4 I FRIDAY, March 18, 2005
Groups encourage break from eating meat
By Jacqueline Haber
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER I jmhsl2@psu.edu
Signs proclaiming "Kick the habit!" at
the Allen Street Gates encouraged stu
dents yesterday to cut meat out of their
diet in honor of the Great American
Meatout.
"We were handing out vegan food
samples ... vegan gummy bears, animal
crackers, and something similar to Rice
Krispies Treats," said Jessica Parry,
president of Alliance for Animal Rights.
The Great American Meatout, the
world's largest grassroots diet educa
tion campaign, was started in 1985 by
Alex Hershaft, president of the Farm
Animal Reform Movement (FARM).
"There are about 1,000 of these
events in communities in all 50 states,"
he said. Hershaft added that most
events take place around March 20.
"It's a symbolic day because it's the
CASTING SHADOWS
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Lauren DeMoss (freshman-art education) works on a project for her ART 111 (Ideas as Objects) class in the Visual Arts
Building yesterday. The class is currently working with foam to create various sculptures.
Study: Hazers participate
more in their community
By Sarah Goldfarb
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER I sbgl46@psu.edu
While hazing has conventionally held
a negative connotation, a recent study
found that students who engage in haz
ing rituals have higher participation
rates in positive team-building activi
ties.
The study, Prevalance and Profiling:
Hazing Among College Students and
Points of Intervention, was released in
the March-April issue of the American
Journal of Health Behavior. It found
that, despite its illegality in 44 states
including Pennsylvania 37 percent of
current undergraduate students have
participated in hazing at some point of
their college careers.
Shelly Campo, an assistant professor
at the University of lowa who conduct
ed part of the study, said a correlation
was found between students hazing
and participating in positive team build
ing activities, such as fundraising and
community service. 'Although we don't
want to promote hazing, the groups
that participate in such activities also
spend an extensive amount of time par
ticipating in volunteer work and leader
ship activities," she said.
The study defines hazing as activities
that are required for initiation or con
tinued membership in an organization
and may negatively impact the physical
or psychological well-being of the indi-
"The last non-scientific survey we conducted showed
that about five percent of our population identifies with
eating vegetarian or vegan food at least a majority of the
week."
first day of spring, a symbol of renewal Parry added that at least 15 people
and new growth," Hershaft said. "But signed pledges yesterday to abstain
we tell people that they can start lvege- from meat for at least one day.
tarianisml anytime." Nelson-Bunge, a vegan, said she also
Terri Nelson-Bunge, founder of urges others to give up meat.
Humanity for Animals, hosted the edu- "I've been a vegetarian for over 20
cation campaign in State College by dis- years and a vegan for the past 10," she
tributing hundreds of flyers to anyone said. "It's not hard at all. I actually have
passing by, asking them to pledge their endless amounts of energy now"
abstinence from meat for at least a day. Michele Newhard, a Penn State food
"I've been doing Humanity for Ani- services program specialist, also advo
mals for about three or four years now," cates the vegetarian food options on the
she said. dining hall menus.
vidual, and cause damage to others,
public property, or private property
"Members of the greek system,
choral groups, athletic teams, it doesn't
matter what sort of organization,"
Campo said. "Hazing exists in a lot of
different places and exists anywhere
where there is a sense of status that
needs to be earned."
Fraternity and Sorority Life Director
Kevin Kerr said that although he did
not know a specific number of hazing
cases, he thinks the amount of hazing
at Penn State is much less than the
national average.
"If a student or organization violates
the hazing statement or the Pennsylva
nia hazing law, the Office of Judicial
Affairs or the State College Police will
reprimand appropriately," he said. Kerr
said he was not familiar with the study
and was unable to comment about the
increase in positive team building activ
ities among students hazing.
Jane Neitz, assistant director of fra
ternity and sorority life, said she
believes that like most other large pub
lic schools, especially those in the
northeast, hazing is an issue at Penn
State.
"We can try to educate people about
both the issues surrounding the long
term physical and psychological effects
of being both hazed and being a hazer,"
she said. "But until society as a
whole changes, it will be nearly impos
t
LOCAL
Michele Newhard
Penn State food services program specialist
Hazing statistics
Percentage of students
participating in hazing activities
Engaging or simulating
Tied, taped up sexual acts
or confined
Drinking games/contests
Source: American Journal of Health Behavior
sible to eradicate hazing completely"
Interfraternity Council (IFC) Presi
dent Brian Bertges said hazing could
be a problem not only in the greek com
munity, but in most organizations, and
is even an issue among high school stu
dents.
"Here at Penn State, the IFC takes
hazing seriously," he said. "There are
serious infractions for chapters violat
ing the hazing policy"
Penn State men's soccer coach Barry
Gorman said although it may be an
issue among athletes at some colleges,
hazing is not a problem with his soccer
team.
"We have extensive programs that
educate athletes and make sure it does
n't happen," he said. "Hazing is an
issue that can really hinder any athletic
program we won't allow it here."
Newhard added that the growing veg
etarian population has increased the
demand for meatless menu options.
"The last non-scientific survey we
conducted showed that about five per
cent of our population identifies with
eating vegetarian or vegan food at least
a majority of the week," she said.
Parry, a vegetarian since the age of
four, decided to become a vegan when
she graduated high school two and a
half years ago.
"The food is good," she said. "Fake
meats taste the same [as regular
meats]."
Newhard added that some vegetarian
entrees are popular amongst all stu
dents eating in the dining halls.
"There are some crossover favorites
like the Italian Spiral Primavera that
non-vegetarians also like," she said.
"One of my personal favorites is the
multi-grain pancake for breakfast."
Ed Ketz, associate professor of
accounting, said the salary gap is due
to the supply and demand within each
college. "When a college has a large
demand for professors, they are more
likely to pay more to hire them," he
said. "It has nothing to do with the fact
that one college is more powerful or
better than anpther."
In addition, the report showed that
professors' salaries at each of Penn
State's Commonwealth Campuses are
lower than at University Park. Each
Commonwealth Campus averages
$95.4 million in the total sum paid to
professors. J. Randall Woolridge, a
member of the faculty benefits com
mittee, said this was because Penn
State's Commonwealth Campuses are
not competing against the same
schools as University Park
"At University Park, our two main
Web site lets students
contact potential jobs
It's that time of the year again, and
students have already to begun to
search for jobs after graduation.
lb help their quest, Penn State has
joined the 65 schools who can access
Joboozle, a free Web site that allows
students to communicate with poten
tial employers. The mission of the Web
site, www.joboozle.com, is to provide stu
dents and employers with a more per
sonalized approach to internships for
the job recruiting process.
"It really differentiates from other
networking sites because it brings so
much more personal interaction with
students and employers," said Kwame
Osseo-Asare, Joboozle's president of
university and media relations. "You
can't really get that anywhere else."
The site was created by a team of six
seniors from Harvard University Dart
mouth University and Boston Univer
sity who wanted to give students the
opportunity to access more than 2,600
company profiles:
The profiles include information on
the history of the company and contact
information of recruiters. Students
also have the chance to view other
interested candidates and see how
they stand in relation to other students
at their school and in their major.
Chris Weed (senior-chemical engi
neering) said the recruiting Web sites
he currently uses don't offer all the
services he needs. "If Joboozle helps
me look for a job in a more efficient
way, then I will definitely use it," he
said. "Seeing other applicants will help
me so I know what I'm up against."
Jeremy Drey/Collegian
Salaries for faculty
next year
set to rise
By Jenna Spinelle
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER jcssooo@psu.edu
A report presented by the University
Faculty Senate on Tuesday showed the
median salary of Penn State profes
sors for the 2003-04 academic year was
$101,169 a number that is set to rise,
Penn State spokesman Tysen Kendig
said. The report showed a salary
increase of 33.8 percent at University
Park in 2003-04, which ranks Penn
State's professor salaries the third
highest in the Big Ten.
The report showed the median
salary differed significantly by college.
For example, the average salary of a
professor in the Smeal College of Busi
ness is $140,530, while the average
salary of a professor in the College of
Arts and Architecture is $75,528.
"The variability in faculty salaries is
likely due to several interactive factors
including, but not limited to mean
years in rank, college discipline and
departmental norms, and merit-based
salary increases," the report said.
Kendig said that although the
amount of faculty salaries will not be
determined until after Penn State's
budget is finalized this summer, the
amounts will most Rely increase.
"Supplementing the salary pool in
order to stay competitive has been one
of our top priorities for years, so an
increase is planned for next year," he
said.
By Jasmin McCannll
FOR THE COLLEGIAN
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Parry said that she avoids using prod
ucts tested on animals.
"Paul Mitchell and Bath & Body
Works products are all animal-friendly,"
she said, talking over shouts of "I love
meat!" from a passerby.
Parry said the only type of resistance
she's experienced during her campaign
ing are comments from passersby.
"You get that a lot at these [types of
events]," Parry said.
Despite the outbursts, Parry and Nel
son-Burge said they will be protesting
in front of the Bryce Jordan Center dur
ing the weekend of April 16 when the
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey
Circus comes to State College.
Andrea Kurzweg (senior-broadcast
journalism) said she will also be protest
ing the circus. "I've been a vegan for
about a year and half to two years now
... I just don't think it's right for people
to eat other creatures," Kurzweg said.
Faculty salaries
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professors broken down
by college.
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competitions are Ohio State and Michi
gan State, which are two very big and
very powerful schools," he said. "The
Commonwealth Campuses generally
compete against schools in a smaller
market, so they do not need to pay as
much to stay competitive."
Kendig said it is important for Penn
State to stay competitive nationally, not
only among Big Ten schools.
"We try to recruit the best possible
faculty from all over the country," he
said. "In order to do that, we need to
make sure that our salaries are com
petitive with other institutions."
Woolridge said it is not uncommon
for faculty members to receive offers
from other colleges, or for Penn State
to lure professors away from compet
ing institutions.
He added that the State College area
sometimes works as a disadvantage
for professor recruitment. "There
aren't very many other opportunities,
especially in the business community."
Jack Rayman, MBNA Career Ser
vices director, said he is a bit skeptical
about how successful Joboozle will be.
"There are thousands of Web sites
out there just like this one, and the
majority of them tend to die out rather
quickly," he said. "Maybe this one will
be different. We will see with time how
popular it becomes."
Joboozle's creators said they were
aggravated with what they considered
"inefficient" job recruiting systems.
The idea was conceived about a year
ago when Eduardo Saverin, co-founder
of Thefacebook.com, participated in cor
porate recruiting and decided he want
ed to create an avenue where students
and employers could interact.
Osseo-Asare said there is no affilia
tion between Thefacebook and Joboo
zle.
Currently, the most popular compa
nies are those in finance and consult
ing, but the team is hoping to repre
sent more companies in other fields as
the site becomes open to more univer
sities.
"Joboozle covers companies across
all industries and is working to expand
with media, marketing, science and
technology and non-profit organiza
tions," said Christopher Hill, Joboo
zle's corporate relations president.
Co-founder Paul Rosania created a
calendar feature on the Web site that
will send out e-mail reminders to stu
dents about recruiting deadlines.
Aaron Swartz (senior-recreation and
park management) said he would not
need Joboozle's resources for his job
search. "In my field, getting a job is by
recommendation and experience," he
said.
Jeremy Dray/Collegian