2—The Daily Collegian Tuesday, Aug. 30, 1983
Swimming test:
By CHRISTINE MURRAY
Collegian Staff Writer
Louis D. Mac Neill, University aquatic director
and head coach of the men's swimming team,
plans to launch a one-man crusade to reinstate
the University's swimming test.
But without the students' help, he admits, the
optional test may not be reinstituted.
"Students do not realize their potential,"
Mac Neill said. "Ten thousand students could
change this University."
Fall semester orientation represented the first
time in almost 59 years that the University did
not offer the test, Mac Neill said. The test was
ended because one student did not want to be
forced to take an optional swimming test, he said.
Before former Undergraduate Student Govern
ment Senator Darryl Daisey successfully chal
lenged the test in 1982, it was widely believed to
be a graduation requirement.
If students realize the clout they have, they
could have the test reinstituted, Mac Neill said.
"One kid did this and he made this fantastic
change," Mac Neill said. "The administration is
very concerned with the thoughts of one stu
dent."
When the test was implemented, the University
Faculty Senate never approved the test as a
Rush begins for fraternities and sororities
By FELICIA ROSEN
Collegian Staff Writer
Fraternity rush at the University
has been a tradition for 95 years;
sorority rush for 57 years. Today this
tradition begins again.
- For sororities, Rush Recruitment
Week begins today and will last until .
Friday, with rush officially starting
Septa 9, said Chris Naida, rush chair
woman.
Women who want to rush must
complete a form by Thursday and
pay a $5 registrati6n fee, she said.
Forms can be obtained at the Panhel
lenic Council Office, 2038 HUB, and
at tables Set up in the dining halls,
Naida said.
Fraternity rush also begins tonight
with a Rush Mixer in the HUB Ball
room. Four repi-esentatives from
each fraternity will be on hand to
answer questions about the Universi
ty's fraternities and greek life, said
Adam Levinson, Interfraternity
Council president.
At the mixer, interested parties can
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required physical education course, said James
G. Thompson, acting head of the physical educa
tion department.
If a student failed the test, the physical educa
tion department recommended a beginner's
swimming course, he said. No student was ever
prohibited from graduating because he did not
take the test, he said.
Mac Neil said the swim test was a source of
pride for him when he was recruiting students.
He said he used to tell students and their parents
that the University was one of only two schools
that provided its students with the opportunity to
have instructors test their swimming proficien
cy.
"I'm trying to let the student body know how
important it is," he said. "Maybe it will make the
students aware of their inability to,swim."
Thompson said the University announced the
test was voluntary two years ago and since then
the number of people taking the test has steadily
declined.
Mac Neill stressed that the test was not manda
tory and most of the time a student who could not
swim just signed up for the basic swimming
course. "We had an aura of understanding about
the swim test."
Mac Neill said he is concerned about the people
sign a general rush list, which is
distributed to all fraternities, Levin
son said. A preference rush list, if a
person is interested in a particular
fraternity, may also be signed, he
said.
`Freshmen shouldn't
be scared to rush. It's
a way to become
involved in a
University activity
right away.'
- Chris Naida, rush
chairwoman
After the rush mixer, the individual
fraternities, not IFC, are active in
rush.
During sorority recruitment week,
a slide show presentation and a ques
tion and answer session.about sorori-
ty life will be conducted in each of the
dormitory areas
The presentation will be shown at
6:30 in Pollock and 8 in Findlay
Lounge, East Halls tomorrow night.
The presentation dates for the re
maining dorm areas are pending and
will be posted later in the week,
Naida said.
"Women interested in rushing will
have two opportunities to meet soror
ity representatives," Naida said. In
addition to the slide presentation,
Naida said women interested in be
coming sorority members can attend
an Ice Cream Mixer on Sept. 7 at the
HUB Gallery.
Rushees will have the opportunity
to meet their rush counselors Sept. 8
and learn the procedures of rush,
Naida said.
During the first round of parties,
Sept. 9, 11 and 12, women will be
taken by their rush counselor to each
of the 17 sororities for 20-minute
parties, she said.
From 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sept. 13, post
office will be held in 301 HUB. At post
to make it mandatory
who think drowning is something that will never
happen to them.
He said 8,000 people drown every year and
chances are good that those people had the
opportunity to learn how to swim and did not take
advantage of it.
Mac Neil also said that in the past 19 years. 19
to 20 percent of the students who took the test did
not pass it. During various orientation periods,
between 5,000 and 7,000 students took the test, he
said.
Thompson said the results of a survey con
ducted last year showed that 70 percent of the
students surveyed thought a required swim test
was a good idea.
The test required students to dive into the deep
end and swim around the pool using any stroke.
They were then required to tread water for a few
minutes, Mac Neill said.
The entire test takes 10 minutes because. "if
you can swim in the water for 10 minutes you
could probably survive for hours," he said.
Mac Neil said he wants to make students
aware that they cannot swim and he hopes they
will sign up for a course in introductory swim
ming.
"We think our students are valuable and we
don't want them to drown after they get their
degree," he said.
office, rushees will receive invita
tions to the sororities for second
rounds. Second rounds consist of 30-
minute parties with a rushee visiting
a maximum of 12 sororities.
On Sept. 16, a second post office will
be held and women will receive invi
tations from six sororities. These
invitations make up third rounds,
from Sept. 19 and 20, which include
six 40-minute parties.
"During the third round, rushees
should be looking very seriously at
which sorority they would like to
accept membership," Naida said.
The last post office and preference
parties parties that last one hour at
three sororities will be held Sept.
21.
After the preference parties, the
rushees return to their specified area
and sign bid cards, listing their pref
erence for sorority membership.
"Freshmen shouldn't be scared to
rush," Naida said. "It's a way to
become involved in a University ac
tivity right away."
USG Senate picks
Laura Morrison
as new president
By CHRISTINE MURRAY
and LORI MUSSER
Collegian Staff Writers
The Undergraduate Student
Governmeht Senate elected a new
senate president after the resigna
tion of former Senate President
Bill Kraftsow in its first meeting of
the Fall Semester last night.
"Due to personal reasons, most
notably my failure to obtain ad
equate funding to remain a Uni
versity Park student, I must
resign from the senate," Kraftsow
said in a resignation letter.
Town Senator Laura Morrison
defeated town Senator Kelli Chest
ntit in elections for the position.
Morrison said she gave the posi
tion a lot of thought when she
found out Kraftsow had resigned.
"I'm excited about (assuming
office)," Morrison said. "Now I'll
be able to get a lot more things
done that I want to get done."
As senate president, Morrison
said she would like to conduct
private caucuses without The
Daily Collegian present with
senators prior to senate meetings.
The senate would use this time to
discuss bills that appear on the
agenda, answer questions and
avoid accidental outbursts that
would be quoted.
Morrison said these caucuses
would' shorten senate meetings
and eliminate excessive argu
ments.
"We'll only have these caucuses
when there is a need, like when
there are a lot of bills," she said.
Morrison wants to have admin
istrators and USG department
heads attend meetings at least
once a month.
In other action, Kelli Chestnut
was elected rules committee
chairwoman, replacing• Morrison.
Chestnut held that position last
year.
"I think I'll have the experience
to improve upon lag year's perfor
mance," Chestnut said.
Chestnut spoke with Head Foot
ball Coach Joe Paterno earlier this
summer about the Beaver Stadi 7
um concert proposal. Paterno told
her he has no objection to the
proposal if she can guarantee that
the field will be protected, she
said.
"In the past it was said that he
was against the proposal," Chest
nut said. "That's not correct. His
primary concern is protecting the
field."
USG originally planned to do
nate the proceeds from the concert
to Stone Valley Recreation Area.
However, tentative plans have
been made to donate the proceeds
to the Second Mile Program.
Chestnut explained that because
the Lion Ambassadors are re
questing graduating seniors to do
nate their general deposits to
Stone Valley Recreation • Area,
USG decided to look for another
charitable organization.
"I think our money would be
best sent to Second Mile, but noth
ing's definite yet," Chestnut said.
Also, the USG transportation
advisory committee chairman,
Lawrence Niland, said he would
like to get involved in improving
Campus Loop services.
USG President Emil Parvensky
told the senate in addition to the
decrease in Loop services and the
elimination of free rides after 9
p.m., Loop passes were increased
from $l5 a term to $4O a semester.
Parvensky said he would like to
see USG play a "direct role in
looking for ideas and solutions."
Parvensky also told the senate
that off-campus students can no
longer purchase ori-campus over
night parking permits.
Although Niland said he is not in
favor of overnight parking per
mits for students, he will work
with senators if student opposition
is expressed.
Launch flawless despite weather
By HARRY F. ROSENTHAL
Associated Press Writer
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. Riding a brilliant
pillar of fire that turned night into light, Chal
lenger thundered away from Earth early Tues
day, carrying America's first black astronaut
and four crewmates into orbit.
The space shuttle was soaring more than 100
miles high at 17,400 mph after a stunning liftoff,'a
magnificent display of sound and light that shook
buildings three miles from the pad and made the
sky bright enough to read a newspaper at that
distance.
"We can see the stars real lovely," said Com
mander Richard Truly as the ship headed toward
orbit over the Atlantic Ocean.
"Everything is normal," Mission Control in
Houston reassuringly told the crew.
The dazzling departure began 17 minutes late,
at 2:32 a.m. EDT as Challenger's engines flashed
to life with a light twice as bright as the sun,
sending a cascade of flame rushing like a water
fall over the launch pedestal.
NASA delayed the launch to allow thunder
storms and low clouds to clear out of the area, in
case the shuttle had to abort its mission and
make an emergency landing on a runway near
the launch pad.
But the craft performed flawlessly. Swiftly,
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for 2 minutes and 42 seconds after launch.
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Cheers of amazement erupted from thousands
who gathered on the Kennedy Space Center and
along highways, beaches and riverbanks to
watch the first after-dark launch of a space
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middle of the night from the same pad.
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parachute landing in the Atlantic where ships
were to recover them for re-use.
The National Aeronautics and Space Adminis
tration had estimated that if clouds did not
interfere, Challenger's flame could be seen in
various degrees of brilliance 450 miles away.
Bluford, 40, an Air Force lieutenant colonel
with a doctorate in aerospace engineering, is
making the trip just two months after Sally Ride
rode in the same ship as the first American
woman in space.
On board for the six-day voyage around Earth
were a communications and weather satellite to
be put into orbit for India, an experiment for
making pure drugs, 260,000 stamped envelopes
for collectors, and six rats whose travel comfort
is of interest to scientists.
During the flight the astronauts will test the
ability of the shuttle's 50-foot mechanical arm to
move heavy payloads, maneuvering a 7,460-
pound package around the cargo bay.
The early-morning liftoff time was dictated by
the need for Challenger's crew to release the
Indian satellite into a precise "keyhole" above
the equator within radio range of a tracking
station at Hassan, India.
Challenger is scheduled to land, also in dark
ness, at 12:23 a.m. Pacific time, at Edwards Air
Force Base in California next Monday.
Alumnus
is aboard
By CHRISTINE MURRAY
Collegian Staff Writer
Early this morning, University
alumnus Guion S. Bluford took a
bit of Penn State with him on the
space shuttle Challenger, which
lifted off from Kennedy Space
Center.
Bluford, a 1964 University grad
uate with a bachelor's degree in
aerospace engineering, is the first
black astronaut in space.
Two Penn State football jerseys
with Bluford's name and the year
he graduated on them, and a cas
sette of Penn State fight songs to
be played as a wakeup call were
awaiting Bluford's arrival at Ken
nedy Space Center.
In an interview with The Daily
Collegian earlier this month, Blu
ford said the gifts from the Univer
sity were sent to the space center
instead of his home in Houston,
Texas.
Trip a journalist today.
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Bluford
shuttle
Bluford said he was pleased to
receive the gifts from the Univer
sity and would play the cassettes,
"if I have something to play them
on."
He is participating in the first
night launch of a shuttle mission.
Bluford said he was scheduled to
be flight engineer or mission spe
cialist between commander Rich
ard Truly and co-pilot Dan
Brandenstein.
Bluford will launch an Indian
communications satellite and op
erate a space medicine test that
will test live proteins during the
mission.
Bluford has known about his
mission aboard Challenger for
four years, but he said he is still
excited and hopes to fly on other
shuttle missions.
"It's something that everyone
looks forward to," Bluford said
referring to his colleagues in
Houston.