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New comp lit chair seeks excellence
By MEGAN McKISSICK
Collegian Staff Writer
Caroline D. Eckhardt, the recently appointed
head of the new comparative literature depart
ment, said one of her goals is “to make this
University’s comparative literature department
one of the best in the country.”
Eckhardt also intends “to enlarge Penn State
students’ knowledge of the world by encouraging
ideas and new cultures through literature.”
A committee made up of seven faculty members
from the College of Liberal Arts and . students
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assistant to the dean of Liberal Arts.
The department, which began as a graduate
program, had previously been an unofficial inter
departmental program of the College of Liberal
Arts, but July 1, the program officially became a
department, Eckhardt said
the program achieved departmental status af
ter the approval of a proposal submitted in 1984,
Miller said.
Miller said one of the reasons for the proposal’s
approval was increased enrollment and academic
expansion, Miller said.
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Thirty-five graduate students and about 20 un
dergraduates are enrolled in the program but
enrollment is continually increasing, Eckhardt
said.
The program’s status will allow greater stability
in budget and staff concerns. Also, it is a recogni
tion of the comparative literature department as
“coming of age,” she added.
Eckhardt said some of responsibilities of her
new position will involve overseeing the basic
conduct of the department, developing academic
programs within the department and recruiting
faculty members.
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By ROD SNYDER
Associated Press Writer
HARRISBURG - Gov.-elect Robert
P. Casey raised about $7 million to
fuel' his successful bid to become
Pennsylvania’s next governor, a Ca
sey spokesman said yesterday.
Campaign financial reports to be
filed last'night with the state Bureau
of Elections showed that the Demo
crat Casey took in more than $1.3
million during the period between
Oct. 20 and Nov. 24, said James Car
ville, the spokesman.
That amount put Casey’s total fund
raising “in excess of $7 million,” said
Carville, who managed Casey’s cam
paign.
“We had a good fund-raising effort
and a good campaign,” said Carville.
“It clearly was a major factor in this
race. Nobody thought Mr. Casey
could do that.”
The amount included about $2 mil
lion spent in Casey’s campaign to
defeat former Philadelphia District
Attorney Edward Rendell in the
Democratic primary, said David
Stone, another Casey aide.
During the final expense-reporting
period, Casey spent nearly $1.7 mil
lion, Carville said, adding that he
didn’t have a final expense-report
balance.
Republican candidate William W.
Scranton 111 had nearly $341,645 on
hand at the beginning of the same
period and collected $776,138.10,
according to figures provided by the
Elections Bureau. The Republican
reported spending $976,230 during the
period.
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Business tax proposed for area
By ALEXANDRA S. PURNELL
Collegian Staff Writer
A business privilege tax is part of a
proposal to generate new revenue to
help balance the State College bud
get, Borough Manager Peter Mar
shall said at a Downtown Business
Association meeting yesterday.
Marshall said he supports the tax,
which would provide an alternative to
levying additionale taxes on real es
tate or personal income.
“In terms of a business tax, it is
fairly broad-based, (which) allows it
to be lower,” he said.
Besides the business privilege tax,
the four-year plan to create new
revenue set to go into effect in 1988
would include:
• Increasing parking rates, both in
parking garages and on downtown
streets.
• Placing parking revenues into
the borough general fund.
The business privilege tax would be
used to offset the loss of $500,000 in
revenue sharing funds through feder
al budget cuts, said Ronald Davis,
borough finance director.
The tax would derive revenue from
profits earned in service as well as
from wholesale and retail businesses.
It would be levied on University es
tablishments such as the Bookstore
and the HUB Eateries as well as on
downtown businesses.
Although the borough does not have
exact figures, one study estimates
that the proposed 1-mill tax on gross
profits for the business area could
lead to $35,000 in generated revenue,
said Geoff Brugler, the DBA chair
man.
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Several DBA members voiced res
ervations about the proposed busi
ness levy.
“It’s opening up a Pandora’s box,”
said Brugler, who said the extra
revenue which needs to be raised
should come from increased property
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“If there’s a real estate tax, it’s
going to hit everybody and it’s going
to hit everybody equally,” he added.
George Morgan of Danks Depart
ment Store, 148 S. Allen St., express
ed concerns that the consumer would
end up carrying the burden of the
taxes.
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Police add
charges
A State College man arrested in Octo
ber for possession of cocaine was
charged Monday with six additional
counts of possession and six counts of
intent to deliver cocaine, State Col
lege state police said.
Lorin Bailey, 1120 S. Garner St.,
was originally arrested for posses
sion of one pound of cocaine with
intent to deliver, state police said.
Bailey has remained in prison since
that time.
The October arrest came about
after a search warrant was issued for
Bailey’s residence.
The new charges were filed by the
State Police Regional Strike Force
Four, a drug enforcement team, after
the discovery of seven additional
ounces of cocaine in Bailey’s apart
ment, state police said. State police
said the value of the additional co
caine was estimated at $13,300.
State police said all charges
against Bailey stem from a four
month investigation.
notes
• HUB Craft Center will hold a
Christmas holiday sale from 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m. today in the HUB Browsing
Gallery.
• The Society of Women Engi
neers will have Christmas social
“happy hours” at 6 tonight at 239 S.
Barnard St.
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