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2—The Daily Collegian Thursday, Sept. 22, 1983
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By PHIL GUM important topics this year, including some
Collegian Staff Writer that may be controversial.
- First on Bennett's list of priorities is work-
The University Faculty Senate meeting ing with University President Bryce Jordan
scheduled for Oct. 4 has been cancelled by a as he "sets out the whole notion of shared
unanimous vote of the Senate Council. governance."
'The council met on. Tuesday and learned "It is unclear how and just what ways this
only two items were on the agenda and will come up, but certainly the senate will be
decided to cancel the meeting, said George J. involved in the transition of the administra-
Bugyi, executive secretary of the senate. The tion," Bennett said.
two informational reports will be forwarded Another important issue, Bennett said, is
to the senate's Nov. 1 meeting, Bugyi said the role of the faculty in the development of
yesterday. the University's strategic planning process.
The two reports to be heard were from the "The senate as a total body will probably
Committee on Admissions, Records and not be deeply involved in that process,"
Scheduling and the Committee on Undergrad- Bennett said. "The major faculty involve
uate Instruction. The first report was to be on ment is likely to be in the indiVidual depart
special admissions programs and the second ments and units."
Was to be the annual report on the distribution The rest of Bennett's list reads like a list of
of grades, dean's. list and graduation with concerns facing higher education across the
distinction, Bugyi said. country.
The senate committee meetings scheduled He recently outlined what he hoped and
for the morning of Oct. 4 will still be held, he expected —to see from the senate this year,
said. although .he recognizes that only the senate,
The agenda for the senate meeting held through its committee structure, can deter
earlier this month was also light. But Peter D. mine what will be examined this year.
Bennett, chairman of the senate, recently e PS-23 This University policy, outlining
said he expects the senate to tackle many the rules for . promotion and tenure, is contin
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Thursday, September 22
• Museum of Art Brown Bag Lunch/Lecture, 12:10 p.m. Harold Dickson,
professor emeritus of art history, and Stuart Frost, art, oil "Some
Personal Reflections on Henry Varnum Poor."
Student Assistance Center meeting, 4 p.m., 319 HUB.
PA Legal Society meeting, 6:30 p.m., 217 Willard.
Human Development Honor Society meeting, 7 p.m., 5209 Human
Development Bldg.
P.S. Actuarial Science Club meeting, 7 p.m., 304 Boucke.
New Life Student Fellowship meeting, 7 p.m., 305 HUB.
Delta Sigma Pi meeting, 7 p.m., 316 HUB.
Free U-Champions/Medieval Foot Combat meeting, 7 p.m., 227 HUB.
P.S. Sailing Club meeting, 7 p.m., 106 Boucke.
P.S. Water Ski club meeting, 7:30 p.m., 165 Willard.
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• Cinematheque, Sleeper, 7 and 9 p.m., HUB Assembly Room. Also Sept,
23.
Kern Classics, Passengers, 7 and 9 p.m., 112 Kern.
Howard Nemorov, poetry reading, 8 p.m., 101 Kern.
1 8 students share one shower
By GAIL JOHNSON recently that 18 students are living on that floor money belt seemed to be the place to hit."
Collegian Staff Writer with one shower. He explained that house members think they
"I am in the process of working this out with deserve a refund because they pay the same
University officials disagree about who is re- housing," she said. amount for room and board as any other student
sponsible for 18 students sharing one shower in Last winter, the 18 students who live on the who lives where a student to shower ratio is at the
the science, technology and society interest floor made a request for another shower to most nine to one.
house on the ground floor of Jordan Hall. Edward Nadzom, West Halls housing supervisor. William McKinnon, assistant vice president for
" Steve MacDonald, chairman of the grievance MacDonald said Nadzom told him the problem 'the Office of Housing and Food Service Opera
committee for the house said that last year a probably would be worked on during the sum- tions, said another shower will be put in the
storage space was converted to a triple room in mer. bathroom.
their house. When the three spaces were filled "The first thing we did when we got back this "It's only a matter of time and the physical
during winter term, a total of 18 men were forced fall was run into the bathroom to see if there was design of how to get the other shower in," he said.
to share one shower. another shower but there wasn't," MacDonald As of yesterday,. MacDonald said he had not
Donald Arndt, director of housing services, said. been contacted by any University officials. How
said the decision to add three spaces to the Floor members talked to Nadzom again this ever, other members of the house said several
ground floor of Jordan Hall was "made jointly fall and he told them they would not be getting the people were looking ' around the bathroom on
between Residential Life and Housing." shower this year, MacDonald said. Monday.
However, Art Constantino, last year's director Because they were dissatisfied with this re
of residence hall programs, said neither he nor sponse, floor members wrote a letter to the the MacDonald said Joyce Darkey, director of the
Office of Residential Life Programs director M. Association of Residence Hall Students, and Residence Hall Advisory Board, had contacted
Lee Uperaft can "recall any time when .these Housing and Residential Life officials asking for him this week.
plans were brought up'to us." a partial refund of room and board charges. "It would be great for us to be able to do
Pat Peterson, current director of residence hall "We decided we wanted to kick this bureaucra- something about this," she said. "These are 18
programs, said she was very surprised to learn cy somewhere where it counts," he said, "and the students who really need our help."
Faculty Senate meeting cancelled; agenda too light
ually on the senate's agenda. This year,
Bennett said he expects the senate to examine
how PS-23 is administered for faculty mem
bers at the University's Commonwealth cam
puses.
• Computer faCilities "Management,
access, availability do we have enough?"
Bennett said.
• Research Specifically, Bennett said
the senate will examine two issues: The
handling of research grants and the Universi
ty's patent policy.
On the first issue, Bennett said many fac
ulty members think the University's policy of
not returning money that is included in re
search grants for overhead expenses to de
partments or individual faculty members is
adversely affecting Penn State's research
climate.
For example, Bennett said, if the depart
ment of chemistry received a grant specify
ing a certain portion be used for overhead
expenses such as office use and computer
time —the department would not necessarily
get that money back.
On the second issue, the University's patent
policy, Bennett said, "Ideally, a patent policy
should encourage faculty members to do
UW kicks off campaign
to aid community groups
By DEBORAH J. STEPHENS
Collegian Staff Writer
The Centre County United Way
kicks off its annual fund-raising cam
paign today with a luncheon at the
Nittany Lion Inn in hopes of reaching
its $475,000 goal, the executive direc
tor said yesterday.
"We need to get a certain amount of
money (each year) to fund our 28
supportive groups in the county,"
Dennis Kulchycki said. Some of these
groups include: State College Red
Cross, Boy Scouts and Girl Souts of
Centre County and Community Nurs
ing.
Today's luncheon will begin the
second half of fund-raising activities
that will solicit money from employee
and community groups in .Centre
County.
research that might result in a patentable
product."
Last year, the senate Committee on Re
search issued an informational report listing
the breakdown of royalties for the inventor
and for the University
The committee planned to develop a legis
lative report to show how the University
divides royalties and to defirie a "workable
and flexible university-industry invention
relationship."
Women faculty members Bennett said
the senate may examine the "role, status and
treatment of women faculty members within
the University."
Calendar conversion The senate will
undertake "some sort of monitoring" of the
implementation of a semester calendar, Ben
nett said. •
Possible topics could include examining
former University President John W. Os
wald's promise that faculty workload would
not increase under a semester calendar.
General education The University com
munity has been examining the issue of
general education specifically the Univer
sity's program of Basic Degree Require-
University President Bryce Jordan
will be the keynote speaker.
Prior to the official beginning of the
campaign today, he said, the United
Way has collected gifts from corpora
tions in order to reach this year's
goal. A few of the area corporations
that have provided gifts are H.R.B.
Singer, Bell of Pennsylvania and the
University.
Charles L. Hosler Jr., United Way
county chairman and dean of the
College of Earth and Mineral Sci
enceS, will be master of ceremonies
at the luncheon.
"Thus far in advanced giving,
we're on schedule or even ahead (of
our goal)," Hosier said yesterday.
He added that Centre County's
United Way is probably the only
agency in the state that has tradition
ally met or exceeded its yearly goal.
ments to see if the Penn State program is
working.
"We would like to take a hard look at what
does it mean to be an educated man or
woman," Bennett said. "In addition to being a
competent professional, every student should
have a general education.
"I'm personally hopeful that a more inno
vative approach than we've used in the past
can be found," he added. '
• Grading In what Bennett called a
"student-oriented proposal," the senate will
probably examine the University's current
policy of non-graduated grading.
Becaiise the University does not differen
tiate, for example, between a B minus and a B
plus, some students are attempting to draft
legislation that would provide for graduated
grading, he said.
"There are a lot of faculty who feel the
system we have right now is the right one,"
Bennett said. "But I think responsibly grad
ing faculty can differentiate between a B
minus and a B plus" and, therefore, the
change should be considered. '
War games combine fantasy, strategy
By MARK E. HECKATHORN
Collegian Staff Writer
Students looking to slay dragons,
command an army or fight in an
historical battle may have the oppor
tunity to do so through the Penn State
Wargaming Club.
Joe Howe, the club's secretary,
said the group provides opportunities
for members to pit themselves
against each other in games of strate
gy and tactics, such as Dungeons and
Dragons.
The club plays two types of games:
role playing and strategy games,
Howe said.
Dungeons and Dragons, or D & D as
it is called by devoted players, is a
role- playing game based primarily
on the collection of books by J. R. R.
Tolkien. According to the "Players
Handbook," written by Gary Gygax,
D & D's "major apriegl is to those
perons with unusually active imagi
nation and superior, active intellect
. . .
"Swords and sorcery best de
scribes what this game is all about,
for those are the two key fantasy
ingredients," according to the hand
book
The object of it, as with any role
playing game, is to meet the chal
lenges posed, gain experience and
move upward in power, according to
the book. In D & D, this is accom
plished by using dungeons, monsters,
traps and tricks.
According to the handbook, role
playing games are ongoing cam
paigns, with each session related to
the next.
Joe Wenclewecz, the club's presi
dent, said club members also play the
role game Star Trek, which has a
crew that commands a star cruiser
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after D-Day and has the characters
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In strategy games, instead of con
trolling only one character, the play
er controls a whole army or group,
Wenclewecz explained. He added that
Members of the group own most
strategy games on the market.
Among strategy games the group
plays, Wenclewecz said, is Tactics,
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which takes place during all histori
cal periods; Chariot and Spartan,
which is based in the time of the
Greek city-state and revolves around
the groups' military battles with each
other; Battle of the Bulge, which
takes place during World War H; The
Blue and the Gray, which is set dur
ing the Civil War; and Gulf Strike,
which is patterned after events cur
rently happening in the Persian Gulf.
The group, officially organized two
years ago, also plays games such as
Air War and Naval Combat that take
place in the air instead of on the
ground, Wenclewecz said.
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Howe said that the club has not
promoted itself excessively because
it is hard to referee large crowds and
maintain the many game characters.
The group now has 12 members, but
could have a maximum of 20 mem
bers, Wenclewecz said. Members do
not have to be students. In fact, he
said, the group has some graduates
and one high school student.
Howe said that the group meets in
107 Sackett Building from noon to as
late as midnight on Saturdays, except
during home football game week
ends, and also on Sundays between
noon and 9 p.m.
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Hackysack hits PSU
By JOHN P. HOLT
Collegian Staff Writer
Frisbee lovers make room.
Hackysack has arrived at Penn
State.
Participants disagree on the
game's origin some say it came
from the West Coast; others say
the Far East. Jim Klein, Free
University's course initiator for
the game, said a roommate from
Washington brought a hackysack
footbag with him when he came to
Penn State
Whatever its origin, enthusiasts
claim that the sport is the new
Frisbee fad, only better.
Players learn eye-to-foot coordi
nation using a two-inch, bi-colored
leather bean-ball called a footbag.
To play the game, players kick
the footbag with their feet and
legs, trying to keep it from hitting '
the ground, Klein said. But he said
you cannot touch the footbag with
your hands.
"You aren't allowed to let the
ball hit your arms or hands,"
Klein said. "Any other part of your
body can be used to stop the bag or
to pass it to someone else."
Also, a group of sackers can get
together in a circle and work for a
"sack." A sack is when every
member of the circle kicks the
It was incorrectly reported in yesterday's Daily Collegian that Jeffrey
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Kuhn is the manager of telecommunications for the University.
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footbag without allowing it to
touch the ground.
Klein said that Free U has ad
vertised hackysack in its Fall Se
mester brochure and probably will
offer it in the spring. He said the
group has been meeting from 6 to 8
on the past three Monday nights on
the Old Main lawn.
As the weather gets colder, Free
U will find a room for the hacky
sack group so it can continue to
meet, Klein said.
Klein said that hackysack is not
a difficult game to learn and any
one interested should come to the
Monday meetings.
"It's just something you play, a
game where you develop coordina
tion," Klein said, adding that he
does not think it is an established
game.
Bill Ware (sophomore-earth and
mineral sciences), who has been
playing hackysack for more than a
year, said he learned the game
from some people he met during
his first summer at Penn State.
Ware said also that hackysack is
a fun "Frisbee-type" game and
not really competitive.
"I wouldn't want to see the
game go to competition," Ware
said. "It would spoil the spirit of
the game."
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