202 PATTEE
15'
the
daily
Dec. 1 deadline set for proposals
Oswald favors change
By JOHN ALLISON
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
A change from the present term
%system to a semester system was
*favored by University President John W.
Oswald at yesterday's Faculty Senate
: meeting, and he urged appropriate
:student and faculty groups to discuss the
:possible switch.
• "At this point, lam inclined to con
,tlude that Penn State should return to a
iqemester calendar," he said. The
:University' switched from a semester
-c. •
alender to four-term calender in 1961.
Oswald asked all interested parties to
recommendations by Dec. 1, so
•he cari make a final decision sometime
•in February 1981. However, changing
,j o the calender would be so complicated
;that "no change could take place in any
.•
• case for two, or likely, three years,"
:Oswald said.
: The Board of Trustees gives the
:University president the power to set the
.calender, but requires he consult with
. ohe University Faculty Senate, the
:University Council and appropriate
:student groups.
Oswald said he has talked to faculty
:members, and believes they agree with
'him in favoring the switch to a semester
-system
"Conversion to a semester system by
o ,
J. 984 seems probable, although not
'Certain," Oswald said, "I believe the
semester system provides a preferable
learning environment."
University Provost Edward D. Eddy
:said he also favored the change.
; "If it weren't for the academic
'problems created by the present term
system, I don't think we would be talking
about going to a semester system,"
:Eddy said. "It seems to me, from my
,yantage point as provost, that a change
the calendar might result in a
- iignificant change in the intellectual
:climate of the University."
Both Oswald and Eddy are in favor of
an early semester plan, designed to keep
classes from being split by Christmas
Senate rejects $5O billion educational aid increase
By LYNDA ROBINSON
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
The U.S. Senate has rejected a proposed bill
that would have authorized a $5O billion increase
in federal aid to higher education over the next
ive years.
The House passed the bill last week by a 373-16
margin, Tom Wolanin, staff director for the
Congressional Subcommittee on Post-Secondary
Education, said. But the Senate defeated the
measure last Thursday because only half of the
senators present voted for the bill when it
Peached the Senate floor.
The bill was rejected because some senators
considered it too costly in a time of fiscal
austerity, Wolanin said.
Anderson
By LYNDA ROBINSON
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
and The Associated Press
Independent presidential candidate
John B. Anderson has filed suit with
the state Commonwealth Court in an
attempt to get his vice presidential
candidate, Patrick Lucey, on the
ballot in Pennsylvania.
Originally, John Ames Ballard
appeared on the state ballot as An
derson's vice presidential candidate.
However, Ballard resigned after
Anderson named Lucey, the former
governor of Wisconsin and a
Democrat, as his permanent running
mate in August, Anderson press
spokesman Bob Levenson said.
Although Ballard's resignation was
within the state Bureau of Elections
withdrawal deadline, Anderson did
not submit Lucey's name in time to
get him on the ballot, Levenson said.
As a result, Anderson is without a
vice presidential candidate in Penn
sylvania.
"We filed suit with the Com
monwealth Court in Harrisburg
roughly a week ago, requesting that
Lucey's name be placed on the
ballot," he said.
Anderson is suing state Secretary
William R. Davis and a hearing has
been scheduled for Sept. 18, a
Commonwealth Court spokesman
said.
Lucey also did not make the
deadline in 11 other states where
Anderson is already on the ballot,
Levenson said.
However, Anderson has not filed
suit in 10 of the states. Instead, his
legal staff is negotiating with each
state secretary's office to get Lucey
on the ballot, he said.
"We've only had to file suit in
Pennsylvania and Indiana,"
Levenson said. "The other states
4 COF `U.
• Wednesday, Sept. 10, 1980
Vol. 81, No. 33 24 pages
University Perk, Pe. 18802
vacation. Under the semester plan used
at the University in the past, classes
started in the middle of Septertiber and
first semester final examinations took
place after Christmas break.
Eddy named a few problems with the
present 10-week term system: long
classes, crowded examinations,
registration and orientation schedules,
and the shortness of the term. He said
one of the problems with the short terms
is that they "cut into the ability to assign
term papers and expect really important
results."
President of the Academic Assembly
Ted Szklenski said he generally favors
keeping the present system, since
changing it would cause a lot of difficulty
and expense. But he said, "I can see
points on both sides. If I hear good
arguments for both systems, I could go
either way."
Ernest L. Bergman, professor of plant
science and member of the Faculty
Senate, said he thinks the University
would be better off with the semester
system. •
"As a teacher, I prefer the
semesters," he said. "As a researcher I
prefer the terms. Terms give us more
time to do research, between the
terms."
Bergman thinks faculty members are
split as to which system they prefer.
Ted Zellman (7th-sociology) said he
would not mind keeping the present
system.
"We're used to it, we can take a lot
more courses, and 15-week courses could
get monotonous especially if the
teacher isn't that great," Zellman said,
"Also, it's a good alternative to other
colleges."
Very few other colleges have a four
term system, Eddy said.
"Penn State was one of the first to
introduce it," he said, "It was basically
designed to provide year-round
operation in a time when there was a
shortage of space on college campuses.
Wolanin said he refused to accept that line of
reasoning.
"We are not willing to sacrifice spending on
education to pump up the defense budget or
increase agricultural subsidies," he said. "We
said the best investment for the future of our
country is in the minds of its people."
The bill called for an increase in the Basic
Eth'cational Opportunity Grant program to
cover up to 70 percent of college costs by 1985,
U.S. Rep. William F. Clinger, R-central Pa., said
in a statement. BEOG now covers less than 50
percent of college costs.
Clinger voted for the bill in the House
Funds would also increase for the Sup
plemental Educational Opportunity Grants,
files to get Lucey on
have indicated that they are willing to
put Lucey on the ballot."
Anderson is officially on the ballot
in 30 states and qualified to run
pending certification in a total of 42,
he said. Negotiations are continuing
in the remaining eight states and
more suits may be filed in the future.
"We expect to be
50 states with both
ticket," LevenSon
John . B. Anderson
on the ballot in all
candidates on•the
said. "Any legal
prominent •Democrat on our ticket
would help draw Democratic votes,"
Levenson said.
to semester system
"Conversion to a semester system by 1984 seems
probable, although not certain. / believe the
semester system provides a preferable learning
environment."
Supplemental State Incentive Grants and Work-
Study program, he said.
The bill would also raise the Guaranteed
Student Loan to a maximum of $12,500 from the
current limit of $2,500. The National Direct
Student Loan would increase from its current
four-year limit of $7,500 to a four-year maximum
of $12,000, Clinger said.
However, the bill would raise interest rates in
both loan programs by 1 percent and reduce the
grace period to six months for fiscal austerity.
The grace period is repayment time allotted to
students after graduation. Students now have a
nine-month grace period for NDSLs and a 12-
month grace period for GSLs.
"No one needs to be told that the increasing
costs we incur to get on the ballot are
worth it."
The addition of Lucey on the ticket
may help Anderson, a Republican
congressman from Illinois, because
many Democratic voters are
dissatisfied with President Carter.
"I would think that having a
Published by Students of The Pennsylvania State University
University President John W. Oswald
Pa. ballot
If Anderson does not win his suit in
Commonwealth Court, state voters
will not see Lucey's name on the
ballot. Legally, Anderson is per
mitted to run without a vice
presidential candidate, said David
Phifer, an attorney for the Penn
sylvania Bureau of Elections.
If Anderson should win the state
without a vice presidential candidate,
the Electoral College, which votes
separately for the president and vice
president, would in theory choose
Anderson's vice president, Phifer
said.
But he said he expected the college
would accept Anderson's choice of
vice presidential candidate.
In , Washington, the League of
Women Voters voted yesterday to
invite Anderson to its debates, but
President Carter said he would not
take part because he wants a one-to
one confrontation with Ronald
Reagan.
Reagan, in contrast, said, "The
ladies decided Anderson is a viable
candidate. . .he certainly should be
included and I'll be there."
Anderson, speaking before Carter
issued his refusal, said he is "pleased
to accept the invitation.
"I eagerly look forward to the
opportunity to meet my two op
ponents face-to-face and discuss the
major issues of the election before the
American people," he said.
odr
~ - ~7
~ ~.:~'
The decision to include Anderson
was made by the league's board of
directors and was a significant
victory for his independent can
didacy.
UPI wlrephoto
A league spokeswoman said the
Sept. 21 debate it has scheduled in
Baltimore will be held even if Carter
does not show up, as long as two
candidates appear for the s,lssion.
Citizens react to
anti-abortion bill
By TOM BOYER
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
Centre County citizens and politicians
have reacted with widely different
opinions to an anti-abortion bill spon
sored in the state House of Represen
tatives by Rep. Gregg L. Cunningham,
R-Centre Region.
Cunningham's proposal would cut off
state funding for Medicaid-sponsored
abortions except in cases of rape and
incest, or when the mother's life is in
danger.
Robert C. Brazill (Bth-political
science), the Democratic nominee for
Cunningham's House seat, said he
supports Cunningham's stand on
abortion.
"On this issue I am behind Gregg 100
percent," he said. "I'm in favor of
human rights, which include the rights
of the unborn."
Brazill said he supports legislation
cutting off state funding of Medicaid
abortions.
"I'm in favor of avoiding imposing
taxes on people for things they don't
want to pay for," he said.
Brazill said he favors alternatives to
abortion, including increased services
for the pregnant woman.
"The most important thing is to try to
change society's attitudes toward
pregnant women who are not married,"
he said.
Michael G. Day, independent can
didate for the state House, said Cun
ningham's bill discriminates against the
poor.
"If it (abortion) is a constitutional
right, the states should be in a position to
provide that right for everyone, not just
those who can afford it," he said. •
Vandlia Wayland, president of the
Centre County chapter of the National
Organization for WoMen, said her
organization strongly opposes Cun
ningham's bill and anti-abortion
legislation in general.
"Such a bill that restricts Medicaid
funding discriminates against the poor
women. It does not allow them the same
choice as the rest of the women, in the
country who can afford abortions," she
said.
Collegian photo
"I feel that he's acting in a very
fanatical way, trying to force his
morality on the women. of Penn
sylvania," Wayland said. "This issue
has no place in the legislature."
Karin Evans; president of the local
chapter of the League of Women Voters,
costs of higher education are more and more
difficult for the inflation-strapped family to
bear," Clinger said.
"I supported the higher education assistance
bill as a reasonable and necessary boost to
students, while also adding a degree of fiscal
austerity to reduce the budgetary impact of the
increases," he said.
Both Pa. Senators H. John Heinz and Richard
Schweiker supported the bill in the Senate,
Wolanin said.
The bill will be reworked next week by a joint
congressional conference committee and then
sent back first to the House and then to the
Senate for another vote, Wolanin said.
He said he is optimistic that the bill will be up
Yes, we have no bananas
Fresh fruits and vegetables are frequently subject to close inspection before
any sale is made and these tomatoes at yesterday's farmer's market are no
exception, The market was held on Allen Street between College and Beaver
said her organization takes no stand on
abortion, but favors state funding of
abortions if abortion is legal.
"It's not a pro-abortion stand. It's a
stand that favors equal access to a
service that is legal," she said.
Evans said her organization would
lobby against the bill on local and state
levels, but that it did not make any en
dorsements of political candidates.
Suzanne Glasow; president of Centre
County Citizens Concerned for Human
Life, said her organization supports
Cunningham's bill and predicted the bill
will help Cunningham in his bid for re
election.
"Pro-lifers are willing to go out and
work for the candidates who support
their pro-life views," she said. "The
majority of Centre Countians are pro
life."
She said of Cunningham: "He let the
people know before he ran where he
stood on this and he's been consistent
and he's been honest."
Brazil! said he believes many people in
the 77th Legislative District support
anti-abortion legislation.
However, Day said Cunningham's
anti=abortion stand could hurt him in the
Nov. 4 general election.
"I can't imagine that the constituents
of this district favor a right-to-life
amendment," he said. "I don't think he
has any kind of constituent support for
this bill."
Day said his mail supports his pro
choice stand by a ratio of 99-to-1.
Joan Dawson, president of Penn State
Students for Life, said that on the basis
of her experience at Fall Term
registration, student opinion on abortion
is shifting toward a pro-life stance.
"The influence of the pro-life groups
across the country has grown tremen
dously," she - said.
The Centre County chapter of the
National Organization for Women last
night expressed its opposition to Cun
ningham's proposed legislation. See
related story on Page 5.
A cool breeze
Some morning sunshine will yield to
cloudiness today while a cool breeze
keeps the afternoon temperature near
69. Clearing skies and diminishing winds
tonight with the mercury dropping to a
chilly low of 46. Some sunshine and cool
tomorrow with afternoon temperatures
rebounding to a high of 68,
for another vote before Oct. 4 when Congress
adjourns for the elections.
Clinger said the joint conference would
probably attempt to revise the proposed in
creases in GSL the issue that the senators
opposed the most.
"Their objection was that the GSL
theoretically permitted millionaires to borrow
money at low interst," Clinger said. "That
seemed to really stick in their craw.
"I would certainly resist doing away with the
GSL; that would be disastrous," he said.
Clinger yesterday called House support for the
bill broadbased and predicted that the House
would pass the legislation again unless unac
ceptable changes were made.
Stel Vedas