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Baker negotiating Mideast peace
By BARRY SCHWEID
AP Diplomatic Writer
DAMASCUS, Syria Secretary of State James The American and other Western hostages are east should be “just and comprehensive” and should
A. Baker 111 held extended talks last night with Syrian believed to be held in Lebanon by Hezbollah, an Ira- be given “suitable impetus based on the two U.N. res-
President Hafez Assad on a U.S. formula to bring nian-backed group, and Baker wants to get the latest olutions.”
peace to the Middle East by having Israel give up ter- word from the Beirut government on the situation. That was a reference to resolutions adoDted at the
ritoryinexchangeforArabrecognition. He also appealed to Assad for help, but U.S. officials endof Sast wars Zey call Sr
Nearing the end of a five-nation trip to the Middle said Syria’s intervention may not be enough to gain withdrawal from occupied territories without say-
East, Baker also discussed American hostages in Leb- the hostages’ freedom. Iran, they said, holds the key. j n g a jj 0 f the territory and the right of all states in
anon and a plan to guard the Persian Gulf oil fields Still, the United States has no direct relations with the reeion to live within secure borders
with an alliance of Egyptian, Syrian and American Tehran and depends largely on intermediaries. tne region to live wittun secure
forces. The spoke on condition of anonymity, Baker has told reporters trayeling with him that he
Hie session in Assad’s office completed Baker’s con- said they had no evidence of a break in the situation, demands of Israeli Pnme Minister
sultations with the key figures in the Arab-Israeli dis- but President Bush and Baker have vowed to persist, Ylt2hak Shamir in their meeting Tuesday. But Israeli
pute. hoping the postwar climate in the region might pro- sources said early yesterday in Jerusalem that he
But he added Lebanese Foreign Minister Fares duce results. Please see BAKER, Page 4.
Univ. students ask
for tuition
Commonwealth campuses want
$2.2 million PSU equality fund
By JAMES DUFFY
Collegian Staff Writer
Another tuition increase has been pro
posed for the Commonwealth cam
puses. But there’s a switch: Students,
not administrators, made the sugges
tion.
The Council of Commonwealth Stu
dent Governments proposed last semes
ter the creation of a System Wide
Equality Fund that would raise Com
monwealth campus tuition by $63 a
semester, making it equal to that of Uni
versity Park, Behrend and Capital Col
lege.
CCSG coordinator Brian Donaldson
said the increase would generate about
$2.2 million, and the funds would aid in
constructing or renovating buildings
and purchasing equipment at the Com
monwealth campuses.
“The main purpose of SWEF is to
elevate and equalize the overall atmo
sphere of each campus,” Donaldson
said. Priority will be given to student
facilities such as student unions and
lounges, returning-adult centers and
learning centers, and will not be used
for faculty salaries, he added.
“Hie monies will be put into a central
fund that will be distributed by the
SWEF committee upon approval of the
(University) Board of Trustees,” he
said. The funds would be allocated
based on need, he added.
The fund’s committee would rep
resent the entire Commonwealth cam
pus system and be comprised of five
students chosen by CCSG, five campus
faculty members chosen by the Univer
sity Faculty Senate, and five campus
Ex-PSU activist stiil
makes the headlines
ByJOETARR
Collegian Feature Writer
Most of the protesters, who had
come wearing “death masks” of
black-and-white makeup, danced
and hugged each other after the Uni
versity Board of Trustees voted in
1987 to divest all University holdings
from South Africa.
But among the jubilant students
stood one man more somber than the
rest.
“Everybody was really giddy,”
said Travis Parchman, who was the
vice president of the Committee for
Justice in South Africa. “I was more
of a damp blanket that day than oth
ers were.”
Parchman was upset because the
University failed to divest from
IBM, Coke and General Motors,
companies that he says own subsi
diaries or hold special contracts with
companies in South Africa.
Idealists seldom like to compro
mise.
Some of his opponents, whom he
battled vehemently in his years
here, said Parchman was never one
to give in on any of his goals.
“He was definitely bright, but he
sometimes wasn’t rational. He didn’t
listen at times to both sides and he
was very headstrong,” said Senior
Vice President for Finance and
Operations Steve Garban, who dealt
the
daily
Bouez to his schedule this morning before flying to After the Baker-Assad meeting, which ran seven
Moscow to measure the situation in the restive Soviet hours, Assad spokesman Jibrane Kourieh said in a
Union. statement that the two sides stressed peace in the Mid-
increase
administrators chosen by the senior
vice president of the Commonwealth
Education System, he said.
Any allocations must first be
approved by this committee, he said. In
addition to the main committee, sub
committees will be set up on each cam
pus, he added.
Donaldson said the money from the
fund would be used to buy bonds to raise
additional capital.
“We would, in effect, be taking out a
mortgage for about $2O million for the
first year and would pay it off with the
tuition increase from the following
years,” he said. This would free up $2O
million right away so more campuses
would immediately benefit, Donaldson
said.
The administration has received the
proposal, Donaldson said, but has not
yet formally responded.
However, at the Jan. 25 CCSG meet
ing, University President Joab Thomas
said that budget cuts and registration
declines will hinder this project.
“I support what you’re after,” he told
the council, “but I have some reserva
tions about the path.” He would like
input from the campuses on an advisory
basis, he said, adding that the Universi
ty Board of Trustees makes financial
decisions.
Thomas Eakin, assistant vice presi
dent of student programs, said the pro
gram represents a serious effort to deal
with problems at Commonwealth cam
puses.
“It is a complicated question about
how to distribute the funds,” he said.
“There is so much variability between
Please see FUND, Page 4.
Collegian File Photo
Travis Parchman
with Parchman on issues relating to
divestment and open budget.
Parchman’s credentials are
lengthy and read like a who’s who of
young American radicals. But one
thing missing from his resume is a
Penn State degree.
He was dismissed from the Uni
versity on May 9, 1989, for his
involvement in protests against CIA
recruitment on campus in the fall of
1988. The University, which forbade
him to record the hearing and denied
him an appeal, found him guilty of
Please see PARCHMAN, Page 4.
e Lady eager Phillips
overcomes adversity
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Collegian
Enlightenment
David Bee (junior-biology) sits by a window on the second floor of the Music Build ing. He was studying chemistry yesterday afternoon.
USG candidates present diverse platforms
By JESSICA HARTSHORN
Collegian Staff Writer
The candidates for Undergraduate Student Govern
ment president and vice president hope to improve
student services, increase state funding and “clean
up” USG, according to their platforms.
■ Roger Czulewicz (senior-politicalscience) and
Janine Salomone (junior-psychology) said eliminating
tuition increases is their primary concern. They said
they also hope to address inadequate parking for stu
dents, possible misdiagnoses at Ritenour Health Cen
ter and what they view as understaffing at the
Women’s Health Center. In addition, they said they
are concerned with “secrecy and poor USG commu
nication” between student government leaders and
students.
Apartment limit may be
home for student trouble
By KRISTINE LAMEY
Collegian Staff Writer
A new State College ordinance limit
ing the number of apartments in new
buildings may drive up student repts,
one State College Borough Council
member said.
Council member F. Dan Winand said
he believes students already pay too
much for apartments that are often
overcrowded.
“I don’t think I could survive at PSU
today,” he said. “I think all you students
should refuse to sign leases.”
Local residents concerned about the
number of people living downtown
pushed council last week to pass the
proposal, said Anita Genger, of the
Holmes-Foster Neighborhood Associa
tion.
Permanent residents want to limit the
■ Courtney Malveaux (senior-sociology) and Saul
Trieman (junior-accounting) said they will stop USG
from funding “radical” speakers, trying to impeach
its members and taking political stands on left-wing
issues. They said USG should instead provide an affor
dable education, ensure campus safety, improve stu
dent health care and work to keep ROTC on campus.
They want to make the Department of Women’s Con
cerns’ priority the prevention of sexual assaults, and
create three new USG departments to address finan
cial, academic and community service issues.
■ Leslie Osborn (senior-advertising) and Michael
LaFlam (senior-human development and family stud
ies) want to provide an affordable education by cre
ating a Department of Higher Education Affordability
that will fight tuition increases, help open the Univer
sity budget and examine University expenditures.
number of downtown apartments to
prevent the extension of what they call
“Beaver Canyon,” the series of high
rise apartments along Beaver Avenue,
she said.
Council passed three other ordinances
limiting business activity and the height
and floor areas of new buildings. The
ordinances represent council’s first
steps to implement its downtown plan.
The plan, designed by Land Design
Research Inc., based in Maryland, sug
gests the borough must control retail,
commercial and entertainment devel
opment to protect the local economy.
An ordinance requiring retail use of
the first floors of new buildings passed
by a 6-1 vote. Developers may be less
willing to build in the area if council
restricts first-floor use, councilman
R. Thomas Berner, who voted against
the proposal, said.
U.S. Secretary of State James Baker, left, talks with Syrian President Hafez Assad.
The two spoke before their meeting in Damascus, Syria yesterday.
House approves additional
$3O billion for S&L bailout
By DAVE SKIDMORE
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON, DC. - The
House yesterday night approved a
compromise worked out with the
Bush administration to pour an addi
tional $3O billion into the savings and
loan bailout.
Hie key 213-197 vote came 24 hours
after the House, rebelling against
leaders of both parties, rejected four
separate proposals for financing the
bailout. After accepting the compro
mise, the House then passed the
amended bill by a 192-181 margin.
Negotiators will work out minor
differences between the bill and a
version passed by the Senate last
week.
Weather
Today, periods of snow, with a high
of 33. Light snow tapering off to flurries
tonight, low around 25. Partly sunny and
seasonable tomorrow, with a high tem
perature near 40.
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They said they will also work for more student rep
resentation on University committees and involve
ment with the State College Borough Council.
■ Mark Stewart (junior-English) and Merrvl
Werber (junior-accounting) will focus on providing
student services, like allowing students to use their
meal points downtown, providing buses to away
games of athletic teams, establishing an 800 number
for class scheduling and adding weekend HUB Eatery
hours.
■ Jim Van Horn (junior-history) and Kim Thorsen
(senior-social work) want USG to serve the students
more directly by having a group lobby in Harrisburg
regularly. They also suggest lobbying the University
Board of Trustees to add a clause to the University 's
non-discrimination policy that would protect gay men
and lesbians from discrimination.
“It’s the easiest thing politically
to say ‘damn the S&L scandal, " said
Rep. Henry Gonzalez, D-Texas,
chairman of the Banking Commit
tee, in pleading for support of the
compromise. “But we have no
choice.”
Failure to continue paying for the
bailout, he said, would bring disaster
and “invite a run on our financial
institutions.”
“If there has been one action that
has outraged Americans from
Maine to California, it has been the
S&L fiasco,” said Rep. Bernard
Sanders, I-Vt. “I’ll be damned if I
will vote for a bill that will stick it to
the working people” to pay for a bail
out they did not cause, he said.
Please see BAILOUT, Page 4.
—by Bob Tschantz
Collegian Photo/Patti Christian