Beaver
Many object
By STELLA TSAI
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
Many residents of Beaver Hall last
night objected to the probable
conversion of two of their floors into
coed interest houses.
They said the housing change would
displace those who now live on floors
targeted for interest houses Fall Term.
"Insofar as possible we will relocate
you as a group," Pat Peterson,
associate director of the Office of •
Residential Life Programs, told the
concerned students.
The • displaced students would
receive first priority after
reassignments in any residence hall
area after the initial displacement,
Peterson said. In addition, they would
be notified well in advance of their
relocation, she said.
Despite the assignment proposals
suggested by Peterson, several .
students opposed the idea.
"It's their excuse to go to coed
housing in order to reduce damages,"
said Gary Packer (sth-petroleum
engineering.) •
Ken O'Neill (11th-marketing)
produced data concerning damage
costs becauSe many residents believed
that damages from previous yiars
were the major reason for the 'probable
introduction of interest housing into
Beaver. On one sorority floor there
was a 10 percent increase in damage
cost, while first floor Beaver reduced
its costs to $11.30, he said.
In response to O'Neill, Peterson
said, "Dainages will not be used as an
issue. The physical configuration of
Beaver is ideal for coed living."
However, this fact does not make
Beaver "Interest House Hall," she
said. •
Andy Mozenter, assistant director of
Residence Hall Programs in South
Halls, said, "Beam has been cited as
Proposal would transfer
hospital. to Hershey
By DINA DEFABO
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
Gov. Dick Thornburgh proposed
legislation Wednesday to transfer
the Elizabethtown Hospital for
Children and Youth from the state
Department of Health to the
University's Milton S. Hershey
Medical Center.
Thornburgh said he proposed the
legislation to "significantly expand
rehabilitation services to disabled
people across Pennsylvania."
"Since this is the International
Year of the Disabled Person, I can
think of no more appropriate a time
to take steps that will expand and
strengthen the rehabilitation;
therapy and medical services
provided to disabled persons at
Elizabethtown Hospital, a facility
that is unique in the state,"
Thornburgh said in a news release
The hospital, established in 1925,
inside
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• Opening its dual meet season
on a victorious note, the wrestling
team easily defeated Cornell 45.0
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• Paul West, professor of En
glish and comparative literpture,
believes writing is rewriting. Every
line has problems and the only
thing is to keep solving, them
weather
Cloudy with periods of snow, oc
casionally mixed with rain today,
tapering off to snow flurries by the
early evening. Accumulations be
tween a dusting to around an inch
are likely. High temperatures near
35 degrees. Low temperatures near
28. Variable cloudiness, windy and
cold tomorrow, with snow flurries.
High temperatures near 32. Partly
cloudy tomorrow night with low
temperatures near 25.
—by Mark Stunder
residents object to plan
to probable displacement for interest housing
Steve Cummins, center, executive vice president of the Association of Residence Hall Students, and Karen Gravlin, ARHS vice
president, listen to comments made at a meeting of Beaver Hall residents last night.
a good place for interest houses and
it's going to happen."
Houses under consideration for
relocation are the Human .
Development House, formerly
Multiple Roles, now located in Tener
Hall, and the Engineering and . ApPlied
Sciences House in Porter Hall.
Although Beaver was better suited
for interest houses, the possibility
existed last year that it would be used
as an athletic interest house building,
now provides rehabilitation,
physical therapy and surgical
services to patients under age 21.
Under the proposal, the state will
lease the 45-bed hospital to the
Medical Center on July 1, 1982,
provided the legislation is approved
University President John W.
Oswald said he was very happy that
the "University's Medical Center
can meet the needs as requested by
the Commonwealth in the
development of a major
rehabilitation center.
In addition to expanding medical
services to patients of all ages,
Thornburgh said the transfer is
advantageous because the quality
and scope of care will be enhanced
by a full range of medical services
available at the Medical Center.
Under the proposal, the Medical
Cen '
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Fund raiser planned to benefit Constantine
By BRIAN E. BOWERS
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
A fund-raising campaign is being held for the
benefit of Norman Constantine, Nittany Lion
mascot from 1978 to 1980, who has been in a coma
since an October automobile accident, a
University spokeswoman said.
Members of several University student
organizations will conduct a fund-raising phone
a-thon for Constantine from Dec. 14 to 17, said
Mary H. Dunkle, manager of the News Bureau of
the University Office of Public Information.
Letters will also be sent to presidents of Penn
State alumni clubs across the country, and
newspapers are doing stories on the event to help
reach as many alumni as possible, said Mary
Beth Johnstone, an alumna who is coordinating
the campaign
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The main participants in the phone-a-thon will
be the Penn State Cheerleaders, Alpha Chi
Omega sorority and Parmi Nous honor society,
Johnstone said. If more volunteers are needed,
other student groups will be asked to help
participate.
The phone-a-thou , will be mainly directed at
alumni who graduated from 1977 to 1981 since
they are the people who knew Constantine and
saw him most on the football field, she said.
The Office of Gifts and Endowments, the
Office of Student Affairs, the athletic
department and the Alumni Association will
assist in the fund-raising effort, Johnstone said.
People who are not called during the phone-a
thon should not refrain from contributing to the
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Peterson said. This plan did not
fabricate, thus allowing Beaver to be a
potential candidate for future interest
houses.
The reserved spaces for students
involved in the interest houses are
limited to 1,800, she said. Because
there are already 1,540 spaces
occupied there is not much room for
expansion, she said.
The concept of interest Muses was
founded at the University by
Jewish settlers violently oppose withdraw/
By ARTHUR MAX
Associated Press Writer '
JERUSALEM (AP) The United
States and Israel published a joint
declaration yesterday aimed at
clearing the way for European
participation in the Sinai peacekeeping
force. But Jewish settlers opposed to
Israel's planned withdrawal from
Sinai in April staged violent protests in
the area.
They burned a government office in
the Sinai town of Yamit on the
Mediterranean and barricaded the
town gates to protest the government's
refusal to meet their compensation
demands. The office was damaged but
there were no injuries.
The joint declaration said the 2,400-
man force, half of it American, will
have the functions defined in the
Egyptian-Israel peace treaty and an
attached protocol, "and there can be
no derrogation or reservation from
them."
The declaration said Europe agreed,
in letters to the United States dated
Nov. 26, that "they have attached no
fund because it is not possible to call everyone
who may be interested in giving, she said.
Those wishing to contribute to the fund should
make checks payable to Associated Student
Activities Norman Constantine Fund. The
checks should be sent to 202 HUB, Dunkin said
Dunkle said Constantine was active in many
University activities and in charities.
Johnstone said, "I knew Norm when he was
here, but I couldn't keep track of all he did. Penn
State meant a lot to him."
Many people have asked her about Constantine
and expressed a lot of concern, she said. Many
have been willing to help him since the accident,
she said.
"It shows that this University really does pull
together," Johnstone said.
She said she goes to see Constantine about
every other week.
"I tell him (about how people feel and what
they are doing) and I get the feeling he knows
what's going on," she said.
Johnstone went to see Constantine yesterday
and said although he is not in intensive care, he is
still in a coma, and the doctors are noncommittal
about whether he will come out of it.
Dunkle said she contacted Constantine's
mother who said his recovery is "in God's
hands." His mother also said she has received
many cards and letters offering encouragement
that are a great comfort.
For information on , the fund-raising effort or
Constantine, call Johnstone at 717-569-5928.
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University President John W. Oswald
11 years ago after he observed the
success of these houses at Oxford and
Cambridge.
The thoughts of displacement and
potential separation of floor members
are what disturb most Beaver
residents. "Even though we come
together by computer cards, after a
while it beeorne§ like an interest house
,anyway," said Keith Flodine (9th
accounting).
political conditions" to their
participation.
The clarifications by Britain,
France, Italy and the Netherlands
appeared to be a retreat from their
earlier position linking the force to
progress on the Palestinian issue.
European peacekeepers to
WASHINGTON (AP) European peacekeepers will go
to Sinai in April under a compromise agreement that
appears to be a diplomatic triumph for Israel and a
setback for the Palestine Liberation Organization.
Yielding to Prime Minister Menachem Begin's
government, the Reagan administration yesterday
declared its opposition to the Europeans' call fora PLO
role in Middle East negotiations.
The Europeans, at U.S. behest, were willing to separate
their political views from the peacekeeping job as a
condition for joining the Sinai force.
The gain for the United States is to broaden the
composition of the Sinai force, giving it an. international
flavor even thOugh the United Nations is not involved.
Without the Europeans, the United States was hard
pressed to find other countries to join the force. Most of the
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Education good investment
for economy, too, study says
By RON WATERS
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
Investing in higher education may
have greater benefits than realized
for both individuals and the
economy, according to a study
released recently by the
Pennsylvania Economy League,
Inc.
The benefits for college graduates
listed in the study are increased
leadership, inventive and
proprietary skills, enhanced
employment prospects and higher
income.
Along with the individual's and
society's benefits, the study
concludes that making a strong
financial investment in higher
education benefits the state
economy.
For every dollar invested in the
state's 197 higher education
institutions by both public and
private sources, $1.70 is returned to
the state economy, it said. Higher
education-related spending totaled
$4.2 billion, while revenue
originating in the state totaled only
$2.5 million in 1979.
For every dollar spent outside the
state, colleges and universities •
brought back $2.02, the study says.
That resulted in $5OO million for the
state's economy.
'For the individual, the report
says, "there is agreement that a
college graduate, having completed
successfully a rigorous academic
discipline, will (or should) have a
broadened intellectual capacity as a
result. Also, in addition to having
experienced a general cultural
enlightenment, a college graduate is
expected to possess greater
tolerance and/or acceptance of
divergent view points."
In 1979, the median income for a
person who completed four or more
years of college Was $26,614
compared to $18,310 for an
individual with four years of high
The four countries alarmed Israel
when they announced they would send
troops, but at the same time
underscored Europe's Mideast policy
calling for inclusion of the Palestine
Liberation Organization.
The joint statement was aimed at
Arab world as well as the Soviet Union and its supporters
are shunning the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty.
Only Colombia, Uruguay and Fiji were willing to join.
But now, once the British, French, Dutch and Italian
governments give their final approval, the United States
expects Canada, Australia and New Zealand to jump
aboard, too.
"We think this is something that will be worked out in a
reasonably short time," a senior State Department official
said Thursday in announcing terms of the agreement.
Israel was loath to include the Europeans because their
governments called last year in Venice for the PLO's
"association" with peace talks. Since the PLO is sworn to
dismantle the Jewish state, Israel with U.S. approval
shuns Yasser Arafat's organization.
Norm Constantine
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üblished by students of The Pennsylvania State University
school, according to Federal
Department of Commerce figures
cited in the study.
The report states the difference
between incomes increased during
the last decade. That contrasts to the
findings of some reserchers who
said the income difference was
narrowing.
Many other researchers believe
the narrowing was only temporary,
it says, for they believe future long
term growth will generate a demand
for the college educated.
"Even in periods of economic
downturn, college-trained workers
are usually unemployed less often
and for shorter durations than non
graduates," the study states.
Society benefits by the increased
productivity of college graduates,
according to the report, because a
greater tax base is created.
In addition, the study says college
graduates comprise a
disproportionate number of those
performing voluntary charity work.
Higher education is the state's
13th largest employer, with one job
out of 27 related to the higher
education. Its $1.5 billion annual
payroll for direct employees is the
ninth-largest in the state, excluding
government. The related field
payroll is $2.5 billion, or $3 out of
every $lOO, excluding agriculture.
Any threat to higher education,
such as inflated costs, exaggerated
interest rates and recurring
recessions, or even a decrease in
college and university attendence,
repiesents a multiple threat to the
state economy, it says.
Overall, the number of bachelor
degrees awarded is expected to drop
from 55,800 this year to 49,800 in 10
years.
The percentage of the 18 to 24 age
group enrolled in these institutions is
33 percent; 6 percent lower than the
national average.
severing the link between the force and
Eurppe's policy. It said the United
States "understands and appreciates"
Israel's concern at the linkage, and
"recognizes that some of (Europe's)
positions are at variance with its own
positions."
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