32— I The Daily Collegian Wednesday, Aug. 29, 1984
English lecturer a candidate
in state House race this fall
By PATTI DIACONT
Collegian Staff Writer
Annabelle S. Wenzke, a Universi
ty English composition lecturer,
will be a Democratic candidate for
the'state House of Representatives
in the 77th district this fall.
Wenzke said she has always
wanted to run for public office, but
teaching and raising a family kept
her from pursuing that interest.
She was given the opportunity to
seek public office in May when she
accepted the nomination after
Democratic candidate and former
Philipsburg Mayor Ira Smades
withdrew from the race.
“Personally, I had always in
tended to run for office when it
could fit in with my family and my
school work,” Wenzke said. “Now I
have finished my doctorate and my
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"Politically, I was intrigued by
the position, but I was teaching and
not ready to go into it in January.
When the opportunity arose (be
cause of Smades’ withdrawal), I
felt it was the right time,” she said.
The 43-year-old State College res
ident is running against Republi
can incumbent Lynn Herman of
Philipsburg and Consumer party
candidate Tom Ortenberg of State
College.
Wenzke plans to focus on the
, issues concerning the need for bet
ter representation in the 77th dis
trict noting that she plans to push
for increased educational aid, the
needs of the agricultural commu
nity and at the University’s College
of Agriculture and to bring to the
By BILL FERRELL
Collegian Staff Writer
As an outgrowth of the University’s strate
gic planning process, University President
Bryce Jordan has appointed a study group to
determine the feasibility of establishing a
school of communications, Marlowe Froke,
chairman of the study group, said yesterday.
The study group is holding open meetings
tommorrow and Friday at 7 p.m. at the
Alumni Lounge in Old Main to hear student
views on the proposed school, said Froke,
who is also general manager of the Universi
ty’s Division of Learning and Telecommuni
cations Services.
district business that could be stim
ulated by the University.
Tax reform in the school districts
is also an important issue she in
tends to pursue, she added.
“My goals are going to be more
for what the people need and want
rather than just abstract issues, ”
Wenzke said. “Although those abs
tract issues are important, they
are not as important as the needs of
the people who live here.”
Wenske, who has lived and
worked in the 77th district for 14
years, says she is better qualified
for the position than Herman be
cause she “is not only aware of
what is going on with the constitu
ents in the district and the Univer
sity, but I am also sympathetic to
them.”
Wenzke received a bachelor’s
degree in philosophy from Gettys-
Students in journalism, speech commu
nications', telecommunications and related
majors are invited, he said.
“The purpose of the sessions is to give
students in the University the chance to put
their ideas into the study process,” R. Dean
Mills, director of the School of Journalism,
said.
The committee has met three times thus
far to collect data,. Froke said.
“We’re still in the early stages,” Froke
said. “It is premature to talk about findings.”
The committee is doing both an internal
assessment and an external assessment
through outside consultants, he said.
“We’re looking at the environment in which
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Annabelle S. Wenzke
burg College and a master’s and a
doctorate in religious studies from
the University.
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USG to participate in
voter registration drive
The Undergraduate Student Gov
ernment Senate unanimously ap
proved to participate in a student
voter registration drive to increase
student turnout in the November elec
tion.
In a meeting last night, USG Presi
dent Adam Levinson said the organi
zation will send people to dorms and
major off-campus housing complexes
to get “as many people as possible”
registered to vote before the' Oct. 6
deadline.
“The senate would be part of that
group going out,” Levinson said.
The senate will also participate in a
turnout drive in which senators,
along'with people in the USG Political
Affairs department, will call regis
tered students and encourage them to
vote, Levinson said.
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While the phone solicitors might
inform students of Certain issues,
Levinson said they will remain non
partison.
Students will fill out the registra
tion forms and immediately give
such a school would function,” Froke said.
Committee members will also consider job
availability in thein assessment.
The committee will explore possible mis
sions and goals of the proposed school, Mills
said.
“We’ve discussed the possible methods of
organizing such a school if it were to come
about,” Mills said.
At this point it is unclear what majors
would be incorporated into the proposed
school, he said. “If any components were to
be put together, the main advantages would
be more efficient use of University resources
and better visibility of all mass communica
tions programs.”
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them back to solicitors, Levinson
said. The USG will be responsible for
getting them to the appropriate court
house, he added.
Voter registration drives were inef
fective in the past because although
organizations set up tables and
passed out registration forms, many
students never turned the forms in,
Levinson said.
In other business, Glenn Helbling,
project manager for the Lion Country
Discount Card, said USG Business
Department needed senators to help
distribute the cards to faculty and
staff members.
Helbling said it was important that
the cards were distributed and used
because downtown businesses were
dissatisfied with a discount card put
put by University Press International
last year.
Out of the 14 downtown businesses
who bought space on the University
Press card, only two bought space on
the USG card, Helbling said.
—by Steve Wilson
The most, obvious disadvantage of the pro
posed school is that faculty become unsettled
during any structural change, Mills said.
“I think that the proper kind of school of
communications would not only make for a
better program, but it would lead very quick
ly to an increased reputation for all commu
nication degrees from Penn State,” he said.
Also, a proposed unified program would do
a better job of educating students because of
better coherence, Mills said.
The committee will be trying to figure out
the relative advantages and disadvantages of
the different organizational structures for the
school, he said.