2 I THURSDAY, Oct. 10, 2002 CWS UNIVERSITY PARK FORECAST FOR THURSDAY, OCT. 10, 2002 Today High 60 Five Day Forecast Today: Cloudy conditions. High 60. Tonight: Rain early in the evening. Low 52. Tomorrow: Rain showers throughout the day. High 62, Low 50 Saturday: Mostly cloudy. High 62, Low 50. Sunday: Mostly cloudy with an early shower. High 64, Low 51. Monday: Partly cloudy. High 59, Low 50. BIG TEN FORECAST Michigan Michigan State Minnesota Northwestern Ohio State Wisconsin NEWS IN BRIEF Johnstown city officials debate stadium future JOHNSTOWN (AP) City leaders were deciding whether to renovate or demolish a stadium where Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig once played, and Satchel Paige and Jackie Robinson were featured in 1945 Negro leagues' games. The grandstands of Point Stadium in Johnstown are rusting away, crum bling brick walls are covered by boards and the minor league team that played in the stadium was sold last month. "I don't live in the past and I don't think the community can afford to live in the past," Mayor Don Zucco said. A meeting of the same group that raised $17.2 million in state funds for a conference center will meet within a month to make a pitch for a new stadi um with the governor's office, he said. Affordability From Page 1 lege, graduation rates and benefits of a college-educated population. No state received straight A's in these cate gories. Pennsylvania fared well in them, scoring a B- or better, including an A for graduation rates. "The state is a top performer on the proportion of first-time, full-time col lege students who complete a bache lor's degree within six years of enrolling," the report said. "Pennsylvania retains top-perform ing standing on the proportion of stu dents completing certificates and Tolerance From Page 1 hate, opposed the TEC on the grounds that it violated the First Amendment and gave USG powers outside its juris diction. Posters targeting a group of people qualify as an act of free speech, Town Sen. Mike Gallo said. Because of this, USG is unable to punish a group for spreading hateful speech directed toward minorities, he said By creating this committee, Senate will be fighting hate through censorship, South Halls Sen. Mike Jozkowski said. No matter how distasteful some one's views are, it is not Senate's right to restrict them, Jozkowski added. Town Sen. Sean Miller opposed Gallo and Jozkowski's objections to the committee, and said he was not in total agreement with U.S. Constitutional law. "I say the Constitution is wrong," Ecstasy From Page 1 Corman said more serious offenders deserve harsher sentences. "There's obviously a difference between someone with a few tablets than with someone who is a dealer," Corman said. "If you're going to be a large trafficker of this drug, then you're going to pay the price." Local authorities said the bill is nec essary "Ecstasy continues to be a growing problem," State College Police Depart ment Sgt. John Wilson said. Wilson said he thinks it will be help ful if the law has more authority to penalize offenders. However, he said he would be sur prised if Bill 1431 had any dramatic effect on the level of Ecstasy use in the area Tonight Low 52 Mostly Cloudy Cloudy Showers Mostly Sunny . ... Cloudy Mostly Sunny Showers Partly Sunny .... Cloudy Bellefonte to begin adult diploma program BELLEFONTE (AP) The Belle fonte Area School District is hoping to start an adult diploma program this fall. The program is being funded through a grant from Pennsylvania Department of Education. "A key component of the program is reaching adults in the community, who for a variety of reasons, were unable to earn their high school diplomas," said Holly Temple, a retired Bellefonte Area High School guidance counselor and the program's coordinator in the district. The program teaches academ ics, like math, English and writing. It also offers instruction in community resources, cultural awareness, govern ment, citizenship and the law. School officials hope to have 10 to 15 people in the program this fall. degrees relathe to the number enrolled." Maim said Penn State's continued conftrutment to education in the face of a tight economy might have contributed to the state's high grades in categories besides affordability "We're not going to let the quality slide," he said. "[Penn State] is a first rate national university, even if the financial situation changes." The center released the report with the intention of improving universities and their operations, Jack said. "This report provides summary information for state leaders to use as a tool to improve higher education in these areas [with low grades]," she said. Miller said. "How many times have our laws been wrong?" The resolution to create the TEC passed with 17 senators voting in favor, four voting against and three abstain ing. The TEC was originally planned to be a permanent Senate committee, but the resolution creating it was later amended by Town Sen. Chris Brown to make it temporary. The committee will only be under Senate jurisdiction for a short period of time, and will later be transferred to the control of the executive branch. "This is kind of like the embryonic stage right now," Brown said. The need to address the accountability of Penn State's adminis tration in combating hate crimes was urgent and required the committee to be created by Senate, Miller said Miller If the committee were to be created by the executive branch, it would take too long for it to be formed, since it would require USG Supreme Court approval, Miller said. He said he doesn't think the bill will deter student use. Some students think there needs to be stricter government enforcement of Ecstasy laws. "It's smart, because I don't think anyone realizes the full effects of Ecstasy," Jamie Libeskind (sopho more-business) said. "If they increase the penalties, people will stop or slow down at least." Some students think this legislation will help prevent more widespread use of the drug. "I've never used it and I would support harsher penalties for those who deal it because it hurts more than it helps," Kevin Shah (fresh man-bioengineering) said. The positive response to Bill 1431 makes Corman optimistic about the fate of the bill in the House. "I hope it will move relatively quickly and we'll have it on the governor's desk by the end of November," he said. Tomorrow High 62, Low 50 Previous Day Summary • Tuesday High: 57 Low: 39 Rain or Liquid Equivalent: 0.00" Temperature Departure: -4.55 deg Record Precipitation: 1.90" (1950) ALMANAC Tuesday 62 deg. This section shows the temperature and precipitation 85 deg. in 1949 extremes for the previous day in the state of 43 deg. .25 deg. in 1917 Pennsylvania as of 8 a.m. yesterday. Today Normal high Record high Normal low Record low Monthly Climate Summary (Data valid through 8 a.m. yesterday) Oct. precipitation 0.13 inches Normal Oct. precip . Oct. temp. departure Sun Data Sunset today Sunrise tomorrow . . FROM PAGE ONE & LOCAL Regional Forecast The approaching weekend looks to be a wet one. The chance of rain is slight today but increases for tomorrow and Saturday. The precipitation could be heavy at times. This will come from a center of low pressure approaching up from the southwest. Thunderstorms may be possible toward the end of the weekend. After the system passes, tempera- tures will return to cool autumn levels PENNSYLVANIA Maximum high temperature: 65 °F at Philadelphia Minimum low temperature: 29° F at Bradford Maximum rain or liquid equivalent: 0.00" at all stations .2.92 inches .+5.88 deg. 6:38 p.m .7:19 a.m POURING IT ON: Kenny Nepp, a worker with Mountain Top Concrete, smooths over freshly poured concrete on the second floor of the Information Sciences and Technology Building. Construction is expected to be completed by Fall 2003. USG Senate to examine bylaws A committee will look at proposed changes to the group's rules. By Nicholas Kershbaumer COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER I npklo6@psu.edu Undergraduate Student Government (USG) Senate created an ad hoc, or temporary, committee Tuesday to dis cuss an amended set of bylaws brought to the table one week ago. The Special Committee on Senate Reform (SCSR) will meet to discuss the amendments proposed by Senate Pres ident Bridget Van Osten, and will allow senators to shape the potential new bylaws before voting on them. The amended bylaws were tabled last week because of the lack of a par liamentarian at Senate meetings to aid the group in interpreting them. A parliamentarian advises USG members on the procedures outlined in Robert's Rules of Order, the guidelines used by most parliamentary organiza tions. Senate appointed a parliamentar ian Tuesday night to sit at its meetings. Van Osten will chair SCSR, which will be open to all senators, and determine the times when it meets as approved by a simple majority vote in Senate. SCSR will meet a minimum of three times, after which it might present a final report to Senate. A two-thirds majority Accident From Page 1 In the particular area of Atherton Street where Tuesday's accidents took place, Wilson said money and effort went into the placement of crosswalks and signals there. He stressed the importance of being aware of those signals. "Pedestrians really need to pay attention to that," he said. Wilson, who is a member of the Com mission for Pedestrian and Traffic Safe ty, said he and the other members are looking into problem intersections around town with the hopes of avoiding accidents such as these. University spokesman Bill Mahon also urged pedestrians to use caution when crossing that portion of Atherton Moon Phases Today: Waxing crescent Oct 13: First quarter Oct 21: Full moon Oct 29: Last quarter Nov 4: New moon EXTREMES vote is required to approve the final report, and any senators who have attended at least two SCSR meetings will be permitted to vote. Town Sen. Michael Yohannan, the author of the legislation that estab lished SCSR, said he developed the group in the interest of allowing Senate to discuss issues other than the bylaw amendments during meetings SCSR would also create a more uni fied Senate behind a stronger set of bylaws, he said. "In the end, the bylaw amendments would be much more effective," Yohannan said. South Halls Sen. Mike Jozkowski supported the resolution to form SCSR, saying a debate on the bylaw amend ments would be too monumental to bring to the Senate floor. One senator opposed the committee. Pollock/Nittany Halls Sen. Lyn Wein berg said some senators who cannot Street, as well as any other intersection in town. "It's the same issue of pedestrians crossing where they shouldn't be," he said. Mahon said Atherton Street has always been a safety concern for the university, but feels the problem is not the added congestion on the street, but people crossing the street where there is not a crosswalk "In general, it's not uncommon to see people crossing that road in inappropri ate places," Mahon said. He said people need to be accommo dating to the construction on Atherton Street and on campus. "There ought to be safe ways around [the construction] on campus, but that means going around it and not through it," Mahon said. REGIONAL FORECAST MAP ADDITIONAL WEATHER How to interpret this map: Shades of gray Visit the Campus Weather Service at: indicate the expected high temperatures for today. Today's forecasted high and tomorrow http://cws.metpsu.edu morning's low are also shown for selected cities. Comments concerning the content of Legend: SU(Sunny), MS(Mostly Sunny), this page can be e-mailed to PS(Partly Sunny), MC(Mostly Cloudy), CY(Cloudy), RN(Rain), RS(Rain/Snow), SH(Showers), SN(Snow), SF(Snow Flurries), Forecasters: Tifanie Neighbors, Katie MX (Mix), TS(Thunderstorms), WY(Windy), FZ (Freezing Rain/Sleet) "In the end, the bylaw amendments would be much more effective." The jarea on Atherton Street where attend SCSR's meetings would not be able to give their input on the bylaw amendments. Because the amended bylaws will still come up for discussion before Senate votes on them, Weinberg added that the committee is not neces sary. While Van Osten was originally opposed to the committee, she realized later that more formal input on her amendments would be beneficial, she said. Because many of the changes to the bylaws are major ones, there should be lots of thought put into them, Van Osten said. One amendment to the bylaws would limit the total amount of time allotted to open student forum to 30 minutes. Under the current bylaws, each student has 10 minutes to speak before Senate no matter how many are present. Jill Chevalier, president of East Halls Residence Association, and Steve Krei der, president of Pollock/Nittany Resi dence Association, spoke during leg islative open student forum against the change. "You guys are USG," Chevalier said. "You're supposed to help students. Don't cut us off." Van Osten the accidents took place is near the construction site of the new Informa tion Sciences and Technology Building. Due to the construction, there is no sidewalk on the east side of the street between the bus terminal and Blue Course Drive. The construction has also caused the west side of the sidewalk to be restrict ed to a gravel path in the same area. The sidewalk on that portion of the roadway is fenced off between the road and the construction site, causing it to be narrow, bumpy and uneven. In addi tion, there are large portions of the old sidewalk protruding in different parts of the passage. "[Atherton Street] is pretty danger ous right this minute," State College Borough Council member Tom Daubert said. "They need to at least make it safe for pedestrians." THE DAILY COLLEGIAN ejs22s@psu.edu Will and Ed Skirkie Michael Yohannan USG town senator
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