Inside University to permit bicycle storage in dorm rooms Page 4 Vol. 94, No. 34 36 Pages ©1993 Collegian Inc Student board reorganizes, changes from advisory role USAB will change its name to the Executive Student Action Council and will take a more active effort in solving student problems. By COREY GESFORD Collegian Staff Writer In an effort to take a more active stance for student concerns, the University Student Advisory Board has reorganized and changed its name. USAB will now be known as the Executive Student Action Council. The newly-minted ESAC will switch from giving advice to two primary functions identifying issues and concerns pertinent to the student body, and defining solutions and taking action to achieve tangible results according to the organization. Undergraduate Student Government Aca demic Assembly President Erich May cited a Zach Cohen (sophomore-accounting) cues up a record while DJing at for the rap and reggae slot Wed. nights, eagerly awaits the station's shift WEHR 1100 AM located at 104 Johnston Commons. Cohen, disk jockey to the FM band in a few weeks. WEHR sends new sounds with cable Students in the dorms that receive cable can now listen to the only area radio station which has alternative rock music as its main format. By MELANIE COX Collegian Arts Writer For students who are tired of the Top 40 pop or the classic rock of State College's tried-and-true stations, there is finally an alternative that can be heard loud and clear campuswide. Cable was installed this summer in dorms of West, South, Centre and North halls by the Penn State Telecommunications Department and TCI Cable Company, in conjunction with the Office of Democratic gubernatorial candidates wait for victory Editor's Note: This is the second of two profiles of announced and possible candi dates in the 1994 Pennsylvania guberna torial race. This profile focuses on the Democrats. By JULIE NASH Collegian Staff Writer Potential Democratic candidates for the 1994 gubernatorial election are hoping that good things come to those who wait. State Rep. Robert O'Donnell (D-Phila delphia), acting Gov. Mark Singel, state ~,„,, Sports Weather ..; .)" „ `‘ 4 I 1 Three amigos Today, partly cloudy with the chance of an afternoon shower or 'if * thundershower, high 88. Tonight, ailli , 411 4 141:44 Tailback competitors remain great friends on and mostly clear, low 69. Tomorrow. fii7 . o 4 '. t. * some showers and thunder off the field (4 *'• storms likely, high 85. Illiir'' Page 17 by Adam Canter t 4 * the c olleg i an 304 daily March board meeting with University Presi dent Joab Thomas as a reason there was need to change from an advisory role. May said Thomas was given a list of pre pared questions most likely to be asked by USAB. "He did not seek advice," May said, adding that the new organization has specified functions. Graduate Student Association President James Dailey said ESAC will differ from USAB in that its primary focus will to be to coordinate action. "USAB was more advisory, at least that's the way it ended up," Dailey said. "There was no cooperative component with USAB." The council intends to address the issues of minority retention and the prioritization of teaching versus research in the University's promotion and tenure process. A third issue to be addressed will be announced at a later date. Paul Kasper, ESAC chairman, said these goals were formulated by the council through a individual voting process where issues that received the most recognition were chosen. He added the group chose issues that affected Housing and Food Service Operations. And along with the luxury of cable came the alternative sounds of WEHR-FM, the student-run radio station broadcast out of Johnston-Findlay Commons. These students now can receive WEHR via the cable television connection because the radio signal feeds directly into the cable system. The only dorms that cannot receive cable and WEHR this semester are Thompson, Hamilton, Jordan, Watts, and Irvin halls in West, and McElwain and Simmons halls in Centre. However, Russ Rossman Jr., the Alumni Adviser for WEHR, said the intent is to install cable in all the dorms next summer. Returning students who live in East Halls may also have noticed that the station has an FM frequency, 93.7 FM, rather than "Jobs and education are the keys for opportunity." Treasurer Catherine Baker Knoll, state Rep. Dwight Evans (D-Philadelphia) and attorney Charles J. Volpe are expected to enter the race, but no Democratic candi dates have officially announced their candidacies. O'Donnell, former speaker of the state the AM frequency that they tuned into last year. The station acquired the FM status because WPSU-FM is moving off campus, changing its frequency and freeing up the slot, said Jim Kimmel (sophomore-division of undergraduate studies), the public relations manager and a student disc jockey for WEHR. The estimated 11,000 on-campus students in the 35 dorms that do receive cable can now listen to the only area radio station which has alternative rock music as its main format. "It's another option for students. Our main line is alternative," Kimmel said. Because alternative music has always been synonymous with college music, the station went to the format, said Kimmel. The larger signal has attracted more applications for student DJs than in previous years, said House of Representatives, said he plans to announce his candidacy late next month. He said he wants to follow this announcement by campaigning in as many communities in the state as possible. "I am willing to go anywhere there are Democrats who are willing to debate the Friday, Aug. 27, 1993 the most students and were issues where ESAC could have the most impact. Interfraternity Council President Bill Donato said the involvement of every member in selecting priorities will encourage ESAC members to cooperate and be more likely to achieve their goals. "Each one of us has had an integral part in determining (ESAC's) goals," Donato said. Craig Millar, associate vice president of stu dent affairs, said the council is looking at ways to restructure its organization without com pletely dismantling. "They are not disbanding while they study ways to improve its effectiveness," Millar said. In other action at last night's meeting ESAC appointed USG Senate President Mike King as vice chairman. King said he sought the position to help the facilitation of meetings by aiding Kasper and other members to understand Robert's Rules of Order, which are the standard procedure for most formal meetings. Marisa Kovanis (junior-broadcast cable), general manager and student DJ for WEHR "A lot of people have their own little pet bands that they want to expose," said Kathy Kazmierski (senior-biology), music director and student DJ for WEHR. The station currently broadcasts from 5 to 10 p.m. every night, but Kovanis said a regular schedule of programming that runs from 8 a.m. to midnight will resume in about a week. "We're shooting for stars," she said. "Maybe hopefully by the weekend we'll have our regular schedule." On-campus students can receive the signal by running a cable from the wall jack to a stereo connector labeled "FM" or by inserting a piece of wire into the cable jack and placing it near a radio antenna. Robert O'Donnell State Rep. (D-Philadelphia) Sheik enters innocent plea The indictment returned Wednesday charged the suspects with plotting a "war of urban terrorism" against the U.S. By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press Writer NEW YORK Amid heavy security, Muslim Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman pleaded innocent yesterday to concocting a cam paign of bombings, kidnappings and assassinations in the United States. His followers abroad threatened retaliation against Americans should he be harmed. Fourteen co-defendants entered the same plea during a hearing at federal court in Manhattan exactly six months after the Feb. 26 World Trade Center bombing. The appearance was the radical Egyptian cleric's first as a defendant in the alleged con spiracy. The courtroom was wall-to-wall with plainclothes officers out fitted with earphones and hid den weapons. Streets outside were lined with police and a police helicopter buzzed over the courthouse, in an indication of the fear that other members of the terrorist cell remain free. "Whether or not we've identi fied the major players, obviously there's a concern that there may be others out there that we don't know about," said Matthew Fishbein, chief assistant U.S. attorney. "These are violent ptu t ile who have demonstrated they successfully completed bomb ings and planned others." Police Commissioner Ray mond Kelly wouldn't discuss any of his department's extra secu rity measures, but said that since the sheik's indictment, "To be quite frank, I think the potential for violence has increased." The sheik was charged Wednesday with orchestrating a terror network that bombed the World Trade Center, killed mil itant Rabbi Meir Kahane and plotted other bombings, kidnap pings and assassinations, including that of Egyptian President Hos ni Mubarak. The suspects walked into the courtroom handcuffed and in single file. Abdel Rahman, wearing sunglasses and allowed to dress in a red-and-white hat and long blue robe instead of prison garb, was the last to enter. None spoke during the hear ing; some greeted family mem bers in the court by saying "Peace be with you" in Arabic. U.S. District Court Judge Michael B. Mukasey said there may have to be at least two separate trials because there are more than 10 defendants and likely to be more than four months of testimony. Defense lawyer Ron Kuby told the judge the evidence will prove "this conspiracy was a govern ment conspiracy," a setup by a government informant who even taped his conversations with investigators. The indictment returned Wednesday charged the sus pects with plotting a "war of urban terrorism" against the United States. It also charged El Sayyid Nosair issues," O'Donnell said. "Jobs and educa tion are the keys for opportunity." He said the state government has to be prepared to focus on issues that make a difference to Pennsylvanians. Susan Woods, Singers press secretary, said Singel is busy with his responsibilities as acting governor and has not set a date to announce his candidacy. "We are just taking it day by day because of the situation," Woods said, adding that Singel is expected to run. Jeff Hewitt, member of the Friends of Mark Singel Committee, said he expected Published independently by students at Penn State in coming election Singel to enter the race in September. Although Baker Knoll is seriously con sidering running for governor, she has not started campaigning or set up a campaign office, said Seymore Heyison, executive deputy treasurer. He said he did not know when Baker Knoll would decide whether to enter the race. After publicly expressing an interest for about a year in the governor's seat, Volpe could not be reached for an update on his position. Evans could not be reached for com ment. with the murder of Kahane, although Nosair was acquitted of state charges in the Nov. 5, 1990 slaying. And it detailed plans to attack U.S. military installa tions, murder FBI agents and seize hostages as bargaining chips to gain the release of jailed con spirators. It marked the first time prosecutors had tied the whole package together, laying out the workings of a terror group that operated for at least four years prior to the Feb. 26 blast that killed six and injured more than 1,000 at the Trade Center. The United Nations, a federal office building, and the Holland and Lincoln Tunnels also were targeted by the group, the indictment said. Retaliation promised if leader is harmed By MARIAM SAMI Associated Press Writer FAYOUM, Egypt Followers of Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman put America on notice yesterday: If their leader is harmed, U.S. targets will be hit. In Lebanon, a previously unheard of group made similar threats in demanding freedom for the Egyptian sheik, who is accused in a federal indictment of ordering terrorist acts in the United States. "We will take revenge on all U.S. interests and citizens in Egypt or outside if any harm occurs to Sheik Omar," the Egyptian rad icals said in a statement released in the southern Egyptian town of Assiut, a strolighold of the rad icals. "We will carry out more acts of holy struggle if the (Ameri can) regime does not back away from its position on Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman," it said. Abdel-Rahman is the spiritual leader of the Islamic Group, which issued the statement along with the Vanguards of Conquest and the Jihad, or Holy War. The three groups have been blamed for a 20-month cam paign of violence aimed at top pling Egypt's secular government and installing strict Islamic rule. In the United States, Abdel- Rahman was accused Wednes day with playing a role in Feb ruary's World Trade Center bombing and foiled plots to blow up other New York landmarks, attack U.S. military sites and kill Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. The blind cleric, jailed in New York since July 2 on immigra tion charges, has denied involvement in the conspiracies. An Egyptian official said that the government still wants the United States to extradite Abdel- Rahman for fomenting 1989 anti government protests. "This demand still stands regardless of the announcement of charges against Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman ... in the United States," said the official, speak ing on condition of anonymity.
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