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-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
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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
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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:
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• 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
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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,
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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). -
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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-
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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
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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
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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.
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We need it