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out President Graham Spanier's desk chair during an open house 6 p.m. yesterday, was the first of its kind.
Public peeks into Spanier's world
By PAULA SHAKI
Collegian Staff Writer
As sunlight highlighted the blue and
white chalk paw prints that lined the
sidewalks in front of Old Main yes
terday and the blue and white balloons that
adorned Old Main's banisters, students, vis
itors, faculty and staff lined up to meet Uni
versity President Graham Spanier.
From 3 to 6 p.m. Spanier opened his office
in 201 Old Main to the University in an
unprecedented open house.
New addresses aimed at improving 911
The Centre County Board of Commissioners
encouraged the new assignments to help emergency
workers find people in trouble.
By ANNE SAVANICK
Collegian Staff Writer
Most people's addresses change
only when they move usually
when they go to school or to a new
job. But for many residents of
rural Centre County, their recent
address change may seem a bit
mysterious.
With the logistics of the county's
911 service in mind, the Centre
County Board of Commissioners
has encouraged the local munici
palities to name rural routes and
assign addresses to houses, instead
the
daily
"During the nine years I was on the facul
ty and in the administration at Penn State, I
had never seen the president's office, and I
thought now that it's my office, I should do
something about it," Spanier said. "The
president's office has been the site of a lot
of important decisions in Penn State's histo
ry. I wanted to open the doors of the presi
dent's office to people who might otherwise
never have a chance to see it."
Visitors packed his office, exchanging
thoughts with Spanier at the door and
munching on cookies and punch.
of just assigning box numbers.
Evan Smith, Centre County
director of administrative services,
said the addresses will improve
county safety by making the 911
system more efficient.
Now, 911 operators have to ask
directions to the site of the emer
gency, said Elwood Williams, direc
tor of the 911/Emergency Commu
nication Center of Centre County.
Although the recent address
changes are. not the direct result of
the 911 system, between 18 and 24
months from now, all residences
and businesses will be required to
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have addresses, Williams said.
During that time, the county will
start the Enhanced 911 system,
that will automatically locate a res
idence and give directions to emer
gency personnel, he said.
The addresses are necessary for
emergency response teams so res
cue workers can locate more quick
ly where the call is coming from,
Williams said.
In rural areas, residents use
landmarks to locate houses, he
said. The problem, he said, is usual
ly people outside of the community
do not know the landmarks.
The enhanced 911 system will
eliminate the need for emergency
operators to ask for directions,
Williams said.
The local emergency personnel
Homecoming has mixed effect on participating athletes
Editor's Note: This is the second
story in a six-part series examining
how diverse University groups view
Homecoming. This report focuses
on athletes.
By GEOFF MOSHER
Collegian Sports Writer
There is little doubt football is
the main reason for Homecoming's
success.
For some athletes, Homecoming
is a time to play hard, look impres
sive and satisfy the alumni who
make the annual trip to Happy Val
ley to enjoy a weekend filled with
sporting events and festivities. But
for others, Homecoming is no dif
ferent than any other weekend, no
matter how many fans and alumni
are present, their job is to perform.
"Homecoming up here is differ
ent than high school," said Lion
football senior defensive end Terry
Tuesday, Oct. 24, 1995
Students and staff said they were
impressed with Spanier's openness and
interest in meeting them. •
"It's really an honor on a campus with SO
, 60- or 70-thousand people," said Stephanie
Taleff (junior-environmental resource man
agement). "He tries to be personal on a
campus that's very impersonal."
Taleff said former University President
Joab Thomas seemed friendly, but he never
opened his office during his tenure.
"People in power always say they want to
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have to deal with that problem
now, Smith said, and the lack of
directions has always been a prob
lem.
But, as far as Williams knows, no
one has been affected by emer
gency personnel not arriving
quickly.
Changing from the rural route
system is a priority of the national
postal service, and the 911 changes
have helped to speed the proce
dure.
"When you go countywide 911, it
helps you see the problem," Smith
said.
In an effort to make the transi
tion to the "new" addresses easier,
he said the local municipalities will
work with the post office.
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Killens. "I treat it just like a regu
lar football game. For the crowd
it's special, but for players it's just
like any other game."
The crowd is an important factor
in any game, but for some athletes,
an audience's expectation will not
be a driving factor to excel or com
pete at a higher level. To junior
flanker Freddie Scott, Homecom
ing is business as usual.
"Just because it's Homecoming, I
don't put any added pressure on
myself to perform," he said. "If
you need a motivation like Home
coming to perform, you have some
Collegian Photo/ Hector Caro
Russian troops
to assist with
Bosnian peace
Yeltsin refuses NATO rule
By TERENCE HUNT
AP White House Correspondent
HYDE PARK, N.Y. In an unex
pected move toward agreement,
Boris Yeltsin pledged to President
Clinton yesterday that Russian
troops would help enforce peace in
Bosnia. But the two leaders
remained deadlocked on the key
question of whether Russian forces
would serve under NATO com
mand.
"We have the responsibility to
work together to make the peace
work and we will do that," Clinton
said after four hours of talks at
Franklin Roosevelt's ancestral
home overlooking the Hudson
River.
Yeltsin, in an emotional state
ment, said the talks defied negative
forecasts and were "the friendliest
meeting, the best meeting, the
most understandable meeting."
Despite the declarations of
friendship and progress, the two
leaders refused to budge from
opposite views on how to structure
a Bosnian peacekeeping force in
the event of a war-ending agree
ment, senior administration offi
cials said.
Yeltsin insisted that Russians
would not serve under NATO, the
Western military alliance initially
formed against Moscow. But for
Clinton, having NATO run the
operation is essential.
The two leaders directed
Defense Secretary William Perry
and Russian Defense Minister
Pavel Grachev to meet this week to
find a way to bridge the dispute.
"It's not a political impasse, it's a
military question," said a senior
U.S. official who sat in on the talks.
"Our position is that we're going
to have an operation that works,"
Clinton said. "We want Russia to be
involved in it."
Yeltsin expressed confidence a
solution would be found. "You are
underestimating the presence of
two such great powers," he told
reporters.
Clinton and Yeltsin summed up
their meeting at an impromptu
news conference on the porch of
Roosevelt's mansion, a site chosen
to evoke the spirit of World War II
cooperation that united Washington
and Moscow. The grounds of the
estate now a national historic
site were ablaze with autumn
color.
Clinton and Yeltsin talked very
little about NATO expansion east
ward toward Russia's borders,
thereby bypassing another con
tentious subject. Yeltsin had
warned Sunday that expanding
NATO eastward would risk new
confrontation and divide Europe
into two blocs.
other problems." Homecoming
may have more of a positive effect
on other fall sports.
Lion soccer midfielder Dave
Weil agrees "you can never have
Homecoming witho4football," but
knows football draWs the large
crowds that can be beneficial for
other sports.
"Through high school and college
I've known it as more football-ori
ented," the redshirt junior said.
"But if more people come to see us
and recognize that we're a good
team, then they might be willing to
come see us in the future."
Lady Lion soccer forward Rachel
Hoffman is excited about Home
coming and playing in front of
large crowds at the game against
Seton Hall on Sunday, regardless
of the football orientation.
"Obviously there is going to be a
lot of people," she said. "You want
to go out and do your best. It's a
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Looking for accord, they agreed
to work for a ban next year on all
nuclear tests and to improve secu
rity at Russian nuclear sites to
guard against theft of weapons
materials.
They also decided to move ahead
with a compromise to amend a 1990
treaty calling for reductions in
NATO and former Warsaw Pact
tanks, artillery, aircraft, heli
copters and armored vehicles by
mid-November.
U.S. troops
prepare to
meet pledge
By NESHA STARCEVIC
Associated Press Writer
GRAFENWOEHR, Ger
many --- shouting to be
heard amid the din of
exploding shells, American
soldiers training for a mis
sion into Bosnia-Herzegov
ina had two succinct ques
tions on their minds: What
exactly is their job and how
long will it last?
President Clinton has
promised 25,000 U.S. troops
to an eventual NATO force
that would be sent to imple
ment a peace treaty and sep
arate the warring factions in
Bosnia.
"I think the biggest con
cern is how long it's going to
be. Peacekeeping missions
usually have a limit and
we'd like to know what it is,"
said Sgt. Bett Fisher, 31, of
Eugene, Ore.
Based with the 3-4 Caval
ry in Schweinfurt, Germany,
Fisher was being trained to
man checkpoints during the
the two-day maneuvers at
the Grafenwoehr training
area in the rolling, forested
countryside near the Czech
border.
"If the people down there
want us, we should go in, if
they don't, we shouldn't,"
said Spec. Nelson Palmer,
21, of Piedmont, Ala., a
member of Fisher's unit.
"Every soldier volun
teered for the job, but I've
been concerned about how
long I'll be there," said
Palmer as he prepared a
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Non-Greeks to receive
more recognition at
Homecoming
fun-filled weekend. Everyone
wants to win during Homecoming
weekend lots of alumni and fans
are going to be here."
But for those athletes that will
not be around Happy Valley this
weekend, the absence of Home
coming -crazed crowds and festivi
ties is upsetting.
Women's volleyball outside hit
ter Emily Stout said she wishes she
could be around to witness the
wacky weekend for her first time.
"I've never been around to see
Homecoming," Stout said. "I have
no idea what it's like. I kinda would
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