Jordan: Strategic planning on schedule
By BILL FERRELL
Collegian Staff Writer
The University's strategic planning
program is on schedule, University
President Bryce Jordan told the
University's Board of Trustees yesterday.
"The process has moved forward with
careful deliberation," Jordan said. "The
program is on schedule."
The strategic planning program was
adopted by the University's Board of
Trustees in September 1983. The program
will look at possible adjustments in the
University's programs, organizational
structure and finance mechanisms, Jordan
said.
The University is looking at strategic
planning for two reasons, he said. "Those
reasons are to improve our mission in
teaching, research and service and to
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Biotech Institute. From left to right: Professor Stanley Person explains a
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Stadium rules:
Lions meet Rutgers as fans meet new policies
By PHIL GALEWITZ and
CHRIS LINDSLEY
Collegian Staff Writers
As a result of recent controversy over changes in
Beaver Stadium policy, students will be permitted to
leave football games at halftime and re-enter the
stadium, but open fires on University grounds are still
prohibited, Assistant Athletic Director Fran Fisher
said earlier this week.
The controversy has resulted in confusion among
fraternities which misinterpreted the new laws to
mean stricter enforcement of laws against underage
drinking, said John Ziegler, professor of meat science
and former member of State College Municipal
Council. The State College borough's new open
container law will not be enforced in the area around
the stadium, he explained.
The stadium is located in College Township where
the only applicable drinking laws pertain to minors,
who will be issued a citation if caught drinking alcohol,
said Torn Lechner, manager of College Township. He
explained that the township has not added any new
laws pertaining to behavior outside the stadium this
year.
Paul Blahusch, executive vice president of the
Interfraternity Council, said he does not foresee any
problems in the State College borough or on the
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redirect our resources be they people,
square footage or dollars to strengthen
our performance."
The president has released a strategic
planning guide to members of the
University community to "provide a
structure for implementing strategic
planning' throughout the University."
The administration is now beginning the
data-gathering phase of the program, •
results of which will be due in June 1985,
Jordan said.
The administration has also set up three
strategic study groups to study areas where
the University must respond to
opportunities before the full strategic
planning process is completed, Jordan said.
The three areas under study are
biotechnology, materials sciences and mass
communications, Jordan said.
In the area of biotechnology, the
stadium grounds, but does encourage IFC members to
exercise extreme caution in drinking before and after
the game.
College Township represents the area east of Shields
Building and north of the graduate housing buildings
and University Drive, Lechner said. It includes Stone,
Stuart, Hastings, and Snyder Halls, Jefferey Field and
the parking fields adjacent to the stadium.
Last spring, personnel from the offices of University
safety, security and intercollegiate athletics formed a
committee which decided no individual would be
allowed to leave the stadium at halftime because of a
large number of complaints.
But after receiving complaints about the rule
change, the committee revised it to allow pass-out
checks to be distributed from gates 2,8, 12 and 16 only
with the hope that fans would be more considerate
when re-entering.
"Many people like to stay and enjoy the Blue Band at
halftime, and the movement of people leaving
disrupted that," Fisher said. "But then we thought
eliminating check-out passes might not cut down on
movement, and people might still leave their seats for
the same reasons, so we revised the rule."
The open-fire policy, which mainly bans charcoal
fires, is not a new rule. In fact, since 1976 there has
been a University policy prohibiting fires in Beaver
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University has announced the
establishment of a Biotechnology Institute,
Jordan said. The new institute has the
potential to create new jobs in the growing
field of biotechnology.
In materials sciences, the National
Academy of Sciences has named Penn State
and the Massachtisetts Institute of
Technology as the two best schools in the
nation, he said: Therefore, the University
must ensure continued excellence in this
area.
In mass communications, a study group
has been appointed to study the feasibility
of establishing a School of Communications
at the University.
A number of other areas at the University
also, require immediate attention, Jordan
said. Those areas include technology
programs, nursing education, academic
computing, computing and information
Walter J. Conti and Secretary of Commerce James 0. Pickard. The
University's biological technology center will be the first of its kind in the
state of Pennsylvania.
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Pros and cons of porn debated
in front of hostile, vocal crowd
By PAT COLLIER
Collegian Staff Writer
Pornography, Dolores Alexander
said in front of a loud and hostile
crowd in Eisenhower Auditorium,
is a root cause of violence - against
women and has conditioned males
to'view women as sex toys meant
only for their gratification.
"Pornography is the theory
behind the practice of rape," said
Alexander, president of Women
Against Pornography, drawing
hoots and shouts of derision from a
vociferous, primarily male crowd
of 2,000 people last night.
Harry Reems, the star of the
movie "Deep Throat," countered
by saying that the link between
pornography and violence has
never been conclusively
established, quoting a 1968
presidential study that showed no
connection between exposure to
pornography and violent behavior.
"Studies show that the vast
majority of these rapists and
psychopaths have never been
exposed to pornography," said
Harry Reems
systems programs, enrollment
management and planning, training
programs for health-care professionals and
management of non-academic programs.
"We must be more focused and
deliberate," Jordan said, "because
strategic planning is only one leg of the
three-legged stool upon which the future of
the University rests."
The University must also depend upon
increased funding from the private sector
and increased state appropriations, he
added.
"To maintain quality we may, in some
instances, need to reduce our
comprehensiveness," Jordan said.
In other business, the Summer Session
director told the trustees that although the
University's Summer Session enrollment
increased by only three students, the
program was a "smashing success."
PSU to
biotech
By LESLIE THOMAS
Collegian Staff Writer
Gov. Dick Thornburgh and
University President Bryce
Jordan announced yesterday the
establishment of a biotechnology
institute at Penn State. The
institute will be the first of its kind
in the state.
Biotechnology is the use of
biological processes or systems
for industrial purposes. Potential
uses of biotechnology include the
development of vaccines, the
synthesis of chemicals and the
development of new plants for
agriculture.
"The institute is a new thrust for
Penn State which complements •
Gov. Thornburgh's leadership of
and commitment to higher
education and economic
revitalization in Pennsylvania,"
Jordan said.
"It has the potential for major,
contributions to the state and
nation in a promising and exciting
new field," he added.
He predicted that during the
next 10 to 20 years there will be
profound changes in the field of
biology and he added that "no
major research institute can
afford not to be involved with
those efforts."
Thornburgh said that this
institute and others like it are
"vital to maintaining
Reems, raising his voice to be
heard over the catcalls of an
audience that was clearly in his
favor.
Reems, who was introduced to
overwhelming applause at the
debate's outset, argued that
pornography was a positive factor
in society, in that it had brought
sexual attitudes in America "out of
the closet."
"There has always been a fear of
communicating with each other
sexually," Reems said. "Perhaps
this fear has been alleviated by
proliferation of this
(pornographic) material."
Reems contended that
pornographic material has helped
overcome the prudish attitude that
"sex is bad."
"People can see through this
material that not only is sex not
wrong, but it's ueing done,", Reems
said in an interview after the
debate.
Alexander, in contrast, does not
believe that pornography is related
to sexual freedom. She said her
organization is in favor of the
positive results of the sexual
revolution, such as abortion and
legal birth control.
"Pornography is not sexual
liberation it is another form of
sexual repression," Alexander
said, concluding her initial 20-
minute presentation.
Alexander cited pornography as
"propaganda against women," and
said she believes that pornography
has negative effects on the
attitudes of men toward women
and of women toward themselves
It is precisely pornography, she
said, that has portrayed women as
a man's "kitten, pet, playmate,
chick and plaything," and has
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"Under the circumstances, we decided to
claim a victory," Nancy M. Tischler said.
The total enrollment for the 1984 Summer
Session at the University's 22 campuses was
26,946, an increase of three students over
last summer, she said.
The eight-week term caused a reduction
of 20 percent in the average credit load,
Tischler said. This became a problem for
students who applied for financial aid.
In order to qualify for a Pennsylvania
Higher Education Assistance Agency grant,
a student must carry 12 or more credits, she
said. Since 90 percent of University students
receive some form of financial aid, the 12
credit requirement probably contributed to
a lower Summer Session enrollment than
expected.
The range of course offerings for Summer
Session 1984 was the most comprehensive
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business
Pennsylvania's leadership in a
rapidly changing economy."
He added that the institute will
stimulate economic progress and
jobs in the state as well as
contributing to the improvement
of the quality of life, the
environment and the food supply
in the nation.
The program is a
multidisciplinary effort which will
be based in the College of
Science's department of
biochemistry, microbiology and
molecular and cell biology, but it
will include the colleges of
Agriculture and Engineering.
Dr. Jean Brenchley, who will
head the new institute, said the
overall objective of the program
will - be to "provide resources for a
unique educational porgram for
modern service facilities to
benefit the University,
government and industrial
affiliates and for the research
necessary to bring Penn State to
the forefront in biotechnology."
Thornburgh complimented the
University on the establishment of
the institute and stressed that it is
a partnership between private
industries and public education in
keeping with the goals of the Ben
Franklin Program, which
Thornburgh initiated last year.
Funding for the institute is also
a joint venture between the
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caused today's man to view women
in this way.
"Playboy mentality."
Recounting a brief history of
pornography, she referred to
Playboy magazine's tradition of
showing women with dimensions
38-22-36. She stated that a study of
1,000 women found that none of
them had a 22-inch waist.
"Imagine the effect that these
perfect bodies had on the women
who fell short of these standards,"
she said.
Alexander said her organization
is concerned with the spread of
pornography to all walks of life,
she said.
"Porn has begun to invade every
facet of American life," she said.
"Look at today's jeans
commercials. Companies like
Calvin Klein with Brooke Shields
have literally turned the female
into a piece of ass."
Reems countered that "there is
nothing wrong with healthy people
looking at pictures of pretty men
and women."
into
Dolores Alexander
She referred to this as the