28—The Daily Collegian Friday, April 6, 1984
Psi runners to be
on the road again
in 16th annual race
Phi
By KRISTINE SORCHILLA
Collegian Staff Writer
For 16 years, the Phi Psi 500 has
been one of the most popular Univer
sity events because it is something in
which the entire University can par
ticipate, the race's overall chairman
said this week.
"It's different from other philan
thropies. Students can participate
without really doing anything. It's
exciting to watch," Mike Smoyer
said.
The Phi Psi 500 will begin at noon
tomorrow and run through the down
town business district. Bruce Park
hill, University head basketball
coach, will officially signal the start
of the race, Smoyer said.
About 1,800 participants will run
the 1.1 mile course starting at Phi
Kappa Psi fraternity, 403 Locust
Lane. The fraternity is sponsoring the
race in cooperation with the Stroh
Brewery Company.
The route will take participants
through six downtown bars, where
they must pay 50 cents to drink either
a beer or soda at each stop, and then
back to the fraternity.
Proceeds from the race will benefit
the Big Brothers/Big Sisters Pro
gram of Centre County. Smoyer said
the fraternity donates the money to
an organization it believes will bene
fit the community the most.
- "We call between 10 and 15 char
ities each year and we hear where the
Teacher survey
By MARK DIANTONIO
Collegian Staff Writer
The Undergraduate Student Government Best/Not-so 7
Best survey evaluation committee selected 29 "best"
instructors and 13 instructors who are "performing below
standards," USG vice president Beth Saylor said yester
day.
The outstanding instructors are: Milton Bergstein; D.G.
James, Charles Haas, Michael Kiernan, Richard
Labunski, Hai Sup Lee, Peirce Lewis, John Lowe, Richard
Lundy; E. Lynn Miller, Pamela Miller, Robert Mitchell,
John Moore, Bruce Murphy, Gordon Nelson, Roy Olofson,
Peter Van Oot, Beth Parkinson, Douglas Peterson, An
drew Pytel, David Questad, James Rambeau, Samuel
Rubin, Samuel Rubinstein, Harlan Stevens, Chester Ther
rien, David Tosh, Edward Wickersham and Sam • Zamrik.
Based on the results of the USG-sponsored students'
survey performed more than two months ago, Saylor said
the committee chose the 29 instructors the committee
thought "stood out from the rest." Those 29 instructors
I.6 th Annual
Race Day Information
Sat.., April 7, 1984
IMPORTANT: all runners must report
TODAY, Friday, April 6 from 9:00 a.m. to
4:00 p.m. in HUB Basement to receive race
numbers and starting times.
*lf you do not pick up your numbers today, you
will not be allowed to run. NO EXCEPTIONS!
Runners must bring to race:
• Picture ID w / proof of age
$.50 per chug: 12 quarters
Awards ceremony will be held 9:00 p.m. Sat. at Phi Psi House
Sponsored by: Stroh's Brewery
BENEFITS: Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Centre Countyu.lo3
money is going and how badly they
need it. We give it to the organization
who is initiating a new program
something State College doesn't, al
ready have," he said.
A table will be set up in front of the
fraternity where the runners' times
will be recorded, Smoyer said.
Downtown Bars participating in the
Phi Psi 500 are: The Phyrst, 111 '/2 E.
Beaver Ave.; The Brickhouse Tav
ern, Humes Alley; Nello's, 128 E.
College Ave.; The All-American
Rathskeller, 108 S. Pugh St.; The
Shandygaff Saloon, 212 E. College
Ave., and the Brewery, 233 E. Beaver
Ave.
The downtown streets that will be
used in the race route are Locust
Lane, Pugh Street, and Foster, Col
lege and Beaver avenues, Smoyer
said.
The race will end around 4:30 p.m.,
when the bars will close and the
streets used for the race will reopen,
Smoyer said.
Participants will race in seven divi
sions: fraternity, independent, mas
ters, women, team, sorority relay
and Anything Goes.
Sorority relay will begin the Phi Psi
500, followed by the serious runners
competing for the best overall time.
"A lot of people run for time but
only a few run for a serious time,
which is around eight minutes,"
Smoyer said.
All divisions are judged for time
except for the Anything Goes divi
shows who is at the top of the
will receive a letter of appreciation from USG and a
certificate of merit for their outstanding performance, she
added.
The names and courses taught by the 13 instructors the
committee chose as "performing very much below nor
mal standards," will be given to the instructors' depart
ment directors, Saylor said.
• Saylor said she and membeis of USG's Academic
Assembly will meet with the department heads to deter-
Phi Psi Phanatics
Three participants in.the "Anything Goes" category race through the streets of State College in last year's Phi Psi 500
sion, which is judged on originality
and creativity, Smoyer said. Winners
in each division will receive first,
second or third place trophies.
Last year, first place in the Any
thing Goes division went to the "Os
trich Jockeys," people dressed as
large birds made of multi-colored
'paper with long necks. _
Last year's event raised about $21,-
003 for the Association of Retarded
Citizens of Centre County.
Rich Sandler, security chairman
for the race, said 125 members of
`The highest recognition for
teaching comes from the students,
which makes this award
particularly meaningful.'
Milton Bergstein, associate marketing
professor
12:00-4:30 p.m.
different fraternities will be stationed
along the route. In cooperation with
the State College Police Department,
they will direct runners and keep the
crowd back.
The fraternity members were sur
prised at the response to registrations
for the race, John Caliguiri, registra
tion chairman, said earlier this week.
Registrations closed after only four
days as compared to seven days last
year, he said.
Smoyer said fraternity members
anticipate no major problems during
mine what problems may have accounted for a low rating
from students.
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The names and courses taught by the 13 instructors
would not be released because Saylor said "we do not want
to single out anyone publicly based on results from such a
small proportion of the students."
But she said because a large enough number of students
indicated the 13 instructors, USG thought it would be
worthwhile to bring the names to the attention of the
department heads. About 2,500 students responded to the
survey.
"We want to present , the names and courses to the
department directors and show them that if that many
students registered concerns (about a particular instruc
tor or course,) then there must be something wrong," she
said.
Labunski, assistant professor of journalism, who was
chosen for Journalism 392, the broadcast news course he
teaches, said receiving such an award is "very satisfy
ing." But he added that he "gets rewards in other ways"
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the race because the weather fore
cast is good. Also, the fraternity has
been working with the University's
Total Alcoholic Awareness Program
to encourage people not to over-con
sume alcoholic beverages, he said.
Radio announcements promoting
alcohol awareness have been broad
cast by local radio stations. They
feature Joe Paterno, head football
coach; Fran Fisher, assistant athlet
ics director for public affairs and
development, and Parkhill, Smoyer
said.
class, who isn't
about his course.
However, Labunski is leaving Penn State at the end of
this semester to join the faculty of The School of Commu
niCations at the University of Washington in Seattle.
Labunski, who has been at Penn State for two years,
said rewarding good teachers "is something that PSU
needs to do more to improve teaching."
"The only things that count for promotion and tenure
are research and publication," , which .Labunski said
allows instructors to neglect teaching.
Bergstein, associate professor of marketing, said he is
honored to get the award because "the highest recognition
for teaching comes from the students, which makes this
award particularly meaningful."
He said he has a "personal dedication (o undergraduate
teaching" of which the marketing courses he was selected
for are included.
Saylor said the committee considered the number of
votes for each instructor, the comments written on the
survey sheets and the size of the class compared to the
ratio of students who voted for an instructor.
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CATA slates
route changes
for tomorrow
Several Centre Line bus route de
tours will be in effect tomorrow from
11 a.m. until 5 p.m. during the Phi Psi
500, the Centre Area Transportation
Authority announced yesterday.
East Beaver Avenue will be closed
between South Allen and Garner
streets and police will direct traffic at
all major intersections.
The bus stop at Schlow Memorial
Library, 100 E. Beaver Ave., will be
moved to the parking lot across from
Danks Department Store on West
Beaver Avenue. CATA will post a
temporary bus stop sign for passen
ger convenience.
The X-Nittany Mall bus will depart
from the temporary stop, turn right
onto South Allen Street, left onto East
Prospect Avenue, left onto Garner
Street, and will then continue on its
regular route. No route stops will be
missed.
The B-Boalsburg bus will follow
along the same detour, however it
will proceed on West Beaver Avenue
instead of Garner Street.
The outbound bus on the P-Pugh
Street route will depart from the
temporary stop, turn right.onto South
Allen Street, and proceed to Easterly
Parkway. The bus then will resume
its normal route.
The inbound bus on the P-route will
travel via Pugh Street to Prospect
Avenue, turn right onto Prospect
Avenue to Garner Street, left onto
Garner Street to College Avenue, and
then turn left onto East College Ave
nue to Allen Street.
—by Teri Wells