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Ist Olympic
Winter Games begin
American speed skater Mary Docter skates in the 3,000-meter race Sunday at the 1992 Winter Olym
pics in Albertville, France. Please see more coverage of Olympic sports on page 22.
Tens of thousands rally against Yeltsin
Demonstrators protest Russian president's
By THOMAS GINSBERG
Associated Press Writer
MOSCOW --- In a raucous demonstration of the a state of emergency.
tensions brought by painful economic reforms, "This was supposed to he the logical outcome
tens of thousands of people rallied against President of the disturbances expected today," said the report
Boris Yeltsin yesterday, but' more than 10,000 on a Moscow-based television channel, which cited
others gathered in support. informed sources in the Moscow city adminis-
The competing demonstrations, less than two tration. It gave no details about the reported plan.
months after the collapse of the Soviet Union, were In a symbolic move, the Yeltsin backers staged
being watched as a barometer of Yeltsin's their demonstration at the Russian Parliament
popularity as prices rise dramatically and liv- building, where Yeltsin led the anti-coup vigil in
ing standards fall. August that propelled him to the leading polit-
The demonstrations were generally peaceful, ical role in the country.
Sneakers may join bottles as recyclables when Nike introduces new
to use the process because of its positive
effect on the environment, Kidd said.
But Nike's new technology might not
benefit the environment as much as the
company believes, said David Long,
professor of civil engineering.
"My guess is the impact on the
environment would be minimal," Long
said.
Although many people wear sneakers,
the percentage of rubber used for shoes
is probably small compared to the rest of
the material's uses, he said.
But even small efforts to help the
environment are welcomed, Long added.
"I certainly wouldn't want to do or say
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the
daily
medals awarded
on disappointing note for U.S.
and police kept the two camps apart. One tele
vision report suggested that if the rallies had turned
violent, there was a contingency plan to impose
By JENNIFER COHEN
Collegian Staff Writer
The idea of recycling sneakers is not
new but the size and capital of Nike
shoes have allowed the company to "just
do it" first.
"If you can recycle a beer bottle ...
you can recycle a shoe," said Nike
representative Dusty Kidd. "We've been
interested in anything we can do to
lessen our impact on the environment. -
For the last year, chemists at Nike
have been developing a process to
combine rubber from ground-up sneakers
with new rubber to form a recycled
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"If you can recycle a beer
bottle ... you can recycle a
shoe."
sneaker outsole, Kidd said. The company
has perfected the chemical formula and
is working on a production system, he
said.
Nike plans to obtain a patent for the
recycled sole, but intends to allow others
By STEVE WILSTEIN
AP Sports Writer
ALBERTVILLE, France —Aus
tria turned the Winter Games into
a soaring Vienna waltz yesterday,
starting with a downhill racer who
twirled and weaved gracefully over
a course he hated.
For the United States, it was the
same old tune with words of dis
appointment at nearly every turn.
From A.J. Kitt in the downhill to
Duncan Kennedy in the luge to
Mary Docter in speedskating,
Americans struggled on the first
full day of competition.
The U.S. hockey team barely
eluded an upset, overcoming a 3-
2 deficit in the second period against
eighth-seeded Italy as Tim Sweeney
scored a goal and added two assists
in a four-goal third period that gave
the fourth-seeded Americans a 6-
3 victory.
Not missing a beat, though, was
the Unified Team representing five
republics of the former Soviet
Union. Lyubov Egorova won the
first medal of the Winter Games,
giving the newly named team a gold
in the women's 15-kilometer cross
country. The Olympic hymn
accompanied the raising of the five
ringed Olympic flag during the
medal ceremony, rather than the
usual national flag and anthem.
Pairs figure skating world
champions Natasha Mishkutienok
and Artur Dmitriev and of the
Unified Team and compatriots Elena
Bechke and Denis Petrov stood 1-
2 after the original routine, worth
one-third of the total score. Can
ada's world silver medalists of the
last two years, Isabelle Brasseur
and Lloyd Eisler, were third.
U.S. champions Calla Urbanski
and Rocky Marval, the pair dubbed
the "Blue Collar Couple" she is
a cocktail waitress and he owns a
trucking company —were sev
enth in the original program and
virtually out of medals conten
tion. Marval stepped out of his
double Axel, then nudged the
boards.
Docter, who finished 15th in the
women's 3,000 meters, said that to
some extent the attention she
received over her addiction to drugs
and alcohol, and her struggle for
recovery, hurt her race.
"I don't think I've been con
centrating as much as I should,"
she said. "I wasn't concentrating
on my race last night. I was thinking
about how I was going to deal with
the questions I get from the press."
economic reforms
At the parliament, which is known as the White
House, a speaker told the cheering crowd: "We
don't want to demonstrate. We want to work. But
we must come to the defense of the White House!"
The hard-liners' rally in Moscow where many
waved the red flag of the old union was one
of the biggest of its kind since the coup. Recent
rallies by pro-communists and other tradition
alists rarely drew more than 1,000 people, so
yesterday's turnout indicated growing support
and organization among the hard-liners.
The rally was organized by a loose coalition of
groups that include the Russian Communist
Please see YELTSIN, Page 12.
Dusty Kidd
Nike representative
Monday, Feb. 10, 1992
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T. , 1992 Collegian Inc.
Faculty growth
lagging behind
administration's
By LISA LOEFFLER
and AMANDA THOMPSON
Collegian Staff Writers
Although the University's
administrative staff has more than
doubled during the last 20 years,
faculty has grown by only a little
more than one-third.
The administrative staff has
increased from 3,523 in 1969 to 7,722
in 1989 including executives,
administrators, exempt and non
exempt staff and clerical workers
according to the Penn State Source
Book.
The increase in administrative staff
is often due to increasing pressure
from state and federal government
regulations, said Charles Hosier,
retired senior vice president for
research and dean of the Graduate
School.
"This has been imposed upon us
by external forces for the most part,"
Hosier said.
University faculty has increased
by about 35 percent, enrollment has
increased by about 49 percent and
administrative staff positions have
risen by about 119 percent.
Faculty growth has not kept up with
staff growth. During the same amount
of time, faculty has grown to 3,132
from 2,325, according to the Penn
State Source Book.
"I think it's pathetic," Under
graduate Student Government
President Mark Stewart said of the
growth differences.
The University should FCMCM
her that it is here to serve the
students and not the other way
around, he said.
Faculty numbers include profes
sors, assistant professors, asso
ciate professors and instructors --
which are considered "the tradi
tional faculty designations and
account for most of the full-time
teaching and research personnel,"
according to the Penn State Source
Book, a compilation of University
facts.
Outside of teaching, faculty
members don't have as many
commitments as they did 20 years
ago, said Arthur Goldschmidt,
professor of Middle East history,
adding that faculty used to advise
and register students.
"We actually went out and sat at
tables and registered students,"
Goldschmidt recalled.
But many faculty no longer have
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the time or inclination to do these
tasks, he said, adding that this means
more staff must be hired.
Goldschmidt compared the Uni
versity to an empire, with a natu
ral tendency to expand
- lie or she leek more important
with more people under them, ,
Goldschmidt said. "i'hcv manage to
make work for larger stalls to do."
One example of the need to hire
additional staff is increased regu
lations for the handling of hazard
ous chemicals in lah classe s , I losier
said, including labeling, packaging
and trucking.
"We have to pay 5300,001) to have
someone haul this stuff away," I losler
The University also requires
additional staff members to help
review questionnaires for possible
human rights violations, and to
monitor lab animal treatment.
Expanded student services - - such
as counseling, computing facilities
and day care 'also take up funding,
he added.
"‘Vhen I went to college none of
these services were available - you
sank or swam," Hosier said. "You
can't do these things for nothing."
A growing; research program has
also contributed to staff increases,
said University President .loab
Thomas.
'i'hc growth of our research
program also \you'd add ignifi-
CalltlYCh VUar to our stall,"
Thomas said.
Since 1983, research expendi
tures have risen from $114.8 mil
lion to $2'5. 2 million in 1991.
The University pays for new
services with general budget funds,
of which about half is funded by
tuition, Hosier said.
With increased regulations and
decreasing state funding, the Uni
versity draws upon tuition as a source
of revenue, I losler said.
Added staff and decreasing
resources have altered the faculty
size, I !osier said. The added emphasis
on administrative staff directly
affects overcrowded classrooms and
the use of teaching assistants, he said.
And some students agree the
University should try to cut hack staff
size because the resulting lack of
professors directly relates to class
size.
"It's hard to approach a profes-
Please see STAFF, Page 12.
rubber soles
anything to discourage companies from
recycling like they are doing," he said.
Depending on the kind of shoe the sole
is in, up to 20 percent of the new sole
will be made from recycled rubber, Kidd
said.
"If you go beyond 20 percent you lose
the integrity of the outsole," he said.
"Performance is always the number one
concern."
To make sure the outsole's quality was
preserved, it was tested in activities
such as running, biking and hiking, Kidd
said.
Although it's too soon to set retail
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