Administrator steps up to new job
By LISA HAARLANDER
Collegian Staff Writer
A University official will be leaving March
29 to become president and chief executive
officer of the Minnesota Medical Foundation.
Brad Choate, associate vice president of
development and alumni relations, said the
job was a step up from his current position.
"Having the opportunity to work with my
own board of directors and having complete
CEO responsibility is a great opportunity,"
Choate said.
Choate, who came to the University in 1990,
also said he liked the Minnesota area.
"The Twin Cities are a wonderful area to
live in," he said. "It's as close to State College
as you can come with still having the advan
tages of a city."
A committee to find a replacement has not
been formed yet, said Mike Bezilla, director
of development, communications and special
projects.
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How long it will take the justice
department to decide whether or
not to start an investigation is any
one's guess, Russell said.
And just what damage this inves
tigation will cause is up in the air.
Robert O'Connor, associate pro
fessor of political science, said
Shuster will be able to survive all
but the worst political scandals
because he has known Eppard for
years.
"If we had a hidden camera
showing Shuster taking money in
small bills, or large bills, then it
would be easy to see it as wrong,"
he said.
Republicans are confident that
Shuster's credibility will hold up.
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At the University, Choate organized several
fund-raising efforts, including $23 million in
gifts for the Bryce Jordan Center, $l4 million
for the Paterno Library and $ll million for
the Biomedical Research Building at the Uni
versity's Hershey Medical Center.
In addition, between 1990 and 1995, the
University's annual private gift income
increased 33 percent to almost $B3 million.
The number of alumni and friends making
gifts increased 15 percent to 108,000. he said.
During the same time, the Office of Univer
sity Development won eight national awards
from the Council for Advancement and Sup
port of Education.
G. David Gearhart, former senior vice
president for development and University
relations, left the University last fall but has
continued to be friends with Choate and his
wife.
He described Choate as an honest person of
great integrity.
"He has helped build a solid program at the
Joe King, executive director of
the Republican State Committee of
Pennsylvania, said Shuster's con
stituents trust him.
"They know him to be honest and
ethical," he said.
But King said the allegations
may develop into a real problem
for Shuster in the future because
criminal charges are involved.
"At this point we're going to have
to wait and see what comes from
it," he said. "Nobody has made any
type of judgment on the issue, so
what we have here is just another
guy with an opinion."
O'Connor said it is possible that
the alleged ethical violations could
cause Shuster to be voted out by
his coleagues, but it is not likely.
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"They're not going to say,
`Elmer, it's time,' " he said, refer
ring to Shuster's given name.
One prominent Blair County
Republican feels Shuster's effec
tiveness has been damaged.
Blair County Commissioner John
Eichelberger said he is troubled by
the allegations and feels Shuster
will not be able to do as good a job
in Congress while under investiga
tion.
"Anytime you have a credibility
problem it affects the way you do
your work," he said. "It would
affect the way I do my job as coun
ty commissioner."
But O'Connor said the credibility
problems will not affect Shuster's
job performance.
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University into one of the best programs in
the country," he said. "Losing him is a great
loss for Penn State. It's a great position for
him and I'm very excited for him."
Bob Groves, executive director of develop
ment, said it is not unusual for people in
Choate's profession to change jobs.
"People are always making offers to try to
lure you to another opportunity," Groves said.
"There are many institutions in major cam
paigns or about to start campaigns."
Groves said one of Choate's greatest
accomplishments was keeping the staff
together after the University's last fund-rais
ing campaign, which ended in 1990 and raised
more than $352 million. The University's next
campaign may raise close to $1 billion.
"There's a tendency after big campaigns
for people to go their own ways," he said.
"With Brad's leadership, we kept the dollar
totals growing and a great staff in place. He
made things happen and was very well
respected."
"The fact that he is under inves
tigation is irrelevant," he said. "He
is still the chairman."
Blair County Republicans will
not be affected by Shuster's prob
lems, Eichelberger said.
"He has not supported the local
party for years," he said.
"He goes his way and we go
ours."
One Blair County Democrat has
mixed feelings about the possibili
ty of an investigation into the situa
tion.
Pat Stoner, chairman of the Blair
County Democratic Committee,
said that while an investigation will
improve the Democrats' fortunes
in the area, it might hurt local peo
ple.
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cease-fire with Great Britain Feb. 9
when a bomb exploded in a London
business district. Bombs were det
onated in a phone booth and on a
bus in the following weeks.
Ronald Hoover, assistant profes
sor of English at the Altoona Cam
pus, said the recent attacks are pri
marily because of the lack of
movement in the peace talks.
British Prime Minister John
Major has been hesitant with peace
talks, Hoover said.
"I would suppose their idea is to
get directly to the top to get things
moving," he said.
Hoover said he sees no reason
why the conflict cannot eventually
be resolved.
"There's no real sense in continu
ing to slaughter innocent individu
als," he said.
Stephen Cimbala, professor of
political science at the Delaware
County Campus, said terrorism is
like an addiction once some peo
ple get involved, it is hard to give
up. The question is whether people
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Liz Ehrstein (senior-psychology)
said her trip to South Dakota will
also be a unique experience.
"We're going to an Indian reser
vation," she said. "I think that will
be very interesting."
Ten students will be working
with Native Americans on a Sioux
reservation in Eagle Butte.
Ehrstein said she looks forward to
being treated as part of the com
munity on the reservation.
The 20-person trip to Mississippi
is also an attempt to make a com
munity better. Muchi said the state
has the lowest income per capita in
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can stop their terrorist activities.
"I would say these bombings
show there are some factions out
there that don't want a peace
agreement," he said.
"Winding down terrorism is
harder than winding it up. It
becomes like a fix," Cimbala said.
Cimbala said his sympathies do
not lie with the British and their
claims for a colonial power.
He said he supports a phase
withdrawal from Northern Ireland
with or without a peace agreement
between the two parties.
"No one's given me a very per
suasive argument that the British
should stay," Cimbala said.
Though the students don't antici
pate the conflict to be resolved
while they are there, they do
expect to learn some lessons in
international politics.
Bradley said she wants to bring
back experiences and share them
with others.
"You can read about it in the
papers but it's different to see it
and experience (it), Bradley said.
the United States. The city they
will be visiting, Meridian, is the
second largest city in Mississippi.
McSparran said creating rela
tionships with the people in the
community and other students is
one of the best features of the
charity trip.
"Just getting to know these peo
ple is a great time," he said. "It's
exciting because of what we are all
doing."
The people were also the main
interest for Ehrstein.
"It's a good feeling when people
who are going to live (in the house)
work along side you," she said.
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