News - Sports t 1 ° "-., . -, *, - '' Safe passage Legend perishes I lk ' Airplane crash claims life of ' Crossing links Israel, Palestine , golf champion Payne Stewart under military protection Page 4 Page 10 1 5 8 / 4 0 the daily Collie ian www.collegian.psu.edu Vol. 100, No. 74 16 Pages ©1999 Collegian Inc Report urges computer ownership By CINDY KOONS Collegian Staff Writer The university has formed a team to implement an advisory committee report strongly recommending personal computers for incoming students. The implementation plan strongly recom mends that beginning Fall Semester 2000, full-time incoming students own a personal computer or have immediate access to one. Todd Ellis, student member of the Univer sity Faculty Senate, said at its last meeting the Senate focused its discussion on the logistics of implementing the policy. The opinions of individual Senate mem- Fraternity links slurs to quarrel By SARAH CASSI Collegian Staff Writer The altercation that occurred Saturday night between Phi Kappa Theta fraternity and Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity might not have been a simple rivalry between neighbor ing fraternities. Scott Rubenstein, president of Sigma Alpha Mu, 338 E. Fairmount Ave., said brothers of Phi Kappa Theta, 329 E. Prospect Ave., allegedly said anti-Semitic com ments to prospective members of Sigma Alpha Mu before the fight occurred. Rubenstein said late Saturday night, some of Sigma Alpha Mu's prospective members were walk ing between Phi Kappa Theta and another fraternity house when members of Phi Kappa Theta con fronted them. According to Rubenstein, mem bers of Phi Kappa Theta allegedly directed racial slurs toward the prospective members of Sigma Alpha Mu, who in turn asked for an apology. A fight occurred shortly after ward, Rubenstein said. "People were drunk. Someone threw a punch I don't know who and the fight started," Ruben- stein said For Sigma Alpha Mu, which is 75 percent Jewish, the comments were highly offensive. even for non-Jewish members, Rubenstein said. The State College Police Depart ment was called to the scene and broke up the fight, making no arrests. Police were not told of the alleged comments and the investi gation is currently closed, said Lt. Diane Conrad State College police. When asked why the incident was not reported to police, Ruben stein said it was because no arrests were made "No one was arrested; nobody got in trouble. The police came and broke up the fight and we each went back to our houses," Ruben stein said. "We were afraid the cops wouldn't understand." Anti-abortion signs line the sidewalk outside State College Medical Services, 477 E. Beaver Ave., where a demonstration took place earlier this month. hers were also discussed at the meeting. The Faculty Senate held a half-hour ques tion-and-answer session during the last meeting, and forwarded the results to Penn State President Graham Spanier, Ellis said. Spanier's approval made the creation of the implementation team possible, said John Harwood, implementation committee chair. Although the recommendation suggests students bring their own computers, stu dents will still have the option of using the computer labs. The number of available computers in the labs will not change, hut higher-level tech nology will he made available through them, he said. Arboretum plans in works Chad Osborn (senior-horticulture) tends to the geraniums in a greenhouse on campus. The planned arboretum will serve as a resource for various university departments, including biology, forestry and horticulture. Nature facility to serve as university-wide resource By TRACY WILSON Collegian Staff Writer The 395-acre arboretum envi sioned in the University Park Campus Master Plan moved clos er to reality last week with the naming of a director for the pro ject. Kim Steiner, professor of fur est biology, will coordinate the activities of the arboretum, which will not be completed without at least a decade of work and mil lions of dollars in private dona tions. Described as a "zoo for plants," the arboretum will serve as a Collegian Photo , C. Mortensen The committee recommends specific things that need to he addressed, including computer education and training for stu dents and faculty, Harwood said. The team has developed subcommittees, which will have interim reports about the specific parts of the report by mid-Novem ber, Harwood added. "We are trying to he sure no important issue is neglected," Harwood said. The team is working on developing a means of communicating the new policy to place for ecological demonstra tion and observation, said Larry Nielsen, director of the School of Forest Resources. "It's a living place to learn about plants and natural ecosys tems," Nielsen said. In the same way a zoo is used to display animals, the arboretum will also display native and unusual plants, grasses, wild flowers and large trees. Students and the community can use it for learning and research, he said. Although the College of Agri cultural Sciences is largel, behind the planning efforts foi Santorum continues support of abortion ban Local organizations and facilities have also joined the fight against partial birth abortions in the hopes that the legislation will become law. By ALLISON KESSLER Collegian Staff Writer The U.S. Senate voted 63 to 34 last week in favor of banning par tial-birth abortions. By a small margin, the Senate was unable to gain the two-thirds vote it would need to override an anticipated veto from President Bill Clinton. Sponsored by U.S. Sen. Rick San torum, R-Pa , the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 1999 is the Senate's third attempt to pass leg islation banning partial-birth abor tions. Tuesday, Oct. 26, 1999 Students would use their computers for baseline academic functions, and the labs for higher-level technology and specialized applications, Harwood said. the project, the arboretum will he a university-wide resource for departments such as biology. landscape architecture, forestry and horticulture, Nielsen said "Literally dozens of classes across the university can find it useful for field labs, - he said. Everything from observing the growth patterns of trees to seeing how plants go together in land scaping can he studied, Nielsen added. "Our programs \yin focus on natural resource stewardship. sustainable and compatible land use, and the restoration 01 degraded landscapes," Steiner "Sen. Santorum is among a lot of Americans against barbaric proce dure performed on healthy babies and healthy mothers," said Robert Traynhani, Santorum's press secre tary. The legislation defines a partial birth abortion as one in which a person "vaginally delivers some portion of an intact living fetus until the fetus is partially outside the body of the mother." The mother's purpose in a par tial-birth abortion is to kill the fetus while the fetus is partially outside her body, according to the legislation. Santorum was deeply moved after he reviewed statistics about partial-birth abortions and made his movement to ban the procedure personal, Traynham said. "Partial-birth abortion is not about politics. It is about infanti cide," he said. Weather faculty, students and parents, according to the advisory committee report. Harwood said communication from deans of colleges and special mailings are exam ples of how information will he made avail able. Academic Assembly President Lynn Hen drickson said the assembly passed a resolu tion at the end of last semester stating they didn't think computer ownership should be required. However, the assembly supports the cur rent process of implementation because it recommends computers should be made available to all students, and ownership is not required, Hendrickson said. Collegian Photo Corinne Coulter said in a Penn State press release. "The arboretum will he an insti tute for land health." The land included in the arboretum lies between the uni versitv's farmland north of cam pus, the Overlook Heights Upland area and the tract of land on which the university president's residence is located, said Robert Steele, dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences. A reception area, classrooms. meeting rooms, display gardens, an outdoor patio, a 150-seat audi toHum and displays for arts per formances \y in he part of the completed facility. The late U.S. Sen. John Chafee voted against the ban in last week's Senate vote. Chafee died last night. "Chafee was a supporter of a woman's right to choose and has consistently voted on a rejection of a ban," said Jeff Neal, Chafee's assistant press secretary. "He consistently said he would reconsider if adequate provisions were made to protect the health of the woman, - Neal said. Centre County's Citizens Con cerned for Human Life held a pro life demonstration outside of the State College Medical Services, 477 E. Beaver Ave., in early October. While the clinic does not perform the procedure, the group signed a petition against partial-birth abor tions with the intention of sending it to Congress. Maureen Kai - stetter, director of community relations and develop ment fur Centre Community Hospi- Mostly sunny Clear and cool tonight Extended forecast: Page 2 Published independently by students at Penn State Pat Buchanan left GOP to join Reform Party Parry switch ignites bid race By FRED CICHON Calec:,an Sr?ft vlirrer I it_ I\ t [ Party may he grow ing too crotkited after the addition of two presid:ntttd hopefuls plac ing hids for the pact , : nomination. Pat Buchanan > an' ..,incement to leave the Reput-:.:1 - 1 Party and seek the Reform }',c - tv's presiden tial nomination yesterday follows Donald Trump's deC::f•ation Sun day to join the Independence Party, the New York state chapter of the Reform Party Buchanan held a prey: confer ence in Falk Church, Va., to announce he is leaving the Repuhli- can Parts "Toda . 1 am ending any lifelong membership in the Republican Party and ending my campaign for its nomination, and I am declaring my intention to seek nomination of the Reform Party for the presiden cy of the United States, - Buchanan said, according to CNN. The announcements add excite ment and complications to an already intricate presidential race. "Either one will take more voters from the Republicans than the Democrats, despite whom the Republicans nominate," said Robert O'Connor, associate profes sor of political science. Buchanan's move to the Reform Party will lead to a number of his Republican supporters following him to the Reform Party, said Ali son Altman, vice president of the College Democrats. "It helps the Democrats by split ting the Republican vote and giving Please see PARTY, Page 2. tal, said the hospital also does not perform any partial-birth abor- "An ahortion done that far along in the pregnancy is grue some,- said Susan Rogacs, presi- dent of the group "It's the most nonsensical thing. Our problem is that abortion is legal," she said. 'To call it ,a par tial-birth abortion r an abortion is a misnomer." Although the Senate was short of the votes it would need to override a presidential veto, Santorum said he would continue to promote the bill until it becomes law. "It is very unfortunate that two senators stood in the way of ending this barbaric procedure," Santo rum said in the release. "If the President vetoes this leg islation, we will work to ensure that this bill becomes law in this Congress or the next," he said. AP Photo. Greg Gibson
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