4—The Daily Collegian Friday, Oct. 13, 1995
Non Sibi
in protest of corporate sponsors
By BETH YOUNG
Collegian Staff Writer
Eyeing the large, red “for sale”
sign hanging in front of the HUB
yesterday afternoon, students fran
tically shot small white bidding
signs into the air, hoping to “buy”
the HUB and other University
properties.
In protest of the University’s
growing involvement with corpo
rate sponsorship, the student group
Non Sibi “auctioned off” Universi
ty properties such as the HUB, the
Eisenhower Parking Deck, the
Penn State Bookstore on Campus
and Boucke Building.
Non Sibi claims students are not
receiving adequate benefits for the
corporate sponsorship the Univer
sity receives. In return from corpo
rate agreements made between the
University and companies such as
AT&T, Barnes and Noble, Pepsi
and Nike, students should be see
ing tangible, educational benefits
but are not, said Non Sibi member
Ed Kilpela.
“The priorities of the University
have become so skewed that the
entire focus seems to have become
lost in the shuffle. In short, some of
the basic needs of the students are
not being met by this administra
tion,” Kilpela said. “Do we need
better computer labs or better
shoes and uniforms?”
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Non Sibi members asked why the
corporations could not subsidize
projects that directly affect stu
dents such as parking, the comput
er labs and expanding the HUB and
adding the Paul Robeson Cultural
Center to it.
But some of the corporations
have given funds to projects such
as the HUB/Robeson expansion,
said Vicki Fong, public information
spokesperson. Pepsi gave $500,000
to the project and an additional $1
million to University Libraries.
Barnes and Noble also donated
funds to the HUB/Robeson expan
sion and gave money to establish
various scholarship funds.
Assistant Vice President for Stu
dent Affairs Tom Eakin said stu
dents benefited greatly from cor
porate sponsorship, especially in
the area of academic scholarships.
“There’s no questions that signif
icant dollars are going into scholar
ships for students,” Eakin said. “ I
certainly think students are bene
fiting."
But Non Sibi maintains students
are being short-changed when it
comes to corporate sponsorship
and the “auction” was designed to
demonstrate how students are
being sold short, said Non Sibi
member Mark Freed.
Many students agreed with Non
Sibi, saying that they feel they
have not greatly profited from the
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University’s corporate alliances.
The money should be used to
help advance the education stu
dents are receiving at the Universi
ty, said Lolita Burno (junior-the
atre).
“We’re here to get an education
but we can’t get an education if the
facilities aren’t up to par,” Burno
said.
Although various University pro
jects do not have a brand name on
them, they are benefiting from
donations made by the corpora
tions, Fong said, adding Non Sibi
unfairly lumped together issues
that need to be dealt with separate
ly-
“Parking’s a separate issue and
the HUB is a separate issue,” Fong
said. “They kind of tied up a whole
bunch of things that I think frankly
are unfair and misrepresentative.”
But students were pleased with
Non Sibi’s effort to bring the issue
to the attention of both the Univer
sity and the student body.
Burno said she thought the
demonstration was a good idea that
effectively brought the issue to
student attention.
Brad Gallo (freshman-communi
cations) also said that he enjoyed
the “auction,” calling it entertain
ing.
“This is comical, this is fun and
this will help the student aware
ness about it,” Gallo said.
Sororities discuss risky behaviors at Univerisity
By KAREN PERRY
Collegian Staff Writer
Because of the new situations many young
women encounter in college, they may acquire
“risky behaviors” such as alcohol abuse, eating dis
orders or dating an abusive man.
Sorority members may gain some new insight on
how to deal with these risky behaviors at the first
ever National Panhellenic Conference Risk Man
agement Seminar being held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
tomorrow in Pollock Recreation Room.
The University volunteered to be the pilot cam
pus for this new event, that will address manage
ment of risky behaviors, said Jennifer Scott, Pan
hellenic Council adviser. Only 10 members from
each University sorority chapter will attend.
“We’re really excited about this seminar,” said
PHC President Kati Wiggins. “We’re definitely
standing out again for tackling issues that are
affecting our campus.”
The seminar will feature panelists and speakers
from across the country talking to sorority women
about confrontation skills, gender differences,
communication and decision making and clarifica
tion of personal values, Scott said. University rep
resentatives from Campus Safety and Health Pro
motions and Education will be present to answer
questions about consequences of risky behavior.
Erin Locante, president of Pi Beta Phi sorority, 5
Hiester Hall, said she thinks the seminar will be
very beneficial because it may give everyone a
better understanding of how to deal with problems
that can arise among young women.
“I think it might teach us ways to get more
awareness out. . . about drinking, about being out
side at night, especially women, being outside by
themselves, about problems that could arise,” she
said.
Kristie Dobkewitch, president of Delta Gamma
sorority, 10 Shulze, said the seminar may teach
sorority women how to deal with situations such as
eating disorders and manic-depressive disorders.
“When the time arises, you need to know how to
deal with the problem in the best possible way,”
she said.
Wiggins pointed out that sororities are a support
network that can be taken advantage of when a
member has a personal problem. She said she
hopes the seminar will reiterate this fact to sorori
ty women members.
“This weekend is hopefully going to be remind
ing us of the commitment we have to each other,”
Wiggins said.
The seminar will also be focusing on the specific
rituals and values each sorority chapter is based
on, Wiggins said.
It might also help individual sorority chapters
decide how they want to deal with risky behavior
management, Wiggins said.
“It should be looked upon as an exciting seminar
because it’s putting everything in our hands for
where we want to take our Greek system,” Wiggins
said.
Wiggins said NPC will not being trying to make
new policies regarding risk management the
seminar is only a forum for discussion.
“NPC isn’t setting us any policies,” she said.
“Their intention is just to inform us and start
thinking about what we want to change and what
needs to be changed and empower the chapters to
take it on themselves.”
Wiggins said the advisers and the PHC executive
board at the University do not set the policies for
the sorority chapters. The policies are brought up
and voted on by delegates from each sorority.
Along with this weekend, Wiggins said PHC is
putting together a resource manual for sorority
women. She said each sorority has a manual about
how to help a member who is having problems, but
the manual PHC is organizing will tell sorority
women where specifically they can go for help.