Cable TV Bill may cause rise in subscription costs Page 4 Court protest Abortion advocates and anti-abortion demonstrators take part in a protest outside the Supreme Court. Justices yesterday heard arguments in a Virginia case to decide whether federal courts have the authority to deal with protestors who try to block access to clinics. Yeakel, Wofford pledge to put more energy into education By TOM SMITHYMAN Collegian Staff Writer U.S. Senate candidate Lynn Yea kel brought her campaign back to the University yesterday, but this time she was accompanied by a heavy hitter Sen. Harris Wofford. The two Democrats spoke to a group of about 80 people in the HUB Fishbowl yesterday, promising to bring more attention to education issues. When she was here last month, Yeakel promised to become the "education senator" if she is elected. Wofford joked with Yeakel, saying she would have competition while trying to accomplish that goal, but he added, "That's the kind of competition we want." Earlier yesterday, Wofford spoke to about 30 students and faculty from the School of Nursing and outlined his universal health care proposal. The plan would create a National Health Board run by health care professionals and consumers. The board would establish a definition of basic health rights and set a national budget, but not price con trols. Wofford, who is credited with bringing health care reform to the For a meal or a snack, Phila. loves soft pretzels By LEE LINDER Associated Press Writer PHILADELPHIA There are baldies and there are salties. They come with or without mustard -- except in Philadelphia, it's mostly with. It is the soft pretzel, con sumed by the thousands each day in the City of Brotherly Love and coveted in other cities by those willing to pay to have them shipped. Sometimes they're a snack, sometimes more. "They're like a meal and often substitute for lunch," says Sandy t da forefront of the political agenda, emphasized that most decisions will be left to local communities, not the federal or state governments. Yeakel told the crowd at the HUB that her reason for entering the race stemmed largely from the Clar ence Thomas confirmation hear ings, which she called a turning point for women in politics in the United States. "We are angry and frustrated with the way this government has been run, with the lack of representa tion in our government, with the lack of diversity and experience and perspective that women will bring to the process and that people of color will bring," Yeakel said. Wofford praised Yeakel for her work for women's causes and said all the women running for Con gress will make a difference in how the country is run if they are elected. "The women who break through into this almost all boys club in this election are going to have a very special mandate, a very special leverage," Wofford said. Jen Marsh, president of College Democrats which sponsored the visits also saluted Yeakel. "Lynn Yeakel is galvanizing the forces of change, bringing togeth- Brinkos, a legal secretary from Lansdale. "They fill you up and taste just great." There's even a pretzel museum and it claims Philadelphia to be the pretzel capital of the coun try. But there are no numbers to support that contention, even from the bakeries themselves. The city's 16 pretzel bakeries all family-owned won't let anyone in on the secret of exactly how many pretzels they each make per day, but their guesstimates range upwards of 65 million a year. Soft pretzels are eight to 10 Please see PRETZEL, Page 9. No fear 0• J• McDuffie looks forward to Miami u t 't s , challenge Page 10 • he it collegian Sen. Harris Wofford and U.S. Senate candidate Lynn Yeakel meet with students in the HUB during their visit to campus. er a broad coalition of individuals who are tired of the corruption and insensitivity of our current lead ership in Washington;' Marsh said. Wofford, who Bill Clinton con sidered for his running mate, explained that more Democrats need to be elected. "If you want action, and I want Sen. Arlen Specter, Yeakel said her action, we have to —in addition to current ad campaign will even things electing a president elect as many out. Unions reach temporary agreement to end brief strike By TED DUNCOMBE Associated Press Writer PHILADELPHIA A union walkout that brought many city services to a halt all but ended the day it began yesterday when the mayor and the city's blue- and white-collar unions reached tentative agreements. Leaders for the unions approved pacts to end the 16-hour work stoppage the city called it a strike, the unions a lockout that began at midnight. The vote to accept was 15-6 on the board of 12,000-member District Council 33, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 394. It represents blue-collar workers such as garbage collectors. The 3,000-member Council 47, which rep resents white-collar city office workers, settled later in the afternoon, although the union lead ers said they wanted to continue to negotiate over technical language. "The winner in this is clearly the people of the Student to file complaint over entry to Bush speech By TONY DEMANGONE and AMANDA THOMPSON Collegian Staff Writers A Penn State student plans to file complaints with the University, state and federal agencies protesting his denial of access to President Bush's speech last month on the Old Main lawn. Ray Winters (graduate-educatio nal theory and policy) will file complaints on behalf of Jesse McKinney (senior-horticulture), who has cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair. When he tried to pass through a gate and metal detector at the ral Athletic budget to be opened By JULIE NASH Collegian Staff Writer Jim Tarman, University athletic director, said Penn One of Penn State's best kept secrets will be hidden State has yet to be notified about what action the no longer. department will have to take. The University's athletic budget is scheduled to be Some of the athletic budget is already available in opened six months after the end of this fiscal, year Pattee, but University officials are still unclear about June 30. what else will need to be opened, Tarman said. Offi- Mark Goodman, executive director of the Student Press cials are waiting to hear from the NCAA, he added. Law Center in Washington D.C., said opening uni- "We are kind of in the dark," Tarman said. "All we versity athletic budgets is part of the 1992 Higher know is what we have read." Education Amendments passed by Congress this summer Athletic expenses will be broken down in the same and signed by President Bush July 23. manner, he said, adding that universities will have to The law -- which went into effect Oct. 1 will require universities that offer athletically-related student aid open total revenues and operating expenses. to open their budgets in respect to athletic revenues Athletic revenues include profits from tickets sales, and expenses, Goodman said. broadcasting, concessions and advertising, while athletic Universities will have to release total athletic rev- expenses include grants-in-aid, salaries, travel, equipment enues, broken down into revenues from football, men's and supplies, Goodman said. basketball, women's basketball, all other men's If a university fails to comply, the school's inter intercollegiate sports combined and all other women's collegiate athletic programs could lose federal fund intercollegiate sports combined, Goodman said. ing, Goodman said, adding that the reports must be opened "Unfortunately, there is time that the law can change," to the public and the U.S. Secretary of Education. Democrats as we can," he said. Getting Yeakel's Democratic vote in the Senate is important, Wof ford added, in order to decrease the chance of filibusters. Although the last poll, taken two weeks ago, showed her 16 points behind her opponent, Republican city of Philadelphia," Mayor Edward Rendell said. He called the contracts "extremely fair to the workforce and preserves this city's need to grow." Votes by the full union membership were to be scheduled later, but union leaders called for a return to work even before that happens. The Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Coop eration Authority, which was set up to restore the city's finances, expects Rendell to submit a revised plan within 15 days after the contract is in force, said PICA's executive director, Ron Henry. The authority then has 20 days to review the new plan and may reject it and send it back to Rendell for further revision. The new contracts will add $l6B million to Rendell's plan. He has yet to start talks with unions representing police and firefighters, but said he hopes to get the same contract, which would further strain the plan. "We will have to find ways to make up for that," Rendell said. "I believe that we can bridge that gap.,, James Sutton, president of Council 33, said his ly, McKinney said a security guard told him, "You won't fit." McKinney said a table could have been moved for him, but it was not. The guard did not tell him another way to access the area, he said. "I feel it should've been . . . well, I think I should've been told how to get in," he said about the Sept. 23 rally. Winters said he plans to file complaints with the University's Affirmative Action Office, the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission and probably the civil rights division of the U.S. Depart ment of Justice. "Jesse, of course, was denied his Goodman said, but added that he does not think the law will be amended. Politicians to dine at By TOM SMITHYMAN Collegian Staff Writer Lynn Yeakel and Sen. Harris Wofford not only brought their campaigns to the University yes terday, they also brought their appetites. The Democratic duo spent a half hour yesterday evening eating dinner in the HUB Eatery, The Cellar, before speaking to about 80 people in the Fishbowl. Wofford seemed to be a bit con fused about the workings of The Cellar. He cut in line, left that line to go to another, then mistakenly got back in the first line to pay. But Yeakel knew exactly where she was going and what she wanted to eat a slice of pepperoni pizza. She did have one problem, though. "You know what I need?" she asked an aide. "I need money." Wofford, whose meal consisted of a tuna sub (with extra tomato, mayonnaise and lettuce on wheat Weather Today, a cold start, otherwise sun shine galore and milder, high 64. Clear and cool tonight, low 40. Tomorrow more of the same, with sunshine and pleas antly mild, high 66. Wednesday, Oct. 7, 1992 Vol. 93, No. 61 16 pages University Park, Pa. 16801 Published independently by students at Penn State ©1992 Collegian Inc. lawful right," Winters said. But Karen Rugh, director of University Relations, said the needs of people with disabilities were considered for the rally. University Police Services was informed about special seating, Rugh said, but added that she did not speak to the Secret Service about wheel chair access. Two areas at the rally were set up for disabled people bleachers on the right of the lawn near the VIP section and sections on both sides of the lawn near the VIP section. "To the best of my knowledge, everyone in charge of the Please see ACCESS, Page 9. take time University bread), a chocolate chip cookie and two cups of hot chocolate (The Cellar was out of skim milk), is no stranger to eating on the run while at Penn State. This time, the pair talked with supporters and Undergraduate Student Government President Rob Kampia. Kampia complained about the number of political cartoons about him, which sparked the trio to compare political war stories. "It's funny to see," Yeakel said A moment of comic tension arose when Yeakel asked Kampia how his term as president was progressing. Some students are circulating petitions calling for Kampia's removal because they say he is misrepre senting the student body. Kampia explained the situation and the conversation ended at that until he left the dinner to attend a USG Senate meeting. "Make sure they don't impeach you," Wofford told Kampia. union's workers should return for their next scheduled shift, which meant those yesterday evening were to report for work. Most white-collar workers would be returning today. "Based on what's happening around the country, we think this is the best deal we could get," Sutton said. Thomas Paine Cronin, president of Coun cil 47, agreed that the unions could not have won a better agreement. "I would have liked to have done better, there's no question about that. But we really honestly did the best we could under the current cir cumstances," Cronin said. It was the first strike in six years. The last one dragged on for three hot, smelly weeks until a judge declared that garbage rotting in the July sun was a health hazard. Negotiations continued through the night and into the afternoon when union leaders decided to vote on an offer from Democratic first term Please see STRIKE, Page 9. Bob Tschantz
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