Inside McManis elected President Clinton borough council opens his first trip president to Europe Page 4 Page 6 Vol. 94, N 0.107 28 Pages ©1993 Collegian Inc. PSU among few in Big Ten without fee By KATHRYN BRAZEL Collegian Staff Writer While University student organizations are researching the possibility of imple menting a student activities fee, most other Big Ten schools already have one in place. Of the 11 schools in the Big Ten, only three, including Penn State, do not have a student activities fee or something simi lar. These fees pay for different services at different schools but usually fund stu dent governments, clubs and services. But Penn State has to be careful when Weather dampens ceremony By DEEPIKA REDDY Collegian Staff Writer The individuals who braved the icy roads to sit in Rec Hall Saturday looked as much like a bunch of kids graduating from high school as a group of young adults getting ready to face the rest of their liv es. As these students became part of the more than 400,000 University alumni, there were a noticeable number of stu dents missing, many due to the adverse weather conditions. "We almost didn't make it in time," said Muriel Olivier of Normandy, France, who journeyed 35 hours to see her son Mathias graduate. After a five-hour delay at the airport in Philadelphia, Olivier and her daughter barely arrived in State College in time for her son's 4 p.m. chemical engi neering graduation. David Laird, who traveled from Erie to see his son John become a civil engi neering graduate, said those who weath ered the storm to make it to the ceremony reflected the extent of achievement earned by four years at the University. The three ceremonies took place in full amid the weather-heightened coughing, sneezing and throat clearing of the crowds. During the speeches there was the occasional individual listening intently to the advice of the various speakers. But mostly, there were the groups of friends whispering and laughing among them selves. "Some of you may feel like experts at starting things, school, friendships ... you may feel you've had enough of the forced spoon-feeding," said Forrest J. Remick, commissioner of the U.S. Nuclear Regula tory Commission, in his address to grad uating students from the Colleges of Engineering and Health and Human Development and the School of Commu nications. Louise Stubing, a graduate of hotel, restaurant and institutional management, said although the event was reminiscent of a high school graduation, the underlying feelings were quite different. "You're not just going off to school again, you're starting the rest of your life," said Stubing. Slush and stinging storms start Spring Semester By TODD GERNERT Collegian Science Writer An icy wind blows through the quads stirring up powdery snow and settling it back into waist-high drifts. Icicles sparkle in the harsh January sun as they dangle from the rooftops. Piles of dark slush line the streets as cars spin their wheels seeking traction. This is the Happy Valley stu dents returned to or tried to return to -- for the beginning of Spring Sem ester. As the Northeast was racked by two powerful storms, dumping a total of 14 1 / 2 inches of snow on State College, meteorologists had little time to hibernate. "It's certainly been a crazy week," said Jonathan Merritt, an instructor of meteorology and coordinator of the Penn State Weather Station in Walker Build ing. The first of the storms billed by some forecasters as the "Bliz- the daily looking at other schools' use of a student activities fee, said Paul Kasper, Student Organization Budget Committee chair man. "Every school's activity fee covers dif ferent things," he said. "It's like compar ing apples and oranges." Penn State student organizations are considering implementing an activities fee to be distributed among different student organizations. SOBC is responsi ble for distributing the $400,000 currently allocated by the University. If the fee is implemented, it could bring in an additional $2.2 million. Sneha Vira- Carrie Jae Sieber, the College of Earth And Mineral Sciences marshal, participates in grad uation ceremonies. Sieber received her degree in meteorology Saturday morning in Rec Hall. zard of '94" was a nor'easter that blew through on Tuesday, blanketing the area under a foot of snow. Ken Reeves, a senior meteorolo gist with Accu-Weather, 619 W. College Ave., described a nor'easter as a storm front that moves along the East Coast in a Heavy snowfall curbs borough parking By TIMOTHY DAUGHERTY Collegian Staff Writer When traveling on snow-covered roads, an open parking spot is a welcome asylum. But finding that parking spot in State College may not be easy. According to a State College Borough ordinance, it is illegal for someone to park a vehicle or to allow a vehicle to remain parked on the paved portion of a street when snowfall reaches a depth of 3 inches. But there is no penalty for a first violation and notification is sent in the mail. Each subsequent vio lation warrants a fine between $2 and $lO and the cost of prosecution, or a maximum of five days imprisonment. ilk° . „ . x. Sports Weather 4-* . a . ~, 1 1 '' At at 46i - t Pounded Today, mostly sunny and 1 - ''.' .. "41 I t rounded chilly, high 25. Tonight, mostly t *4 ic - 1 ,... . r clear and very cold, low 10. Tomorrow, becoming mostly A 1 " ~• Al. it Penn State gains respect of nation in rout over Tennessee A cloudy with sorne light snow, high 4- o Page 21 by Adam Canter collegian 300 tia, Undergraduate Student Government Big Ten relations director, said she is researching the use of a student activity fee at other schools and trying to gather information. Tony Wagner, president of the Univer sity of Minnesota Student Association, said Minnesota charges a $l3B fee three times a year, but the money is not dis tributed only among student organiza tions. Minnesota Health Services receives $6O of the $l3B and recreational sports assumes another $l5, Wagner said. This leaves $63 to be distributed among stu- northeasterly direction. Central Pennsylvania wasn't hit as hard as during the "Blizzard of '93," but this week's mea surements for Centre County did range between 12 and 15 inches. And as if this wasn't enough of a winter wonderland for everyone to dig out, a second storm, this time After the accumulated snow has been cleared, it is legal to park in those areas, according to the ordi nance. Lee Lowry; director of public works for State Col lege, said his crews begin plowing when the snow level reaches a height of 2 1 / 2 inches and the snowfall persists. After it stops snowing, Lowry said it takes his crews about eight to 10 hours to dig out all of those areas. Although Lowry heads the plowing of parking lots downtown, Tom Harmon, University Police Services director, monitors the snow plowing on campus. "Luckily, the cleanup has been helped greatly by Please see PARKING, Page 12. Monday, Jan. 10, 1994 an Arctic blast sweeping in from the West, drizzled through the Northeast. The second storm consisted of little more than 2 1 / 2 inches of snow mixed in with freezing rain and sleet, but the results were dev astating. "Pennsylvania is getting Please see SNOW, Page 12. dent organizations, cultural centers, stu dent unions and a course information book that describes general education classes. The student government at Minnesota receives about $lOO,OOO a year, Wagner said. Penn State's USG receives only about $15,000. Michigan State University's student government taxes students $2O a year and uses the money for student organizations. The student government can provide stu dents with free legal counseling in any type of case, said Paul Zelensky, Michigan State's assistant director of student activities. Organizations pay big bucks backing political nominees In 1991-92, $8.4 million was spent by the National Education Association, the National Council of Senior Citizens and dozens of other groups to pitch candidates to • eir_inembers. By MICHAEL BLOOD Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON, D.C. Since 1986, the political wing of the National Rifle Association has given Sen. Arlen Specter's cam paign committee nearly $lO,OOO and spent another $120,000 on its own accord to get him elected. But the NRA could do more. And it did. Taking advantage of a some- NRA spokesman Joseph M. Phil times-overlooked aspect of cam- lips. It's "more effective than PAC paign law, the NRA's Institute for contributions." Legislative Action shelled out an The NRA isn't the only group additional $204,000 during that flooding the mailboxes around time writing letters to its members Election Day. on behalf of the three-term Penn- Sen. Harris Wofford, D-Pa., sylvania Republican. received more than $450,000 in In 1992 alone, when Specter direct donations in 1991-92 from narrowly won a third term over PACs representing unions. Democrat Lynn Yeakel, the NRA But, as in Specter's case, the spent $166,0p0 on mailings urging money didn't stop there. its members to back his candidacy FEC documents show that labor —by far the most it spent for any dumped another $255,000 into his congressional candidate that year, 1991 race in "communications" federal documents show. with union members. The expenditures are permitted The Pennsylvania AFL-CIO spent under the federal election code as $54,000 on flyers, brochures and "internal communications," and direct mail supporting Wofford; unlike donations to a candidate's $20,000 on Wofford campaign tbut political committee there are no tons; $24,000 on videotapes; and spending limits. The NRA and $1,700 on Wofford T-shirts. The similar organizations can pay for PAC representing the national such things as letters, telephone AFL-CIO spent $155,000 sending ro-Wofford letters. calls or telegrams that endorse or P oppose candidates, providing they The communications costs are are targeted solely within its "another way of showing their membership. support for the candidate, and During campaigns, attention from their point of view getting generally focuses on cash contri- the candidate elected," said Joshua butions made directly to candi- Goldstein of the Center for dates by individuals and political Responsive Politics, a group that action committees. Yet in some monitors campaign financing. Plowing priority These areas of downtown State College are the first to be plowed. 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I E •si g i MM . ...,„, - g . ......: Plowed first • Plowed second II Plowed third ■ If your street has not been cleared and you have any problems or questions,.call Lee Lowry, director of public works for the State College Borough, at 234-7140 Source: State College Published independently by students at Penn State Purdue University's student govern ment receives a subsidy of $30,000 from the administration and earns thousands more from fund-raisers. Students also pay a $2B activities fee for recreational sports and facilities, said Purdue's student body President Angela Hale. Ohio State and the University of lowa currently have no specified fee but are researching the possibility, said Ohio State USG President Chris Norman. Penn State's Executive Student Action Council, headed by Kasper, has formed a student activities fee committee of Please see FEE, Page 12. cases, organizations spend big dollars to make sure their own members know who should be elected to the House, Senate and White House. Nationwide in 1991-92, $8.4 mil lion was spent by the National Education Association, the Nation al Council. of Senior Citizens and dozens of other groups to pitch candidates to their members, Fed eral Election Commission records show. In Pennsylvania, more than $670,000 was spent on such efforts for congressional candidates in those years, an amount second only to California. The NRA, one of the most active groups when it comes to partisan letter writing, spent $2.8 million on political mailings to its members in 1991-92. "We intend to do quite a bit more of that the next time around," said Depattmenf of Public Works Collegian GrapiNeftmonlbylor
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