food and live music.
Regatta chairman Mitch
Berger said that with
favorable weather, 2,000 to
5,000 people will attend the
event. .
However, according to
Collegian weatherman
Tom Ross, “this is going to
be a bad weekend,” with
rain forecast for Saturday
afternoon and all day
Sunday.
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the Music Building recital
hall.
tnterlandia Folk Dancing
will meet at 7:30 p.m. Sunday
in the White Building south
gym. Come and bring a friend.
The United Farmworkers
Support Committee will have
a benefit Mexican dinner from
2 to 6 p.m. Sunday at the
Wesley Foundation, 256 E..
College Ave.
The Student Nurses’
Association will hold an out
door social with the nursing
faculty at 3 p.m. Sunday on the
HUB lawn.
The pledges of Mu Phi Ep
silon will present their spring
pledge recital at 8 p.m. Sun
day in the Music Building
recital hall. The public is in
vited.
The Metropolitan Com
munity Church will feature
guest speaker karen Zeigler
at '7:30 p.m. Sunday in
Eisenhower Chapel.
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