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: ion Line protests budget
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~ .-Multicolored balloons and large
adorned the doors of the
14ider House, home of the Lion
e4ne, yesterday and Tuesday.
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.07Students who entered had the
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!.. - Prition hike of more than 4.5 per
y, aunt for the upcoming academic
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zy.nment and the Lion Line spon
!- ored the phone bank at the Rider
tjouse, 112 S. Burrowes St., from
-*on to 5 p.m. each day to increase
Undent involvement in efforts to
I , ..llssen the tuition hike.
t Gaylin Vogel, USG director of
governmental affairs, said she
believes having students contact
their legislators by phone is the
most effective and efficient plan
USG has used for political action.
In the past, USG had tried simi
lar political action such as contact
ing legislators through letter-writ
ing campaigns, but decided to try
the phone bank this time, she
added.
Vogel said she and her staff
advertised in The Daily Collegian
And posted signs around campus to
get as many students as possible to
make calls to their hometown rep
resentatives in the state House and
Senate and appeal to them to vote
against Gov. Tom Ridge's budget
proposal.
Ridge recommended the Univer
sity receive $2l million less than
its $298.5 million request. This is
the second year in a row the gover
nor has not recommended increas
ing the amount of money the state
gives the University.
"We mailed notices about the
program to everyone who lives in
the dorms, but it was harder to
alert off-campus students about
(our event)," Vogel said
Generally, the type of students
who came in to make calls were
politically aware and active, Vogel
said. About 35 to 40 students made
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Beth Samuels (sophomore-elementary education) calls her senator and
representative. Yesterday and Tuesday, the Lion Line allowed students
to use their phone lines at Rider House, 112 S. Burrowes St., to express
to legislators their concerns about Gov. Ridge's budget proposal.
calls each day, including students
involved with USG who Vogel
asked to make calls in order to
raise the total number of phone
calls to legislators.
But Vogel said it was difficult to
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get students to come down to the
Lion Line because it is not located
in a central part of campus.
"Ideally, for the future, it would
be great to have something like
this at the HUB," she said.
Stewart performing tonight
By DAVID SCHONFELD
Collegian Me Writer
Tonight at the Bryce Jordan
Center, Rod Stewart and his
vagabond heart will roll into
town.
Stewart, who is touring in sup
port of his latest effort, A Span
ner in the Works, will begin his
show at 8 p.m. with no opening
act. Officials at the center are
buzzing with excitement because
Stewart is probably the biggest
name to play the recently opened
arena.
"The tickets are selling real
well. Everything's going real
smooth," said Leigh Wilcox, mar
Peace Corps celebrates 35th anniversary
By CLAYTON C. WALSH
Collegian Staff Writer
Though it may represent only two years of a volun
teer's life, it can be the difference between life and
death to the inhabitants of an impoverished Third
World country.
The National Peace Corps Association, established
in 1961 by President John F. Kennedy, is celebrating
its 35th anniversary from Feb. 29 to Mar. 3, paying
tribute to the 150,000 volunteers who have served.
"It was a monumental step for me," said Andy
Jacobson (graduate-meteorology), who served with
the Peace Corps from 1990 to 1992. He said his expe
rience in Benin, Africa, changed the course of his life
when he was an undergraduate at the University of
Georgia.
Jacobson admits he was "pretty ignorant" about
Third World countries before his tour, but has no
regrets about the decision.
When he arrived in his host country, Jacobson said
it was nothing like he had imagined.
He said he was assigned to educate children, which
he thought would be in an informal environment, but
was surprised to find a classroom much different than
he expected.
"There were 40 or 50 students dressed up in uni
forms," Jacobson said.
The classroom was located in a building, not out
side, he said.
The Peace Corps sends more than 6,000 volunteers a
year to help economically deprived countries in a
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keting assistant at the center.
"We still have some good seats
available," she added.
With the enormous sales of the
previous concerts at the center,
including Rusted Root and a sold
out Alan Jackson, center officials
are hopeful that Stewart will live
up to his popularity and fill the
stadium.
Stewart's tour has been going
well despite the lukewarm criti
cism of his new album, which
features the new single, "Leave
Virginia Alone," written by Tom
Petty.
While half the album is decid
edly acoustic, Stewart does
experiment with fast-paced rock-
variety of areas from education to medical assis
tance, irrigation systems to nutrition. About 7,000
members are currently involved.
Patrick Tobin, Peace Corps campus coordinator at
the University, said volunteers are given the opportu
nity to work in more than 90 countries such as Arme
nia, Turkmenistan, Fiji, Panama and Guatemala.
"Pretty much, they're all over," Tobin said.
In honor of the anniversary, Tobin, Jack Raymond,
former volunteer and the University's career develop
ment and placement director, and other former mem
bers will conduct a panel discussion tonight about
overseas opportunities for University students.
"The biggest problem is getting people to apply
early enough," Tobin said.
He said students often wait until the last minute to
apply, and because Penn State sends so many students
58 in the past two years the positions fill up
quickly.
Tobin said the panel discussion, along with the
recruiting campaign this semester, will hopefully
attract new recruits.
"It's nice that the two occurred at the same time,"
Tobin said.
Among the benefits of volunteering are an opportu
nity to represent the United States and to improve lan
guage skills, said Mona Stuges, membership director
for the National Peace Corps Association in Washing
ton, D.C.
"We look for skills that are needed in each country,"
Stuges said. The Corps' goal, she said, is to "bring the
world back home."
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ers. He will be traveling with a
12-piece band and a full 22-piece
orchestra.
Stewart also is trying to retool
his image from the ladies' man to
the family man, after the recent
birth of his second son.
Although Stewart may be
revamping his image, he doesn't
seem to be fitting in with the col
lege crowd.
"He's not my kind of music,
not my kind of style," said Adam
Johnson (sophomore-administra
tion of justice). "He's not some
thing I'd pay to see."
Others are also disappointed
with the acts the center is bring
ing in.
Financial
Carrie Anderl
Tanya Bearance
Alyssa Bumbaugh
Denise Conklin
Stacy Cylc
A special thank you to:
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Security
Sara Anderson
Megan Brown
Nicole Cardonick
Gretchen Cuthbertson
Janelle Firestone
Melissa Kosenak
Susan Lechtanski
Tina Wabby
Leah Younkins
Chairs
Linda Baker
Kelly Stein
saturdays)
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