MIPIII Lady spikers 4- 4, 1 win four 1 1 Senior film students endure ; projects' high prices . Page 11 Page 14 P i a ri the IN _ ill, collegian Tuitions rising for statewide all universities By ANN MARIE SRADOMSKI Collegian Staff Writer Penn State students aren't the only ones who have faced a tuition increase for the 1991-92 school year. All 14 state-owned universities such as Shippensburg University and Slippery Rock University, raised their tuition by $350 for Pennsylvania residents and $5BO for out-of-state students. The four state-related universi ties Penn State, Temple Uni versity, the University of Pittsburgh and Lincoln University also raised their tuitions. Penn State raised tuition $354 for in-state students and $744 for out of-state students this year. Of the four state-related schools, Penn State's tuition increase fell second behind Temple's increase. The state-owned universities' increase is a result of state budget cutbacks on education, said Ken Brandt, director of student finan cial aid at the state-owned Edin boro University. State-owned universities receive about 54 per cent of their operating budget from state appropriations. State-related universities receive only about 25 percent of their yearly budget from state appropriations, said Scott Shewell, press secretary for the state system of higher educa tion. The rest comes from tuition and other student expenses, athletic events and federal research funding, Shewell said. At most state-owned and state-related universities, tuition goes into a general University Playboy models By MICHAEL P. BUFFER Collegian Staff Writer Female Penn State students will be seen said she anxiously picked up the magazine in the pages of Playboy for the first time, yesterday in Harrisburg, where she is a co when the October edition featuring the "Girls manager-in-training of a clothing store. of the Big Ten" hits State College news- "They took over 600 pictures. I wasn't sure stands today. t which one they would use," Lauder sai- It's the third time the magazine has featured d."l'm pleased with the result. They used the Big Ten in its annual college confer- a pretty big picture." ence pictorial, but the first for the con- Lauder said she will return to her alma ference's newest member. mater today for Playboy's promotion of the Seven Penn State women appear fully clothed on the Nittany Lion Shrine in one photo graph and two are undressed in other photographs. Skateboarders beware! University considers banning skateboarding throughout campus Nathan Halminiak, a 16-year-old from Jersey Shore, Pa., skates on Calder Way. He and a group of skateboarders practiced Saturday night. fund, and combined with state appropriations, pays for the oper ation of the institution, including salaries, Shewell said. In addition to tuition, fees are added to the student bill to cover the cost of health care, student activities, computer labs and other student services, he said. Temple University increased its tuition to cover expenses because the state did not allocate the funds the school requested, said Jerry Sharf, assistant director of Temple's stu dent financial services. Resident students attending Temple this year will pay $402 more for a total this year of $4,636, while out of-state students will shell out $744 for a new total of $8,576. "Operating costs have gone up. Employee benefits have gone up," Sharf explained. The University of Pittsburgh's tuition increase is due to the increase of the price and importance of education, said Tim Ziaukas, the school's director of communications. Most students realize the price of a quality edu cation and are not really con cerned with the increase, Ziaukas said. Pennsylvania residents admitted to Pitt will pay $242 more for a total of $4,290, while out-of-state resi dents will have to pay $520 more for a total of $9,140. In-state residents interested in attending Lincoln University will have to pay $2OO more for a total of $2,550, while out-of-state residents will have to dole out $3OO more for a new total of $3,650. Penn State tuition pays for the cost Betty Lauder, a 1991 graduate with a degree in political science, posed nude for the magazine last spring. The Clearfield native pictorial. Signings will be held on Wednesday at Graham's, 124 S. Allen St., from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and at Champs Sports Bar & Grill, Hollywood at home Percentage Increase in Tuition For Pennsylvania Residents: Ad it PSU Pitt Temple Lincoln State-Owned Universities* For Out-Of-State Residents: A:l4 t ek 1 At Aft PSU Pitt Temple Lincoln State-Owned Universities* *State-owned universities include: Bloomsburg, California, Cheyney, Clarion, East Stroudsburg. Edinboro, Indiana, Kutztown, Lockhaven, Manfield, Millersville. Shippensburg, and West Chester. Penn State tuition pays for the cost of faculty and administrative salaries, the libraries, computer labs and supplies. of faculty and administrative sala ries, the libraries, computer labs and supplies, said Roseann Sieminski, University bursar. Tuition has increased primarily because the University did not receive their requested appropriation from the state, Sieminski said. Betty Bingham, secretary of the bursar's office at Lincoln Univer sity, said the tuition increase was expected. "Taxes go up, tuition goes up," she said. "You have to live with it." 1611 N. Atherton St., from 8 to 10 p.m. Erin O'Leary, co-director of the Under graduate Student Government's depart ment of women's concerns, said the organization will not protest or boycott. "There are different opinions (on the Playboy issue) within the group," O'Leary said. O'Leary said she believes "it's a wom an's choice to pose for Playboy, but they should understand the implications, the link between pornography and violence against wom en." Melissa Hardoby, a member of the department of women's concerns, said she is troubled by the Playboy feature and the magazine signings. By AMANDA THOMPSON Collegian Staff Writer The smooth-rolling wheels of local skateboarders may soon come to a crashing halt as Penn State considers whether to join the University of Michigan in ban ning skateboards on campus. A complete ban, meaning no skateboard use anywhere on campus, is "currently under consider ation," said Thomas Harmon, director of University Police Services. "(Skateboarding) is a problem from a safety perspective and a damage perspective," said Har mon. The University currently per mits skateboards, rollerblades and traditional rollerskates on side walks, but prohibits them on roadways, parking garages and other areas reserved for cars. The University of Michigan in Ann Arbor recently banned all skating on campus. Damage caused by the skateboards cost the school more than $105,000 in repairs. "Probably the group that's the biggest problem are the local juveniles who come up on cam pus and use the campus for this Collegian Graphic/Beth Reitmey Despite the significant increase, most students are not surprised by a tuition increase. "I think it is expected," said Rebecca Davis (junior-health education). "Every year the general cost of education goes up." Kerri Aman (sophomore-psy chology) agreed, describing Penn State's tuition increases as moder ate compared to other universities. "It's the lesser of two evils," Aman said, referring to the exorbitant tuitions at private universities. to autograph magazines purpose (skateboarding)," Har mon said, adding that skate boarding University students are also responsible for damages. Non -University students are usually warned and are subject to fines up to $3OO for skateboard violations, he said. University students are punished through the University's discipline system. One of the biggest problems is the chips in the concrete the skateboards leave when they land, said George Schimmel, director of maintenance and operations at the Office of Physical Plant. "To correct some of it we'd have to tear out an entire section of curb," Schimmel said. Last summer the University spent about $3,550 to repair and replace about 20 benches in the Herman G. Fisher Plaza area because of skateboarding. But some skaters think the University is overreacting. Jim McTaggart (freshman-division of undergraduate studies) said he has been stopped by the police and told to "grow up" and "get of; the campus." "I've been yelled at before but Please see SKATE, Page 5. Theft of funds rarely happens Few University By NICOLE VOLLENDORF Collegian Staff Writer Although the theft of Univer sity funds by faculty members and employees is serious, there are few such incidents at Penn State. "In terms of employees, there are maybe half a dozen a year it is fairly infrequent," said Thomas Harmon, director of University Police Services. "It's hard to make a general observation of how serious a matter it is." The most recent case of theft by a faculty member occurred in the spring when Trond Gilberg, former head of the political science department, was accused of stealing over $6,000 from the Universi ty. False expense vouchers totaling $6,642 were submitted by Gil berg between July 1989 and March 1991. University police searched Gilberg's office on April 7, finding travel expenses, budgets and telephone records, as well as other records. Gilberg resigned on April 10. "Another employee came for ward with that suspicion (about the theft)," Harmon said, add ing that when cases of theft do occur, it is usually other Uni versity employees who report it to the police. Although such cases are "occasional," it becomes more serious when a member of fac ulty or staff in a superior posi tion is accused of stealing from the University, he said. "Anytime an employee who is Playboy is pornography and not "enter taimnent for men," as the magazine advertises, in that it objectifies women, Hardoby said. "You don't see Playboy photographs hanging inside art museums," she said. Exposure to pornography instills the belief that women are objects, just bodies, and this leads to violence against women, Hardoby said. Lauder disagrees. "Playboy is a great art form, They don't look at it as sex," Lauder said. "It's not pornographic. It's done in a classy way, like Adam and Eve." Lauder said her family and co-workers Debate may continue on rollback parking By ANTHONY J. DeGOL Collegian Staff Writer Renewed debate on the contro versial rollback parking program could be on tap if the State College Borough Council accepts a petition tonight calling for the plan to be scrapped. The rollback parking program, which began Aug. 1 and is aimed at reducing the bumper-to-bumper parking in neighborhoods, includes charging commuters $3O a month to park in designated commuter zones on weekdays. Residents who live in the commuter zone can pay $7.50 a year to park in their area. Efforts to reverse the plan fell short last month when the council rejected a petition from residents opposed to rollback parking. The council ruled that only 21 of the about 600 petitioners were registered voters in the borough, and only 45 other signatures on a sup plemental petition were legible enough to be checked for registration falling short of the 77 signatures required for the council to reconsider an issue. But Mark Blaschak and Lester Penino, representatives at Metro politan Life Insurance Company, 458 E. c.,wh,, circulated the earlier petitions, said they have acquired enough registered voters' Weather Partly sunny and pleasant today, high 80. Clouds arriving tonight with a shower by dawn, low 63. Considerable cloudi ness tomorrow with a few thundershow ers likely, high near 80. Tuesday, Sept. 3, 1991 Vol. 92, No. 40 20 pages University Park, Pa. 16801 Published independently by students at Penn State 01991 Collegian Inc. workers steal in a position of trust does this, it becomes a significant problem." Bill Mahon, director of public information, said he thinks there is a problem but that it is "extremely minimal," especial ly when the amount of stolen money is compared to the University's budget. "I don't think it is widespread corruption when you take into consideration the budget here," Mahon said. "That must be kept in mind." "Most often, matters are brought here by other employees who suspect some wrongdoing," he said. Mahon said he remembers only "a couple of instances" in recent years when similar thefts have occurred. "You have to assume some measure of trust for the faculty, employees and students at such a large institution they all have access to that money," he said. "There are 70,000 plus students, 23 locations and thousands upon thousands of faculty members. We probably shouldn't be sur prised." Mary Jane Irwin, head of the computer science department, said she doesn't know of any instances within the department where an employee has been charged with theft. "At least in the computer science department, travel funds are checked over by both the department and the college," she said. "The system tends to watch very closely how faculty mem bers use their money." are just as excited as she is about the photograph. Lauder said she hopes the photograph will lead to another appear ance in Playboy, perhaps as a Playmate. Hardoby said she is annoyed by the annual pictorial because it gives the magazine the undeserved credibility that educated women support what Playboy stands for. "The fact that educated women make the choice to pose shows how deep socializa tion is ingrained. Education doesn't mat ter," Hardoby said. "The demand is there and women just go along." Also, men seeing women students in Playboy adds to the problem of date rape, she said. "We're determined to have the borough reopen this." signatures to re-submit the peti tion. Blaschak and Penino must have the new signatures to Borough Man ager Peter Marshall by 9 this morning in order for the council to address the issue at its meeting tonight, said Borough Parking Manager Ed Holmes. "We're going to get it," Penino said. "We're trying for more than 77 signatures." Blaschak agreed, saying: "We're determined to have the borough reopen this." Many of the new petitioners are students who are registered vot ers, Blaschak said. Students who live in the affected areas do not want to pay to park on the streets, he added. If an updated petition is received on time, the council must reopen the issue, I:Ames said. But there are no guarantees on what action the council Please see ROLLBACK, Page 5. Greg DeVoir Mark Blaschak Insurance Company Representative
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers