iberal Arts committee disappointed with English proposa
By ROSA EBERLY
Collegian Staff Writer
After unanimously apprpving the English department's
proposal for basic English composition courses under the
semester system, the Liberal Arts Curricular Affairs
Committee released a memo Tuesday expressing
disappointment with the proposal.
According to the memo, sent to Stanley F. Paulson, dean
of the College of The Liberal Arts, '"the current proposal
appears to be a matter of expediency rather than '
pedagogical excellence.
"The committee, though unanimously approving the
English proposal, also unanimously voted to make known
their disappointment with the proposal," the memo said.
Theodore E. Kiffer, committee chairman, said committee
Barch, Facetti elected
new USG executives
By MARCY MERMEL
and CHERYL SACRA
Collegian Staff Writers
Leni Barch (10th-prelaw) and Lee
Facetti (Bth-accounting) were
declared winners of the race for
Undergraduate Student Government
president and vice president early this
morning.
"We're going to make our dreams
become a reality," Barch said after
the announcement.
Barch and Facetti won with 2,195
votes. Jim Krauss and Steve Lunger
finished second with 1,192 votes, and
Emil Parvensky and Jim McJunkin
finished third with 1,138 votes. Matt
Wolford and Bob McGonigle received
838 votes, and Andy Leisner and Bob
Nolen received 546 votes.
USG Elections Commisiioner Kevin
Joyce saidiabout 1,000 more students
voted this year than did last year. This
year's turnout was 6,140 22.7 percent
of the undergraduate student
population.
Joyce said last year's percentage,
which had been reported as 24 percent,
was only about 18 percent. The
discrepancy may have resulted from
last year's election commission not
including part-time students when
determining the percentage, Joyce •
said.
Centre Halls produced the largest
voter turnout with 796 students. South
Halls had 758 voters and East Halls
District II had 609 voters.
After the announcement, Barch said,
"We're not going to let you down."
Referring to the coming year, Barch
said the team's immediate goal is to
fulfill campaign promises.
Barch's platform included a
mentorship program to match
students with alumni in their major
field, a year-round jobs file and an
expanded book co-op in conjuction with
the Association of Residence Halls
Students:
Krauss said he was not sure what his
plans are, but he will be ablelp choose
from "a number of other
opportunities.
"The elections came out the way the
students wanted it," he said.
Leisner plans to continue working
with the Organization for Town
Independent Students, he said. He
wanted to "congratulate the winners,
wish them the best of .luck and urge
people to get involved."
Leaders list
By'BRIAN E. BOWERS
Collegian Staff Writer
The University's Presidential Search and
Screen Committee is looking for a candidate who
has a strong academic background,
administrative skills and who understands the
operations of a large university.
But some University student leaders have other
qualifications they would like to add to the list.
Additional requisites suggested by University
leaders include understanding the problems of
minorities at the University, supporting coed
housing and encouraging student input in
University operations.
But many student leaders said the most
important qualification is the willingness to
communicate.
Dan Bollag, student member of the search • and
screen committee, said the prime quality of the
new president should be outstanding
communication talents not only with students,
but with anyone who comes in contact with the
University.
And Undergraduate Student Government
President Bill Cluck said the president should
make decisions after "wide consultation."
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The committee is disappointed because it hoped the
calendar conversion would be an opportunity to stengthen
the University's composition program, Kiffer said.
The English department's proposal suggests offering
English 15, structured to take advantage of the 14-week
semester, to replace English 10. The proposal would also
require one of four 200-level courses: English 201, with a
social science emphasis; English 211, with an emphasis in
humanities; English 218, technical writing; or English 219;
business writing.
Undergraduate Student Government President•elect Leni , Barch and Vice President•elect Lee Facetti prepare for an interview
with radio station WDFM early this morning after the two were declared winners in the USG election.
Wolford said he does not know what
his plans are. Concerning the election
results, "I feel really stupid and that's
that," he said.
Students elected USG senators are:
• Centre Halls: Brad Desch and
Elizabeth Saylor.
• East Halls District I: Keith
Burris•and Gregory Towhill.
• East Halls District II: Darryl
Daisey and Beth Reisman.
• East Halls District III: Darnell
requisites for new PSU president
"Students should be accepted as adults and
should partake of the discussion," he said.
The president should be willing to go out and
meet the students not just the student leaders
the way University, President John W. Oswald did
his first few years, Cluck said.
And Bill Fracalossi, president of the
Organization for Town Independent Students,
said, "A president should be visible to the
students."
The president should also be aware of the
students' needs and weigh them when making a
decision, Fracalossi said.
Chris Hopwood, pre,sident of USG's Academic
Assembly, agreed, but said the president should
also be more accessible to parents and understand
their problems, too.
Many assembly members are afraid the next
president will be less receptive to student input
than Oswald is, Hopwood said. "(The next
president) has to involve students more than
present. The president should advocate student
input throughout the University. It seems like
we're giving input after the fact."
Bollag also said the president should be aware of
student concerns.
"If the president is not in tune with the students,
members told him what they wanted in the memo, and he
drafted it.
Although it was not satisfied with the proposal, Kiffer
said, the committee approved the plan because it wanted to
forward it to the University Faculty Senate's Curricular
Affairs Committee so "other departments can get on with
Daisey and Kelli Chestnut.
• Nittany Halls: Charles Blackwell
• North Halls: Rita Chuang and
Karen Moore.
o Pollock Halls: Jill Jachera and
Joan Wassil.
o South Halls: David Brandschain
and Sandra Williams.
• West Halls: Anita Domolik and
Charles Sedlacko.
• Fraternities: Joe Clouse and
Mark Naidoff.
Horton, Scott Kelley, Ross Ketchman
and Bill Kraftsow.
Also, Daniel Kweeler, Kathy Logan,
John Lomanno, Bill McNally and
Laura Morrison..
Also, Marty Norcini, Deb Riebman,
Raymond Schafer and Laura Shector.
Steve Ripp and Eric Schnatterly,
who are now senators for dorm areas,
were also elected to represent town
independent students.
an antagonism builds up and the University
suffers," he said.
He should also be in touch with modern society
and new directions in higher education and be
aware of new technologies and applications used
around the University especially the increasing
emphasis on computers, Bollag said.
Chris Calkins, president of the Association of
Residence Hall Students, said the new president
should be flexible.
"I would like to see a person who can grow and
change with the times," he said.
Hopwood said the president should be less
sensitive to criticism, while Cluck said the
president should understand constructive conflict
and dissent and also the problems faced by
students.
In addition, the new president must understand
that the University will be going through a
transition the calendar conversion when he
comes into office, Cluck said.
And Hopwood said, "He should understand the
unique problems of Penn State."
Those problems include overenrollment,
retention of faculty and concern for the quality of
instruction, he said.
Cluck said the president will have to deal with
their business."
Many departments were waiting to see what the English
department proposed before submitting their curriculum
and program revisions to the.faculty senate's Curricular
Affairs Committee.
All departments are required to submit curriculum and
program revisions to the senate committee by April 23.
After the changes are compiled, a tentative schedule of
classes for the 1983-84 academic year will be published.
Although the English department's proposal is not an
ideal writing program, Paulson said, it meets the needs of
the University.
Also, Paulson said he did not think the committee
approved the proposal just to , get it to the faculty senate.
"I don't believe they'd do that because they sent it back
several times before," he said.
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Democrats
nationwide
registration
By DENISE LAFFAN
Collegian Staff Writer
WASHINGTON Capitalizing on
growing student opposition to federal
cuts in student financial aid, the
Democratic National Committee
announced its plans at a news
conference here Wednesday to start a
voter registration drive aimed at
registering 1 million college students
by Oct. L
Officials of the national committee
and two congressthen, including
Speaker of the House Thomas P.
O'Neill, called on college students to
vote in November against the
Republican party, which they say is
largely responsible for the reductions
in student aid.
O'Neill said the reason so many cuts
have already been made is because
student turnout for elections is
notoriously low.
"When your voice is heard, this
Congress responds," he said. "It's
time for (students) to speak through
the ballot box."
Current policy makers, particularly
President Reagan and many
Republican congressmen, have not
been responsive to the needs of
students, said Bernie Friedman,
president of College Democrats.
On the other hand, Democrats will
work for students interests, provided
that students show their strength
No special activities planned
by local College Democrats
By ANN H. FISHER
Collegian Staff Writer
The University's chapter of College
Democrats is not planning any special
activities in conjunction with their
national organization's campaign,
Tony Conti, president of the
University chapter, said yesterday.
However, their current efforts are
siniihar to the proposed nationwide
campaign. College Democrats
formerly College Young Democrats
is in the process of drafting its first
letter to make the students aware of
the primary election in May, Conti •
said. The letters will be mailed to all
University students who are
many "scary" trends like tuition increases
combined with financial aid reductions
Overenrollment and reduced funding also worry
Phill Gross, president of the Graduate Student
Association.
Gross said two goals of the next president should
be to increase private funding and increase the
graduate/undergraduate ratio.
Increasing undergraduate enrollment forces
more graduate students to teach, reducing the
emphasis on research. If the University turns into
a teaching university, the information being
taught would not be on the "cutting edge" of new
research, he said.
Research helps the University's reputation and
brings in more private funding, Gross said.
• Corporations are not contributing as much as
they could, he said. Funding could be increased by
emphasizing research and seeking more private
contributions.
"I think that it is tremendously important in the
future to keep an eye out for private funding,"
Gross said.
Although Gross is concerned about the
undergraduate to graduate ratio at the University,
other student leaders are concerned about the
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Wendell V. Harris, English department head, said the
Liberal Arts Curricular Affairs Committee recognized,
from the length of time the English department haS taken in
preparing different proposals, that there were no easy
alternatives.
Specifically, Kiffer said the major problem with the
proposal is the reduction in the number of composition
courses for some students.
There is a "reduction of actual writing p7actice," he said.
"Many, many students took (English) 10 and 20 and then
another writing course for a total of nine credits" under the
term system, Kiffer said
Under the department's proposal, students will take
English 15 as freshmen and one of the four 200-level
composition courses during or after the second half of their
sophomore year. Please see LIBERAL ARTS, Page 14.
plan
college
drive
through votes, he said.
"The only way to change policy is to
change the policy makers,"
Friedman said.
O'Neill said that because students
failed to learn about and lobby against
Reagan's fiscal year 1982 budget;
student aid was cut drastically.
According to Democratic National
Committee figures, more than 700,000
lost their eligibility for the
Gparanteed Student Loan Program,
300,000 for Pell Giants and 200,000 for
work study programs.
Also according to committee
figures, Reagan's proposed 1983
budget will cut student aid even
deeper wiping out the GSL program
for graduate students and making 1
million undergraduates'ineligible for
these low-interest loans. In addition,
700,000 students will loss their Pell
grants. Overall, Reagan's proposal
will cut student aid by 56 percent for
the academic year of 1983-84, the '
committee said.
Rep. Peter Peyser, D-N.Y., said he
fears the administration's policies
will reduce the quality of higher
education to the level of secondary
•
education.
"If there were ever a time to
register protest by registering to vote,
it's now," he said.
Friedman said Democratic
committee support for this
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registered Democrats or
Independents next week.
Conti said he has not yet heard
anything about the Democratic
National Committee's promise to fund
the letter-writing campaign, although
the University's chapter is constantly
in contact with the national chapter.
The University chapter will
probably participate in the activities
that the national chapter has planned,
such as a student rally this summer
and National Student Voter
Registration Week next September,
Conti said.
The chapter is also tentatively
planning a debate with College
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inside
o Most members of municipal
council may approve of the concept
of open meetings, but they think the
a recent proposal is too strict
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windy tomorrow with showers and
thunderstorms, heavy at times.
High in the low to mid 60s. Evening
showers tomorrow night giving way
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