Faculty Senate faces new issues
By CHERYL FRANKENFIELD
Collegian Staff Writer
In addition to the much-anticipat
ed passage of a fall break, faculty
reviews, an informational report
from the General Education Imple
mentation Committee and a presen
tation on the university budget also
were on the agenda at the Universi
ty Faculty Senate meeting yester
day.
The Senate committee on faculty
affairs recommended a construc
tive review that will look at accom
plishments and future goals of fac
ulty members, a revised proposal
of one which failed to pass in April.
The committee passed the
Cultural
for Spring Semester
By KATIE O’HARA
Collegian Staff Writer
Next semester, Penn State will
offer Asian American Experience,
its first ever Asian-American
course.
“The course is not designed
specifically for Asian-American
students,” said Virginia Mansfield-
Richardson, associate professor of
communications, who will be teach
ing the course Spring Semester
1999. “It is designed for anyone
interested in American history,
politics and economics and how an
important group of people helped
shape American history.”
The course’s mission is to pro
vide students with information
about the historical, social, eco
nomic and political nature of the
diverse population of Asian-Pacific
heritage.
These groups include Chinese,
Filipinos, Indians, Koreans, Viet
namese, Japanese and Pacific
Islanders, said Jit Chatterjee,
Asian Pacific American Coalition
president.
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review to learn more about faculty
development, program quality and
learning environments of students.
The general education commit
tee proposed some suggestions and
further explanations about general
education recommendations, which
were passed by the Senate in
December 1997.
Discussion included concerns
about substituting language credits
for general education credits.
Louis Geschwindner, professor
of architectural engineering, said
the committee recommendation of
substituting credits overstepped its
authority in making decisions
about general education.
Committee members agreed to
class added
The class will feature readings,
lecture films and class discussions
about race and ethnic relations,
media coverage of Asian-American
assimilation and the social and cul
tural identity of the Asian-Ameri
can community.
Penn State’s Asian-American
community has been lobbying for
an entire program for nearly five
years, Chatterjee said.
“Asian-Pacific-American her
itage is extremely vast and
diverse,” Chatterjee said. “It’s hard
to put everything in a single
course.”
The course is cross-listed and
can be scheduled either through
American Studies 197 A (Asian
American Experience) or Commu
nications 1978 (Asian American
Experience).
Chatterjee said he feels Penn
State has been slow to offer a
course about the heritage, which
represents about 5 percent of the
University Park population and is
also the fastest growing minority
population within the United
States.
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take Senate suggestions into con
sideration at the next meeting.
John Brighton, executive vice
president and provost, gave a pre
sentation on the university’s use of
funds and a report on the 1999 to
2000 budget. The university saw a
3.25 percent increase in state sup
port but is asking for more in the
future to assist the new School of
Information and Science Technolo
gy, workforce development and
outreach programs.
There is a small increase in the
student activity fee, Brighton said,
but it is preferred to increase the
fee at an inflationary level, rather
than increase severely in one year.
At the Senate meeting, a motion
Ridge allocates
funds for future
By SARAH CASSI
Collegian Staff Writer
Penn State will receive $9.2
million of the $42.1 million that
Gov. Tom Ridge announced yes
terday will be distributed to
Pennsylvania colleges and uni
versities for construction and
design products.
Of the $9.2 million, $5 million
will go toward safety improve
ments, technology upgrades and
renovations, and $4.2 million
will be used to modernize the
university’s telecommunication
technology.
Paul Ruskin, Office of Physi
cal Plant spokesperson, said the
renovations will include road
improvements, window replace
ments and roofing needed in
campus buildings. The
upgrades involve the placement
of switching devices and fiber
optics, he said.
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care benefits to faculty with same
sex partners was proposed.
The motion stated, “In the past
five years, a number of academic
institutions have offered domestic
partner benefits to their employ
ees. In addition, there is some evi
dence that Penn State is now
placed at a competitive disadvan
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For the next Senate meeting, the
motion will be discussed as old
business, said Leonard Berkowitz,
chair of the Senate.
Ronald Dodson, director of
special projects, said those
technological improvements
include the rewiring of 27
buildings, including the HUB,
Old Main and Pattee.
In a press release, Ridge
explained why the money was
allotted.
“We must ensure that Penn
sylvania’s students receive the
high-tech education they need
to become leaders of the 21st
century,” he said.
“Penn State is a substantial
educator of Pennsylvania young
people,” Tom Charles, Ridge’s
deputy press secretary, said,
said, adding that was one of the
reasons why the university was
chosen to receive funding.
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with funding are the University
of Pittsburgh, Shippensburg
University, Lock Haven Univer
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