Every year during the Undergraduate Student Government elections, promises are made to entice students to vote for a particular ticket. But after the elections are done, there is the question of whether those promises will become reality.

"I think the platforms show an interesting mix of things that have already been done, cannot be done and a few that are interesting and feasible," said USG President Chris Saunders.

-- Crowded computer labs and backed-up printers cause problems for some University students, and Latino Caucus President Carina Defferrire and former Penn State University Veterans Organization Vice President Pat Scanlan promise to solve these problems.

Jim Kerlin, deputy director for the Center for Academic Computing, said the center is working on a computer lab plan that will be implemented during the 1994-95 academic year. Part of the plan is looking at the printers.

"We are examining the printing in the labs now," he said. "We recognize that the printing can be improved in the laboratories."

Kerlin said the center is looking to get either additional printers or a different type of printer that would be faster and of a higher quality.

The center's student advisory committee consists of 14 representatives from various student organizations, including USG, he said. This provides a strong link between the students and the center.

If students want more printers, they will get fewer computers, Saunders said, adding that it is difficult to get more money for more printers. But he said it could be possible in three years.

"It's feasible, but most likely there will be heavy trade-offs on the short run," he said. "It's not going to happen in a year."

-- Some students search for a tutor when they have trouble in class -- and USG candidates Mike King and Lori Pennay (junior-speech communication) want to make it easy for students to find one. They promise to centralize the University's tutoring program at the USG offices so students can just come in and get a reputable tutor's name and number.

"Students who want tutoring don't know where to go," USG Senate president King said, adding that they want to have tutoring centralized by finals week.

Geri Weilacher, assistant to the assistant dean in academic assistance programs, said although tutoring is already coordinated by the Tutoring Center in Boucke Building, they would be interested in increasing student outreach and awareness.

"We would be happy to work with student leaders to increase tutoring and the tutoring budget," Weilacher said, adding that the fact that King and Pennay are aware of the need for tutoring is a step in the right direction.

Saunders said the King/Pennay plan is feasible -- they just need to get a list of independent student tutors, honor society tutors and individual college tutors, and then centralize them under USG.

"At least it would be off to a damn good start in a year," he said.

-- Students who "live a 24-hour life" are being targeted by former Academic Assembly President Erich May and April Campbell (junior-Spanish), who want to make the University keep up to students' pace.

Their platform proposes expanding the hours of Pattee, Shields Building and the Rec Hall weight room, as well as keeping the HUB open 24 hours a day.

Nancy Cline, dean of University Libraries, said administrators are committed to keeping Pattee's current hours, which are hard enough, and extra hours would be more difficult.

"It would be a serious budget impact," she said.

Cline said West Pattee's hours will increase in a few years when Pattee is expanded. But they are willing to work with the new administration and discuss concerns, she added.

John Romano, vice provost for enrollment management and administration, said the Office of Student Aid is already open extra hours, Monday and Thursday until 6:30 p.m., for telephone calls and walk-ins. The Admissions Office is open Saturday mornings, he said, adding that he is unaware of an interest to keep other Shields Building offices open extra hours.

Chip Harrison, strength and conditioning specialist at the Rec Hall weight room, said May has talked to him about extra hours. Currently people who use the weight room are being surveyed to see if they want extra hours, he said. If students want it, they will consider changing the hours.

The weight room is currently open until 10 p.m. Sunday through Friday and until 5 p.m. Saturday. May proposed keeping it open until midnight.

Saunders said keeping the HUB open 24 hours will probably cost $90,000, but can be done with work-study positions and one additional administrative position. He said it won't be easy, but it is feasible.

It will probably take most of the semester to accomplish and be used on a trial basis to see if students take advantage of the extra hours, he added.

-- The never-ending search for a parking space is a problem for some students, and USG presidential and vice presidential candidates Mathew Thomas (senior-journalism and English) and Joy Brown (junior-accounting) want to do something about it. They are proposing to increase parking for students by opening restricted lots after 5 p.m.

But David Stormer, assistant vice president for safety and environmental services, said students can already park almost anywhere after 5 p.m. and during weekends as long as their car is registered. There are only three lots restricted until after 9 p.m, he added.

"We changed it to 9 p.m. for faculty and students who need to park there for night classes," Stormer said.

Saunders said the lots were just recently changed to 9 p.m., and he does not believe administrators will be willing to change the times back.

"It's unlikely they would shift it back," Saunders said. "I don't think they will be able to get them bumped up to five."