ARHS
of president and
By BRUCE ELLIS
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
The Association of Residence Hall
Students last night voted to ask ARHS’
president and vice president to resign.
ARHS voted 13 to 6 to ask for president
Jeff Glazier’s resignation and 10 to 8
with one abstention for vice president
Steve Matt’s.
The vote is not an impeachment, and
Glazier and Matt said they have no in
tention of resigning. Glazier said he
interpreted the vote as simply a vote of
no confidence, a view shared by North
Halls representative Chuck Cheskie
wicz, who made the motion to ask for the
resignations.
The vote was taken in response to
alleged abuses revealed in a series of
Daily Collegian articles. The articles
claim Glazier and Matt were involved in
improperly issuing a floating meal ticket
last fall, and Glazier was charged with
mishandling movie co-op money Winter
Term.
Matt’s simultaneous positions on last
year’s ARHS and Student Travel
Organization were alleged to. be a
conflict of interest. Matt said he did not
know he was the STO secretary.
ARHS supports
guns for police
By BRUCE ELLIS
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
While the Association of Residence
Hall Students indicated last night it did
not want the campus police to be armed
all the time, it did acknowledge the
present policy was probably too strict.
The present policy prohibits the police
from carrying guns at any time policy
that was not followed this summer,
according to a Daily Collegian article.
One ARHS member supported con
tinuing that policy, but all others in
dicated they would accept police
carrying weapons in some situations.
Director of Residential Life M. Lee
Upcraft told ARHS one of the proposals
the University Council has been asked to
consider would have all officers carry.a *•
concealed weapon while on duty
“Let’s face it,” Upcraft said, “the
residence hall students will be most
affected.” Other students are under the
jurisdiction of the state and local police.
Oswald back
By TOM PEELING
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
University President John W. Oswald
was released from Hershey Medical
Center Tuesday, following surgery 22
days ago, according to Ellie Aurand,
public information editor at the center.
“Dr. Oswald was released today and
he will recuperate at home,” Aurand
said.
Oswald was originally scheduled to be
released approximately one week after
his surgery on Sept. 11. The surgery was
performed to repair a detached retina in
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University employee Ray Leitch makes a cut in the new carpet for the carpet had many people thinking the University was preparing for a visit from
remodeled Schwab Auditorium. The large rug was laid out on the mall so the an unnamed dignitary,
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vote calls
North Halls Representative Sue Vlaun
proposed an arbitration board to decide
what ARHS should do about the
allegations. The board would be made up
of various administrators and student
leaders and would decide objectively
what action, if any, should be taken.
However, ARHS apparently agreed
with Director of Residential Life M. Lee
Upcraft that the problem was ARHS’
becase the proposal was soundly
defeated.
“If you can’t solve this problem
yourselves, turn over the keys to USG
and let them take over (your duties) for
the rest of the year. It’s a cop-out,” said
Upcraft, who is also the group’s adviser.
Upcraft said the arbitration board’s
decision would be unenforceable by the
University.
Glazier said “While I’d really like a
vote of confidence, Steve and I are not
going to resign.” He suggested that
ARHS censure him, and said ARHS
could voice its criticism and demon
strate its concern for specific actions
instead of asking him to resign.
Vlaun said, “Censure is a cop-out. We
can sweep this under the carpet,” but
that would not clear the air by making
North Halls Representative Sue Vlaun
said the police are not defenseless now.
Pollack/Nittany Representative Ben
Hogan said giving the police guns would
just create a potentially dangerous
situation.
ARHS President Jeff Glazier said he
could see both sides of the issue; he does
not want to be shot accidentally, but he
does not want a policeman to be hurt
either.
In other business, Residence Hall
Advisory Board Chairman Frank
Lignelli told ARHS there was a good
chance that dorms would be open the
night after the Penn State-Pitt football
game. He said there might be a charge
of about $2.35 a night, \Vith Resident
Assistants.'enforcing the fee; .. ...
Lignelli also said the administration is
considering installing refrigerators in
all dorm rooms. He said $5 per term
would be added to the room and board
charges.
from hospital
Oswald’s right eye.
University Provost Edward D. Eddy
has assumed the responsibilities of the
presidency while -Oswald is
recuperating. Oswald asked for a two
month leave of absence two weeks ago.
Eddy said at a Faculty Senate meeting
Tuesday that Oswald “has conquered a
persistent infection, which has been
plaguing him since his operation three
weeks ago.”
Oswald’s doctor, Kenneth Messner,
chief of opthalmology at the center,
would not comment on the infection.
for resignation
vice president
all the facts known. We don’t even know
if you guys are the ones we should be
pointing the fingers to, she said.
Upcraft also outlined other options for
trying to discover the truth behind the
allegations. He said the USG Supreme
Court is allowed to investigate any
violations of University rules. The
University can use its own disciplinary
procedures, and if any criminal abuses
exist, the University could take the
matter to court.
The administration is following the
matter closely, Upcraft said.
Glazier and Matt refused to resign,
Glazier said, because “we don’t feel
what we’ve done is worthy of our
resigning. (The vote) was, I feel, an
expression of council’s concern 'about
what has happened.”
"I’d like to iron out what the council
thinks was wrong,” Matt said. “To say
that you were around at the time is not
good enough.”
Matt and Glazier said that ARHS’
throwing its leaders out, perhaps by
impeachment, would make the
organization useless for the rest of the
year. They suggested that they serve
their terms and help ARHS make sure
the abuses did not happen again.
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Faculty loses input on gun issue
By MARY ANNE MULLIGAN
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
The question of whether the campus
police should be armed will probably be
answered without the specific input of
the Faculty Senate.
No discussion on the issue was per
mitted at yesterday’s meeting in Kern
because of a Senate rule which prohibits
discussion . on last-minute. .resolutions
without the unanimous consent of the
Senate. Martha A. Adams, a senator
from the College of Health, Physical
Education and Recreation, objected to
the resolution proposed by Philip A.
Klein, chairman of the Senate com
mittee on faculty affairs, that would
have allowed discussion at yesterday’s
meeting.
Adams said she objected to a
discussion of the resolution at the
meeting because there is a public
hearing set for Oct. 12. “In as much as
this was a University Park concern and
that public hearings had been scheduled
for the University Park community, I
felt it was not appropriate to place it on
the agenda,” she said.
“The question was whether they
should set aside Senate rules and vote on
it today instead of following normal
procedures and placing it on the agenda
for the Oct. 31 meeting,” Adams said.
“My major objection was to setting
aside the rules because there was op-
Jeff Glazier, left, and Steve Matt were asked to resign as
president and vice president, respectively, at an Associa
tion of Residence Hall Students meeting. The request by
portunity for discussion at the open
hearings,” she said.
“Discussion on the issue will not be
expanded by what we hear two or three
months from now,” Provost Edward D.
Eddy said. “1 am, at this time, com
mitted to a timetable.”
Eddy said he could wait until after the
Oct. 31 meeting of the Senate before he
makes 'a final recommendation on the
arming of campus police, but that the
issue is an emotional one that must be
considered during the next two or three
weeks.
Ernest Bergman, a senator from the
College of Agriculture, objected to
Adams’ motion on the grounds that she
had read the announcement of the public
meeting in the Collegian. He said many
faculty do not read the Collegian: “What
belongs to faculty belongs in Intercom,”
he said.
“The problem. involves not just in
forming the faculty,” said senator
Robert F. Schmalz of the College of
Earth and Mineral Sciences. “The ap
palling problem is that there has been no
factual information given to faculty and
students and anyone outside Old Main.”
In his resolution, Klein said, “The
question of arming the campus police
affects the University and so falls within
the purview of Senate responsibilities
... the University Faculty Senate feels
strongly that a final decision regarding
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the appropriateness of adopting a policy
of arming the campus police should not
be taken without first seeking the views
of ther faculty of the University ... we
urge therefore that this information be
made available to the Senate and that no
decision be reached until such time as
the Senate can study this and other
relevant material, debate it, and give
. the' advice , and consultation .its Con
stitutio'nal responsibilities demand.”
New sports complex
to cost $3.5 million
Editor’s note: This is the second in a
series of articles examining the new
sports complex.
By KAREN EGOLF
and DAN McKAY
Daily Collegian Staff Writers
Funds are being raised from outside
sources for the University’s new sports
complex, which will include a fieldhouse
inside the present Ice Pavilion for,
outdoor varsity athletic teams and a new
indoor ice rink that will be constructed
adjacent to the fieldhouse.
“Everybody’s going to be happy,”
football coach Joe Paterno said. “I feel
so strongly about this, I won’t do
anything for the next six or seven
months besides raising money for the
new ice pavilion.”
Paterno said the necessary funds for
the fieldhouse part of the sports complex
already have been collected. The
fieldhouse is expected to be ready late
this fall for use by the track, soccer,
baseball, women’s field hockey, football
and both men’s and women’s lacrosse
teams.
The project is one of ten endorsed by
the Board of Trustees for the Penn State
Fund council, according to Robert J.
Scanned, dean of the College of Health,
Physical Education and Recreation. The
council, an outside funding organization,
is affiliated with the board.
The sports complex will cost an
estimated $3.5 million. Of this, ap
proximately $1.5 million will pay for the
conversion of the Ice Pavilion into a
fieldhouse; the remaining $2 million will
be used to build a new indoor rink.
Assuming the necessary funds are
collected, construction of the new rink
will begin in late winter, after final plans
are approved by the trustees.
Scanned said a thorough study of the
facilities showed that the mechanical
equipment of the old rink would have to
be replaced between 1975 and 1985. He
said a plan to heat and cool the rink for
year-round skating was studied, but the
cost of converting the old facility would
be too high.
The need for a fieldhouse was studied
also, Scanned said, and this led to the
idea of an indoor sports complex.
The ongoing construction will leave
the University without any indoor ice
pavilion until the new rink is completed.
“I’m sure we’re talking about a couple
of years before we see a new indoor
rink,” Herb Schmidt, assistant to the
dean of the College of Health, Physical
Education and Recreation said.
The completion date of the new ice
rink, Schmidt explained, depends upon
how quickly additional funds are raised.
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University Safety Director David E.
Stormer asked University Council last
week to consider allowing campus police
to carry sidearms. “I take this request
seriously,” Eddy said, "because I have
great respect for Mr. Stormer.”
"But more importantly,” he said,
“this issue involves human life.
Therefore it requires an adequate
summation of the reasonable sentiments
of faculty and students,” he said.
According to Scanned, the new ice rink
will be put on a long-term mortgage if
only $1.5 million of the necessary $2
million is raised.
Construction plans for the rink call for
the ice surface to be laid first, followed
by the construction of the housing
structure, and finally heating, air
conditioning and othersupport facilities
will be installed to allow year-round
skating.
“We have a commitment that we will
not build beyond the funds that are
generated,” Schmidt said.
At a brunch last Sunday for
representatives (mostly captains) of the
varsity athletic teams, a spokesman for
the Athletic Department explained the
sports complex and the funding to pay
for it.
Jody Field (lOth-speech com
munications-broadcasting), represent -
ing the field hockey team, said a fund
raising drive by varsity athletes was
discussed at the brunch. The money
generated by the athletes will help pay
for the new ice rink. Field said.
"If we can show alumni, businesses
and anybody who’s interested in Penn
State athletics that the athletes them
selves are in full support of this indoor
sports complex by taking their time,
effort and some of our own money,”
Field said, “then we will get more
outside funds to complete the complex.”
Until the new rink is ready for use, the
University plans to create a temporary
outdoor rink on top of four or five tennis
courts near the Ice Pavilion.
“I don’t know if we’ll have skating
classes at all this year,” Assistant
Professor of Physical Education Joe
Humphreys said.
Although Humphreys estimated that
2,000 students take ice skating as a
physical education class each year, he
pointed out that outdoor skating depends
upon favorable weather conditions
“We’re in a wait and see situation,” he
said.
Both of the figure skating clubs that
use the Ice Pavilion as a home are
moving their practices to the Skatium in
Mechanicsburg, 98 miles southeast of
State College.
Some late peeks
It will be mostly cloudy today with
showers ending around midday and a
few peeks of sunshine late in the day
with a high of 65. Tonight it will clear
with some fog forming by dawn and a
low of 43. Tomorrow it will be mostly,
sunny with some high afternooon cloudis
and a high of 69.