22—The Daily Collegian Friday, Oct. 12,1979
Coalition not to meet candidates
with the candidates before the general Pennsylvania, the National Education
i St D ‘ t u . election m November. Association and the American
plrLinS T Regl n n abol \ Jeffrey M. McGhee, a representative Federation of State, County and
Education Coalition will not meet with of Teamsters Local Union 8, also said the Municipal Employees
any candidates for the November coalition had not made a firm com- McGhee said the area unions
elections, a member of the coalition mitment to meeting the candidates. organized into a coalitioh to educate
steering comimttee said yesterday. “The idea of a candidate meeting had union members and the public on labor-
John Black, president of District 1199- been kicked around by the committee,” related issues.
Pof the Hospital and Health Care McGhee said, “but nothing ever came of “We are not an endorsing body ’’he
wmi S£ ! id the il ” said. “ We onl y tr y to inform members
would concentrate only on candidates Black said the coalition, formed in and the public on labor issues.”
that were running on labor-related - mid-September, does not make can- Black said another reason for forming
• .... ...* . , , didate endorsements. the coalition was a “defensive matter”
None of the candidates in the local “We recommend those candidates on the part of area labor unions
elections are running on issues that are that are friends of labor to the “Labor, is under assualt by big
important to the labor issues,” Black representatives of area anions,” he said, business and state and local
sa i d - .... t . ... The coalition includes representatives legislators,” Black said. “They are
The coalition steering commi tee had from the AFL-CIO, the Teamsters, the trying to undermine the present
said m September that it would meet Federation of Telephone Workers of legislation which protects labor.”
Libera! Arts prepares more options
By DIANA SIMS
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
Because of increasing concernsthala liberal arts degree will
not be marketable, some departments in The 1 College of The
Liberal Arts are adding options to their undergraduate
program to better prepare students about to enter the job
market.
“We don’t want to leave students out in the cold,” said Alfred
J. Le Blanc, assistant professor of French.
To keep students from the cold, the French department
offers a French : business option that trys to equip the student
with more than one marketable skill, he said.
•- With the number of American businesses with operations in
foreign countries increasing, the'demand for employees who
have both foreign language and business skills is also rising,
Le Blanc said.
French students graduating with the bachelor of science
business option would be trained to speak and write French
and would understand general business concepts, he said.
Although the business courses are considered general
overviews by some French-business majors, many think they
will be helpful in finding a business-related job.
“You can deal with business because you’ve had accounting,
finance and marketing,” said Gabrielle Santos (lOth-French).
“Businesses will look at the courses you’ve taken and say ‘we
can train you. ’ ”
French-business option majors are required to take 36
Anti-vandalism campaign planned
An anti-vandalism campaign in-,
eluding bumper stickers, buttons, and T
shirts will soon be underway in the
Centre Region. , .
A community committee against
vandalism accepted a proposal Monday
from Ronald A. Shroyer, vice president
of Barash Advertising Inc., for a multi-'
media campaign developed around a
logo design and anti-vandalism slogan.
Funding for the campaign is expected
t 6 come from various community and
governmental sources. However,
committee member J. Stephen Der
shimer said he hoped funding for the
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campaign would also come from in
dividual citizens.
“We hope to collect smaller amounts
from many sources,” he said. “One of
the keys to defeating vandalism is to
involve the community in the fight.”
The anti-vandalism committee, which
includes representatives of the State
College Area School District, ’ the
University and the State College
borough was organized by Dershimer
with others in the Downtown Business
Association of the State College Area
Chamber of Commerce in February.
“PENN STATE . . .WE CALL IT HOME”
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credits of French, 21 credits of business, and 12 credits in
economics and English.
Since die business option was introduced in 1976, there has
been a 25 percent increase in the number of students majoring
in French, associate professor of French Thomas A. Hale said.
“Most, if not all, of that increase is due to the business op
tion,” he said.
French-business majors have found positions with the
National Security Agency; the Hunt Manufacturing Company,
an import-export firm; and the State Farm Insurance Com
pany.
.The French department is hoping to implement a French
business option at the graduate level, professor Richard L.
Frautschi, head of the French department said.
The graduate student would earn a master of arts degree in
French and a master of science in business. The program is
awaiting approval from the College of Business Ad
ministration, he said.
Other departments in the College of The Liberal Arts are
following the French department’s lead in designing inter
departmental programs.
Professor Ernst Schurer, German department head, Said a
German-business option modeled after the French program'
has been developed but awaits approval from the College of
Business Administration before the University Faculty-Senate
will vote on its initiation.
Dershimer said a possible logo contest
is being planned for the elementary
schools in an effort to get more young
people involved.
“We want to get as many people, in
volved in this as we can,” he said.
“Because if you think about it, every
citizen is a victim of vandalism.”
—by Scott Hileman
HOMECOMING ’79
through Monday,
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However, Dershimer said numerous
other groups, such as the Interfraternity
Council, parent-teaheer groups and
downtown businesses, are , also in
terested in joining the campaign.
.......... Coffee & Donut Reception (College of
Journalism Alumni) Carnegie Building
............ Balloon Launch (Beaver Stadium)
.. . .... . Penn State vs. Army
. . . . All-Night Movies
Mass (Eisenhower Auditorium)
Homecoming Awards Ceremony (HUB Ballroom)
Framed
October 15.. ......... HUB Display
(historical pictorial of Homecoming)
.............. Homecoming Parade
. . . . . Candlelight Ceremony (Old Main)
...... Distinguished Alumni Reception
(Nittany Lion Inn)
Gil Eagles (#1 in E.S.P. and Hypnosis)
. Bonfire, Pep Rally (south of stadium)
cheerleaders and Blue Band
A barn window captures this bit of fall scenery in a picturesque still: Hie pond and barn are located on a farm a few miles
north of the campus. ,
Alumni Breakfast (HUB Ballroom)