2—The Daily Collegian Wednesday, April 27, 1983 Education Secretary Wilburn: Curriculum must reflect society's needs today and emphasize basics By KAREN KANE Collegian Staff Writer HARRISBURG Secretary of Ed ucation Robert C. Wilburn said Fri day he hopes the controversy surrounding a Board of Education proposal to decentralize the state’s school districts will not paralyze the board’s intent to improve school stan dards. Both school administrators and the public are concerned about the ef fects the proposal will have on the state’s 501 school districts. The purpose of the new Chapter 5 regulations, as originally drafted, was to increase quality by decentra- Despite cutback threats students financial aids needs should be satisfied By ALECIA SWASY Collegian Staff Writer HARRISBURG Despite the con stant threat of federal aid cutbacks and the lack of increases in state financial aid, Secretary of Education Robert C. Wilburn said the needs of students in Pennsylvania will be met. “I don’t think that we really face a very serious problem in financial assistance today or projected in the near future,” Wilburn said. In a recent interview, Wilburn said although financial aid is a very con troversial area, most are able to get the amount they need. “I know of few students who can’t get the assistance that they need either with grants or loans and actu ally aren’t going to college,” he said. Referring to President Reagan’s proposals for the consolidation and possible elimination of several feder al aid programs, Wilburn said the significant cutbacks are similar to those made last year, but the cut backs actually did not occur. “I think there’s been a myth per- * * Mon & Tue $1.50-7:30 & 9:30 £ * * } . * J. PAC MAN ZAXXON }® VIOLATION OF CLAUDIA * ZTA Big Brothers, V V V m Thanks for a m X great year. You 1 ▼ guys are the best!! ' Love, V' The Zelas ¥ ■ flfil country Tavern SjßcricWewooddriur • Z 37-1049 ‘‘Think’ Term Break!! lizing the 501 school districts through out the state and allowing each district to establish “goal-oriented curriculum.” “I see a lot of merit in the propo nents of Chapter 5, about what they were attempting to do, but I also understand the concerns that were raised by individuals that do not want to see any decrease in quality,” Wil burn said. “I think we have a real need to look at our curriculum to make sure that the curriculum reflects the needs of society today, and that is a greater emphasis on the basics,*’ he said. On one hand, the curriculum spe cialists want course outlines to be petuated as far as the extent of cut backs that have occured,” he said. Some restrictions such as a ceil ing on loans to families with adjusted incomes of $30,000 or more have been implemented, but “this sharp reduction that everyone was planning on and worried about” has not hap pened, he said. However, in anticipation of the proposed cuts last year, the state budget had increased PHEAA’s bud get by nine percent the largest increase ever in PHEAA grant mon ey, Wilburn said. The state also enacted a multi-mil lion dollar loan program through the sale of bonds, he said. Wilburn said the bond program and the increase last year would offset any planned reductions for next year. “We really didn’t think, given this very difficult year, that this was an area that needed to be increased,” he said. The loan program was authorized when Gov. Dick Thornburgh signed legislation Dec. 29 authorizing PHEAA to sell up to $3OO million in CONTRACEPTIVES The Rubber Tree MAIL ORDER SERVICE • Condoms over 35 varieties //rajxjiWX • Foams,Creams,Jellies' / /fiXoaJwA \ • Books, T-shirts and more ■£ 7iV p • 10-40% BELOW RETAIL V FORA FREE MAIL ORDER BROCHURE WRITE THE RUBBER TREE; DEPT. 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On the other hand, he said, some citizens are concerned that if the schools are not required to provide “some of the old disciplines that they are comfortable with,” a school dis trict might not offer the courses in the future. “I think the solution is there as long as we look at this issue, from a detached, objective point of view that you can a§ the two sides are propos ing things that are not mutually ex clusive,” he said. “Both can be done, both should be done.” Once the' regulations were pub lished, people began to fear that state bonds each year. The current ceiling for the program is $3OO milllion, but the program could expand from year to year, depending on the demand for the loans, said John Ebersole, public information officer for PHEAA. PHEAA is currently looking into different methods of implementing the loan program, he said. The agency has never made direct loans to students because it does not have the facilities or the staff, Eber sole said. 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Bryant Mesick , 238-0143 or 237-0586 certain disciplines would be removed from the curriculums to save money, Wilburn said. “Everyone has heard the concerns and it’s going to be rewritten to make sure that those concerns don’t be come a reality,” Wilburn said. “It seems to me the solution is to bring those people together." The course requirements that are in Chapter 5 now are “truly mini mum” and “inadequate,” Wilburn said. The department must provide guarantees that the intent of Chapter 5 is not lost, he said. ably towards PHEAA more often than against it, he said. The money that has gone into PHEAA in the last five years has shown a significant financial commit tment from the state relative to the previous five years. “The administration certainly rec ognizes the value of the agency,” he said. Wilburn said the Department of Education and PHEAA have been involved in some “administrative hassles” and philisophical differ ences of opinions. For example, when the increases in funding occurred, discussion ensued as to whether the money should be used to guarantee grants to low-in come students or dispersed evenly to all students. Although this is a positive, con structive debate, one has to look at it from the student’s perspective, Wil burn said. “Student financial assistance is to guarantee that students have an op portunity to go somewhere to col lege,” CATA considers bus lease to ease fleet overcrowding By TONY PHYRILLAS Collegian Staff Writer The arrival of the 12 new Neo plan buses has prompted Centre Area Transportation Authority of ficials to consider leasing some of the older buses in CATA’s fleet. “It’s great to be in the position of .having the spare buses and help ing someone else out,” CATA ma naging director Paul Oversier said. “Usually, we were the one who needed to find buses.” The 12 new buses, which were added to CATA’s existing 19-bus fleet, leave the authority with too many buses to store in its garage. CATA expects to ease the over crowding by leasing some of its older buses to other transit sys tems. And CATA has found its first customer in the Indiana County Transit Authority, a rural transit system in western Pennsylvania that now uses five buses and 10 vans. - '• The Indiana system leases school buses and has been looking for regular buses to lease, Over sier said. The Indiana County system is managed by Lewis T. Poorman, a University graduate and former CATA bus driver. Poorman chose to lease the CATA buses instead of buses from the Allentown, Harris burg and Johnstown transit au thorities. Monday the CATA board ap proved a plan to lease four older Centre Line buses to the Indiana County system for $250 a month each. , The State College Municipal Council has already approved the leasing plan with the borough re- The PANHELLENIC COUNCIL would like to congratulate ALPHA PHI on their outstanding service and dedication Happy 25th Anniversity! wSBT bBB • KH BH §J!e All during April, Crabtrees Each diamond, regardless is showering you with yfi Vt °f s i ze / comes with the unheard-of savings on ) assurance of quality only beautiful diamond 'SAir*/ a store of Crabtrees' jewelry. reputation can offer. Serving Central Pennsylvania for 70 years. / \ cj ® CFWBTREES 0 JEWELERS one three two south alien street taining a three percent processing fee. Indiana County is also consid ering leasing a fifth CATA bus as a spare for $lOO a month, Oversier said. If CATA can lease five of its older buses, the authority would be left with 26 buses one more than the system needs, Oversier said. Last year, the Pennsylvania De partment of Transportation pur chased 1,000 new buses from Neoplan USA Corporation for 15 of the state’s transit systems in the nation’s first bus pool purchase program. Many of the state’s tran sit systems are now trying to lease some of their older buses. Under the leasing arrangement, State College will serve as-the middle man in the agreement be tween the two transit systems. CATA now leases five buses from the borough for $2OO dollars a month. CATA could save $7,800 in leasing payments to the borough for the rest of the year when Indiana County enters the leasing plan. The leasing agreement ends December 31, 1983 and CATA has the option to buy the buses from the borough for $1 each. Instead of CATA buying the buses back, State College will lease them to the Indiana County transit system. The borough will then pass the money onto CATA, which could use it for local match ing funds in future capital projects or as working capital. The lease, which could run from one to three years, might yield CATA as much as $36,000. Indiana County would have the option to buy the buses for $5OO each after three years. Commissioner candidates discuss issues By TONY PHYRILLAS Collegian Staff .Writer Two Democratic candidates for Centre County Commissioner, John T. Saylor and Sue Smith, spoke to a small group of students last night on why each is qualified to serve as commissioner. The Candidate’s Night, sponsored by the College Democrats,'gave the two candidates a chance to address a range of issues, with the two candi dates spending much of the meeting backing each other’s positions. The two candidates agreed on al most every issue discussed, ranging from increased cooperation with lo cal governments, bridging the gap between the county’s rural areas and State College, to continued funding for human service programs. Saylor, a Bellefonte resident and a two-term incumbent, said he is proud of his record as a commissioner and would like to continue, serving the county. Smith, a Lemont resident and polit ical.newcomer, is attempting to be come the first woman elected to a commissioner’s seat. A 1 Brelo, the third Democratic can didate seeking one of three commis sioner seats, did not attend the meeting. Smith, although a first-time candi date, stressed her involvement with the League of Women Voters in the past 10 years and her knowledge of Sigma Delta Tau welcomes their newest men of the torch: Arnie Farbstein Rick Garcia JackForgosh " Rob Planutis Congratulations! Love, the sisters of SDT / U-154 station Besfouram Junction of College 4 &a.mer- human service agenices as qualifica tions for office. • Saylor said his eight years on the Board of Commissioners have been marked by sound fiscal management, accessibility to the public and cooper ation with other local government officials. “You have to stay on top of the government operation and my knowl edge of county government will help John T. Saylor and Sue Smith me continue doing the job.” Smith said her extensive involve ment with many area human service agencies will give her the backround to help her decide how to fund these agencies. Three-fourths of the county’s- $l7 million budget goes toward human service programs in some way, Smith said. “I know the agencies, their serv- ices and the people who operate them,” Smith said, Smith is spearheading the drive by the Task Force for Emergency Tem porary Housing to bring an emergen cy shelter to State College. Last month, she asked the State College Municipal Council to consider fund ing the shelter from the borough’s Community Development Block Grant allocation. ARHS approves new officers, : announces Movin' On bands By LAURIE JONES Collegian Staff Writer The Association of Residence Hall Students last night approved the students chosen by the presi dent and vice president to fulfill appointed positions for the 1983-84 council. The new officers chosen by ARHS President Dave Labuskes and vice president Jennifer Gould are: Judi Smith, executive vice president; Jane Morris, secre tary; Trisha McGuinn, treasurer; Leslie Horn, executive council working representative; Joyce Darkey, Residence Hall Advisory Board director; Leslie Jacobs, publicity director; and Lynn Wil helm, national communications coordinator. Labuskes also informed the council of a meeting with the Pan helenic Council to discuss sorority expansion. He said ARHS and Panhel have not formed a recom mendation on how the need for more sororities will be deter mined, but have decided how ex pansion should occur. He said this proposition from ARHS and Pan hel will be sent to the Office of Residential Life Programs. Tonight at the Mischief Suzie Wong Eggrolls served Nightly 10-2 * ATTENTION!! * ★ * * all UNDERGRADUATE * * STUDENT * * ORGANIZATIONS: * CHECK YOUR COMMUNICATIONS FILE AT THE HUB MAIN YOUR GROUP’S FUTURE STATUS DEPENDS ON IT!! ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ The Daily Collegian Wednesday, April 27, 1983—3 He said that once the 15 percent allowed for reserved space in the dorms is reached, a new system would be needed. Under this new. system the sororities would be divided between East and Pollock halls, with 10 sororities in each area. Under the present system, 11 sororities are located in Pollock (including Alpha Omicrom Pi, which will not have reserved space until next fall) and 8 are located in South Halls. Labuskes said the new system would not be implemented for at least three years. In other business, Movin’ On chairman Ed Doherty announced the bands that will play at the weekend-long concert on the HUB lawn. The concert will be on Satur day, May 7 from noon to 11 p.m. and Sunday, May 8 from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday’s bands will be Bor derline, The Freddy Wright Band, Johnny Deadline, Archie Blue, W.C. Billhick, Tahoka Freeway, Nightcap, and Robert Ellis Orrall. The bands on Sunday will be Bookends, John Jackson, The Markley Band, Cartoon and the Roches. DESK. (USG Supreme Court)
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