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$55/term
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proposed
By KAREN MeMANIMAN
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
Room and board rates might in
crease by $55 per term for academic
year 1980-81, a 9.9 percent increase, if
the University Board of Trustees
approves the proposed increase at the
trustees' meeting to be held this
weekend.
"Nothing is official until after the
board meets," said the manager of
the University's News Bureau,
Joseph L. Bennett.
"Many factors are affecting the
increase: obviously inflation is one of
them," he said.
Bennett said the cost of living in the
dorms has not gone up as fast as
living outside of the dorms..
"The cumulative cost of living has
risen 66.6 percent since 1974, while
the cumulative increase for living in
the dorms has risen less than 40
percent during that same time
period," Bennett said.
William H. McKinnon, assistant
vice president for Housing and Food
Services, declinedcomment on the
proposed raise until after the board's
meeting.
Robert A. Patterson, senior vice
president for Finance and
Operations, also refused comment on
the proposed raise saying that he
"preferred not to discuss or prejudge
the issue."
Responses of faculty likely to
be at PSU in 1985
In which area do you spend most of
your time?
In wl iich area do you want to spend
more work time?
In which area do you want to spend
less work time?
Tenure:
Poll shows most faculty plan
no big change in work habits
Editor's Note: This is the last of a
three-part series of articles on faculty
opinions concerning tenure, promotion
and review at the University.
By PATRICIA McCAFFREY
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Daily Collegian Staff Writers
Despite University administration
plans to make sweeping changes to
confront anticipated problems in the
19895, the vast majority of the faculty
does not plan changes in their work
habits, according to the Collegian' Fall
Term poll on tenure and promotion.
Uf the faculty members who
responded, 78 percent said they plan to
remain at the University for at least five
more years. Most said they plan to
.2ontinue spending the majority of their
time as they do now, teaching.
Forty-nine percent of the faculty said
they are satisfied with the current
balance between teaching, research and
service
Twenty-seven percent said they would
like to spend less time in University
service while 11 percent said they would
like to spend less time researching and
10 percent, less time teaching.
That faculty opinion appears to be a
direct departure from the University's
Plan for the 'Bos which indicates the
faculty would be asked to spend more
time on outside research to help offset
rising tuition costs and declining state
The spring reigns
Any sun we may have had today will
fade behind lowering and thickening
clouds. However, we will enjoy mild
temperatures with a high of 55. Things
then get worse, though, as rain starts
before midnight and continues into
tomorrow morning before the skies clear
tomorrow afternoon. The low tonight
will be 44 and the temperature will
slowly rise to 53 by mid-morning before
dropping back into the 40s tomorrow
afternoon.
COPIES
daily
Peddling bikes
Harold Leighty, auctioneer, takes another bid from various two-wheel hunters at the University bike auction, held at the
University salvage warehouse yesterday. Seventy-eight abandoned or confiscated bicycles were auctioned off for between
$lO and $7O.
Afghans
NEW DELHI, India (UPI)
Afghanistan authorities have jailed two
American citizens and labeled one of
them a "spy" who helped plot recent
anti-Soviet uprisings together with
Pakistani agents, an Afghan govern
ment minister charged yesterday.
Afghan officials confirmed that a
young American identified only as
Robert Lee was in custody and
diplomatic sources in Kabul said the
other American was Charles
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funding. Faculty members seem
satisfied with the status quo.
The response also deviates from the
national trend in higher education which
emphasizes more service and research
to secure funding in the future.
C. Peter Magrath, president of the
University of Minnesota, said that
because of declining enrollment there is
a need to shift the present emphasis
from teaching to research and service.
Pressure felt by individual faculty
members to do research and the in
dividual's desire to teach may cause
some academic problems.
"The teaching loads at Penn State are
too high for research demands," one
University associate professor said in
response to the poll. "I love to teach. I
love to research, but I can't do either
well unless the class load is resonable."
Concerning the future quality of
teachers at the University due to in
creased pressure to research, an
assistant professor said, "I fear that five
to 10 years from now, the average level
of teaching quality will be much worse
than it is today. We have good and bad
teachers and lots of acceptable ones
now. The distribution will shift down
ward due to severely increased pressure
to do research."
In addition, 19 percent of the faculty
members who indicated that they will be
at the University in five years said they
would seek a better paying job if their
buying power decreases because of the
imbalance between faculty salaries and
the inflation rate.
Forty-six percent responded that they
would seek outside consulting jobs to
subsidize their income. The response
also indicates that faculty members are
planning to remain in their present
positions, which would leave the
University community unchanged.
In spite of the desire of the ad
ministration to change the status quo,
responses to the survey seem to indicate
that operations at the Penn State of the
19805 will be similar to the way the
University operates now.
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imprison two Americans
Brockunier, 41, a rug merchant from
Cambridge, Mass.
"Robert Lee is a spy," Afghan In
formation Minister Majid Sarbiland said
in an interview with the Press Trust of
India, adding that "a dozen" Pakistani
agents were also captured during riots
that accompanied a general strike in
February.
Lee is known to the U.S. Embassy as a
"hippie traveler" but he "might rot in
prison" because he is a drifter without
influence to help free thimself, a
European traveler from Kabuisaid.
Brockuniern, who was not mentioned
by the Afghan minister, was arrested
apparently for taking photographs
duririg the anti-Soviet riots in Kabul las't
month and is expected to be released "in
a week's time," said the European,
quoting U.S. Embassy sources in the
Afghan capital.
Brockunier's friends in Boston said the
Harvard graduate visited Afghanistan
every two or three months for the past
three years to buy carpets. He was
expected to buy up to $20,000 worth of
hand-knotted carpets this trip, they said.
Brockunier's mother, Barbara, said
she was notified by the State Depart
ment of her son's arrest, but would
provide no further details.
The State Department previously
confirmed Lee is being held in an Afghan
jail but there has been no confirmation
from Wahington about the second
American.
Referring to Lee and the Pakistanis,
the Afghan minister said "These agents
were caught red-handed. They were
indulging in arson and helping Afghans
in subversive activities" during the riots
in which an estimated 500 people were
killed protesting the Soviet invasion of
Afghanistan.
Golden silence
Well-schooled in the virtues of patience, these Amish children wait outside a barn on Route 45 while their parents attend an auction
He said Lee and the Pakistanis had
already appeared on television in Kabul,
but did not say whether they would be
tried or what might become of them.
Afghan troops also have captured
"Chinese agents operating in the eastern
province of Kunar and will parade them
on television in Kabul soon," Sarbiland
told the Indian news agency, but did not
say if they would be tried.
He said the weapons and documents
the army officers seized from Lee, the
Pakistanis and the Chinese "clearly
show that the incidents of Feb. 21 were
due to foreign interference and in
tervention,"
The Soviet news agency Tass and the
Afghan 'governm - ent information offices
have maintained that . the nationwide
anti-Soviet uprising, which lasted six
days, was inspired and planned by U.S.,
Chinese and Pakistani infiltrators.
An official government statement
circulated by the official Afghan news
agency, Bakhtar, and quoted by Tass,
appealed to refugees to return home
under a "general amnesty" and called
for international aid for those who
return.
But the government statement held
out little hope of leniency for those who it
said "are carrying out instigatory and
subversive activities."
The European traveler who arrived in
New Delhi also said many Afghans and
foreigners in Kabul fear "all hell will
break loose on the Moslem new year"
beginning tomorrow when anti-Soviet
demonstrations or street riots could
again erupt in the city.
The European traveler said the bodies
of thousands of Soviets killed in fighting
Afghan rebels since the Dec. 27 invasior
are being flown out at night.
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Merger
focus of USG debate
By LORRAINE CAPRA
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
Undergraduate Student Government
vice presidential candidate Chris
Calkins said at last night's presidential
debate that although he knew about the
JEM merger before the rest of the USG
Senate was informed, he would strive for
honesty in the Reeves-Calkins ad
ministration.
Calkins was responding to a question
by debate panelist Harry Young,
chairman of the USG Race Relations
Board. Young asked Calkins why he did
not admit to the senate his knowledge of
the decision to merge JEM Productions
with the department of programs and
serviceswhen the question was first
introduced in the senate.
Calkins said he and senator Bob
Gottlund brought their concerns about
getting more control of the JEM money
to USG executives, who in turn made the
decision to merge JEM with programs
and services.
"Bob and I wereasked to not give out
the information about the merger
because peoples' personalities would be
dragged through the mud and I went
along with what I was asked to do.
"It was not my decision to keep this
secret my part was one of informant,"
he said. "I believe honesty is the best
policy."
Stephen Reeves, Calkins' running
mate, also knew about the merger the
day before the decision was announced
to the senate. Reeves was told because
he is chairman of the senate ap
propriations committee which oversees
USG's money, Calkins said.
, However, presidential candidate Dave
giritchard said there was no need for the
three senators to have kept quiet.
"I disagree with the way the senators
were chosen to be a part of the decision
and I also disagree as to why the
senators kept quiet," he said.
Another central issue discussed last
night was the Penn State Night Map.
Presidential candidate Joe Kreta
blamed lack of communication in USG
fbr • presidential candidater: -Joe
Healey'sproblems in getting reimbursed
for the money he spent on the map.
"Although the University willpick up
$6OO of the $BlO, this is a big problem," he
said. "Recently, the Association of
Residence Hall Students defeated a
motion to fund a portion of this sum and I
can't say I blame them."
Responding later, Healey said no
amountof discussion concerning lack of
communication will take away the work
that has been done to combat rape. The
money he received from the University
is evidence of his ability to work with
administrators, he said.
"They don't just hand down that
amount of money I had to work with
the administrators to get that $600,"
Healey said.
In other panel questions, Organization
for Town Independent Students
President Bob Carp askedthe candidates
how they would improve student
relations with local government.
Presidential candidate Charles P.
Kennedy said he would urge the 16 USG
town senators to work directly with the
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ad hoc committees to gather information
on town government.
"We would form the committees to
look into the issues rationally so that we
don't jump into anything," he said.
ARHS President Steve Osborn said
one of the duties of a USG senator
representing a dorm area is toattend the
area government meetings. Of the
candidates who were senators this year,
Calkins attended all of his area's
meetings, Pam Nesky attended six of 22,
Healey attended three of 20 and
Reevesattended one of 15.
Nesky, Pritchard's running mate, said
the South Halls Residence Association
changed the place of the meetings and
never contacted her.
Healey said his work on the night map
took up most of his time and the other
Pollock-Nittany senator agreed to attend
the meetings.
Reeves said the East Halls Residence
Association holds five meetings a term,
and the six East Halls senators rotated
the duty until one senator became the
permanent liaison.
Vic Dupuis, director of USG's
department of political affairs, asked
the candidates how they would increase
the University's lobbying credibility in
Harrisburg.
Kennedy said he and his running mate
Ray Leach would go to Harrisburg to
assess the University's chances of
getting funds, then involve the USG
Executive Council and survey students
to find out which issues concern them.
Pritchard said he would investigate
the possibility of hiring a paid lobbyist
for the University.
Reeves said the only way USG can
improve its credibility is through
"continuous effective lobbying."
Kreta said USG's credibility can be
improved if students lobby in
Harrisburg with University President
John W. Oswald and Provost Edward D.
Eddy.
Healey said the students will not be as
effective as professional lobbyists but
"that doesn't mean we're not going to
try."
However, the best way to improve
USG's credibility was not mentioned by
the candidates, Dupuis said.
"Registering students to vote is the
reason why we don't have credibility.
The University has a very low number of
students who are registered," he said.
An audience member asked how the
candidates would work with The Daily
Collegian.
Kennedy said the press is a positive
force and "if someone knows how to
court the press, the rewards are
tremendous."
Kreta said he and his running mate
Chris Cobb would keep the Collegian
informed of their activities and conduct
their business "up front, not behind
closed doors."
Andy Weintraub, Healey's running
mate, said USG members who have
made mistakes should not take a
defensive attitude toward the Collegian.
"I honestly feel that we should not be
working with the Collegian, but should
be learning from them," he said.
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