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Due by Friday, February 14. 0219 1 / 16es Paws 9 0 and 1 46.6 ....,..,.,... 0 i......'....:0.'''''.'..: day y Collegian By STEVE WILSON Collegian Staff Writer The proposed 14-week calendar re ceived no support from the Universi ty Student Executive Council last night as USEC members brought up several potential problems with the shortened semester. Panhellenic Council President and USEC Chairwoman Laurie Maser said roughly 75 percent of the sorority members at the University were against the proposal because it did not provide enough time to take a full load of classes. "Can you really carry more than 15 credits (under a 14-week calendar)?" Maser asked. During the meeting, USEC also • Discussed recommendations to the University President's Task Force on Alcohol in a "trial run" before University President Bryce Jordan hears student reaction from USEC. Undergraduate Student Gov ernment President David Rosenblatt said he will prepare a report on Will you buy early or gamble till the next reduction? 9-11 a.m 11-1 p.m 1 -3 p.m After 3 p.m To maintain the spirit of this sale, you may hold items for fifteen minutes prior to purchase. c !'.,..'.‘.. i. - . :e ' altelk :, . It* 50% OFF 60% OFF i 70% OFF 80% OFF i USEC's comments to be sent to Jor dan on Monday. • Heard from a student who crit icized the Undergraduate Student Government for representing "a vo cal minority's" viewpoint on divest ment. Mark D. Pesi (senior-electrical engineering) said that the recently formed Black Student Coalition Against Racisim oppposed to the Uni versity's minority recruitment ef forts was hurting all students, including Blacks. • Decided to form a committee to establish a process for screening stu dent candidates for a position on the University Board of Trustees. Some USEC members were upset that Pat: ty Walsh, current student trustee, had asked people to sit on the selec tion committee without consulting them. The selection committee will review candidates and will send three to five to Gov. Dick Thornburgh for final approval. Echoing Maser's comments on the 14-week calendar, Academic Assem bly President Jay Clark said students were taking fewer credits a year under semesters than they were un der terms and that most students now go to school longer than 4 years. Engineering students are especial ly apt to go longer than four years because of the nature of their courses, he added. Going to school longer costs stu dents more because they lose finan cial aid after four years, Clark said. And with proposed cuts in financial aid, the problem could get worse. "I think that's a very strong point," Clark said. Council of Commonwealth Student Governments Coordinator Lynn Duffner said many University's Com monwealth campus students, partic ularly those at campuses in eastern Pennsylvania, work at the shore over the summer and sometimes are not hired for jobs because employers want them to work until Labor Day. Duffner asked if a 14-week Fall Semester and 15-week Spring Semes ter calendar was being considered. Clark said that was not being con sidered now because it presented a number of logistical problems. For instance, prqfessors would have to prepare a different syllabus for each semester. Rosenblatt added that a 14-week Fall Semester would not help all students with summer jobs because under the 14-week calendar, fresh men, transfer students and resident assistants would have to be at the University before Labor Day. Organization for Town Independant Students President Chris Cappozzi said the 14-week calendar would cause problems with apartment own ers.. "You have to give local property owners at least a year's notice or you're going to have people camping out on the HUB lawn with no place to live," Cappozzi said. International students as well did not like the proposal, said Interna tional Student Council President Hung Shin. Since international stu dents don't go home during breaks, the 14-week calendar would mean an GINGERBREAD MAN Barbecue Rib Night Barbecued Baby Back Ribs with a real Western Flavor Every Friday Night Served with Flavored Western Fries & Barbecued Baked Beans or Coleslaw All for only $ 6 •95 • Tender Meaty Barbecued Baby Back Ribs at a Price Everyone Will Love. Every Friday Night at the GINGERBREAD MAN 130 Heister St. 237-0361 extra two weeks a year that the students would remain here while dining halls and other University facilities would be closed. Rosenblatt and Clark will draft a letter addressing USEC's concerns and send it to the Faculty Senate. Penn State University Veterans Organization President Shelly Phil lips said that PSUVO's general reac tion to the alcohol task force recommendations was that Pennsyl vania's laws are adequate and that "in-house" regulations are not needed. Phillips said the recommendation for a required health course on alco hol awareness was "widely ac cepted." Association of Residence Hall Stu dents President Patty Martin said ARHS will need more funding for alternative programs to replace so cial activities in the residence halls that used to center around alcohol. The money would be used to pay for rock bands and D.J.s, she said. sports Spikers rally past pesky Ball State By MIKE FRASSINELLI Collegian Sports Writer Ball State proved to volleyball fans at Rec Hall last night that it was more than just David Letter man's alma mater, but the Nittany Lions grouped together just in time win the match, 3-2. "Ball State's a good team," Penn State Head Coach Tom Tait said. "I think a lot of our guys didn't understand that until tonight." The tenth-ranked Cardinals slid by 16-14 in the first game, but when the underdog took a 14-3 lead in game two against the No. 8 Lions, Rec Hall partisans could hear a pin drop. The Lions (11-6) held off two chances and answered back with four straight points, but it was too late as Ball State held on for a 15-7 victory. Ball State confused the Lions throughout most of the first two games with an array of soft drop shots, a style which helped the Cardinals post a semifinal victory over Penn State in a recent invitational tournament at Rec Hall. "Their game plan against us is to run a lot of slop and a lot of off-speed shots, and this week (in practice) we purposely ran a different defense to combat that," Tait said. "Unfortunately, we're not familiar enough with that defense to run it smooth ly." Tait said he thought the his team started out slowly because of a letdown after Tuesday's close loss to No. 2 University of Southern California. "We came out early in the match with a couple of guys that really were not ready to play," Tait said. "Fortunately, we were able to get them back into the game later on while the bench was holding us in the match." After Ball State jumped out to a 74 lead in game three, the Lions finally came alive and rolled off a string off eight unanswered points. Hard spikes by Keith Yarros, Bob Faux and co-captain Stew Russell keyed the rally. Tait said that 6-10 fresh man Chris Chase also played a key role in turning the tide for the Lions. Tait said that once Chase fully recovers from an ankle injury (he sat out game one) and gets his timing back, he will be a major force for the Lions. Penn State won game three 15-8, and the Lions went on to dominate the remainder of the match with victories of 15-12 and 15-5 in the final two games behind the solid play of Russell, Yarros, Javier Gaspar Jose Rubayo. Tait said he thought the turning point in the match was a change in the attitude of his players. "The team made a decision to stay together and not pull into little individual pockets on the court," Tait said. Tait said that an improvement in serves in the MT:A , *.; 14115 04t: • ' 1: - 1; i " • *Ala s - Iv Penn State's Bob Meloy wraps up his Cleveland State opponent last Sunday in Rec Hall. The Lions have a busy weekend ahead, hosting Michigan and Pitt tomorrow and West Virginia on Sunday. Grapplers to host 3 foes By TODD SHERMAN Collegian Sports Writer If this were war, University Park would be in big trouble. Rec Hall will be invaded this week end by not one or two, but three different armies, all with the same goal in mind to defeat the fourth ranked Lion wrestling team. Penn State (9-2-1, 1-0-1 in the East ern Wrestling League) will battle No. 15 Michigan (6-4) at noon tomor row and No. 19 Pittsburgh (7-0-2, 2-0-1 in the EWL) only two hours later. On Sunday, coach Rich Lorenzo's team meets up with another EWL oppo nent, West Virginia (9-5, 1-2 EWL) at 2 p.m. Do not get the impression that Lorenzo is worried about this week end, however. In fact, he is looking forward to it. "We expect this weekend to be really tough," Lorenzo said. "We knew that when we set up the sched ule. The double-dual meet on Satur day and then the match with West Virgina on Sunday will help prepare us for the EWL tournament and na tionals." The Lions have been wrestling well lately, despite not having a regular lineup due to illness and injuries. They are 5-0-1 over the last month, and Lorenzo's squad has not been defeated in six matches at Rec Hall pason. Although tri-captain Chris Bevilacqua remains sidelined with illness, two other starters, 134- Penn State's Robert Pierce (9) prepares to unleash a spike against Ball State last night in Rec Hall. The Lions fell behind early, but came back for a 3.2 victory. last three games was also a key to the Lion comeback. "During the first two games, even the serves that were in were not very good," Tait said. "I think that was because we were very tentative in the beginning." Russell said that the Lions came out tight the first two games, but improved on their defense and their transition game shortly after. "I don't think any team in the east or west can pounder Joe Hadge (15-10) and eighth-ranked 177-pounder Dan Mayo (19-3-1) should return to the lineup. But, as has been the case all sea son, as soon as someone returns to the lineup, another wrestler drops out. In this instance it is Glenn Koser, Bevi lacqua's usual replacement at 150. Koser injured his knee in a win over Cleveland State last weekend and will be replaced by Gary Kaschak (12-12). The rest of the Penn State lineup will probably consist of second ranked Jim Martin (26-1) at 118, Tim Flynn (24-6) at 126, Rob Meloy (8-5) at 142, top-ranked Greg Elinsky (27-1- 2) at 158, Eric Brugel (18-7-1) at 167, either Mike Seckler (3-8-1) or Jan Johnson (5-3) at 190 and John Place (5-4-1) at heavyweight. Place, in particular, will see some tough competition this weekend. Michigan's Kirk Trost is 30-6 and ranked seventh in the nation, and while West Virginia's Bill Nye is not ranked, he weighs in at around the 300-pound mark, a figure the 230- pound Place is well aware of. "This is definitely a big weekend for me," Place said. "Trost is very good. Nye beat (former Penn State All-American Steve) Sefter two years ago, and he has always been consid ered as someone with the potential to be a national contender." Lorenzo is interested to see how his team performs this weekend. "The matches should be close," Lorenzo said. "If we get 100 percent effort we will be successful; if not we Collegian Photo I Dan Oleski could get our ears boxed. We won't take any of these teams for granted. The problem isn't that the matches are back-to-back, it is just that they are good teams. "We have to take it one match at a time. The most important match will be the first one, because we want to start off well." Coach Dale Bahr's Wolverines fin ished fifth in the nation last year and handed the Lions a 20-13 dual meet loss at Ann Arbor. Besides heavy weight Trost, Michigan will attack Penn State with 118-pounder William `Waters (21-6), 126-pounder Doug Wy land (27-9), No. 4 Kevin Hill (30-8-1) at 177 and Scott Rechsteiner (31-9) at 190. "Their strength matches up against our strength," Lorenzo said. "The corners of the match will be interesting." Pittsburgh's strength is in its mid dle weights. The Panthers feature John Hnath (22-6) at 126, Kyle Nellis (19-4) at 134, and freshman sensation Pat Santoro (22-4) at 142. "Pitt always has some good wres tlers, but this is the best team they have had in years," Lorenzo said. "They have just beaten Navy for the first time in a long time." West Virgina visits the Lions fresh from an upset of No. 6 Bloomsburg. After Nye at heavyweight, the Moun taineers have top wrestlers in Scott Pifer at 126, fourth-ranked Jim Aker ly at 150 and Craig Costello at 177. beat our transition game," Rusell said. Gaspar said that the Lions cannot get too com fortable when they have a lead. "One of the problems we have is that we score 13 points, and we expect the other teams to get the other two," Gaspar said. "That happened tonight and that happened against USC." The Lions play Navy tomorrow at 2 p.m. in the South Gym of Rec Hall. Tait said it is important for the Lions to play well against the Midshipmen Gymmen By KELLY LANKAU Collegian Sports Writer The men's gymnastics team (5-0) will take on one of its biggest rivals tomorrow at Rec Hall when it meets the Buckeyes of Ohio State at 8 p.m. Ohio State was the only team to beat the Nittany Lions during the regular season last year. The Buck eyes then went on to strip Penn State of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Championship along with the No. 1 ranking the Lions had en joyed all season. But the rivalry stems back further than last April. It goes back to 1979 when the Ohio State-Penn State series began. Penn State holds the lead with five wins and three losses, and those losses remain on the minds of both the coach and the gymnasts. The team would like to up its record to 6-0 and , prove to itself that it can beat Ohio State. "We've always had an intense ri valry with Ohio State," junior Chris Laux said. "Every time we face Ohio State, we look for a win." Laux said that the Lions felt they really deserved last year's NCAA Championship, but Ohio State had a better meet and came out on top. Penn State suffered some major breaks at the NCAA meet and fell from No. 1 to No. 3 as a result. This year the team will face a different Ohio State squad than last year, with the graduation of ten se niors in 1985 leaving the team with many new faces. The Buckeyes enter the meet with a 5-3 record, the losses coming to Southern Illinois, Arizona State and Oklahoma some of the best teams in the country. However, Head Coach Karl Schier said that despite Ohio's losses, this new team presents just as great a challenge as the championship team from last year. "It should be a barn-burner of a meet," Schier said. "They're a good team and it's certainly going to be tough."' "The Ohio State and Penn State rivalry is still impressive," said ju nior all-arounder Spider Maxwell, "And so is their gymnastics program. The meet this weekend is going to show the excellence of their team. "Just because they lost their se niors doesn't mean they can't come and beat us on our own floor. I wouldn't underestimate their scoring potential." This will be the Lions' first ex tremely competitive meet of the sea son. Last weekend, the team scored a season-high 276.30 while Temple scored 263.10 and Northern Illinois scored 255.10. The 14-point win over Temple was the smallest margin of the victory this season for the Lions, but Schier said that won't be the case against Ohio State. Colloglan Photo / Dan Oleski Cagers' comeback not enough against WVU By MARK BRENNAN Collegian Sports Writer . MORGANTOWN, W.Va. The men's basketball team has been redefining the meaning of the word "comeback" lately, and in last night's 61-46 loss to Atlantic 10 leaders West Virginia, the Lions almost did it again. The Lions, who have made a living of rallying back to over come big leads, had two big comebacks last night, cutting a 17- point halftime deficit to nine with just over nine minutes left in the game. After West Virginia built the lead back up to 16 points with five minutes to go, Penn State cut it to 10, but that is where the Lions ran out of gas. Head Coach Bruce Parkhill said the Lions' (10-12 overall, 4-9 in the A-1.0) inability to hit outside shots against the Mountaineers defense in the first half was the key to the loss. "They really played great de fense," Parkhill said. "They took us out of our offense in terms of not allowing us to do what we like to do. We needed to hit some more jumphots to loosen things up a little bit." And while the West Virginia defense was cutting off the Penn State inside game, the Mountain eer guards were making their presence felt offensively. The West Virginia backcourt of Hol man Harley and Dale Blaney had a field day off Penn State turn overs in the first half and com bined for 20 points four more than the entire Lion team. Parkhill said that breakdowns by the Penn State guards againt the Mountaineers' press set the West • Virginia fast break in mo tion. "We had some mental lapses, our guards fell asleep several renew OSU rivalry Spider Maxwell gets airborne on the vault earlier this year at Rec Hall. The Lions host Ohio State tomorrow night at 8 in Rec Hall. The meet will continue the strong rivalry that has developed between the two schools. "I don't think we can compete like that against Ohio State," he said. "We'll probably go man-for-man through the whole meet." One man the Lions will be on the lookout for will be senior Steve Brad ley, who has the experience and tal ent to make the Lions' job harder. In the all-around competition, Bradley has posted scores of 54.75 and 53.70 and holds the team-high on the pom mel horse with a 9.65. The Daily Collegian Friday, Feb. 7, 1986. times," Parkhill said. "Against their press, if they get a turnover, it's going to be tough to stop that." But the Lions turned things around in the second half. After shooting just 35 percent in the first half, 64 percent shooting and good defense helped the Lions climb back into the game. Penn State cut the lead to nine near the midway point of the sec ond half on a Wes Jones steal and dunk, but turnovers and fouls al lowed the Mountaineers to build the lead back up to 16. But living up to the never-say die billing that has been following them lately, the Lions only allow ed West Virgina to score two points over a four-minute stretch as they cut the lead to 10 with 1:29 remaining. But there would be no heroic comeback, ala Rhode Island, as the Mountaineers connected on several free throws in the final minute to seal the win. Parkhill credited the second half run to all-out hustle, but said his team just didn't play up to the 17-7 Mountaineers. "We played a little bit better defense (in the second half), Park hill said. "We got after them a little harder and created a little spurt there. "But the better team won to night," he added. "We were out played in every facet of the game." Guard Paul Murphy said be sides the good defense, the Lions were "playing to win" in the sec ond half. "We played fair defdnse in the first half, but the second half we played a lot better," Murphy said. "In the second we also played to win, kind of like St. Joe's. But if it was a little closer in the first half it would have been a different sto ry." Collegian Photo I Jell Bustiaan Other potential threats will come from Chad Lape, Randy Perlakowsi and Steve Merena. The Lions do have some bright spots for this match. They have the home gym and the home crowd ad vantage. Laux will vault again, Ju nior Mike Ambrozy has returned to the team after missing last week's meet due to an respiratory infection and freshman Jan Olsen will also return to the lineup.
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