10—The Daily Collegian Wednesday, April 15, 1987
GSA may be relieved of some duties
By LISA NURNBERGER
Collegian Staff Writer
Graduate Student Association delegates say that
they are keeping their fingers crossed in hopes,
that the University administration does what it
appears to be doing transferring much of the
burden from GSA's shoulders onto their own.
The burdens that GSA has taken responsible for
over the past years include investigating teaching
assistant and housing issues and negotiating insur
ance contracts with off-campus agencies for Uni
versity graduate students, said Luke Taiclet
(graduate-higher education).
In an effort to identify graduate students' areas
of concern the Graduate Council's Committee on
Graduate Student and Faculty Affairs has begun
the "Study on the Quality of Graduate Life." At the
GSA meeting last night, James McAffee, chair
man of that committee, asked for members' input ,
in finding target areas for the study.
Once target areas are specified, the University
can begin to take matters into its own hands and
Clarifying write-in ballot bill defeated by US e
The Undergraduate Student Gov
ernment senate narrowly defeated a
resolution last night that would dis
count any write-in ballots for USG
executives without the executive can
didates' full name on the ballot.
The resolution, sponsored by USG
Senators Brien Kocher ' and Steven
Lauser, stated that requiring the full
name on the ballots would expedite
and provide consistency in the tally
ing of write-in votes.
Also, it included a clause stating
that acceptable variations in the spel
ling of candidates' names would be
Two attempt robbery at C.C.'s
Two men tried to rob C.C. Peppers
at the Parkway Plaza shopping cen
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Police said the incident took place
about 11:33 p.m. Two men entered
through a rear door of the restaurant
and demanded money from a restau
rant employee, police said.
The employee told the men he had
no money, at which time they repeat
ed the demand several times, police
said. The employee again said there
was no money, so the two men fled,
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tion's Commission.
The resolution, which needed a two
thirds majority to pass, failed by one
vote.
The USG elections code has no
guidelines regarding the campaign of
write-in candidates.
USG Senators opposing the resolu
tion contended that it placed write-in
candidates at a severe disadvantage
because their full names would be
required. Registered USG candidates
have their names printed on the bal
lot.
police said.
The employee told police that one of
the men had his arm covered with a
blanket. However, it is unknown
whether the man was carrying a gun
or other weapon under the blanket.
One man was described as 5 feet 8
inches tall and wearing a blue sweat
shirt and jeans. The other was de
scribed as 6 feet 1 inch tall and
wearing a dark-colored windbreaker
and jeans, police said. Police have no
suspects at this time. •
NOW!
"GSA may act as watch-dog," said GSA delegate
Joanne Tost-Vasey.
Frank Arlinghaus agreed that graduate students
need more support services from the University:
"Most of (GSA's members) are students on
assistantship . . . we can't do
' everything."
Besides grad students being concerned with lack
of housing and insurance assistance, delegates
also said that advising is a problem because the
University does not require students to consult
with their advisor about manditory course work.
Students abuse self-advising by taking more
credits than are allowed and in some cases "peo
ple are not going to get out because they don't talk
to their advisor," Arlinghaus said.
Another problem GSA members identified is the
lack of departmental unity on required teaching
assistant training.
Although delegates agreed that "it's poor policy
to put someone on a TA assistantship before the
graduate has had teaching courses," they said the
"TA problem" is not as much of a problem as
undergraduates make it out to be. Rather, some
—by Mike Lenio
Dave Paterno, USG town senator,
said requiring the full names of write
ins almost appears to be a ploy to
decrease the chances of write-in can
didates winning executive positions.
Paterno questioned why both the
first and last name should be re
quired on the ballots even in cases
where the names on the ballot clearly
indicated that the person voted for
the write-in candidates.
However, USG Senate President
Joe Scoboria said the resolution in the
long run protects write-in candidates
because it represents a step toward
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undergraduates merely resent that a graduate
student is their instructor when they feel their
tuition constitutes a professor.
But because GSA pressured the University ad
ministration about TA training they have realized
there is a problem, Arlinghaus said.
Besides TA training, the committee will look at
TA benefits, which Tosti-Vasey said is of par
amount concern to graduate students on
assistantships. The new tax law requires that
students on assistantships may be liable for up to
several hundred dollars paid in taxes on his/her
stipend, she said.
Also, students have reason for concern about
.their pay decrease because, unless they receive
special permission from the dean of their college,
they are not permitted to hold another job.
Other areas that delegates suggested for investi
gation in the study are the lack of graduate input
on the University decision-making process that
affects them, departmental communication be
tween faculty and graduate students, and Pattee's
operating hours.
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didates so they know how to conduct
their campaign.
In other business, the senate ap
proved appointed positions within
USG including Marcia Strackhouse,
former USG assistant treasurer, as
treasurer.
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Hong, former USG senator, as exec
utive assistant; Rebecca Hill, former
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Baseball team splits pair with Owls
By DAVID SEAMON
Collegian Sports Writer
The baseball team continued its yo-yo-like ways
yesterday, splitting a doubleheader with Temple
at Beaver Field. The Lions (16-14) rallied to win
the first game 5-4, but the persistent Owls
buoyed by a strong pitching performance by Joe
Blythe took the second game 4-1.
The afternoon began on an inauspicious note for
the Lions. Head Coach Shorty Stoner was injured
in pre-game batting practice when a batted ball
somehow eluded the protective cage and hit the
coach. Stoner was forced to miss yesterday's
double-header butte reportedly was resting com
fortably at his home.
Temple compounded the Lions' woes by jumping
out to a 4-0 advantage after three and a half
innnings, but Penn State finally regained its bat-
Lady laxers
defeat the
Leopards
By DAVE SOTTILE
Collegian Sports Writer
Just four minutes into yesterday's
women's lacrosse game at Lafayette,
Penn State found itself trailing by two
goals to the Leopards. Not a pleasant
situation to be in on the road.
A lesser team might have pan
icked,• but we're dealing with the
No. 2 team in the nation.
The second-ranked Lady Lions
shook off their early first half blues
and reeled off four straight goals to
turn a 2-0 deficit into a 4-2 lead. That
lead eventually evolved into a 13-8
Penn State victory over No. 11 La
fayette.
The Lady Lions (10-2) got yet an;
other stellar performance from red
hot attacker Tami Worley, who
scored three goals and added three
assists. Amanda Veal, in the mean
time, enjoyed a five-point day (three
goals, two assists) at the expense of
Lafayette goaltender Julie Hespe.
Worley now has 14 points (nine
goals, five assists) in her last three
outings since being held scoreless by
Lehigh on April 5. That spells trouble
for Penn State opponents, although
the pesky Leopards refused to roll
over and play dead.
Lafayette now 7-2 on the season
after losses to Penn State and Temple
broke out to a 2-0 lead on goals by
Diane Buckley and Tracy Wright at
the 0:52 and 3:03 marks, respectively,
but Beth Stokes, Veal, Mary Ann
Foley and Diane Whipple struck for
four straight goals. •
The quartet put the Lady Lions up
. 4-2, but as was the case all day,
Lafayette immediately struck back.
Jenny Smith pumped in a pair of
:if • goals in just over a minute to get the
Leopards even at 4-4. After the two
teams traded goals (Anna Marie Ves-
co for Penn State and Sue Shirey for
Lafayette), the Lady Lions went
ahead for good as Mary McCarthy
and Worley converted scoring oppor
tunitites to give the visitors a 7-5 lead
at halftime.
Were the Lady Lions looking past
Lafayette and ahead to tomorrow's
showdown with defending NCAA
champion Maryland?
"This was a regional game," Penn
State Head Coach Sue Scheetz said.
"A regional game is more important
to us than the Maryland game is.
"Due to the way _the (national
championship) tourr is set up, we
must be among th ,op teams in the
Please see LADY LAXERS, Page 17.
Softball team drops twinbill to Temple
By GREG DOMMEL
Collegian Sports Writer
Despite being swept by Temple in
both games of yesterday's double
header at Lady Lion Field by scores
of 6-3 and 2-1, the softball team got
outstanding individual contributions
from shortstop Nan Sichler and start
ing pitchers Cathy Kaminski and
Aileen Polanis.
Sichler was six for seven at the
plate with two runs scored in the
twinbill. "She was great," Head
Coach Sue Rankin said.
Another key ingredient to Penn
State's competitiveness has been
pitching, and yesterday was no ex
ception. In the first game, only one of
the six runs Temple scored off
Kaminski was earned.
The second game was no different,
as neither of the two runs scored off
Polanis were earned.
Rankin clearly was impressed with
her pitchers.
"(They) did great," she said. "You
can't pitch a shutout every time out
there. We had 11 people on base in the
second game (and managed only one
run)."
In the first game, Temple jumped
out to an early 4-0 lead in the second
inning. Robin Boyd and Debbie Todd
led off with walks, and were moved to
ting eye with a four-spot in its half of the fourth
inning. Paul Komorowski delivered the big blow of
the inning with a bases loaded double that knocked
in a pair of runs to deadlock the game at four.
Neither team would score again until the the
bottom half of the game's final innning. After
quelling an Owl threat in top of the seventh, the
Lions used their last at-bat to garner the win.
John Schreiner led off with a single and was
replaced by pinch runner Doug Keener. Keener
advanced to second on a sacrifice by Komorowski,
who also reached base ' safely on an error by
Temple catcher Andy Flake. Chris Franks then
drew a walk to fill the bases, and after Keith Ripka
fanned Lion captain Tim Hurley delivered the
game-winning base hit.
Arguably the most valuable player for Penn
State in the first game was relief pitcher Steve
Tunall, who entered the game in the fourth inning
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attempt in the first inning of yeterday's game at Lady Lion Field. The Lady Lions
had their share of strong individual efforts against Temple, but they fell short on
the scoreboard as they lost both ends of the doubleheader.
second and third on a sacrifice by stanley's error that scored Schultz
Kim Scitzinser. After Debbie Schultz and Laverty.
was hit by a pitch to load the bases, The Lady Lions came back in the
Laverty singled to plate Boyd and fifth inning when Julie Reed singled
Todd. Next, Lisa Sommer got on base and Sichler drew a walk. After Karen
on second baseman Carolyn With- Schilling sacrificed the runners to
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and kept the Owls in check until the Lion bats
came alive.
"It was an excellent job by Steve Tunall," Lion
Assistant Coach Jim Farr said. "Considering he
hasn't pitched in six weeks, he allowed us the
chance to stay in the ball game. It was his job to
come in and hold them as long as he could and give
our hitters a chance to win."
In the nightcap the Lions were baffled by Blythe,
who scattered five hits. But when they did get base
runnners against him, mental errors prevented
them from scoring more runs.
"Our mistakes are really hurting us right now,"
Farr said. "That's Why we're only a little above
.500 right now because we're running out of big
innnings. We're swinging at pitches we shouldn't
be swinging at and the pitchers aren't making the
good pitches in certain situations."
Catcher Wes Olsen knocked in the only Lion run
in the second game with a sixth inning single.
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second and third, Dena Tauriello
singled to score Reed and Sichler.
In the next inning, the Penn State
continued to close the gap when Tam
my Irvin reached on an error and
pinch hitter Aileen Polanis beat out
her own sacrifice bunt to put runners
on first and second. Irvin then scored
when Deb Bryan reached base on an
error.
But in the seventh Temple plated
two more runs to arrive at the 6-3
final score.
In 'the close, low-scoring second
game, Penn State was the first to
score. After loading the bases in the
first inning and failing to score, the
Lady Lions looked for run production
from the meat of their lineup. With
two outs Sichler laced a two-out dou
ble and scored on Eileen Roach's
single.
Polanis was pitching a fine game
for the Lady Lions but was a victim of
a seventh inning error which even
tually made it possible for Temple to
score the game-winning run on Lav
erty's single.
With Mel Silva out for a few games
and Julie Reed banged up in yester
day's action, Rankin will have to wait
for doctors' reports before making
concrete catching plans.
"We're not sure what we're going
to do about (Tomorrow)," she said.
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time out
in brief
• The Pittsburgh Steelers traded third-year reserve center Dan Turk to
the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for a sixth-round selection in the April 28
National Football League draft.
The draft pick is the first in the sixth round, said Steeler spokeswoman
Lynn Balkovec.
• The Philadelphia Eagles signed free agent-quarterback Matt Kofler
to a one-year contract. Last August, the 6-foot-3, 203-pound Kofler was cut
by the Indianapolis Colts.
quotable
• "After analyzing this thing, I realized we have made progress and
improvement but that I had lost confidence in their ability to get us in the
playoffs. I don't want to get specific, but the frustrations got to the point
where the coaching staff lost the team (late in the season)." Pittsburgh
Penguins vice president Paul Martha, of his decision Monday to fire Head
Coach Bob Berry and Assistant Coach Jim Roberts.
• "That's the first time I've ever been booed in Philadelphia for getting
a hit." Philadelphia Phillies second baseman Juan Samuel, after his
ninth inning single broke up a no-hitter by Chicago Cub pitcher and
Philadelphia native Jamie Moyer.
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pro schedule
Pirates (Reuschel 0.0) at Chicago (Trout 0.1), 2:20 p.m.
New York (Fernandez 1.0) at Phillies (K. Gross 0.1), 7:35 p.m
Sixers at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m.
The Daily Collegian
Wednesday, April 15, 1987
Bigotry is
still evident
in pro sports
Forty years ago today, Jackie Rob
inson changed the sports world when
he integrated baseball. At the time,
prejudice was a part of everyday
American life. Baseball was an ex
tension of that prejudice.
Brooklyn Dodger General Manager
Branch Rickey's experiment
bringing Robinson to the major
leagues was scrutinized by nearly
everyone. Every move, every mis
take, every failure was committed to
permanent memory; Robinson was
in the spotlight at all times.
And he did not fail.
Robinson and the other black play
ers who followed him into the major
leagues had something that could not
be ignored talent. These players
were not token blacks just taking up
space, but gifted athletes who
changed the perceptions about them
with their performances.
As the black players continued to
excel, it became very difficult to deny
them their place in the game. Bigotry
was pronounced dead in baseball.
But is bigotry really gone?
Frank Gifford, on ABC's. "Wide
World of Sports" said Saturday that
discrimination is still a major con
cern. "Racism and bigotry still runs
rampant in our society."
Gifford is not alone in his thinking.
NBC's Bob Costas also spoke out on
television Saturday afternoon, say
ing, "No blacks in front office or
managerial positions is an ongoing
disgrace for our national game (base
ball)."
There are a couple of reasons why
the question of racism in sports has
arisen at this particular time. Before
the 1987 baseball seson began, Com
missioner Peter Ueberroth dedicated
the season to Jackie Robinson in
commemoration of his breaking the
color line 40 years earlier.
Then last Monday, Al Campanis,
the Dodgers' vice-president for play
er personnel, appeared on ABC's
"Nightline" with Ted Koppel. During
the show, Campanis expressed his
views on why there are no black
Please see BIGOTRY, Page 17.
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