Recruitment:
The numbers of minority faculty
and students at the University
were criticized by three black
legislators at a state House
appropriations hearing in
Harrisburg earlier this year. As of
Fall Term 1982, black students
made up 2.5 percent of the total
University student enrollment;
full-time black faculty members
made up 1.1 percent of the entire
University faculty.
Daily Collegian reporter Anne
McDonough talked to University
administrators and students about
minority recruitment. In
tomorrow's issue, administrators
and student leaders will address
minority retention at the
University.
By ANNE McDONOUGH
Collegian Staff Writer
• If you are a white student at
Penn State, try to imagine what it
would be like to live in a town of
79,000 people 78,000 of - whom are
black. For most University
students, this situation is very
difficult to imagine.
However, black students at the
University must try to cope with
and to be happy with the exactly
opposite situation, said Larry
Young, director of the Paul
all Commencement question needs student input
By ANN MATTURRO
Collegian Staff Writer
A Fall 1983 Commencement ceremony
may be in store for seniors scheduled to
graduate after Fall Semester if both' stu
dents and their parents get involved. .
Chris HoPwood, president 'of the Under
graduate Student Government's Academiq
Assembly, said a Fall Commencement is
still viable if enough concern is expressed.
"Students and their parents would have to
become greatly involved in order to pull it
off, but it's not too late 'to do something
about it," Hopwood said.
But James R. Dungan, secretary of the
Calendar Conversion Council, said he is not
taking student reaction seriously because he
has not yet seen any real evidence of student
commitment.
Dungan said he has only received a few
letters from parents and students concern
ing Fall Commencement cancelation. He
said he .responded to them by explaining
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According to the Department of
Public Information and Relations,
total University enrollment, as of
Fall 1982, was 52,672. Total black
enrollment during that time
period was 1,390 students or
approximately 2.5 percent.
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The state has a minority
population of 8.8 percent. The
question many . minority student
leaders and administrators ask is:
Is the University doing enough to
recruit more minority students to
equalize the current enrollment
figures?
Admittedly, the admissions
office faces severetudget
constraints and it must decide
whether minority recruitment
should be considered as
important, James Stewart,
director of the University Black
Studies program, said.
"The institution has not made
the decision
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4 Rep. Harold Washington won election
as Chicago's first black mayor early this
morning riding a huge black turnout and
strong Hispanic support to thwart
Bernard Epton's bid to become the city's
first Republican mayor in half a century
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• Construction should begin in June of
Centre Community Hospital's new wing
that will house a cancer treatment
center, a respiratory therapy unit, data
processing services and office space
• The Computation Center has
temporarily extended its hours in
Hammond and Boucke buildings to
make more terminals available to
students during busy periods of the term
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that one commencement per year is the
normal procedure for schools on a semester
calendar and four commencements a year
is practically unheard of.
No additional responses have resulted
from his letters, Dungan said:
"There seems to be a vocal minority that
is trying to make this a bigger issue then it
really is; I haven't seen any large numbers
yet," he said.
Dungan sees the student reaction as a
delayed response. The decision to cancel
Fall Commencement was made two years
ago and students are. reacting now for the
first time, he said.
However, many students were not aware
of this decision and as a result there has
been a lot of student response, Hopwood
said.
"Many students were surprised that there
would be no Fall Commencement," Hop
wood said. "They feel that this decision was
made without giving them any forewarning
whatsoever."
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Supina and Joseph Wakeley, Jr., give their views on issues facing State Please see COUNCIL, Page 4.
Undergraduate Student Government
President-elect Emil Parvensky said if stu
dents back their complaints with large num
bers and present their opinions logically to
the administration, the administration
could see that a peed does exist. .
"I can see why the administration is
taking such a lackadaisical attitude," Par
vensky said. "Students can do all the bark
ing they want, but if we don't have the
numbers to back up our argument then they
aren't going to listen to us."
Dungan said that the new semester cal
endar does not allow sufficient time for
commencement ceremonies.
Fall Semester is scheduled to end on Dec.
22 and professors and college deans need at
least three days after finals to get grades
recorded. Consequently, Commencement
would interfere with Christmas vacation,
Dungan said in The Daily Collegian last
month.
But Hopwood said that Dungan's com
plaint about the interference of a Fall Com-
Extra Block Grant funds
By TONY PHYRILLAS
Collegian Staff Writer
State College could receive an additional
$253,000 in Community Development Block Grant
funds this year, Community Development
Director Harry F. Lawlor said.
The borough's additional windfall would come
from an extra $71.3 million Pennsylvania will
receive in CDBG money under the jobs bill
passed by Congress last month.
Lawlor said he was informed of the proposed
allocation last week by Don Patch, director of the
Block Grant Assistance in Washington, D.C. The
CDBG program is administered by the
Department of Housing and Urban Development.
The final allocation figures and regulations on
how the money can be spent will be available in
one or two weeks, Lawlor said.
"I have no idea what restrictions, if any, will be
CCB Bancorp may merge with Mellon
By KAREN KANE
Collegian Staff Writer
Mellon National Corporation and
CCB Bancorp, Inc., parent of
Central Counties Bank, announced
yesterday that the organizations
have signed a definitive agreement
to merge, pending approval by the
shareholders of CCB Bancorp and
various regulatory authorities.
CCB Bancorp, whose sole
subsidiary is Central Counties
Bank, is based in State College and
provides commercial and retail
banking and personal and corporate
trust services through 42 locations
in Blair, Centre, Clinton, Mifflin and
Union counties.
Mellon National Corporation is
the 12th largest United States bank
holding company with assets in
excess of $25 billion. The
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Pittsburgh-based corporation is a
multi-national financial service
organization whose subsidiaries
include Mellon Bank, Girard Bank,
Mellon Bank International, Girard
Bank Delaware and Mellon
Financial Service.
The organization engages in
worldwide commercial banking,
trust and investment management
service, commercial and consumer
financial services, leasing and
residential real estate financing and
investment services.
"We think it is a positive move for
our customers," Elmer G. Grant,
chairman CCB Bancorp said at a
press conference at the Nittany
Lion Inn.
Central Counties Bank now
cannot afford expertise that larger
organizations provide to their
customers, Grant said.
mencement with Christmas "doesn't hold
much water."
"There's no reason why the University
can't compensate for students planning to
graduate in the fall," Hopwood said. "Grad
uation could be held after Christmas vaca
tion."
Parvensky agreed with Hopwood.
"The University knew that switching to
semesters was going to be expensive and
canceling Fall Commencement is not the
appropriate place to cut corners," Parvens
ky said.
Another reason the University said a Fall
Commencement was impractical was be
cause of the weather, Hopwood said.
"But the weather excuse is not feasible
either," Hopwood said. "The University has
held numerous commencements in both
November and March when the weather is
just as bad, and sometimes worse, than in
January."
Hopwood does not support a permanent
Fall Commencement under the semester
put on the new funds," Lawlor said. "I'm still
waiting to hear whether the funds can be added to
our existing program or whether a new program
needs to be set up."
Because the new allocation was passed as part
of the jobs bill, Lawlor said he expects the federal
government's regulations to emphasize public
works projects with the additional funds.
The State College Municipal Council and the
community development office are preparing a
$728,000 CDBG budget for the 1983-84 fiscal year,
which begins July 1. This year, the borough has
allocated $705,000.
Lawlor said he has yet to receive formal
notification on the exact amount the borough will
receive and where and when the money can be
spent.
The current CDBG budget year ends June 30,
but Lawlor said it is unlikely the additional
$253,000 allocation must be spent before this
The merger will give Central
Counties Bank the opportunity to
provide additional services without
affecting the customer.
The amount of money available
for customer loans will be increased
as a result of the merger, he said.
The present loan limit of the bank is
$4 million.
A council, consisting of
representatives from Central
Counties, Mellon, and Girard banks,
will be established to define the best
methods of providing customer
service after the merger, said J.
David Barnes, chief executive
officer of Mellon.
The council said it eventually
expects to create a state-wide
system that would enable
customers to use the banking
facilities of all three organizations
throughout the state, Barnes said.
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system but said one should be held this year
because of the transition.
Parvensky agreed: "Under the term sys
tem, more students tend to graduate out of
sync because the University encourages
students to begin in the summer and many
students realize that if they aren't going to
graduate on time, staying an extra term
isn't really that big of a deal."
However, Parvensky said, "People
caught up in the transition should be accom
modated for."
Hopwood urges students and/or their par
ents to write, call or visit the following
people: University President John W. Os
wald in 201 Old Main; Calendar Conversion
Council Chairman James Bartoo in 805
Kern; University Registrar Warren Haffn
er, 112 Shields; or incoming University
President Bryce Jordan, Executive Vice
Chancellor, for Academic Affairs, Universi
ty of Texas System, 601 Colorado St., Austin,
Texas, 78701.
proposed
fiscal year expires.
' "It's too short of a time for cities to respond,"
Lawlor said.
Of the more than $7l million targeted for the
state, Philadelphia will receive $21.5 million and
Pittsburgh will receive $7.1 million.
Lawlor said he expects the additional grant to
be established in a separate fund. The money
could be used to continue projects begun last year
using CDBG funds, he said.
Council President Joseph Wakeley Jr. said that
because the borough has yet to receive official
notification of the additional grant, the council is
not making plans on how to spend the money.
Last year, the council allocated money for the
first phase of a downtown street lighting
program. New street lights will be installed on
West College Avenue, from South Fraser Street
to South Pugh Street, with additional funds
needed this year to continue the program
Central Counties Bank will
remain a seperate identity after the
merger and will maintain its board
of directors and regional boards
representing Blair, Centre, Clinton,
Mifflin and Union counties.
The merger also calls for Grant to
join Mellon's board of directors
while retaining his positions as
president and chairman of CCB
Bancorp and Central Counties
Bank.
State legislation was passed last
year that provided for the
establishment of multi-bank holding
companies in Pennsylvania to help
meet the demands of increased
competition from other financial
services, Barnes said.
As many as four independently
operated banks may be owned by
one parent organization.
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