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as well, is perhaps one of the most
interdisciplinary research areas at
the University.
“It’s unusual today for one disci
pline to solve problems,” Krueger
said. “We pull together teams of
researchers from all different col
leges and departments.”
Hood said that because “there’s
much more to agriculture than many
people believe,” the interdisciplinary
approach found in most areas of
agricultural research is not always
obvious and may be surprising to
some.
“In the horticulture department,
for instance, we have research pro
grams focusing on growing high-qual
ity apples. But over in plant
pathology, there are researchers
working on diseases of apples. And in
food science, people are researching
the processing of apples,” Hood said.
Integrated pest management, a
concept developed within the past
decade, also exemplifies the interdis
ciplinary approach to research.
“This concept embodies the fact that
you not only need to spray to control a
pest, but you need to predict when
that pest is going to be there,” he
said. “So you need people who are
knowledgeable about meteorology,
insect population dynamics, and
relationships between the host and
pest.”
Geranium production, a multimil
lion-dollar international industry, is
the focus of a University breeding
research program that is one of the
Africa
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Referring to the pro-divestment
movements of several campus
groups, the student said it’s not that
black South Africans here don’t agree
with the movement —“it’s that we
want to go home again.”
“If we say something, then when
we go back we would just be picked
up and that wouldn’t be any good. We
might not be able to go back or we
might not even be able to get our
degree. I feel it is better to work
inside the country than outside,” the
student said.
Kopp called the South African stu
dents here “courageous because they
are learning and will play a key part
in the coming changes in South Afri
ca.” He said the University can do
little to protect the students from
agents of the South African govern
ment.
largest of its kind in the world.
Richard Craig, professor of plant
breeding, said the geranium-breed
ing research program, which began
soon after a bacterial blight in the
mid-1950s brought the geranium close
to extinction, has been a cooperative
effort among plant breeders, patho
logists, geneticists and entomolog
ists.
“In 1963, we introduced the first
seed-propogated geranium called
Nittany Lion Red,” said Craig, who
began pioneering the field of gerani
um germination and breeding while
studying as an undergraduate at the
University.
More than 3,000 square feet of Uni
versity greenhouse space about 25
percent of the total is used to grow
geraniums, Craig said, adding that
Penn State is the only university in
the country with such an extensive
geranium-breeding research pro
gram.
Another interdisciplinary research
project being undertaken by re
searchers from the plant pathology,
agronomy, entomology, horticulture
and agricultural engineering depart
ments is the improvement of species
of turfgrass grass that is grown on
most places, including home lawns,
golf courses and athletic fields.
Thomas Watschke, a University
professor of turfgrass science, said
Penneagle, Pennfine, Penncross,
Pennstar and Pennlawn are some of
the species of grasses developed for
various turfgrass and seed indus
tries.
Kopp criticized those who try to
bring the South Africans into the
divestment debate. “It is very unfair.
I strongly urge faculty and domestic
students to leave these students alone
because of the eyes and ears around
here. Don’t force them to suffer.”
Still, Stephanie Cooper, president
of the Committee for Justice in South
Africa, said that by their silence,
black South African students are crit
icizing the SHARE program, the Uni
versity’s response to apartheid.
“If they were really positive about
the SHARE program they would say
so,” she said.
Kopp disagrees. “They are here for
an education and that’s what they are
getting.”
Added the black South African stu
dent, “If you speak up„you can’t go
home.”
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better served if members had “dealt
with their own people.”
Borough Manager Peter Marshall
said the council was informed about
the police investigation after the 16
fraternities were cited Thursday for
serving alcohol to minors. The coun
cil had nothing to do with Initiating
the investigation, he said.
Marshall said that while police
were conducting the investigation,
which originally was to see if high
school students were attending fra
ternity parties, they saw some of the
fraternities violating laws against
underage drinking.
Some were in violation and some
were not. The police couldn’t ignore
the violations, he added.
“I’m hopeful that this experience
will lead to more effort by the frater
nities in cooperation and consultation
with police and borough to tighten up
on these activities (parties),” Mar
shall said.
Some of the fraternities are doing
well and should be looked at as mod
els, he said.
During the task force hearings,
Haas said, the most upsetting thing
she learned was that high school
students were attending fraternity
parties. It had also been a concern of
the State College District School
Board that high school students may
still be getting into fraternities.
However, Haas said she was
pleased that no high school students
were found attending fraternity par
ties during the two-month undercover
police operation.
Council member F. Daniel Winand
said he didn’t like to see enforcement,
citations or fines he wanted com
pliance.
“That’s what the law is for, compli
ance, not fining,” Winand said.
“Council is hurt,” Winand said.
Winand said that once the IFC and
the borough get over being hurt, “we
can work together for a better com
munity.”
Charges get reactions
The 16 University fraternities
charged with serving alcohol to mi
nors will receive criminal complaint
charges by certified mail later this
week, and a preliminary hearing will
probably be set for late January, the
State College District Magistrate’s
Office said.
State College Police Chief Elwood
G. Williams said he has not yet dis
cussed the prosecution with the Dis
trict Attorney and would not say if he
would press for full penalties.
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Senate discusses student
By W.M. MASON Jr.
Collegian Staff Writer
University Committee and Rules
Chairman Peter A. Thrower intro
duced a proposal yesterday “to ob
tain a greater parity in student
representation on the University Fac
ulty Senate.”
The proposal, introduced at the
Faculty Senate meeting, would mod
ify the University constitution on
student representation by proposing
the following:
• Full-time, degree-seeking un
dergraduate students at University
Park shall elect 10 students to be
senators.
• Full-time, degree-seeking un
dergraduates at locations other than
University Park shall elect five stu
dent senators, including one each
from Behrend and Capital colleges.
• Full-time degree-seeking grad
uate/medical students shall elect two
student senators.
• The total number of all student
senators shall not exceed 10 percent
of the approximately 170 elected fac
ulty senators.
Currently, student senate represen
tation includes one representative
from each of the 10 University col
leges, four graduate students and
three Commonwealth campus rep
resentatives.
The request calls for a reduction in
the number of graduate student rep
resentatives from four to two, and the
creation of two Commonwealth edu
cational system seats, one for both
the Behrend and Capital colleges.
The addition of two more senate
seats to the Commonwealth campus
system has resulted from an increase
in the number of students at the
Commonwealth campuses, Thrower
said.
But Graduate Student Association
president Russ Taylor said both the
GSA and the University Student Ex
ecutive Council are concerned about
the proposal’s emphasis on reduced
graduate student representation.
The two new Commonwealth cam
pus seats are for undergraduates
only, and “we’re concerned because
we don’t want undergraduate rep
resentation to get better at the ex
pense of graduate student
representation,” he said.
“Frequently, graduate students
play two roles, one as students and
one as instructors,” Taylor said.
“Most undergraduates don’t have
this dual role and, in general, there
are instructor-related issues (in the
senate) that graduate students are
better prepared effectively to deal
with,” he added in support of his
opposition to that item in the propo
sal.”
A subcommitte also involved with
the proposal is expected to meet for
the second time, before the next sen
ate meeting, to discuss the issue
further.
The proposal is expected to be
discussed and debated by Faculty
Senate members at next month’s
senate meeting and aims to correct
unequal student senate representa
tion.
. The unequal distribution of student
representation resulted from the
merger of the College of Human
Development and the College of
Health, Physical Education and Rec
reation, the formation of the School of
Communications and pleas for rep
resentation by officials at Behrend
and Capital colleges.
Thrower said the proposals are a
consequence of the senate’s inability
to increase student representation
above 10 percent.
input
King to be
honored
Charlayne Hunter Gault, outstand
ing journalist and national correspon
dent for the MacNeil/Lehrer News
Hour, will highlight what University
President Bryce Jordan announced
yesterday as a “University-wide cele
bration” of Dr. Martin Luther King
Jr.’s upcoming birthday.
A convocation to be held in Eisen
hower auditorium at 4 p.m. Jan. 19 is
being planned as a celebration of the
life and work of Dr. King, and “is an
important occassion for the Universi
ty” and the community, Jordan told
Faculty Senate members.
The convocation, one of several
activities planned in connection with
the University’s second annual cele
bration of the slain civil rights lead
er’s birthday, has brought Penn
State, the central Pennsylvania com
munity and various University
groups together in sponsorship.
W.M. Mason
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