18—The Daily Collegian Tuesday, March 16, 1982
USG candidates propose campus organization meetings
By MARCY MERMEL
Collegian Staff Writer
Andy Leisner (9th-political science)
and Bob Nolen (9th-marketing) have
joined the ranks of students running for
Undergraduate Student Government
president and vice president.
- Leisner, a member of the Organization
for Town Independent Students, said that
if elected, he would make USG more
responsive to students.
To do this, Leisner proposed holding
general assembly meetings of campus
organizations once a term. During these
meetings, delegates from the organiza
tions would discuss the concerns of their
organizations with one another and with
student governiiient.
The number of delegates for each orga
nization would be determined by the
number of students in the group, but any
student would be able to attend the as
sembly, Leisner said.
"We want to get as wide a slice of Penn
State life as posible," he said.
Nolen, former president of the Ogontz
Campus student government, said he
tried the assembly idea at Ogontz, and it
Women's seminar focuses on finances
By LAURENE BLACK
Collegian Staff Writer
• Women own less than 1 percent of the world's prop
erty, while they do nearly two-thirds of all the work,
according to the American Association of University
Women.
Often women's lack of understanding financial mat
ters has inhibited their ability to progress in the world,
said Sarah R. Godbey, program consultant and coordi
nator and former president of the State College branch
of the American Association of University Women.
In order to increase the financial awareness of wom
en, the association has designated this year's theme as
Money Talks.
In keeping with the national theme, the State College
branch is offering a free mini-course, a two-part semi
nar in personal financial management for female grad
uate students, Godbey said.
The firstsession, scheduled for 8 p.m. Thursday at 902
S. Allen St., will be a series of short lectures on keeping
records, writing wills and making investments.
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was successful there. The assembly not
only helps the student government, but
also aids the organizations, which would
be able to solicit membership and ex
press their opinions, he said.
Leisner said he would also set up a task
force of student volunteers that would
assist with USG projects and serve as
public relations board.
If elected, Nolen said, he would direct
the task force.
"There's plenty to do at USG. All they
need is someone to do it."
Leisner said he already has a list of
students interested in working with the
task force.
Financial aid reductions are also
among student concerns, Leisner said.
Although USG has spent time and
money fighting reductions in financial
aid for students, it has done nothing to
prepare students for reductions that will
probably occur, he said.
"We would support the fight (against
the proposed cuts to financial aid), but
also teach students how to cope with the
cuts," he said.
In addition to planning informative
programs, Leisner said, he would ask the
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On April 15, the same three programs will be offered
simultaneously and participants must choose one to
attend: "Investments," presented by Cynthia Hayes
Karcher, a Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith Inc.
account executive; "Tax Planning," presented by Mary
Ann Miller, Certified Public Accountant and partner of
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The goal of the program is to help women better
handle their own financial matters and be able to pass
on the expertise to younger women, Godbey said.
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USG Senate to set up a scholarship fund
for students and would use USG re
sources to try to convince businesses to
establish funds of their own.
Nolen, who was chairman of an Ogontz
Campus fund-raiser for the Cancer Socie
ty, said he would work to convince the
senate to allocate money and manpower
for a fund-raiser to benefit Pattee.
"If Pattee goes down the drain, what
does Penn State have to offer academi
cally?" Nolen said.
Leisner added, "Pattee is something
every (University) student has in com
mon."
On another academic issue, Nolen
said, "(USG's) Academic Assembly is a
very important part of USG, but its
image is wrong."
Students consider the assembly more
of a political organization than a service
one, Nolen said. Changing the name of
the assembly to one that is more service
oriented would "boost the promotional
'part of Academic Assembly," he said.
Leisner said, "Just a little change can
make students more aware of what it
does."
ptesents:
Financial planning,, will be presented from the per
sonal and national economic views, she said.
Women can better coordinate their finances if they
know how national economics work, Godbey said.
"I see (the program) as a financial planner. More and
more women come to me and ask how to plan this and
that," said Karen P. Shute, association program consul
tant.
Although the program open to 25 participants
focuses primarily on graduate women, it is open to men
and undergraduate women, she said. People interested
in attending should call Heather Gilbert at 238-5992.
Godbey said the association decided to focus on
graduate women because they will be going out to get a
job sooner than the undergraduates who will be on
campus for a number of years, Godbey said.
"Typically, they are the ones who have neglected the
financial skills," she said. For instance, "I've been
dealing with a woman whose husband died and she had
never written a check."
The group discussed the idea for the seminars last fall
when Shute presented an overview of the national 1982
topic of Money Talks. "It was so well received we
decided to open up and do it for a larger group and that's
how, this kind of thing evolved," Shute said.
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France's leftist majority
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By Greg MacArthur
Associated Press Writer
PARIS (AP) Squabbling over
decimal points and party labels, the
French left and right each tried to put
the best face Monday on the results of
nationwide provincial elections.
No matter who added up the fig
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