The area's Democratic and Republican committees recently elected new leaders who are now preparing their respective parties for November's state and local elections. Maggie Glick has volunteered at the Pennsylvania Special Olympics State Summer Games for the past four years. Currently director of administration for the games, she started as a coach for Centre County four years ago. A 10,300-seat deck may make Beaver Stadium the second largest on-campus stadium in the country if the University Board of Trustees approves it in July. The board authorized $485,000 worth of preparatory sitework for the expansion at its May meeting. Penn State faculty and administrators hope the University's formal invitation to the Big Ten conference will bring more than just added prestige --it may also bring increased state funding. Centre County's Democratic Party is feverishly searching for a candidate to oppose Rep. Lynn Herman, R-Philipsburg, in November's contest for control of the state's 77th district seat. Although Penn State is officially a member of the the Big Ten, Indiana basketball coach Bobby Knight will not rant and rave in Rec Hall next season. Nor will Joe Paterno pace the Rose Bowl sidelines on New Year's Day. These scenarios probably will not occur until the mid-1990's at best. Jury selection in a second trial for a former University student accused of raping another student in his fraternity room last December has been postponed from next Monday to August 6. As they neared the end of one of the five largest public university fund raisers in the nation, the organizers of the Campaign for Penn State celebrated their success with a convocation and a black-tie gala April 28. Seven familiar faces, including a former student trustee, will return to the University Board of Trustees when they meet in Erie next month. A computer will soon select which of the county's two judges -- either President Judge Charles Brown Jr. or Judge David Grine -- will choose the newest member of the State College Borough Council. Two women moved slowly through the oval gallery. A $56-per-semester computer fee for all students in the University system is likely to be recommended to the University Board of Trustees when it votes in July on the 1990-91 budget. A former employee of the defunct State College Manor nursing home, who was convicted in November of abusing elderly patients, has requested another trial in Centre County Court. While graduates-to-be and their parents began filing into Rec Hall for commencement exercises in May, Karen Rugh was all over the building checking details. The list of candidates for the University presidency may narrow to one name as early as this week, said J. Lloyd Huck, chairman of the trustee presidential selection committee. The University Board of Trustees approved final plans for a five-story classroom and office building to be built on Pollock Field at its May meeting.
After nine years as coach of Penn State's baseball team, Shorty Stoner announced last Wednesday that he is stepping down and will concentrate on teaching at the University. When the season ended for the women's basketball team in April, everyone congratulated Coach Rene Portland and her Lady Lions for a job exceptionally well done. After an Atlantic 10 championship and a trip to the second round of NCAAs, finishing with a 25-7 record, it was widely thought that the team would merely begin working out in preparation for next season. After a study of 350 Penn State freshmen student-athletes and 350 freshmen non-athletes, a Penn State researcher says that not only should SAT scores be dropped as a criterion for freshman eligibility, but freshmen should be banned completely from Division I and II competition.
Collegian Editorial: Special Olympics needs volunteers, spectators to build and share spirit My Opinion: Parris H. Chang