12—The Daily Collegian Tuesday, Sept. 2;1986 Clinger/Wachob still going strong By JANE KOPACKI Collegian Staff Writer In anticiption of what may be one of the most contested races of the nation's 1986 congressional election, the summer has not been a vacation for either Pennsylvania Democratic candidate Wil liam Wachob or Republican incumbent William Clinger. The Clinger/Wachob rematch for the U.S. House seat in the 23rd district has been targeted by the Democratic Congressional Committee for an Ef fective Congress as one of the top five races in the country, said Clinger's campaign manager, Jim Clark. The 23rd district includes Centre County and stretches across 10 central and western Pennsyl vania counties. Wachob, a former state representative, first presented a challenge to Clinger in the 1984 cam paign, when he came within 6,000 votes of defeat ing Clinger. Clinger, who has served in the House since 1978, said the much-awaited 1986 campaign has been heating up over the last months. The candidates agree that employment opportu nities are an important issue in both this campaign and Pennsylvania "Although State College is an oasis in the state as far as jobs are concerned, the importance of this campaign is to find out who will be more effective in developing a program to aid the problem across the state," Clinger said. One of Wachob's proposals for economic revita lization in the district includes a national devel opment investment bank. He said the bank would provide federal financial assistance through low interest loans. Wachob said the $5 billion proposal would include a program to rebuild roads, sewers and bridges as needed to improve the state's infrastructure. "The program is solid for the future," Wachob said, adding that a job program involved in the improvements would aid Pennsylvania's employ ment problem Clinger said the program will produce only IFC showing initiative, chairman says A week-long dry fraternity rush and the decision to serve no alcohol at Interfraternity Council meetings demonstrates • the responsible ap proach IFC will be taking this year in dealing with the new alcohol policy, IFC Membership Chairman Bob But ler said. Butler said alcohol will not be served at the rush mixer, an informal gathering of the fraternities, at 7 FALL ICE SKATING SCHEDULE PUBLIC SKATING SESSIONS • Afternoons Tuesday & Thursday Saturday & Sunday • Evenings Tuesday thru Saturday PUBLIC SESSION NOTES • •No afternoon sessions during home football games • Effective Nov. 7th Friday Night Public Session hour are 7 pm• 9 pm PSU Student WAD -'1.50 Youth (18 & under) '1 .7 Adults '2.25 Senior Citizens (62 & older) '1.7 Skate Rentals '1 (tax included) OPEN HOCKEY Tues. & Thurs. Aug. 26 - Oct. 9 4:14 - 5:45 p.m. and Monday Night Sept. 8 -Sepl.29 7:15 - 8:45 p.m. 1 1 / 2 hr. sessions only $4.00 • Hourly ice rental/private parties • Group rates 1 721 FUJI FILM Available at the photo counter Return for p Slide fi Print fi Professiona be orde Tenn State 93ooKstore tonight in the HUB Ballroom or dur ing the following two preference mights, where men choose what fra ternity parties to attend, on Sept. 3 and 4. "After Friday, rush is considered open and it's up to the individUal fraternities whether they serve alco hol or not," Butler said. IFC President Pat Conway said S r ief@@ v///0 ADMISSIONS on campus Owned & Operated by the Pennsylvania State University short-term solutions for a long-term problem. The increased employment produced by his proposed program would mainly be construction jobs that will fade away once the work is finished, he said. "Congiess cannot afford a new $5 billion pro gram that does not address the problem at hand," Clinger said. "Our main objective is to create long-term private-sector jobs." Clinger's record with the Economic Devel opment Administration and industrial incubation program has been very positive, he said. The industrial program revitalizes old factories to promote the development of new smaller business es, Clinger said. He said statistics show that 85 percent of new jobs nationally are developed through small businesses rather than investing and expanding old industries. Established industries, such as Pennsylvania's timber market, are the focus of another of Cling er's programs. He said the program generates jobs by keeping the state's resources within the state. Clinger said the timber industry, for example, exports jobs by sending timber , to other states for processing. With a $4OO million private investment in a new plant, he said, more than 400 long-term jobs were created. Clinger said he is aware of student concerns and has established a solid record by supporting main tenance of funding for education, especially in a district centered around the University. He said he voted to budget $l4B million for Pell grants. "I am a fiscal conservative. I believe in invest ing for the future through education," Clinger said, adding that the Gramm-Rudman budget act has forced Congress to get t erious about its priori ties. In an effort to promote economic growth and revitalization in the 23rd district, Wachob said, one person can make a difference. He said the district is lagging too far behind the country's averages in federal and defense spending per capita. "Hundreds of congressmen in this country are doing a better job than Mr. Clinger at bringing federal funds to their districts," Wachob said. 2 pm-4 p 1 pm-3 p 8 pm-10 p IFC is taking a progressive approach Under the new policy announced to dealing with the alcohol policy last spring, the University will no this being the first token step. longer be held responsible for any "Alcohol served at IFC meetings individual student or student organi has negative implications even zation actions in an off-campus area though not that much alcohol is con sumed at these meetings," Conway said. "Having alcohol at the IFC is not needed. And I don't think this decision would be no major deal to the fraternity presidents " ULTIMATELY . . .YOU COME TO CROSSINg*. Intricate patterns and textures are the hallmarks of Crossings computer-created sweaters. A Young Mens Shop exclusive! DOWNTOWN STATE COLLEGE...ON CALDER SQUARE II Shop daily 10 to 5-Thurs. to 8:30 - Sat. to 5 DOWNTOWN ALTOONA...ON 11th AVENUE "Mr. Clinger has not brought home the bacon and has not even turned on the skillet yet." According to U.S. Bureau of the Census statis tics, the 23rd District receives only 70 percent of the national average of federal spending. The bureau's 1985 "Consolidated Federal Funds Re port" averages defense spending for the district to $l7O per person compared to the national average of $960 per person each year "The liberal Democrats think that pumping money into a district is the answer to everything," Clinger said. "It is a naive attitude." Clinger said the economic development funding and aid to senior citizens through various pro grams in the district are high above the national averages. Economic development is 137 percent over that average,• he said. _ . Wachob charged that Clinger has proved to be an "ineffective member of Congress who won't plunge in full steam ahead for what is needed in this district." "We deserve our fair share of federal spending. We need someone who is wiling to stand up for the needs and concerns of the district," Wachob said. He said Clinger saw the trends of federal spend ing shifting toward increased defense spending but allowed the defense contracts to be lost to the country's Sun Belt. Clinger neglected to challenge the trends to support and aid the already estab lished industries of Pennsylvania, Wachob said. Clinger referred to Wachob as a "free-spending liberal who believes in policies that have led this country to the brink of federal disaster." He said the bigger problem in Pennsylvania is the national deficit that has produced a "spotty" economy across the state. Clinger added that the low inflation and interest rates the state is enjoy ing now would be lost to higher rates and unem ployment if Congress does not crack down on spending. Wachob said the district needs someone who will challenge the system because the citizens have waited far too long already. He said the people are fed up with the lack of leadership and neglect. The 52 social fraternities registered with the University are considered student organizations. I : ) SIG. ._ 7. _ . ,,,,, z , 1 u- I • YO/0147%a 53 4 I) FOR HIM AND HER —by Vicki Penles - I . Our three-year and two-year scholarships won't make college easier. Just easier to pay for. Even if you didn't start college on a scholarship, you could finish on one. Army ROTC Scholarships pay for full tuition and allowances for educational fees and textbooks. Along with up to $l,OOO a year. Get all the facts. BE ALL YOU CAN BE. Contact the Military Science Department 212 Wagner Building 863-0369 ARMY RESERVE OFFICERS' TRAINING CORPS sports Booters open season with 1-1 By STACEY JACOBSON Collegian Sports Writer The soccer team rebounded from a sluggish first half last night to tie Navy 1-1 in its first game of the 1986 season. With 10 minutes remaining in the second period, freshman forward Jan Skorpen collected a pass from Jay Ruby and deposited it behind Navy goaltender Harry Schmidt to even the score. The Lions had two more scoring opportunities before time expired but neither one , found its mark. Skorpen had one shot blocked by Midshipman Mike Florence and senior Steve Pot ter's. attempt was rejected by Schmidt. Penn State worked the ball well in overtime but after 20 minutes of extra play neither tejim was able to break the 1-1 deadlock. The Midshipmen started the game with an aggressive attack on the Lions' left side allowing their right midfielders to work the ball. That strategy .paid off approximately 22 minutes into the first period, when senior Tony Fernandes scored an unassisted goal to put the Midship men in front 1-0. Fernandes blasted the ball into the upper left hand corner of the goal from 35 yards out. A disjointed Penn State team held on defensively through much of the first half but was unable to coordinate any serious offensive action. "(Navy)•came out with a different formation than we expected and we just didn't adjust quickly enough," Lion Head Coach Walter Bahr said. According to senior defenseman Simon Eccles, the Lions also had a problem with a lack of communica tion. "We just didn't gel at first," Eccles said. "There was no coordination between us (defense) and the guys up front." In the second half, the Lions read justed their midfielders and used their skills to squash the aggressive attack of the Navy team which re , mained falsely content with a 1-0 4 lead. "Navy is not overly renown in their Pitt falls to Terps in Gottfried's debut By ALAN ROBINSON AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH The coach was new, the strategy was different but the result was disappointingly iar for the University of Pittsburgh. The Panthers, debuting under new Coach Mike Gottfried, choked on their own mistakes and a disastrous kicking game last night to lose to Maryland 10-7 on Dan Plocki's 29- ,i yard field goal with 2:10 to play. Pitt, a winner only eight times in former Coach Foge Fazio's final 25 games, has shifted its offensive em phasis from running to passing under Gottfried. But the Panthers, constantly pres sured into mistakes by a physical Maryland defense, could reach th,?. I scoreboard only once although fifth year senior quarterback John Con gemi completed 23 of 45 passes for 258 yards. "This was a real gutty perfor- mance," said Maryland Coach Bobby ; Ross, whose team was part of several investigations after the drug-related death of former Maryland basketball All-American Len Bias in June. .1 "It's been a long, long summer. We've had a lot of adversity within • the university . . . so it was great to win this one," Ross said. Both teams failed to score in the first half as Pitt kicker Mark Brasco missed three field goals. "I felt we dominated the whole game," Congemi said. "We did ev- erything we wanted to do on offense but get the ball in the end zone. It was a tough loss." Maryland's defense throttled Pitt's running game, limiting the Panthers to 89 yards on 30 carries as junior tailback Charles Gladman was lim ' ited to 24 yards on 10 carries. Glad ,:.man ran for more than 1,000 yards as a sophomore. "You have to give Maryland cred it," Gottfried said. "They have an awfully tough defense and they kept us off the scorebard for most of the game. They're strong, physical and tough to run against." Maryland'S defense forced a crit- ical Pitt fumble late in the third quarter that the Terps turned into • their only touchdown, then turned back the Panthers again in the game's final minute after Pitt had driven to the Terps' 29. • Congemi was dropped for a nine- yard loss on a third-down play before j being pressured into a fourth-down incompletion that turned the ball ! back over the Terps, who then ran out the final few seconds. "It's a great start for us with a John Skorpen (10) made an impressive debut with the Lions as he scored the tying goal against Navy last night ball handling skills," Penn State As sistant Coach Barry Gorman said, "so, in the second half we picked up the slack and added pressure and opened up some opportunities for ourselves." At halftime, the Bill Jeffrey Award for the Most Valuable Player in the 1985 season was presented to Kevin Jennings, a four-year letter winner for the Lions. Overall, members of the team seemed pleased with the result of the great deal of meaning," Ross said. "It helps our confidence. Defensive ly, we had it, but offensively we're young." ~ The loss continued a string of frus tration for Gottfried, who also failed to win in his first game in three previous coaching assignments. Congemi, contained for 3 1 / 2 quar ters by a big-play Maryland defense, rifled a 32-yard scoring pass to Reg gie Williams on a second-and-15 play with 5:12 to go to rally Pitt to a 7-7 tie. Pitt had failed to score in the first half despite a 13 1 / 2 -minute edge in time of possession, as Brasco missed field goal attempts of 41, 29 and 53 yards. Tommy Neal, who had given Maryland a 7-0 lead with a one-yard scoring dive midway through the third quarter, had runs of 14 and five yards, and Dan Henning hit Ferrell Edmunds for 13 yards and Azizuddin Abdur-Ra'oof for 15 to set up Plocki's winning kick. . Maryland's first score came after a turnover. Gladman fumbled at the end of a 32- yard pass play when he was drilled by safety James Brown, and linebacker O'Brien Alston recovering at the Maryland 45. The officials had initially ruled that Gladman was down before fumbling, but reversed their ruling after a con ference. Henning, playing his first game as a college quarterback, hooked up with Vernon Joines on a 24-yard com pletion on a third-and-6 play to the Pitt one. Neal leaped into the end zone two plays later, with 2:15 to play in the third quarter. Pittsburgh drove to the Maryland 24 on its first possession. Gottfried elected not to try for a first down on a fourth-and-1 play, but Brasco's 41- yard field goal try was wide to the left. After an interception by Quintin Jones at the Terps' 41, Pitt marched to the Maryland 12 with 1:19 to play in the half. But Brasco, who missed nine of 15 field goal tries as a sophomore, was wide right on a 29-yard attempt. Brasco's 53-yard miss came with four seconds left in the half. Maryland, 9-3 last season, failed to get a first down in the second quarter and crossed midfield only once in the first half. The Terps' first scoring chance came in the third period after a 41- yard Henning-to-John Bonato com pletion that gave Maryland a first down at the Pitt 24. But 'lenning fumbled when tackled by blitzing Pitt tackle Lorenzo Freeman, who recov ered at the Panthers' 21. game, especially with the perfor mance of newcomers Jan Skorpen and Kamel Haddad. "I was happy with the game," senior Troy Snyder said. "We played well." "The entire freshmen squad has a great attitude and should be a real asset," he added. In addition to scoring the only Penn State goal, Skorpen, a native of Nor way, created several scoring oppor tunities throughout the game. ~~`'~~as~l-s:': Penn State's Miriam Geller (28) drives the ball past a Purdue opponent in Sunday's season opener. The Lady Lions clobbered Purdue 5-1. On Satur- Stickwomen victorious in opener By ROBERT WILLIAMS Collegian Sports Writer The field hockey team had a busy weekend as it defeated Purdue 5-1 in its regular season home opener less than 24 hours after hosting the Lady Lion Invitational. While Penn State could muster only three goals in Saturday's exhibition contests, Sunday's victo ry the Lady Lions' 16th straight at home saw the offense really come to life. Penn State looked as if it might be in for a long afternoon when Purdue took a 1-0 lead five minutes into the game and then continued to keep the Lady Lions off balance throughout the first 10 minutes. Penn State Head Coach Gillian Rattray attrib uted the team's slow start to Purdue's different style of play. "(Purdue) has a very different system from anyone we've ever played," Rattray said. "They were doing a lot of cutting. It wasn't that one of our defenders could stay on one of their offensive players all the time, because they were con stantly switching places, and it took us awhile to settle." Penn State began pressuring the Lady Boiler makers until it got the break it needed. At the 11:50 mark of the first half, Purdue goalkeeper Haddad, a left side midfielder, is a walk-on player from Tunisia. "He just came out of the woodwork, and he was substituted in and played a very good game," Bahr said. Last night's game may be instru mental in helping. Bahr to decide which players will replace the five missing starters from last year's squad. According to Bahr, the team's per formance ,was just as he had antic ipated. - • - 4, -,• - f , F;i 4 .;„j„. v . / fivNl • 4 , -44.4,41 Susan Fleet fell to the ground and covered the ball without making an attempt to clear it. Consequently, the officials awarded the Lady Lions a penalty stroke, which sophomore mid fielder Tami Worley converted to tie the game 1- 1. Rattray pointed out the importance of the penalty stroke goal "It was good that we got that goal because it always makes the goaltender just a little down," Rattray said. "Then you can really pressure the goalie which we did." And the Penn State pressure paid off. The Lady Lions got a lead they wouldn't relinquish when junior fullback Beth Stokes rifled a shot from about 30 yards out that bounced past Fleet at 24:27 of the first half. Penn State added to its lead when senior midfielder Mary McCarthy took the ball at midfield, beat several defenders en route to the goal, and slapped another shot past Fleet at 26:56. Sophomore Tracey Neave then stole the spot light as she showed the same form that she displayed during the 1984 campaign in which she tied the school record for most goals by a freshman (14). Neave scored on a deflection of a shot by Worley to up the halftime score to 4-1. She then tie vs. Navy Skorpen makes impact as Lions open season By CHRISTINE BORN Collegian Sports Writer The soccer team may have opened its 1986 season without the leading goal scorer of the last two years, but while Tom Greve may not have been there physically, his influence was still strongly felt. Thanks to an old friendship, Greve was able to influence fellow country man Jan Skorpen to attend Penn State. And Greve's recruiting efforts may play a major part in the soccer team's future. Skorpen, a freshman from Erdal, Norway, was impressed with his Norwegian friend's praise of the Penn State soccer program. Lion soccer fans were equally impressed with his debut in the Lion lineup. • Down 1-0 with 10:25 remaining in the game, Skorpen took a pass from Jay Ruby and drilled it past the Navy goalkeeper for the tying goal. Lion Head Coach Walter Bahr said Skorpen's goal was good and he was pleased with the freshman's game. Assistant Coach Barry Gorman said Skorpen did very well for the first game. "Jan is a good player coming out of Norway," Gorman said. "He is an excellent player in the box, but we have to get more service to him and closer to him. He was taking shots and following up on others, sort of looking for crumbs and garbage." The forward was also happy with his play, despite coming up short of a win. "Of course we wanted to win the first game," Skorpen said. "But over all I'm pleased personally with the way I played, for the first game." Defenseman Simon Eccles said Skorpen had a good start as a forward and that should boost his confidence. day, Penn State played two exhibition games, defeating Lehigh 2.0 and tying Ursinus 1.1 in the Lady Lion invitational. The Daily Collegian Tuesday, Sept. 2, 1986 "Jan scoring a goal for us is a good start for him," Eccles said. "And scoring a goal like that (to tie the game) is a good way to start and give him a lot more confidence to shoot more. He's also getting into position, which is good." Skorpen said it is hard to break into a new lineup, but he is beginning to adjust. "Every practice and every game is getting better," he said. "As I get used to playing with new people, as I am new to them, things will im prove." At least playing in the United States is not one of the things that Skocpen will have to adjust to. He played the 1985 season with Orford High School in Orford, N.H., and set a scoring record of 54 goals and 45 assists in 16 games. After finishing high school, Skorpen returned to Norway and played third division soccer with the Varegg ama teur team before coming to Penn State. Skorpen's decision to play soccer in State College came at a good time. After losing five starters from last year's squad, Bahr not only had to look to his returning second stringers but also to his freshman class. Along with Skorpen, Penn State has five freshman who have shown prom ise. The 1986 class includes Doug Smith from Cochranville, Peter Dai gle, a Pittsburgh native, Ted Gillen from Toms River, N.J., Steve Frantz of Richland, and Antwi Akom from State College. Walk-on Kamel Haddad has also been added to the Lions' roster. The Tunisia native started the second half at midfield and received praise from starting midfielder Troy Snyder. "Hammel comes in at midfield and he did a great job for us tonight," he said. closed out the game scoring 1:32 into the second half when she picked up her own rebound and rifled it into the empty side of the goal. Worley, who ended the day with a goal and an assist, was pleased with her team's performance in the first game of the Lady Lions' 23rd varsity field hockey season "I think everyone is doing well," Worley said. "I think we've progressed a lot since preseason and today's game went well." Neave felt that Saturday's exhibitions, which saw the Lady Lions defeat Lehigh 2-0 and tie Ursinus 1-1, played an important role in prepar ing the squad for Sunday's opener. "(Saturday) was the first time we played together against another team," Neave said. "So we needed that for (Sunday). It was a good warmup." Penn State, led by junior fullback Miriam Geller's goal and assist, controlled the game against Lehigh, allowing the Lady Engineers only four shots all outside the circle throughout the game. The Lady Lions also owned much of Saturday's second contest, in which they rarely let Ursinus out of its half of the field. However, Penn State had to settle for a come-from-behind • tie, as junior forward Diane Schleicher deadlocked the game with 10 minutes remaining. , :,-1 SA(' e; ~ ,ro f .~ j Collegian Photo / Dan Oleski
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