ARHS, OTIS, USG to prevent duplicating efforts Vol. 94, No. 106 32 Pages ©1993 Collegian Inc. Benefits rare for part-time faculty Some call professors 'exploited' By KATHY SWINGLER Collegian Staff Writer It’s 8:45 a.m. and Eileen Christman’s hectic day is just beginning. In her crammed cubicle, she arranges lectures for her two 400-level classes and orga nizes computerized-engineering seminars. Her phone constantly screams at her while students and colleagues beg for answers to their imperative questions all before 10 a.m. After teaching, she hurries back to her office to continue working until 6 p.m. Scattered papers, lecture notes and elec trical engineering books cover her desk to remind her of the many tasks that need to be completed. Despite her full schedule, Christman is only considered part time a status that some say causes her to get the short end of the stick. “There’s no question these faculty are being exploited,” said Iris Molotsky, a spokeswoman for the American Associa tion of University Professors. “The pay is very low, and they don’t receive benefits. There are all sorts of problems with it.” At colleges and universities nationwide, 38 percent of the faculty is part time, according to the AAUP. Penn State has been hiring part-time professors for years. In 1991, half of all student credit hours were delivered by part-time per sonnel, according to the 1991 Task Force Report on Undergraduate Education. John Cahir, vice provost and dean of Clinton urges tough crime crackdown By NANCY BENAC Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON, D.C. Pressed by crime weary mayors and police to embrace tougher gun controls, a somber President Clinton declared yesterday that violence is “tearing the heart out of our country.” The attorney general said it ought to be at least as hard to get a gun as a driver’s license. “The American people are tired of hurting and tired of feeling insecure and tired of the violence,” Clinton told officials from 35 cities gathered at the White House. “It’s changing everyone’s life in ways that are quite destructive. We have to move, and I Visa: Baby's By JEAN CAUSE Collegian Staff Writer When Visa needed a unique, interesting restaurant to feature in its winter radio campaign, it found one right here in the heart of Happy Valley. Baby’s Burgers and Shakes, 131 S. Garner St., was chosen to represent the Visa image of “everywhere you want to be” by Batten, Barton, Durstine and Osborn New York, the ad agency handling the Visa U.S.A. account. An agency spokeswoman said the agency chose Baby’s because “it is such a unique place in a fun college town.” Collegian critics pick best albums of the year Page 2 Page 20 the daily undergraduate education, said students would not be able to get the classes they need without part-time professors. “Problems can arise when part-time professors are hired, but just as many problems can occur when no part-time professors are hired,” Cahir added. Christman is just one of 1,171 part-time professors currently on staff at the Uni versity. These professors have the oppor tunity to apply for retirement and medical benefits. But Christman, like many other part-time professors, does not qualify. “I get the opportunity to buy a part-time parking pass, which allows me to park in a parking lot, that when there’s snow on the ground, is closed,” Christman said sarcastically. “The parking pass and the exercise I get from walking are the only benefits I receive.” Only 25 part-time professors qualify for benefits and only 50 percent apply, said Phil Carlin, benefit specialist at the employee benefit office. But part-time professors usually do not remain at the University long enough to fulfill the benefit requirements, said Alan J. Grill, assistant to the dean for human resources and administrative services in the College of Education. They have to work 750 hours or teach 14 credits in a calendar year to receive retirement ben efits and work 750 hours or teach 15 credits during two consecutive calendar years to receive medical benefits. Christman has worked at the University Please see PROFESSORS, Page 12. "It ought to be at least as hard to get a gun as a driver's license." think we are prepared to move.” Clinton called for passage of a tough crime bill, including provisions to put more police officers on the street and ban gun ownership by children. He also has directed the Justice Department to study whether gun owners should be licensed and illegal weapons collected. diner is everywhere you want to be The Visa radio advertisement has been broadcast on CBS-affiliated radio stations across the country since the end of November. Locally, the advertisement is being broadcast on WFBG-AM in Altoona and WMAJ-AM in State College. Scott Krammes, manager of Baby’s, said several of his customers reported hearing the advertisement. “You can’t beat that national recognition for doing nothing,” he said. The agency spokeswoman said Baby’s is one of nine businesses featured in the radio campaign. The agency searched the country to find various businesses that do not take Sports I Weather % IflH 1 In the spirit Into the ol’ holiday cheer, Cheryl DeCusati of Bellefonte prepares her Victorian home for Christmas. Getting an early start, DeCusati was touching up her home yesterday. Please spe related stories on the Christmas furor including what’s hip in tree ornaments on Pages 4 and 5. Clinton said yesterday, “We ought to talk about what else we do and where we go,” without referring directly to the gun licensing idea he had ordered the Justice Department to begin studying on Wednes day. Attorney General Janet Reno said the department also was considering a limit on American Express but accept Visa. The businesses also had to portray the image of Visa. So the agency “romanced” the sites they decided to use in the com mercials in order to impress the public with the opportunities available to a Visa card holder. In the advertisement, a booming voice with 19505-style background music describes Baby’s as “A place where time has stood still since the summer of ’57 where the malts still come with two straws, the fries are always just right, and poodle skirts have never gone out of style.” The advertising executives were Friday, Dec. 10,1993 Janet Reno Attorney General Loaners question government plan The new direct federal loan program may change the future of independent loan groups. By COURTNEY CAIRNS Collegian Staff Writer Independent student loan orga nizations are peering into their crystal balls and wondering what effect the federal government’s direct loan program could have on their futures. The government’s experimental program revamps, and possibly replaces, the current guaranteed student loan system by allowing the number of guns an individual may own and a broader version of a proposed ban on assault weapons. Registering guns is not enough, Reno said, because people should be required “to know how to safely and lawfully use a gun” before they can buy one it' It ought to be at least as hard to get a gun as a driver’s license,” Reno said. A task force from the U.S. Conference of Mayors presented Clinton with a report yesterday recommending gun registration, banning semiautomatic assault weapons, imposing waiting periods on purchases of all firearms, and significantly taxing ammunition and firearm sales. students to pay their loans straight to the government. The success of the direct loan program could mean the end of the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency and might have swayed some state schools, including Penn State, not to par ticipate. The University has cho sen not to join the 105 schools participating the first year and may hold off until all the pro gram's kinks are ironed out. Penn State is one of the largest players in the “highly successful” PHEAA system, said Christy Rambeau, the University’s assis tant news bureau manager. She added that she couldn’t imagine not having ties to it in the future. Please see LOANS, Page 12. impressed with the flavor of Baby’s and the attitude of the waiters and waitresses. The restaurant personified the “retro diner craze,” the spokeswoman said. Baby’s was also in the running for a Visa television commercial. Krammes said he even sent menus, restaurant information and pictures of the restaurant to the agency, but Baby’s was not chosen from the select pool of applicants. Due to the popularity of the seasonal radio and television campaigns, Visa plans to continue the campaign into the summer, but the advertisement featuring Baby’s will only run through March. Published independently by students at Penn State Subway romance made to order By JON FEINBERG Collegian Staff Writer Two 6-inch subs and a lone ly corner of a Subway restau rant is not the vision most young couples have of a per fect first Valentine's Day together. But for two Penn State graduates, the Subway at 100 S.BurrowesSt. provided the, magical spark that led to marital bliss in hoagie heaven. Drew and Gretchen Svitko who met while working in that very same fast food res taurant were married fa July. Even more remarkably, the Svitkos have gone into a prosperous family business —• they own and operate then* very own Subway in Ship pensburg. The romance got off to an inconspicuous start in Octo ber 1989 when Drew and Gretchen were hired within a few weeks of each other. Gradually they became friends, and soon discovered they had a few classes together. The two spent a kit of time together visiting State College bars, and the friendship grew, increasing the probability of a relationship they said their friends saw coming. Then came the fateful day during their senior year the first : date a dinner at Tim Deli Restaurant, 113 Hiester St. - Neither Drew nor Gretchen could recall what was so spe cial about the evening, but - afterward the two were offi cially dating. The couple ; remained together through 1 work and dgsses and tbeir first Valen tine's Day together after a long day of work. Subwayhada special buy one 6-inch sub, get one free, *UW»AY, Page 12. ludy Fedor
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