A new marketing student with experience in approving Penn State's budget and sitting on the University Board of Trustees attended classes yesterday.

"Many people won't know who I am," said University President Bryce Jordan. "They'll probably think I'm some old guy sitting in the back of the room with a crazy jacket."

Yesterday Jordan traded places with Michelle Hearn (junior-marketing) as a result of a drawing held last week by the Leaders And Friends For Students, a temporary group formed in January.

The $230 earned from the raffle will go to the Mount Nittany Conservancy Inc. The conservancy, a non-profit corporation, was initiated in 1981 by a 700-member alumni branch of Lion's Paw -- one of three traditionally secret societies on campus -- to protect Mount Nittany from construction.

Jordan dressed casually for a 9:05 class, wearing a brown pair of corduroys, a brown sweater, pennyloafer, and a navy blue, corduroy Holiday Bowl jacket. Some students were suprised to see Jordan dressed so casually, but the outgoing president took the comments in stride.

"You'd be suprised," Jordan said. "I own more printed T-shirts than anyone in State College. People are always giving them to me."

As Jordan stood in hallways waiting for his classes, some students walked by not realizing who he was. Others looked at him as though they recognized him but could not place the face. Some looked on in disbelief.

Students joined the crowd of television cameras and reporters gathered around Jordan for most of the day in a sort of Jordan-is-going-to-classes parade.

Jordan said he was going to hang out in the HUB and have lunch, get to the bank today as well as walk around the Palmer Museum in between his classes, which included two marketing classes and an economics class.

"I usually go through the salad bar like my wife advises me to," he said.

Students said they enjoyed having Jordan in their classes.

"I like it," said Peter Meyers (junior-marketing). "This is the second class he's been in of mine. I'm getting used to him."

"I think it is a thrill," said Nancy Fochler (junior-marketing). "It is nice that he can come down to the student level."

He said he was a little nervous about attending classes because he was registering so late and is a little rusty when it comes to economics.

"I'm registering late," Jordan said. "I'll really have to do some work to catch up. I think I'd better just listen today, to tell you the truth. I wouldn't even know how to ask the question.

"If there is a pop quiz, I guess I'll have to take it and put her name on it," he added.

Jordan arrived at his microeconomics class about a half-hour early. He was very concerned about not being late for class. Professor B. Yan Roberts welcomed Jordan and gave a review so he would understand what was going on.

He sat seriously at a desk, concentrating on a worksheet Roberts had handed out.

Jordan said his only complaint was that he could not hear in Deike building.

"I learned today that the acoustics in Deike are bad," Jordan said. "There is a lot of noise coming out of the cooling or heating system."

While Jordan played a student for a day, Hearn had the task of stabilizing the cost of tuition.

"I've asked her to do something about tuition," Jordan said. "She has to convince the legislature to give us a much higher appropriation."

Jordan added that he hoped Hearn would be exposed to how decisions are made and would get a chance to meet some of the "principle actors."

"Maybe she can learn something I didn't know," he said.