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Get the facts
Ahh, the joys of summer earning mon
ey, doing internships, enjoying the out
doors. The University’s students and
faculty have for years been short-changed
when it comes to such pleasantries.
The reason: a calendar that begins prior
to Labor Day (the day which usually sym
bolizes the end of summer, and summer
jobs and internships) and ends in early May
(long before the generally accepted start of
summer, summer jobs and internships).
But the joys of summer may once again
be within reach thanks to an endorsement
made by the University’s Faculty Senate
last week. The senate has given the OK to a
proposed 14-week semester that would
more closely align Penn State’s calendar
with the rest of the known universe.
Under the senate recommendations:
• Fall Semester classes would start after
Labor Day (with the first two days after
Labor Day being used for arrival and regis
tration) and Spring Semester classes after
Jan. 10.
• The new calendar will include nine
periods of instruction with classes begin
ning at 7:45 a.m. and ending at 6 p.m.
• Classes will last 55 or 80 minutes five
minutes longer than the current time peri-r
ods‘.
• The last two days of the 14-week period
will become “tutorial days.” No regularly
scheduled classes will be held on those days
but faculty will hold office hours to assist
students.
• The five or six days set aside for finals
will not be changed.
The senate approval of the ad hoc com
mittee on the calendar’s recommendation
confirmed that the plan is academically
feasible. But it remains to be seen whether
the move would be a good, strategic one for
the University community.
That job now falls to a yet-to-be-formed
administrative task force which will look
into the managerial and logistic implica
tions of switching to 14-week semesters.
Clearly, many adjustments and sacrifices
on part of the University system and the
reader opinion
Tickle my taco? Supports efforts
While looking through my copy of The Daily Collegian lam writing this letter in response to Karl A. Kline’s
(this morning, I came upon an ad for Pedro’s Restaurant, letter which appeared in The Daily Collegian on Septem-
The ad consisted of a picture of a bikini-clad young ber 17. His letter was about the new policies and tough
woman, seductively posed, with the caption “Tickle My ness of the police where tailgates are concerned.
Taco.” I found this ad sexist and in extremely bad taste. I j realize that the end of tailgates means the demise of
showed the ad to a number of people in my immediate yet ano ther Penn State tradition. Perhaps the tradition
vicinity (both male and female), and their response was shou j d never have been started in the first place. I believe
as negative as mine had been. that there should be no difference in the laws of Penn
I have eaten at Pedro’s frequently in the past, but I will state and the laws of Pennsylvania,
refrain from frequenting this restaurant as long as they I think Mr. Kline should examine his attitudes toward
continue to run ads similar to this one. We suggest that what really constitutes a good time at a football game
others who find this ad offensive do the same thing. the alcohol or the game itself. I wholeheartedly support
Janie Music, secretary-agricultural economics the University in its efforts to end a lc ° h °} abus ® at
Anne Ishler, instructor-rural sociology State before it starts. They are finally taking a step 1
Tura Eisele, researcher, agricultural-economics right direction and taking the focus off of alcohol as the
Dan E. Moore, associate professor-rural sociology only way to have a good time. . ..
Jane Mease, secretary-agricultural economics Matthew Cheran, junior—rehabilitative education
A better place:
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afraid, is more complex than what most - but stranger things have happened If we around with a contrived limp, calls ivomen q{ we can then o{fer from John) and chuckled “She probably
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C /<£&< admit that his point te not devoid B of value, cial causes of such behavior -in fact, I’m This past summer, I was fortunate to people to smile and feel good about them-
/ Takine is credits of anv subiect is stretch- not even sure psychologists and sociologists meet someone who knows how to make selves. Ido it purely for my own benefit,
/ Utof ambi?o?sanitv and when I look at know why so many “guys” act as they do. others - from close friends to complete he says, “but if it makes someone else
. . mv class schedule making the world more Perhaps it’s caused by insecurity, which, of strangers feel good about themselves, happy, I’ll keep doing it. By all means,
r* ’ SristogoTS wurse! is not limited to sexist males who and to does il like no on. rve ever met Now it everyone tetoved tot, raagtoetow
achieve \nd I believe this column is a limp when not injured and speak like punch- before. He does it well because he accepts much warmer this potential nuclear freezer
■> small step in the right direction. drunk North Philadelphians. Every one of who he is. His name is John. would be.
Each Thursday, I’m given a certain us has distinct and —to differing degrees John and I walked along College Avenue The rewards for making another person
amount Of space to fill on the Collegian's confining insecurities. one sunny Thursday in July. Along the way, happy, as John would tell you, far outweigh
“ Tnhn ctnn trvine to change the world,”' opinion page -1 try my best to express my Knowing this, we all should be able to he found a pink carnation. When he picked it the amount of effort it takes to.try. We can t
! frienHnd B second-toughit critic, opinions without offending anyone, but understand a little better how other people up laske d him what he was going to do with be overcome by a defeatist attitude that
” many of the topics I write about are topics are feeling and be able to stop pretending would prevent us from improving our-
ButTt wUI that many people don’t want to think about, that we’re someone who, in actuahty we it t 0 som eone who looks selves. We may struggle andwe re sure to
fn terms of writing he wants something However, it’s my contention that the are not. The best you have to offer someone | nower to day,” he said. make some mistakes, but we have to try.
differerthan what l have a tendency to world would be a better place if everyone else is yourself, so create an image? **“ . CoUege Ave . in We may even find out why the Nittany
offer in my column. He would rather I write thought about theiraffect on the^°^’ and lie^b 611 IVe inSl 6 what was a mock search to find Lion mascot wears white socks.
light-hearted, off-the-wall, sarcastic colum- devoted eyen a little time to “ j act that aU of us,' no someone in need of a flower. We passed a lot . ■
lifete e e nou y g 0 h U to make a Jfer- another-it’s natural and human to want to Finally, Sir John saw a woman standing gian. His column appears every Thursday.
communities that support it will have to be
made.
Class periods will be lengthened by five
minutes, enabling students an average of 14
hours of instruction for each credit, rather
than the 15 hours students currently re
ceive. Local businesses will be affected by
the absence of students for two more weeks
out of the year. Faculty members, who had
to revise their curriculum two years ago
with the change from terms to semesters,
will once again be forced to change their
course outlines.
In additon, with the longer class day,
dining hall and night class schedules as well
as bus schedules and apartment leases may
have to be changed to accommodate a new
University calendar.
On the other hand, there are some bene
fits.
Students will have more time in the sum
mer to work and earn money to come back
to college. In addition, students taking in
ternships or jobs will not have to leave
early. And faculty will have more time to
attend major conferences related to their
fields with an extended summer.
Obviously, there are pros and cons to be
weighed before a decision can be made. And
before the advising calendar committee
made its recommendation to the senate,
they handed out a survey to get input from
faculty on the possible change. However,
other than the members of the Undergrad
uate Student Government’s Academic As
sembly who sit on the senate, student
leaders have not taken the opportunity to
express their views on the matter. The
change to a 14-week semester will affect
students just as much, if not more, than
faculty members.
At first glance the change seems very
appealing. But such a far-reaching decision
needs to be examined from all sides
including the students’ side. Fall Semester
classes should not begin with the dog days
of summer but with the beginning of the
football season. But no decision should be
made until all the facts are in.
SURE, IT LOOKS GREAT
-BUT WILL IT RUN ?
daily Collegian
Thursday, Sept. 19,1985
©1985 Collegian Inc.
Gail L. Johnson
Editor
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responsibility. Opinions expressed on the editorial
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Speak out on task force recommendations
Earlier this week, the University President’s Task
Force on Alcohol released recommendations designed
to reduce the problems created by alcohol at the
University. Members of the task force now want
feedback from students about those recommendations
before they are submitted to University President
Bryce Jordan on Oct. 15.
The Daily Collegian will run an opinion/editorial
page concerning these recommendations on Friday,
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Graduate Students:
As you are aware, Penn State has invest
ments of over $6 million in companies doing
business in South Africa. These investments
have received a lot of attention lately, and the
PSU Board of Trustees has voted to review
the University’s investment policy in South
Africa.
One of the factors going into the Board’s
decision, to be made in January, is student
opinion regarding these investments. That is,
do Penn State students want PSU to continue
to invest in South Africa, or do we want
divestiture?
This is where you come in. We are working,
together with the Undergraduate Student
Government and the Council of Common
wealth Student Governments, to carry out a
telephone survey of student opinion. In order
to do this, we need your help.
We need people willing to staff the phones
being used for this survey. The survey will be
taken Wednesday and Thursday evenings,
September 25 and 26. If you agree to help us,
there will be a short training session, of no
more than one hour, starting at 10 p.m. on
Tuesday, September 24, in 203 HUB.
We urge you to help us with this survey.
This is an issue facing all students at Penn
State, undergraduate and graduate alike.
If you are willing to become involved, give
us a call at the GSA office, 865-4211, between
9:30 and 5 or visit us at 305 Kern. Thanks for
your help.
Brian J. Del Buono, president, Graduate
Student Association
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of any attempts at hegemony by any foreign may osk: or. .too row GoSto to o" m“h .Ss os China Js
power, and is crucia to U.S. security inter- materials vital? Well, God only knows Xe rsio n™dhelpme I love it so, but I before normalization, but the seeds are
ests into the twenty-first century. the sfme strategic minerals are believe Cuba just isn’t the place. The best there. If properly executed, we could over
*3E' found And as for Asia’s strategic mineral way to protect our interests? the long haul put Cuba at great odds with
- A, suDDlies let’s put it this way: the Soviets’ Slow, cautious, methodical, shrewd, and the Soviet Union, and subsequently prevent
- * 1 /ll* /V presence on the Eurasian land mass se- above all covert contacts with Castro’s or eliminate the spread of communism in
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misconceDtions as to the validity of my an arrangement like he did with China, than the Soviets would like. Don t misunder
SeS statements * Could this be done? Absolutely. How long stand. Castro is no naive school boy and
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threat in and from the southern part of our America in the realm of U.S. nationa secu- da _know d; would be "° easy ta ki ~B ut „e knows the Soviets have a third-rate
Western Hemisphere (bar the Cuban mis- rityinterests, my quest.onis how shouldl we By now you are P™™ ye u is g in our economy and can . t give him everything he
sile crisis), has been a great advantage - continue to apply 1° “ uj[ interest over the long haul. Obviously, wants. He knows we have a first-rate econ-
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and Southeast Asia. any att <-mpts at hegemony from any na ion but definitely’worthwhile. If we give Let us not be naive; Castro will not walk
Thus, as long as we continue to keep a other than the United States. • chance to have relations with U.S. right out of the communist camp. However,
secure southern flank, we are assured that Obviously, there is no single answer th erms of course!) there is a damn he can be more independent, and we can use
our forces elsewhere will not be diverted s necessarily correct However l believe rely as him to prevent the spread of communism in
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