12—The Daily Collegian Wednesday, April 11, 1984 Rap session: By TIM EYSTER Collegian Staff Writer The use of building codes and Community Devel opment Block Grant funds to improve rental hous ing in State College will be among the topics dis6ussed tomorrow at the Organization for Town Independent Students' 11th annual Town Day, the event's chairmen said Monday. • Cheryl Olmstead and Bob Thompson said in addition to the discussion of those topics, invited guests also will speak about the best methods to increase communication and avoid conflict among Thompson said Mark Foley, a member of OTIS all members of the community. and the State College rental housing advisory Also, speakers will examine the strengths and' committee, will lead the discussion on area housing weaknesses of the student as a community mem- codes and. CDBG funds. ber. Leading the discussion on methods of managing Hearing set for . University exam theft case By MIKE KINNEY Collegian Staff Writer ,•• preliminary hearing is scheduled this morning for the University stu aent charged with the theft of two electrical engineering exams. --.David E. Schmidt (senior-nuclear engineering); 707 Stuart Hall, will be biought before District Magistrate keith Bierly at 9 a.m. in the Centre County Court House in Bellefonte. Schmidt has been charged with Theft of trade secrets, theft by unlaw- NORTH Thursday, BCS - Jazz RPM - Rock x 1000 Randy Hughes, Jon Rounds and. Richard Sleigh 3:00-4:00 Bookends - Easy Listening 4:30-5:30 Vitamen Z - Sizzling Rock 6:00-7:00 Weather permitting - in the Quad otherwise - in the HUB • All Welcome 1,4444444444444444444444 4444444 7 qp Mark Cullinane and Americans with Hart wish to Ts .4 thank the many volunteers from Centre County IP whb campaigned so diligently for Gary Hart. A special expression of gratitude goes to: Cindy 3IP. Ahmann, Gary Potter, Lou Freimiller, 'Margaret V Purdue, Captain Enery, Tom Looney, Ben Sagan, 'Mike Riccardi, Bob Stuber, Dan Coffman, Edith of Raphael, John Lutz, Tabitha Haigh, Meg•Arteaga, V IP Merle McCalips, John Shemick, and Rhonda V Rawlinson. V ,V V V 1144-4144444444-411444141144444444141141444, OTIS event to strengthen town-gown relations ful taking or disposition, receiving stolen property, possessing instru ments of crime (lock picks), posses sing wiretapping equipment, and possession of marijuana with intent to manufacture or deliver. According to a police report, Schmidt was arrested after police searched his room April 5. The police then confiscated the exams, lock picks, wiretapping equipment, ap proximately 60 grams of marijuana divided into different bags, and re cords indicating Schmidt was dealing Olmstead said about 100 people have been invited to the event, being held at the Sheraton Penn State, 240 S. Pugh St. The program begins at 1 p.m., following a luncheon at 11:30. The event is held annually in an effort to improve town-gown communications and relations, she said. Among the invited guests are local government officials, student leaders, business representatives, home owners association members, landlords, Uni versity administrators, faculty and staff members. 1:302:30 in marijuana The police report said the exams were stolen from Room 118 of the Electrical Engineering Building. The EE369 and EE367 exams are the property of the University. The re port alleges that Schmidt did enter, remove and sell the exams to another student. In the report, a description of the events leading up to the arrest indi cates that four other students were involved in the investigation. The report also alleges Schmidt ae rs ev" - • HPER Career Day 'B4 #PE ik Thursday, April 12 11:30 a.m. HUB Gallery Lounge Opening Forum: Career Paths with a Degree in HPER 12:30 HUB Fishbowl HPER Career Fair Talk to HPER Alumni, Faculty, Students and Counselors Sponsored by: The College of Health, Physical Education and Recreation. The HPER Alumni Society conflicts will be Raymond Studer; head of the University's department of environmental design in the College of Human Development. State College Mayor Arnold Addison will discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the student as a community member, Thompson said. By meeting in a comfortable atmosphere, stu dents will be aided in communicating with other community members and University administra tors, Thompson said. "Sitting down. in a relaxed atmosphere and talking informally with the community members and University administrators helps us to get to know them better and Opens up communicative channels," he said. burglarized other buildings on cam pus, including Warnock Dining Hall and Electrical Engineering East Building. Donald T. Suit, director of the Uni versity's Office of Conduct Stan dards, said no disciplinary action has been taken by the University, but Schmidt could be suspended or ex pelled if the charges are substan tiated. Schmidt, 21, from Acton, Mass., is being held at Centre County Jail in lieu of $40,000 bond. APRIL SPECIALS 1.54.00 for a Large Pizza 2. Buy. a Large Thick Crust Pizza andget 2 Cokes for Free!! offer expires 4130/84 HOME OF THE WHOLE WHEAT PIZZA AND FRESH ITALIAN DREAD! Come try Out delicious grinders and hoagies. Open for lunch from 111 am 'til 2 am Relax in air conditioned comfort. IO 234.8007 PIZZERIA 128 E. College Ave. FREE DELIVERY • FROM 6 PM 'TIL 1 AM Conference to take a close look at labor By ROBERT P. KING Collegian Staff Writer Employee concessions and la bor's role in politics are among the issues to be discussed at tomor row's conference sponsored by the Penn State Labor Studies Club, the club president said. Michael Singer (senior-labor studies) said the 14th annual Stu dent-Trade Union Conference will feature speeches and workshops by representatives of labor, indus try and law. All interested stu dents • and faculty members are invited to attend the conference from 10 a.m. to 4:45 in the HUB. The speeches will be given in the morning in 301 HUB and will cover topics such as the role of labor in Walter Mondale's presidential campaign and employee conces sions in contract negotiations, Singer said. The speakers will include Kim Fellner, the public relations direc tor of the Screen Actors Guild, and Julius Uehlein, president of the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO, Singer said. The keynote speaker will be Jane Slaughter, a union activist and labor journalist who became widely known for her participation in a 1976 wildcat strike against General Motors Corp., he said. In the afternoon, the labor, law and industry representatives will conduct workshops in the HUB in rooms 305, 321 and the main lounge. Workshop topics will be "orga nizing service sector employees," "what impact are management consultants having on labor rela tions?" and "Employee takeover of business," Singer said. Because each workshop will be given twice, Singer said partici pants will be able to attend any two of them. A registration desk in 301 HUB will post the agenda throughout the day, beginning at 9:30 a.m. Ronald L. Filippelli, head of the labor studies department, said the purpose of the conference is to promote "cross fertilization" among trade unionists and inter ested faculty members and stu dents. "Students are generally un aware of labor issues. What they know tends to be superficial infor mation they get from the newspa pers that there is a strike here or there, and so on. sports . . . plus ew plan hopes to strengthen Eastern baseb. By RON LEONARD! Collegian Sports Writer There is a time in the near future when Penn State Baseball Coach Shorty Stoner would like nothing better than to see his team play its schedule from April through June and possibly July in the,midst of a new and healthy environment. His thinking ' goes further. Penn State baseball, after years of play ing second fiddle to dominant South ern and Western teams in all areas of the sport success, recruiting, financial aid and scheduling —would finally be hitting the spotlight. Beaver Field would be equipped with lights, enabling night baseball, enhancing the program considerab ly and allowing teams from Florida, Texas and California to visit the East. During June and July, when there is a lull in Centre Region sports activity and when University'sports are long over and football is still a few months away, Stoner says Penn State baseball could become the top drawing card in town. . Do the aforementioned events sound wild, a bit far-fetched and maybe the result of too much grand thinking on Stoner's part? It shouldn't, Stoner insists. The third-year head coach says baseball resurgence at Penn State and throughout the country could become a reality some day under a proposal advocating a later starting and ending date, which would serve as an equalizing force for Eastern and Midwestern schools. Most teams face an uphill climb to catch up with their dominate South ern and Western counterparts, and Stoner says the proposal, if passed, would make baseball a better sport across' the country and end having one section of the country handed everything on a "silver platter." The proposal, defined in a seven page outline by Old Dominion Head Coach Mark Newman, will be put Instructions during Monday's game with Duquesne. Stoner supports a proposal which could move the baseball season back to allow Eastern and Midwestern schools to become more competitive on a national scale. Lion Head Coach Shorty Stoner gives - itchers pouring on victories for the softball team By CHRIS RAYMOND Collegian Sports Writer When most college students think of "pitchers," they think of the $1.25 happy hour specials offered at most neighborhood bars. To the members of a softball team, however, the word "pitchers," could mean the differ ence between a shot at the playoffs. But how do you distinguish one pitcher from another? Becky Smith, pitching coach for the softball team, said there are several ways First of all, a player may use any one of three styles of underhanded pitching: the figure-eight, the slingshot or the windmill. Smith said the figure-eight is all but obsolete today, and the slingshot is on its way out. The best style, however, and the one used by most collegiate pitchers, including all of the Lady Lions, is the windmill. _ f } J / % i "The windmill is probably the most. prevalent," Smith said. "There's more speed to it because the arm travels full circle." Smith said players can also learn to throw different kinds of pitches. "A lot of times a pitcher cars get by with a good fastball," she said, "if they can control it, hit the corners and basically keep it away from the batter." But if a pitcher can develop more than the fastball, Smith said this can only add to the player's effective ness. "If they can start working on the drop it makes such a difference," Smith said. "It makes the batters have to look." Some players, including Aileen Polanis and Lynne Gardner, can even get the ball to curve a little bit. Other players try to develope a rise ball or a change-up. But the motion and the pitch is not the only thing that makes a pitcher effective. Even the kind of ball used during a game has an effect on the pitching. The Lady Lions have been playing with two different balls this season, the Diamond, which is the official ball of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, and the Dudley, which will be used in the Liberty Baptist Tournament this weekend. "The Diamond just doesn't seem to travel in the air as well as the Dudley," Smith said. She said pitchers prefer the Diamond. before the 13-member National Col legiate Athletic Association baseball committee in January when the American Baseball Coaches Asso ciation holds its annual convention in Nashville, Tenn. The proposal would effect all divi sions with participation optional, and could, if passed, give Eastern teams a legitimate shot at a championship, something which isn't the case at the moment. "You won't see Penn State or any other Northern team win the college baseball world series because we are at such a severe disadvantage with the way the structure is set up now," Stoner said. "We're at a severe disadvantage getting the top northern players. They all go south or west and are enticed with financial support, a larger schedule, an earlier starting time for their season and the warm er weather. And•we are not getting the financial support because of' all these disadvantages. "If the proposal goes through, Northern teams would have better chance at equalizing the situation." Futhermore, under the current system, coaches cannot approach athletic directors and lobby for sup port arguing that the sport has ex cellent fan interest because it doesn't. Penn State Assistant Athletic Di rector Richard Lucas is a steadfast supporter of the plan, but says it may be four years before implemen tation. "The point is to find out what the majority of schools feel," Lucas said. "It sounds like such a great idea. I would see little reason why we (administration) wouldn't be in favor of it. "I will discuss Shorty's position with the administration, weigh the plus and minuses and that which pertains to finances, but right now, there appears to be a lot of benefit coming from the proposal." Under the proposal, Newman ad- Photo by Eric C. Hegedus "They claim that that's the pitchers' ball because it's a little softer." Smith said. The Diamond is also more difficult to hold on to than the Dudley "If it (the Diamond) gets wet it doesn't travel as fast," Smith said. "And if the surface gets wet it's a little harder to hang on to." . Many teams keep only a couple of pitchers on their rosters because there is no NCAA rule limiting the number of innings or games that a player can pitch. Penn State, however, has seven pitchers on its roster, five freshmen and two seniors. Smith said the team usually gets only one or two freshmen a year. She attributes the increase in the number of pitchers recruited to the loss of one key player. "With the graduation of Brenda (Frey) last year we were really looking for pitchers this year," Smith said. "When they're all healthy it gives us a chance to rotate them around," she said. . The young pitchers have definitely benefited from being placed into the lineup so quickly. Freshman Beth Devlin, who has seen a lot of action on the mound this spring, said she has become more of a finesse pitcher since joining the Penn State team. "My style has changed a lot in the last year," she said. "When I was in high school I was an overbearing pitcher and I didn't throw a lot of junk. But now I've been put into a situation where we have a good defense, so I've become more of a spot-pitcher. I can use more pitches." Aileen Polanis said she has noticed an improvement in her pitching style as well. "In high school I just mainly threw fastballs, insiders and outsiders," she said. "Now, I can throw changes and rises and stuff like that." She even expects to improve her style a lot more. Head Coach Sue Rankin admitted she had her doubts at the beginning of the season with a large freshmen staff, but said those doubts had been laid to rest. The young pitchers continue to produce impressive stats and often in pressure situations. The team has an earned run average of 1.66. This is largely because of excellent performances by Devlin and Polanis, as well as fellow freshmen Lynne Gardner and Judy Landis. Lion Brian Brown slides safely into home yesterday against Duquesne. The baseball team took two from the Dukes, which put it over .500 for the season. vocates, based on the 1984 calender year, a 83-day season (an NCAA rule would require mandatory length), running from March 24-June 14, which would allow sufficient time for a t 60-game slate. The NCAA Re gional Tournament would be played June 21-24 and the college world series could begin June 30th. By recommending this measure, Eastern and Midwestern schools are attempting to halt the increasing amount of early season cancella tions that plague them yearly and have caused so much frustration for Stoner and the Lions the past two seasons. Last year, 21 of Penn State's 61 games were lost due to inclement ;weather:and- inlthe early•portion of this season, the Lions sat idle for 12 of 14 games following their return from Texas over Spring break. Although he is'a staunch supporter of Newman's outline, Stoner has advocated a much more drastic plan that goes one step further, calling for a May-to-July season with the college world series set for August. Newman agrees. with Stoner's thinking, but feels such a change is far to drastic to push for at this stage. The idea among advocates in favor is to reach the goal one step at a time. Stoner says Southern schools op pose the proposal because of the extreme advantage they hold over most of the country. "Some Southern coaches might say, 'Well, it's too hot to play down here in the summer.' Well I say this: `You can play in the heat, we can't play in the cold.' A lot of people do hot like changes and are happy with the way things are." But the Lions have no choice but to finance a Southern trip because it has become a virtual necessity un der the current system, providing seven to 12 badly needed games before their Northern slate. Cynics have argued that keeping a team well into the summer will add tremendous expenses and have used this reasoning as their prime argu ment against such a move. According to the proposal, schools Lions take 2 from Duquesne By MARK ASHENFELTER Collegian Sports Writer The baseball team went from one extreme to another in its double-header against Duquesne yesterday, but still managed to escape with a sweep over the visiting Dukes. In the opener the Lions breezed to a 12-2 win behind the four-hit pitching of Mike Bellaman and the hitting of Bob Perks, who drove home two runs with a pair of doubles. The nightcap, however, was a different story as the bats fell silent against the Dukes' Trace Bocan, until the Lions rallied over the final two innings to come away with a 5-4 victory. With the victories the Lions improved their record to 8-7 and increased their Atlantic 10 Conference slate to 5-1. Entering the afternoon the Lions were a half game behind West Virginia for the lead in the conference's Western Division. Penn State Head Coach Shorty Stoner said after game one he was pleased with his squad's offensive explosion. "The nice thing about the game is that we are hitting well," Stoner said during intermission. "I was also Softball team wins 2 at Ithaca By CHRIS RAYMOND Collegian Sports Writer Despite having to juggle positions as a result of injuries to catchers Gayle Costolo and Lori Frey, the softball team took a double-header yesterday from Ithaca by scores of 7-2 and 1-0. Co-Captain Geri Saya said the team responded to the changes by pulling together and turning in an excellent performance. "We played flawless ball," Saya could budget dollars from their spring trip, which would no longer be necessary, and put toward financ ing their summer stay. Stoner remains optimistic, but ad mits change will not happen over night. "We must get it going now so we won't put it off forever," he said. "It should have been in place already. Stoner has become heavily in volved the past two years because of the scheduling problems. He writes a lot of letters these days, hoping to pleased that Mike settled down after the third inning and that we gave everybody a chance to play. Duquesne tied the game in the third inning thanks to two unearned runs and a few bad pitches by Bellaman, who couldn't get his slider over. From that point on, though, Bellaman was perfect, retiring the side in order over the final four innings on his way to an eight strikeout performance. Despite winning the first game easily Stoner was worried that his club would have a letdown at the plate sooner or later it came sooner than even he expected as the Lions managed only seven hits in the nightcap. Only a strong performance by freshman hurler Mike Farr kept the Lions in the hunt. Farr struck out 10 Dukes during the course of the afternoon, but hurt himself with six free passes which allowed the visitors to strand eight men on the base paths despite managing just five hits. The Dukes were held in check until the fifth when three singles, a walk, a wild pitch and an error gave the visitors at 4-2 lead. The Lions pulled to within one after the sixth and then managed to score two in the bottom of the seventh to come away with the win that pushed the club over the .500 mark . said. "We didn't make any mistak es." She also said the two losses suf fered at the hands of the University of Virginia had a lot to do with the Lady Lions' play. "Coming off of two losses, we were hungry," Saya said. "We wanted to win more." Co-Captain Michele Turk said she was pleased with the team's perfor mance. "I think we played well overall," she said. "We hit the ball well, we The Daily Collegian Wednesday, April 11, 1984: get, as he puts it "the snowball effect going." Stoner is quick to point out that baseball was the first sport estab lished at Penn State, that it is fourth in terms of participation at the colle giate level and, most importantly, is our national pastime. What the whole issue comes down to, according to Stoner, .is this: "Baseball is a summer sport, a warm weather sport, so let's get back to playing it when it should be played." played excellent defensively, and we had good pitching." She said the wins were very im portant for Penn State. "I think it was a must win situa tion," Turk said, "especially since Ithaca was a Division 111 team, because a loss would have hurt us more than two wins would have helped us." Pitchers Beth Devlin and Aileen Polanis did not allow an earned run between them in picking up the wins.
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