U.S. hostages Captors: 'Goodwill gesture' may lead to release of two American Page 6 Commission offers cures for abuses in athletics By BRIDGET MOUNT Collegian Staff Writer Administrators not athletic depart ment heads should control intercolle giate athletics, former University President Bryce Jordan said at a news conference yesterday in Washington, D.C. Jordan was a part of the 21-member Knight Commission studying athletic reform. The study, released yesterday, examined possible remedies for finan cial and academic abuses in intercolle giate athletics, Jordan said. Jordan said the commission con cluded that the college and university governing bodies such as the Univer sity Board of Trustees should give the president authority over athletic depart ments. University administrations must set the academic and financial terms of participation of intercollegiate athletics, he said. "A board would have to say (to a Stop! Cookie time Melanie Mosesman and Katie Cathcart, both age 11, of State College, troup 1151, (junior-corporate health). The Girl Scout troup was selling cookies in front of the sell Girl Scout cookies to Dave D'Amico (senior•chemistry) and Alicia Anderson Corner Room, 100 W. College Ave., yesterday and promised to be there today. Student services focus of USG By JESSICA HARTSHORN Collegian Staff Writer Undergraduate Student Government presidential candidates last night talked about the need to provide services to students, the spirit of the USG constitu tion and whether fast food restaurants might be feasible in the HUB. Presidential candidate Courtney Mal veaux (senior-sociology) said candi dates must try to reach undecided students whom USG can serve. But the candidates disagreed on what services new restaurants in the HUB, new USG committees, an open budget for Ritenour Health Center are needed. And when Malveaux asked audience members how many were undecided on who to vote for, only three people raised their hands. Janine Solomone (junior-psychology) asked Mark Stewart ( junior-English) if selling ice cream at the HUB Eate ries' Dough-to-Go a project Stewart worked on as USG West Halls senator qualified as the type of "tangible" student service he promises in his cam paign. "I have seen many students walking around the basement of the HUB licking ice cream cones with much satisfac tion," Stewart responded. Later, Stewart's running mate Mer ryl Werber ( junior-accounting) asked vice-presidential candidate Saul Trei man ( junior-accounting) how he can the daily Collegian Photo/Chris Gaydosh Bryce Jordan president), 'Bring this program into shape or we will find a new president,' " Jordan said. Commission member J. Lloyd Huck, a Penn State trustee, said the commis sion's recommendations will not affect much at the University because many are already policy here. The officials in the athletic department report to Uni versity Treasurer Steve Garban, who reports to the president. Garban also controls athletic depart ment funding. Please see ATHLETICS, Page 7. represent all students after labeling some student advocacy issues "radical" or "left-wing" earlier in the race. But Treiman said USG should address issues that interest the majority of students, and Malveaux said that USG should provide student services that are not political. Leslie Osborn (junior-advertising ) challenged Malveaux's stance that the USG constitution states USG should pro vide student services by handing him a copy of the constitution and asking him to find such a passage. USG candidates accused of 7 elections code violations By JOHN LINCOSKI Collegian Staff Writer Undergraduate Student Government presidential candidate Jim Van Horn and his running mate, Kim Thorsen, have been c:_arrx , d with removing another ticket's campaign fliers, not declaring the expenses of a campaign party and five other violations of the USG elections code. Three of the complaints were filed by Van Horn's opponents in USG elections, which will be held March 27. The rest of the charges were filed by USG elections commissioners. En garde! Fencers ready to defend national title alt Page m C o I leg• Adding 'sexu Faculty Senate votes By DANA DiFILIPPO and AMINAH FRANKLIN Collegian Staff Writers After more than an hour of discussion and a nearly unanimous vote, the University Faculty Senate yes terday supported including the words "sexual orien tation" in the University's non-discrimination policy instead of the clause University President Joab Thom as proposed last October. In a 93 to 12 vote, the senate approved the recom mendation of a senate subcommittee that studied the issue. The subcommittee supported the first half of Thom as' clause, which states, "The Pennsylvania State Uni versity will take appropriate measures to protect all of its students and all of its employees from harassment, abuse or assault." But the subcommittee rejected the second half of Thomas' proposed statement as "ambiguous." It states that an individual's abilities and qualifications not personal characteristics - determine all aca demic and educational decisions. The committee said the words "sexual orientation" are necessary to pro tect members of the gay community. The senate voted against advising Thomas to pre sent his original clause to the University Board of Trustees. Malveaux said he could not find the specific words but the passage was implied in the spirit of the constitution. Jim Van Horn ( junior-history) said renting HUB basement space to fast food restaurants could bring in valuable funds for students and asked presi dential candidate Roger Czulewicz (senior-political science) if he would pursue such a project if elected. Czulewicz said if students or restau rants wanted such a service, it would have been provided 20 years ago. Vice-presidential candidate Mike If guilty of any charges Van Horn and Thorsen could face fines or disqualifica tion from the race. The USG Elections Court will hear the charges at 9 tonight in 217 Boucke. Van Horn dismissed the majority of the charges as "nit-picky" and said that he considered only one charge an allegation that he did not follow election code guidelines in attaching ribbons to campaign buttons to be valid. But Head Elections Commissioner Wendy Goldstein said, "It is the job of the elec tions court to determine if a complaint is valid." Please see VAN HORN, Page 7 After Thomas receives the senate's recommenda tattend the meeting and could not be reached for com ment. Many senate and audience members lauded the rec ommendation's approval. "I am extremely pleased at the overwhelming vote of support and I have every expectation that (Thom as) will seriously consider this action," said Donald C. Rung, chairman of the 11-member subcommittee. "I just hope it goes to the administration with the same force it was presented here," agreed subcom mittee member Shannon Burke (junior-elementary education). The subcommittee's report cited several reasons for adding the words "sexual orientation." Some rea sons include: rates of violence and discrimination against gay people are escalating; sexual orientation clauses and ROTC programs coexist at schools nation wide; and a potential increase in liability is unproven. But some faculty senate members who spoke during the meeting were not as enthusiatic about the vote, cit ing problems that adding "sexual orientation" could cause. Such problems included the fear addition of "sexual orientation" to the list of protected groups would cause other groups to seek similar inclusion. Other members said Thomas' clause is all-inclusive and does not require further specification. !logien Photo!Kerrie Hagy debate LaFlam (senior-human development and family studies) rose to present six University reports of harassment of gay men and lesbians on campus to Czule wicz, who does not support adding the words "sexual orientation" to the Uni versity's non-discrimination clause. LaFlam threw down a list of student leaders who want the words added, said the University Faculty Senate voted 93 to 12 yesterday to support it, and asked Czulewicz how he could justify his posi tion. Please see DEBATE, Page 7 Collegian Photo,Charles Broiling Jim Van Horn al orientation' for specific protection State Senate OKs reserve fund use By MICHAEL BLOOD Associated Press Writer HARRISBURG (AP) At the urging of Gov. Robert P. Casey, the Senate yesterday authorized use of a $134 mil lion emergency reserve fund that will allow the state to pay bills for special education, hospitals and welfare. Casey sought passage of the legis lation in January to help relieve the state's massive cash shortage. He had warned that bills could go unpaid with out an infusion of money from the so called Rainy Day Fund, which was established to help weather economic downturns. The House approved the bill earlier this month. With its endorsement in the Senate, the bill now heads to Casey for his signature. But even with passage of the legis lation, it was a day of mixed results for Casey and his plans to avert a massive end-of-the-fiscal-year deficit on June 30. Shortly after the Senate approved Casey's request for use of the reserve fund, the Legislature adjourned without addressing his proposed $3OO million bond issue for economic development, effectively killing the plan until at least November. That leaves a gaping hole in the gov ernor's proposed 1991-92 budget, which is under review in the Legislature. The vote on the Rainy Day Fund was unanimous, but it triggered a testy debate between Republican and Dem ocratic senators on various budget issues. Casey asked the Legislature on March 8 to approve four budget bills, including the Rainy Day Fund and the bond issue, at intervals through April 22. But Majority Leader F. Joseph Loeper, R-Delaware, said Casey has failed to Senate approves more funding for S&L bailout By JIM LUTHER . Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) The Senate took less than one minute yesterday to approve a compromise bill pumping an additional $3O billion in taxpayer money into the bailout of depositors in failed savings and loan associations. The measure was adopted on a voice vote, shortly after Senate-House nego tiators worked out the compromise in less than 15 minutes. The House is expected to give the measure fmal congressional approval later this week. President Bush is expected to sign it. The bills passed earlier by the House and the Senate each provided the $3O bil lion. They differed only on a few, com paratively minor details. But members of the negotiating com mittees were no more enamored of the legislation than they and other lawmak- Weather Today, mostly sunnyand mild, with a high of 55. Increasing clouds tonight, low around 40. Becoming partly cloudy and warmer tomorrow, with the high ris ing to 60. Wednesday, March 20, 1991 Vol. 91, No. 151 16 pages University Park, Pa. 16801 Published independently by students at Penn State 01991 Collegian Inc. But most members agreed that specifying the group is necessary. "Unfortunately such general phrases are not suffi cient," Rung said. "All men are created equal has not produced an equal society. Sometimes more is needed." Members of the gay community praised the vote. "This is the momentum we've been needing," said former Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Student Alliance political co-director Michael LaFlam. "The faculty is unified in their support." LGBSA political co-director Theresa Sumner agreed. "Whatever step we get, I can't help but be ecstatic about," Sumner said. In other business, the faculty senate voted in favor of adopting revised Senate Policy 67-00 to clarify the difference in eligibility requirements for University Park and other University campuses, and comply with Big Ten policy. Under the new Athletic Competition rule eligibility will be determined by semester-end grade point aver ages rather than the University's current grade-point deficiency system, said George Bugyi, executive sec retary of the senate. Thomas must approve the change before it is offi cially adopted, Bugyi said. produce the legislation in some cases. "It just seems to me that it's ludicrous to ask for cooperation on one hand and not even receive proposals on the oth er," Loeper said. Democrats countered that Republi cans were attempting to push the state deeper into the red by passing a host of spending bills. Sen. Vincent Fumo, D- Philadelphia, urged Republicans to "put a lock on all future spending until we get the budget balanced." "Don't have the audacity to come into this chamber and complain the budget isn't balanced and still want to spend more money," he said. "The Republi can Party in this chamber has become the most liberal spenders in the history of this commonwealth." Even with use of the Rainy Day Fund, estimates for the year-end deficit range from $315 million to $2.5 billion. In his proposed budget, Casey asked for $l.B billion in higher taxes and fees to keep the state's books in balance. Earlier this year he called for $730 mil lion in spending cuts, 2,400 layoffs and the closing of four state hospitals to help close the looming budget gap. Casey had recommended using half of the bond money in fiscal 1991-92, and half the following year, for economic development. Casey sold a similar plan to the Legislature last year, but the prospect of borrowing more money doomed the proposal, aides and law makers said. Casey has said it will be up to the Leg islature to plug the hole in the budget if lawmakers failed to act on his bond pro posal. "Those are the questions the General Assembly will have to answer," said Vincent Carocci, a Casey spokesman. ers were when the bills originally passed the House and Senate. Members of Congress are wary that the public perceives the bailout as just another Washington scandal. "We have no choice," said Rep. Chalmers Wylie of Ohio, the senior Republican on the House Banking Com mittee. "We must provide the necessary resources to cover the insured deposits of taxpayers, and to maintain consumer confidence in our banking system." Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., pro nounced himself ready to vote for the final bill "only if we get an agreement we won't have to go to a public signing ceremony." "Only with the lights out," added Rep. Marge Roukema, R-N.J. The bill would raise to $BO billion the total taxpayer funds earmarked for the bailout, which became necessary after the federal fund that insures S&L depos its was depleted. —Bob Tschantz
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