epublican council will emphasize cooperation
By ANNE CONNERS
Collegian Staff Writer
With the election of Mary Ann
Haas, James Bartoo, Dan Chaffee
and R. Thomas Berner, the State
College Municipal Council will
probably be returning to a more
nonpartisan approach to local
government.
During the campaign, all four
candidates emphasized their ability
to be open-minded and listen to the
concerns of all constituents before
voting on a borough issue.
Many-candidates said they saw
the election as a sign that voters
were rejecting the single-issue
party-line voting the council had
been pursuing under the leadership
of Republican council President
Joseph Wakeley. Wakeley lost the
election, finishing fifth with 1,905
votes.
Three of the top four vote getters
in yesterday's race are Republicans
and will join current council
members John Dombroski and Gary
Wiser. to-make up a 5-2 Republican
majority. Democrat Chaffee and
incumbent Felicia Lewis will
comprise the Democratic minority
Haas, who repeatedly criticized
the council's leadership under •
Wakeley, was the top vote getter in
the race with 3,142 votes. Following
Haas was Bartoo with 2,991 votes,
Chaffee with 2,230 votes and Berner
with 2,225 votes. •
With her substantial first-place
finish, Haas has an excellent chance
of being elected the council's next
president when it takes over in
January. Haas was council
president two years ago before being
ousted by Wakeley.
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If returned to her old post, Haas
said she would work hard "to make
council's functions easier." Haas
stressed that if elected to the
presidency she would be a team
player as she has been during her
other two terms on the council. "To
me being president is just being one
of seven," she said.
Despite a remarkably low-key
campaign, Bartoo finished first in
six of 19 precincts. During the
campaign, Bartoo even returned
campaign contributions to some of
his supporters.
"I appreciate the fact that the
voters had confidence in me and I
guessit's up to me to see that it's
returned," Bartoo said
Bartoo, who was recently
appointed the University's acting
vice president, said he would
rearrange his schedule so he could
spend more time on council business
than he was able to during the
campaign. Bartoo, 61, has postponed
his planned December retirement
from the University \ to possibly as
late as July.
Even if he has more time to spend
on council matters, Bartoo's low-key
approach to local government will
probably continue throughout his
tenure in office.
Bartoo said he believes the council
should not interfere with the day-to
day operations of local government
and that the borough's authorities,
boards and commissions should play
a stronger role in local government:
Political newcomer Berner, who is
also a University associate
professor of journalism, said he sees
the next council as a "constructive,
deliberative body of seven people."
Collegian selects new. executives
Swasy, Melle named editor in chief, business manager
By CHRISTINE MURRAY
Collegian Staff Writer
After what the president of the Board of
Directors of Collegian Inc. called a "very
difficult decision," Alecia Swasy and Susan
Melle were chosen as the new editor and
business manager, respectively, of The Daily
Collegian.
Swasy (junior-journalism, political
science), now campus editor, will replace '
Suzanne Cassidy beginning Spring Semester
Swasy laid she views the Collegian as a
learning experience for its staff.
She said feedback from readers in the form
of source evaluations and reader surveys will
aid reporters and prepare them for editorial
positions.
On the issue of the external appearance of
the editor, Swasy said, "I would make it
known (to outside organizations) that I'm the
one to talk to if they have a problem and I will
be around.
"I think it's a good liaison position to be in
and it lets people know there is a person
behind the name."
Swasy said she sees assistant editors and
senior reporters as essential for guiding
general assignment reporters. Often
reporters are thrown into positions alien to
them and it is difficult for them to adjust, she
said.
Mike Palskl
Assistant beat editors and senior reporters
can work with general assignment reporters
the
daily
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R. Thomas Berner
"I'm going to be a council member
for the community, which I've said
all along," he said. "I don't like
single-issue or special-interest
voting."
Berner, Haas and Chaffee all said
they would like to see the new
council work on a more people
minded rather than public-works
minded approach to spending
Community Development Block
Grant funds.
Chaffe, who eclipsed Berner for
third place by five votes, said he is
looking forward to more rational
discussion with council members.
"Council will be a little more
sensible," he said. "It will really be
able to sit down and deal with issues
that are facing the borough like
block grant funds and street
lighting."
Wakeley, who lost the race by 320
votes, finished third in two precincts
one of which is his neighborhood
and help them by offering advice the editors
may have overlooked, Swasy said.
To work on the problem of running
corrections, Swasy said she will remind
reporters to check, double check and re-check
names, addresses and spellings.
Other applicants for the position of editor
were Brian Bowers (junior-journalism,
history minor) and Marcy Mermel (junior
journalism, American studies.)
Melle (junior-finance) ran against Mary T.
McCaffrey ( junior finance, french minor) and
will succeed Judith Smith as business
manager. Her term will also begin Spring
Semester.
Melle said the business staff should realize
the Collegian is more than a student activity .
If they are told from the start what the
Collegian is, the activity of the staff will
reflect that the Collegian is a corporation.
"There need to be better attitudes on the
business staff. It seems that a lot of people do
not take the Collegian seriously," Melle said.
She sees the•main responsibility of business
manager as that of making sure that the
overall Collegian business 'runs smoothly.
The business manager must stick to policy
and standards that reflect on the managers
and other staff members, Melle said. If they
do not, then the organization begins to
crumble, she said.
"Training has to be consistent and has to
conform with policy and guidelines and show
the Collegian is not just another activity."
James Bartoo
district. Wakeley placed fourth in
four precincts, fifth in four
precincts, sixth in six precincts and
seventh in three precincts.
Contacted yesterday afternoon,
Ester Wakeley, the candidate's wife,
said Wakeley did not wish to
Students turn out in record numbers
By ANNE CONNERS
Collegian Staff Writer
Students did what everyone
expected them not to do and voted
in record numbers this election
year.
With 19 of 19 precincts reporting,
student turnout was 24 percent
based upon figures from the ten
student-dominated precincts. In the
off-year election two years ago,
about 11 percent of the registered
students voted.
The Interfraternity Council,
Mary Ann Haas
comment on the election.
The rest of the candidates who
were defeated in their bid for office
were all newcomers to the political
scene. Democratic candidate Ted
Valiance finished sixth with 1,343
votes and Democratic candidate
Undergraduate Student
Government and the Panhellenic
Council endorsed candidates and
urged students to vote for them in a
full page advertisement that
appeared in The Daily Collegian on
election day. Many of the student
dominated precincts voted for the
endorsed candidates.
The groups endorsed
Republicans Mary Ann Haas,
James Bartoo and Democrats
Daniel Chaffee and Lynn Dußois
All candidates but Dußois won
council seats.
Susan Melle
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Thursday, Nov. 10, 1983
Vol. 84, No. 78 20 pages University Park, Pa. 16802
Published by students of The Pennsylvania State University
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Collogian photos
Lynn Dußois finished seventh with
1,339 votes.
Democratic candidate Rick
Hudock finished eighth with 792
votes and Consumer Party
candidate Jeff Goldsmith finished
last with 604 votes.
And the endorsements may have
contributed to the defeat of
Republican Council President
Joseph Wakeley. The student
groups' endorsement might have
swung several hundred votes to
Wakeley, who lost the race by 320
votes.
Wakeley finished no better than
fifth in the student precincts.
According to the results from the
10 student-dominated districts,
Mary Ann Haas finished first with
819 votes, James Bartoo second
Please see VOTE, Page 20
By DAN LEVINE
Collegian Staff Writer
The beer, the laughter and the
good times were flowing freely from
the All-American Rathskeller last
night.
It wasn't just an ordinary
Wednesday night it was the
Rathskeller's 50th anniversary. And
it wasn't just any beer they were
serving it was Rolling Rock.
At about 12:30 this morning, at a
100-case per hour pace near the end,
the Rathskeller unofficially broke
the current record of 794 cases sold
in one day, set by a bar in Munich,
Germany.
Hundreds of people visited the bar
to lend support in it's quest to break
the world record for the most cases
of beer sold in one day.
"I've been to 38 states and I know
I've been in at least one bar in every
one, and this is the most unique bar
I've seen, said Marty Burns (senior
industrial engineering).
"Its just tradition baseball,
hotdogs and the All-American
Rathskeller," he said.
Correction
Because of an editing error, it was
incorrectly stated in yesterday's
Daily Collegian that the Organiza
tion for Town Independent Stu
dents was among the student
groups that endorsed candidates
for the State College Municipal
Council. OTIS does not endorse
candidates for election.
Mike Pa!ski
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Dan Chaffee
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