Dateline Pigskin Postgame A zip-a-dee-doo-daah day . vr '^ World leaders celebrate Out of the Pitts Today, sunny and warmer, high ~.. 60•20 . 4 71. Tonight, increasing cloud'- 1; o, wo 7 50th U.N. anniversary Stephen Pitts burst back onto the Lion tailback ness, low 46. Tomorrow, mostly cloudy with a chance of a scene with a phenomenal game shower toward evening, high 65 1iK.41 - Page 6 Page 12 —by Paul Markowski the C ollegian 30° daily Vol. 96, No. 74 20 Pages ©1995 Collegian Inc Faculty reacts to potential CES changes By KEIGHTLEY wirncH and MEGAN DONLEY Collegian Staff Writers Faculty, staff and students in the Commonwealth Educational Sys tem are experiencing feelings of both apprehension and enthusiasm about University President Gra ham Spanier's plans for the CES. Dinty W. Moore, assistant pro fessor of English at the Altoona Campus, said although changes are necessary, CES faculty and staff are apprehensive because they do not know what the outcome will be. "People at different campuses The Monster Mash The Carolina Crusher lunges toward the sky as it demonstrates its part of the Monster Truck and 4X4 show at the Tussey Mountain Ski destructive power by flattening four cars. The truck's exhibition was Area Saturday. Collegian Photo/Michael L Palmieri Salima Davidson newest member of the U.S. Olympic women's volleyball team Gay community marches Editor's Note: This is the first story in a six-part series examining how diverse University groups view Homecoming. This report focuses on the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered community. By JENNIFER REM Collegian Staff Writer The lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered community is famous for marching. From the march on Washington in 1987 to the annual Gay Pride week extrava ganza in New York City, this group has made themselves visible, in large part, through parades and rallies. But Friday, members of this gay and transgendered community will participate in a different celebrato ry parade Homecoming• "Times constantly change," said are concerned because they don't know what the changes will be," he said. "Every time big change is in the wind people have to be cautious until they see what those winds will bring." The changes will take place after a yearlong study of the CES intend ed to make individual campuses focus on better serving their com munities. To do this, each campus will submit a proposal stating its top three options for its future. The choices available include becoming part of a multi-campus system, becoming a four-year college, becoming a graduate center or con Former Lady Lion '96 Olympian By GEOFF MOSHER Collegian Sports Writer A Lady Lion women's volleyball star received the warmest wel come Saturday night. It wasn't Terri Zemaitis, nor Angie Kammer. Not even Zeynep Ton. It was newly appointed Olympian, Salima David son. Davidson, who spent five years as a Lady Lion setter, was named to the 1996 Olympic volleyball women's . team last Monday morn ing, becoming the only Lady Lion women's volleyball player ever to reptesent the U.S. team. She returned to Happy Valley to Ephraim Lopez, political co-direc tor of the Lesbian, Gay and Bisexu al Student Alliance. "There was a time when the LGBT community could never march in the parade. It's a good symbol of change." Lopez said this is the first time in as long as he can remember that LGBSA was welcomed to march in the parade. Kyle Richards, co-director of the coalition of Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Graduate Students, said he thinks the lack of participation was a combination of hesitance on the part of both the Homecoming committee and the gay and trans gendered community. He said he is glad to see the hesitancy lifting. "I'm really proud," he said. "It shows a change in the climate at Penn State." . Roger Hill, Homecoming parade chairman, said he was happy when Monday, Oct. 23, 1995 CCSG coverage continues tinuing its present mission. It is also possible that some campuses would be closed eventually. The Altoona Campus, for exam ple, can choose between becoming a four-year college or a community college or continuing its present mission with an alteration. Despite certain guarantees for campuses or becoming a graduate CES tenured faculty and students, center of greater Pittsburgh. "It really just hit me today, being back at school. I still don't realize it, it's hitting me now." witness the Lady Lions scratch out don't realize it, it's hitting me the Wolverines in three games (15- now." 4, 15-5, 15-2). After Davidson's After a long and arduous tryout, name and Olympic appointment Davidson bested former Ohio State reverberated around Rec Hall, tb2 setter Laura Davis as the last exhilarated crowd gave her a cheer choice for the team. Davis, the No. she'll never forget. 1 setter in the Big Ten last year, "It really just hit me today, being led the conference in assists (15.12) back at school," she said. "I still and became good friends with for a different reason LGBSA contacted him about partic ipating in the parade. Hill said his goal for the parade this year was diversity, and he thinks LGBSA will contribute to achieving that goal. "I think it's good that (LGBSA) will be in it. So many people associ ate the parade with Greeks," Hill said. "But it's really a Penn State thing. I wanted the parade to repre sent all facets of the University." Lopez said because Homecoming is so heavily associated with foot ball, the gay and transgendered people are still concerned. New Kensington Campus Com monwealth Educational Officer Catherine Gannon said faculty and staff members know the changes are important. But they are still apprehensive about the outcome, she said. "Change this big is exciting and scary," she added. The New Kens ington Campus will choose from keeping its present mission with an alteration, becoming part of a multi-campus/college with the Beaver, McKeesport and Fayette page 4 community is often overlooked and left out of the festivities. However, the most important thing to him is the alumni aspect of Homecoming. The lesbian, gay and bisexual alumni interest group, Lambda, will host a tailgate during the game on Saturday. When gay and trans gendered alumni, such as those in Lambda, come back for the parade and see gay and transgendered stu dents marching, it will make them feel more comfortable, Lopez said. Kent Krech (sophomore-land scape architecture) said he never thought of LGBSA being excluded from Homecoming, but he could understand how this group might feel that way. "They really don't mention any thing about lesbian, gay and bisex ual activities during Homecom ing," Krech said. Ketch said he thinks the Univer Salima Davidson former Lady lion setter Faculty and staff members want "I'm very much in favor of to work for the good of the Univer- what's going on. It's all to the good sity, Gannon said, but they have to of the commonwealth and it's all to consider their own needs and the good of Penn State," he said. careers. "It's long overdue." Moore said faculty and staff will The administration has set up be treated well and given options options for tenured faculty as well, no matter what happens to the CES. through retraining programs, relo "There will be a place for every- cation or early retirement. body," he said. "I trust the adminis- "I know Penn State will honor all tration will be sensitive to that." of its tenured faculty as it should," Penn State Erie Commonwealth Lilley said. Educational Officer John Lilley But Eugene Slaski, acting Allen said the campuses will have to be town Campus commonwealth edu adaptable to the changes because cational officer, said while the they will empower the people in reactions of faculty and staff vary, the CES. Please see CES, Page 10. Computers to advise students By PAULA SHAKI Collegian Staff Writer A student wants to drop her Engineering Graphics 50 class, but her adviser is nowhere to be found. The late-drop deadline is tomorrow and it is already 4:30 p.m. She sits at her computer and logs onto the advising Web page, taking a "guided tour" through her options and the consequences of dropping the course. Then she drops the course right from her computer terminal. The Comprehensive Academic Advising Information System could make that a reality in the near future. "There is always a lot of criti cism that some of the advising is lousy," said John Cahir, vice provost and dean for undergradu ate education. "We're never going to solve the advising problem, but many students can do a lot on their own if they have the right informa tion." The year-old committee for the system, composed of a group of administrators and faculty from the University Registrar to acade mic advisers from all the campus es, produced a prototype proving that interactive advising is possi ble. The committee envisions a sys- Davidson during the workout. To Davidson's surprise, and Davis' dismay, the coaches went her way. "I was very happy, but it was tough," Davidson said. "It came down to Laura Davis and myself. We had become very good friends. I knew when they told (Laura) that they were going to pick me. It was hard for me to celebrate because I felt bad." But Penn State Coach Russ Rose didn't feel bad about his former All-American setter-turned- Olympian; in fact, Rose couldn't help but compliment his former student. Please see OLYMPICS, Page 10 Homecoming sity is making a step in the right direction to include the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered community in the festivities. But some aspects of Homecom ing still seem out of reach for this community. Traditionally, events have always been geared toward the het erosexual community, with the most obvious being the Homecom ing king and queen coronations. "The whole process (of king and queen) is kind of heterosexist," Richards said. Many gay and trangendered stu dents do not feel comfortable run ning for Homecoming king and queen, so LGBSA will crown their own royal couple, Lopez said. The twist? "The king doesn't have to be male, and the queen doesn't have to be female," Lopez said. Published independently by students at Penn State tern that serves the student and adviser in the computer lab, dorm room or office, said E.R. Melander, associate vice provost for academ ic services and committee mem ber. Some of the four components to the advising system such as Open Access to Student Informa tion Systems (OASIS) are already available to students and faculty. The first component is access to expert information about rules and University Faculty Senate policies on courses, major requirements and general information by com puter. The advising program will also provide students with access to personal information from course availability to what courses are currently scheduled, degree audits, student loan balances and confidential information. Close to completion is a compo nent that will walk students through their advising, such as the implications of dropping a course. At the end, if the student still wants to add or drop a course, the program will let the student take action. The last part is already used by many students and advisers electronic mail and computer Please see ADVISING, Page 10. Final exams scheduled Once again, final exams are creeping up on unsus pecting students. Beginning today, the Fall Semester final exam sched ule will be available to stu dents on Gopher at any stu dent computer lab. Ann Hegarty, manager of registration and scheduling, said the schedule has been working well since the Uni versity started making it available sin-line By walking into any com puter lab on campus, stu dents can find the exam schviule on the Gopher sys tem. It is a matter of pointing and clicking in order to find the correct times and places for each exam. Exam sched ules are listed alphabetically by subject. Copies of the final exam schedule are also available in deans' and the registrar's offices. Filing for direct and over load conflict examinations will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. today through Friday in 112 Shields. "Some students have already come in to begin fill ing out the necessary forms for a conflict in exams," Hegarty said. After Friday, students can file only for a direct conflict exam for a $lO late fee.
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