Hepburn, Fonda and 'Chciriots of Fire'
win Academy Awards oscars, page 16
More library hours
unlikely, dean says
By BRIAN E. BOWERS
Collegian - Staff Writer
The University libiary system will
probably not be able to lengthen hours
or increase its book collection as had
been recommended by the
Undergraduate Student
Government's Academic Assembly,
the assistant dean of libraries said.
Charles H. Ness said because of
budget restrictions, University
libraries may have to make do with
even less than they have. Increases of
any kind are not likely in the near
future.
"At a time when we are asked to
raise hours, we are concerned about
having to cut hours and services," he
said.
"We would really like to do
something, but it comes at a time
when we are trying to maintain what
we have built up."
The assembly's recommendation,
resulting from a survey taken last
term, was primarily concerned with
lengthening the libraries' 98-hour ,
; .
week.
The assembly recommended the
libraries stay open until 9 p.m. on
Saturdays and open at 11 a.m. on
Sundays.
It also recommended full reference
services be available when the library
is open, and that study space be
Dorm contracts:
By JOYCE WASHNIK
Collegian Staff Writer
About 950 students who requested residence hall
space for next year will not receive dorm contracts,
the manager of the Assignment Office for Campus ,
Residences said.
William Mulberger said residence hall space will
be assigned to 87.2 percent of the male students and
87.3 percent of the female students who submitted
dorm contracts this year.
"That's more than we expected, particularly with
men," he said.
Last year, only 82 percent of the men who applied
were given residence hall space.
Space shuttle coming in for a touchdown
By ROBERT LOCKE
Associated Press Writer
WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE,
N.M. (AP) Space shuttle Columbia,
diverted by wild desert winds from its
scheduled landing yesterday, will try
again today in a suspenseful third
flight finale that could force the ship to
bypass New Mexico and return non
stop to Florida instead.
It all depended on the morning
weather and the condition of Northrup
Strip on this barren Army missile
base. NASA expected to make the
decision by 7 a.m., EST with a
hoped-for landing four hours later.
In space, 141 miles above Earth,
astronauts Jack R. Lousma and C.
Gordon Fullerton had food, fuel and
power to last four days and a NASA
official said, "We're in excellent
shape." The crew took the news in
stride.
"Sorry about that," Mission Control
said.
"That's the breaks of space, I
guess," said Lousma.
day olle • ian
increased, said Bob Gallagher,
assembly member in charge of the
survey.
Ness said hours could be expanded
if the University's budget is
favorable, but it is doubtful that the
libraries will get the required funding.
"The best we can do right now Is
provide extended hours during, final
exam periods," he said. The libraries
have done that in the past.
Ness also questioned whether the
survey gave a true representation of
the need for extended hours. He said
many students may have answered
yes when asked, "Do you see a need
for extended hours at Pattee?" only
because it would be more desirable
than having it closed.
If hours cannot be lengthened,
Gallagher - said, the library should try
to rearrange its schedule.
He said he thinks students are more
likely to use the facilities later in the
day. -s
"They should make it so most
students would get the optimum use
out of it," he
However, Ness said he would rather
extend hours than rearrange them.
"If hours were rearraged,'
librarians may not be able to work.
during the new hours. Also, students
who now use the libraries during the
old hours would not be able to.
About 950 to be denied housing, official says
Comparing last year's requests for dorm contracts
with this year's, Mulberger said; "Overall, the
requests are down a bit." And because of that, there
were fewer cancellations.
Chris Calkins, president of the Association of
Residence Hall Students, said he had expected the
percentages for contract acceptance to be lower thi s
year than last year because of predictions for a large
freshmdn class.
Stan Latta, assistant director of the Office of
Residential life Programs, also said the number of
contracts accepted was higher than he had expected
"I would have guessed we would have canceled
more this.year," Latta said.
He said he based his prediction on projections he
Eugene Kranz, chief of flight
operations, said in Houston that a
landing today at 11:07 a.m. EST —9:07
a.m. at White Sands would be
preferred. If the Northrup Strip were
unsuitable, the shuttle would land at
the Kennedy Space Center at Cape
Canaveral, Fla. A Florida landing
would come at 11:13 a.m. EST, or one
orbit later at 12:47 p.m.
"The ground track would go clean
across the United States, west to east,"
Kranz said.
"We're going to play the weather
real fine," Kranz said. A plane will be
sent aloft both in New Mexico and
Florida to test the winds. It was such a
flight, by Shuttle 1 astronaut JOhn
Young that sealed yesterday's wave
off.
Kranz said the sandstorm that
caused the postponement also brought
some damage to the runway, but that it
could be repaired overnight.
The runway at Cape Canaveral,
15,000 feet long, was ready and fully
equipped. Columbia has never made a
paved-runway landing, but the
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means 'chirp, chirp bird' in the HUB Ballroom last night.
alternative is another try at wind
whipped Northrup, and NASA officials
were pessimistic that conditions would
improve.
The Kennedy runway is not far from
pad 39A where the shuttle was
launched March 22.
It was the first time in 20 years of
space flight that a landing was
postponed. Kennedy Space Center, at
Cape Canaveral, is NASA's third
choice for Flight 3. The main runway
in California is waterlogged and out of
service.
Equipment at Northrup Strip,
hastily assembled to handle a shuttle
landing, may have suffered some
damage from the winds but the gusts
still were too strong to make an
assessment at midday.
"We are really fighting the odds,"
said David Novlan, chief forecaster at
White Sands. "The odds are really
stacked against us. It's going to take a
great deal of luck to land the shuttle
here."
He said sand was carried aloft
yesterday to 15,000 feet and added
had received in February concerning the number of
students submitting their $45 advanced payment fee.
"Apparently a lot of people decided not to submit
their contracts," Latta said.
The names of those students who did not receive
contracts will be posted in each residence hall area
by Thursday. A letter will also be sent to each
student's home along with the return of the $45
advanced payment check, Mulberger said.
Although more students than expected will receive
dorm space, Mulberger said he was not able to make
a predicition about how many students will be placed
in temporary housing in the fall.
"One or two of these a year are not that
unlikely around here."
On the other hand, Kennedy Space
Center was ready.
"The equipment here is identical to
the equipment at White Sands," said
Herman "Fritz" Widick, a Kennedy
official. "The primary decision will be
based on where is the safest place to
land." Even so, he said, "The width of
the runway is more forgiving in the
desert."
That's an understatement. The
runway in Florida is surrounded by a
moat.
For the space agency, there would
be one definite plus to landing at
Kennedy. It would save eight days in
the "turnaround" time needed to get
the ship airborne again. Officials had
moaned that the original shift in
landing sites, from Edwards to White
Sands, had added four days.
At the scheduled time of landing
yesterday, as they passed over New
Mexico; Lousma said "it's pretty gusty
looking down there . . . I guess we kind
of agree with your decision for today."
North Carolina beats Georgetown, 63-62,
to win NCAA championship sports, page 10
Intellectual climate
criticized
done by task force
By CAROLYN PIUCCI
Collegian Staff Writer
Penn State's intellectual climate
may be stimulating enough for some
students, but many University
students do not receive as much
intellectual stimulation as they could,
said the chairman of a task force
assigned to study the intellectual
climate at Penn State. •
M. Lee Uperaft said, "There is a lot
of room for improvement in the
intellectual climate as it is easy for
students to leave here without
accomplishing anything."
Further, the task force's report,
titled "Improving the Intellectual
Climate at University Park," has
concluded the climate is not as strong
as it should be and faculty and
students are dissatisfied with
academics.
The Academic Support Service
Task Force's report defines
intellectual development and also
lists 12 tentative recommendations
that may help improve the
intellectual climate at the University,
said M. Lee Uperaft, director of the
Office of Reidential Life Programs.
The task force included what it
thought were five important areas of
concentration for intellectual
development and a complete
education, Uperaft said.
The first area is the acquisition and
comprehension of knowledge in the
student's area of study; the second is
the moral, ethical and spiritual
development of a student and his or
her values; the third is the
appreciation of aesthetics,
specifically art, drama, literature and
music; the fourth is a better sense of
critical thinking such as using logic;
and the fifth is the integration of all
knowledge that is learned.
The acquisition and comprehension
of knowledge is now the only area
evaluated by the University before a
student graduates, Uperaft said. The
task force also examined what could
be done to enhance the other four
areas.
After the task force, which was
appointed by Vice President for
Student Affairs Raymond 0. Murphy,
drew up the five areas for intellectual
Capcom Brewster Shaw replied:
"The vis (visibility) on the surface is
about zero. The last gust report we got
was 48 knots," a vigorous 55 mph.
Columbia was less than an hour and
a half from its landing and minutes
from firing its engines to leave orbit
when the decision was made.
John Young, commander on the first
space shuttle, flew a wind-testing
mission and reported he couldn't see
the end of the runway. First he
recommended a shift in runways, then
said:
"I think we ought to knock this off."
"OK, John, we copy and we concur,"
said Mission Control.
"SorrY, about that, guys," Young
replied.
The astronauts were out of radio
range at the time. They were told a few
minutes later, at 11:02 a.m. Mountain
Time. They were supposed to land at
12:27 p.m.
Then NASA's Jack Riley announced
from'Mission Control in Houston:
"The probabilities are high the
space shuttle will land at Kennedy
Space Center, which is forecast to have
the best weather.
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Published by students of The Pennsylvania State University
in report
development, it interviewed about 50
people in the University community.
The task force asked if the
intellectual climate is challenging
enough and if it provides
opportunities for students to expand
their learning horizons. It also asked
which University programs should be
improved to enhance the five areas of
intellectual concentration, Uperaft
said.
The people interviewed included
resident instruction deans, faculty,
resident assistants, the
Undergraduate Student Government
Senate Committee on Academic
Affairs, USG's Academic Assembly
and University Scholars, Uperaft
said.
Although nothing definite has been
decided, Uperaft said the
administration is concerned about the
intellectual climate. He said the task
force will investigate the
recommendations further and hopes
to have a list of concrete
recommendations by the end of
Spring Term. .
The recommendations made at this
time include:
• Starting more programs such as
the Freshmen Seminar Program in
the College of The Liberal Arts.
• Providing more support for
honor societies and academic clubs.
• Promoting more involvement
with interdisciplinary programs such
as the Black Studies and Women's
Studjes programs.
• Having more academic news
rather than just political news in
campus publications.
• Starting a senior seminar
program to help seniors integrate the
knowledge they have acquired.
• Promoting aesthetic programs
such as the Artist Series.
• Improving the tenure and
promotion system.
• Reorganizing the advising
system.
• Increasing recognition of
outstanding students.
• Promoting and supporting more
activities by the Office of Student
Affairs.
• Strengthening programming in
terms of value development.
Please see REPORT, Page 3
• If finding a job for one person
is tough, trying to find two for a
couple can be twice as hard... Page 4
o Thirteen House members in
troduced a resolution yesterday
calling for U.S.-Soviet negotiations
aimed at a gradual reduction of
nuclear armaments Page 6
• North Carolina beat George
town 63-62 last night in the NCAA
basketball championship finals
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continuing into tomorrow morning.
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ternoon, high in the mid to upper
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