o—The Daily Collegian Wednesday, Feb. 8, 1984 Limits on EDB should be stricter, Cuomo says By MARC HUMBERT Associated Press Writer ALBANY, N.Y. Guidelines for EDB traces in food products should be five times lower than those recommended by the federal Environmental Protection Agen cy, New York Gov. Mario Cuomo said yesterday in a letter to Presi dent Reagan. Cuomo also called for a special panel from the National Academy of Sciences to make recommenda tions on EDB, or ethylene dibro mide, standards to the president. Cuomo said he would give Rea gan 10 days to act on his request before ordering any "independent action" in New York state. New York might order some food products pulled from store shelves by mid-February if the president doesn't follow Cuomo's advice, said Peter Slocum, a spokesman for state Health Com missioner David Axelrod. "We're extremely concerned about EDB," said White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater, "but we haven't seen the (Cuomo) letter yet, so we can't respond." In his letter to the president, Cuomo said that while the EPA's guidelines for EDB in foods were "a welcome governmental initia tive," they "are deficient in ad equately protecting the public from the mutagenic, carcinogenic and reproductive consequences" of the pesticide. Cuomo also called on the nation cEisenhower C4ap bag lupch follows ThE SHORTEST &STANCE bETEEN TWO !KARTS IS A 00.-5044-t- Lancelot, You are my 414 true love here e t in Camelot. Guenivere raw 84)-1> - L. atte- 10,•• PublishEd: Tuesday, Feb. 14 Ad PLACEMENT GATES: Friday, Feb. 3 -Thursday, Feb. 9 PLACES: Collegian Office —126 Carnegie Building 8:30 a.m. -4:30 p.m. HUB Basement 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Classified Ads Regular Classified rates 1 col. x 2 in. Display Classifieds $B.OO RATES: al academy to recommend "ac tions to limit or suspend the use of EDB in leaded fuels." The use of EDB as a grain fumigant it helps privent grain from rotting was banned by the EPA on Feb. 3. Residues of EDB, which has been linked to cancer and reproductive disorders in lab oratory animals, have been found in many food products. It is also used in leaded gasoline as a "lead scavenger" to reduce lead emis sions. On Feb. 3, the EPA recommend ed EDB residue guidelines for grain products which require cooking before consumption such as cake .mixes and hot cere als of 150 parts per billion. Axelrod said that level should be 30 ppb, according to Cuomo. The EPA also called for a resi due limit of 30 ppb for ready-to-eat grain products such as cold cere als, snack foods, bread and all baked goods. The New York offi cials said the limit should be 6 ppb. Cuomo said he was delaying any further action by New York offi cials for at least 10 days "because I am concerned with the potential disruption of commerce and the ensuing chaos resulting from reg ulatory actions by individual states." Several states including Flor ida, California, Hawaii and Mas sachusetts have already moved to force EDB tainted products off their grocery store shelves. LOVELINE . . . LOVELINES . , •.. • • Graham key figure in Vatican. decision ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) A spokesman for tial and would not be made public by Dr. Gra- Beers, editor of Christianity Today magazine. Billy Graham confirms that the evangelist ham," Bailey • said. "A summary of their views Generally moderate evangelicals were de played a behind-the-scenes role in President was provided to Mr. Clark." scribed by Graham as presenting few problems, Reagan's decision to establish formal diplomatic i A copy of the seven-page letter that the Baptist especially if the point were made that the Pope relations with the Vatican, a newspaper reported yesterday. evangelist sent to Clark was obtained by the was being recognized as a political head andnot Chicago Sun-Times, which quoted Graham as , in his religious capacity. Early in 1983, Graham was asked by the ' saying, "If anyone can do it and get away with it, "I honestly don't know what I personally would president and adviser William Clark to make .• , it is Mr. Reagan." informal, private inquiries among evangelicalrecommend that the president do," Graham . Protestant leaders about the likely response to Evangelical leaders contacted by Graham at concluded his letter. But he said that the presi- . such an action, said Donald Baily, media director the request of Clark included the Rev. Jerry dent "would need to cover his political bases" for the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association in Falwell, head of Moral Majority ; the Rev. Pat and bring into the picture "people who might cause him trouble." Minneapolis. Robertson, head of the Christian Broadcasting He was 'interviewed by the Rochester Post- Network; the Rev. Billy Marvin, executive secre- . Graham has had close relations with White Bulletin for a copyright story. tary of the National Association of Evangelicals; House occupants since President Eisenhower. "A number of leaders were consulted with the the Rev. David Hubbard, president of Fuller The evangelist and his wife, Ruth, have been understanding their remarks would be confider - ,Theological Seminary; and the Rev. Gilbert ' overnight guests of several presidents. • ~ Craft award upheld as judge denies retrial By MARK PETERSON physical suffering was. created by Craft $225,000 in compensatory viewers found her too old and unat- Associated Press Writer publicity she stirred up. damages and $lOO,OOO in punitive tractive. Stevens said that after reviewing damages following a two-week trial The Joplin trial was ordered by KANSAS CITY, Mo. A federal the defendant's "87 allegations of on her claim that KMBC officials Stevens when he threw out a $500,-,.: judge refused yesterday to overturn error" in the second trial, which intentionally misled her when she 000 award given to Craft on her , a $325,000 jury award to former was moved from Kansas City to was hired in late 1980. fraud claim by a t o C raft feder anchorwoman Christine Craft, who Joplin, Mo., with a sequestered Craft testified that she accepted al jury in Kansas City last summer. claimed that she was fraudulently jury, "the court finds no sufficient the...job after receiving assurance That jury also found she was the misled when a television station reason to disturb the verdict." from the news director and station victim of sex discrimination but not hired her. - Metromedia attorney Donald W. manager that they wanted to hire of violations of equal-pay laws. , In a two-page order, U.S. District Giffin said an appeal would be filed her because of her skills as a jour- But on Oct. 31, Stevens ordered a Judge Joseph E. Stevens also den- with the Btll U.S. Circuit Court of nalist. She told the jurors that after new trial on the fraud claim, ruling . ied a motion for a new trial. . Appeals. she started working, management's that Craft had not been the victim of Metromedia Inc., the former own- Craft's attorney, Dennis E. Egan, only concern was with her appear- sex discrimination, and let stand er of KMBC-TV in Kansas City, had said: "We obviously are pleased. ante. the equal-pay verdict. contended that jurors awarded We feel it is the correct ruling." Craft filed suit against Metrome- Stevens said widespread publicity Craft damages because they were Craft could not be immediately dia after her demotion from the and possible confusion caused by prejudiced by widespread publicity. reached in telephone calls to her KMBC anchor desk in August 1981. his instructions to the six jurors led The motion also said Craft failed to home near Santa Barbara, Calif. She claimed her news director told them to reach an excessive award prove her case, and any mental or On Jan. 13, the jury awarded her she was being dropped because on the fraud count. LEE, I'd climb the highest mountain, sail across the far thest sea, if, for my Valentine, I could have a girl like thee. Love, Brian. sports . . plus Mac Neill responsible for By FELICIA ROSEN Collegian Sports Writer Most students go to the Natatori um to splash around in the pool. And most students doh't realize as they turn over their identification cards and grab their towels, that high above them sits the office of a man who has been instrumental in building Penn State's aquatic pro gram. Aside from his numerous adminis trative duties, Lou Mac Neill, 53, is probably most visible as head coach of the men's swimming team. But, he will not be visible much longer as he is ending his 19-year tenure at the University this June. Over the years, Mac Neill has been a dominant force in building McCoy Natatorium, developing an aquatic program and bringing intercolle giate swimming to the Penn State. Yet, he originally became involved in swimming as an afterthought. "I was cut from the basketball team from Springfield College and asked to play with the junior varsity and I didn't want to do that," Mac - eill said. "So, I went out. for a lot of Optimism makes swimwomen a By FELICIA ROSEN Collegian Sports Writer Before 1964, no women's varsity sports existed at Penn State. Whatever competi tion existed was perpetrated through clubs. It wasn't until 1964, that Penn State wom en's sports hit the intercollegiate level. And overnight, clubs with advisors became var sity teams. But, the birth of the women's varsity swim team still remained six more years down the road The, women's swimming team, now in its, 14th year with the University, was one of the last club sports raised to varsity status with only track and volleyball behind it. "The sports club program was really booming," said Della Durant, Penn State assistant athletic director. "And no longer did the participants want an informal scrim- During the past four years, Lady Lion Megan Tompkins has been a key ingredient in the success of her team. sports. I was on the gym team for a while. I threw the hammer in the spring. And finally, I was looking at those idiot swimmers going back and forth, back and forth in the pool." And so Mac Neill's swimming ca reer was launched. He graduated from Springfield College in Massa chusetts with a bachelor, of science degree in Health and Physical Edu cation and 40-career seconds off his swimming times. From there, Mac Neill traveled to the University of Missouri to receive his Masters in Education. And in 1965, Mac Neil joined the Penn State staff. "Penn State wrote me a letter and asked me if I was interested in a job. I didn't know much about Penn State," Mac Neill said. "Sc. I wrote back saying 'l'm happy where I am.' They were shocked because there were 350 people applying for this job. They wondered why this one guy didn't want it. "So they came down and talked to me. And then they invited me up here to take a look around. Then they offered me a job. They tripled my salary, so what was I supposed Lou Mac mage with local colleges. They wanted a set schedule. They wanted officials and they wanted more formal competition as we know it today." Since the women's swim team entered national competition, it has amassed an impressive record. Since 1970, the. Lady Lions have always placed in the top five at regional competition and within the top 40 in national competition. Former Women's Swimming Head Coach Ellen Perry is one person instrumental in bringing the Lady Lions their reputation for excellence. By instilling a dream into her swimmers, 10 years ago, she forced the program to strive for that excellence. In her 12 seasons as coach, she accumulated a 99- 28 record. "The women's swimming program had a very fine and strong start under the lead to do. I came up here in 1965." His job is formally titled Assistant Professor of Health and Physical Education, Director of Aquatics and men's swim coach. "Fifty percent of my duties was director of aquatics and 40 percent would be teaching the basic instruc tion program and an intercollegiate piogram wasn't even mentioned: There probably wouldn't be a team. Now, it has come around that it's 50 percent administrative, 40 percent teaching and 30 percent coaching," he said. That adds up to 120 percent surely more than any man could give to his job and still remain sane. Mac Neill's achievements begin with nine awards of recognition, three books, 10 magazine articles, "research in biomechanic studies in aquatic areas, six conventional pre sentations, 28 years of public swim ming service, 14 years of academic swimming service and 24 years of participating in the swimming beau racracy. He has determinantly raised Penn State from having no reputation in aquatics, and no facilities, to having one of the best programs in the country. But, lately that program has been stifled to a halt. For all the endeavors Mac Neill has accomplished, there are still unfulfilled dreams. He leaves with many hopes for the Penn State aquatic program as several projects lost to administrative injustices have finally squelched his enthu siasm. "It was the end of the era of building things. And then we went through an era of cut down things, save money and not go through with the plans you have," he said. "I became more and more for want of a better term not with the program. When you run out of mon ey, my attitude was, shut the door of the Natatorium and let it go." Several improvements yet to be realized are placing seats in the spectator area of the Natatorium, housing all aquatic personnel and programs in the Natatorium, enclos ing the outdoor pool and developing an aquatic program for the hand icapped. "The main thing is that we needed an aquatic adaptive person to come in here and run an extensive pro gram for the handicapped mental and physical." Mac Neill said. "But, they never had the money to hire someone who could do that. And I think that's one of our failings." As to centralizing the aquatic per sonnel, he said the other portion of the aquatic program, such as syn chronized swimming, should be based in the. Natatorium because it will lead to a more comprehensive program. Also, he feels that Penn State does not have enough pools to serve the students and athletes. "We are in dire need of water. Most universities Photo by Randy Kendra ership of Ellen Perry,:' Durant said. "She built a fine program and had an excellent record." • And this tradition continues -- as the biggest story concerning the team is in the making right now. What exactly makes this year's team different? Perry thinks that essentially swimmers are the same but as the sport became more established at the University, the female swimming athlete became more dedicated to her sport. And that was only to the Lady Lions' benefit. "Women athletes put as much time into their training and preparation as the guys have over the years," Perry said. "These kids reflect a tremendous amount of time placed onto their sport. "By virtue of that, they're a little zany and they have a good time," she said. "If I were to typify most of the swimmers we've had here over the, years, I'd say they are interesting people and they know how to have a good time." For the last three years, the Lady Lions have been under the orchestration of Bob Krimmel. Under his guidance, Penn State did something last year it has never done before. It captured first place at the Eastern Championships. "Under his leadership, they've gone even farther and been more successful, having our first win over the Easterns and taking more swimmers last year than we ever had before to Nationals," Durant said. But, if Krimmel led his swimmers to a first accomplishment, he still sees the need for new challenges and changes in the women's swimming circuit. Because of the recent merger of the Asso ciation of Intercollegiate Athletics for Wom en into the National Collegiate Athletic Association, budgets have been cut and the obtuse angle of women's swimming is being forced to merge into the men's swimming format. .lan Photo As of just last year, women's swimming has lost the 50-yard backstroke, butterfly strong aquatic program that have pools, like Ohio State, have about six pools and recreation swim for students and faculty all day long," Mac Neill said "But here, we have recreational swim at night. Students crowd in here and the faculty crowd in here. Now to alleviate the situation, we could cover the outdoor pool in the winter time. We'd have all that much more water." Also, charging students for the use of Natatorium facilities was a shock to Mac Neill's thinking. He will pro claim often that "the pools are there to service the students" and the dollar charge is wrong. But, as he stares out the office windows down at the men's team practicing, one cannot help but think that his heart lies with the 25 guys swimming back and forth, back and forth. ' "We've got a great base now on the varsity swim team because it took us 19 years, growing a little more each year," he said. In Mac Neill's time, the team has lived through some highs and lows, with the greatest pinnacle to hope fully be accomplished this year. For ~'d;;;.',. T~ ~ ; d \~~~%:> « ~_: ~_ , ~~~~~\~ ~~ y y ~~ » ~^°"\}~ 2d rk= 1,124 .t 44, -;,,:,-, , gi,,..,,.. , .....,4 , •. ~...., '''.- 5i5.. , ,4 , ..., , ,.,. : ,.,. .. ... . .. Nittany Lion Mike Bolner slides through the water during a breaststroke event against Temple in action earlier this year. Bolner and his teammates will host Bucknell tonight at the McCoy Natatorium. Swimmen take on Bucknell tonight The men's swimming and diving team will try to add its ninth win to the record when it takes on Bucknell at 7 p.m. tonight in McCoy Natatorium. The challenge of winning the ninth meet should be easy because the coaches from both schools plan on letting their swimmers compete in different events. Already this season, Bucknell has won a big meet against Drexel in Philadelphia and, according to Penn State Head Coach Lou Mac Neill, is looking past the Penn State competition "They're planning on swimming right through us," Mac Neill said. "We're going to forget about the score and just swim people around." While the Lions may be competing for fun, the meet should be exciting from the spectator point of view. Because the swimmers will be competing in off events, the first time, the Lions will be the favorites going into Atlantic 10 Championships. Every year has been a tenacious climb to this peak. And the coach hopes to leave in this moment of glory. Looking back, Mac Neill _became coach of the team under the premise that it was there for the few partici pants and that swimming would not be a highly regarded team sport by the University administration. For a few years, the team was content with the fact that they existed. And then came some fund ing and recognition. Consequently, Mac Neill made one of the few mis takes that he'll admit to. "When we started to get schol arships, I made a bad mistake. I went after the top swimmer regard less of his personality, regardless of reliability, regardless of how hard he wanted to work. These were pri ma donna type swimmers. They were great athletes terrible per sonalities," he said. After these athletes left the team, the only way to get back on course was rebuilding through hard-nosed determination. MEM successful tradition Women's swimming record year 1972-73 8-2 1973-74 9-1 1974-75 8-3 1975-76 12-1 1976-77 10-1 1977-78 7-3 1978-79 9-1 1979-80 6-1 1980-81 7-4 1981-82 7-4 1982-83 9-2 and breaststroke events and the 100-yard individual medley. And Krimmel thinks that next, the 200-yard individual medley and 200-yard freestyle events might be hoisted. "Women's swimming has lost a great deal of its excitement," Krimmel said. "It's on the verge of losing the aspects that make it vibrant and different. "Everyone welcomed the NCAA. They thought it was great that the NCAA was taking over women's sports," he said. "And in many cases it has been. The publicity is better, transportation to and from NCAA Championships it saves a great deal of money. "I realize that," the coach continued. "But, on the other hand the NCAA is chop ping down the women's program, cutting out events in women's programs as unnec essary. And the real rational is that the men the races will be closer and finishes more spectacular "With no pressure, the meets are more relaxed," said freshman Lion Mike Bolnar. "And with our tough meets coming up it's nice to relax now. There's a lot more energy and enthusiasm in practices and they're more fun." Bolnar has something to be excited about in contrib uting his first points to a Penn State winning effort on Saturday against Temple. The Pittsburgh native placed second in the 200-yard breaststroke event, thereby gaining his first ever intercollegiate three-point placing. So for the tough challenges yet to arise in this season, tonight's meet should be a confidence builder for the Lions. dual meet rec. The Daily Collegian Wednesday, Feb. 8, 1984 "We came in second at Easterns last year and declared the most outstanding performing team on the campus and deservedly so," Mac - eill said. "There's no rhyme or rea son why a team that's not financed should take second at Eastern stand ings. "This year the team is better. They have last year's experience. They're all together. They help each other. It's very rare that anyone misses practice anymore. There's never been a team like this one," he proudly said. And in closing, for the rare joy of 19 years of hassles, accomplish ments, lectures and ornery swim mers, Mac Neill concluded with two things. In retrospect, he said, 'lt's been a great 19 years, no doubt about that." And for all philosophical swim mers, he leaves a poem: Be good my friend and lUt who can, be clever. ' Do noble things and not dream them all day long. And so make life, death and that vast forever, one grand sweet sor row. m,. "i,ve• EAIAW- AIAW- Eastern NCAA don't have those events." Aside from the dilemma of saving wom en's swimming individuality, Krimmel hopes the Lady Lions can excel and become a permanent fixture in the Top 20, a feat that would give Penn State needed funds from the University. "Ideally, I'd like women's swimming to be the No. 1 winter women's sport here," he said. And a goal such as that may prove to be as far off as having a women's swimming team back in the late 1950'5. But, if the Lady Lions keep progressing, someone is bound to take notice. And optimism always runs high. Beside wearing the crown of defending Eastern. Champions, this year alone the Lady Lions broke the Top 20 witha No. 16 ranking. MEE .. ,. ...:..:!..ioAli t 51 0• 1, .: : • ..:„.(„.5.:18.,, 411 ~. ..,::,,,,..„ 4: . 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