:ill Cluck/Ken Reeves win USG election
'l'm psyched. Things are going to change in student government.'
It's all yours
Bill Cluck, the president-elect of the Undergraduate Student Government, got a congratualtory handshake 2 . •
(above) from a student early this morning after his victory. At left former USG President Joe Healy spoke
with his successor. ' •
Communication
By DIANNE GARYANTES
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
Communication is the key to the
p relationship between a parent and a gay
child, a member of a parental support
group for homosexuals said at a
workshop last night.
"When you keep the barriers up,
you're living a lie," said Hope, who has a
gay daughter. "Let the walls come down
and let the love come through."
1 0 The workshop is part of the Gay
Awareness Festival and consists of
members from Homophiles of Penn State
and Parents and Friends of Gays.
PFOG is a group from Harrisburg that
offers support for parents of gays. It is
the only one of its kind in central Penn
sylvania and was formed in 1979 by
concerned parents and Tressler Luther
an Services.
Bill Sowers, a Lutheran minister who
helped form the group, said there are two
other parents of gays groups in the state
- in Philadelphia and in Pittsburgh.
, "There are groups all over the country,
'" but there isn't one central national orga
nization yet," Sowers said. "All the
groups are separate.
"We'll get our act together, I'm sure,"
he said.
The members of HOPS thought the
:4 support group and the workshop were
very successful.
"I've seen a lot of new people here
tonight," David Albert, publicity direc
tor for HOPS, said. "I think we're fulfil
ling a need the people want."
Drew Silva (graduate-economics) said
he thought the workshop was extremely
It helpful to many people.
"This is the type of thing that has to be
•encouraged," Silva said.
Other HOPS members also thought the
workshops should be encouraged.
"I thought it was very instructive,"
one member said. "I haven't told my
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parents yet this may make it easier."
Parents of gay children discussed
some of the problems and reactions they
had when their children told them they
were gay.
"There is guilt, there is anger," Hope
said. "You rack your brain, then you try,
to get information.
"You can't help but wonder what
you've done wrong," she added. "You
think you're a failure."
Many HOPS members said their fa
thers seemed to find it harder to accept
that their children were gay.
Hope agreed and said most women
with gay children who she talked with
have husbands who won't accept it at all.
"I think it's male pride," she said.
Jackie also agreed and told the group
how her husband refuses to deal with
their son's homosexuality. This makes it
hard for the whole family, especially
their son, she said.
Sowers said all parents have expecta
tions for their children and anything
different could upset, everything.
Hope agreed, but said parents must
accept the filture as it is. She discussed
problems she had accepting the fact that
she would have no grandchildren from
her daughter.
"It's like the death of a dream some
times everything changes," she said.
"You must overcome it and accept that it
will never be like this."
Any parent can call the group for
support or just to talk, Hope said.
"After (the parents) get over• the
hump, there's usually a better
relationship between the parent and the
child," she said. "That's the important
thing."
Jackie, who has a gay son, said al
though it is difficult, most parents would
rather know than to be left in the dark.
"Not all parents want to know," she
said, "but if you want to be close to your
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kids, you'll want to know.
"Good parents will sense that there is a
problem," she said.
Jackie said most parents will know
that something is wrong with their child,
but will wait for him or her to bring up
the subject.
"If (the gay children) initiate it, a lot of
time's it's a relief," she said.
"I would never have asked my daugh
ter," Hope agreed.
The effects on the family are important
considerations for gays. One member of
HOPS talked about how he was.afraid of
influencing his brothers and sisters by
being gay.
All the members of PFOG strongly
agreed that being gay will not "rub off"
on other family members.
"That's one of the biggest fears of
society that homosexuality rubs off,"
Sowers said. "That's why we don't have
homosexual school teachers."
Sowers said although 7 percent of fe
males are gay 'and 13 percent of males
are gay, nobody really knows about the
subject.
"All the experts say something differ
ent," he said. "There is now research
going on to find out what causes homo
sexuality."
Hope suggested gay people should give
their parents literature about homosex
uality because most parents know noth
ing about it.
"In our generation, we were brought
up on a lot of myths," she said.
Things are changing for the better, she
added.
"My feeling is that society will become
more and more accepting of gays,"
Sowers said she agreed. "They'll have
to.
"The best cure for homophobia is to get
to know gay people," he added. "It blows
all the stereotypes."
By ANNE CONNERS
and DINA DEFABO
Daily Collegian Staff Writers
Bill Cluck (11th-speech communications)
and Ken Reeves '(6th-meterology) won the
Undergraduate Student Government election
for president and vice president early this
morning.
Cluck and Reevei won with 2,299 votes.
Wimpy the Gerbil and Fred Schiller came in
second with 1,432 votes and Doug Kahn and
Cindy Dutt came in third with 1,378 votes.
Kevin Leondi and David DeGrose came in
fourth with 329 votes. Other write-in candidates
received a total of 368 votes.
"I am psyched," Cluck said after the an
nouncement. "Things are going to change in
student government."
Rob Fanning, USG elections commissioner,
announced the winners at 2 this morning. The
total number of students voting was 5,806 22
percent of the undergraduate student body.
Last year 20 percent of the students voted.
Cluck and Reeves came in first in 13 of the 16
voting areas. Wimpy the Gerbil and Fred
Schiller came in first in West Halls, East Halls
district one, the HUB and Briarwood Apart
ments, 681 Waupelani Drive.
East Halls had the largest voter turnout with
1,350 students voting. South Halls followed with
792 votes and Pollock and Nittany came in third
Thai government halts rebels
By JAMES W. HATTON
Associated Press Writer
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -
-Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanonda
_crushed a two-day-old coup by rebel
:generals this morning, sending thou
-sands of troops into Bangkok to seize
- army and government headquarters,
the airport and all radio and television
stations. There was no battle and the
coup leaders fled.
Prem's troops had complete control
-less than two hours after they began
-moving in, first closing the airport
- and then sweeping toward the center
of the city.
• A radio announcement by Prem's
'forces said: "There has been a com
promise. All those misguided troops
-have left their positions. Now some
misguided commanders are under
protection and are being treated with
honor."
Prem's radio also said 59-year-old
rebel leader Gen. Sant Chitpatima
and his main supporter, First Army
Commander Lt. Gen. Vasin Israngkul
Na Ayuttaya, had fled the country,
but did not say how or where.
The report said four other coup
leaders were under government "pro
tection."
Government forces surrounded the
last band of about 300 rebels at army
headquarters. After an hour-long
standoff, the rebels surrendered with
out a fight. Thousands of civilians who
had gathered in the area cheered and
waved as the holdouts boarded trucks
that were to take them to their bar
racks, witnesses said.
The radio said the only casualties
'were four rebel soldiers wounded in a
confrontation at the king's palace. It
said they fired first.
The power struggle was in the Thai
tradition. It cost no lives since its
beginning Wednesday, nor did the
other five coups and attempts since
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Kahn said he hoped Cluck would follow
through on his promises and he .was disap
pointed with the low voter turnout.
"I hope that Bill can fulfill all that he prom
ised," Kahn said. "It will be an interesting
year.
"I was disappointed in voter turnout," he
said. "If students feel that Bill is the best
choice I hope they back him and realize that
student government is run by students to give
them a service."
Leondi said he would support the new admin
istration.
"I will back Cluck and Reeves in any endeav
ors," he said. "It was a fantastic experience; I
learned a lot from it and enjoyed working with
the other candidates."
Cluck said he hoped his opponents would
continue to be active in student government.
"The other tickets ran a good campaign,"
Cluck said. "They cared enough to run and they
deserve a place in student government."
Jon Pinchock, president of the Monty Python
Society said he was pleased with the election
results.
The Monty Python Society and Froth mag
azine sponsored•the campaign of Wimpy and
Schiller.
"On a rough calculation we took one-third of
the votes," Pinchock said. "It proves that
The 60-year-old Prem who fled
the capital with the entire royal fami
ly after the pre-dawn coup Wednesday
and went to Korat, 150 miles to the
northeast had broadcast by radio a
warning for all civilians to move at
least half a mile from government
house and army headquarters in the
center of the city, where the coup
leaders had their command post.
As streets quickly emptied and busi
nesses closed their doors, the govern
ment soldiers took over all of the
city's 30 or more radio and television
stations. •
Several thousand troops of the 21st
infantry, the King's Body Guard,
were stationed outside government
buildings, setting up bunkers.
A twin-engine air force reconnais
sance plane circled lazily over the
government buildings.
The U.S. Embassy broadcast an
announcement over its radio station
warning Americans to stay indoors.
But within an hour after the govern
ment troops had moved in, Bangkok's
streets were coming back to normal
and businesses were reopening their
doors.
Soldiers in small groups were scat
tered along some main streets in the
capital, but most were apparently
concentrated around the central gov
ernment building complex.
The coup began falling apart during
the night. The head of 'the national
police force, Gen. Montchai Punkong
chuen, defected from the rebels to the
prime minister's side. The naval chief
of staff denied he was part of the
conspiracy.
Airport officials said the airport
was closed at 8 a.m. (8 p.m. EST
yesterday) on orders from the adja
cent Thai air force base. The air force
has been loyal to Prem throughout the
coup.
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dedication, following the rules and running a
clean campaign it's going to go over."
Winners in USG Senate races for dorm areas
are:
• East Halls district one: Darryl Daisy and
Darnell Daisy.
• East Halls district two: Peter Waldron
and Matthew Wolford.
• East Halls district three: Jann Gouter
man and George Lippitt.
• Pollock Halls: Wendy Cantor and Thomas
Morris.
• Nittnay Halls: Dennis Keleshian.
• North Halls: Steven Ripp and Demaici.
• West Halls: Kimberly Kolback and Wa
trel.
• Centre Halls: Steve Lunger and Minn
• South Halls: Pierce and Lee Facetti.
Winners in senate races for the fraternities
are: John Bravacos and Jim Krauss.
, Winners in senate races for town areas are:
Helena Barch, Greg Dougherty, Jeanne
Thompson, James 'McJunkin and Debbie Rieb
man. Also, John Schnatterly, Mary Ann Cash
in, Chris Yanckello, Jeanne Cooke and Robert
Reinsel won in town races.
Conon McManus, Cindy Ackerman and Emil
Parvensky were also elected to senate seats
representing town.
Two town senators were elected by write-in
votes: Jim Dunn and Allen Massaro.
Before going off the air, Radio Thai
land, controlled by the coup leaders,
reported that Col. Prachuk Sawang
chit, a prominent field commander
backing the coup, had been arrested
by the prime minister's forces.
Late yesterday, forces loyal to
Prem had been reported dug in along
the main highway at points 55 miles
and 80 miles northeast of Bangkok,
and two of Prem's jet fighters buzzed
the building where Sant's Revolution
ary Council met.
Thailand's popular and usually non
political King Bhumipol Adulyadej
had fired the rebel officers, whose
forces were reported outnumbered 2-
1, and they decided not to venture
beyond Bangkok.
In addition, a statement was read
on the Prem-controlled Korat Radio
in the name of Queen Sirikit, criticiz
ing the rebels for raising internal
conflicts when Thailand was facing
external threats.
Sources had said yesterday that
Sant could count on the support of only
55,000 of Thailand's 160,000 soldiers,
and the rest were loyal to Prem.
The coup. began at 2 a.m. Wednes
day and was announced three hours
later on Radio Thailand.
Feels so good
Unbelieveable weather is in stored
for the area today. It will be mostly
sunny, becoming windy and very
warm with the afternoon high reach
ing 79. Increasing cloudiness and
very mild tonight with a low of only
55. Breezy and continue warm tomor
row with a few showers and high near
70. Partly sunny on Sunday anu a bit
cooler with a high of 6.3.