News - Sports kti 4atTo Out of the race , im . e oving forward Lack of funding causes Dole - Jarrett Stephens leads experienced to end presidential run .- - crop of Lions forwards this season ~...., Page 11 4f f Page 14 56/40 Ok il ik daily CO Ile ian www.collegian.psu.edu Vol. 100, No. 71 24 Pages ©1999 Collegian Inc CCSG finalizes plans for meeting By NICK FALSONE Collegian Staff Writer The Council of Commonwealth Student Governments finalized plans last night for the second CCSG council meeting this Friday and Saturday. The meeting, which will take place at the Best Western State College Inn, 1663 S. Atherton St., will bring together representatives from all 19 commonwealth campus es across the state. Plans for the meeting include a discussion on the student activity fee, further organization toward the Council's five-year strategic plan and reports on the progress of the dance marathon. The student activity fee is one of the most important issues that \vill he brought up during the meeting, according to CCSG President ,lon- Michael Roman. There are three different price levels that campus es can use when charging an activi ty fee. Roman said they are propos ing some revisions to the format. In addition to format revision. CCSG Vice-President \like D'Ausilio said CCSG will also look into clothing and mix el purchases made with the student activity fee. He added that one problem is that the fee can not be used to help pay for student organization items such as orientation t-shirts. "This is an important issue," said D'Ausilio. "The whole purpose of the fee is to enhance the out of class experience." Other ways of addressing out of class activities will also he brought up in the meeting, according to Jake Paparelli, CCM; academic affairs director. Paparelli said the representa tives will consider the idea of a common hour for campuses. A common hour is an hour-long slot in the day where no classes can he scheduled, therefore leaving the time open for student activities. He added that some campuses have already integrated the idea. - Every campus that has it common hour) feels it's a valuahle tool for them," Papal - rill said. Roman said that the five-:, ear strategic plan and the progress of the dance marathon are also impor tant issues on the agenda for this weekend. He added that the plan is still in its early stages. On the other hand, pro , 2.ram s such as the dance marathon that benefits the Four Diamonds Fund and is held the same weekend as the Interfraternity Council/Panhel lenic Dance Marathon has really come across well with the common wealth campuses, Roman said. It was introduced to commonwealth campuses three years ago. Reports on further progress will be given to representatives at the meeting. Roman said that the marathon is also a very significant topic for CCSG. LaTanya Brown of Hampton, Va. files prescriptions as part of her HU-CARE welfare-to-work program. A bill encouraging employers to hire welfare recipients, passed through the state House Tuesday. Kevin Thompson throws the ball during the Lions' game against Ohio State last Saturday. Thompson suffered a partially separated right shoulder after a collision with Ohio State linebacker Na'il Diggs. Thompson may play Quarterback still hopeful after missing practice By JOHN GIBLIN Collegian Staff Writer All week, people have been asking whether or not Pena State quarterback Ku\ in Thompson will line up behind center against No. 16 Purdue - a game criach Joe Paterno called - the toughest game we will have had so far - Like the infamous response to the question, - How man'. does it take to get to the cen t er of a Tootsie-Pop, - the \vorli might never knov. until kickoff Saturday. After a violent hit he Ohiu State linebacker Na'il Thompson \v as diagnosed wit a partially separated right shoul der. Unfortunately for l homp son, that is his throwing arm. While the fifth-year senior said it Was popped Out of its socket on initial contact, the Joint might have actually popped back into place when Diggs fell on top of the quarterback. "tiaturda ,. night I did have pain Thompson said. "It stiff AP Photo'Kenneth D. Lyons "Hopefully I didn't do too much yesterday (Tuesday)." ent2d up a little 'oil, but Sunda\ tpo bad" Thompson underwent N-ray› last , o..echend and has underone extensive treatment lasting from one t(( TWO hOUrti. }lii daily rou n(: includes visits to the athletic trau rs an hour before break fast and again an hour prior to pr:ictice. di It • but atter a weekend of rest and rehahilitation, Thompson 11 \\ as kept out of practice i\londav While his teammates practiced, the second-year darter sat along the sidelines, refraining from any drills that could aggravate the injury. Tuesday, however, it was hack to the field . He staved wary of his shoul der, only warming up and taking Welfare-to-work bill passes through state House By ALLISON KESSLER Collegian Staff Vinter A bill encouraging employers to hire welfare recipients passed through the state House Inesdav and is currently 000 aiting discussion in the state Senate. The hill, known as the Employment Incentive Payment Program, expands the existing program that provides tax credits to businesses based on wages they have paid to former welfare recipients, according to a press release from state Rep. Karl Boyes, Roves is a co-sponsor of the bill and chairman of the state House Finance Committee. where the bill was intro duced. "Since 1982, this program has helped Pennsylvania -make the transition from welfare to independence," he said in the release. "I'm pleased that we will Thursday, Oct. 21, 1999 Kevin Thompson Penn State quarterback part In light throwing mils 11opefull\ I didn't do too much yesterday TuL--day., - he said. "I did a lot of thtming, hut I didn't do a lot in the coup-;e of throwing a lot of hard passes or long \yds careful. I was smart about Thompson said the shoulder separation might he related to a previous injure he sustained two 'ears ago at home Ll',4,".:nst Pitts burgh -- a game in wnich he \vas 'Knocked for a live-vend ions on each of the final two pla \ s of the The recent injury, however, isn't his first of the season Thompson, who has heen sacked four times in the past t games. soon he able to help even more people achieve self-sufficiencv." The new measure would extend the previous program for another Dye years and qualify more people, said Mark Ryan, executive director of the House Finance Committee. 'What prompted Boyes' offer is that the current tax credit plan is due to expire after Dec. 31, - Ryan said. "It vou]d he an inopportune time for it (the program) to run Out, especially with the recent changes over the years encouraging people to go from , Aelfare to einpA vment." t' , c an employer to receive ;Ai( with the current program, t' iriployee must he receiving wel iare on the day he is hired. The new hill would give tax credit eligibility to those employers whose employees received welfare henefits within a Collegian Photo J.M. Boyer Please see INJURY. Page 2 Weather Professors wary of online notes By SARAH CASSI Collegian Staff Writer For students taking classes with notes published online, PCs are replacing class attendance. Profes sors have many reasons to worry about this new alternative to attending class. "I think it is extremely danger ous for students to rely on note providers," said Paul Howell, pro fessor of metals science. "students are in danger of doing extremely poorly in class because students aren't going to make up the lecture experience with notes off of the Web." However, some students feel no classroom experience is missed when a class is skipped. "In my sociology class, the teacher just lectures, and it's really dry and boring," said Lakeisha Thorpe (junior-psychology). "Stu dents figure that if they can get the notes off of the Web, then why should they go to class when they can sleep?" Replacing the class experience with the online one is not the intent of the online note providers. "We recommend that students go to class and use the notes as a sup A student purchases notes at Nittany Notes, 234 E. College Ave., earlier this semester. The company is considering publishing notes on the Web. Mitany Notes follows trend, hopes to offer notes on Web By SARAH CASSI Collegian Staff Writer Amid the influx of online note services comes one more probable Nittany Notes. note jiroviLlei Tom Alatis, owner of Nittany Notes. 2.34 F. College Ave., said the possibility is high that Nittany Notes would start to offer its ser vices online. The details are still being worked out, but Nlatis hopes to have something available by the beginning of Spring Semester at the earliest and by the fall of next Year at the latest. The increased competition hetween Nittany Notes and free online =MEE Versitv Corn i ll' el 5 ity.com and Yournotes.com vournuto,.coin ), is one of the rea tear of the day they are hired This proposal would increase the number of people who qualify for the program, according to the press release. "The basic premise of welfare to work is that we should move people from the welfare roles i:Ao productive employment," Boyes said to the House upon passage of the already existing hill. "This is intended to give welfare recipients an opportunity to move toward self-sufficiency." The bill is also designed to make people receiving vocational rehabilita tion services eligible for tax credit, including people with physical or men tal disabilities who may be overlooked when it comes to employment, accord ing to the release. "This group of people would enable employers to receive the same tax Mostly sunny Increasing clouds tonight Extended forecast: Page 2 Published independently by students at Penn State sons why Nittany Notes is consid ering going online. "That's part of it. hut another part of it is so we man provide a broader service to our student cus tomers,- Nlatis said. While plans aren't finalized, Nit tanv Notes is looking to offer the notes for free, a departure from charging students for lecture notes and exam packages as it does now. Free notes would attract the attention of students "I would never e\ - en pay for notes because I know they are offered for free online," said Emmet Kauffman freshman-busi ness administration), who already uses notes online. Also, instead of intrviewing stu dents online for notetaker positions Please see NOTES, Page 2. ( 11 11 II credit as they would from those on welfare," Ryan said. Some think the new program is ben eficial to all involved in the program. "I think everybody wins. - said Jef frey Schwartz, treasurer ()f the p e n n _ sylvania Retailers' Association "There are good associates (fur the employ ers) and the tax payer wins as ,A ell." In the past. Schwartz, who supports the new program, testified hefore the House Finance Committee in favor of the existing incentive program. The new program also addresses problems welfare recipients may encounter when trying, to p,lll them selves out of welfare. "Finding transportation and child care, let alone paving for it, can prove difficult if not impossible for former welfare recipients," lioyes said in the release. plement to the information they've learned in class," said Janet Car dinell, director of campus relations for Versitv.com persity. coin). "We strongly value student interaction with professors and the classroom experience." Some professors have questioned the legality of publishing their lec ture notes online based on copy right laws and intellectual property infringement, specifically with Study 24-7. com tmurly.study24- i OM ) "A few professors argued that we were infringinv, on their copy right," said Brian Maser, co founder and co-chief executive officer of Study 24- - com "This is absolutely not the case. Our stu dents are only allowed to put their interpretations of the professor's lecture on our Web site." It is the specific feature of stu dent interpretation that makes it legal fur online note providers to publish class notes. " - Vhen a professor presents an idea in class, the idea itself can't be copyrighted, - ~aid C lee Calvert, assistant professor of communica tions and law. "If a student goes to a lecture and takes notes on their Please see ONLINE, Page 2.
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