News Sports Greek singf Champs Greek community holds 4 11 \ With win against Ohio State, ', t-w , annual Broadway festival _ „ A , , :4u Lady Lions clinch Big Ten title Page 12 . „,, Page 14 57/37 the c ollegian , daily www.collegian.psu.edu Vol. 100, No. 73 22 Pages ©1999 Collegian Inc Enrollment stays consistent By NICK FALSONE Collegian Staff Writer More than 80,000 students are officially enrolled at Penn State for Fall Semester. For almost all schools, such a figure would repre sent an overwhelming student body, hut for Penn State, it's sim ply considered a year of slow growth. Penn State announced last week that the enrollment for this fall has nearly remained the same as last year. However, according to a Penn State press release, the fig- LaVar Arrington sacks Purdue quarterback Drew Brees causing a fumble. Arrington returned the fumble for a touchdown. For complete game coverage see Page 13. Lions continue winning By RYAN HOCKENSMITH Collegian Staff Writer %VEST I.Af AYEI"FE, Ind. Nlayhe in five ears Purdue coach Joe Tiller will sit down and smile about Saturdays events. At least for this week, however, the third-year coach won't he warmly contemplating his No. 16 Boilermakers' clash with No. 2 Penn State. Tiller's Purdue squad locked a chokehold onto the visiting Nit tany Lions before getting collared Rowdy student fans storm stadium By DARYL LANG Collegian Staff Writer Celebrating Penn State fans made a lot of noise and caused a little damage after the Penn State football team heat Purdue Satur day. During the final seconds of the game about -:10 p.m. in State College Penn State students began cheering from their windows and balconies. A crowd formed on Beaver Avenue down town and marched toward Beaver Stadium, following the lead of one man hanging on a cowbell and hundreds of others shouting, "Goalpost!" At the stadium, fans pounded fences, tipped trashcans, set off fireworks and broke into a snack stand, tossing cups and snacks into the air. When police within the stadium waved cans of mace and police in parking Instances when Penn State can disclose discipline records to parents or guardians of dependent and non-dependent students The parent or legal guardian inquires about a specific University Code of Conduct violation that the student was accused of committing The student exhibits a repeated pattern of misconduct and has exhausted or failed to complete required a program or other performance requirements. The Code of Conduct violation constitutes a felony under the state or federal law. • The student has been involved, or has involved others in a potentially lite-threatening situation. In the professional judgement of the staff of the Office of Judicial Affairs, a report to the parent or guardian of the student is advisable under the specific facts and circumstances of the disciplinary incident in question. Collegian Graphic Jamie Perruquet Sc,L, rc, e 1999-2000 Student Guide to general University Policies and Rules ures are following a plan to control enrollment in the university. "Because of its infrastructure, it's very clear that University Park can't get any bigger," said Steve MacCarthy, executive director of University Relations. The purpose of the plan to con trol enrollment was to focus on retaining the students who are completing their sophomore year instead of overall growth, accord ing the release. The plan was introduced in 1996. Some commonwealth campuses changed their format from two- in the second half en route to a 31-25 Penn State victory. The Boilermakers, with nine senior starters, commandeered the statistics sheet, dominating in almost every conceivable catego ry except for the final score. "We just need to experience this stuff more," Tiller said of his young squad's narrow loss. "As we do, we'll get better:We'll han dle it better. "The next time we're in this sit uation, we'll win this game." With the ball and only 59 see lots shined spotlights on the crowd, the fans gave up and dispersed. By the time the ordeal was over, the dam age included an overturned vending trailer, two toppled portable toilets and six destroyed lampposts. Penn State Police Services were still tallying the damage yesterday afternoon, but they said the lampposts were worth at least S5OO each. Though no one was injured, the crowd seemed to cause more damage than a similar-size crowd did after the Penn State-Miami game Sept. Is. Speaking over a loudspeaker, a police offi cer thanked the stadium crowd for being enthusiastic, hut encouraged them to wel come the football team home SaturdaN night at the University Park Airport instead of damaging property. ~T he team would appreciate seeing you show your support and not reading about it the next day in the paper,'' he said. year programs to provide four year degrees for students who do not want to transfer to University Park. With the changes, more stu dents tend to stay at common wealth campuses, MacCarthy said. In the first two years, Mac- Carthy said enrollment trends real did not change. Although fewer students were admitted, a greater number of those admitted were accepting admission, therefore canceling out any changes. However, MacCarthy said the trend has changed. It's been a bit of a balancing* act ondi- left, Purdue quarterback Drew firee,joged onto the Ross- Ade Stadium turf neediniz a touchdown drive to win He near 1 \ Lot it l'hrowing to four different wide receivers, Ilrees maneu vered Purdue to the Penn State 12-yard line. where the Boilers had four downs to punch in the winning, score. Three straight passes in the end zone fruitles›ly flopped to the turf, setting. up a fourth-down play for the game. University alerts parents of alcohol violations By JILL LEONARD Collegian Staff Writer Because of policy revisions, the university now reserves the right re notify the parents of dependent and non-dependent students younger than 21 who are caught violating certain rules. In August, Penn State made revi sions to the "Policies on Disclosure of Student Records" section of the 1999-2000 Student Guide to General University Policies and Rules man ual, said Joseph Puzycki, director of the Office of Judicial Affairs. Even though the universit already used counseling, health services and disciplinary sanctions Monday, Oct. 25, 1999 but we've hit it well this yea' MacCarthy The slow growth resulted in spite of Penn state receiving a record number of applications this year. Ultimately, 14,000 new freshmen were enrolled, according to the press release. "This year's undergraduate enrollments came in on target, with a small reduction in new freshmen offset by a small increase in upper division students," Penn State Pres ident Graham Spaniel' !-,aid in the release. Please see ENROLLMENT, Page 2 streak /;rees dropped hack, immedi ately looking, off wideout Randall lane and directii,L: hi; attention toward senior receiver Chris Daniels. lions cornerback Bhawoh due locked up Daniels, who was run ning an out pattern into the left corner of the end zone. Brees' final toss of the day - slot lv mean dered out of hounds, ending Pur due's hopes of a second straight upset of a top-five team and cinching Penn State's eighth Please see FOOTBALL, Page 2. Students gather at Beaver Stadium to celebrate the Lions 31-25 victory. as points of intervention, the main may report information to parents goal of the policy revisions was to or guardizms. look for another means of interven tion, Puzychi said "By engaging parents, we can Puzvcki said. utilize them as additional points of Puzycki said some universities. support," Puzycki said such as the University of According to the student guide, Delaware, report every infraction parents and legal guardians of stu- against the school's code of con dents can he notified about the stu- duct dent's conduct in five circum stances. A repeated pattern of miscon- involves parents "when it is appro duct and failure to complete a priate." required program, and committing Even though the policies at the a felony and involving one's self or University of Delaware are more others in a potentially life-threat- stringent, Timothy Brooks, dean of ening situation are some of the students at Delaware, said it has instances in which the university led to many encouraging results. Collegian Photo Jim Rajotte Collegian Photo Chris Mortenson Weather Sunny Clear and cool tonight Extended forecast: Page 2 A police officer writes a report regarding a fraternity fight he was called to Saturday night. Officers have to report every incident that occurs. Local police officers deal with typical weekend offenses Editors Note: Collegian Staff Writer Daryl Lang spent a few hours on patrol with the State College Police Depart- =En By DARYL LANG Collegian Staff Writer The -canner crackles: Fight at the Rathskeller. Officer Barrett Smith speeds his police car alm - 1;2 College Avenue to the bar at 108 S. Pugh St. By the time he arrives, the first officers on the scene have already hand cuffed two men. "This ain't funny, man, - says one of the suspects, a man with blood cruting around his mouth and nose. v,ho admits lie's had too many drinks. Smith and another officer drive the man to the police station on Fraser Street. They help him clean the blood off his face and write him a citation for trespassing at the bar after the management asked him to leave. For the State College Police Department, it's a routine call on the Saturday night-Sunda morn ing shift. Disorderly conduct, pub lic drunkenness, scattering rub bish, throwing objects - all are typical offenses on weekend evenings downtown. Officer Smith, who graduated from Penn State in 1997, has worked the night shift for almost a year. Working as a backup car, as he did Saturday night, he cruises the downtown streets, keeping an eve open for trouble and respond ing to calls on the scanner. As his car passes Acme Pizza, 260 E. Beaver Ave., a few people gathered begin calling across the street to warn others of the approaching threat: "Cops!" "Cops, cops. cops. I love hearing that," Smith says sarcastically. "I guess that's better than a lot of the other things I've been called." Between 11:30 p.m. Saturday and 3:30 a.m. Sunday, Smith assists with 10 calls from the dispatch cen ter: three fights, two routine traffic stops, someone throwing items at a window, a woman walking alone on All (notification instances) speak to when a student is at risk "Penn State is not doing that," he said, adding the university only Published independently by students at Penn State a dark road. a report of loud music a pedestrian stop and a woman sus pected of driving under the influ once. 01 the calls, three are ;:, i, hl3 repo -- gone on arrival. Most others, like the traffic stops, involve sup porting Other officers already on the scene. Only ten, the Rathskeller fight and the DUI, result in police \yriting citations. But despite not citing anyone, Smith writes up a lengthy report about a fight outside a fraternity. An existing rivalry between Phi Kappa Theta, 338 E. Fairmount Ale., and its neighbors. Sigma Alpha Mu, 329 E. Prospect Ave., turned a little rough. The aftermath of a fight is a man on the floor, possibly with a dislo cated shoulder. By the time police arrive, the fight is over, and frater nity members are reluctant to give information. Nobody saw anything. "We're actually working it out right now," one member tells the officers there. Paramedics take the injured man to Centre Community Hospital in an ambulance. Fights like that one aren't bright spots in Smith's jot). "Automatically you show up and you're the enemy," Smith says. Other calls, like traffic stops, are less predictable. At about 2:30 a.m., an officer stops a \ - oung woman for driving her Nlazda the wrong way down West College Avenue. Smith arrives and asks her to perform several sobriety tests on the sidewalk. She doesn't pass, although she calmly insists she only drank one peer. Smith puts her in the cruiser and drives her to the emergency room at Centre Community Hospital for a blood test. The woman's coopera tion makes the ordeal easier, and she and Smith even make small talk about work. Her pleasant atti tude is not the kind of respect Smith gets from everybody. When someone spits on Smith's car at the corner of locust Lane and Beaver Avenue, he brushes it off. Happens all the time. "We have had a lot of success," Brooks said, adding a reduction in the number of caseloads, a decrease in student suspensions and a decline in the recurrent rate of alcohol abuse have all been results of the stricter policies. Other Big Ten schools seem to have taken a similar approach to Penn State's parental notification policies. Currently, the University of Michigan does not inform parents unless there are health concerns or safety concerns or both with the students, said Gwvn Hulswit, intake coordinator for the Office of Student Conflict Resolution. Collegian Photo Andrea Kohler Please see ALCOHOL, Page 2
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