New grad pay schedule approved By ROBERT P. KING Collegian Staff Writer Uneven paychecks will no longer trouble graduate students on assistantships when a compromise, worked out with the University, takes effect next fall, the presi dent of the Graduate Student Association said. Jeff Dooling said GSA and the University controller's office have reached an agreement that will alleviate the problems caused by a graduate assistant pay schedule introduced during last year's switch to semesters. He said the agreement will affect the approximately 2,. 000 graduate students who serve as research and teaching assistants at the University. The schedule for 1983-84 had divided the total pay for each semester into nine parts, Dooling said. In the fall, graduate assistants received one-ninth of their total semester pay at the end of August, and two-ninths at the end of each month from September to December. In the spring the schedule was reversed, with graduate assistants receiving two-ninths of their semester pay each month from January to April, and one-ninth at the end of May. During Summer Session 1984, the students received one-half of their summer pay at the end of June and July, Dooling said. • This system caused financial difficulty for graduate assistants, who received only half a paycheck at the beginning of the semester, when they needed it most, and had to make it last until the end of September, he said. Richard L. McCarl, associate dean of the Graduate School, said the agreement reached with the controller's office will divide each semester's pay into five portions, which will be paid at the end of each month. Under the plan approved for implementation beginning Fall 1985, graduate assistants will also receive one-half their summer pay at the end of June and July, McCarl said. In the interim, graduate assistants are being paid on a slightly modified version of last year's schedule. This year's April paycheck, ill be three-ninths of the semester total and there will be no May payment. The total pay for Summer 1985 will be p.iid in three installments in May, June and July, McCarl said. Dooling said GSA began receiving complaints from graduate students last fall when the payment system started. The decision to begin the fall semester before Labor Day meant graduate students had to budget their money more tightly as all payments for health insurance, hous ing and books became due earlier, Dooling said. He said the problem was compounded by the existence of a six-week payless period from the end of the last Summer Term to the beginning of Fall Semester 1983. GSA Vice President Lee Carpenter said many graduate students were hit hard enough by the financial crunch that they applied to GSA or to their departments for emergency loans to help them meet expenses. Carpenter said GSA looked at the problem and last spring submitted a .proposal to the controller's office through McCarl. The proposal evaluated six options for revising the pay schedule, one of which was the five-part plan. Dooling said University Controller George Lane gave his verbal approval to the plan last July, although McCarl has yet to submit a formal pi4oposal to the controller's office. "The (five-part) plan is the best for the grad students," Carpenter said. "I think it will take care of all the problems." Under the new pay schedule, Carpenter said, pay checks will be more equitably balanced and graduate assistants will actually receive more money in each paycheck. Dooling said the new plan alleviates the financial crunch at the. beginning of the semester by doubling the August paycheck, although in effect graduate assistants will be receiving a full month's pay for only two weeks' work. McCarl said this causes problems in paying research assistants on outside grants. Because government agencies and other instititions that award research contracts will pay only for work actually performed, the University will pay the bill until the grant money catches up in September, McCarl said. The same situation will crop up in when the students receive a one-fifth paycheck for two weeks of work in May. "The plan seems to meet with everyone's approval," McCarl said. "Of course anything you come up with will have complaints from some people." SENIORS in the colleges of: Agriculture.... , Arts & Achitecture Business Administration Earth & Mineral Sciences • or Education who have not had Senior Portraits taken; Sept. 10-14 is absolutely the last week to have yours taken. Call or Stop in TODAY! 865-2602 209 HUB * Seniors in other majors can get ahead by signing up early LaVie 'B5 0120 :~ ~~ s~ a`_ GET THE FACTS FROM THE CLASS RING EXPERTS A SSQ DEPOSIT IS ALL IT TAKES TO SAVE $2599 THE CLASS RING EXPERTS .LIONS •.... :• • • PRIDE Corner of College and Allen 112 E. 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When the football team opens its 1984 season at 1:30 tomorrow against Rutgers at Beaver Stadium, it will be playing in a role sur rounded with different plots. • The first one is the story of the former player and assistant coach, Dick Anderson, returning to his alma mater to coach against his old boss and coach, Penn State Head Coach Joe Paterno. Another subplot is the tale of a quarterback, Eric "Rusty" Hoch berg, who grew up in State College and whose father is the sports medi cine director for Penn State. Hoch berg heard enough of Penn. State football in his youth and decided to attend a New Jersey school instead. And then there is the story of a Penn State quarterback, Doug Strang. It was only a year ago that Strang appeared as a shaky, uncon fident leader. Now his coach is tout ing him as one of the top players in the nation and the leader the team needs. And for the next episode . . . well, that will be decided on the playing field. The center of attention tomorrow will be the two main characters Paterno and Anderson. In January, Anderson left his duties as the offen sive coordinator for the Nittany Lions and took the head coaching job at Rutgers. Paterno said it will be strange for him to see Anderson on the opposing sideline. "It's hard for me to think about coaching against Dick Anderson," Paterno said. "I remember him when he was a snot-nosed kid when I recruited him in East Rutherford, N.J. way, way back. I miss Dick, I miss him as a friend." But - Paterno warned both schools will have an advantage over each , other on the playing field. "We can't get ready for Rutgers because Dick Anderson is coaching the football team. I think Rutgers will be an extremely well coached team. I think Dick has an adVantage because he knows our personnel, but on the other hand, we know Dick." Anderson, howeVer, is only part of Receivers remain up in air By JOHN WEISS Collegian Sports Writer Last season the big question in preseason was who was going to throw the ball to receivers Kenny Jackson and Kevin Baugh. And while Doug Strang has emerged as a capable leader of the. 04 fense, this year the question is who is going to catch it. Ever since the graduation of Ail • AOl erica n flanker Jackson and Baugh, the Nittany Lions' biggest offensive question mark has been their replacements Afterall. Jackson and Baugh combined for 64 receptions last season, providing Penn State with one of its most potent receiving tandems in years. Who would have the unenviable task of trying to fill their shoes? One would think the coaching staff would definitely have a duo ,picked out by opening day, right? Wrong. When the Lions line up against Rutgers today. the corps of start ing receivers will remain up in the air. with four prime candidates vying for the two starting spots. The most experienced. or per haps more accurately, the least inexperienced. of the four is senior Kevin Campbell. I,+;tho was listed the No. 1 split end on the Lion depth chart at the start of fall practice. Campbell, however, has caught just one pass in his Penn State career, as a backup flanker in 1982. During fall practice. Campbell 8-1, 171) has shared time at flank er and split end, and Receiver Coach Tom Bradley said although his experience has been limited, it is still the most a Lion receiver has to offer. Lion tailback D.J. Dozier, shown here in action against Pitt last season, was receiving corps returning, the Lions will be counting on Dozier to pick up the first Penn State freshman to gain over 1,000 yards. With an inexperienced where he left off last season. the story in the Scarlet Knights' connection with Penn State. Hoch berg, who was named the Rutgers' starter on Tuesday, grew up in State College, but decided he heard enough of Penn State football and attended Rutgers. Last year, Hochberg had one of his biggest games of his career throwing for 367 yards against the Lions. In the fourth quarter, Hoch berg unloaded a 76-yard touchdown pass, but at the same time was hit by graduated lineman Greg Gattu "Kevin probably has the best feel for the passing game right now," Bradley said. "The two of them ( Campbell and quarterback Doug Strang) seem to have a pretty good feel between them. Vying with Campbell at split end is freshman redshirt Herb Bella my, who Bradley said could be come a force once he gains playing time. "The one thing about Herb is that he's become an extremely hard worker. He's got extremely strong hands." Also fighting for a split end job is sophomore Eric Hamilton 186). who played sparingly last season without netting a recep tion. liamilton,.like Campbell, has worked at both split end and flank er during fall practice, and has what Bradley called the best hands of any Lion receiver. The fourth receiver hoping to crack the starting lineup is sopho more Sid Lewis, who alternated between tailback and wide receiv er last season, catching two passes for 48 yards. Four receivers fighting almost dead even for two spots certainly adds ambiguity to the Lions' of fense, but soon, two more may join the battle. Sophomore George Alpert was listed even with Lewis as the No. I flanker at the start of fall practice, but he recently underwent knee surgery and won't see action to morrow against Rutgers. Also not seeing action tomorrow is senior Rocky Washington, who's out with a knee injury. He is play ing this year' after winning an appeal with the National Colle gaite Athletic Association for an other year of eligibility. :~i>` ‘4" -1: \ \414 4 111011 • ‘ e,: , !; : ' '; ' 2. • •,, ...we, - ... i t 1 - . i' ',.": . q .:. • 1 . .t" .-.. ' ... ... . ::: ... : . so. The result was a knee injury putting him out for the season. Some thought Hochberg would not play again, but in true soap opera fashion, the junior fought back from the injury to earn the starting role. Penn State also has a quar terbacking tale that would attract the most relentless soap opera view-. ers. For the first three games of last year. Penn State was without a leader and also without a guar- "I feel very good about Doug terback. When Paterno gave Strang taking this football team. If there Anderson comes home with new team By LIZ KAHN Collegian Sports-Writer Dick Anderson is not trying to fool anyone. After leaving his assistant coach ing position at Penn State to be come head football coach at Rutgers, Anderson will open the season on the field he coached on for 11 years. Only this time it will be on the visitor's side. But since he took over the Scarlet Knights in January, Anderson has been downplaying the obvious prob lems he might have facing the team he played for and coached. "I don't think my emotions will be a factor, - Anderson said of tomor row's matchup. "If I'm nervous at all it will be because it is my first game as a head coach, not because I'm return ing to Penn State." And if facing Head Football Coach Joe . Paterno from the oppo site side of Beaver Stadium isn't a little threatening. Anderson is lead ing a team that went 3-8 last year, is undergoing a total restructuring of the coaching staff, and is plagued by injuries in key offensive areas. But knowing Paterno and so much about the Penn State team just might be an advantage in one way or another. 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"(Strang) has had a fine presea son," Paterno said, "and now I think it's just a question of us pulling some things together for him so he can show everyone just how good he is. t e —Not Rutgers quarterback Rusty Hochberg (10) scrambles for yardage against the Lions in action last season. Hochberg had one of the best days of his career (19 for 34 for 367 yards) in that game, and he returns to Penn State tomorrow to lead the Scarlet Knights against the Lions. lege native Eric "Rusty" Hochberg at quarterback. Hochberg tore ligaments in his knee last year in the fourth game of the season against Penn State at Giants Stadium and didn't start contact drills until this summer. Hochberg will start behind an experienced offensive line includ ing 6-1, 245-pound center Joe DiGi lio, who received second team All- American honors as a junior last was ever a football team that needed a strong leader, it's this one because we're a very young offen- sive team." Strang, who has been itching all over to start since the end of last year, said no one is sure where the offense stands. "I think the attitude's there," Strang said. "It's hard to tell how far the offense is without playing any games. Playing against your own defense, they know what your going to do and you know how they'll react." season Tight end Alan Andrews, an All- American candidate who caught 48 passes last year, has a severe ham string injury. Flanker Andrew Bak er, who caught 37 passes last season, is getting over a knee in jury, but is expected to play tomor row. Senior Dwayne Hooper will take over the starting tailback' position from junior Albert Smith, who led The Daily Collegian Friday, Sept. 7, 1984 For Strang, he also is not sure how his own offensive line will react tomorrow. The Lions return experi ence in center Nick Haden, but co captain Stan Short may see limited playing time because of a hamstring pull. Jerome Wilson will fill in if Short has problems. Another area no one is sure about is just who Strang will be throwing to. Only Kevin Campbell, who has caught just one pass because of two years of injuries, has stepped ahead of the rest of the field in the race to replace graduates Kenny Jackson and Kevin Baugh. Paterno, who hoped someone would make a move toward the starting role, said his wish came true. "I feel good about ( the receiving situation)," Paterno said. "I said prior to the season I was just wait ing for people to come back and take the bull by the horns and go after some things. I think they took me at my word. "Campbell's had an outstanding preseason. He's caught everything and he's worked hard. He's a big league receiver." Tailback D.J. Dozier, who gained 1.003 yards last year as a freshman, should take some of the pressure of the inexperienced receiving corps. At fullback, Paterno said both Steve Smith and Tim Manoa are in a dead heat for the starting spot. The defensive line for the Lions also has a soap opera story to it. The defensive line only returns 1983 starter Bob White, brit in a hope to revamp the pass rush; Todd Moules and Dan Morgan have been moved from the offensive line. "I'll be disappointed if we don't have more strength and force on the line of scrimmage than we had last year," Paterno said. "I think we're going to make it more uncomfort able for the quarterback to sit in there and be as accurate as they were against us last year.". Thus, the job turns to the second ary, where Mike Zordich returns to Hero and Darrell Giles will he in the safety role. The Lions' defense will have to contain Hochberg, something they didn't do , a year ago. And for the Hochberg and Strang story. and the Anderson story, only tomorrow will tell how their charac ters develop from here. the team in rushing the past two seasons with 572 yards and six touchdowns. Junior Vernon Wil liams returns at fullback. Defensively, the Knights have been forced to fill large gaps, espe cially in the secondary where three starters have graduated. Senior John Cummins will take over the free safety job while sophomore Roger Pollard will fill the strong safety position. ~_~ ~''-
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