The Daily Collegian Monday, May 18, 1981 Professors not to be replaced Effect of religious studies change questioned Continued from Page 1. However, when Paulson was asked whether even after four full profes sors and two assistant professors leave and are not replaced, the addi tional change to a program would save significantly more money, Paul son said no. Both Cherry and Professor Emeri tus Luther H. Harshbarger expressed dismay over the change from depart ment to program. "All the reasons given," Harshbarger said, "for example, en rollments, low number of graduate students, are actually related to the basic premise of the department to begin with. First of all, the depart ment began in 1965 with no majors at all, with four faculty people, and the intent was to be a service program, not a major program. • "Now, one of the reasons for the abolishment of the department is that there are only five majors," he said. "There's never been more than 20." Cherry said, "The administration here in our college seems to think that the way to. broaden the influence of religious studies on campus is for us to become an inter-disciplinary pro gram and give up departmental sta tus. "We have been interdisciplinary as a department, so that seems a silly thing to do." "The (proposed) program is re garded as being interdisciplinary," Harshbarger said. "Actually, we have the most interdisciplinary faculty on this campus, trained in sociology, history, psychology. Lowrie: program to gain flexibility Continued from Page 1. "Next year we'll be largely concerned with opening out to other dimensions within the College of The Liberal Arts," he said, "if not the University at large." Lowrie will also be finishing up the process of phasing out the graduate degree program, he said. Lowrie said that there are many good points to the new program. "We have an opportunity to introduce a more flexible program that emphasizes the interdisciplinary character of religious studies," he said. "My mood on the whole is optimistic." The head of the religious studies department also said that Lowrie is well suited for the 'new program. "I think he is the logical choice for the program," Fukuyama said. "He's been committed to an interdiscipli- EVERAFTER TO iIAPPEN TO ME! Say mel totieg'4act me a eteut, Sea' Mite? 4a,6,6eAsed Jo ,iaJe! Cheap? I don't own nothin' cheap except you! ( .s our mailman. Ile \\ as also rn ho friend eery SIIIIIIIICI for t \‘el‘e years. Ile taught me everything!! TONIC - 1 11T I LOVE YOLI LESS 'MAN WILL TOMORROW MORNINC I ! ,at ae 4i 9 4 Jdool ciaece, cdere ill ca# Awai leunagee, •itic:KNfir' ~..„,, One of Broadway's longest running comedies. The The festive and lively Broadway musical version of Pavilion Theatre; June 25.28, June 30-July 5, the old fairy tale of the princess and the Oa. The July 7-12. Playhouse; July 2.5, 7-12, 14.19. "All the arguments being used agains the department are quantum," he said, "and when you measure the humanities by quantity, you might as well forget it. I would just about as soon see the program abolished all together than to be weakened in what is a so-called interdisciplinary pro gram." Paulson argued that the implemen tation of an interdisciplinary program would keep the religious studies courses now offered in the depart ment as a base while also requiring certain religious-related courses from other departments such as anthropol ogy, psychology and comparitive lit erature. "It provides a means for us to get more support from other departments for the program," Paulson said. "The major teaching in the religious stud ies department is for students from other departments, and that will all be continued. "The program that we have ap proved and the faculty suggested real ly provides for all of that, and I think it is outstanding," he said. "And they'll still have a major program, so I think probably this format is more adapted to that principle than the department was." What could happen by having out side professors teach in the new pro gram, Cherry said, is that people who are not competent at teaching reli gious studies courses could end up doing so anyway. Harshbarger maintained the cur rent departmental program is just as interdisciplinary as the proposed pro- ; A l 4 1 0 "We're the only major in the whole College of The Liberal Arts that de manded our majors take 12 credits in other courses, in other departments," he said.. Harshbarger, Cherry, Paulson and Yoshio Fukuyama, the department head, agreed that the humanities are suffering at all colleges and universi ties because students are more career minded. Paulson and Fukuyama said they saw the change to a program as temporary and not harmful to the base religious studies provides in the humanities, whereas Harshbarger and Cherry said they believed the change in status would .draw even fewer students and would take away from the humanities education of the students. Harshbarger said although the hu manities are not extremely popular right now, "the far-seeing universities are keeping them in place, because they know they're going to come back. It's just as sure as shooting that five years from now, we're going to have too many accounting majors, too many business and administration majors." "The truth of the matter," Cherry said, "is that nationally, every first rate university has a department of religious studies, not a program. "The surest way to lose identity on this campus or any other major cam pus in the country is to become a program that is called interdiscipli nary and is managed by some bu reaucratic dean." nary approach." Some of the religious studies faculty said they were pleased with the appointment. "I am very pleased with the appointment," Paul M. Harrison, professor of religious studies, said. "I think we can develop an imaginative and even unique inter-discipli nary program that other schools may want to model." Gary Alexander, assistant professor of religious stud ies, said also said he is happy with the appointment. "Professor Lowrie is very well qualified to lead us through this transition," he said. "I feel good about the appointment." Judith Van Herik, assistant professor of religious studies, said she was glad to have the appointment made. "I'm pleased to have it settled to this extent," she said deuff-e ' O ie ca `, t :P te( wm al fee• Cheap? I don't own nothinl i eheap , 0.-a-a-coet He coulda had except you:Charlie is our Mailman. tie was. grand-and' she coulda t.so my floy friend every summer , r t %wive lissiveness runs rampant up here He taught me everything! WANT SOME . hAPPILY LESS ThAN O hAppEN TO ME! Sea • Scustmez eage#t . 441 -- • 1 - Ic taught me everytl LESS ThAN I W' _a de /m 0 deft ,14 may& ce (444 t ee ea _ coulda had ahundred grand-and she coulda hattme: Permissiveness runs rampant up here on Golden Pond. I WANT SOME 11Apply. EVERAFTER TO iIAPPEN TO ME! Suez Cheap? I don't own nothin'cheap except you:Charlie is our mail man. He was also my hoylliend every summr twelve years. He tang' ' me everythi , - 1 - i LOVE 'WU L.Er MORNINCi! LIPONA Freedom for Ireland: ~' ''''''''' Britain's refusal to negotiate crushing dream ti, By ANNE CONNERS Daily Collegian Staff Writer The dream of a united Ireland is not being realized mainly because the British government refuses to negotiate with the Irish Republican Army, several people said at a forum last night. "They refuse to negotiate with terrorists," Tom Macik, a State College resident, said. The IRA wants Northern Ireland to be free of British rule and united with the Irish Republic in the south. . Mediation by a third party as a means of ending the bloodshed is also rejected by the British government because it would then have to justify some of the injustices, another participant said. Maurya McClure, of State College, said, "Britain doesn't Want a third party because they would have to justify these things." These and many other viewpoints were presented last night at a forum sponsored by the Northern Ireland Concern Group. Mike Hall, coordinator of the group, said its main goal was to listen to all viewpoints and educate the public about the political situation in Northern Ireland. "We want to raise awareness in this community of the depth and complexity of the problems in Northern Ireland," he said. The IRA has been forced to use terrorist tactics to acheive its goals, a University student said. "In 1916 the forerunners to the IRA tried to meet them (the British) openly as an army," John Hall (graduate-history) said. "The British said they'recognized them as terrorists —not as an army." Retarded youths may get program' By R. REYNE RIGGIO Daily Collegian Staff Writer Strawberry Fields, a local organiza tion to aid the mentally handicapped, is trying to establish a federally funded pilot program that would involve buying a home in Centre County for mentally handicapped youths, who have gotten in trouble with the law. The program, designed for youths be tween 13 and 16 years old, is awaiting approval from the county. Diane Marshall, executive director in charge of programs, said, "The program will be a highly structured, closely super vised, intensively staffed behavior man agement program. "The goal is to give mentally retarded kids who are in trouble with the law an opportunity to learn how to get their needs met without having to cope with more cunning, sophisticated.kids (who) they'd encounter in youth developmental centers." The proposed program would begin with the placement of six youths, who have experienced failure in their school, community and home, into a house staff ed by trained personnel 24 hours a day, me a &mit Cheap? I don't except you! Char also my boy Iriend every He taught me everythi. . 1 LOVE YOU LESS THAN I WILL TOMORROW MORNINCi! .at de ‘44 eeitool dance, wltele ue caw utomutee, a . .ied grand-and she emilda had me: Permissiveness runs rampant up here on Golden Pond. I WANTSOME hAppiLy 'verzAFTET: TO hAppEN TO ME! Sammer 634,41'41d me a 4444 Scums:el tociat' 46,6e,ted so ' td On Golden Pond is the kind of play that lets you leave the theatre "feeling good." The Pavilion Theatre; July 23.26, July 28-August 2, August 4.9. • Marshall said Through this program, the youths would be taught how to cope in the community, without breaking the law. For example, the program would at tempt to sharpen their sense of judgment, so they could avoid people who would try to get them in trouble, Marshall said. The youths would also be held responsi ble for life management skills, which include care for personal. possessions, money management and constructive use of free time. Marshall said she believed that such a program would be successful in "recog nizing the capacities and potential of retarded children." In addition to the pilot program, Straw berry Fields owns two townhouses in Centre County. The townhouses provide housing for educable retarded youths who do not have a criminal record. Marshall said she believes that this program has been very successful, since it has created "quality relationships" between the parents and children and has developed the potential of the youths as much as possible. .dc ea.,a-ed-oaei. He coulda had Al grand-and she could' Permissiveness runs rampant up here WANT SOME liAppily • TO 11N -- ME! Summer ,so Ott! .n' cheap man. Flew:; cdene you ear jiwe ‘zootaitce. r cite* ee -.1-;a4-cicief He coulda had a _ Jndred grand-and she coulda had me:Permissiveness runs rampant up here on Golden Pond. I WANT SOME hAPPILY EVERAFTER TO 11APPEN TO ME! steotmet Cheap? I don't own nothin'cheap except you:Chadic is our mailman. He was also my boyfriend ever} summer lor twelve years. He taught me everything! TONIOT I Low )7( LESS THAN I Will TOMC rp2 t4i Capture the look and the sound of the 1950's in a rollicking musical that salutes the rock'n'roll era. The Playhouse; July 30-August 2, August 4.9, 11-16. Hall also said the British exercise special powers without acknowledging that the IRA is fighting a legitimate war. ,ty/4 1 „ "The British rounded up people when (IRA hunger striker ""'N Bobby) Sands was killed who they thought might cause lence under some special powers act," he said. "It implies a war situation but they won't say the IRA is fighting a war.'! Sands recently died because of a hunger strike in the Maze Prison in an attempt to force Britain to grant IRA prisioners political status. . [ l , • t McClure said Britain uses unfair legal practices to discrimi nate against Northern Ireland. "They have their cake and they're eating it too," she said. 7, "They say Northern Ireland is part of Britain yet Northern Ireland does not operate under the same laws." ' Hall said Sands was a victum of unfair laws. 1,4 f When Sands was arrested he was in a car with several other ?' people and all were sentenced to 14 years in prison for ip possession of a gun, he said. "Maybe they broke the gun up, one owned the barrel, the other the bullet . . ." Hall said. In addition, Katie McKenna, (3rd-business) said about :80 percent of the convictions of IRA prisioners come about through confessions. Several participants in the forum said media coverage of Northern Ireland favored the British point of view. ri, "All of the information, up to recent occurances, come from the byways of the British government," Hall said. "If (The Associated Press) or (United Press International) had one full time person there, it would be a much better situation." Book. H u nt and LyrICS by Jim Jacobs • and Warren Casey By IRIS NAAR Daily Collegian Staff Writer Amid protest, the residents of Warren These goals have been achieved House were told earlier 'this year their through a "mainstreaming" program, .house would be converted to an interest the introduction of retarded children into i house next year. To help avoid controversy a regular school atmosphere, and a pa- .; that may surface when residence hall stu rental relief program, which includes dents are told they will be relocated, the housing the youngsters and assuming the - offices of Residential Life and Housing are responsbility of caring for them, Mar- developing a structured housing plan. shall said. "I think it became aware to all of us that 7,!; • we needed to plan more," said Patricia Another permanent program is de- :At:Peterson, associate director of Residential signed to help mentally limited adults, _,4; Life. who can hold vocational employment and Housing and Residential Life created a handle less complex intellectual prob- ~;;.list of issues that needed to be addressed, lems sufficiently, to live productive lives ,! .she said; and gave them to the Panhellenic on their oWn. Marshall said a trained, Qouncil, ' the Interfraternity Council, the mobile staff helps, the adults through ; 1;1 1 .. service-oriented programs such as nion ey management, finding them places to live, getting them jobs, shopping .for groceries and coping with loneliness. ' T;•11(' Strawberry Fields' Day Camp, the ,;, only seasonal program offered, provides ; i retarded youths with recreation during the summer. Because of rising transpor tation costs and a limited budget, the o o„; i , program, usually divided into three loca- l iN:: tions, will be limited to two central areas this year, Brent Pichler, director of sum mer programs, said. we've years. i Love you MORN INCi! Food co-op a community effort By JEAN WYCKOFF Daily Collegian Staff Writer Cooperation, low prices plus a store front on East College Avenue equals Our Store, a community of People committed to a project to save food dollars. 'Our Store is a food co-op, a group of people who combine their time and energy to buy food at whole sale prices. The co-op is a community where the members work together for mutual benefit. The two basic concepts of this food coop are: • Food should not be sold fok• profit. • By working together, many of the costly mid dlemen in the food distribution system can be elimi nated and prices can be reduced. Each store member helps run and manage the store, trading his voluntary labor for lower prices. Store members have reported anywhere from a 20 percent to 30 percent net savings on food purchases. Although membership in the co-op is open to any interested party, most of the members are students at the University. Lori Berger (graduate-philosophy) said, "The savings are tremendous." A price comparison between Weis Markets and Our Store revealed the savings by shopping at the food co-op. For example, a half-gallon of whole milk at Weis costs $1.03, but is only 87 cents at Our Store. PSU creating housing plan to ease conflict I9 j \ ~7, COfilini.s s /1. 7 JUNCTIoN of COLLEGE. 4 sowMs_ •:1 4 WE'VE GOT THE KEY for your ummer Sublet NOW RENTING FOR SUMMER AND PALL-3 AND 12 MONTH LEASES „ • Americana House • Fairmont Hills 119 Locust Lane 215 W. Fairmont • Collegiate Arms • Highland Towers 218 S. Sparks St. 226 Highland Ave. • Fairmont East • • Laurel Terrace 215 W. Fairmont 315-327 East Beaver ALL APARTMENTS NGER INQUIRE WITHIN . DOWNSTAIRS WALKING &AssocKEs AT O.UR DISTANCE Realtors . OFFICE OF • OR CALL , CAMPUS 245 South Allen St. • 238-4400 ~~~? E' r 1 Potatoes are 28 cents per pound at Weis, but 18 cents at Our Store. A loaf of Country Hearth bread sells for 90 cents at Weis, but only 74 cents at the co-op. Of the 15 or so different items The Daily Collegian com pared prices among, Our Store offered at least a 5- cents savings on every item. Berger also said she likes the fict that every member can vote in store elections to decide what products to buy and the fact that the store is not profit oriented. "Your personality is into the store," she said. Bob Fochler, store coordinator, Said the store sells a variety of food products including fresh fruits and vegetables, dairy products, bread, fish, fowl and basics. "We don't carry the variety a supermarket does, such as frozen foods or cleaning goods, but then most members shop somewhere else for these items," he said. The store began nine years ago with about a dozen members, operating from someone's basement, Fochler said. It's come a long way since then. The present membership count is 700, and the co op occupies its own store front, located between The Tavern and Kranich's Jewelers on College Avenue. • Most co-ops begin as food-buying clubs, Fochler said. A group of people pre-order specific items from a Association of Residence Hall Students and the Interest House Advisory Board to get input from the groups. "We wanted their .input on these issues before we developed proposals for the fu ture," she said. The groups were given a list of 22 ques tions, which included: • Should all sorority/fraternity mem bers have reserved space? • Should all interest houses have re served space? • Should there be an upper limit on the number of spaces reserved for athletes? • If off-campus members of reserved space groups wish to move on campus, should they be subject to the same housing policies that apply to other students who wish to move on campus? "One of the things we want to avoid is the • Should athletes who are admitted late disruptive kind of thing that happened this be given regular space while other late year with the expansion of the interest admits are given temporary space? • house program and sororities," she said. Peterson said she has received responses The proposal should identify certain loca from all the groups except IFC. tions as possible displacement locations, `Over the summer, the Housing and Resi- and establish timetables so students who dential Life staffs will review the groups' may be relocated are given adequate and input and develop several proposals, she fair notice, she said. said. The staff hopes to give the proposals to the input groups around the beginning of ARHS President Chris Calkins said a goal Fall Term. of the proposal is to establish criteria for "We would hope decisions could be made housing spaces. ip early in Fall Term," Peterson said. In response to some of the questions put to Students would then be given plenty of ARHS, Calkins said the total upper limit for notice that certain areas could be displace- sorority reserved spaces should be 1,100. ment areas in the 1982-83 year and beyond, Sororities are now entitled to approxi she said. mately-1,060 spaces, he said. 2 TACOS FOR $1.00! Offer good this Mon., Tues., and Wed. I 4 " Good with this coupon only. ' g t s: I I 1 "4141 BALFURD CLEANERS So before money is unnecessarily Ihtaken off your security deposit, bring in your draperies fora Quality Cleaning! 320 W. Beaver Ave. wholesale manufacturer and split the costs. As mem bership increases and greater quantities of food are purchased, the effort comes to be known as a food co operative. "I'm really interested in working or participating in my own food production," Anne Yenchko (grad uate-human development and family studies) said. "That I can contribute to that process is really important to me, in a time when corporations seem to have taken over." Yenchko said the concept of a food co-op is a valuable aid to her in teaching her two children certain values, such as recognizing that they do have options and choices in this society. "Those of us who want a say can have a say. We're not helpless people in the system," Yenchko said. "The vast majority of food co-operatives have emerged since the early 1970 s in direct response to an increased concern for nutrition or a desire to control prices," according to a newsletter compiled by Har old Neigh, a consumer marketing specialist at the University. "Consumers today want good food at reasonable prices and many , feel, rightly or wrongly, that they aren't getting that at the supermarket," he wrote. Julia Decoudres (13th-food service and housing administration) said, "I realize I'm not getting ripped off." ains U Phone for takeouts 131 S. Garner 234.4725 (near College & Garner) Open Mon• Thurs 11.12 Fri & Sat 112.30 Serving Pepsi Cola Sun 1.11 237-7661 University police give on-campus protection Editor's Note: University Police Serv ices offers a ride-along program in which any interested student may ride for two hours with a police officer while he or she patrols the campus. Daily Collegian staff writer Becky Jones rode with Officer Gus Kostas on Wednesday night, to find out what University police do while on pa trol. By BECKY JONES Daily Collegian Staff Writer The purpose of University Police Serv ices is to "strive to provide an atmo sphere free from fear for personal safety, property loss, or accident• and thereby contribute to the academic ex cellence of The Pennsylvania State Uni versity," according to a University police pamphlet. But many students feel the sole pur pose of University police is to harass them, and arrest them for underage drinking. However, the pamphlet says the police are primarily a community-service oriented organization, and should spend a greater amount of time on non-criminal service. , Police accomplish their "mission" by patrolling the campus both on foot and in cars. When an officer patrols the campus in a car, he or she has a specified district to cover. Police divide the campus into five districts, each covered by one mobile unit. For example, Kostas' district covered Shortlidge Road to Bigler Road and Col lege Avenue to Park Avenue, encompas sing Centre, South, Pollock and Nittany halls. While driving around, police may cite drivers whose cars have equipment vio lations, such as inoperative tail lights. They also may be called to help officers in other districts when they have a prob lem requiring more than one person, he said. Police may put 25 miles a night on the Chi Omega is proud to announce their newest initiates: Congratulations! We're so excited to call you sisters! 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SARAH FIEHRER and ANDREA BEVILACQUA cars, Kostas said, except for the officer patrolling the farm district who may put on 35 miles. The limit is imposed to conserve gas, he • said, and decrease maintenance costs. Officers patrolling the campus in cars spend appoximately 75 percent of their shift in the car, and must patrol on foot for the rest of the time. Officer Randy Hoffman said foot patrol gets the police closer to the people, possibly gets them to know some stu dents and lets them see possible crimes in progress. In addition, their presence may act as a deterrent to crime, he said. While on foot, officers perform a num ber of services around campus. They may check in on night receptionists in the dorms to make sure things are running smoothly and they take care of dorm lockouts after 11 p.m. Sometimes they will go through park ing lots to ticket illegally parked cars, Kostas said. The nights patrolling in cars are gener ally pretty quiet, Kostas said, with more activity on Wednesday, Friday and Sat urday nights from partiers. However, football weekends provide police withmuch more activity. They must deal with traffic from out-of-town ers and the many drunks at the games. During their shifts, officers must keep duty logs of the evening, Kostas said. They indicate when they stop cars for violations, when they check in on night receptionists and similar activities. Kostas also said that officers call in to the switchboard to let them kneow when they stop a car and where, so that if something happens someone will know where the officer is.
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