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1987 Collegial
ndorsement committee doesn't back Pau
By PAMELA WEIERS
Collegian Staff Writer
When the endorsement committee
of the Undergraduate Student Gov
ernment announced its official en
dorsements for the State College
Borough Council yesterday, it failed
to mention North Haiis President Pat
Paul, the only student candidate for
council.
Some members of USG said they
were disappointed and concerned
with the seven-member committee's
decision to omit Paul, a write-in can
didate who is a senior majoring in
political science.
USG President Todd Sloan, who
last week gave up his seat on the
endorsement committee to become
Paul's campaign manager, said the
committee missed its opportunity to
represent students by not endorsing
Paul.
USG's official endorsements for
tomorrow's borough council elections
are Peter Lang, Jean McManis, Dan
Wallace and Gary Wiser.
When asked why Paul did not re
ceive a USG endorsement, USG Sen
ate President Joe Scoboria, who is a
member of the committee, respond
ed: "All candidates were considered
equally."
Engineering
school hits
poll Top 20
By MEENEKSHI BOSE
Collegian Staff Writer
Deans of more than 150 graduate
engineering schools across the coun
try ranked Penn State's graduate
engineering program 18th in the na
tion, according to a survey published
in the Nov. 2 issue of U.S. News and
World Report.
The rankings were based on results
of a questionnaire sent to deans of 241
graduate engineering schools; 158
deans responded to the survey.
Charles Hosier, vice president for
research and dean of the graduate
school, said, "I'm pleased that Penn
State is recognized as a leading engi
neering institution. However, I'm not
a big fan of rankings obtained by
popularity polls."
"It's a matter of taste. I am just not
pleased with publications composing
questionnaires and sending them out
like this. It is not objective enough."
Hosier said.
He said more objective criteria
would include the amount of research
funds an engineering institution re
ceives, the accomplishments of grad
uates from the graduate engineering
program and the number of edi
torships faculty have in professional
journals of their field.
"The pillar of American education
is diversity and choices people have
(in selecting an institution of higher
education), not uniformity," Hosler
said. "And that diversity renders
them very difficult to compare. -
Other University administrators
were pleased with - the results but said
more can be done to improve the
engineering graduate program.
George J. McMurtry, acting dean
of the College of Engineering, said,
"I'm very pleased to be considered in
the same league with the other
schools that were ranked in the sur
vey. This indicates that we have a
very high degree of visibility and
respectability among the other engi
neering schools in this country."
The Massachusetts Institute of
Technology was ranked number one
in the nation, with 92.4 percent of the
respondents listing it in the top 10.
Other Pennsylvania schools listed in
the survey include Carnegie Mellon
University, ranked ninth, and the
University of Pennsylvania, ranked
20th.
Thomas A. Seliga, associate dean
for graduate studies and research in
Please see ENGINEERS, page 6.
The candidates were chosen be
cause of their experience and their
ideas, he added.
Scoboria said the committee looked
for candidates with "a working
knowledge of the issues facing the
borough, and a willingness to work
with students on key issues affecting
the quality of student life in the bo
rough."
Lang, McManis, Wallace and Wiser
had the best balance of these qual
ities, he said.
Town Senator Sherri Rutolo, one of
about 20 members of USG working on
the Pat Paul campaign, said it is a
step backward that the committee
did not endorse Paul.
"I don't agree totally with all the
endorsements they have chosen, but
then again that is my right as a voter.
I'm allowed to disagree with them,"
Rutolo said.
"This is a group of seven people
who said that (Paul) is not the right
person for them. That is how they
feel," said Rutolo, adding that it
would not have been just for the
committee to endorse Paul because
he is a student.
If committee members did not
think Paul could adequately rep
resent the concerns of students or
thought he lacked the experience
Hand to hand
Head Football Coach Joe Patemo signs a football delivered by Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity members from West
Virginia University for their philanthropy. The football was carried from WVU football coach Don Nehlen's hands.
Ginsburg cable controversy aired
By MICHAEL J. SNIFFEN
and JOAN MOWER
Associated Press Writers
WASHINGTON, D.C. Supreme Court nominee Doug
las H. Ginsburg had almost $140,000 invested in a cable
television corporation when he "personally handled" a
Justice Department effort to have the high court extend
First Amendment protection to cable operators.
An administration source close to Ginsburg said yester
day that Ginsburg did not raise the possibility of staying
out of the case with Justice Department superiors or with
necessary for a seat on council, then
they have a right to that opinion,
Rutolo said.
Committee members include Sen
ate Vice President Kim Caldwell.
Senate Appointment Review Board
Chairman Ron Marlow, Co-Directors
of the Department of Political and
International Affairs Amy Manderino
and Bill Bailey, Director of the De
partment of Minority Affairs Chan
dra Ford, non-voting USG Personnel
Director Rebecca Hill, and Scoboria.
Hill replaced USG Vice President
Bonnie Miller as the committee's
chairwoman because Miller was ill.
Rutolo, chairwoman of the USG
Senate's community relations com
mittee, said she hoped the endorse
ments did not stem from any personal
vendetta against Paul. But she
added. "I don't think they were out to
get him."
Town Senator Ken Houk, who is
working on Paul's campaign, said he
was upset with the committee's selec
tions, but not suprised.
"I think possibly there were a lot of
preconceived opinions about (Paul)
that might have prevented him from
getting the endorsement," Houk said.
"My only concern in general is that
(Paul) had a long record of being
anti-USG," said Sloan.
Please see USG, page 6
agency ethics officers. He said Ginsburg discussed the
situation with subordinates.
Meanwhile, a Justice Department spokesman has con
firmed a report that Ginsburg's wife performed abortions
as part of her medical training, but said it should have no
bearing on the nominee's confirmation chances.
Justice Department spokesman Terry Eastland said he
did not know if Hallee Perkins Morgan. Ginsburg's wife,
now opposes abortions, although he said that "she, like a
number of doctors who have performed abortions. from
her own experience, became persuaded that she did not
want to do that anymore."
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Work-study shortage
affects library system
By MICHAEL BELL
Collegian Staff Writer
A drastic shortage of work-study stu
dents is affecting almost all aspects
of the University's library system,
causing a reduction in services to
compensate for the unfilled positions,
library officials said.
Pattee usually employs 200 stu
dents in the federally subsidized
work-study program. This year, the
library is operating with about 40
fewer students in the program, said
Nancy Slaybaugh, head of personnel
at the library.
Library officials say the crunch is
affecting all areas of the library,
including lending services, shelving,
general reference services and circu
lation to Penn State branches.
The crunch has affected the west
entrance, which was closed due to
lack of staff. and the annex storage
facility, which houses seldom-used
materials, said Rod Renshaw, chief
of access services department.
Renshaw said the shortage of work
ers is complicated by an increase in
the number of students using the
library.
"More students are using the
materials and services of the library,
and are signing out books in the
largest numbers ever. - Henshaw
said.
The library relies on work-study
because it is an excellent source of
inexpensive labor, Henshaw said. It
has to pay only 10 percent of the
hourly rate, or 35 cents per hour, for
work-study students, he said.
Work-study is a federally funded
program that supplements the wages
of students who demonstrate a need.
If the shortage of work-study stu-
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dents persists, the library will have to
pay more in wages and find part
time, full-time and student-wage em
ployees to fill the spots, Henshaw
said. This will cost the library about
$50,000 more than work-study be
cause the wages would not he supple
mented by the program.
"We maintain a certain number of
positions targeted for work-study stu
dents and we have been unable to fill
those positions." Henshaw said. "Be
cause we have not been able to fill
those slots, the library has had to
contract some of its services."
Cordelia Swinton, head of lending
services, said, "We had to redeploy
our regular employees to other more
important duties, such as main circu
lation tasks and restocking the book
shelves."
University Student Aid Director
Robert Evans said the University is
granting more work-study awards
this year, hut students may not be
using them.
"In tact, the number of awards
exceeded that of last year." Evans
said. "So far, the Office of Student
Aid has awarded all students on the
waiting list and is continuing to take
names."
Evans said the number of students
who cancel their work-study grant
has increased.
If students awarded work study aid
do not obtain jobs within a specified
time limit, the student aid office
cancels the award. Evans said stu
dents may not be pursuing work-stu
dy jobs because they have discovered
other sources of financial aid or be
cause the work hours conflict with
studying.
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