I2—The Daily Collegian
COG
By TONY A. PHYRILLAS
Collegian Staff Writer
Most local officials agree that a permanent
parking facility for the volunteer firemen of
Alpha Fire Co. is needed.
And some officials believe the answer to the
parking problem is right next door to the fire
company in an undeveloped lot, now for sale,
which the fire company is now leasing for park
ing.
But after looking at the $150,000 price tag of the
Krumrine property at 212 S. Atherton St., other
officials want to take a longer and closer look at
alternative sites.
At last week's meeting of the Centre Region
Council of Governments, local officials consid
ered a cost-sharing proposal submitted by State
College that asks COG to consider the purchase of
the Krumrine property as a regional project.
Council to reconsider land purchase
Because of a petition signed by more than 900
citizens, the State College Municipal Council is sched
uled to reconsider tonight its decision not to purchase
land next to Sunset Park, a recreation area owned by
the borough.
Under the provisions of the borough's Home Rule
Charter, if more than 2 percent of the registered
voters of the borough sign a petition, the council must
reconsider its action.
Council member Daniel Chaffee said 2 percent of
the voting population is equal to 88 people; 425 people
have signed the petition.
At the April council meeting, council member Fred
Honsberger said he was against buying the land
because it is in Ferguson Township and because there
Financial aid cuts one more headache for vets
By JEFFERY BOSSERMAN
Collegian Staff Writer
Financial aid' reductions were not in
cluded in the problems Robert de Niro
had to deal with when he was discharged
and returned home from the Vietnam
War in the movie "The Deer Hunter."
However, many veterans are finding
financial woes are one additional prob
lem they must now face.
Veterans' benefits, instead of being
counted as income, are now considered
financial aid by the federal government
because of two pieces of legislation.
The Omnibus Reconciliation Act,
which went into effect on Oct. 1, reduces
a veteran's borrowing ability from the
maximum of $2,500 per year to about $l,-
500 or less.
House Joint Resolution 370, passed
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
Seniors must attain a 3.60 gpa or above
Juniors must attain a 3.65 gpa or above
Lynn Abraham
Mary Alice Amicone
Eric R. Anderson
Ruth K Anderson
Karen M. Arndt
Ronald C. Bachman
William James Banick
Elaine T. Barsness
Sharon Elizabeth
Bartholomew
Michael G. Bauer
Terry Wayne
Baughman
Patricia Jo Bell
Lee Francis Bellot;vs
Wayne M. Berkowitz
James Alan Bersani
Nina R. Beyer
Susan Marie Biancarelli
Glenn A. Biery
Janine Blackman
Billingsley
Lucille I. Black
Robin L. Blair
Barbara Ann Bog°lin
Kevin D. Bomboy
Jane E. Boyer
Edward Gust Branish II
Gayle Bregman
Jacqueline Ruth Breines
Janice M. Brown
Julia K Brownell
Vivian Mae Buisch
Sally Jean Burke
Julie A. Callahan
Mary Patricia Callahan
J. Brent Campbell
Priscilla K Cannon
Eric J. Carper
Patrice Joan Case
Jeanne Marie Cavanaugh
Colleen Theresa
Coddington
Jeffrey D. Cohen
Two categories of outstanding achievement
will be recognized:
FACULTY
Edward Danforth Eddy
1982-1983 NATIONAL PHI KAPPA PHI
FELLOWSHIP WINNER
Mary Elizabeth Ward, Class of 1982
Monday, May 3, 1982
continues search for Alpha Fire Co. parking
Dec. 10, now defines veterans' benefits as
a family contribution or as financial aid
toward education, said Brian Clark,
coordinator for veterans affairs at the
University.
The resolution states that the amount
of a Pell Grant (formerly the Basic
Education Opportunity Grant) will be
reduced if the combined total of expected
family contribution and a student's vet
erans' benefits exceeds the cost of atten
dance at a college for a specific year.
Clark said while the federal govern
ment estimated the cost of attendance
for an independent student to be about
$5,916 per year, the figure is not accu
rate.
"Student budgets are generally not
realistic for independent students," he
said. "It kicked a lot of veterans out of
(financial aid programs) completely."
Mary Ann Cremo
John D. Cunningham
Donna M. Curran
Kathryn Darlene Curtin
Todd Dallas Darr
Sandra D. Davis
Theodore J. Davis
Lloyd Davisson
Amy L. Deahl
Michael T. Deckman
Carol D. Deem
Denise L. Delozier
Marie Rebecca DeNucci
Lisa Jane DeTulleo
Jane P. Devlin
Robert DiDonato
Nina S. Diez-Luckie
K Kileen Dillenbeck
Robert R. Dobos
Diane L. Drabinsky
Timothy James Dunn
Cynthia Ann Dyrda
David R. Eater
Kristin Ann Eckert '
Dan H. Emmert
Joan Carol Everett
Susan Marie Flick
Craig Michael Fox
Maritheresa F. Frain
Jean E. Fronheiser
Stephanie Anne Gajar
Ann T. Galganovicz
Sharon A. Gab
Franics X Ganis
Richard Mark Garland
Janine Ann Gaydos
Thomas P. Gerlach
Maly Anne Gibbs
Jeffrey M. Gilbert
Brian P. Gilroy
Kathryn L. Girardat
Kathleen M. Glunt
Elisabeth Simms
Gonglewski
But a decision to support State College's at
tempt to buy the lot was delayed for at least a
month because officials from Patton and College
townships said too many questions about the
possible financial burden for local municipalities
were left unanswered.
The cost-sharing proposal was sent back to
COG's public services committee with instruc
tions to "fill in the blanks" to some of the financial
concerns and to questions about alternative sites.
The committee will make its recommendations at
the next COG meeting on May 17.
However, State College is faced with a May 18
deadline on its second purchase option to buy the
Krumrine property.
"Hopefully, by May 17 all the questions and
doubts will have been resolved," State College
Municipal Manager Carl B. Fairbanks said. "It's
within the . time period the option provides for it
may be a little tighter than normal, but it's
are no definite plans for it, among other reasons.
Many citizens spoke in favor of buying the land at
the April meeting, in addition to bringing in the
petition.
Also on the agenda is a public hearing to consider
amendments to the 1982 revenue sharing fund budget.
The regulations of the revenue sharing program
require the council to hold a public hearing whenever
amendments to the revenue sharing budget exceed 20
percent of the allocation.
At the April meeting, the council authorized the
receipt of bids for street construction. This project,
along with several other projects that were added but
not in the budget, will make the allocation exceed the
20 percent limitation, making the public hearing
The Pennsylvania State University Chapter of the Honor Society of
extends congratulations to the 1982 initiates who will be inducted into
. the society at a
banquet given in their honor on May 4, 1982
Kenneth S. Graham
John F. Grossbauer
David John Gurney -
Gerald John Guskey
Daniel L. Haffner
Elizabeth A. Hambright
Debra Marie Hancher
John B. Hansell
Susan K Heller
Amy Lynn Heigel
Lisa Ann Heinizelman
Debra Heller
Paul O. G. Heppner Jr.
Cathy R Hildebrandt
Brian M. Hirsch
Ann M. Hocker
Jeffrey B. Hoke
Theresa A. Hosler
Lynne Cliriece Houck
Marion Hryhorcoff
Li Cheng Huang
David Alan Hudish
William Hutton
Donna B. Hyman
Philip Carlton Jacobson
Robert C. Jaworski
Caroline R. Johnston
Mary Lew Kehm
Mark A. Kelley
Harvey R. Kelly 111
Sara M. Kidwell
Madeleine Hoard Gill Kimerer
Kimberly E. Kirk
Barbara L. Kissell
David Frederick Klink
Laurie Ann Kmak
Gretchen Suzanne
Koelle
Diane Kosarek
Rosemarie Kranz
Catherine Ruth Krebs
Charts F. Kroen
Felice Kruse
Joanne Laurie Kulp
The new legislation will pave the way
to making college available only to the
elite, as it once was, he said.
Dennis Lang, veterans' representative
on the University's Task Force on Feder
al Cuts in Higher Education and Student
Aid, said another problem for veterans is
that Pennsylvania Higher Education As
sistance Agency loans and grants are
good for just 12 terms.
Because many veterans go through a
Developmental Year program to help
them readjust to academic life, they are
not eligible for aid that would cover their
final year of college, he said.
Lang said while veterans compose
about 3 percent of the student population,
with almost 2,500 veterans attending
University campuses, about 25 percent of
the reductions in the entire student finan
cial aid program are aimed at veterans.
PHI KAPPA PHI
Bruce A. Kurtz Nguyen Duc Phy Donald G. Stanis/aus
Thomas J. Lally Nedric Nissly Jane A. Steiner
Marguerite Amy Lambert Jon Noble Sandra J. Sterner
Donna Marie Lariviere Patricia Novak-Ferguson Curtis R. Stevens
Randall Jack Lasater Jr. Kimmerly Otte Jeffrey A. Stewart
Robert R. Latoche K. Susan Parsonage Karen L. Stierman
Gregory L. Lavanier Pamela S. Pelson Dawn E. Stocker
Ann I. Lawrence Janet Marie Paulisick Kathleen E. Stone
Diane Lechner Helene E. Pazak David A. Stoner
Bruce Kenton Leidy Michael E. Peters Michael Edward Straneva
Karen L. Lenyo Barbara Ann Pierce Keylee L. Swaim
Norman R. Lettich John J. Pingree Pamela Jean Sweger
Thomas N. Ljungman Jane Marie Pisani Nancy Lynne Swistock
Leonard C. Love Richard J Pianutis Mary Beth Sworin
Allen Lovell Wendy H. Propst Joseph A. Sychterz 11l
Julia A. Ludwig • Burl Pudleiner John R. Terry Jr.
Lori A. Lutzker Cindy Ann Raubenstine Susan E. Tobey
Jan Marie Macut Teresa Raup Michael Thomas Toole
Rita Ann Majewski Sandra L. Rieger Cynthia L. Transue
Mary H. Marchewka Cathy R. Riemer Lynn Marie Uhlig
Annamarie Mariani Philip E. Risser Andrew G. Vagionis
Robert P. Marshall Sherry L. Risser Heidi J. Vancura
Mary M. Matis • Patricia G. Roe Timothy Cam Van
Michael H. Mazor Douglas E. R. Roeshot Scoyoc
Joseph M. Ma2zarella 111 Lisa Jo Rosenbaum Vincent C. Verbeke
Laureen Mclntosh Diana S. Roth George P. Village
Thomas P. McNamara Joanne M. Russavage Carolyn Sue Voigt
Joan L. Melander John Edward Schnatterly Maly Elizabeth Vollmer
Helana Beth Metersky Jane E. Seymour Lisa Ann Von Kleeck
Kathleen L. Miller Craig S. Shamoty Paula Jane Waite
Mary E. Miller Stacey Lyn Sherman Michael David Waltz
Teresa Lynn Mlodzik Keith Richard Showalter Renee Dawn Weaver
Mark E. Molchen Terry Lee Shubart Mary Kay Weinzierl
Mary J. Moloney John T. Sillis Jr. Arlene Kay Westrick
Eileen T Moran Jennifer Anne Simkins 'Carol Ann Wetter
Mary Beth Moss Glenn R. Simon Stephanie Ann Wicke
Wanda Kathryn Mummah Dianne M. Sippel John Steven Wilson
Mary Ellen Munko Susan Jean Slezinska Philip M. Wilson
Mary Anne Murga Jeffrey P. Smith Edward E. Wong
Constance Murphy William H. Smith 111 Sharon Lynn Woods
Barbara A. Myers Robert Wayne Smyser Rex Michael Yaniello
Eric K Myers . Christina B. Snoddy Cathleen R. Zach
James C. Myers Richard John Spontak Marianne 0. Zupi
Mary-Rose Nasatka Donald L. Stabler Elizabeth A. Zwinak
Founded in 1897, the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
has as its primary objective the recognition and encour
agement of superior scholarship in all academic disci
plines. The society believes that by recognizing and
honoring those persons of good character, who have
excelled in scholarship, that others will be stimulated
to similar goals of excellence.
acceptable."
The borough is still interested in buying the lot
and will consider what local action to take at.
tonight's council meeting, Fairbanks said. The
Krumrine property still has to be considered one
of the prime locations because the borough pur
chased the second option to it, he said.
At the COG meeting, College and Patton town
ship officials said they did not oppose finding
secure parking spaces for the firemen, but, too
many questions were left unanswered about the
Krumrine lot purchase and about alternative
sites.
"State College can go ahead and buy the lot if it
wants to," Patton Township supervisor Phillip
Park said. "It's too expensive.
"We're about to spend $200,000 for a parking lot
that comes out to $lO,OOO per space."
In addition to the $150,000 purchase price, an
estimated $50,000 is needed to build the parking
necessary.
At tonight's meeting, the council is also scheduled
to:
• Hold a public hearing to consider amendments
to the off-street parking ordinance.
• Consider action on a proposed budget for the
Centre Cab operation.
• Consider action on amendments to the borough's
sign ordinance.
The council will meet at 7:30 tonight in the council
chambers at the State College Municipal Building,
118 S. Fraser St.
—by Karen Konski
Another problem occurs if a veteran
gets a job to supplement living expenses,
Lang said.
"If you work, your borrowing power
with the (Guaranteed Student Loan pro
gram) is reduced,"? he said, because the
additional income lessens the amount
one can borrow.'
As the cuts in financial aid increase,
the veterans will be hurt even more, he
said.
Clark said many people joined the
service to "pay their dues" in hopes they
could earn the ability to better them
selves by entering the higher education
system after being discharged.
As an unwritten agreement, veterans
were assured that money would be avail
able for education after their service,
Lang said.
lot and to tear down an abandoned service station
located on the property.
State College, which has the responsibility for
capital purchases for the Alpha Fire Co., would
buy the lot and the other municipalities would
enter a long-term lease agreement as a way to
reimburse the borough for its capital expenditure.
"The proposal calls for a lease arrangement
like the current one except we would be leasing
the lot from the borough instead of the property
owner," said Thomas S. Kurtz, COG director of
administration.
Park, who made the motion to send the proposal
back to the public services committee for more
study, said more cost-effective ways of providing
parking for the firemen should be found.
"What's another 30 days going to do?" he
asked. "I don't mind taking the time to decide
how to spend $200,000."
Parks recommended reserving apaces along
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Robert Abramowitz Kathleen Mary Gerety Agustin B. Molina Jr.
Elizabeth T. Alexander Russell R. Gettig Stalo Monto-Pouagare
Daun M. Anderson Anne Marie Gill Laurie T Morelli
Valerie K Arkle Marijane Glazier Tamara S. Morgan
Robert Allen Bachman Cynthis Goldstein David Stewart Morrison
Ahmad Badie Ismael Miley Gonzalez Eric Daniel Morrison
Carey Elizabeth Barnes Mark T Griffith Marek Mrugala
Maharukh Bhiladwalla Robert D. Griffith Ellen Muller
Dennis Biddick R. Wayne Higgins William A. Mu - tilangi
Rafael A. Bracho C. Mary Ellen Hill Yonushonis Warren E. Myers
Glenda Brisbane W. Dean Hoffman Peggy E. Nadenichek
Steven C Broscious Deborah Holderness Smith Natalie W. Newcomer
Keith H. Brower Karen J. Hovde Naomi Okinaka
V Star Campbell- Richard Scott Joshua Oguda Opiacha
Lindzey Huebner Ali Ozbeki .
William J.
.Carroll Norman W. Hummel Jr. Umesh Vishnu Padval
Susan G..C'averly Richard K Jansson Pralay Kuman Pal
Cha, Ok Hwan Lynne Diane Jeffers Michael T Panciera
Kathy Chapman Rose Marie Jevic Donald L. Patton
Michael Comalli Mihira Karra Jean-Robert Pelletier
Cathleen M. Connell David A. Kell Julie Anne Parsing
Jean Baldwin Cox Paul M. Kennedy Susan Marie Puhl
Chie Higuchi Craig Motasimur Rashid Khan Patricia A. Purnell
Rick L. Day Charles A. C. Koch Marie T. Rasimovicz
Stephen G. De Robert H. Kribbs Gregory Schiavone
Tommaso Kenneth M. Kuklews . ki Deborah Lynn Seaman
Laura E. DeWald Joseph M. Lambert Jr. Cetin Seren
Marilyn Wild Diener Tracy L. Lare Lawrence Joseph Shade
James E. Drips Joseph M. Leginus . Piyush Shah
Kyle Wayne Dutt Thomas K Leong Tawfik Y. Sharkasi
Athena Economides Debra A. Lewis - Mark E. Shedlosky
Constance L. Susan E. Lewis Shieh Dong-Ru
Endres Francis E. Love Rose A. Shovlin
Stuart Alan Ensor Anne Mac Cleave Christine C. Sleight
William Alexander John Mahoney Steve K Soboczenski
Formwalt Douglas Mark Manning William J. Sproule
Marilyn French-St. Kathleen McCarty Joyce Ann Stein
George Kathleen McNamara Wanda K Steininger
Mario Thomas Gaboury Sunil D. Mehta J. Tab Sung
Ronald Gelaro David Jason Mela . Mary Cianni Surridge
South Week begins with free
outdoor coffeehouse, movies
South Week kicks off its special activ
ities with an outdoor coffeehouse at 5
tonight, followed by free all-night Mov
ies.
A volleyball tournament and hayride
are scheduled for tomorrow, and a skat
ing party at Sir Skate is featured for
Wednesday, said South Halls Residence
Association President Dave Labuskes.
North Week winner
crowned emperor
By MARY HUNDLEY
Collegian• Staff Writer
The Emperor of the North was
crowned Friday night in a ceremony that
marked the end of a week of earthworm
eating, head shaving, egg sucking and
other courageous and outrageous stunts.
Frank Schawaller (3rd-science) par
ticipated in all 90 competitive events ,to
gain 8,810 points and the title. He was
crowned at North Week's final talent
show and party at Zeta Psi fraternity and
received a $25 cash award.
Schawaller led first-floor Runkle Hall
to first place in the floor competition and
a $75 prize.
Schawaller's antics included getting a
mohawk haircut; crawling up the mall
and barking like a dog and screaming
"I'm so ugly" over and over in Rinaldo's
Barber Shop, 107 S. Allen St.
But Schawaller said he has no regrets.
OFFICERS OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE
UNIVERSITY CHAPTER
President
Vice President
Secretary-Treasurer:
Immediate Past President
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Beaver Avenue as an alternative to the Krumrine
lot purchase. "We could provide on-street parking
for the cost of a few signs," he . said.
Fairbanks said although on-street parking on
Beaver Avenue is one of the alternatives, it is not
a serious consideration in solving the parking
problem.
He said there were a number of problems with
using on-street parking on Beaver Avenue, includ
ing the limited number of spaces on the street and
problems with snow removal during the winter
months.
Also, becauSe Beaver Avenue is one-way, fire
men would have to circle the block and enter the
street down the road from the fire station, he said.
Both Fairbanks and Kurtz said the purchase
price alone should not be the only factor consid
ered in the decision to buy the lot.
•
A Gong Show in the dining hall is '
planned for Thursday, and an ice cream
social is scheduled for Friday.
The week will wind up with a Pollock-
Nittany-South Day on Saturday at Stone
Valley. Buses will depart from behind
Shunk Hall at 11 a.m., Labuskes said. 4°
People were generally supportive, he
said, complimenting him on his mohawk
and offering encouragement.
Schawaller said the hardest event was
a painful trek to Walker and back in a
diving mask and fins. The humiliation he
could handle but the blisters and sore
calves were too much, he said.
"I'll have to plan ahead next year and
wrap my toes or walk backwards," he*
said. •
No one has ever won the title two years
in a row, Schawaller said, but he plans on
being the first.
Runners-up for the emperor title were
Dean Groves (3rd-engineering) with 6,-
915 points and Charles Greene (3rd-sci- 0
ence) with 3,165 points.
Groves said that of the 70 or so events
he participated in, the easiest one was
getting a mohawk, which held the highest
point value.
Cecelia Kay Thompson
Dale E. Thompson
Judith S. Todd
Mary Ellen Tooman
Claudia Ruth Turner
Lynne Uhl
Karen Van Den Heuvel
Ada L. Van Gastel
Christian VintenAlohansen
Kristine Warning
Rose Mary Witham
Jeffrey A. Withun
Mark E. Witowski
James Ashton Yonai
Charley Yu
Randy C. Zittel
J. Thomas Eakin
Maureen A. Carr
Richard A. Keppeler
Sandra P. Lachs
Linda C. Higginson
—by Mary Hundley
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sports
Blue-White Game signals start of Lion rebuilding
By RON GARDNER
Collegian Sports Writer
Saturday's Blue-White Game at Bea
ver Stadium only reinforced what
Coach Joe Paterno knew all along this
spring: rebuilding after losing 11 start
ers from last year's 10-2 squad is not
going to be easy.
"This is an entirely different situa
tion (than last year)," Paterno said
after the Blue team downed the White
23-9. "Coming out of spring practice
last year, we knew exactly what we
had, where we were going. Things were
more settled offensively than they are
right now. We have the skill people, but
we're just riot going to be able to domi
nate people physically as we've done."
The No. 1 priority of the Lions this
spring was to replace graduating offen-
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Blue team in Saturday's football scrimmage at Beaver Stadium. Matt Stapleton (16) is also in pursuit for the White team, which
lost the game 23.9.
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Skeeter Nichols is chased by the White team's Dave Hill (31) and Gene Giotto (45)
in Saturday's Blue• White Game. Nichols carried the ball nine times for 60 yards
and caught three passes for 58 yards.
Nichols scoots for Blue
By PETE WALDRON
Collegian Sports Writer
It was a whole different atmosphere
for tailback Skeeter Nichols. Little
children surrounded him and asked
him for his autograph. People
shouted, "Good game Skeeter, you
ran well today" and "Oh, Skeeter, can
I have my picture taken with you and
one with you and my kids?"
Normally, Nichols would watch the
other running backs Curt Warner
or Jon Williams receive all of the
attention. But not this time. During
and after the Blue-White Game on
Saturday, all eyes were on him, and
rightfully so.
Nichols poured on a fine perfor
mance to lead the Blue team to a 23-9
victory over the White and was se
lected as the TCS Player of the Game.
But, just ask Nichols how he felt
about his weekend performance. You
know, the one everyone raved about?
Everyone except himself.
"It was not really all that much,"
Nichols said modestly. "It was the
line, the blocking. The holes were
there and I just went through their
openings."
There was no stopping Nichols from
finding the holes opened for him by
the Blue offensive line. From the first
play run by the Blue to the laSt,
Nichols spun, dodged and skeetered
through the line, despite the fact that
sive linemen Mike Munchak, Jim Ro
mano and Sean Farrell, who were all
selected in the first two rounds of last
week's National Football League draft.
And the performance of the first
string line of tackles Bill Contz and Pete
Speros, guards Dick Maginnis and Scott
Carraher, and center Mark Battaglia of
the White team, did little to allay Pater
no's worries.
The White line allowed the Blue de
fenders to sack quarterback Todd
Blackledge (15 of 28 attempts for 130
yards) three times for 21 yards, caused
Blackledge •to lose 23 more yards.
scrambling on broken pass plays, and
forced him to rush into seven incomple
tions. On the ground, the White back
field of Jon Williams, Tom Barr and
Tony Mumford could only muster 22
rushing yards on 14 attempts.
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he was playing with an injured right
hamstring.
In spite of the injury, he played
hard. On Saturday, Nichols broke
tackles left and right. He carried the
ball nine times for 60 yards; 50 of
those yards were registered in the
first half. He also pulled down three
receptions for 58 yards and scored one
touchdown.
In fact, he played so hard some
people thought there was a method to
his madness..
"My intention was just winning," he
said. "I didn't want to prove anything.
It wasn't like I was competing against
the other backs.
"I just wanted the Blue team to win
I had a bet with my roommate."
Although Jon Williams lost the bet,
he wasn't surprised with his room
mate's performance.
"Skeeter's been running well all
spring," Williams said. "He • can
break the big ones and get the short
ones for you. We don't know what's
going to happen, but I see him getting
more playing time this year."
Lion quarterback Todd Blackledge
agreed with Williams.
"Skeeter keeps. improving all the
time," Blackledge said. "I'm sure
he'll be there for us in the fall. He had
a great spring for us and he continued
it (Saturday)."
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"They've all got to get better," Pater
no said. "Their pass protection tech
niques aren't good they're not strong
enough. If you're a big overpwering kid
and you're 260 pounds and yoU can flip
people, then you can make some mis
takes. •
"We obviously have some people in
there that can't handle certain things.
When you don't have that kind of size or
that kind of speed, then you've got to
have to have great technique and
you've got to be very cohesive. You
can't make mistakes."
The White team, however, got on the
scoreboard first when Blackledge found
tight end Mike Closkey on a 15-yard
touchdown strike midway through the
first quarter for a 7-0 lead. But with 1:56
left in the quarter, Nick Gancitano,
another question mark for the Lions as
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Reloading time for offensive line
By KEITH GROLLER
Collegian Sports Writer
If there was anything of importance
to be learned from Saturday's Blue-
White contest at Beaver Stadium, it
was how well the offensive line would
perform without such talented players
as Sean Farrell and Mike Munchak
heading the charge.
But as it turned out, not a great deal
of information was learned from the
Blue's easy 23-9 romp over the White.
The only thing that was made clear is
that none of the players are really too
concerned about the loss.
"We don't have a problem in the
offensive line," said the man who
stands behind it, quarterback Todd
Blackledge. "We just have a lot of
inexperienced people right now. But
once they get to play together and put
it all together, they'll be just fine. No,
it's really not a problem."
Tailback Jon Williams agreed with
his backfield mate.
"The offensive line is coming togeth
er real well," said Williams, who will
be counting on the line to open up holes
for him in the fall. "They need more
work and more time playing together,
but there's a lot of talent there."
Blackledge and Williams sing a
much different tune than the one Head
Coach Joe Paterno has been humming
all spring. Rebuilding the offensive
line was clearly Paterno's top priority
during spring drills. Whether or not
Paterno succeeded in his rebuilding
program was still not made clear in
Saturday's game.
The top offensive personnel played
for the White team, whose offensive
line consisted of Mark Battaglia at
center, Bill Contz and Pete Speros at
the tackles, and Scott Carraher and
Dick. Maginnis at the guards.
All but Carraher are returning let
termen, but the group has played to
gether about as often as the remaining
members of the Beatles have per
formed together in the last 10 years
not at all.
Contz feels that the line could be a
big hit if it just gets the time to play
together.
"Everybody's been saying that the
line has been devastated," Contz said.
"But I don't think so. We lost three
very talented individuals in Sean, Mike
and Jimmy (Romano). But I think that
we're going to come together as a unit
and be maybe not as good individually,
but a real strong unit."
The potential starting line didn't
have much time to play together Satur
day, because in typical Blue-White
fashion the coaches frequently shut
tled players in-and-out, looking for the
right combination.
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the succesor to Brian Franco as the
Penn State placekicker, drilled the first
of his three field goals for the Blue,
from 34 yards out, to narrow the gap to
7-3.
In the second quarter, Gancitano
sandwiched 30- and 24-yard field goals
around a 24-yard touchdown pass from
Blue quarterback Doug Strang to split
end Timmy Robinson. That gave the
Blue a 16-7 halftime advantage.
"Nick had a good day for the first
time he's kicked under pressure,".,Pa
terno said. "(One of my priorities) was
to make sure the kicking game was
solid and I think that was pretty good
today."
In the second half, tailback Skeeter
Nichols, who carried 10 times for 60
yards on the day while also catching
three passes for 58 yakds, scampered
nine yards down the left sideline for the
Blue's touchdown with 8:34 left in the
third quarter.
Then in the fourth quarter, the White
team closed out the scoring by blocking
a Ralph Giacomarro punt in the end
zone for a safety to narrow the final
score to 23-9.
Sophomore quarterbacks Dan Loner
gan (6 of 8 for 90 yards) and Doug
Strang (6 of 11, 88 yards and one touch
down),
both impressed Paterno in their
scramble to . earn the spot as Black
ledge's back-up, although Paterno is
unsure if either will be battle-ready by
opening day.
"I thought both those kids showed
some poise out there and I think they'll
be good quarterbacks," Paterno said.
"One of them's going to have to come
along in a hurry so we'll have some
back-up back there.
"The problem you're in now is the
fact that you've got two young kids and
you've got a guy who's been playing
and you want to move ahead with him.
We really believe that we're going to
have to be a more sophisticated offen
sive football team.
"I think we're going to have to be big
play," he predicted, "and we're going
to have to convert third-and-five situa
tions."
But Blackledge, on whose shoulders
the responsibility for picking up thoSe
critical first downs will fall, said he
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Saturday marked the changing of the guard (and center) and as quarterback Todd Blackledge (14) of the White team worked
behind a line that included tight end John Walter (86), center Mark Battaglia (59); guard Scott Carraher (77) and tackle Pete
Speros (56).
But when the full unit was in there, it
batted one-for-two. On the White's first
possession, it went 82 yards on 14
plays, culminating with Blackledge's
16-yard touchdown pass to Mike Mc-
Closkey.
The same unit again was on the field
for the White's first possession of the
second half, but this time things didn't
click. The offense didn't gain a first
down as Blackledge was sacked once
and pressured into an incompletion.
"We started off really well, I
thought," Speros said. "We moved the
ball both on the ground and through the
air. A real nice drive. Then later in the
game, we sputtered a bit. Todd did
have a lot of pressure on him, but I
think that if we can eliminate some of
the individual mistakes, we'll be all
right.
"I certainly think that we have the
personnel to fill the holes."
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Guard Dick Maginnis (54) of the White team throws a block on Blue linebacker
Rodger Puz (55) as tailback Jon Williams (44) searches for an opening.
really doesn't expect much change in
the offense come next season.
"We're not going to vary the things
we did last year," Biackledge said.
"It's tough to evaluate the offense be
cause we didn't have (Dave) Laube,
(Curt) Warner and (Kenny Jackson)
out there."
Laube is presently academically inel
igible, and Warner and Jackson have
forsaken spring football drills this year
to run track.
Defensively, Paterno said he saw a
lot to be happy about, especially after
the graduation of all three starting
linebackers Matt Bradley, Chet Par
lavecchio and Ed Pryts.
"I'm really pleased with our inside
linebackers," Paterno said. "We've got
four or five really good ones. I think
(Scott) Radecic, • (Dave) Paffenroth,
(Rodger) Puz, (Steve) Sefter and Car
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According to Carraher, the White's
offensive holes were filled Saturday
primarily because the Blue (the top
defensive personnel) have had more
experience playing together. But he
felt the offensive line didn't play that
poorly.
"For the first time we worked to
gether, I think we all did pretty well,"
said Carraher a 6-4, 240-pound junior.
"We had our moments. The defense
played really well, though, probably
because they have a lot more experi
ence playing together than we do."
Will Carraher be a permanent fix
ture in the Lion offensive line?
"Well, I was today," Carraher said.
"It's very hard to say what they're
going to do yet. They're still taking a
look at a lot of different people and
right now, I'm one of them. I don't
want to jinx myself by saying that I'll
be in the starting line-up."
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men Masciantonio have come along
quickly. They could turn out to be as
good as anybody we've had."
Defensive end Walker Lee Ashley
said the defense should once again be
its typically stingy self.
"It's hard to tell," he said. "We've
had some problems but we've stuck
together as a team. I know through the
summer and into the fall we'll get
better each day."
BLUE-WHITE NOTES: Ashley, line
backer Ken Kelley and Speros were
elected as Penn State's 1982 football
captains. . .Offensive tackle George
Herina was presented the Red Worrell
Award "for exemplary conduct, loy
alty, attitude and improvement" by an
offensive player during spring practice.
Defensive end John Luton won the Jim
O'Hora Award, which recognizes the
same qualities for defensive players.
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Of course, the only one to know the
answer to that question and anything
involving Penn State football is Pater
no.
Paterno, who spent the game in the
TCS television booth, said of the offen
sive line, "I think .we've got some
potential. We're not going to be the
overpowering football team that we've
been, not right away.
"You can't lose (Dave) Laube, Mun
chak and Romano and Kab and not
have some problems. But I think we
have young people who've worked aw
fully hare and have the potential to be
good football players. But they're not
they're yet."
So, the great offensive line dilemma
of 1982 will have to wait until Sept. 4,
when the Lions open their season
against Temple. Maybe then we'll find
out for sure.
Monday, May 3
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