14-week
calendar
endorsed
By COLLEEN BARRY
Collegian Staff Writer
Faculty Senate passed a motion
yesterday recommending the Univer
sity drop one week from each semes
ter, supporting a senate committee
report that a 14-week calendar is
academically feasible.
Peter Bennett, chairman of the ad
hoc committee on the calendar, said
the change would not have a big
impact on the the quality of educa
tion, either positively or negatively.
However, Bennett and other senate
members recognized that additional
pressure may be put on students who
would be required to finish the same
amount of work in 14 weeks as is now
required in 15 weeks.
“We don’t think that students will
learn less, students will just have
more pressure on them,” Bennett
said.
“Students are willing to accept
pressure to get the benefits,” said
Tracy Brant, student representative
from the College of Human Devel
opment.
An administrative task force will
be assigned to look at the adminstra
tive and logistic implications of a 14-
week semester, said William Rich
ardson, University executive vice
president. Student opinion will also be
sought.
“Eventually this is a (Board of)
Trustees action,” Bennett said.
The most extensive structural
changes are hinged on the assump
tion that for each credit, 14 hours of
instruction must be provided. Cur
rently, students receive an average of
15 hours of instruction per credit,
Bennett said.
In order to maintain the desired
instuction time, 5 minutes would be
tacked onto each class period. To
accommodate the demand for large
classrooms, the academic day at
University Park would begin at 7:45
a.m. and end at 6:00 p.m, Bennett
said. However, other University loca
tions may adopt schedules consistant
with the recommendation’s other
characteristics.
The 14-week calendar proposal was
originally introduced in September
1980 by former University President
John Oswald who suggested the
switch to the semester calendar, Ben
nett said. However, when the plan
reached decision phase in July 1982, it
was decided that the only way suffi
cient instruction time could be main
tained would be through 50 minute
periods over 15 weeks.
“There is some doubt as to the
wisdom of this decision. There was no
opportunity for extended faculty or
student input,” Bennett said. A study
by the senate committe has shown
that the desired contact between in
structors and students can be met in
the 14-week period.
The senate recommendation also
calls for a post-Labor Day start for
Fall Semester, reserving the follow
ing Tuesday and Wednesday for arri
val and registration. A pre-Labor
Day arrival will be maintained for
freshmen and transfer students.
“What it amounts to is the rest of
the world is organized in a certain
way. At resorts and summer theatres
summer ends on Labor Day. The
University’s calendar puts (the Uni
versity) out of step with that. Some
times it’s okay and sometimes it costs
you.
“We’re convinced we can deliver a
good quality education without start
ing in August."
Frank Clemente, professor of socio
logy, pointed out that professional
meetings in his field are usually
scheduled the last wee\ in August.
Many of the sociology faculty mem
bers chose to attend conferences,
leaving 2,000 students without in
struction for the first week of the Fall
Sememster.-
In addition, students who have in
ternships are often required to work
until Labor Day.
Under the 14-week plan, Spring
Semester would begin after January
10. The recommendation also sets
aside the last two days of the semes
ter as “tutorial days,” which would
replace the current study days. Dur
ing these days, classes would not be
scheduled but instructors would be
required to hold office hours. Five or
six days of final examinations would
follow.
Although the recommendation in
cluded a possible calandar for the
1986-87 academic year, the change
could not be implemented without
further administrative study, Ben
nett said.
Among the questions the adminis
tration must consider before adopting
the recommendation is the effect of a
longer day on dining hall hours.
the
daily
New meal plan is adopted for fall 'B6
By KERRI RUZANIC
Collegian Staff Writer
University students will finally have a
choice in the meal plan they want, a Food
Services spokesman said last night to the
Residence Hajl Advisory board.
Tom Gibson, Director of Food Services,
said the new meal plan, entitled A La Board,
will be implemented during Fall Semester
1986.
The current meal plan entitles students to 21
meals per week, according to a proposal
prepared last September by William H. McK
innon, assistant vice president for housing
and food services. The plan makes no provi
sions for students who eat fewer than 21
meals.
The average student eats 12.5 meals per
week, 2.5 breakfasts, 5 lunches and 5 dinners.
The current accross the board rate of $750
reflects the fact that the average students
eats only 12.5 meals weekly.
Two basic components make up this new
meal plan. The first part of the plan consists
of a base cost of $5OO, which represents the
non-food costs for dining hall mortgages,
labor, supplies, maintenance, equipment and
utilities.
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Tailgate security will tighten
By W.T. HOLLAND
Collegian Stalf Writer
More police will be on hand at this season’s football
games and an increassed number of them will be check
ing identification to guard against underage drinking at
individual tailgates, said the University’s director of
safety
David Stormer addressed members of the University
Student Executive Council last week, warning of a crack
down on both underage drinking and furnishing alcohol to
minors.
“We are going to have a significant and I say
significant increase in manpower ... a significant
number of officers enforcing alcohol disorderly conduct
violations,” Stormer said.
Most of the increases will result from reassigning
officers previously positioned at non-tailgate areas,
Stormer said.
He also said that additional state police troopers, off
campus and Altoona Commonwealth Campus enforce
ment divisions have been recruited and assigned to places
around the stadium according to expected concentrations
of people in those areas. 1
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The second part of the plan is to establish a
system of points (worth It each), which
represents the food cost.
All students must pay the same base cost to
make the dining service available and the
points will be used to pay for the meals that
are eaten by the student.
Five meal plan options will be available for
the student to choose from. The plans are as
follows:
• Plan 1: Semester Board Cost-$670; Base
Cost-$50O; Point Cost-$170; Number of Points
-17,000.
• Plan 2: Semester Board Cost-$720; Base
Cost-$500; Point Cost-$220; Number of Points
-22,000.
• Plan 3: Semester Board Cost-$770; Base
Cost-$500; Point Cost-$270; Number of Points
-27,000.
• Plan 4: Semester Board Cost-$810; Base
Cost-$500; Point Cost-$310; Number of Points
-31,000.
• Plan 5: Semester Board Cost-$840; Base
Cost-$500; Point Cost-$340; Number of Points
-34,000.
In the meal plan, meal prices are estimated
at 60 points for breakfast, 125 points for lunch,
and 185 points for dinner. Special dinners will
cost 230 points.
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In all, 20 new officers have been added to the tailgate
force, Stormer said including some of those in plain
clothes.
Police and other security personnel will be moving to
different areas sporadically during the game, while the
same number of officers will be at gates checking for fans
trying to carry alcohol inside the stadium, Stormer said.
He said the biggest concern to police is the increased
number of people drinking at tailgates while games are in
progress, particularly near Beaver Stadium’s south gate.
Police speculate that most people in that area are either
young returning alumni or those who do not have tickets
to games. Stormer said police are concerned these
tailgaters might supply alcohol to underage students.
Furnishing or selling alcohol to a minor is a third-class
misdemeanor with a maximum fine of $2,500 or one year
in jail a serious violation, but one not involving a
criminal record, Stormer said.
“On those cases where there’s furnishing and some
body gets served, we’ll be walking around the tailgates
carding,” he said. “If anyone is under 21, the tailgate is
busted and we take the tap, we take all the kegs.”
All other forms of alcoholic beverages will be taken as
well, he said.
Student ID cards will be used in the new
computer system for the student to gain
access to the dining halls, according to Ray
Bradley, Chairman of the Food Service com
mittee for RHAB. He said that the appropri
ate number of points will be subtracted for
each meal the student attends and a new
balance of points will be shown each time.
Gibson said the computer system will be
able to maintain a negative balance for one
meal, so students who run out of points can
still eat that meal on credit. He said additional
points can be purchased by students in incre
ments of $lO or 1,000 points. However, any
remaining points will not be carried over to
the next semester, Bradley said.
Under the A La Board plan, all students will
be permitted to eat in any dining hall on
campus, with the exception of dining halls
located in Centre and West Halls and the HUB
between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., Gibson said. Only
residents of Centre and West Halls will be
allowed to eat in those dining halls at that
time.
Residence hall students will be permitted to
have guests in the dining hall under the new
system, Gibson said. He said the cost of the
meals for the guests will be at a reduced rate,
Kidney patients
receive education
By ANTHONY NEWMAN
Collegian Science Writer
For University student Steven Ka
tona, 26, the opportunity to receive a
college education is especially grat
ifying.
Katona of Lafayette Hill, Pa., could
not accept wrestling scholarship of
fers when, shortly after graduating
from high school, his kidneys failed.
Instead of going to college, Katona
picked up a series of odd jobs and
began to wonder if his "entire life
would be centered around the daily
dialysis blood cleansing treat
ments needed to keep him alive.
Today, he has 16 credits of courses
and is about to declare a major in
business administration.
Katona is the first resident of a
unique State College facility enabling
him to attend college while receiving
the medical care he needs.
The facility is on the third and
fourth floors of O’Brien Place, an
apartment building on the corner of
Pugh Street and East Foster Avenue.
John McQueary, administrator of
Internal Medical Associates, said the
project, which provides residents
with dialysis units and nutritional
care, is the only of its kind in the
nation.
The apartments feature a cafeteria
staffed by a nutritionist and cook who
prepare low-sodium meals to satisfy
the special nutritional need of kidney
patients, McQueary said. Counseling
for residents is also available and
doctors and nurses are on call at all
times, he said.
“We offer students all the support
they need, so they can get by just as
well as they would at home,” McQu
eary said.
“However, the goal of this resi
dence program is to help patients
learn to provide for themselves. We
hope the cafeteria will be needed only
temporarily,” he said, adding that,
residents will eventually be responsi
ble for their own meals and not need
counseling.
Katona said most victims of kidney
failure cannot go away to college
because their health care needs could
not be met in a typical dormitory.
“The apartments are great,” Kato
na said. “They make it very feasible
for someone to go to college who
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Collegian that the Phi Psi 500 would be run in May. The race is scheduled
for April 12 from 11:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
but the price will still be more than the price
for students.
Bradley said students will be able to make
their choice of meal plans on the dorm con
tracts submitted in January. Changes in the
selection of meal plans will have to be made
prior to the beginning of each academic
session.
The current policy of umlimited seconds
will continue, as well as the right for students
to take out hand fruit only.
In addition to using the point system in the
dining halls, these points can be used in the
HUB, Kern Graduate Center, and residence
hall snack bars.
“I think it’s going to be a lot different on the
positive side,” Gibson said.
Branch campuses will use a systen of. cou
pon books; Gibson said. These coupons would
be issued in $25 increments. He added that
branch campuses are heading towards the
computer system as well.
Another meal plan, entitled Discount 10,
will be developed for off-campus students,
faculty and staff. Discount 10 could be used in
the dining halls and the HUB also.
The bag lunch program, currently provided
to students who miss lunch because of classes,
will be eliminated.
always figured that it would be very
difficult.”
Katona also said that many victims
of kidney failure lead sheltered lives
with few chances to develop an inde
pendent lifestyle. The apartments
offer an ideal opportunity for kidney
patients to receive an education and
plan a career.
“Growing up, victims of kidney
problems may be overprotected by
their parents, who are constantly
looking out for them ‘don’t run
down the stairs, don’t stay out too
long, are you getting enough to eat’,
and so on,” Katona said.
“Many victims begin to believe
they are handicapped, when the fact
is, most victims can do anything
anyone else can,” he said. “In most
cases, the kidney problem is an incon
venience that can be worked
around."
In 1979, Katona’s father donated his
kidney to his son in an attempt to
return his life to normal. Two years
later, his mother donated one of her
kidneys after Katona’s body rejected
his father’s kidney. The second trans
plant also failed.
Katona said he uses a method of
dialysis called Continuous Ambulato
ry Peritoneal Dialysis. Five times a
day Katona must implant a bag of
solution into his body that removes
potentially harmful substances from
his blood. The process takes about 20
minutes, he said.
Katona is the only resident of the
apartments devoted to victims of
kidney failure. By Spring Semester,
when more resident arrive, apart
ments will be equipped with hemodia
lysis, a second method of dialysis
involving removing blood from the
body and cleaning it in a filtering
machine, McQueary said.
Although progress has been slower
than expected, project organizers
learned from their mistakes, he said.
“We have to improve the acclima
tion procedure and make sure stu
dent/patients find it easier to register
for classes, get advising, and can
work their treatments into their class
schedules,” McQueary said.
The University, while not lowering
academic standards, has supported
the project by offering, student/pa
tients handicapped parking permits
and flexibility in scheduling.
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