2—The Daily Collegian Thursday,.Sepl. 1, 1983
McAllister Alley blocked
but no go-ahead yet for
By ANNE CONNERS
Collegian Staff Writer
A deceptive quiet has settled over McAllister Alley.
For the next five weeks, the alley, located between
College Avenue and Calder Way, will be closed to all but
pedestrian traffic. But downtown merchants and borough
officials are still wrangling about who controls the alley,
and the future development of a pedestrian mall is still not
certain. .
If too many traffic problems result, construction on the
alley (originally scheduled for this spring) would be
reconsidered, said State College Municipal Council Presi
dent Joseph Wakeley Jr. He added that construction on a
mall with trees, grass, flowers, murals and benches could
start this fall if the temporary closing goes well. The mall
would be funded by a $45,000 Comnlunity Developmebt
Block Grant.
The concrete green poles that block off the alley .be
tween College Avenue and Calder Way will be in place
until Oct. 5. During tie next few weeks, State College
borough officials will monitor the alley for traffic snarls.
So far, no foul-ups have marred the alley closing, said
State College Municipal Manager Carl Fairbanks. After
receiving a report on the closing, Fairbanks said the only
pfoblem seems to be that the green poles will have to be
painted white because they aren't visible enough.
The decision to temporarily close the alley is actually a
compromise by the borough and the surrounding property
owners.
State College attorney Richard Kalin, representing Pat
Daugherty and Bill Tucker, owners of the . Tavern Restau
rant, 220 E. College Ave., and Jay Storch, owner of the Ski
Station, 224 E. College Ave., sought an injunction to
prevent the alley from being closed on Aug. 16 because
they said the closing would hurt their business.
But a compromise was reached between the borough,
represented by borough Solicitor Robert Kistler, and the
owners, stating that the alley would instead be closed on
Aug. 29.
In addition to the injunction, Kalin filed a lawsuit
against the borough on behalf of Daugherty, Tucker and
Storch, stating that the alley would revert to the control of
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surrounding property owners if it is closed to vehicular
traffic.
However, Kistler said he advised the council that as long
as the alley is open to pedestrians it is in the public
domain. Kistler said five other cities in Pennsylvania have
developed similar malls and only one of them faced a
lawsuit about the matter.
Despite the lawsuit, Kalin also stressed that his clients
would like to see McAllister Alley developed.
"We still want to talk to (the council) so we'll have a
walkway there that will please the people of State College
and the owners," Kalin said.
But Wakeley said he did not understand the owners'
motivations in filing the lawsuit.
"The property downtown is very valuable, and maybe
they just want to own that property," Wakeley said. "If
they owned it, they could expand their building."
Other merchants near the alley seem eager for the
development to get underway.
"How can anyone object to taking an ugly asphalt alley
and putting in grass and trees?" said Art Fine, owner of
Barefoot, 212 E. Calder Way. "I think it's wonderful, and I
think people who are objecting to it are doing it for selfish
reasons."
Most of the merchants on McAllister Alley and Calder
Way said the proposed mall could only help their business.
"We're looking forward to it being turned into a pedes
trian mall," said Laura Craig, director of the Douglas
Albert Gallery, 107 McAllister Alley. "That really en
hances the esthetics of the area."
Dave Fahrenbach of Station Cycles, a store that adjoins
the gallery, said that although he was concerned his
bUsiness would be hurt because bikes weren't allowed in
the alley, he still 'wanted the alley to be.developed.
"The alley's a dirty mess right now. I clean it; the
Tavern people clean it," he said. "Hopefully, when it's a
pedestrian walkway, it will be maintained."
Managers of Wilson's Sporting Goods, Esprit, Barefoot,
Station Cycles, Four Seasons and the Cheese Shop, agreed
that because most of their business comes from pedestri
ans, the alley closing would not affect them too much.
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New GSL rate to start
Borrowers applying after Sept. 13 get 8 percent
By CHRISTINE MURRAY
Collegian Staff Writer
Although the interest rate on
Guaranteed Student Loans has
been lowered from 9 to 8 percent,
only those students who borrow
after Sept. 13 will be eligible for the
lower rate.
Although the U.S. Department of
Education made an announcement ,
in June that interest rates on GSLs
for new borrowers would drop, con
fusion arose when many students
,were still required to pay the higher
rate, said John Ebersole, public
information officer for the Pennsyl
vania Higher Education Assistance
Agency.
Those students had heard about
the 8 percent rate and questioned
why they did not receive the lower
interest rate on their loans, Eber
sole said.
The information was released in
June to notify the public about the
decline in interest rates in U.S.
treasury notes, Ebersole said.
The decrease in the interest rates
on GSLs depends - on the U.S, Trea
sury bills, he said .
. When the rates
of Treasury bills dropped to 9 per
cent on June 13, the interest rates
on the student loans were scheduled
to be reduced exactly three months
later, he said.
In response to calls from students
about the lower interest rate,
PHEAA mailed news releases to
colleges and universities in August
to explain the interest changes and
who would qualify for them. •
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"Half-Semester" bus passes. These passes will be priced at $20.00.
The first half-semester pass will be good from August 29, 1983
through October 22, 1983. Second half-semester passes will be
available October 23, 1983 and be good through December 23, 1983.
NOTE: Due to the unavailability of the current "half-passes'.' for the
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For University students, only
those applying for their GSL, begin
ning with the 1984 Spring Semester
and are considered a new borrow
er, may receive the 8 percent inter
est rate.
A new borrower is defined as
someone who applies for a loan
without having any outstanding
-loans with an interest rate other
than 8 percent, Ebersole said.
University students could benefit
from the drop in interest rates only
if they did not apply for a GSL for
the .academic period begining fall
semester, said John Brugel, direc
tor of the University's Office of
Student Aid.
Diane Denson, Guaranteed Stu
dent Loan coordinator for the Of
fice of Student Aid, said students
were previously able to apply their
student loans to the school year
beginning in the spring and ending
with the following fall.
Although the University disconti
nued that practice for the transition
to the semester system, they will
probably go back to the spring to
fall system next year, she said.
Brugel said he would advise stu
dents to wait until the second se
mester to apply-for the loan.
The interest rate is subsidized by
the government during the repay
ment period, Brugel said, and stu
dents have the advantage of getting
more money for less cost..
For example, students who bor
row $5,000 during their academic
careers under the 9 percent interest
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five year period, would pay back a
total of about $6,228, said John
Brunner, Consumer Loans Man
ager at United Federal Savings, 122
E. College Ave.
If a student borrowed $5,000 un
der the 8 percent interest rate and
also took five years to pay back the
loan, the student would • only be
paying back about $6,083, Brunner
said.
Students get locked into an inter
est rate when they apply for their
first student loan until the time it is
paid back, regardless of whether a
change in the interest rate occurs
during the time they have an loan,
he said.
"If a person borrows and gets a 9
percent loan, they will get 9 percent
throughout their academic ca
reer," Ebersole said.
"More than half the students in
the country, have student loans," he
said. "It is the single most impor
tant source of student financial
aid."
If the government did not pick up
the cost, the lender would not be
willing to provide the program to
students, Brugel said.
Even though it is difficult to tell
how many people will'be affected
by the change, the anticipated over
all GSL total is $550 million, Eber
sole said.
In the past, the interest rates on
student loans has only increased,
Ebersole said.
Groups to discuss who Jordan will rely on for input
By•PHIL GUTIS
Collegian Staff Writer
Since Bryce Jordan was chosen
University president last fall, stu
dent leaders have wondered and
debated which student group he
would rely on for input.
Although Jordan recently said
he's not sure which organization or
students would assume that role,
some student leaders have definite
thoughts on the subject. •
They plan to discuss the issue at
the Undergraduate Student Govern
ment's Executive Council meeting
at 9 tonight in 227 HUB.
USG President Emil Parvensky
said he thinks the current organiza
tion that meets with the president
the University Student Advisory
Board is not effective. And David
Labuskes, president of the Associa
tion of Residence Hall Students, said
he thinks that Exec Council and SAB
'ush Mixer fills ballroom with interested students
By FELICIA ROSEN
Collegian Staff Writer
Tuesday night's Fraternity Rush Mixer
packed the HUB Ballroom while potential
rushees met with fraternity members and
signed up for rush.
The mixer, sponsored by the Interfrater
nity Council, allowed male students to sign
up for general and preference rush. General
rush lists are distributed to every fraternity,
while preference rush lists are only circu
lated to fraternities specified by the rushee.
IFC President Adam Levinson said in
creased advertising made the mixer suc
cessful. More letters and advertisments
were used this year than in the past and
radio advertising was used for the first
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together are an "overkill."
Because SAB only me,t with for
mer University President John W.
Oswald once every three months,
Parvensky said SAB members were
often overwhelmed with the infor
mation presented to them.
SAB is made up of leaders from
major student groups. It usually met
three times a term once with
Oswald, once with the University
provost and once with the vice presi
dent for student affairs.
Parvensky said he is seeking a
group similiar to USG's Executive
Council, which would meet with Jor
dan once a month.
This new executive council would
replace USG's committee, Parvens
ky said, but it would still meet once a
week in addition to its monthly meet
ings with Jordan. The council would
also include graduate student rep
resentatives. •
Labuskes said yesterday that Par-
"We had all kinds of publicity and it
definitely paid off," Levinson said. "I've
seen three years of these things, at least
three times a year, and this is just huge:
"We'll try to use the same publicity meth
ods for the spring rush mixer."
Under the semester system, Levinson
said, most fraternities are switching from
three pledge classes per year to two bigger
ones in order to compensate. IFC increased
the amount of advertising in an effort to
reach more people.
Freshmen and sophomores are consid
ered preferred candidates because they
have more time to devote to the fraternity
and can offer constructive ideas, he, said,
adding that fraternities with younger pledge
• classes become stronger units as a result.
"If you live four years in a fraternity, in
vensky's idea is good, possibly as an
"interim solution."
"The most important thing is that
we provide some sort of body that
speaks with a unified voice," La
buskes said.
A task force, formed in the spring,
is examining the concept of student
input. Although it has not met many
times, Labuskes said its charge is to
examine whether an idea similiar to
Parvensky's is acceptable or if a
more radical reorganization of stu
dent government is needed.
Jordan recently said he expects to
spend the next three or four , months
studying the question.
"I want to see if the present Stu
dent Advisory Board is the appropri
ate group," Jordan said. "I'm not
saying it's not, but I just thought it
was time for a reassessment of
that."
Jordan also said he had many
your fourth year you'd be able to have a
really good grasp of what the fraternity is
like and then you could pass it on to all the
younger people," he said.
Rich Russo, a senior brother at Phi Gam
ma Delta fraternity, said if a student pledg-
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groups and people he wanted to
speak with before making a decision
on the question.
It has been about 13 years since
the last formal evaluation of student
input into University operations.
When Oswald came into office in
July 1970, he faced an increasingly
Local officials receive an
Two State College Municipal Council members have
been invited to tonight's Undergraduate Student Gov
ernment Executive Council meeting to hear student
views on community problems, said USG President
Emil Parvensky
Parvensky asked Council Pr'esident Joseph Wakeley
Jr. and Republican Council member John Dombroski
to attend the meeting to answer student questions and
to find out student opinions on current town issues.
One of the issues on the agenda is enforcement of the
borough housing ordinance limiting the number of
unrelated persons living in a house to three, Parvensky
said.
`lf they haven't joined a
fraternity in the first two
years, most will decide
not to.'
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at Phi Gamma Delta fraternity
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es as a junior, then he will not have much
time before he graduates to make a strong
contribution to the fraternity.
"A lot of older people are turned away
from fraternities," he said. "If they haven't
joined a fraternity in the first two years,
most will decide not to."
Brad Sclar, IFC membership chairman,
said the rush mixer may be a student's first
opportunity to meet with the University's 51
fraternities.
"This is the basic way most freshman get
their first exposure to the fraternities," he
said. "This affords an opportunity (for
freshmdn) to come out to one place at one
time and meet representatives from all 51
fraternities."
Although desiring a large pledge class,
fraternities will not substitute quality of
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hostile and disillusioned student
body.
Working with the University
Board of Trustees, Oswald estab
lished the University Council, an
organization of four adminstrators,
four faculty members and four stu
dents. Oswald also formed the Uni-
"They are not going to be there to point out views of •
the citizens," Parvensky said. "Rather, they will find •
out how students really feel about the issues."
Parvensky said it is difficult for students to deter- •
mine Council's stand on these particular issues who
they think is at fault and what can be done to solve
these problems.
He said he hopes the meeting will enable both •
students and Council members to better understand
each other's views.
The Daily Collegian Thursday, Sept. I,
versity Student Advisory Board
Almost concurrent with Oswald's
arrival, the trustees had restruc- •
lured the University's governance
regulations ordering the president
to consult with students and faculty
"as appropriately organized" on
matters that affect them.
invitation
Also, the council plans to discuss traffic and parking
ordinances downtown, he said.
pledges to the quantity of rushees a fraterni
ty would like, Levinson said.
"Fraternities are not going to lower their
standards," he said. "They're not going to
take guys just to fill the house:"
Although fraternities do not look for just
quantity, new fraternities on campus are
finding rush recruitment competitive.
Glen Weisman, executive recorder of Sig
ma Alpha Mu fraternity, a 2-year-old frater
nity at the University said, "Rush is very
important to us. We're striving ( to fill) a big
role and we're just little guys; we need
people to stay alive."
Mike Sternberg, rush chairman for Alpha
Epsilon Pi fraternity, said "Rush is very
important to us this year because we're a
new fraternity. We don't have a house right
now, but we're looking for one."
—by Lod Musser