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18—The Daily Collegian Tuesday, March 25, 1986
Candidates debate fund plan
By STEVE WILSON
Collegian Staff Writer
Candidates stated how they would
sell the state legislature on the Univeristy's
differential funding plan and
were asked what issues they would
bring to the Faculty Senate at the
fourth Undergraduate Student Government
presidential candidates debate.
Differential funding is a plan, developed
by University President Bryce
Jordan, whereby the University
would get higher appropriations because
it does more research than
other state-related Universitites,
which benefits the whole community.
Graduate Student Association
President Brian Del Buono, a panelist
at the presidential debate, presented
candidates with a hypothetical situation
in which Jordan asks them to
draft a strong statement in favor of
differential funding. The University
is currently ranked third in the nation
as a research institution.
Candidate Michael Metzgar said he
was not familiar with the plan, But
later said he talked with Del Buono
during a break in the debate and had
been educated on the plan.
"I want to apologize for my ignorance
on the issue," Metzgar said.
Candidate Matt Baker pointed to
the "state of our lobbying efforts"
that did not get the University any
more appropriations under differential
funding than the University of
Pittsburgh and Temple University,
two other state-related schools.
Del Buono questioned if that could
be changed since the state legislature
has more representatives from Pittsburgh
and Philadelphia.
Baker responded that while that
was true, it fails to take into account
University Commonwealth campuses
in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, a
lobbying resource that he said has not
been used in the past.
"We don't want to decrease everybody
else's funding," Baker said,
"but we want to get our fair share."
Baker reiterated his proposal for
forming the Student Association For
Education as a subcommittee in
'We have to make the
legislature aware,
through GRC, what
Penn State's needs
are.'
— Michael Wein
USG's department of political affairs.
Under the SAFE plan, two students
for every legislative district would be
educated on higher education issues
and meet with and write to the state
legislators regularly, Baker said.
Candidate Michael Wein proposed
using USEC to gather information on
the University's needs and presenting
them to the legislature through
USEC's lobby, the Governmental Relations
Committee.
"We have to make the legislature
aware, through GRC, what Penn
State's needs are," he said.
Wein said that right now the University
needs money for the "ailing
physical plant," research facilities
and run-down laboratories.
Candidate Paul Molchany said the
University receives less money per
student than the other three staterelated
universities and therefore
should receive higher appropraitions.
"Penn State should come first since
we are last of the four state-supported
schools," he said.
Candidate Tom Begley said he
would use the Alliance of Pennsylvania
Student Governments to lobby for
more money for higher education in
general, because the University
would benefit from higher appropriations
in general.
When asked what issues they would
bring to the Faculty Senate, Wein
said he would make the senate take
advising more seriously by pointing
out that it is "an integral part of being
a faculty member."
Wein pointed to the passage in the
University manual on the responsibilities
of advising which only takes up
half a page.
"Just looking at that you can tell
advising is not a high priority," he
said.
Molchany said he would try to get
the senate to support student representatives
on more University committees,
such as the facilities
committee, so that incidents like the
Beam Hall conversion do not occur.
"Without a student point of view on
these committees," he said, "we feel
like were not being represented."
Baker said he would try to make
teaching more important at the University
by paying and promoting teachers
more for teaching than for
research.
"We are all here to get an education,"
Baker said. "But we are not
going to get an education if the teachers
are not paid to teach."
Metzgar said he would approach
the senate with the pros and cons of
the 14-week semester.
Begley said a lot of students think
advising is inadequate at the University
and he would use that argument
to get the senate to implement course
refreshers and advising tests for professors.
Both Baker and Wein gave two
strong closing statements, apparently
trying to point to their differences
from other candidates.
Baker, who in previous debates has
stated his ticket has new approaches
to the problems facing University
students, asked voters to . decide
whether they wanted new approaches
or the same USG policies as in the
past.
Wein, whose ticket has emphasized
experience throughout the campaign,
asked voters if a president can afford
to take the time to learn how USG
works and build up personal credibility.
During the questions from the audience
period, Wein became visibly
annoyed at a question asking him
why no minorities were on his campaign
staff. Wein stated that he was a
minority and that he thought the
question referred to a specific minority
group.
"I really wish we could stick to the
issues in this debate and stop all this
nonsense." he said.
Hurt, Page and
'Out of Africa'
take fop Oscars
LOS ANGELES (AP) - William
Hurt, as the homosexual,
movie-loving prisoner in Kiss of
the Spider Woman, and seventime
loser Geraldine Page, as the
ailing widow determined to return
to her childhood home in The
Trip to Bountiful , won top acting
honors at the Academy Awards
last night.
But Out of Africa , the story of a
Danish writer's romantic sorrows
in Africa, dominated the
Oscars with six, including best
director for Sydney Pollack.
Sentimental favorite, Don
Ameche was named best supporting
actor as the retiree made
young again with the help of
visitors from outer space in Cocoon.
Anjelica Huston, the vengeful
Mafia princess in Prizzi's Honor,
won as best supporting actress,
but her father, John Huston, who
directed her, lost a bid to take
home father-daughter awards.
No picture had been expected
to dominate the awards, but Out
of Africa, adapted from Isak Dinesen's
writings, won for Pollack
, for Kurt Luedtke's
screenplay, John Barry's score,
for art direction, sound and cinematography.
The Color Purple which had
tied Oult of Africa with 11 nominations,
was shut out repeatedly
in the early categories — after its
director, Steven Spielberg, was
denied a nomination.
The Oscar for best song went to
Lionel Richie's "Say You, Say
Me" from White Nights.
Best foreign film was Argentina's
The Official Story, a moving
drama of a woman who learns
her adopted daughter had been
stolen by the government from a
political prisoner.
Witness picked up awards fon
original screenplay and film editing.
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