2_ The Daily Collegian Thursday, March 11, 1982
Groups ratify USG constitution; propose amendment
By MARCY MERMEL
Collegian Staff Writer
The Undergraduate Student Government constitution has
been ratified.by two-thirds of the organizations represented in
the USG Executive Council, USG President Bill Cluck said at
the council meeting last night.
The only step that remains is approval by the USG Supreme
Court, which will meet March 20, Cluck said.
However, an Exec Council committee will meet to discuss the
wording of a constitutional amendment that would return the
council to USG, Cluck said. Under .the new constitution, the
council would become a separate organization from USG.
The amendment would be brought to the council for dis
cussion, he said. Late last term, members of the council
decided establishment of the independent council should not be
forced on next year's officers.
Women's Forum discusses how 'Old ideas die hard'
By STELLA TSAI
Collegian Staff Writer
Cunning. Lender. Extortioner. Heretic. Words of a
deraga tory nature?
Roget's Thesauraus (1979 Classical Edition) lists
them as synonyms to "Jew," said Bernard Bronstein,
adviser for the Division of Undergraduate Studies.
• A discussion on anti-semitism in society led by
Bronstein was one of the topics pursued by members of
the Women's Forum yesterday.
• The seminar, "Old Ideas Die Hard," confronted the
issues of anti-semitism, racism, and sexism.
Bronstein said the word "Jew" also has reached verb
status "to beat down in price."
"That's what people find in every office, every home,
and every school," he said. •
According to the Anti-Defamation League the number
of incidents of anti-semitism has increased for the third
consecutive year, Bronstein said. The Northeast report
ed the highest number of episodes.
In January 1979, several University students distrib
uted brochures released by the All African Peoples
Revolutionary Party that created a furor, he said.
The third page of the pamphlet states: "Almost all of
The constitution was ratified by the USG Senate, USG's
Academic Assembly, the Association of Residence Hall Stu
dents, the Organization for Town Independent Students, Black
Caucus and the Hetzel Union Board. The Penn State Veteran's
Organization rejected the constitution and the Interfraternitv
Council and Panhellenic Council did not vote on it.
Also, Cluck said that the American Association of University
Students, an organization of the 25 largest private schools in the
nation, wants to expand to include the 25 largest state universi
ties and has invited the University to join.
The association is concerned primirily with academic issues,
he said.
The association has scheduled a national conference for
March 31 to April 4 at the University of Pennsylvania and Cluck
said he plans to attend with about 10 other University students.
the civil rights and political groups in our community
are controlled by zionists and Jews. ,
"They use their money, their power, the FBI, CIA,
IRS, the courts and prisons; and many other ways to
control our movements, leaders, and people."
Bronstein said that racist literature has also been
circulated in the State College Area High School. A
student dispersed Ku Klui Klan application forms in
1979.
"People can't believe that anti-semitism occurs in
this progressive town," he said. "Ignorance is our
biggest enemy."
Another college-related racial incident occurred when
members of the Kappa Sigma fraternity at the Universi
ty of Pennsylvania, among other objectional practices,
donned Ku Klux Klan outfits at fraternity parties,
Bronstein said.
"One finds it difficult to believe that these kinds of
people are among the elite institutions," he said.
People develop a sixth sense that can separate the
racists from other individuals, Bronstein said.
"Within a short period of time one can tell the people
Forty-three of the 50 colleges have confirmed their partici
pation in the conference, he said.
University representatives may conduct three workshops at
the conference, Cluck said. If the workshops are selected for
the conference, Academic Assembly President Chris Hopwood
will discuss student/faculty interaction through the assembly
and ARHS President Chris Calkins will discuss student/faculty
interaction through the Interest House program.
Also, Cluck will present a program on the University's efforts
to fight financial aid reductions and student involvement in
University President John W. Oswald's Task Force on Federal .
Cuts in Higher Education and Student Aid. Representatives
from the University of Colorado may also participate in the
financial aid program, he said.
During the conference the representatives will discuss what
schools nationwide can do to protest financial aid reductions.
who don't like blacks and Jews," he said. "It shows. It
reeks."
Furthermore, Bronstein surmised that when econom
ic situations are down, the blame is often shifted upon
the Jews' shoulders.
The Polish government distributed pamphlets that
fault Jews for the current financial crisis in Poland, he
said.
In a race-related subject, Price discussed the plight of
the black male in the job,market.
Black females have had access to jobs, whether they
be low totem pole or high paying occupations, she said.
However, black males have not been able to obtain
jobs that adequately pay them for their labor because of
racist attitudes, Price said.
The earlier image of the black male as a "loafer" and
"inadequate provider" can be attributed to the need for
job access, she said.
The Women's Forum meets monthly to talk about
issues that affect women, said Betty Kirchner, a mem
ber and clinical psychologist adjunct to the University.
"Women's Forum was spawned from a reaction to the
women's movement," she said.
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The association hopes to compile "a booklet of what each school
has done up to this point so we can present it to schools around
the country," Cluck said.
Because the conference date conflicts with elections for USG
officers, Cluck said he will leave the conference on April 1 to
work with the elections and return the next day with the USG
president-elect.
Concerning financial aid reductions, Cluck said U.S. Rep.
William F. Clinger, R-central Pa., sent a letter to Dan Bollag
(12th-biochemistry) stating, "I could not support such reduc
tions, which I believe to be very short-sighted."
The response from congressmen is encouraging, Cluck said.
During his March 3 trip to Washington, D.C., as part of the
University's task force, "Everybody we met with mentioned
they got letters from Penn State," he said.
Former President Steve Lunger
said he believes the council has made
a lot of progress this•year..
The council also discussed plans for
an Introduction to Career Planning
Upward Bound climbs educational mountains
By ROB STEUTEVILLE
Collegian Staff Writer
Unlike the survival training program with a
similar name, Upward Bound does not have
anything to do with climbing mountains unless
one is talking about mountains obstructing the
way to higher education.
Its participants do not frnd themselves dangling
over white water canyons by a rope. Although to
many low income high school students nationwide
who seek higher education, Upward Bound may
indeed be a lifeline.
Upward Bound is a college preparatory pro
gram that provides basic academic training,
career counseling and other educational opportu
nities to high school students
,in 415 locations
nationwide, said Henry W. McCoullum, the pro
ject director at the University.
The local program, administered through the
College of Human Development's continuing edu
, „cation division, serves 90 participants from
Centre, Clearfield and Mifflin counties, he said.
McCoullum said the program has two main
components: an academic year program in which
the students attend classes at the University on
Saturdays, and a six-week summer session, in
which the students "receive exposure to those
~i , i f ourses and skills that ready them for post-sec
ondary education."
In the summer session, students are faced with
a structured educational program, he said.
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math, science and career counseling, and in the
afternoon they have things like swimming, pho
tography and arts and crafts."
McCoullum said the students do not have much
free time.
"The main purpose is academics," he said.
"This is not a summer camp. The students get
exposure to University life through academics."
He said the most difficult tasks the students are
faced with are developing career plans and decid
ing what major they want to take when they enter
college.
Marybeth Hunter, administrative assistant to
the program, said the students also go on field
trips to Philadelphia or Pittsburgh to see a
baseball game or to New York to see a play.
The program also involves meeting college
students "from different regions of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia and Pittsburgh as well as
foreign students," she said. The participants are
thus exposed to people from different back
grounds.
They also have to get used to living on their
own, Hunter said.
"Managing their money is a big thing, especial
ly with the pinball places and the pizza parlors in
town," she said.
The program also performs such diverse tasks,
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"We believe the key to mobility in our society is
higher education," Hunter said, summing up the
main idea behind Upward Bound.
Hunter said the program directors work with
high school guidance counselors and principals
who recommend students for selection into the
program.
"We seek students with the ability to compete
successfully in post secondary education," Hunt-
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"Reagan is talking about reducing the pro
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Upward Bound programs, from 415 to 175."
McCoullum said, however, that all these
cutbacks probably will not go through Con
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ground that would not normally give them the
opportunity to pursue a college education —lower
income students, for example."
The success rate for the program is good,
Hunter said.
" Ninety percent of our students enter some
form of post-secondary education, as compared to
60 percent for students of similar backgrounds,"
she said. "Seventy-two percent finish college
"We are right now attempting to get the
present revisions restored and trying to bring
the proposed 1983 levels to where we are right
now," he said.
If these proposals do go through it would
probably mean an eventual phaseout of the
Upward Bound program, McCoullum added.
Mark Heuer, press secretary for U.S. Rep.
William F. Clinger, said the present budget for
Upward Bound is $59.6 million, and that the
proptised budget for 1983 is $24.9 million.
He said he does not think the program will be
cut as much as other educational programs.
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within a four-year period from when they leave
the program."
McCoullum said the faculty of the program is
composed of University professors and area high
school students. University students are also .
employed as tutor-counselors to provide the stu
dents with academic and residential assistance
during the summer.
He said that although students are not obligated
to attend the University upon completion of the'
program, a majority of them do.
"It escaped deep cuts last year and we
believe that it will escape deep cuts again," he
said.
Heuer said that Clinger is against further cuts
in higher education, and that he supports this
program.
Asked if Clinger felt there was strong con
gressional support for the Upward Bound pro
gram, Heuer said, "One of the reasons this has
survived is that it has spread widely. That
means that there is support for it, because it is
everywhere. It puts people in college, which is
one reason it is highly visible: It has a special
allure to it."
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