Girls of the Big Ten
Playboy models from Penn State
sign autographs
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Police aim to control post-game violence
By FRANKLIN BERKEY
Collegian Staff Writer
In the wake of last week’s violent cele
bration at Beaver Stadium, University and
local police officals are searching for clues
as to why the violence occurred and how
they can avoid similar incidents in the future.
Thomas Harmon, director of University
police, said he was surprised at the vio
lence associated with last week’s cele
bration.
“I don’t know if we can avoid it,” Har
mon said. “We will have to call officers in
on a contingency basis. We were surprised
at the celebration and the unacceptable
behavior.”
Easing the pain
An injured man receives medical care from Phoenix paramedics. A gunman six others. The gunman was found dead in the house where he had been
went on a multi-shooting spree there yesterday, killing two and injuring held at bay for five hours. Please see story page 4.
The toughest job
Peace Corps celebrates 30 years of worldwide service
By JOHN LINCOSKI
Collegian Staff Writer
It may be the toughest job that you’ll ever
love and it’s not just for hippies anymore.
As the Peace Corps celebrates 30 years of
reaching out worldwide to help, it has developed
into a highly skilled and motivated body of
volunteers.
Although many think the average Peace Corps
volunteer is an overly idealistic college graduate
who wants to change the world or teach English
to jungle natives, reality is a little different.
“Today’s volunteers are much more pro
fessional (than their predecessors) and are
very highly trained,” said Dick Smith, for
mer Penn State Peace Corps recruiter. “We
are getting away from sending people with
French degrees to teach English in Africa.”
Present-day Peace Corps volunteers tend
to be highly skilled in agriculture, nutrition
or a number of other specific disciplines, Smith
said.
“It used to be that anyone with a strong back
and a good heart could be a Peace Corps
volunteer,” said Dennis Smith, recruiting
specialist for the Peace Corps regional office
in Philadelphia.
However, developing countries are now asking
for volunteers with
of previous volunteers, who helped lay the
foundation for the corps in those countries.
“We’re looking for skilled volunteers with
multiple motivations for joining the Peace Corps,
such as learning a second language, helping
others or being exposed to another culture,”
he said, adding that volunteers tend to be united
by a desire to be culturally sensitive and to
work hard.
Although the corps needs volunteers from
a wide variety of fields, recruiting at Penn
State is focused on those with agricultural
backgrounds, said Douglas Speicher, cam
pus recruiter.
the
daily
“We are trying to look where the crowd
came from,” said Bill Mahon, director 01
public information. “Did they come from
the residence halls? Did they come from the
apartments where the University’s hands
are tied a little bit? Or did they come from
the fraternities where the University has
a little more say?”
The crowd that began to assemble shortly
after the Nittany Lions' 34-22 victory over
Georgia Tech last Wednesday in the Kickoff
Classic, arrived at the gates of Beaver Stadium
at 1:30 am. chanting “Goal posts, goal posts.”
About 200 people made it onto the field
after entering the stadium through unse
cured construction gates and by climbing
barbed fences.
"It used to be that anyone
with a strong back and a
good heart could be a Peace
Corps volunteer."
Speicher said he actively recruits stu
dents in those fields and he has quotas for certain
vital areas nine out of 10 which are related
to agriculture.
Those skilled in civil engineering or agriculture
have always been hard to recruit even when
times are bad because of their limited numbers,
said Dick Smith.
“We always get a flood of liberal arts types
more than we can use,” he said.
Students are also becoming more socially
conscious and their attitudes toward com
munity service have changed, Dick Smith said.
As a result of this trend, he said, the num
ber of applicants has increased drastically in
the two years that he served as a Penn State
campus recruiter.
The Peace Corps office on campus receives
about 85 applications a year, of which about
20 are nominated as prospective volunteers.
Volunteers can later be weeded out for medical
Please see CORPS, Page 4.
For one volunteer,
By JOHN LINCOSKI
Collegian Staff Writer
For James Diamond, spending two years in
Chad with the Peace Corps not only helped
him to help others, it enabled him to develop
a philosophy of life as well.
Collegian
The crowd, numbering around 1,000, was
met by police officers from several
municipalities, including State College Bureau
of Police Services, University Police Services
and the Rockview state police. After arresting
several students, the officers were stormed
by the crowd, resulting in injuries to eight
Dennis Smith
Recruiting Specialist
Struggling
Despite rejection of plan,
Gorbachev still pushes forward
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"We have more problems
with away games than with
home games."
—Thomas Harmon
Director, University Police Services
Penn State Peace Corps recruiter and volunteer Douglas Speicher relaxes in his office in the
Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building. Speicher said he looks for volunteers from a wide
variety of majors mostly from agricultural and civil engineering fields.
corps changed lifestyle, philosophy
“I’ve learned to deal with life one day at
a time,” said Diamond, assistant professor of
agriculture extension education. “My inter
national experience has helped me to develop
that philosophy.”
“I’ve become a better adviser and teach
er,” he added. ‘Tve learned to think more broadly
police officers and $l,BOO in damage to three
police cars.
“I think (the violence) was a combina
tion of several factors,” Harmon said. “We
have more problems with away games than
with home games. At the home games, the
students are in the stadium and are not
drinking. But in the apartments during an
away game, there is an excessive amount
of drinking.”
In addition, fences surrounding the sta
dium, service buildings outside the stadi
um, construction equipment from the new
addition and portable toilets in the stadi
um’s parking lot, suffered damage. Mahon
said he was unsure who would be charged
or if insurance would cover the damages.
Student plagued
by death threats
Gay man faces
attacks from dorm residents
By LISA HUMPHREY
Collegian Staff Writer
A gay West Hails resident has been
forced to deal with not only the
pressures accompanying a new
semester, but also death threats
because of his sexual orientation.
The student, who asked not to be
identified, said the harassment began
when residents noticed a poster of
the Philadelphia Lesbian and Gay Pride
March in his Hamilton Hall room.
What began with minor deroga
tory comments eventually led to more
incidents. Posters and poems hung
on the student’s door to educate
residents about gay life were defaced.
Several men pounded on his door,
verbally threatening his life seve
ral times, he said.
“Harassment is one thing, but this
is another,” he said of the death threats.
“I’m fearful even of leaving my room.
This is interfering with all facets of
my life. It’s affecting my school
work, my physical health and my
mental health ... All I’m asking for
are the same rights and respect we
as human beings deserve.”
and my experience has affected my lifestyle
and my work patterns.”
Despite the hardships of living without many
modern conveniences and facing many
challenges, Diamond, like many other ex-Peace
Corps volunteers, feels that the experience
Please see EXPERIENCE, Page'4.
Weather
Today will be sunny to partly cloudy and
pleasant, high 79. Mainly dear tonight, low
55. More of the same tomorrow, a bit
warmer, with a high temperature of 83.
Greg DeVoir
Thursday, Sept. 5, 1991
Vol. 92, No. 42 16 pages University Park, Pa. 16801
Published independently by students at Penn State
©1991 Collegian Inc.
Fourteen students were cited and a
misdemeanor charge was filed against one
student that night.
The game’s timing was a factor, Har
mon added. Not only in the time of day, but
in the time of the semester.
More drinking is likely to take place at
night, Harmon explained. In addition, because
it is so early in the semester, many stu
dents are not into “serious studying” and
are more readily involved in such cele
brations.
Representatives from the University and
local police departments will meet this week
to discuss proposals for averting similar
situations.
intolerant
A floor meeting Tuesday night in
Hamilton Hall addressed the situ
ation.
Judy Albin, assistant director of
Campus Life in West Halls, warned
residents at the meeting of possi
ble disciplinary actions should the
perpetrators be caught.
“Nobody is to deface other resi
dents’ doors or say derogatory things
to others,” Albin said. “Harassment
by a direct result from intolerance
will not be tolerated. Penn State is
serious about this. (Campus) Life is
serious about this.”
Consequences of harassment could
lead to suspension, dismissal or
expulsion depending on the sever
ity of harassment, said John Bro
duer, coordinator of West Halls.
“We’re not seeing a lot of sup
port from people on this floor,”
Broduer said.
Most floor residents said they didn’t
mind the student’s homosexuality
rather, his openness on gay issues
bothered them.
“It’s not like I’m condoning
harassment, but he’s a minority. He
Please see HARASS, Page 4.
Cigarettes
subjected
to 30 cent
tax increase
By MICHELLE LESTER
Collegian Staff Writer
More cigarette smokers are
switching to generic brands
because of a new 30 cent tax hike
on the price of a pack of cig
arettes.
A provision in the new state
budget states that cigarettes will
now be taxed 48 cents per pack,
instead of 18 cents, said Leigh
Walter, research analyst for state
Sen. J. Doyle Corman, R-Centre.
“(The tax) has altered sales
a little bit,” said Bill Miller,
cigarette orderer and stocker
for Bi-Lo, 1650 N. Atherton St.
“They are off about 3 per
cent.”
Sales are off because some
people who used to purchase
name brand cigarettes switched
to generic brands that are less
expensive, he said.
“Our most popular generic
brand is our own. It’s ctilled True
Value. But Marlboros are still
the biggest seller,” Miller said.
Name brands are types such
as Marlboro and Benson and
Hedges. Generics include such
brands as Doral and Cam
bridge. Subgenerics, a cheap
er brand than generics, include
such names as Bristol and Raleigh
Extra.
Donald Lasch, 1718 N. Atherton
St., said although he smokes both
name brand and generic ciga-
Please see TAX, Page 4.