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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.
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