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'S , . - " country; ; Here at the University, ; •--"/ I . Richard Schweiker. The guberaitori- 1.• ' ...i . • .-_ . elementary school students attended . ' - \ - al race, according a statewide poll 4"--,i • ;•;„ • . , the' HUB 'lawn activities. President ,_. •fdn'At' of editors.and publishers, is confusing . 7,•„...,;(4,-,4*, ~. ' • ;'S ',,: • ' Carter observed the day by apropriat- ' i . - ....,,-, to voters, whose apathy is their ~_.- , '-'•` - 440 - 4 1 .1 !"" 1 4,, 1 . ve4 , if ~*- 1 A ~,.„, ' 'lr •-...%.,t , ;1. -¢ ' , ing funds for a Colorado solar re- ,-. __ - most evident feeling about the con-, • . ' - ''''-i• , f ~.,, I . 4',l' - '' "t- '' search center. See'story page 7. ' - , test. See story, page 16. T.- fo• . '. i, . . 7 •l'' ' . • • • - e • • - OsWold - facoo : _.:Pplitital spotlight . 1 ,t 4 1::,),:„-f: . • 1 31:6 1-,-,' ';!%% 4 '': , " - " • -noto by Rich Hoffman The role of the college president, including University President John W. Oswald, has evolved from "plantation master to corporate president, according to one observer, and legislative budget battles may change the • college president's role yet again. ; - _ PSU sororities struggling to silence stereotypes By JOYCE GANNON Daily Collegian Staff Writer Bonnie joined a sorority during her secondterm at Penn State. She -thought it would be glamorous to be in a group that had been so friendly to her. She says the girls made her feel she was really great until she started pledging. - During pledging, the sorority first started getting to Bonnie. Besides the pranks and duties required of her,, she was subjected to "line-up," a ritual where the sisters tell embarrassing stories about pledges and smear their heads with shampoo and Vaseline. Bonnie' felt ,she was being abused but figured it was done to make her op: preciate sisterhood even more. After becoming a sister; she sensed a distinct conformity around her. She felt pressure from the sisters if she didn't eat lunch - with them and they took it person-- ally if she spent time with friends outside the sorority. Bonnie also found it a problem living on the sorority dorm floor.' She couldn't just shut her door and study when the sisters were 'always coming around to • borrow clothes for Friday night socials. If there wasn't a social, there was a ceremony to attend or a formal to pay for. After several terms, Bonnie felt tense in the'sorority. She knew she didn't want to be as active, but she couldn't admit it to the group because those who weren't as active were considered outsiders. She felt she couldn't be_expected to befriends the Col 150 daily . i-71^4- with all 'fifty , ,girls and knew cliques existed in the sorority itself. . Bonnie spent five terms living with the sorority before she took a year off from schobl. When she returned, she didn't want' any part of the sorority, but they ' gave - her alumna status. She says she. would have disaffiliated if she stayed. She has not attended a meeting since coming tack to school , and now has an apartment in town.•'Bonnie says she got tired of the facade of dress and make-up and going to fraternities. "All that bullshit -was boring and routine after about a year," Bonnie says. "I'd never have time now . ; I'm more concerned about school. As a freshman; I didn't knovi whattwaS going on at Penn State as a whole and the sorority only • further confused me. Although it was wrong for me at the time, it could be right for others." Sororities at Penn. State are currently having membership problems. While fraternities enjoy a steady increase in membership, sororities expect a 50 Percent drop after 1979. A University ruling states a sorority must maintain at least 12 members or lose its suite in the residence halls. "It could be disastrous if our new rush and public relations programs fail," says Jean Borkowski (9th-speech communication), • president of Panhellenic Council, a central , organization composed of represen- . tatives from all sororities. Sororities realize the disadvantage of being housed in dormitories on campus By COLLEEN GALLAGHER and DENISE RYAN Daily Collegian Staff Writers , The fringe benefits provided to UniverOity President John W. Oswald . will be examined for alleged waste when , a ' state House committe in vestigates the state-related , universities this month. While past presidents had found - themselves under growing ad - miniitrative . pressures, the forth : * coming investigation , illustrates that''the biggest problems facing the president ' today are coming from - Harrisburg:. Caught in a revenue. squeeze, in 1977, the legislature withheld funds from the state-related, schools for, six months, putting the University in its. worst financial bind since World War Ik And, while' the legislature itself is tieing accused of fibaricial ineptitude, it in turn is pointing a finger at 'the University and. the other schools for . allegedly wasting tax dollars on their programs and their presidents. In, return for casting the deciding vote.' to grant state aid to the universities in December, Rep. Fred Trello, D-Allegheny, ,has been put in Charge of the investigatiVe , corn - mittee. Although :Ale, ;: president's'. ..: pei•quisites 'aia-to` be' iOcludecl- inkhat : probe,`theY will not be the main focus of ' the investigation,' according 'to a source involved in the review: , ;.:, • Trello says the investigation does not have the support of most mem bers of the House, but he says he is determined to' discover whether students —' and. taxpayers are getting their money's worth frOm • " state-supported education. - Although Oswald's job is becomin g increasingly political, he' still is mainly an- administrator He runs a major research institution of 50,000 . students ,and 11,000 employees at 22 campuses and oversees a budget of • 'more than $3OO million. , His academic background = plant pathology has little to do with the duties of his position.' He is -chauf feured to work in a Lincoln Con tinental and flies in a Univeisity • airplane an average of one-and-a-half times a week. And he has turned down at least four Written and oral • requests to be interviewed about it. "We've moved from a plantatipn - master to a corporate 'president; says' Roy C. Buck; a professor of ,;:, , „ while fraternities attiacCpeo'ple who want to live in houies. But a major problem they face in getting girls in terested . is overcoming the sorority stereotype which exists all over campus. "There is a stereotype of 'bitch' and' 'snob' working against us," says Paula Fedorka (9th-thicrobiology), rush programs chairrnan' of Panhel. "But you can't ask people why they say that. There's no way anyone can tell us apart from anyone else on campus," she says. But apparently, some Penn State men believe there is adifference. - "Sororities have some of .the nicest looking girli on campus, but they're a strange breed, they don't own jeans," says Chubk Cole' (12th-environmental engineering)., _ — rheyre no more phoney man other females," he says. "All they want is a formal date and that irritates me. It's sociology who's gone through 28 years and four previous presidents at Penn State. Richard E. Grubb, University vice president for business services, says, ',The president has to- be a good businef.sman, because • universities are big businesses." . If Oswald indeed has become the "corporate head" of a mammoth university, the fringe benefits of the office reflect that role. Besides a car, driver and airplane, Oswald is provided with a 10-room New England-style . home on three acres of land, household help and personal ' services from • University employees. _ , "You can't have some old Mr. Chips type sitting over in Old Main scratching himself anymore," Buck says. "We've' got a big multi-campus system with interests all over the . state'.' 'and the president's style is • bound to fit the image. But the "corporation" Oswald heads his "stockholders" in .the General Assembly who aren't willing to provide the University with half its general funds and be philosophical about too. With the ' University becoming' increasingly dependent •on • public funds , and „with taxes and 10:16,it, rising Oswald -and his o succ essors can expect' to come under . ' closer public scrutiny.' Oswald, as were his predecessors, ' is provided with a car and driver 'for "University business only," George R. Lovette, assistant vice president for business, says. But Oswald's wife, Rose, frequently is chauffeured to the beauty parlor, her hairdressers say. Besides , being driven to and from his •offiCe and back and forth from -lunch, Oswald is usually chauffeured to ariy function where he is "representing the University," ,Lovette Says, suclias alumni dinners, evening;,` meetings with dormitory students and football games. • The' president's car was replaced about a year ago after three years of use and 16,000. miles. According to Lovette, who says he recommended'a • new car' to the president, Oswald delayed six months before agreeing to the car purchase. "He felt the' political climate at the time was not right," Lovette says. The 1977 Lincoln that Oswald now uses is driven, hy Larry G. Emorl, Continued on page 20. hard to meet girls who try to outscreen each other at parties. A few have been. in my classes and frankly, they were obnoxious. I guess girls join because they want to be invited to certain frater nities." - Win Cashdollar (7th-DUS) says girls join sororities for status, security and reputation. "I can't even . say the word sorority without following it with 'bitch,' even if it's not true," he says. Composing only 3 percent of Penn State's population, sorority women are aware of the task they face in finding members. Many members admit they, viewed sororities as a stereotyped group before they joined. "So many people are biased without rushing •or getting to know— sororities," says Liz Brensinger (9th journalism). - .... Faculty approve 12-credit limit on late drops By HARRY GLENN Daily Collegian Staff Writer Students planning to drop a •course during the late drop period next year may have more to consider, a member of the Academic Assembly said. The University Faculty Senate • Monday voted 55-40 to limit the number of credits a student may late drop to 12 in the entire time a student is at the University. • "Students will have to scrutinize a class more closely the first three weeks," Gary Zajac ( 13th-man environment relations), the coordinator of student senators in the Faculty Senate, said. Under the current policy, there is no limit on the number of credits a student may late drop. The late drop period is from the 22nd day of the term to the last day of the eighth week. The regular drop period, from the Ist ; through ,the 21st day of • the term will not •,• 'be affected: sThere is no. limit to. the number 'of credits a student may drop during the regular drop period. All students will be affected by the new policy. "Students now enrolled as either provisional or degree candidates would be entitled to the full'number of allowed drops, and fourth to eighth week drops which occurred prior to the im plementation of this policy would not House adds to veterans funds WASHINGTON (UPI) Proposals to increase or decrease defense spending and to enlarge proposed tax cuts in next year's budget were rejected by the House Wednesday, but it over whelmingly approved more money for ; ,veterans. . When the House quit for the night at 10:48 p.m. EST after 10 consecutive hours of floor action, the proposed budget for fiscal 1979 stood at $500.5 -billion. Debate will resume today. The House voted 362-33, to add $844 million _for veterans to a Budget Corn- ' It also rejected 210-172 a proposal to mittee proposal which already was $1 limit federal pay raises to 5.5 percent in billion more than President Carter 1979, instead of the 6 percent recom asked. mended by the Budget Committee. "I lived on a sorority floor so I saw it as it really was, not irra rush situation," she says. "It's a problem because Panhel doesn't do enough public relations and it just doesn't get sold enough in rush." , But Panhel, aware of the problem, is currently restructuring the rush system. In addition to cutting the rush period from three weeks to eight days next fall, they plan a new series of programs. to attract members. "We realize how many pre-conceived ideas of sororities exist before people even get up here," says , Maribeth Hamilton (9th-speech communications), Panhel's rush public relations director, "so we want to acquaint girls with sororities while they're still in high school by giving slide shows and talking :o them in person." . Jeff Fremont, Residential Life's advisor to , Panhel, says the new programs will give girls the opportunity to talk to sororities "before they are inundated with comments from others." "The problem with the current rush period is its length," Fremont says. "People show interest but lose it after three weeks. I 'think sororities have to combat the stereotype. In my opinion, it doesn't .exist, but I've heard students complain sororities are aloof and generally uninterested in non-sorority members. As far as sororities residing on campus, we're delighted to have them. I think it adds variety and an alternative to campus life." Fremont says he never hears com- BINDERY W 202 PA TTEE Baseball team splits twinbill The baseball team returned to ac tion Wednesday.with a doubleheader at Buffalo. The Lions pounded out 15 hits to win the first game, 17-4, but the bats went silent in the nightcap as the Lions lost, 5-4. See story, page 11. Thursday, May 4, 1978 Vol. 78, No. 182 20 pages University Park, Pa. 18802 Published by Students of The Pennsylvania State University count toward this maximum," the report said. • ,1 Zajac said the overuse' and abuse of the late drop was the main reason the Senate changed the policy. . "It is costing the University money and taking up classroom space," Zajac said. "Student's simply won't be able to use thelate drop as often."' ~. The senators from the Academic Assembly voted against it, Zajac said. "We voted against it because of . the lack of information of what the problem is," Zajac said. "The huge majority of the senators speaking were against it. "It is my guess that the faculty voting for it thought there never would be enough information." . University Provost Edward D. Eddy will decide when the new policy will go into effect. Zajac said it would probably begin next fall. "It is up to the administration to, implement it," Zajac said. "There may be problems on monitoring the system." The Senate also added a six-credit limit of late drop. courses for , associate degree students. There was no limit in the past. Eddy is still working on the Senate's proposal made earlier in the year to raise the $2 late drop fee. "Indications are the late drop fee will go to $10," Zajac said. This left the projected deficit at $57 billion. It would have been higher except that the House approved a "re estimate," subtracting $1.7 billion from agricultural crop support programs. The House rejected 239-163 a •Republican proposal to enlarge from $19.4 billion to nearly $3O billion the tax cuts proposed by the committee. President Carter has proposed net tax cuts of $24 billion. plaintt from independent women who are housed with the sororities in South and Pollock Halls. Each of the 19 sororities lives on a floor where they have a suite: a large living room with television, stereo and piano. Members pay $4O to $5O dues each term to cover suite expenses and social fees. Initiation and pledge fees range from $5O to $2OO. "Sure, it's a financial sacrifice to be in a sorority," says Fedorka, "but you might spend more money as an in dependent looking for things to do and , besides, the abstracts you get in return ':'are worth so much more." What are the "abstract" rewards of belonging? Women say they join sororities for involvement, friendships, security and fun. - "I like the idea of having a small group to relate to in this huge university," says Terry McGinnis (6th-business). Also, I was really bored and sororities are always doing something. Now I'm always meeting new people through Continued on page 7. We'll see the sun through some high clouds this morning, then clouds will lower and thicken during the day, and showers are possible by nightfall. Tem peratures will be pleasant, rising into the middle 60's today, then falling to 46 to night. Friday will start gloomy but skies could brighten by afternoon as the high reaches the upper 50's. Don't complain, though we need the rain. 4 - We need it
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