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By ANNE ('ONNEL{S
Daily Collegian Staff %Vritei
Although a majority of senators were absent from
the meeting, the Undergraduate Student Government
Senate last night began the first step in approving a
new constitution which would remove the USG
Executive Council from USG.
It looked as if the senate was not going to have
enough votes to pass the bill when town Senator Kim
Kolback left before the legislation was voted upon.
However, Senator Henry Min was called in at the last
minute to replace Kolback's vote.
To pass any legislation, the senate must have at
least half of its members present. At last night's
meeting, 15 senators were present out of 29.
The new constitution still has to be\aPproved by
USG's Academic Assembly, the Executive Council
and, finally. the USG Supreme Court.
Fraternity Senator Jim Krauss, who headed the •
committee that rewrote the bill, said he thought the
Academic Assembly would vote on the bill at
tomotrow night's meeting.
Academic Assembly President Chris Hopwood has
said that the assembly will have no problem in
passing the new constitution.
After the meeting, USG Vice President Ken Reeves
said he was not pleased with the low turnout.
"I'm a little disappointed at the progress it's (the
senate) made," he said.-Ilowever, Reeves said, •
"(The senate's) not doomed for the year."
The new constitution was passed with prolonged
debate.
East Halls Senator Darnell llaisey said, "Wouldn't
in-effect, you be making Executive Council the '
almighty, representing grads, undergrads . . . I
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Israeli treaty plans remain
By ARTHUR AIRS
Associated Press Write'
JERUSALEM (AP) After some hesitation, Israel has
decided to plunge ahead with its peace with Egypt. But
problems remain, principally the issue of Palestinian
autonomy, that will take more than goodwill to resolve.
Prime Minister Menachem Begin's Cabinet on Sunday
reached a reportedly unanimous decison . to carry out its
treaty obligations with Egypt, barring any new
unexpected shock.
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The key commitment is the scheduled withdrawal next
April from the Sinai Peninsula, which will leave Israel's
southern flank shorn of its protective buffer zone.
"It is very clear that we have to go on with the peace
process even without Sadat as if Sadat were still alive,"
said Deputy Prime Minister Simcha Ehrlich.
The Egyptian leader's assassination shook Israel. whose
people have long been apprehensive about giving back
territory for an intangible promise of eternal peace that
could easily be broken. especially once the last Israeli left
the Sinai.
As long as Sadat was in firm control, the Israelis were
willing to take the risk. After his death, the Israelis'
immediate reaction was to wait and see. Nobody rushed to
Senate OKs constitution
Many senators absent from meeting
don't see a need for another major student
organization."
But USG President Bill Cluck, who said he
advocates the change, said the new constitution was
the executives' response to the Penn State University
Student Association referendum. If the referendum
had passed last Spring Term, it would have created a
centralized student government which would have
replaced USG.
"We felt - the, need for a centralized meeting of the
minds but we didn't want to take autonomy away
from existing groups," he said.
Senator Gary Pierce, who was the sole abstaining
vote, suggested postponing the vote Until more
senators could be present.
But Krauss said the senate knew the bill was to be
voted on tonight and that action should not be delayed
further.
"I think the entire senate knew it would be voted on
if they decided not to show up it's their perogative
and I think we should vote on it," Krauss said.
Other changes to the constitution include: inserting
a membership clause to conform with present
Supreme Court guidelines, changing the percent of
students needed to pass a referendum from 40
percent to 25 percent and rewording the constitution.
Another debate was also ignited at the meeting
when USG Supreme Court Chief Justice Gary
Kazmer presented some amendments to USG's
Election and Appropriations Code Act.
Krauss said a section of the act dealing with how.
students would be represented was contradictory.
The act stated that all areas would be represented by
two senators and also that representation would be
broken down to one for every 825 students.
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assure Egypt that the assassination would not affect the
situation.
"If the peace process continues, the Israeli withdrawal
from Sinai also will continue," said Foreign Minister
Yitzhak Shamir, while Begin said nothing more than that
he hoped peace would develop uninterrupted.'
Butros Ghali, Egypt's minister of state for foreign
affairs, was quoted yesterday as saying in an Israeli
newspaper interview, "We were afraid that the Israelis
would now find an excuse for not honoring their
commitments."
Indeed, Israeli nationalists claimed vindication for their
hard line and predicted the peace process would crumble
without Sadat. In Jewish settlements in Sinai, slogans
appeared saying, "Bury the peace with Sadat." Souvenir
shops sold T-shirts emblazoned with" Stop the
Withdrawal."
The change came when Begin attended Sadat's funeral.
At first there had been some doubt whether he would go,
but not only did the prime minister fly to Egypt, but he also
took his ministers of defense, interior and foreign affairs.
All three are deeply involved in the peace process, and the
size and prestige of the delegation was meant to impress
upon the Egyptians Israel's commitment to the peace.
Begin later related that in his first meeting with Hosni
Mubarak, Sadat's designated successor, the two almost
spontaneously vowed to each other, "Peace forever."
"I am convinced the peace process will continue," Begin
told his Cabinet, describing his 90-minute talk with
Mubarak.
Professor
By DENNIS SNYI)ER
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
A University professor of dairy
physiology has received a 1981 Wolf
Foundation award one of the highest
awards in agriculture for his work in
artificial insemination of livestock.
John 0. Almquist will share the
$lOO,OOO award with Henry-A: Lardy of
the University of Wisconsin and Glen
W. Salisbury of the University of
Illinois.
Almquist will receive the award in a
ceremony at the Israeli parliament,
the Knesset, in March. The president
of Israel and other national leaders
will be present.
Almquist said-the award came as a
complete surprise.
"It was just one of those shockers,"
he said.
He said announcement of the award
usually comes in September, and
because he hadn't heard from the
foundation, he assumed he didn't win.
.University President John W.
Oswald said, "I congratulate Dr.
Almquist and his distinguished
colleagues. This is a very prestigious
award, and it brings great honor to Dr.
Almquist and to Penn State."
Samuel H. Smith, dean of the
University's College of Agriculture,
said the award will show individuals in
the scientific community the
contributions that can be made by the
college. He also said it would give
recognition to the college itself.
"It will be an encouragement to the
members of the College of
Agriculture," Smith said.
Almquist said he thought the award
is .the highest pos'sible prize given in
agriculture, and that it is recognized
around the world.
"Anyone making a contribution to
The Supreme Court amended the act so that it now
reads that apportionment of senators will he
numerical -- one senator to every 825 students,
Kazmer said.
This could change how many senators represent
each area, Kazmer said. He said he also asked
Association of Residence Hall Students President
Chris Calkins to provide him with the number of
students living in the residence halls as of last
Friday..'
After he receives this number, Kazmer said he
would figure out what areas would stand to lose or
gain senators.
The court also defined East Halls as being one area
and not three separate districts.
But some East Halls senators thought that the
court had overstepped its jtirisdiction in
reapportioning East Halls.
"You sat here and you decided an issue you
decided an issue as a legislative body and you had no
right to do that," said East Halls Senator Darryl
Daisey.
But Kazmer said the court has the power and
authority to set a precedent.
Cluck disagreed with the court and said he would
appeal the court's ruling at its Sunday night meeting.
Cluck declined to comment why he was appealing the
decision.
To help streamline certain laws and codes, the
senate also resolved to form a Constitutional and
Codes Committee to review these problems.
In other business:
• The senate approved the appointment of Bob
Bielaus as the new Supreme Court chief justice.
receives agriculture award
research in agriculture in the world is
eligible," he said. "I know the highest
award in animal science in this
country is only a $3,000 award."
Almquist said that he and the other
two men are being recognized for their
efforts to make artificial insemination
of livestock a "practical field •
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He said he is being honored for his
work in three major areas:
• The addition of antibiotics,
primarily a combination of penicillin
and streptomycin, to bull semen to
control bacteria present in the semen.
He said that techniques he has
developed at the University may have
saved $3l million nationally, and $6OO
million in the world each year.
Almquist said the techniques resulted
in an 11 percent increase in overall
cattle fertility.
• Increased insemination of cattle
which results in an increase in milk
and meat production. Techniques
developed by Almquist and his
colleagues at the University are
responsible for the insemination of
$lOO,OOO cows a year, and three-fourths
of all dairy cows in Pennsylvania.
• New, techniques in the processing
of bull semen, especially the thawing
of the semen. Almquist said the
techniques are in use throughout the
state, and may be adopted nationwide
soon.
Almquist said he is glad to see
agriculture getting the kind of
recognition it is receiving from the
award
"I am extremely pleased that
agriculture, through this Wolf prize, is
now receiving recognition because
agricultural teaching, research and
extension has contributed to the fact
that in the United States no one has to
Thatcher under fire
tight economic policies
BLACKPOOL, England (AP)
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher,
insisting "all is well as she arrived
for a crucial Conservative Party
conference, came under renewed
attack yesterday from fellow
Conservatives opposed to tier tight
money policies.
Former Prime Minister Edward
Heath, her leading critic and the
man she ousted from the party
leadership in 1975, said Britain's 12.2
percent unemployment a 50-year
record has "blighted the lives of
millions."
As Thatcher's popUlarity poll
rating slump midway through her 5
year term, disillusioned party
moderates see the annual
conference, opening today, as the
last chance to implement a policy
shift before the next election, which
must be held by May 1984.
But Chancellor of the Exchequer
Sir Geoffrey Howe signaled Sunday
that dissidents, estimated by soem
political commentators to comprise
up to one-third of her 334 legislators
Soviets: U.S. is pressuring
MOSCOW (AP) The Soviet
government issued an official
statement early yesterday accusing
the United States of exerting "gross
pressure" on Egypt by alerting
American military forces after the
assassination of Egyptian President
Anwar Sadat.
In an unusual move, a dispatch by
the official 'Pass news agency said,
"The Soviet government resolutely
condemns U.S. attempts at
interfering in any way in the internal
affairs of the Arab Republic of
•
Egypt.
"What is happening around Egypt
cannot but affect the interests of the
Soviet Union's security and it will
attentively follow the development
of events."
The statement, apparently written
by top Kremlin leaders, did not refer
directly to the assassination
Tuesday nor did it specify how
developments in Egypt involved
Soviet security.
Tass occasionally prints "'Pass
statements" that serve as major
Soviet policy pronouncements. but it
rarely carries direct government-to
government communications. It
began yesterday'sdispatch by
saying, '"l'he following statement by
the government of the USSR to the
government of the USA has been
issued here."
A U.S. Embassy spokesman said
he had "no comment" on the
statement.
go hungry," he said
He said the award was a success
story of U.S. agriculture, and of the
University's College of Agriculture in
particular.
One of the men sharing the award
with Almquist, Salisbury, was a
former instructor of Almquist's at
Cornell University. Almquist said it
was Salisbury who first interested him
in the field of animal science.
Salisbury sent him a congratulatory
letter, saying he was "tickled pink" at
sharing the award with him, he said.
in the 635-member House of
Commons, could expect little change
when Thatcher makes her keynote
address Friday.
"We have to hang on to the course
we are following," Howe said in a
television interview.
A stormy debate is expected at the
four-day meeting over her economic
program, based on restricting the
supply of money in order to hols
sown inflation. The program has
been accompanied by high interest
rates and slow economic growth.
"All is well, all is very well,"
Thatcher told reporters confidently
as she arrived amid security,
tightened because of Saturday's
fatal bomb blast in London by the
Irish Republican Army.
One. dissenting voice here was that
of former Commons leader Norman
St. John-Stevas, whO was fired from
the Cabinet last January.
"There is widespread disquiet
throughout the party at the way
things are going," he said.
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Published by students of The Pennsylvania State Universi
The Soviet government statement
said: "In recent days. the United
States of America practices gross
pressure on a sovereign state the
Arab Republic of Egypt. The
sending of warships to the shores of
Egypt, the alerting of Marine units
which are in the Mediterranean area
as well as of the so-called Rapid
Deployment Forces which are
stationed on U.S. territory can only
be regarded in this way.
"In the same way inadmissible
are U.S. officials' statements
virtually made to order the
Egyptians how they should act.
"The government of the USA
should he aware that its actions in
connection with what happened in
Egypt are not only unlawful but also
increase dangerous tension in the
entire area.
"All this does not tally with those
statements which were repeatedly
made by U.S. leaders about the need
to show restraint in international
relations and not to interfere in the
internal affairs of other countries.
"It is perfectly evident that no .
internal events taking place in this
or that state, in Egypt in this case,
can serve as a justification for such
actions on the part of a foreign
power, actions incompatible with
the universally recognized norms of
relations between states.
John Almquist
Almquist came to the University in
1944, and had for his research
laboratory a desk and chair in a room
in Borland Laboratory. It has since
expanded into the Dairy Breeding
Research Laboratory near East Halls.
The Wolf Foundation honors
contributions made in the fields of
agriculture, mathematics, chemistry,
physics and medicine. Winners are
selected by committees consisting of
members from various countries. This
year's committees include six Nobel
laureates
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• The semester schedules for
the University will offer a 45-block
variation. Charts of the different
blocks and their explanation are on
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or Although one fan - received a
minor injury after being struck by a
marshmallow, fan behavior at Satur
day's football game significantly
improved from last week's game,
the director of University safety said
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• Penn State was denied the No.
1 position in the AP football poll.
outranked by Texas Page 10
weather
Some morning fog and haze giv
ing way to partly sunny skies once
again today. High temperatures will
be around 66 degrees. Fair and cool
tonight with low temperatures close
to 40 degrees. Increasing cloudi
ness and warmer tomorrow with a
few showers possible by evening.
High temperatures in the upper 60's
to low 70's.
—by Mark Stunder