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Alumnus holds key to Iranscam
And as the Iran-Contra scandal unfolds, George is
emerging as one of the “CIA cowboys, an unsung villain
who holds a lot of answers,” according to a CIA analyst.
When reporters from the New York Times and the As Deputy Director for Operations, a post he has held
Washington Post call him, he hangs up the phone. since 1984, George directs all covert activities the CIA
His name appears very rarely even though he holds one runs from funneling money to political forces opposing
of the most powerful positions in the U.S. Government. the leftist government of Mauritius to destabilizing Li-
Clair Elroy George has made a career of secrets since bya’s Moammar Gadhafi and bankrolling hundreds of G©Org© and the Contras
he graduated from Penn State in 1952. millions in aid for Afghan rebels. .
Said one of George’s former professors: “He is Penn 'ltis a position once held by such famous spies as Allen The very origin of the Iran-Contra affair can be traced
State’s version of Yale’s Blackford Oakes,” author Wil- Dulles, Richard Helms and William Colby, who all moved back to George, according to several CIA watchers,
liam F. Buckley’s fictional CIA agent. . on to head the CIA. . Robert R. Simmons, former Senate Intelligence staff
After 30 years of spying in the some of the world’s most George, who spent his entire career in the ClA’s director and now a Yale professor of political science,
dangerous spots, George now heads all clandestine activ- cladestine division, took the post during a resurgence of blames George for misleading and not informing Con
ity for the Central Intelligency Agency. covert activity due mostly to the enthusiasm for such gress in 1984 of the ClA’s role in mining harbors in
By DAMON CHAPPIE
Collegian Staff Writer
Last licks
Gordy, 9, Tommy, 3, and Sarah Fogal, 5, from Nashua, New Hampshire, enjoy their delicious and tasty ice cream outside the Creamery on campus earlier this week.
USEC elects Miller
new chairwoman
After a hour and 15-minute closed
debate, members of the University
Student Executive Council elected
Bonnie Miller, Undergraduate Stu
dent Government Vice President, as
USEC chairwoman.
During opening remarks, Miller
said USEC should work with the
University administration in the ear
ly summer to examine the Universi
ty’s long-term plans.
Involving students with the con
struction of a new classroom build
ing, “gets University students on the
ground floor up on the plans,” Miller
said.
The chairwoman position, to Mill
er, is one of guidance and does not
have more power than other mem
bers. “The strength of the chairper
son lies in the strenght of its
members,” she said.
Miller said USEC should continue
to appoint quality student representa
tives to University committees in
cluding the President’s Planning and
Budget Advisory Committee.
“It was helpful to rely on informa-
Bonnie Miller
tion about the budget,” Miller said,
adding that appointments are a vital
information source for USEC.
“Hopefully the USEC’s Facilities
Resource Committee will become
stronger,” Miller said, because of
plans to construct the classroom
building.
Miller was opposed by USG Senate
President Joe Scoboria.
Imadeddin A 1 Qadi, president of the
International Student Council, was
elected as vice chairman of USEC.
by Victoria Potties
Iriday
inside
• For students who would like to
work abroad during the summer,
the Council of International Edu
cational Exchange is ottering an
opportunity to see the world at
reasonable prices 12
• The University has extended
the lease of Mid-State Bank's
on-campus branch by a tew
months because bank officials
are still undecided, about
whether to close the bank, a
University official said. A stu
dent credit union might be
placed there if the bank decides
to close or move 8
weather
This afternoon for the last day of
classes, mostly sunny'and mild,
high 67; tonight, partly cloudy,
low 42. Saturday and Sunday,
partly sunny and mild both days
with a chance of a few showers
on Saturday, highs in the mid to
upper 60s Ross Dickman
operations by former CIA Director William Casey. But
with the revelation of the ClA’s roles in selling arms to the
Iran and funding the Contras in Nicaragua, a staff
member on the Senate Intelligence Committee said the
days of “the free-wheeling covert stuff George is used to
may be over.”
Lack of maternity policy
hinders Penn State profs
Johnson showers and dresses “just as if I’m going to the
office.” She works for a few hours in her basement/office
before joining her husband on campus, where she will
At the kitchen table in an old, large home, Leola teach and advise students until the end of the day.
Johnson nurses her son. Johnson is one of 8 million women with children
By KIRSTEN LEE SWARTZ
Collegian Staff Writer
At noon, Johnson, a University , journalism instructor, younger than 6 who are members of the labor force. And
sits down for the first time all morning. Awake since 5:45, public acceptance for such new family-oriented concepts
she has since dressed her children, taken her 4-year-old to like parental leave for fathers as well as mothers are
day care, and dropped her husband off at work at the _ sweeping the nation.
University. Please see MATERNITY, page 5
Women fight harassment at PSU
By CHRISTINE NICHOLAS
Collegian Staff Writer
When a hurried University employ- Since then, the woman has reconcil- The woman said she would initiate
ee opened her desk drawer to find a ed with the man who put the condom a harassment complaint again if nec
used condom inside, she “felt guilty. I in her desk: “He said ‘peace’ and we essary, “but I’d do it differently .. .
wondered what I had done that was so shook hands and that’s it. I meant I’d get a better support group of
awful that someody had to leave me peace when I said it.” family and friends.”
such a message.” But the incident left a lasting scar “Self-esteem takes a nosedive
That message from a male co- in her self-esteem and raised doubts when something that nasty happens
worker was the last incident in a six- in her mind about whether speaking to you,” she said. Without support,
year pattern of sexual discrimination up was worth it, especially when Please see WOMEN, page 11
Nicaragua, part of the ClA’s attempt to destabilize the
Sandinista government.
In a furious response a few weeks after the mining was
exposed, Congress slapped prohibitions on military aid to
the Contras and on any CIA assistance, destroying one of
President Ronald Reagan’s top foreign policy goals and
leading to a backchannel method of conducting covert
activity that led to the Iran-Contra affair.
At the time of the mining, George moved from assistant
deputy for operations to become the ClA’s Congressional
liason.
“Putting Casey and George together was a prescription
for disaster,” said Simmons, who directed the intelli
gence staff then.
that prompted her to overlook her undertaken without emotional sup
fears and file a complaint against her port and understanding from family
harassers. and friends.
Loan cuts
mean bigger
student debt
By LAURA LYNN MAHONEY
Coljegian Staff Writer
The 25,000 University students who rely on loans
to pay tuition will graduate in debt. And according
to recent surveys, financial aid and government
officials, the amount of the debt students face will
continue to grow as the government continues to
cut back on grants and put more emphasis on
loans.
President Reagan’s 1988 budget proposal, which
calls for a 45 percent slash in education funding,
would more than triple the debt burden of college
graduates, a congressional study reported last
week.
The study, by the General Accounting Office,
said many students would be left with more than
$60,000 in loan debts because the decreases in
federal grant aid and loan subsidies would force
students to borrow more money at higher interest
rates.
“That’s an excessive amount to be strapped
with, especially when starting out,” said Robert
W. Evans, University student aid director. “I am
concerned that students are relying too heavily on
loans.”
The study “simply confirms the feelings we’ve
had for he past few months,” he added.
Reagan’s budget proposal would eliminate the
$592 million College Work Study program, which
translates into a loss of 3,100 jobs for University
students. It also would decrease student loan
subsidies and take grants from 1 million students.
In turn, the proposal asks for $6OO million to
expand the Income Contingent Loan program, one
that Evans and PHEAA have sharply criticized.
Another congressional study released in Jan
uary reported that student debt has quintupled in
the past 10 years, with the average Pennsylvania
graduate owing about $B,OOO. The study pointed to
a sharp decrease in grant money over the same
period as a major factor in the heavy reliance on
loans.
John Ebersol, spokesman for the Pennsylvania
Please see AID, Page 5.
Please see CIA, Page 2.