dailv COLLEGIAN 100 YEARS VJWI ■ ¥ April 1887-April 1987 Reagan adviser blasts Soviet demands By BARRY SCHWEIO AP Diplomatic Writer . VENICE, Italy President Reagan’s national security adviser chastised Moscow yesterday for introducing a last-minute demand that West Ger man missiles be dismantled, while Secretary of State George P. Shultz prepared to brief NATO on U.S.-Soviet arms talks. “There is no reason to introduce this kind of proposal at the last minute,” Frank Carlucci said at a news conference near the end of the economic summit meeting here. ■ The Pershing 1A missiles, with a range of about 450 miles, were sold to West Germany by the United States but the United States retains control of their nuclear warheads. “They should be kept off the table,” Carlucci said. “They should not be part of the negotiating process.” Shultz, meanwhile, headed for Reykjavik, Ice land, to seek the North Atlantic Council’s formal approval at a meeting that opens today. In an interview with ABC-TV’s “Good Morning America” before departing Venice, Shultz said the process of consultation with the allies was “just Study time A University student takes advantage of the warm weather during Summer Session to do some studying outside. Computer teaches writing skills By KIM ALISON DALINKA Collegian Staff Writer College students’ writing and communication skills could be improved with a new textbook and computer software combination developed by a professor at Carne gie Mellon University. David S. Kaufer, an associate professor of rhetoric, said his research indicates that students need added emphasis upon the development and formation of ideas essential to complete a writing sample. Kaufer’s book, The Architecture of Argument: A Cross- Disciplinary Rhetoric, deals specifically with teaching people how to write arguments. Most English courses deal primarily with the grammat ical and mechanical aspects of writing such as spelling, usage, and syntax while this process concentrates on the decisions involved in the writing process, Kaufer said. Davida Charney, assistant professor of English at Penn State, said he was familiar with Kaufer’s work and is very optimistic about it. “The purpose of the computer program is to guide people through reading different articles and to locate different, important points in the articles,” she said. The idea of using software in correlation with a book to teach students the writing process is very new, Charney said, adding that a lot of testing is still under way. A teacher is still needed to monitor a student’s pro gress, Kaufer said. about completed” and that he would report to Regan following the Iceland session. The secretary said the president would then decide on his final instructions to the U.S. arms control negotiating team. “He will decide, I pre sume, this weekend or Monday and give his decision. It’s an orderly, good process,” Shultz said. In an interview with ABC News, White House Chief of Staff Howard H. Baker outlined a scenario in which a NATO consensus on an arms control position might lead to a U.S.-Soviet summit meet ing on the issue later this year. If a NATO agreement is achieved, Baker said, “I would anticipate that a meeting between the United States and the Soviet Union could occur in Geneva before long, meaning this summer. And if good progress is made there ... I think that there’s a growing likelihood .. . there’s a height ened possibility that there can be a Reagan-Gorba chev summit on arms control yet this year. But I’m not prepared to predict where that might go.” At his news conference, Carlucci said the Soviets had not raised the issue of the West German missiles during Shultz’ visit to Moscow in April. “And if they are sincere in wanting an INF Charney said she is very hopeful that when the devel opment is complete, the book and program will be used at Penn State. The machines necessary to accommodate the computer software are already on campus, she said. The computer program stores texts in which students can learn how to locate pertinent information by selecting the important issues. Kaufer formulated a four-phase process in which stu dents can work thier ideas through to a final draft. He was aware of his students’ inabilities to successfully criticize and organize information while still contributing their own ideas. “We really weren’t communicating,” he said. “I could talk until I was blue in the face and they didn’t know what I was asking for.” He said he sees an improvement in his students’ writing and hopes to compare their progress with the progress of students outside the program. Marie Secor, associate professor of English, is the author of A Rhetoric of Argument, which is widely used at Penn State. Argumentative writing, she said, is “orga nized to support a thesis of some kind that is in some doubt.” Secor was not familiar with Kaufer’s book and software and could not comment on it, but she said “teaching argumentative, writing is the most important way of teaching students writing.” Argumentative writing can be used for all types of writing at all levels, she added. Collegian (Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces) agreement, there’s no reason to introduce this kind of proposal at the last minute.” Shultz reached a near-agreement in Moscow with General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev to remove hundreds of medium-range missiles from Europe and Asia. The Soviet leader also offered to dismantle some 40 shorter-range launchers in Czechoslovakia and East Germany and possibly about 100 others at home. In exchange, the United States must agree not to install its own missiles in the 300-to-600 mile range in Western Europe. Subsequently, the Soviets demanded at the nego tiating table in Geneva that the Pershing 1A rockets be eliminated as well. West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl last week gave his conditional approval to the impending U.S.-Soviet deal. That lowered the last major barrier to the Reagan administration’s first nucle ar arms control accord. U.S. sources, demanding anonymity, said Kohl also urged Reagan during a dinner meeting Mon day night to get a commitment from the Soviets to negotiate over tactical missiles with a range of less than 300 miles. Mid-State renews lease, on-campus banking stays By GREGG BORTZ Collegian Staff Writer On-campus banking at the University was scheduled to come to an end this summer, but Mid-State Bank has decided to continue operations of their Penn State branch. In a press release issued June 3, officials from Mid- State and the University announced that the bank will renew its lease in the lower lobby of the Penn State Bookstore. The campus branch was scheduled to close later this year due to declining profits. Kevin W. Davis, Vice President and Director of Mar keting for Mid-State, said strong student response forced the bank to reconsider closing the branch. “We were surprised with the amount of feedback we received,” Davis said. “The primary concern we heard from, students was that they would, lose their .check cashing facility.” David Branigan, Assistant Treasurer of the University, was one of several University officials who reviewed the necessity of the Mid-State campus branch. “We had no bias one way or the other whether the branch stayed on,” Branigan said. “The indication we got from students was that (the bank’s) services are needed.” Branigan said he took the issue to the University Student Executive Council in order to hear student opinion. Joe Scoboria, USG Senate President, said USEC com piled a “subjective survey,” of the bank, which included Hispanics get grants for efforts For the first time at the Univer sity, four students have received grants from the National Hispan ic Scholars Fund. The fund, aimed at upper level and graduate Hispanic students, is based on academic achieve ment, personal strength, lead ership, and financial need, said Maria Lucino-Hernandez, Uni versity planning analyst. Luis Miranda (junior-premedi cine), Ray Robles (graduate-edu cation), Wilfredo Hernandez (graduate-molecular and cell bi ology) and Sonia Sanchez (junior art history and French language and culture) received the finan cial aid. “It is very helpful to the His panic community and the needs of the Hispanics to feel support and encouragement in a different community,” Robles said. The fund really helps. The funding available to Hispanics is so lim ited.” , Robles is now working on a scientific experiment, the “Pia get Project,” which is designed to help kindergarten children with limited language proficiency fo cus on developing bilingual skills. The Hispanic population often faces problems filtering into the mainstream of different societies and young children in particular have trouble learning a new lan guage, Robles explained. “Receiving this funding lets me know that what I’m doing is worth it,” Miranda said. “A lot of Hispanic people wish to come to the University but they don’t be cause they can’t get any student aid. Perhaps this fund will be an incentive.” The fund, giving special consid eration to students excelling in the sciences, is very competitive and a regional board reviews the applications, said Lucno-Hernan dez. —by Lisa MacDonald Thursday June 11,1987 Vol. 88, No. 1 24 pages University Park, Pa. 16802 Published by students of The Pennsylvania State University ©1987 Collegian Inc. President Reagan at the Venice economic summit yesterday. frequent visits by council members in order to see if the bank was being used. “What we saw was that the check-cashing facilities were almost always being used,” Scoboria said. “We recommended that closing the branch would serve no real good to the students.” Scoboria said that USEC suggested the space be used for the student credit union, which is still in its devel opmental phase, but for now the bank serves student need. Davis said many students prefer cashing checks at the bank to avoid the “hassles” of cashing them at local businesses. Davis said the number of student customers at the campus branch decreased dramatically when additional automatic teller machines were installed three years ago. “Electronic banking is the preferred method for young people,” Davis said. “Business boomed when we opened in 1982,” he said. Davis said the location is still profitable, although the number of full-service transactions such as loans or new savings accounts is very low at the campus branch. Branigan said the University officials were not con cerned with Mid-State’s profitability, but spoke to bank officials to help them decide whether or not to renew their lease. Mid-State’s five-year lease was originally due to expire July 31 of this year, but the University granted an extension until September 30. The new lease is effective through July 31, 1992. House committee drafts welfare reform By The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. - A deeply divided House Ways and Means Com mittee, unable to reach a bipartisan consensus on welfare reform, yester day approved a major overhaul that would require many welfare mothers to work. The five-year, $5.2 billion Family Welfare Reform Act was approved on a 23-13 party-line vote after minority Republicans suffered a series of de feats on amendments offered during the closed session. The bill sets up a a $l.l billion National Education, Training and Work program that requires partici pation by mothers of children over age 3 and gives them help with child care, medical coverage and transpor tation. Another key provision requires all states to include in the welfare sys tem two-parent families in which both spouses are unemployed. Only about half the states do so now. GOP amendments to strike and weaken the requirement were defeated. The bill also provides transition benefits such as Medicaid and child care assistance to welfare parents moving into low-wage jobs and strengthens state efforts to collect child support from absent parents including a state option for immedi ate, automatic withholding from a paycheck as soon as a court order is issued. The measure, sponsored by Re p. Harold Ford, D-Tenn., is consid- weather This afternoon it won't be as pleasent as yesterday. There will be increasing cloudiness throughout the day and the high will reach 76. Tonight cloudy and warmer than last night low of 59. And for tomorrow, not a good start for the weekend it will be cloudy with rain showers and the high will be 73 Roberta DiPasquale ered the first real shot at welfare reform in two decades. Backers are hoping to get it to the House floor later this year after va rious sections are examined by the Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce and Agriculture commit tees. Ways and Means Chairman Dan Rostenkowski, D-111., said in a statement that the bill “goes a long way in assuring that assistance is provided only after individuals have done everything they can to help themselves. “This legislation matches the pro work and pro-family rhetoric of the president with action,” Rostenkowski added. “If he believes what he has been saying, he will wholeheartedly support this bill.” Republicans on the committee of fered several unsuccessful amend ments to remove what they called barriers to work: a six-month limit on assignments to public jobs, a require ment that welfare clients receive the current wage for a particular job and a section saying people cannot be required to accept jobs that pay less than their welfare benefits. “The bill imprisons people on wel fare and it is a disgrace to this Con gress,” Rep. Hank Brown of Colorado, ranking Republican on the public assistance subcommittee, said after the meeting. Rep. Thomas Downey, D-N.Y., act ing chairman of the public assistance panel, said GOP criticism was based on “a tenuous grasp of the facts.”
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