2 I THURSDAY, Oct. 19, 2000 UNIVERSITY PARK FORECAST FOR THURSDAY, OCT. 19, 2000 Pleasant weather will return to the region today as high pressure brings more sunshine than Happy Valley has experienced recently. This high pressure will remain intact through Homecoming on Saturday; while a weak cold front may pass through during the day, the festivities will not be dampened by rain. A shot of cooler air will provide more fall-like temperatures by Sunday. Today A return to • ,, 011 , / 44 sunnier skies ;,- The extended outlook Tomorrow night: Saturday: Sunday: Monday: ALMANAC Today Normal high Record high Normal low Record low 60 °F 83 °F in 1938 39 °F 24 °F in 1940 Monthly Climate Summary (Data valid through 8 am yesterday) Oct. precipitation Normal Oct. precip Oct. temp. departure Sun Data Sunset today Sunrise tomorrow . General to speak at Penn Stater tomorrow General James L. Jones will speak at the Penn Stater Conference Cen ter Hotel tomorrow as a part of the Penn State Forum lecture series. Gen. Jones is 32nd Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, and his talk will focus on the Marine Corps' role in the new century. A graduate of Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, Gen. Jones has completed military service in various countries including Viet nam, Iraq, and Bosnia-Herzegovina. He also worked for Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen as his mili tary assistant. Gen. Jones has been the recipient of multiple military decorations such as the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, the Silver Star, and the Combat Action Ribbon. Tickets to this week's Forum, which will include lunch, are $ll and can be purchased in advance in 103 HUB-Robeson Center or at the door to the event. Lunch will begin at 11:30 a.m. and Gen. Jones will begin his speech at noon. He will answer questions following his lecture The Faculty Staff Club and the Penn State Bookstore both sponsor the Forum, which invites different speakers to address public audiences over lunch. Sbarro endows Patemo Library with $2,000 The national Italian restaurant chain, Sbarro, recently gave a $2,000 endowment check to the university, which will be used for the Paterno Libraries Endowment this year. Assistant Director of Food Services Dave Gingher's management team chose to dedicate the inaugural year's money to the libraries because it would benefit current as well as incoming students, according to a Penn State press release. In the future, Sbarro's $2,000-a-year endowment will fund a student scholarship or other university needs. Owned and operated by Penn State Food Services, the local Sbarro franchise is located in the HUB-Robeson Center at University Park Ethics forum will address labor conditions Penn State's Cultural Politics and Policy will hold a forum, "Ethics, Finance, and Sweat," at 7:30 p.m. today in Kern auditorium open to the public. The forum will address Penn State's responsibilities in relation to labor conditions in factories that manufacture apparel with the university logo. Last spring, Penn State President Graham Spanier appointed a com mittee that is currently investigating the question of which labor-moni toring organization Penn State should join. Speakers include Dan Sieminski, assistant vice president for finance and business; Rich Doyle, associate professor of English; Justin Leto and Martin Austermuhle, representing the Students for Accountability and Reform; and Sam Richards, senior lecturer of sociology. Audience participation in the discussion will be encouraged at the meeting. The Cultural Politics and Policy group is an interdisciplinary group of Penn State professors studying issues related to globalization, policy studies, and cultural production. For more information, contact Jane Juffer, assistant professor of Eng lish, jajl6(a psu.edu. Alumni blast Hershey school's ex-govemor HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) The Milton Hershey School Alumni Asso ciation is challenging a special counsel's report on the school's operation, saying the report sidesteps allegations of mismanagement. In September, former Gov. Dick Thornburgh said the panel he headed found no problems in the operation of the school, which educates chil dren from needy and broken homes. The panel also found no problems in the operation of the trust that chocolate baron Milton S. Hershey established to finance the Hershey school. 9tl I 9 .1.1" I They had problems with the state attorney general intervening in the operation of the school and the trust and conduct an independent inves tigation of the school's operation. "At the heart of the MHSAA response is the argument that the board of managers of Milton Hershey School have illegally substituted them selves for the intended child and young adult benefactors of the trust, while simultaneously favoring local business interests over the interest of America's poor, dependent children," the association said in a public statement. Girl run over by SUV returns to Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA (AP) A Bucks County teen-ager in a coma since being run over by a sport utility vehicle while lying on a Florida beach was returned to the Philadelphia area yesterday. Megan Hamlin, 17, of Chalfont, had been hospitalized in Florida since June 20, when she and Jessie Rowen were run over on the beach at the Anastasia State Recreation area near Jacksonville. Hamlin was transferred to the Moss Rehabilitation Hospital in Philadelphia yesterday. She will undergo "an evaluation by a team of brain injury specialists to determine the best course of treatment for her condition," said hospital spokeswoman Stacy Nally. "Megan's family wishes for her to settle into her rehabilitation pro gram quietly without media attention," Nally said. Joseph B. Edmonson Jr., 47, had his driver's license suspended for one year for hitting the teen-agers. He pleaded no contest to a careless driving citation and was ordered to pay a $l,OOO fine and do 120 hours of community service in a trauma cen ter. Edmonson has said he did not know he hit Hamlin and Rowen, of Doylestown. Rowen was released from Shands Jacksonville hospital and has since returned home. —;) Mainly clear Low 40 High 64 Star-lit skies. Low 42. A mix of clouds and sunshine for Homecoming. High 66, low 43 Partly to mostly sunny. High 61, low 40. Mostly sunny. High 65, low 38 BIG TEN FORECAST STATE FORECAST Today's Weather lii/Lo 74/49 72/48 77/51 62/45 63/39 74/50 72/48 68/44 74/48 74/46 University Illinois Michigan Michigan St. Minnesota 2.72 inches 3.06 inches Northwestern Ohio State 0.44 F° 6:25 pm 7:29 am Wisconsin Tonight Conditions Sunny Sunny Sunny Sunny Sunny Sunny Sunny Tomorrow \X n k I , • N", High 66 Today City Hi/Lo Allentown 63/44 SU Altoona 61/44 SU Bradford 55/41 MS Erie 57/47 SU Harrisburg 67/46 SU Johnstown 58/43 SU Philadelphia 68/49 SU Pittsburgh 63/43 SU Scranton 58/46 MS Williamsport 64/43 MS RESPECT MY AUTHORITY: Students will soon be scouring State College for accessories like these masks hanging in the rental section of New To You, 133 S. Allen St., to complete their Halloween costumes. Rally addresses concerns of women By Lindsay Bosslett FOR THE COLLEGIAN A woman walking home from class one night is alert and very aware of the man walking 10 feet behind her. Is this situation OK? Jennifer Solt, Undergraduate Stu dent Government director of Women's Affairs, said this situation should not have to make a women afraid. During a Womyn's Concerns rally commemorating National Young Woman's Day of Action at noon yes terday on the steps of Pattee Library, Womyn's Concerns invited five women to speak on issues such as sexual assault, reproductive rights, women in government, the history of feminists and other topics. Even speaking without micro phones, the five speaker's voices rang clear to the small crowd of women and men. "We're hoping the 40-or-so people who attended the rally will spread our word to their friends and class mates," said Lynn Thompson, co director of Womyn's Concerns and an organizer of the rally. First to speak, Erica Smith, events COG consults citizens' input for Inner Loop By Erin Connelly COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER Relief is in sight for traffic conges tion in the Centre Region, but the plans on exactly how to do that are still open to suggestion. The Centre Region Council of Gov ernments encouraged citizens to voice their concerns about the pro posed Eastern Inner Loop plans at an open house last night in the Col lege Township building. The plans involve building a road that diverts traffic from the most commonly congested areas in State College, such as Atherton Street, Col lege Avenue and Park Avenue, and allow it to flow around the university. "There has been a lot of develop ment in recent years on Atherton Street," said Doug Dinsmore, a cul tural resource specialist with Skelly and Loy Inc. in Harrisburg. LOCAL Ample sunshine Tomorrow Hi/Lo 67/39 SU 67/38 SU 66/35 MS 69/45 MS 66/43 MS 65/43 SU 69/45 SU 71/39 SU 63/41 MS 66/39 MS REGIONAL FORECAST MAP How to interpret this map: Shades of gray indicate the expected high temperatures for today. Today's forecasted high and tomorrow morning's low are also shown for selected cities. Legend: SU(Sunny), MS(Mostly Sunny), PS(Partly Sunny), MC(Mostly Cloudy), CY(Cloudy), RN(Rain), RS(Rain/Snow), SH(Showers), SN(Snow), SF(Snow Flumes), MX (Mix), TS(Thunderstorms), WY(Windy), E (Freezing Rain/Sleet). coordinator for the Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance, said, "I want to stress that reproductive freedom, freedom to make choices about our own bodies, is important to all women: no matter what race, age, sexual orientation, religion or eco nomic status we may be," Smith said. After handing out a sample of the threatening, racist e-mail Black Cau cus President, LaKeisha Wolf received, Sharleen Morris, vice pres ident of Black Caucus, spoke about issues facing black women at Penn State. Morris hopes that the female members of the Black Caucus and Women's Concerns can collaborate more and realize that issues for all women are also issues for black women. Solt spoke on the importance of proportioned numbers of women and men in government. "Women and men may both live on the same campus here, but we live in distinctly different worlds," Solt added. "A lot of our needs and what we deem important do not get met with out adequate female representation." Solt also added that she is creating Todd Wojtowicz/Collegian Tracy Burke from GTS Technologies explains the Eastern Inner Loop to Nancy Van Landingham of Warriors Mark at the College Township Municipal Building. "It can be relieved if a loop is built decided on creating a loop beginning that lets cars flow into parking lots at the intersection of East College on campus more easily," he added Avenue and University Drive, con about the project. necting with Vairo Boulevard, and After consulting citizens and uni- ending up at North Atherton Street. versity officials, COG has tentatively COG chose this option after enter- an educational packet for faculty to use to educate their classes on women's issues. The packet will include informa tion on groups, such as Real Life Choices and Men Stopping Rape, to make it easier for faculty to contact the groups and invite them to speak to their classes. "Freshman seminars are not man dated to teach anything, so there is no way for us to tell them they must inform freshman on sexual assault and women's issues," Solt said. "Talking to them in the summer and at orientation is not enough." Solt also added the idea of creating more basic health classes that would deal with sexual assault and women's issues. "Many students are turned off by the WNST label on women's studies classes, which do an excellent job dealing with the issues discussed today," Solt said. "If we created a health class that covered these issues, students would be more willing to take the class," she said. Laurie Rosenberger spoke briefly on the issue of rape and sexual assault. Women aged 15 to 24 are at THE DAILY COLLEGIAN WEATHER HIGHLIGHT The severe drought in West Texas was temporarily relieved yesterday with a deluge of rain. Flood waters stranded many motorists in their cars and rushed into people's homes as more than 6 inches of rain in a couple of hours was reported in Abi lene. FALL FOLIAGE REPORT Fall foliage is reaching its peak in the northern tier of Pennsylvania, and remains near peak in the west ern and central half of the state. Fall foliage is still patchy throughout the Susquehanna Valley and southeast ern Pennsylvania. ADDITIONAL WEATHER Visit the Meteorology Department at http://weatherpsu.edu or visit The Digital Collegian at http://www.collegian.psu.edu Comments concerning the content of this page can be e-mailed to: cws@cws.met.psu.edu Forecasters: Megan Woodhead, Greg Martin, Jason Karabinos. Heather Archambault, and John Mathues Cara Davis Herter/Collegian the highest risk for sexual assault, according to Rosenberger, who added that 112 Penn State students sought services after experiencing a sexual assault during the 1999-2000 academic year. Since less than 10 percent of rapes are reported, more than 1,000 rapes could have occurred at Penn State last year, said Rosenberger. "I don't want to just talk about the problem of sexual assault in our community, our nation and world wide," Rosenberger said. "I want to talk about what we can do about it. "The themes of NYWDA are voic es, power, and choices...we men and women need to raise our voices about sexual assault." • Rosenberger said women raising their voices about sexual assault will result in fewer victims. "Consenting to sexual intercourse every time is a choice that is ours (women's) regardless of any other choice we make," Rosenberger said. "How we dress, where we go, whom we hang out with, these are all choic es that we make, and none of these choices has anything to do with why women are assaulted." taining four possible routes for the loop. According to COG's analysis report, the chosen loop plan is rec ommended based on favorable com munity reactions, as well as the fact that it minimizes harm to the envi ronment. "In prior public meetings, 66 per cent of the public agreed with this plan," said Tracy Burke, an environ mental specialist at GTS Technolo gies Inc. in Harrisburg. Burke said that the central envi ronmental concern with this plan is the path it will take through Penn State's arboretum, a tract of land set aside to foster natural flora and fauna. However, Penn State does not have the final word on the matter. "The university has not expressed a final decision on the plan," said Bob Haase, vice president of the architec tural firm Larson Design Group.
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