I—The Daily Collegian Monday, March 15, 1982
Faculty members oppose semester switch
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the Perspective, the president does not
have the authority to change the academ
ic calendar. Rather, he said, the Per
spective "calls for a review of existing
and alternative calendars."
On the whole, Myers said, the report is
less concerned with how the conversion
is taking place and is more concerned
with the fact that it is taking place at all.
The decision to convert is "more than
just a calendar change," Myers said; it
is a "policy decision," because it will
"affect the overall missions of the Uni
versity."
The committee report said the Per
spective calls for the president to "con
sult those affected by decisions, disclose
criteria for decision making, describe
the decision-making process, and pro
vide opportunities for reactions after
decisions are made."
• The report said Oswald's communica
tions to the community about the cal
endar conversion were not consultation
but rather were only information.
• Myers said Oswald's letters to the
Community in the Penn State Intercom
indicated that Oswald planned to have
the switch made unless negative opinions
were heard.
The way Oswald announced the con
version decision dampened any true dis
cussion on the issue, Myers said.
"People thought (discussion) would be
a waste of breath," he said.
Even so, Myers said, Oswald received
many negative opinions on the change to
semesters, even before his official deci
sion was made on March 12, 1981.
And the report said that most of the
negative opinions received by Oswald
were not publicized.
Although the report does not cite spe
cific examples of negative opinion that
were not publicized, Myers said the com
mittee is aware of several examples.
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"We know that there were a number of
departments that voted unanimously on
opposition to the concept (of changing to
semesters)," he said.
Myers said he knows of a lot of people
who wrote letters to Oswald opposing the
switch. But, he said, "I have yet to run
into anyone who even got an acknowl
edgement that their letters were re
ceived."
Also, the report said, the semester
calendar Oswald originally considered
and the calendar now proposed are quite
different.
At the time Oswald was asking for
input, "no one knew what they were
addressing," Myers said.
Oswald originally proposed 15-week
semesters and 50-minute class periods,.
the report sgid.
However, the class schedule that the
Calendar Conversion Council is now
working with called Flex 83C has 14-
week semesters and 55- and 80-minute
class periods.
"While the reduction of three terms to
two semesters would suggest a change
from three 10-week terms, to two 15-week
semesters, the directive is to have only
14-week semesters, thus cutting the aca
demic year by almost 7 percent," the
report said.
"Students will have to increase course
loads by 50 percent to make up for the
conversion from three terms to two se
mesters, but will only have 40 percent
more time per semester in which to
absorb the 50 percent increase," it said.
In addition, the report cited Oswald's
reported reasons for making the switch
and said: "An examination of those rea
sons fails to provide evidence to justify
the change on any basis except personal
preference."
The report also urged withdrawal of
the decision to convert "until such time
as a. full review of (the conversion's)
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The report lists several effects that
committee members think will result
from the class schedule now proposed.
Among those are:
• An increase in pressure on students.
• A reduction of available course of
ferings, making it difficult for students to
get the variety of courses now offered,
and making it more difficult to sequence
courses.
• A reduction in student-professor
contact because both groups will have
more complex schedules and bigger
classes
• A reduction in blocks of free time for
uninterrupted study, research activities,
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concerned with the conversion process.
"It was generally believed among everyone in the
group that some sort of document ought•to be prepared
to set forth all of the concerns — . at least as many of
them as you could reasonably put into a reasonably
sized document," he said.
Throughout December, Myers said, the idea of a
document was discussed with other people —"people as
high as associate deans and deans" —to see what they
thought about it.
"Every comment that seemed to come back was very
favorable towards the idea of doing something like that
(a document) . . . Everybody agreed that the thing
needed to be discussed —even those people who felt
pedagogically disposed towards semesters felt that
there was something awfully wrong going on."
During December, January and February research
was done, Myers said, and the committee met to
approve the document.
After it was completed, the report was reviewed by
committee members and other faculty members. Fif
teen faculty members' have agreed to endorse the
document.
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faculty meetings and part-time student
employment.
• A decrease in faculty productivity
because of more fragmented teaching
loads with more preparations.
Myers said that those effects are not
conjecture and can already be seen by
those participating in the conversion, as
many of the faculty committee members
are.
Through each academic department
submitting a proposed list of courses for
the Fall Semester of 1983 part of .the
Calendar Conversion Council's Facili
ties/Faculty/Program Match Myers
said it can be seen that:
• The maximum size of some classes
must be expanded.
• Some courses offered once a year
prompted faculty opposition to switch
The members are: Paul Baker, anthropology depart
ment head; Thelma S. Baker, assistant professor of
anthropology; James• Eisenstein, professor of political
science; F.R. Eisle, associate professor in the College of
Human Development; Maxwell Garrett, associate pro
fessor in the College of Health, Physical Education and
Recreation; Julian Heicklen, professor of chemistry;
Richard Herman, professor of math; Jeffrey Kurland,
assistant professor of anthropology; Morrill; Myers;
Reed Phalan, professor of business law; Robert Reed,
assistant professor of physics; Bill Schrader, account
ing department head; Arthur Williams, real estate
department chairman; and Carl Young, assistant pro
fessor in the College of Human Development.
Initially, there were 15 to 20 people who worked on the
document and came to meetings. Not all of them chose
to endorse the final report, Myers said.
"One fellow, for example, participated in all the
meetings and has helped considerably, commented and
talked to other people. But he did not want to put his
name down because of concerns with possible conse
quences to him and his career," he said.
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year.
• Some courses must be dropped be
cause there is no one to teach them.
• Some prerequisites must be
dropped.
• Some sequences of courses must be
dropped.
In addition to having an adverse effect
on the University after conversion takes
place, the conversion itself is costing the
University' valuable resources, the re
port said.
"Committees in almost every depart
ment and program have been working to
address these difficulties as well as doz
ens of administrative committees. This
process is diverting significant resources
from the primary tasks and missions of
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"There were, probably for every person who signed
that document, three or four people who were asked,
who —because of concern with the impact it would have
on them by associating their name with it, not because
they disagreed with it —wouldn't sign it."
When asked if he thinks endorsing the document will
have adverse effects on the careers of those who signed
it, Myers said: "I'm not going to point the finger at
anyone to indicate.that retribution would follow.
"I would certainly hope that an academic community,
if nothing else, if you're not free to speak out on any
issue, and especially an issue that involves the commu
nity, we're in a sad state," he said.
Myers said the committee members and other faculty
members who endorsed the document did not go
through channels established by University President
John W. Oswald because those channels are very
limited.
"Those are all committees that are trying to address
the question of how —how do we fit this square peg into
this round hole not should it be done," he said. "This
document addresses the whole issue of should it be
done."
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"The conversion process has not been
budgeted nor costed out and as a result,
the actual expenditure to be made for the
change is unknown," the report said.
Myers added: "At all sorts of levels,
people's time is being spent on the con
version," accounting for hidden costs
that do not show up in a budget.
When announcing his official decision
to switch to semesters, Oswald said:
"The total tuition for an academic year
will not increase as a function of the
calendar change," the report said.
But, because no one knows how much
money the conversion process is costing
the 'University, no one can know if the
conversion will affect tuition, Myers
said.
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Lady cagers trounce Clemson
By GREG LODER
Collegian Sports Writer
Kahadeejah Herbert makes a diving
save of a ball headed out-of-bounds and
dishes it to Annie Troyan. Troyan then
hits Deb Christman at mid-court, who
in turn dribbles downcourt and dishes
off a perfect bounce pass to Louise
Leimkuhler for the easy layup.
If there was one basket that typified
the women's basketball team's 96-75
demolition of Clemson on Friday night
at Rec Hall in the first game of the
NCAA playoffs, it had to be this one.
Sure the basket came with 31, sec
onds left in the game with the outcome
already decided, but it, along with the
Lady Lions' overall performance,
showed a great amount of total team
effort and depth.
Penn. State will now move on to the
second round of the tournament, which
will be played Friday in Knoxville,
Tenn. The Lady Lions will play the
University of Southern California,
which defeated Kent State, 99-55.
Against Clemson, the difference in
the game was Penn State's depth, but
in the first two minutes, the Lady Lions
might have worried about being able to
finish with five players.
Starting center Cheryl Ellison went
down under the basket after reinjuring
her right knee. She left the game and
never returned. The loss of Ellison left
Penn State with only three players on
the bench because of Brenda Scheffey
not being able to play because of mono
nucleosis.
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But of those eight players able to
play, six of them scored • in double
figures, while Clemson had only two in
double digits. Penn State's depth was
something Portland said was going to
be the overriding factor.
"This has to be the biggest win,"
Portland said, "and we had a good all
around game. Six in double figures
versus two had to be the difference."
Forward Louise Leimkuhler, who
scored a career-high 26 points, said the
Lady Lions' depth allowed everyone to
play a little more aggressively.
"We weren't afraid to hustle," Leim
kuhler said, "and if we got into foul
trouble, we knew there was someone
just as good to come off the bench."
On'the other side of the court, howev
er, Clemson's bench barely existed. In
fact, beyond forward Barbara Kenne-
Lady Lions ease
By KATHY HETTMANSPERGER
Collegian Sports Writer
PITTSBURGH Make that five
five consecutive Eastern regional
championships for the women's gym
nastics team. And five times that the
Lady Lions have earned a coveted
place in the national championships,
this year to be held Mar. 26-27 at Utah.
Penn State's four previous regional
Penn State's Linda Tardiff (left) and Karen Polak receive roses after the women's
gymnastics team won the NCAA Northeast Regional championship Friday night
in Pittsburgh.
dy's 43 points and guard Mary Anne
Cubelic's 16 points, no Lady Tiger
scored more than four points. Clemson
coach Annie Tribble said her team's
lack of depth led to the Lady Tigers'
demise.
"The inablity of our players to per
form to potential was the difference,"
Tribble said. "There was not enough
firepower."
Clemson did get some "firepower"
from Kennedy, who is the leading
scorer in the nation, and her 43 points
set a Rec Hall scoring record for
women. She fouled out of the game
with more than a minute to play and
said goodbye to a four-year career
with a standing ovation from the home
crowd of 2,553 (second-largest wom
en's basketball crowd in Penn State
history).
Leimkuhler, who had the impossible
task of guarding Kennedy, described
her ability in one word "awesome."
But with Kennedy scoring freely, it
was the Penn State defense on Clem
son's other four players that made the
difference. Guards Troyan and Carol
Walderman harassed the Lady Tigers'
guards for 40 minutes, never allowing
Clemson to run its offense the way the
Lady Tigers wanted.
Portland said she thought the Lady
Leimkuhler a real showstopper
By SHARON FINK
Collegian Sports Writer
In the past, Louise Leimkuhler has been an "attitude
problem" in the mind of women's basketball coach Rene
Portland. But Friday night, Leimkuhler was "unreal."
In Penn State's 96-75 win over Clemson on Friday in the
first round of the NCAA playoffs, the junior forward's
performance reflected the consistent improvement in her
game that has been going on all year. Leimkuhler scored a
team- and career-high 26 points on 12 of 19 shooting from
the floor (63 percent) and on strong inside play against
Clemson's one-woman team, Barbara Kennedy.
At the other end of the court, Leimkuhler had to guard
Kennedy, the leading scorer in the country. And when
Leimkuhler described her night with Kennedy, who scored
a record 43 points, she made it sound like her biggest
accomplishment of the night was not collapsing from
exhaustion.
"Just trying to deny her the ball," Leimkuhler said,
"you're so pooped that you go down to the end of the court
and you're like, "Pant, pant," and then you gotta play
titles were won while the Lady Lions
were members of the Association for
Intercollegiate Athletics for Women.
This year's was the first won as a
member of the National Collegiate
Athletic Association and the first title
. as Northeast Regional champions.
Though the title was different, the
story w.ls the same.
An expected battle with host Pitt
never surfaced as Penn State buried
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Lion backcourt would make up for
Kennedy's scoring.
"The pressure from Annie ripped
their guards apart," Portland said.
"Our backcourt was more decisive,
and (Clemson) seemed to get flustered
with any pressure. They didn't run
their offense, and after first seeing
(Clemson), I knew our backcourt was
so much stronger."
Walderman, who scored 18 points,
said the pressure on Clemson's guards
caused the Lady Tigers to bring their
front line away from the basket to take
some pressure off of the. guards.
"We definitely put more pressure on
(their guards)," Walderman said.
"We worked on overdenying the wings,
which brought their big girl (6-4 center
Peggy Caple) outside."
"They got all over us defensively,"
Tribble said. "They played extremely
well."
On offense, the Penn State guards
tried to run the fast break, but Clem
son was able to slow it down. The Lady
Lions, however, were then able to run
their half-court offense to a "T" by
converting fundamental pick-and-rolls
and backdoor plays for easy baskets.
"(The Clemson guards) got back
real well," Walderman said, "so then
we went right into our offense."
to sth consecutive Eastern title
the Lady Panthers, along with all other
competition, with 143.15 points at
Fitzgerald Field House Friday night.
In fact, it was second-place Universi
ty of New Hampshire (141.0) that
proved to be the closest challenger.
Penn State assistant coach Marshall
Avener was not surprised by New
Hampshire's performance.
"We knew they were good when we
saw the seeding charts and they were
rated higher up than Pitt," he said.
"They weren't much of a surprise to
us."
After two events, the Lady Lions led
New Hampshire by a mere .75 points
and still had to compete on the balance
beam and floor exercise.
Penn State had some problems with
the beam during its stint to the West
Coast, during which five Lady Lions
fell off the beam a total of nine times
against UCLA.
But all of that was behind them
Friday night, since the 36.3 points the
on the beam broke the meet open and
proved to be Penn State's top event of
the night.
"The beam in gymnastics is like the
passing game in football," Marshall
said."lt can make or break you. Usual
ly in our case, it makes us."
Leading the Lady Lions on the beam
was captain Marcy Levine, who posted
a 9.50, a career-high.
Levine took third place in the all
around competition with fine perfor
mances in the floor. exercise (9.20),
vault' (8.85) and uneven parallel bars
(8.65) as well as the beam.
"I'm very happy to say that I've
been here four years and each year, we
were regional champions," Levine
said. "We seemed to own the beam.
It's just great to know that five out of
the eight girls on this team, qualified
for the beam championship."
Heidi Anderson, last year's champ
on everything, said she had some trou-
Event titles
By KEITH G ROLLER
Collegian Sports Writer
PITTSBURGH There were no big celebrations
late Saturday night after Heidi Anderson and Marcy
Levine each won individual event titles ir. the NCAA
Northeast Regional meet at Pitt's Fitzgerald Field
House.
There were no wild parties, no big nights in the
Renaissance City. Just a bite to eat at a suburban
Pittsburgh Denny's Restaurant with family and
friends.
"Before the game, we thought if the
crowd doesn't get (the Lady Lions) up,
nothing will," she said. "The crowd
had a lot to do with it. The term 'sixth
man' is a perfect term to use."
But then again, Penn State didn't
really need anyone else on the bench.
offense and then you gotta go back down and play defense
and you're tired again.
"I should get pooped more often."
She should also play dress-up more often. Portland said
Leimkuhler, who is student teaching this term and is living
with Portland, her husband and their two children, hadn't
been feeling well last week and didn't look good in
practice. Until Thursday.
"(Thursday) the three of them came to practice,"
Portland said. "Louise came dressed as Bobby (Penn
State assistant coach Foley), Debbie (Christman) was me,
and Carol Walderman was my husband, John. They went
into the bedroom of my house and stole all my clothes and
came to the practice dressed as the three of us.
"Carol had my husband's walk down to a T. And in
Bobby's case, the girls always swear he wears his pants
too high. So they had the pants too high. And that seemed to
be the trick for Louise. When Louise acts goofy, that's
when she plays her best." . •
Which is what she did against Clemson.
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ble with her beam routine, which re
ceived a 9.20 even with a fall.
"I'm a little tired after all the travel
ing," Anderson said. "Everyone hit
their beam routine except me. I felt
like I was walking on the side of the
beam during the whole thing. I'm
looking forward to the two-week break
before nationals to work on fixing my
beam."
Avener agreed with Anderson about
the travel fatigue from the West Coast
trip.
Out on the coast, the Lady Lions
competed in four meets in five days
and had a one-day break in State
College between the time they got back
from that trip and left for regionals.
"They (the team) did a super job,"
Avener said. "Everyone's tired from
the trip out West. Heidi's performance
was so-so. She's tired, too."
Penn State's highest score of the
night did go to Anderson for her un
even bar routine.
Her virtually flawless performance
earned a 9.55 and contributed to her
37.15 all-around total, which won her a
second consecutive regional all-around
title.
At nationals, Penn State will again
be battling the same teams it faced on
that torrid West Coast swing. Top
ranked Utah, a loser to second-ranked
Oregon State in regional competition
Friday, and UCLA, will all be back to
fight with the Lady Lions for the na
tional championship.
"Right now; I don't even know what
we could hope for out there," said
coach Judi Avener. "Nobody's gonna
walk away with it. Maybe we could
finish in the top five."
1, Penn State, 199.15. 2, New Hampshire, 191.00.
3, Pitt, 140.65. 4, Massacusetts, 138.45. 5, Bowling
Green, 135.40. 6, Hotstra, 123.55.
no big deal
Besides Troyan and Walderman,
Portland spoke highly of three other
Lady Lions who came off the bench to
make up for the loss of Ellison and
combined for 28 points.
"The three freshmen were übelie
veable," Portland said.
Those three first-year players are
Herbert, Stacey Dean and Carol Fultz.
Herbert and Fultz both scored in
double figures, with 12 and 11 points,
respectively. Herbert came in for Elli
son and, as she has done recently in
other games, took control of the
boards, pulling down 15 rebounds.
With Ellison out, Portland and Leim
kuhler said the team's attitude was a
little different.
"With Cheryl we would have been
able to open up the offense more,"
Portland said. "The team played with
a Win one for the Gipper' attitude."
"Cheryl had been playing real well
in practice," Leimkubler said. "With
Kahadeejah and Stacey in, we knew
we couldn't dwell on her loss."
Team Standings
It was a low key ending to a big weekend for
Anderson and Levine, after the two led the Lady
Lions to another regional championship and won the
floor exercise and balance beam titles, respectively.
But when you've won as many gymnastics titles as
these two outstanding gymnasts have won, there's no
need to get all worked up.
Anderson, who won all five titles in last year's
AIAW regional meet, didn't sweep away the competi
tion this time. But she did claim the all-around crown
Friday night, and despite a tremendous amount of
fatigue, came back to take the floor exercise
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Friday night at Rec Hall as the women's basketball team raced to an easy win.
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championship and finish third on the beam Saturday
night.
A sleep-walking Anderson seems to be better than
most wide-awake gymnasts.
"I was really out of it tonight," said Anderson, who
posted a 9.50 Saturday to go with a Friday's 9.35 in the
floor exercise. "I felt pretty good last night (Friday).
But I only got five hours sleep and it was much more
difficult to perform tonight.
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