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Thomas to
name dean
next month
By ALISA BAUMAN
Collegian Staff Writer
Although University President Joab
L. Thomas has decided on who he wants
as the next College of Liberal Arts dean,
he will not release the candidate's name
until the next University Board of Trust
ees meeting in November.
"We'll be announcing a Liberal Arts
dean in the near future," Thomas said.
"I have interviewed the candidates and
we might be able to move fast enough
to make some kind of statement before
the board meeting."
The name of the selected candidate
will be submitted to the board in
November for approval, Thomas
added.
Thomas met with candidates James
M. Redfield, a University of Chicago
professor, and Susan Welch, a Univer
sity of Nebraska professor, last week.
However Thomas would not release
further details about his choice.
The search committee for the dean of
liberal arts recommended Redfield and
Welch in June to the Office of the Pres
ident, said Ronald Filipelli, the chair of
the search committee for the dean of
liberal arts.
Since they submitted Redfield's and
Welch's recommendation, the commit
tee has not searched for more candi
dates, he added.
The final decision was put on hold
until Thomas assumed office this fall.
Redfield is a professor of classics at
the University of Chicago and Welch is
a professor of political science at the
University of Nebraska in Lincoln.
Neither Redfield nor Welch knew of
Thomas's decision or when they would
be informed.
When interviewed by Thomas, both
candidates said they were asked gener
al questions about the University's Col
lege of Lieral Arts.
"It's in process," Redfield said about
the selection procedure.
Both candidates interviewed with lib
eral arts faculty members early in the
summer and last spring.
Theodore E. Kiffer has served as the
interim dean of the college since Hart
M. Nelson stepped down July 1. Kiffer,
who also serves as the dean for the
Commonwealth Education System in
the College of Liberal Arts, will remain
dean until the replacement is appointed.
Temple University strike raises student concern
By RONA KAUFMAN
Collegian Staff Writer
For Alex Lesyk, this Friday will be a critical day
The third-year history major at Temple University has to
decide by then whether to transfer to another university in
order to get a full refund on tuition.
Lesyk's life has been affected full force by the faculty strike
now in its fifth week at Temple. Five out of six of his classes
are not being taught because of the strike and Lesyk said he
does not think it is worth staying in school for one course.
"I was going to graduate in four years, but now I'm going
to have to stay a whole extra year," Lesyk said. "Even if they
do go back to work, this has me upset enough that I would like
to transfer."
Students at Penn State empathize with the Temple stu
dents.
"You're automatically set back at least a semester, and
it's beyond your control," said Katie Jervis (freshman
elementary education).
Jervis said she might be tempted to transfer if the same
situation occured here. "But I think that no matter where you
go, there's always the possiblity of a strike."
Homecoming art
Harold Vincente (junior•political science),right, and Pat Kelly (senior•landscape architecture), left, prepare to paint a
window in front of University Spirit, 326 E. College. The men, who are members of Pi Kappa Alpha, 417 E. Prospect, were
painting the window yesterday as part of the Homecoming festivities.
At the start of the Temple strike. Lesyk sympathized with
the faculty.
But when faculty members demanded a 28 percent
increase in salary and refused to pay $260 a year for health
benefits, the only group Lesyk sympathized with was the stu
dents.
Fm the only one who's suffering that I can see, along with
Faculty benefits
By RONA KAUFMAN
Collegian Staff Writer
While Temple University faculty and administrators
resume contract negotiations centering around increased
health care cost, Penn State benefits are constantly being
examined to determine the best methods for maximizing fac
ulty benefits.
"There are significant things happening right now because
of the sky-rocketing cost of health care," said Robert A. Sh
legel, a member of the Joint Committee on Insurance and
Benefits. "Measures have to be taken to prepare for the
Lion's Paw seeks student leaders as members
By CARLA MORMAN
Collegian Staff Writer
While Homecoming week is marked by bonfires,
parades and fireworks, it also signifies time for anoth
er Penn State tradition - the tapping of student leaders
into the most elite secret society on campus.
Lion's Paw - a prominent senior honor society
draws its membership from student leaders and those
who have significantly contributed to the University.
Past members held positions in everything from the
Undergraduate Student Government and Black Cau
cus to The Daily Collegian and Lion Ambassadors.
Collegian news division members are no longer per
mitted to join secret societies.
The Penn State societies have generated some con
troversy in past decades for allegedly influencing Uni
versity administrative policy and student policy
behind closed doors.
"As far as influencing student policy, I don't think
the rest of the students," Lesyk said. You don't go into tea
ching to make money, and they knew that when they
started."
Lesyk is attending one class. but his professor would not
comment on the strike.
"I feel that it would not be wise politically for me to talk to
you," said Joyce Castro, a faculty member at Temple.
will be examined by task force
future rather than just letting things occur. - Because employers throughout the nation say they cannot
A task force will be created this year to receive input from pay the rising cost of benefits by themselves, many are
all University members providing a broad base for examin- asking employees to contribute, she said.
ing benefits, he said. Penn State faculty and staff are contributing more for ben
"We are in a great state of change," said Billie S. Willits, efits in order to keep up with the increases, Willits said.
assistant vice president for human resources. "We've talked
to people in the University community and have developed
benefit packages that are flexible enough to allow faculty
members to pick and choose what is most beneficial to
them."
The health insurance industry predicts costs will increase
20 percent each year for the next three years, Willits said.
our group adds any extra influence than what would
occur in ( the University Student Advisory Board),"
said Scott Stephan, Interfraternity Council president
and a member of Lion's Paw.
Stephan said the meetings are held in private
because the group is not out for personal or group rec
ognition.
"Its a group that talks about Penn State traditions
and issues," Stephan said.
Stephan said interaction with Lion's Paw alumni
allows members to compare how things are running
now with how previous student leaders tackled issues
in the past.
According to past Collegian articles, the Lion's Paw
constitution states that the organization allows mem
bers to talk about problems and "join in devoting
themselves to projects which in all humility they
believe will contribute to the betterment of the Univer
sity as a whole."
However some past student leaders have reserva-
Iraq has
responsibility
for acts in Gulf
Bush:
By TERENCE HUNT
AP White House Correspondent
UNITED NATIONS President
Bush said yesterday that Iraq and its
leaders must be held liable for "crimes
of abuse and destruction" in the take
over of Kuwait. But he also suggested
to Baghdad that an unconditional mili
tary withdrawal could help speed an
end to the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Bush, in a speech before the U.N. G
eneral Assembly, said all nations hope
that military force will not be required
to drive Iraq from Kuwait. Yet, he won
applause by vowing anew that Iraq's
annexation of Kuwait "will not be allow
ed to stand."
Praising the U.N.'s resolve, Bush
said, "This challenge is a test we cannot
afford to fail. I am confident we will pre-
Even as Bush was speaking, the
White House announced the United
States was sending two batteries of
Patriot air-defense missiles to Israel on
an emergency basis.
The weapons will help Israel defend
against an increased threat from ballis
tic missiles in Iraq, presidential spokes
man Marlin Fitzwater said.
Nearly every seat in the General
Assembly hall was full as Bush com
bined a blistering indictment of Iraq
with an overture for Baghdad to end the
two-month old Persian Gulf crisis.
"Iraq's unprovoked aggression is a
throwback to another era, a dark relic
from a dark time," Bush said. "It has
plundered Kuwait, it has terrorized
innocent civilians, it has held even dip
lomats hostage."
Aligning himself with remarks last
week by Soviet Foreign Minister Edu
ard Shevardnadze, Bush said Iraq and
its leaders "must be held liable for these
crimes of abuse and destruction."
Bush met separately with Shevard
nadze later to discuss the gulf crisis, the
plight of the Soviet economy and lag
ging arms control talks. Emerging from
the meeting, Bush said Shevardnadze
was "very confident" that a treaty
between NATO and the Warsaw Pact to
cut U.S. and Soviet non-nuclear weap-
"Because of my contract, I have to work, and I'd really rath
er not alienate anyone any further."
Temple student Janice LePera ( senior-nursing) echoed
some of Lesyk's thoughts after half the nursing faculty
walked out.
Up until now employee contributions have barely changed.
In 1964,a single person contribution was $3.05 a month. In 1990,
the cost for a single person is $3.06 a month, Willits said.
But beginning January 1, employee contributions will dou
ble or triple, Shlegel said. Over the years, the contribution
Please see BENEFITS, Page 5.
Weather
Mostly sunny and cool today with a high
near 63. Clear and cold tonight, low 43.
Partly cloudy and milder tomorrow. high
near 68.
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ons would be ready for signing at a 35-
nation summit in Paris.
Bush said he was not as confident
about completing a separate accord
with the Soviets to cut long-range nucle
ar missiles, bombers and submarines
by 30 percent. Bush had hoped to sign
that treaty during a trip to Moscow in
December but said Shevardnadze
talked about completing the agreement
early next year, if not by the end of 1990.
Shevardnadze praised Bush's speech
as "brilliant."
Aside from his hard-edged rhetoric,
Bush appeared to try to undercut Iraqi
President Saddam Hussein's demand
that his territorial dispute with Kuwait
be linked to Arab demands that Israel
give up territory lost by Syria and Jor
dan in the 1967 Mideast war.
Bush said that "I truly believe there
may be opportunities" to settle the
Arab-Israeli conflict and to build "new
arrangements" among the states in the
gulf but only after Iraq makes an
unconditional withdrawal from Kuwait.
Saddam has suggested he would pull
his troops out if the Arab dispute with
Israel is handled simultaneously.
The United States has long been com
mitted to a Mideast settlement in which
Israel would exchange territory for
Arab recognition of its right to exist.
Bush said a military pullout by Sad
dam could clear the way for Iraq and
Kuwait to permanently settle their ter
ritorial differences.
"And yet," Bush said, "the world's
key task now, first and always --
must be to demonstrate that aggres
sion will not be tolerated or rewarded "
Later, talking with reporters, Bush
said his comment about "opportunities"
created by an Iraqi withdrawal did not
mark any change in policy and "was not
designed to convey flexibility or shift in
position."
He said he did not intend to suggest
that Kuwait should make any territorial
concessions. "You've got to make whole
Kuwait the way it was."
Bush also said it was possible that
Saddam will make "a 180-degree turn"
and pull out of Kuwait.
"In the beginning I sided mostly with the administration
Please see STUDENTS, Page 5
tions regarding the secret societies.
Kendall Houk ( graduate student-economics) was
an outspoken opponent of secret societies during his
involvement with the Undergraduate Student Govern
met in 1988.
"(Secret societies) allow ( student leaders ) to dis
cuss issues and make decisions without any scrutiny
over how those decisions are made," Houk said.
Lion's Paw members often gather for meetings in
the "Lair," room 419 of Old Main. They have had
exclusive use of this room for the past 59 years, while
all other rooms in Old Main are used for official Uni
versity business.
"The administration is happy secret societies exist
because they use it in a way to make student leaders
feel they are an elite," Houk said. "A number of
administrators are actually members of these
groups."
As USG Senate Vice President, Houk sponsored
failed legislation which would have mandated all USG
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—by Bob Tschantz