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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
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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.