TUESDAY Sept. 12, 2000 Vol. 101 No. 38 18 pag • - PSU protests span This is the first in a three part series about how student issues have evolved through the years. By Alex Welninger COUIGIAN STAFF WRITER The battlefield of the college-aged pro- are not, by any means, slam dunks. tester has changed drastically through They're much more difficult and less per the years as the issues for young activists sonal," O'Connor said. have evolved from a focus on war and In addition to being less personal, the civil rights to concerns about such issues issues today are much more globally ori as workers' rights in an age of increasing ented. At a time when the United States globalization. is enjoying unprecedented economic suc- Inside Emmys show crime doesn't pay Weeks before the election of a new U.S. president, the Emmy Awards elbowed aside the mob-focused The Sopranos to shower honors on the White House drama The West Wing. The new series won a record-setting nine Emmys, including best drama. I NATIONAL, Page 5 Professor to lecture at Olympics After finishing seventh in the 10,000 meter run in the 1952 Olympic trials and missing his chance to compete in the Olympics, retired Penn State professor John Lucas has found another way to attend the games. I LOCAL, Page 2 Reaction to Knight's firing felt The fallout from Sunday's firing of Bob Knight's continued yesterday, when one of his players announced that he was consid ering transferring to another school. Plus, hear what Penn State President Graham Spinier and others had to say in regards to the Knight saga I SPORTS, Page 10 TABLE OF CONTENTS Woodier Calendar Notionol Mollifies! °Odom Sports Scoroboord VsNokia Cosidlods NIKOSCSINI lif Usangs Crossword Cooks Comer us Newsroom: 865-1828 Ads/Business: 865-2531 ON THE WEB www.collegian.psu.edu "The goal of any protest is to create change and awareness," said Robert O'Connor, associate professor of political science. However, the key to motivating students into action is fundamentally dif ferent than in the early days of student protests at Penn State in the 19605. "Issues are now more complicated and Leaders voice student issues The State of the Student Body address reacted to Spanier's recent speech. In a joint speech to the student body, the Undergraduate Student Government and Council of Commonwealth Student Govern ments spoke to an audience of about 35 yes terday on issues they believed most affect Penn State students. USG President Matt Roan and CCSG President Gabriel Bryant together addressed topics including the recent tuition increase, health service concerns, academic advising and voter registration at the State of the Student Body address, entitled "One University" The address, the first of its kind at Penn State, was in response to Penn State Presi dent Graham Spanier's State of the Univer sity Address last Friday `lt's Gonna Be They walked away with three MTV Video Music Awards, and on Nov. 5 they hope to walk away with your hearts. Yes, it is true. 'N Sync is coming. Justin, J.C., Joey, Lance and Chris will all be here to sing and dance and put on the best shosir they can. The group is stopping in town on its "No Strings Attached" tour. The tour will kick off on Oct. 7 in Charlotte, N.C. and will continue across the country until it finishes on Dec. 1, in San Diego, Calif. Recently at the MTV Video Music Awards the group lit up the stage with its medley of "This I Promise You," "Bye Bye Bye" and "It's Gonna Be Me." Its enterprising use of television monitors as a substitute for their heads served as a crowd pleaser, and their slick dance moves brought a new energy to the stage. Students have displayed mixed reviews about whether or not they are look ing forward to the concert, but one sopho more definitely can't wait. ..12 14,15 ..14 ..16 ..17 ..17 a _F By Heather Cook and Melinda Long COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITERS By Gretchen E. Galley COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER Jamie Perruquet/Collegian Illustration decades cess, some student activists are turning their sights to the human cost at which that success has come. "People in the country are looking abroad," said Martin Austermuhle, co founder of Students for Accountability and Reform (STAR) and Undergraduate Student Government senator. "They're trying to understand the world better and are becoming more aware." Carl Davidson, a 1965 Penn State grad- See PROTESTERS, Page 9. ■ Coming next Tuesday: A look at how students have partied at Penn State through the years. Bryant Bryant added that many students at the Commonwealth Cam puses are greatly affected by the tuition increase because they are older, have fami lies and jobs, and only attend classes part time. "The majority of students at the Common wealth Campuses live close to home and school is cheaper because they don't pay room and board," Bryant said. "Now, with the increase, students are paying more money per credit." Both presidents emphasized the impor tance of encouraging students from all the Penn State campuses to vote in November's presidential election. The student govern- "N Sync at Jordan Center "I think they're better than the Back street Boys, no jok ing. They are ener getic and fun," said Vince Mersich(soph omore-psychology). Mersich went on to say that Justin was his favorite because he is the one that he can relate to the most, "He has curly hair and an excellent voice." Some students are not so excited about the prospects of the boy band coming to town. "I can't stand them. I feel they have no message. I'll probably try to stop people from going," said Anthony Evangelista (senior-hotel, restaurant and institutional management). Ticket prices for the show are $49.75 and $39.75 for reserved seating and will go on sale at 1 p.m. Saturday at the center, Eisen- PENN STATE Bryant and Roan both referred to the recent 6.23 percent increase in tuition as the top concern for stu dents university-wide. "When all is said and done, it will cost students $384 more per year," Roan said. "For a student with work-study that means an additional three weeks of work." Tina Fineberg/Associated Press %SYNC arrives for the MTV Musk Awards at Radio City Music Hall. Server slowness to be re-routed Penn State officials say a high volume of Internet users is responsible for the congestion and delays. By Ralna 1. Leon COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER Internet gridlock is causing delays and inconveniency for students using the Penn State computer networks, a problem the university is looking to fix by rerouting traf fic on the Web. Slowness on the university's Internet server is becoming a significant problem this semester, with the e-mail server even shutting down for a period of time last Wednesday. Attributing the slowness to a higher volume of users, university officials are currently working to alleviate the con gestion, though no definite timeline has been established. "It's too slow, `cause you log on and wait 20 minutes before anything happens," said Jamie Murray (senior-business manage ment). She's one of the lucky students, as some cannot even log on. Steve Pierce, manager of the Center for Academic Computing help desk, knows all about these complaints. "Anytime there's any system `blurp,' our phones ring off the hook. When (the server is) down ... we wait like everyone else," he said, adding it is the Office of Telecommuni cations that is in charge of the servers. Bill Welch, manager of network systems for the OTC, however, pointed the finger for last week's server shutdown to CAC, stating that although the OTC office knew the serv er was down, it had no control over the situ ation. Welch said there is congestion on the Internet, which is the main cause of the recent problems involving surfing on the Web. Presently, OTC is waiting for the Pitts burgh Supercomputing Center, which owns Pittsburgh GigaPol to finish re-engineering its system to reroute the online traffic away from the lives of students. Pittsburgh GigaPoP is the Internet provider for Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Pittsburgh and Penn State. "We won't know how successful that is until later on in the week. It's not a simple task by any means to do that," Welch said of the project. "It has happened before," Welch added about the server and speed problems. "I don't think it happened last year so much. ments will host voter regis tration drives at all cam puses in October. Getting more students to vote, Roan and Bryant said, is the only way to ensure the student body more input on the issues that affect them, like tuition. In his part of the speech, Roan also discussed cam- pus and community safety in response to incidents including a rape at the golf courses this summer. Roan said USG would work to increase safety at loca tions on and off campus where students don't feel safe. The summer riot at Beaver Avenue also reflected problems in the State College com munity, Roan said. "At the root of the problem is a great dis respect for this community," he said. Roan and Bryant also called student health services a "necessity overlooked." Bryant stated that though the health service offices at Abington College and Altoona Col- See USG ADDRESS, Page 9. hower Auditorium, selected Uni-Mart ticket outlets and Commonwealth Campus ticket outlets. Tickets can also be charged by phone at (800) 863-3336, locally at (814) 865-5555 or online at www.bjc.psu.edu. Wristbands will be made available for fans from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and also from 6 a.m. to 12 p.m. Saturday. _l\ 30 cents off campus ©2OOO Collegian Inc Tara Liddell/Collegian Students make use of computers in Waring Commons, despite recent server delays. There's probably a lot more users using the Internet. It's not the first time, and I'm sure it won't be the last. There's definitely a prob lem out there." Although Internet connec tion is slow, on campus computer labs remain the fastest places for some students to access Web sites. Autumn Reed (senior-business manage ment) can vouch for that. Because she is usually unable to access the Internet at home, she comes to the Penn State comput er labs. Often she is forced to use a comput er disk there to save any pieces of informa tion she finds in her searches. "(This) means my 110 pages (at the com puter lab) have already been used, and it's only the third week of the semester. I'm having to save everything on disk and print everything out at home," Reed said. Last Wednesday, the e-mail server was down for a period of hours, causing a back log for the remainder of the day. Alan Williams, director for distributed systems for CAC, said last week In a possibly relat ed problem, systems were running slow again on Thursday, when Penn State experi enced more delays on various Web sites and the e-mail server. The problems occurred with no particular pattern, Williams said. Collegian staff writers Daryl Lang and Tracy Wilson contributed to this story. Computers to aid in UHS care From refilling prescriptions over the phone to scheduling appointments with ease, University Health Services is doing its best to make life as a sick Penn State student a little easier. On Aug. 30 University Health Services began to take the first steps in implement ing an entirely new computer system in the Ritenour Building. The installation of a new program called the Physician Computer Network will integrate appointments and schedul ing. It is the first phase in updating all of health services' computer systems. While the new system will eventually benefit students, right now minor glitches are frustrating staff members. Despite the setbacks, employees remain positive. "I'm excited about the prospect of hav ing a new integrated system. I think it'll be fabulous once it's done," said Joanna Moyer, clinical manager of Women's Health Services. "We'll have access to data like we've never had before." Just two weeks ago, before the new pro gram went live, patient records and charts were kept on hard copy and deliv ered around the building in person. The PCN will provide clinicians with lab results available on computers and with access to immediate test results and com puterized patient records. "The company's been great working with us. They've been very supportive," said Lorraina Hazel, head of information systems for UHS. "I can't make any com plaints about the vendors." The PCN system can be found in more than 1,000 medical practices, said David Lindstrom, associate director for adminis trative services for UHS. The program will provide students with improvements in billing, census taking and interfacing with other healthcare agencies. Another phase of the new UHS services See UHS COMPUTERS, Page 9 . WEATHER Page 2 TODAY: Showers likely By Amy Weinstein COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
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