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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
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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
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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
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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
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"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
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