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By MATT BENSON
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
, The student government committee to
select candidates for a student
representative on the Board of Trustees
decided last night to begin interviewing
applicants next Sunday afternoon.
Grant Ackerman, USG president, said
that the interviews were scheduled to
c begin last night, but were delayed until
after Commonwealth Campus ap
plications could be received.
', The selection- committee decided to
begin interviewing the applicants at 1
p,m. Sunday and continue into the
evening.
, The group has set Monday night as the
goal for finishing the interviews and
final deliberations.
Ackerman said applicants from
branch campuses will be scheduled first
if, possible for interviews so they are not
forced to stay overnight for interviews
on Monday.
■ i.The committee also decided to meet 15
1 minutes before they begin interviewing
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'War' concert tickets to go on sale here Nov. 3
By ANNE CLIFFORD
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
. , .Tickets for the rock group War’s All-U
©ay concert at Penn State Nov. 12 will go
on, sale Nov. 3, according to the
University Concert Committee policy
board.
i Rob Harris, policy board chairman,
* said last night that the contract between
the committee and War probably will be
sent back to the group today, finalizing
plans for the committee’s third concert
of the year.
The policy board also announced it
was awaiting a response to an offer
made to Jerry Garcia, lead guitarist for
the Grateful Dead, for a concert Dec. 11.
The board considered the possibility of
having country rock group the Outlaws if
Garcia is not available, and agreed to
make a definite offer to jazz saxophonist Harris said that he would look into the
k Grover Washington for a concert Dec. 19 possibility of having the Atlanta Rhythm
or-20. Section scheduled for another ap-
The All-U Day concert tickets should pearance.
run about $5 or $5.50, UCC Publicity The offer to jazz saxophonist Grover
Chairman Jeff Bryan said, but the ac- 1 Washington, approved by the board for
tual price will be set next week. Dec. 19 or 20, was set at $5,000, with an
! < The contract says that the committee extra $l,OOO for production costs,
will pay $15,000 to War, $3,000 for sound The board a i so mentioned the
anc * and $l,OOO for an un- possibility of block-booking concerts
specified warm-up act. with other universities to cut down on
, Harris said after the meeting that he costs in the future.
Svould look into the possibility of having , , - ... ,
Taj Mahal be the warm-up group, The board agreed not to make an offer
although HUB manager William Fuller to Genesis because the $25,000 cost and
said that the cost would be $1,500 more, $B,OOO for lighting and sound would raise
and the War contract already provides price to $8 or $9. The board
/another warm-up group. agreed that most students wouldn t want
Qn the Jerry Garcia offer, Harris said pay that price for a concert m Rec
the/guitarist is asking $12,500 plus $3,000 ” a ‘*-
for'sound and lights for a concert Dec.ll
Harris said he will wait until the end of
the month for an answer on the offer.
iGarcia’s acceptance still is possible, he
said, but added that indications are his
grpup might reject the offer. Harris said
Film organization funded $660
The Associated Student Activities
Budget Committee allocated funds last
week to several groups, including the
Student Film Organization, the
Academic Assembly and Eco-Action.
The Student Film Organization had
requested nearly $11,715 from the
committee. They received about $652 for
; poetry film series to be held in
interviews set
to select a number of “core questions” to
ask each applicant.
Ackerman said a total of about 20
interviews will be held. He said 16 ap
plications were received from
University Park, and that branch
.campus applications should arrive in
today’s mail.
The selection committee was set up
when Caryl Kline, state secretary of
education, asked, for at least two more
names in addition to the three already
submitted to her this summer.
Committee members include: Sabah
Wali, president of the International
Student Council; Tom Wilson, vice
president of the Graduate Student
Association; three representatives from
the Council of Branch Campus Student
Governments; Jeremy Abrams,
president of the Organization for Town
Independent Students; and Ackerman.
Other members are: David Allen,
president of the Black Caucus; Steve
DiOrio, president of the Interfraternity
Council; Tony Gaertner, president of the
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they Would prefer to go south when their
tour ends,
If the Garcia offer falls through,
Harris said, a possibility exists for- the
Outlaws to play in Eisenhower
Auditorium on Dec. 11.
The board agreed to stick with only the
Outlaws as a possibility for that date,
instead of a package show of the Outlaws
and the Atlanta Rhythm Section.
The popularity of the Outlaws by
themselves and the possibility that the
two groups might not go well together
were reasons given by the board for the
decision.
The price of the Outlaws is $6,500, plus
$2,000 production costs, Harris said.
With the Atlanta Rhythm Section, the
cost would come to $12,000 with about
$2,000 in production, he added.
Harris said that he looked into the
possibility of booking Kansas for
November or December but said that the
group has no dates open then. He said he
will check to see if the group is available
in January.
Eisenhower Auditorium Dec. 15. Funds
for a speaker, office supplies and ad
vertising for a Can Film Festival to be
held in early May also were allocated.
The Undergraduate Student Govern
ment Academic Assembly received its
request of $5OO to hold a College Bowl
competition on campus in early
December. The funds will cover ad-
USG Senate; Tracey Miller, president of
the Penn State Veterans Organization;
Mary Musca, president of Academic
Assembly; Janet Plavetich, president of
the Panhellenic Council; Dave Roth,
president of the Association of
Residence Hall Students; and Barbara
Thrash, president of the Association of
Women Students.
The committee also heard appeals by
two applicants.
Lance Fogel (loth-business ad
ministration) missed the 5 p.m. deadline
for applications Friday afternoon by five
minutes. Fogel said he had a sixth period
class and thought the deadline was 5:30.
Michael Stinson asked if he could type
his application, which he handed in as a
handwritten rough draft. He asked if he
could type the application over the
weekend and was denied at the time.
Both appeals were allowed by the
committee.
Ackerman said anyone who submitted
a handwritten application would be
allowed to resubmit it typewritten.
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vertising, registration, purchase of
game packets and a lockout system.
The Jazz Club received $213.40, which
they had requested to sponsor an open
coffeehouse with music by the band
“Limbo” in the HUB on Nov. 2. The
organization also plans a jazz per
formance in Kern on Nov. 3, with the
band “Rio,” and a jam session for
student musicians in the East Halls
area. Funds were allocated for the
rental of the HUB north lounge for a jazz
program Nov. 4.
The Ukrainian Club was allocated
GSA head
Graduate Studept Association
President, Patricia “Trish” Morrison
resigned yesterday, according to a GSA
spokesman.
GSA Executive Secretary Marilyn
Henry said Morrison’s resignation,
effective immediately, is due to
academic pressure, and “totally
unrelated” to the recent controversy
regarding GSA’s refusal to join the
University Task Force.
"All of us regret that this has hap
pened,” Henry said. “We appreciate the
No recess asked till budget fixed
Student leaders from the state-related
universities will travel to Harrisburg
Tuesday to request that the legislature
delay its recess until the schools’ budget
crisis is solved, Undergraduate Student
Government President Grant Ackerman
said.
Ackerman said the student leaders
agreed the legislature is taking too much
time to find the money to finance the
universities’ appropriations.
He said the student government
presidents asked for an immediate
solution to the budget problem in
Harrisburg four weeks ago, and that the
legislature has not voted on a single
program for financing the ap
propriations.
The legislature is due to recess from
full meetings on Thursday, Ackerman
said. He added that the time is ap
proaching when the assembly will take
■frequept breaks ..from their- work
sessions (for elections, Thanksgiving,
etc.)
If the legislature recesses on Thurs
day, then only committee meetings will
be held throughout next week, Acker
man said.
He said 10 to 12 student leaders from
Penn State, Pittsburgh, Temple, and
Lincoln universities will make the trip to
the capital. They will discuss the budget
situation with the legislature and
request an extended session, he added.
USG State Government liaison Mike
Stinson said next week’s break for
elections is unecessary.
“Not one state representative or
$188.60 for a speaker on Ukrainian
literature and a folk dress exhibit to be
held in the HUB from Dec. 1-20. Funds
were allocated for Daily Collegian ad
vertising for the program. The club had
requested $449.60.
Eco-Action requested $537.60 and was
allocated $182.60. The funds will cover
advertising and rental of audio-visual
equipment for their program on solar
energy, “Reach for the Sun,” to be held
Nov. 4-5 in the HUB. '
Students may
register early
for next term
Students who have preregistered for
Winter Term and are satisfied with their
schedules may register prior to Winter
Term to avoid regular registration.
Early registration for Winter Term,
1978, will be held from 8:30 t04:30 p.m.,
Nov. 14 through Nov. 18 in 112 Shields.
Students wishing to register early
must present evidence of fee payment,
ID card and preregistration schedule
(pink slip).
Students who register early will not be
permitted to return to regular
registration at the Student Intramural
Building.
Morrison resigns
assistance and leadership that she’s
provided in the past year-and-a-half, and
we regret that events have caused her to
resign.”
GSA Vice President Tom Wilson will
take over as acting president until the
Graduate Council meeting on Nov. 14,
when the delegates will elect an interim
president, according to Henry.
According to Henry, a Daily Collegian
article erroneously suggested that the
decision not to join the University Task
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senator is up for re-election this
November,” he said. “We feel that our
state officials should take a more
responsible attitude towards this issue
and remain in Harrisburg until they’ve
generated the revenues for our schools. ”
Ackerman said that because the
USG starting budget campaign
Undergraduate Student Government
President Grant Ackerman said
yesterday USG is organizing a campaign
of student phone calls and letters to
request the state legislature not recess
until the budget problem is solved.
Ackerman said he encourages
students to visit the student action'
centers set up in the residence
association offices of all six dorm areas,
iri the office of the Organization for Town
Independent Students, and the one which
may be set up in Pattee.
USG state government liaison Mike
Stinson said the action centers contain
maps of the state-wide numbered voting
districts. They also contain a guide
listing each district’s state senator and
representative.
Ackerman said it was important for
each student to know who the senator
and representative from his home
district are so the letter-phone call
campaign can be successful.
Stinson said directories of addresses
for each legislator both home and
Force was made by Morrison. Henry
said the decision was actually made by
the Graduate Council.
“The council voted unanimously
against participating in the Task Force,
and also against the concept of overall
USG Court justice nominated
The Undergraduate Student Govern
ment Executive Council nominated a
new associate justice to the USG
Supreme Court last night.
Dean Smith, (lOth-general arts and
sciences pre-med), was chosen over
12 other applicants to fill a vacant
position on the judicial body. Smith must
be first confirmed by the USG Senate.
Smith said in his application that his
past experience as an orientation leader
and two years spent as head of the
orientation program - give him strong
background in group interaction.
During an interview before the
council, Smith said if the court did not
live up to his expectations he “would
Legislators eye tax
HARRISBURG (AP)—Lawmakers
are beginning to look over their
shoulders toward 1978 and wonder
what effect the lingering tax fight will
have on next year’s elections.
Half of the Senate and all 203 House
( members face the electors next year.
Normally, politicians like to put as
much time as possible between tax
votes and their reckoning with the
folks back home.
But as one senator said last week
during the budget debate, “These are
not normal times.”
The legislative chambers, usually
still during the late fall months, this
year ring with debate about raising
taxes $3OO million or reopening the
budget and making program cuts.
“The longer we wait, the closer we
get to 1978 an election year the
tougher it will be for anything to come
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legislature is taking so long to vote on
appropriations, money that could be
used for the students’ education is being
wasted on interest payments for the
money the University must borrow to
function.
Harrisburg addresses also are on file
at each center.
Ackerman said a meeting was held
yesterday for RAs, encouraging them to
have house meetings to give information
to students about the campaign.
Ackerman said he is encouraging not
only students but also other state
residents to participate in the campaign.
He.said he urges students’ parents and
other citizens to communicate with the
legislators.
Ackerman said this not only is a
problem for the state-related univer
sities, but also for the entire Com
monwealth. He said the longer the
legislature takes to finance the.
university appropriations, the longer it
will be until he gets back to the “business
of state government.”
Ackerman said the letters should be
sent out by tomorrow so the legislators
receive them by Wednesday. He said
that since the assembly is due to recess
on Thursday, any attempts to prolong
the session must be made before then.
student government in general, Henrv
said. “We feel graduate students’ needs
are radically different from those of
undergraduates,” she said.
Neither Morrison nor Wilson could be
reached for comment.
have to work to raise it to my standards.
My pride would be at stake.”
According to USG President Grant
Ackerman, Smith was chosen over other
applicants because he showed the proper
concern for students’ needs and
presented himself well.
Another vacancy will be filled later
this term, Ackerman said, because the
spot will not be open until Winter Term.
The council said the delay also would
provide more time to consider ap
plicants. The nominee will be chosen
from the remaining applicants for the
position filled by Smith.
out,” said Sen. Robert Jubelirer, R-
Blair.
“I think taxes and fiscal respon
sibility will be the top issue in the
campaign," he said.
“The more candidates start to
campaign on a statewide basis, the
more they are going to be saying
(about taxes and the budget). I don’t
think any party wants to be hung with
that in an election year. ”
“The longer we go towards the first
of the year and hot primary elections,
the less likelihood we’ll get a tax
increase,” said Sen. Charles
Dougherty, • R-Philadelphia, who is
convinced higher taxes ~ are
unavoidable.
Despite the lateness of the hour, the
legislature seems satisfied with a
dawdling pace.
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