New's Sports " Is , 1 --- Building back up Almost champs - Pakistani leaders form council '` Women's soccer wins two at ,)* - ' 114111610 i P' i ' r .,. 6 to rule legally, democratically A home, clinches conference tie Page 4 , Page 16 59/32 t -At a - he • i collegian www.collegian psu edu Vol. 100, No. 68 26 Pages ©1999 Collegian Inc Lions crack Buckeyes, 23-10 PSU defense keys physical, decisive win By WILLIAM KALEC Collegian Staff Writer Askari Adams made his last play ever against No. 18 Ohio State count. On fourth down and 14, with less than two minutes remaining in the game, the Penn State senior safety spotted Buckeyes wide receiver Reggie Germany attempting to haul in a pass from Steve Bellisari. Just as the ball hit Germany's hands, Adams stuck his shoulder into the midsection of the Ohio State receiver and separated his body from the ball. As the pigskin bounced toward the sideline, Adams stood over Germany triumphant. With one hit, Adams laid to rest the memories of last season's loss in Columbus, Ohio, and gave every Penn State senior a lasting impression of the No. 2 Nittany Lions 23-10 victory Saturday at Beaver Stadium. "They beat us last year and we remember it," Penn State senior linebacker Brandon Short said. "Personally, they have been my biggest rival since I have been here, so it just feels good to get the win." The Lions got the win courtesy of two elements that had been missing in action since early in the season an aggressive defense and a consistent running game. The latter was better known as Penn State tailback Eric McCoo. On the Lions' second play from scrimmage, McCoo set the tone for Penn State's rushing domi nance. He found a seam on the right side of the line of scrim mage, picked up a block from full back Mike Cerimele and motored 53 yards downfield until he was brought down by Buckeyes defen sive end James Cotton at the 6- yard line. That run set up the Lions' first score of the day as quarterback Please see BUCKEYES, Page 2. With football, alcohol-related crime steps up `Typical football weekend summary offenses' include alcohol poisoning, disorderly conduct and vandalism. By DARYL LANG Collegian Staff Writer When football returned to State College this weekend, a battery of drinking, fights, vandalism, scalp ing and mischief came along with it. At least five people went to Cen- SRTEs address student concerns on administration, courses By ELENA CARACAPPA and TRACY WILSON Collegian Staff Writers At the close of each semester, students are allowed the opportuni ty to evaluate their courses and instructors, but periodic input on the administration is considered as well. "Students are in a good position to evaluate the things they experi ence," said Michael Dooris, direc tor of planning and research assessment. The university evaluates stu dents' opinions every three to five years, he said. The results of this year's student experience and satisfaction survey will be released in the coming weeks. Penn State tailback Eric McCoo runs the ball down the field against Ohio State Saturday afternoon in Beaver Stadium. Penn State went on to win the game 23-10. For complete game coverage, please see page 15. Penn State, By KRISTEN VANDERPOOL Collegian Staff Writer Ohio State University students and Penn State students came together this weekend not only to compete in a Big Ten football clash, but to also work together on service projects for the State Col lege community. "Competing on the Field, Col laborating in the Community," the project's theme, was sponsored by the AT&T Center for Service Leadership as a part of the National Make a Difference Week. "This is an c,pportunity to keep the competition on the field and accomplish something positive together in the community," said Carol German, director of the tre Community Hospital for alcohol poisoning, according to reports from the State College Police Department and Penn State Police Services. Police reported no major crimes, but there was an abundance of "your typical football weekend summary offenses," said Cpl. Rick Ososkie of the State College Police. In total, State College Police responded to 258 calls between 3 p.m. Friday and 7 a.m. yesterday, comparable to the number of calls reported the weekend of the Aug. 28 Arizona game. At the Penn State-Ohio State For the past six years, Thomas Jech, professor of mathematics, has added a question on his Student Rating of Teaching Effectiveness (SRTE) asking students to rate on a scale of 1 to 7 the effectiveness of the university administration in addressing student concerns. Jech compared students to con sumers who expect reasonable ser vice from the administration. "Students are asked about teach ing but not administration," Jech said. "Students live here for four years; they have to deal with many things. I think students should have their voice in how the university is run." Although the survey was not offi cial, Jech said the results have been consistent. The survey samples comprise 20 Ohio State join to make a difference AT&T Center for Service t.eader ship. About 50 Ohio State students and 50 Penn State students came together to work on various com munity service projects. The organizations receiving aid included the State College Food Bank, 208 \V. Foster Ave; the Unit ed Way of Centre County, 2790 W. College Ave.; two local retirement homes, Outlook Pointe at State College, 1901 Circleville Road and Brookline Village, 1950 Cliffside Drive: and Centre Wildlife Care in Lemont. Studenis delivered canned food items, performed maintenance work, entertained senior citizens and built cages for area wildlife. "The community has a lot of Please see DIFFERENCE, Page 2. game at Beaver Stadium Saturday, Penn State Police investigated at least two purchases of counterfeit football tickets, Officer Sam R ic- Ciotti said. The tickets, which the two vic tims purchased along College Avenue and in a stadium parking lot, may have been sold by the same person, Ricciotti added. In and around the stadium, Penn State Police reported 11 citations for ticket scalping, 12 underage drinking incidents, two public drunkenness citations, two drug law violations and two instances of counterfeit merchandise for sale. to 60 sophomores, juniors and seniors. The perception among students surveyed is that they are not get ting their money's worth from the administration, Jech said. "We never get asked about that (the administration) really," said Daniel Longley (junior-mathemat ics), a former student of Jech's. "It seems like it is a bunch of mysteri ous people working behind the scenes." Professors have the option of asking students to evaluate the administration on the SRTE, but the survey's primary purpose is to evaluate the course, Dooris said. The Schreyer Institute for Inno vation and Learning is piloting other means of evaluating stu dents' opinions that will not replace Monday, Oct. 18, 1999 Penn State student Molly Carey (left) builds wildlife cages early Saturday morning with Ohio State students. The universities worked together before the football game as part of National Make a Difference Week. Ricciotti said. Downtown, activity picked up after dark Friday and Saturday. State College Police cited 26 peo ple for disorderly conduct, includ ing several fights at downtown bars. The most serious assault, at about 12:30 a.m. yesterday at the Darkhorse Tavern, 128 E. College Ave., sent a man to the hospital with a ripped septum, the part of his nose between his nostrils. Police had 14 vehicles towed for illegal parking. Another 14 were reported van dalized, including a Hyundai SRTEs, but will ask different ques tions, Dooris said. 'lt's a good thing to focus on (evaluating) instructors in a school this size where there are not much dealings with the administration," said Alexander Faber (junior-math ematics), also a former student of Jech's. "I've had nothing but good deal ings with the administration recently," he said, adding that deal ing with the university gets easier with seniority and experience. Surveys similar to the SRTE and the evaluations being developed are worthy of students' time as long as the results are seriously considered, Faber said. "Any question is worth asking if omeone is listening to the answer," he said Weather Collegian Photo!Megan Morr Collegian Photo Lee A. McMahon Elantra tipped on its side at the 500 block of East Foster Avenue early yesterday. Several police incidents during the weekend involved partiers toss ing objects from apartment bal conies, especially in the "canyon" area of Beaver Avenue. A man received a citation Satur day night for emptying a full garbage can from a third-floor bal cony at 329 E. Beaver Ave. Police cited two residents at 320 E. Beaver Ave. in connection with a man who shouted obscenities and threw a beer bottle toward a police cruiser from a sixth-floor balcony. rj o p.-; the PSI) atirrtinistratiOn address student cunt-mm.4'i This graph shows the results to a question Professor Thomas Jech asked on his SATE. Students were asked to rate the effectiveness of the university administration in addressing student concerns. (Based on a ranking of 1-7). ,ource. Thomas Jech, professor of mathematics Sprinkles Patches of frost tonight Extended forecast: Page 2 Published independently by students at Penn State College to build NASA satellite By TIM SWIFT Collegian Staff Writer NASA awarded the Penn State Eberly College of Science a $26 million contract, the largest ever for the college, Thursday to help build a satellite to examine the far reaches of space. Costing a total of $163 million, the Swift Gamma Ray Burst Explorer satellite will be responsi ble for detecting gamma ray bursts. The bursts, which last only a few seconds, outshine the rest of the universe when they explode unpredictably in distant galaxies Theories on the cause of these bursts range from two neutron stars colliding, creating a black hole to just one massive star col lapsing, said Penn State professor David Burrows, a member of the Swift research team. "The mystery is, how do you move so much energy in so little time?" Burrows said. "It's probably a signature of a black hole's cre ation, but the exact mechanism is not clear." Launching in 2003, the satellite will have a three-year mission in which the explorer will also survey the sky for new black holes and other sources of cosmic gamma rays, according to a NASA press release. Consisting of three co-aligned telescopes, the satellite will provide sharp images of the ray bursts' source and pinpoint its location in the sky. Astronomers will build and test X-ray and UV/optical tele scopes, operate the satellite after launch from a Penn State control center, and supervise an education and public outreach program. The educational program will provide gamma ray burst-related materials to schools across the country. The project's Web site (www.astro.p.str.eduttray/swift) even includes a song about the bursts for students. With engineers and technicians, the Swift team at Penn State includes about 30 people. The team will consist mostly of faculty mem bers, but graduate and undergradu ate students will be able to work in limited extent doing general lab work, Burrows said. Penn State astronomers beat out six schools, including Columbia University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the Naval Research Laboratory for the contract, Burrows said. "In my 21 years at NASA, this is the most difficult selection that I have had to make," NASA adminis trator Edward Weiler said in a pre pared statement. "The number of first-class concepts being submit ted to NASA by the space science community for these smaller mis sions just keeps on climbing." Springt9lM Spring 1999 Collegian Graphic/Jamie Perruquet
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