DITIOR . . 4., . ..... .......•.. . 11l . . ... .... ... i'2..345C711g Jo t,* the _.......,:.• 'Ol le ;:.:,•.:- .. '6 1 ' ~ lan ....... („,,,,,,.._....;... _., ~ . dailymi. I Friday, Jan. 5, 1979 I .4 • . ... Vol. 79, No. 98 16 pages University Park, Pa. 16802 1 . I 6 .. , , , i ..... Pinchot Hall has finally gotten the shaft You might think Pinchot Hall has had its share of damages in recent months when you consider residents there have seen a piano thrown down an elevator shaft, three vandalized candy machines, a vandalized television set, two broken picture windows, two bomb scares, a phony fire alarm, four separate fires in three different janitor's closets and one fire in a study lounge but they haven't. Early Tuesday morning, Dec. 19, someone set fire to the Pinchot Hall `Slam-dunk' turns half-time into best time As part of a continuing effort to regenerate enthusiasm in Penn State's lagging basketball program, the Circle K Club of State College has been sponsoring a series of "slam dunk" competitions during the past two home basketball games. - The semi-final eliminations wilt continue through the West Virginia game Jan. 17th, the George Washington game Jan. 31st and will end with the finals during the Navy game Feb. 10th. Judging is being done by two And the stories are told of nights too bold By this time, students who went to New Orleans for the Sugar Bowl have all returned, and the stories of chance meetings with friends and acquaintances from Penn State have returned with them, Sources report the most popular places frequented by the Penn State crowd included Big Daddy's stripper joint, the Preservation Hall jazz club, Marriott's on New Years Eve and O'Brian's bar, which was visited by Chuck Fusina among others. This story, however, is set in the Cafe Maspero, and perhaps is typical of the many unlikely encounters that Merchants didn't lose shirts after the loss Since the footballjeam's decline in the national rankings, we wondered if local businesses were still selling "We're No. I" ' T-shirts, bum perstickers and what have you, and if the items are being sold at a premium. What we discovered was the stores selling these items were carefully prepared for any event. Bumper stickers have "Penn State No. 1 In '7B" printed on them still a safe claim. And T-shirts read "The Real No.l"' again, a safe bet in some circles. However, none of the items are being sold at bargain basement prices, in case you were interested in still buying them. And many of the items, we found out, are no longer being sold or , are sold out because Ad campaign will try persuading engineers to come back home By BETSY LONG Wily Collegian Staff Write' Don't you know someone who'd want to return to Pennsylvania?" says an advertisement which is part of a national program being conducted by lIRB-Singer, Inc. in State College, to attract experienced engineers. Robert B. King, who is in charge of advertising for Singer, said recruitment was an ongoing process, but that Singer 'went into the advertising campaign late lasi summer and is "hitting it very bard." "The people we're really looking for are those with five or six years ex perience," King said. King said the market is very competitive right now, but the response to the advertising program has been good. The advertising campaign is not really geared to recent graduates, but it does stress the university atmosphere of State College as a drawing point. Ralph L. DeShong, coordinator of public relations for the Career Development and Placement Center, said, "It's a concept of a lifestyle; it's a total package." Singer's campaign is being conducted through a State College advertising agency, with most of the concepts being formed at Singer's offices. It is advertising nationwide, but with a bigger emphasis in the East. King said this is because there's a bigger labor pool in the East, and Singer is trying to attract people with a desire to return to Pennsylvania. Some advertising has been aimed at families of engineers, continuing elevator. That's right, the elevator. Early estimates set the damage at between $40,000 and $50,000 for repairs to the elevator and the shaft, University Police Services said. The fire started when someone reportedly set fire to a stack of newspapers in the elevator and then closed the door. Walt Andersen, East Halls coor dinator, said no decision had been made yet on just who is going to pay for the damage, but agreed they probably will be members of the hall. members of the local press and the Nittany Lion. Potentially, it could be more in teresting than the games. It's a nice idea but they'll never see it Efficiency experts will love this little tidbit. In the Fraser. Street Post Office there is a sign which reads: "No dogs allowed except seeing eye dogs." How's that for foresight? no doubt everyone who . was in New Orleans remembers. It was reported that Friday night before the game, seven Penn State students were in a cafe booth eating roast beef sandwiches when one student innocently remarked "These sandwiches are better than the ones at Zeno's." The student soon had the op portunity to qualify his comment to Chris "Zeno" Popodopoulis, the surprised general manager of Zeno's, who was sitting in the next booth. Zeno reportedly bought the group a round of drinks thereafter. store, owners bought them cautiously, perhaps fearing the worst. None of the stores will be selling "We're No. 4" stuff in any case, we were told. • —by Bob Carville Just a taste? We'll have increasing and thickening cloudiness today with some light snow developing this af ternoon and continuing tonight. The high today will be 20 and a low tonight of 14 with snow accumulations of around 2 inches. The snow will end early tomorrow morning with some partial clearing in the afternoon and a high of 23. The clouds will increas, tomorrow night with snow developint towards morning possibly mixing with or changing to sleet or freezint rain on Sunday with a high of 29. emotional, homecoming-type pitches. The company has made direct appeals to University alumni, and campaigned at home football games; working for "word of mouth" promotion. Singer's ads have appeared in national trade magazines, newspapers, phone books, trade show leaflets and on radio. King said that as far as he knows, there aren't many other campaigns like this being conducted by engineering firms The demand for recent graduates is up, too. Richard Swails, Career Center director, said the center this fall ex perienced its busiest recruitment program ever, and of the 9,800 in terviews conducted, 43 percent, or 4,214 interviews, involved engineering students. Swills said of the competition in engineering, "You've got a marketing concept. There's an increased demand for our products and the supply has remained fairly constant, so they have to increase their efforts." Engineering competition has been reflected in the College of Engineering's stricter requirements for admission to majors. Last terin, the college'raised the required grade point average from 2.0 to 2.3, because of a greater number of students applying for engineering majors. The Assistant Dean of Engineering, William H. Gotolski, said a greater number of freshmen was entering engineering last fall and summer than ever before, and the numbers had been increasing steadily three years before that. Gotolski also said, "They appear to be a higher calibre of students." Three generals resign Shah leaves for 'rest in country' TEHRAN, Iran (UPI) The three generals who led the crackdown on the anti-shah rebellion resigned on the eve of Iran's return to civilian rule. Heavy shooting erupted in the Iranian 'capital at night. The shah left the capital for what a palace spokesman said was a one-day rest in the country. Palace sources said the shah would be back in time for the presentation of a new civilian Cabinet tomorrow. Government sources said the shah was in the Lar Valley holiday resort, west of Tehran. It was impossible to confirm whether there were any casualties in the gunfire that erupted as the 9 p.m. curfew in Iran's capital took effect. Shouts of demonstrating crowds rang out in the deserted capital interspersed with gunfire. Clashes continued in Tehran and other cities and hundreds more Americans and other foreigners crowded onto flights out of the country. Adding to the confusion were reports later denied by palace spokesmen that the shah had already left Iran or was about to leave. A palace spokesman said the shah, his wife and children left Tehran for a one clay trip to an unidentified resort within Thornburgh names education secretary By PETE BARNES Daily Collegian Staff Writer Gov.-elect Thornburgh nominated Robert G. Scanlon, a Philadelphia educational researcher, for state Secretary of Education yesterday: Scanlon, 45; who is relatively unknown in, the higher education field, will head the state's largest department if his nomination is approved by the state Senate The department controls $2.5 billion in state money, more than any other state body. The chairman of the task force on education for the Thornburgh transition team, Scanlon is executive director of the Philadelphia office of Research for Better Schools, Inc., a federally funded, non-profit organization that specializes in primary and secondary education research Scanlon, a Democrat, said he is "terribly pleased, very much excited" about his nomination and feels confident the state Senate will approve it Branching out A cold, clear night, a bit of snow, and a few bare trees add up to this unusual view of West College Avenue the country and would be back today. Premier-desigate Shahpour Bakhtiar was set to present his new cabinet to the shah tomorrow after receiving parliament's preliminary approval. But whether Bakhtiar, disowned by the opposition and denounced in the streets as an "American henchman," could restore order was a question whose answer hundreds of departing foreigners chose not to wait for. They crowded aboard outbound flights, many of which had to risk visual takeoffs because of a strike by air traffic controllers protesting, like thousands of other Iranians, the continued rule of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi. Two U.S. Air Force C-141 transports evacuated another 146 Americans yesterday, the Defense Department said in Washington. In something of a concession, the powerful fiye-party National Opposition Front said it had directed striking oil workers to return to their jobs in limited numbers. to produce enough oil to meet the crippled country's domestic needs. But the Front also reiterated its op position to Bakhtiar's government and called for another day of "national mourning" on Sunday to honor the thousands killed in year-long clashes with the army. If approved, he will replace Caryl Kline, the current education secretary. When questioned about. higher education issues such as state funding for state related colleges and univer §ities Scanlon said he does not "have any . answers right away,", but said the issues. "have to be studied very carefully." He said that as education secretary. he would work to promote a spirit of cooperation among educators and ad ministrators across the state and to improve the image of public schools and public education. A Pittsburgh native, Scanlon worked as a teacher and education ad ministrator from 1954 until joining the staff of Research for Better Schools in 1966. He was named executive director of RBS in 1972. • He has a . doctorate in elementary education from the University of Pitt sburgh. He is also president of the Pennsylvania Education Research Association. BINDERY W 202 PATTEE In Paris, the exiled leader of the religious opposition to the shah said through a spokesman the shah should be barred from leaving the country so he could be "tried and punished for his crimes." Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini said the shah should be given a minimum sen tence of life imprisonment. lie also echoed Bakhtiar's intention of cutting off all oil supplies to South Africa and to Israel "for as long as it is at war with Moslem nations." Troops used gunfire and tear gas to disperse anti-shah demonstrators Thursday in north Tehran and in the southern city of Shiraz. There were no immediate reports of casualties. The three top generals who resigned were Tehran military commander Gen. Gholam Ali Ovcisi, army aviation commander Gen. Manouchehr Khosrowdad and air force commander Lt. Gen. Amir Hossein Rabii. Their resignations followed an an nouncement that the shah had appointed former gendarmerie commmander Gen. Settlement refused by dismissed professor By COLLEEN GALLAGHER Daily Collegian Staff Writer A former University professor who has filed suit against University President John , W. Oswald said yesterday he has "flatly rejected" an out-of-court settlement recently offered by Oswald's attorney. However, arguments in the case filed by Kurosh Ostovar, a food sciences professor who was denied tenure, will not be heard until mid-March, Ostovar's attorney, Thomas B Schmidt 111, said. The case was to he heard this month Ostovar filed suit after being dismissed last May He was denied tenure by the University-level review committee, despite positive recom mendations from his dean and depart ment head. Os tovar charges Oswald with violating tenure policy by dismissing him for "non-academic" reasons and failing to consult lower-level review committees before making his decision. Because of Oswald's recent eye surgery, his attorney, Delbert J McQuaide, asked the court for a post ponement of the hearing. Schmidt said, "We were asked if we Published by Students of ThoPennsylvanlo stale University Abbas Orahaghi as chief of staff, bypassing Oveisi. Orahaghi is con sidered more moderate than the har dline officers. The three resignations were seen by diplomats as an attempt to appease the opposition into supporting Bakht iar, who himself has become a target of violent street protests because of his efforts to form a government under the shah. Despite the Opposition Front's refusal to join the government, l3akhtiar said he had succeded in forming a cabinet of "new faces" to he submitted to the shah for approval tomorrow. "The fuel shortage paralyzed tran sportation throughout Iran, grounding domestic air flights and halting all train and bus service in a nation that used to export more oil than any other country save Saudi Arabia. A huge fire raged unchecked through the Caspian Sea forest northwest of Tehran yesterday, causing heavy damage, Radio Iran reported. Fire trucks were unable to respond to the blaze because they too had no fuel. the radio said. would concur in the decision and I said we would. I learned the motion was granted this week." "We didn't resist the motion," he said. "It was a perfectly normal request for Oswald to make " Ostovar said, however, he is anxious for the case to begin. "I want to get to court." he said. "I'm quite serious about the case and I'm not going to drop it until justice has been done." Ostovar, who is also owner of the La Chaum►ere restaurant on W. College Avenue, is asking to he reinstated on the faculty and ►s seeking in excess of $lO,OOO in damages from Oswald Oswald's attorney, who ►s also the University's counsel, made a second offer to settle the matter privately shortly before Christmas, Ostovar said He also had rejected a proposed set tlement made in August. He declined to disclose the nature of the offers. The case is being heard in U.S Districi Court for the Middle District in Williamsport. Judge Malcolm Muir will hear the arguments McQuaid was not available to corn ment on the recent developments. 4 :: COPIES
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