State sy stem continues desegregation eff orts

SSHE reports increase in black enrollment

The number of Black students
attending State System of Higher
Education (SSHE) universities is
on the rise. System officials
report increases in the first-time
Black freshman enrollment and
the overall Black enrollment for
the 1986 Fall semester.
At the 13 traditionall y white
System institutions , first-time
Black freshman enrollment rose
6.75 percent , from 844 in
1985-86 to 901 in the first
semester of this academic year.
At Bloomsburg University , the
first-time Black freshman total for
1986 is 53, down 9 from 1985.
Overall Black enrollment for
1986 is 1191 , up 78 from 1985.
Additionall y, at Cheyney
University of Pennsylvania (the
nation 's oldest historicall y Black
university), first-time Black
freshman enrollment numbered
320, a 44 percent increase over
the 1985-86 academic year.

Overall Black enrollment
fi gures for the state-owned
university system reg istered an
increase of 8 percent.
"Minority access to the State
System is more than just a courtordered mandate , " SSHE
Chancellor James H. McCormick
said. "It is a commitment to our
own mission. "
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is under a federal court
order to desegregate its stateowned and state-supported colleges and universities in compliance with Title VI of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964 .
"The State System has excelled in raising its first-time Black
enrollments , " Dr. McCormick
said. "This is particularl y interesting to note due to the overall
decline of hi gh school graduates
in the Commonwealth. "
He added ,"In addition to continually increasing our recuuit-

S ervice grants to
total $1 million

Research and training grants to
Bloomsburg University are expected to tota l $1 million for
academic and public service projects for the second consecutive
year.
Funding decisions on several
grants were still pending at the
beginning of this year.
Other proposals are also expected to be submitted during the
year , BU Grants Director Peggy
Bailey said.
The U.S. Department of
Education provided awards totalling $457,320.
They included two cooperative
education grants to administer a
program in which students gain
practical job experience.
Continuation grants include
assistance for the Department of
Communication Disorders and
Special Education to strengthen
the university 's Master of Science
program in audiology , speechlanguage , pathology and education of the hearing-impaired.
Director of this project is
Preofessor Gerald Powers .
The Upward Bound project ,
headed by Ruth Ann Bond , also
received a continuation grant.
The program identifies disadvantaged hig h school students
who have academic potential and
assists them in post-secondary
education.
PDE's Division of Child Nutrition has provided $7,815 for food
service for participants in the Upward Bound summer program.
The Educational Opportunity
Center consortium made up of six
area colleges and universities also
received funds to continue two
projects.
These are to assist low and
moderate-income residents who
apply for admission and financial
aid for college and to provide
counseling and testing for career
choices.
President of the consortium is
Jesse Bryan.
A research grant of $30,345
from the National Science Foundation to the Department of
Physics, with Pennsylvania State
University , will permit James
Moser to continue investigation
of water vapor and lightning effects on radio signals in the
atmosphere.
A second-year grant of $7,500
from the American Chemical
Society to the Department of
Geography and Earth Sciences
will be used to test secular
changes in geomagnetic declinations for correlation of ice
margins across the Appalachian
Plateau. Director of this project

is Professor of Geography and
Earth Science Duane Braun.
State agency grants of $75,784
for the second phase of a Ben
Franklin Partnershi p Challenge
grant from the State Department
of Commerce were also received .
They will permit the continuation of design and production of
computer-based interactive
videodisc materials in health care
industries.
Geisinger Medical Management Corporation ' will contribute
an additional $20 ,000 and
Edudisc Corporation will contribute software valued at
$11 ,300.
Three vocational education
grants for $40,026 from the State
Department of Education and
through the Penn State Center
have been targeted to conduct a
series of workshops for secondary and post-secondary teachers .
The workshops will focus on
the impact of current technology
in the business education and office administration curricula.
Professor of Communication
Disorders Andrew Karp inski is
directing a project for consulting
services to vocational institutions
and hi gh schools for vocational
education of handicapped
students.
The Center for Academic
Development under Jesse Bryan
has received $98,800 from PDE
to offer instructional services in
reading, writing , mathematics
and speech communication to aid
students in transition from hi gh
school to college.
Grants from the State Council
on the Arts include $6,000 to support the Celebrity Artists Series
and $5,000 for a performance by
the Northeastern Pennsylvania
Philharmonic. Ted Shanoski is
cultural affairs director.
Through the Job Training Partnership Act, a total of $94,860
will provide training to area
citizens experiencing difficulties
to prepare them for occupations
in office technology and hospitality industries.
Assistant Professor of Business
Education and Office Administration John Olivo is directing this
program.
The act also provides funds to
offe r job skills for the
handicapped.
About $125,000 will provide
temporary part-time employment
for 25-30 low-income older
workers on campus.
Title V of the Older Americans
Act and the State Greeen Thumb
Program are providing these
funds.

ment efforts , wc have strengthened our retention skills. This is
reflected in the stability of our
enrollment
overall
Black
figures. "
Under Chancellor McCormick' s direction , the State System
has . advanced several initiatives
desi gned to attract and retain
minority students , including
desegregation symposiums and
the continuation of joint recruitment fa i rs .
Within the past two years, two
Symposiums on Desegregation
were sponsored by the System
Office. The 1985 symposium addressed "Promising Programs
and Practices for the Recruitment
and Retention of Black Faculty ,
Staff and Students . " Proceedings
of that symposium arc now in
print.
Both this symposium and one
in June , 1986 . cited successful
recruitment and retention pro-

grams in the System and across
the nation. Speakers for these
programs have included nationally recognized education officials ,
state leg islators , and System
faculty and administration.
According to Dr. McCormick ,
"The joint recruitment fairs are
an essential part of the State
System 's efforts to increase
students ' interest in attending college , especiall y m i n o r i t y
students. "
During these fairs , admissions
counselors from the SSHE
universities provide informationabout their schools and
answer questions about such
topics as admissions requirements
and financial aid. The events are
funded through the SSHE minority recruitment and retention appropriation line item and are
located near urban centeres
throug hout the Commonwealth.
Joint recruitment efforts have

been held in the Philadel phia ,
Pittsburg h , Erie , Allentown , and
Harrisburg areas.
"We are gratefu l to the
General Assembly for the monies
provided each fiscal year to continue recruitment and retention
efforts ," Dr. McCormick said.
In the 1985-86 fiscal year , the
Leg islature provided $200,000
for minority programs. The
SSHE Board of Governors has
approved an appropriation line
item requestfokr $636,000 in the
1986-87 fiscal year.
In addition to recruitment and
retention eforts , System officials
are hop ing to develop a Black
Scholars program desi gned to attract Black faculty ; summer institutes at SSHE universities for
d i s a d v a n t a g e d hi g h school
students are also in the planning
stages.
Another System innitiative
aimed at minority students is the

Board of Governors Scholarship
program. Adopted by the SSHE
governing board in 1984, the program allows for the waiver of a
minority student 's tuition by a
university president. System
presidents may waive tuition for
a number of minority students
equal to 1 percent of their institution 's enrollment. To date , 228
students have attended SSHE
universities under this plan.
"The increase of Black
students in the State System clearly reflects the universities ' sincere
commitment to minority recruitment , " SSHE Chancellor
McCormick added . "We continue to make every effort within
our means to attract Black
students to our institutions. "

Insurance
scheme
unfair
by Ruth Fedder
for The Voice

A squirrel braves the recent snowy weather to observe the BU campus while perched on a shoulder. (Photo
by Bob Finch)

Students see registration
as biggest problem at BU
BU students like just about as
many things about Bloomsburg
University as they dislike on
campus.
Greatest student dislike is the
registration procedure while their
greatest like is BU' s "physical
setting. "
A total of 69 percent complain-

ed about reg istration procedure s
while 67 percent of a survey
listed the physical setting as their
greatest like on campus.
College of Business Professor
Pete Venuto reported his latest set
of survey findings last month.
Venuto has been conducting the
survey with his classes for the last

BU late last year received two
federal grants totalling $84,402
for its cooperative education
program.
The grants were Title Vlll and
Title IV grants from the U.S.
Department of Education.
BU Director of Grants Peggy
Bail y said the grants will allow
the university to further develop
its cooperative education
program.
Director of BU' s cooperative
program Ruben Britt said colleges and universities had to provide more than just a good education because of intense competition for level-entry positions in
the job market.
Employers wanted to see that
students not only had done well
in their classes but that they had
already some real work
experience.
A cooperative education program could do this , Britt said.
"Cooperative education is a

program with dual benefits for
students ," he added.
"First it provides them with an
opportunity to get work experience in a job related to their
majors in much the same way as
internshi ps.
"Second it provides a way for
students to make money while
earning class credits. "
Co-op education is similar to
internships although there are
differences.
Britt said most internships were
unpaid but all co-op interns are
paid and students also receive
class credits .
"A student can take a whole
semester off from classes to concentrate on a job ," Britt added .
"Or he can work half the day
and go to school the other half. "
The supplemental Title IV
grant will be used to help fund
participating departments as well
as for faculty development and
training workshops.

BL co-op program
receives two grants

13 semesters.
Categories listed in the surveys
arc chosen by the students.
Other major student dislikes the
survey showed included inadequate parking (69 percent) ;
frustrating drop-add procedure s
(66); pressure of finals too heavy
(62); overl y-expensive texts with
low repurchase prices (59); insufficient sections for hi gher level
courses (58); professors with
thick accents (56) ; lack of
24-hour study areas (55); administrative disorganization and
red tape (54); non-uniform pink
sli p policies (53); and insufficient
time to prepare for finals (51).
Students listed more than
another 30 dislikes about the campus with ratings between 14 percent and 49 percent.
Five other top likes of students
in the 60 percent range were
school small enough for a person
to be an individual (66 percent);
a good business school (63); well
stocked university store (63);
union a good place to meet (61);
close and accessible campus
buildings (60).
Another five aspects of campus
drew more than a 50 percent approval rating fro m the students
surveyed .
These were parties and social
activities and good university
reputation (58); good universi ty
location (57); friendl y personal
environment (55); and movies ,
concerts and special events (52).

Bloomsburg University 's student group accident and sickness
insurance scheme discriminates
against students more than 35
years of age or taking less than
six credits a semester.
The plan is provided throug h
Provident Indemnity Life Insurance Co.
Students taking less than six
credits usuall y have a full life
away from the university and
there fo re have other chances to
obtain insurance either from their
_mp loyers or the employers of
their spouses or other famil y
members .
But a growing number of
students more than 35-ycars-old
have given up working to stud y
for a degree.
BU at present has about 105
students aged more than 35 study ing full time for their degrees.
This excludes many who arc
part-time degree students.
Many of these arc sing le or
come from homes with low income or unemployment.
Many available insurance plans
arc expensive and unaffordablc
by students working 20 hours a
week or less for minimum wages
at best.
Provident Indemnity representative Mr. Gillis said it would cost
$508 for a male aged 36 and $700
for a woman aged 36 who want
to buy insurance similar to the
package Provident offers throug h
the university .
In a survey of older , full-time
students , a widowed mother of
three said she budgets $150.10 a
month to keep up her Blue CrossBlue SHield plan.
A divorced male student said
he had no insurance at all and
another about 40-years-old was
surprised when told of the cutoff
age of 35.
"I applied for the insurance ,"
he said.
"They didn 't refuse me.
"They must not have noticed
my birthdate. "
Dean of Student Life Dr Robert
Norton said that when he
negotiated with Provident , prior
to the 1986 fall semester , he
agreed with the company agent to
make the cut-off age 35.
"But Student Life no longer
handles insurance ," he said.
"It has been transferred to the
Health Center which works with
the Counseling Office. "
Supervisor of the Health Center
Dolores Hranitz said she was surprised to learn there was a cutoff age listed in the group plan
policy.
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Editorial

Stop non-thinking education
The spring semester beg ins.
Seniors, like myself , who plan to
graduate in May , prepare to leave
the hallowed and safe halls of
Bloomsburg University for a
more challeng ing and often difficult world.
Beholding the environment into
which we will go , it seems apparent that the generations before
us have made a mess of it.
Poverty and hunger are as common as McDonald' s and Burger
King.
Drug addiction (alcohol and
otherwise) is reaching ep idemic
proportions.
Students-, black and white , pro-

test in South Africa. This coun- open, intelligent, and questioning
try 's citizens are raising their minds has been reduced to vocahands against prejudice in a land tional training. No longer is it rewhere prejudice is not the excep- quired to ask why.
tion , but the rule.
The focus is money , how to
In Af ghanistan , the Soviets are make it , and what training is
finall y realizing what the United needed. Higher education has
States did back in Vietnam , and been industrialized, turned into an
arc try ing to find a way out. Why assembly line process. "Put the
is this only after the needless square peg in the square hole , use
slaug hter of thousands upon this equation to derive the right
thousands of innocent people?
answer , write your parag raphs
In the United States , the just this way ."
Reagan Administration is again
In order to combat the protry ing to cut funding in the one blems facing our generation, it is
area that may save us from necessary to look beyond the goal
ourselves , education.
of simply graduating and getting
This is at a time when many arc a job and aquaint ourselves with
critical of our educational system the dilemmas that must be dealt
because 'Johnny can 't read .' with.
Reading is not the half of it.
As the editor-in-chief of this
Looking at college , a major paper , my goal is to get the
criticism of 'hi gher education ' is readership of The Voice to think.
that it no longer teaches the stu- I do not care what you think , as
dent how to think.
long as you do.
The former goal of producing
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Riding
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Racism question
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Is it back to violence?
Town-student relations good
I am writing this letter in
response to the recent letters
about rides home.
1 live pretty far away from
Bloomsburg (about 100 miles)
and have gotten rides home with
many different people , most
throug h the use of the Ride
Board .
Even though there are relatively few peop le from my area ,
every time I' ve wanted to go
home , someone has been kind
enoug h to let mc ride home with
them.
I don 't know much about gas
mileage or car expenses but I do
know that I' ve never had to pay
any more than it would cost for
my parents to come pick mc up.
or for a bus ticket.
The drivers I vc ridden with
have all been fair with their prices
and considerate about where they
dropped me off.
Even if they hadn 't been I
would have either gladl y paid the
extra , in appreciation for their
trouble or just not gone home that
weekend.
I certainl y hope that the letter
from the student who si gned
him/herself "Pissed Off" hasn ' t
discouraged any drivers from putting up notices on the Ride Board .
I appreciate ride offers and if they
charge a couple extra dollars ,
that 's okay - I want to get home!
To everyone I've ridden home
with , and to all the drivers who
take riders home - thanks! Keep
up the good work!
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After reading Mr. Robert 's article about racism at Bloomsburg
University, my friends and I felt
compelled to respond. The article was both u n f a i r and
unjustifiable.
In reaction to the low retention
rate of Blacks , is it fair to blame
this ail on discrimination? Many
students drop out of school
because of lack of study ing and
too much time spent on nonacademic activities.
Like the Vice-President , wc too
feel you are segregating
yourselves. Stop stay ing in your
cli ques and get involved and
perhaps you won 't feel so left out
of everything.
What probabl y bugs us the
most arc the minority T-shirts and
sweatshirts that say "Bloomsburg
University Minority Student ".
If that is not segregating
yourselves , what is? They are a
disgrace.
Unfortunatel y, institutional
racism has existed for centuries
in the United States, not just here.
Unless you are a Wasp, almost
everyone else is in the minority ,
including Jews , Catholics , etc .
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In a town like Bloomsburg,
where college students comprise
a large portion of the population
some kind of tension is bound to
exist between townspeople and
students...or so you would think.
Differences in age , lifesty les
and a t t i t u d e s , along ' w i t h
stereotypes of college students arc
enoug h to create negative opi
nions in some people.
A BU study of this problem last
year showed that Bloomsburg
residents tended to rely on third
parties for their information on
students even thoug h most
residents live next door to or in
the same nei ghborhood ' as
studcnt*rA research methods class of
BU Pro fessor James H. Hubcr
conducted the survey in spring
1985 and Dr. Huber issued the
report in August last year.
Hubcr said the stud y was con
ducted to exp lore the interaction
between townspeop le and
students and their attitudes and
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His students interviewed 138
students and 168 townspeople.
Most of the students interview
ed were juniors and seniors . The
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lived in town for an average of
16 years .
Almost
80 percent of
townspeople reported college
students living next door to them
or in their neighborhood .
Huber said , "Only one-third

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Black beauty pageants? Why
aren ' t there pageants for
homosexuals or the such?
Please! Please! What are the
burdened assignments that were
unri ghteously assigned? Slavery
was abolished years ago!
We think you are beginning to
lose our perspective of what college is all about , an education not
a demonstration.
Probabl y the most provocative
part of Kenneth Roberts ' arrticle
was his concluding threat. Are we
going back to the old days of
violence? Is your threat , Mr.
Roberts, meant to be assertive or
arc you just acting aggressive?
Mr. Roberts asked "how long
must Blacks be prejudged
because
of
biases
and
stereotypes?" Until both Blacks
and Whites come to realize that
God created all men and women
equal.
Martin Luther King stbted,"!
have a dream... " and his dream
can only become a reality with
ambition and effort on each individual ' s part .
Nothing can be accomplished
out of self pity .
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"We had no input or choice of
policy or company , " she said .
"If non-traditional students
would write letters of protest with
as many names as possible I
would file a statement on the
situation with the Counseling Office. "
BU President Dr Harry
Ausprich said he was also sur• prised at the age limitation in the
plan.
" "We are actively recruiting
more mature students and it is
a discrimination not to offer them
everything the equal of what we
offer younger students ," he said .
Director of Health Services
John Scrimgeour said he had had
no part in discussions on previous
insurance policies.
agreed to arrange a call
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to the insurance company when
he learned of the cut-off limit.
"I am not aware of the cost
versus coverage factors involved ," he said.
•"I cannot promise you
anything at this time except that
I will try for an agreement that
includes both over-35 coverage
and low cost for all students. "
Scrimgeour said future talks
with the company mig ht be
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sonal experience as the source of
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their
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students). "
When students and townspco
p ic did converse Huber said they
discussed mostl y genera l topics
and rarely voiced problems or
complaints.
Almost 64 percent of these people found the interaction
favorablc and 25 percent were
neutral.
Less than 3 percent said the in
tcraction was unfavorable.
Less than 10 percent of people
surveyed said they had negative
perception s of each other.
The other 90 percent had a
favorable perception of each
other.
Seventy seven percent ol
townspcolc said their specific experiences with students had been
good and onl y 23 percent
reported negative experiences.
Hubcr added that more than
half the sample reported no
student-related items as major
problems in the community .
"Less than half reported pro blems which mi ght be related to
students , such as noise , litter ,
parties , and housing, " Hubcr
said.
"Almost a fourth said there
were no major community pro blems. "
Almost 20 percent said student
housing was the main problem
while only 12 percent picked student drinking.
One-fourth of people in the
study felt landlord s or students
were responsible for the problems, while a third said they did
not know .
More than half in the survey
said they believed landlord s
showed less concern for their properties when students occupied
them.
"Student housing and behavior
do not represent great burning
issues for most , " Huber said.
In
separate
interview s ,
downtown merchants believe
students comprised much of their
business.

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An emp loyee of Bloomsburg
Floral Cente r said the majority of
its business was from college
students.
An emp loyee of Que Pasa
Bouti que said a hi gh percentage
of its sales were also to college
students.
A pharmacist at Rea and
Dcrick said the store did a lot of
business with students for coughs
and colds and birth control.
A J.C. Penney assistant
manager said the store benefited
not only from sales to students but
also BU faculty .
A men 's clothing store , LeePat 's, said that in addition to sales
to students who needed clothes
for interviews , the store also sold
to guest speakers who stayed in
town overnight.
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Sncidman and Go6d as Gold
engrave lavalicrs for sororities on
campus.
Just for You and Studio Shop
g ift shops also carry merchandise
for sororities. The Verandah
House of Wicker offers a 10 percent discount to all students.
Many people were unaware
there is a Bloomsburg Committee working to better relations
between the town and the
university .
The Town-Gown Committee is
co-chaired by Bloomsburg Mayor/
Daniel J. Bauman and BU'S
Vice-President for Institutional
Advancement John L. Walker.
The committee consists of town
councillors , landlords , representatives of the Downtown Associa tion , the Chamber of Commerce,
students , BU staff members and
the community at large .
Walker said , "The committee
is a forum for discussion of issues
facing both the town and the
university .
"Together we explore solutions to problems and informally
recommend them to town government , the campus , landlords and
others ."
Mayor Bauman said , "Wc
can 't accept all the problems but
there arc a lot of little things tak ing some of the pressure off. "

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Certification requirement

State to test perspective teachers

by Wanda Willis
Staff Writer

Undergraduates in teacher
education who want their first instructional certificate affe r June
1 , 1987, will be required to pass
the Pennsy lvania Teacher Cert i f i c a t i o n Testing Program
(PTCTP) tests.
The onl y exception is the pro gram in speech language
pathology and audiology which
requires certification at the
master 's degree level.
The multi ple choice test will be
divided into four parts: Basic
Skills (writing, which includes a
written essay , reading and
mathematics) ,
General
Knowled ge (social studies ,
literature , fine arts and science),
Professional Knowledge (instructional skills) and the specialization area (the subject area for
which the candidate wants certification). Each of the four tests
measures minimum basic skills.
Some of the topics tested in the
social studies section of the
Genera l Knowledge test will be
major U.S. historical andtultural
events and movements , political
institutions and values , economic
concepts
and
processes,
geographical features and
characteristics of human settlements and cultures.
The Siate Board of Education
(SBE) has tests for 40 plus
specialization areas. Thirty of
them have been developed by
panels of educators. Eleven of the
test areas i n c l u d i n g earl y
childhood education , elementary
education , mathematics and ei ght
others have not yet been
developed by the SBE. Candidates in these areas will take the
National Teachers Exam (NTE).

In May , 1985, the SHU made
changes in the standard s for
preparation programs for all 88
institutions in Pennsy lvania which
certif y teachers . To be hired by
any school in Pennsy lvania , a
prospective teacher must have a
certificate. All four tests in the
exam must be passed prior to
certification.
Besides the PTCTP tests ,
Bloomsburg has had to comp ly
with additional standard s now rcquircc' by the SBE.
The SBE now requires a program for the selection and
p r e p a r a t i o n of cooperating
teachers . Bloomsburg did not
have one previousl y.
Previousl y, in the .English certification area , not all students
had to take a theatre or media
course. Now , such a class is mandatory in order for BU to meet the
requirements.
Additional changes in curriculum content have been made
in several other certification programs. The ones cited here arc
just random selections.
An earl y announcement pamphlet regarding the tests put out
by the SBE states the tests will
re licet those changes.
Dr. William O'Bruba , Chairman of Curriculum and Foundations , says that the test is
necessary to improve the quality
of teachers in Pennsy lvania. He
compares the PTCTP tests to the
bar exam in law and the board exams in medicine.
Danville Education Association
President Moll y Hartcr said ,"!
don 't reall y believe what you
score on a test will reall y determine how good a teacher you arc
going to be. What 's the difference
between an 85 teacher or a 95
teacher?" Hartcr , who has taug ht

within six weeks afte r the exam
is taken.
In Pennsylvania , all 14 of the
state-owned institutions , as well
as other colleges , are test sites.
At present , all four tests taken
within a two-weekend test period
in a testing month will cost $83.
Taking one core battery test (any
of the tests other than the specialty area tests) is $28. Two at the
same time is $38 and three is $48.
Testing in a specialty area is $35
when taken alone or in any combination with the core battery
tests.
All Pennsy lvania teacher
education institutions will receive
reg istration forms which will be
made available to testing candidates. The candidates will fill
out the forms and send them ,
along with the appropriate fees ,
to the Educational Testing Service. The candidates will then
receive an admission ticket in the
mail with the dates and location
of choice. If the chosen testing
center is filled , the candidate will
be switched to another one
nearb y.
The tests arc compulsory . As
Babineau said , "No certification ,
no job !"

tor 27 years, said she asks herself
"what criteria would I use if I
were going to hire a teacher.
BU ' s Dr. Ray Babineau ,
Director of the School of Education , said , "These tests will not
guarentee that the people who
pass them will be good teachers ,
but rather that they will be Competent in the areas tested. "
Passing scores for the tests
have not been established , but
will be before June 1 , 1987, by
the Pennsy lvania Secretary of
Education , to be appointed by incoming Governor Robert Casey .
The Educational Testing Service (ETS) was hired by the
Commonwealth of Pennsy lvania
to make the test. ETS also compile the SAT' s.
Students who are g raduating in
May , 1987 , are not affected by
the SBE' s new standards so they
arc not required fo take the test
to be certified.
Dr. Howard MacCauley , dean
of Professional Studies at BU ,
said that these students will be
asked to take the test in February .
This 'p ilot test ' will have more
questions on it than the regular
PTCTP will have. ETS will use
the results from these tests to
determine which questions are effective when asked and which arc
not.
Any of the tests can be taken
at any time during students ' college careers. When students feel
prepared to take any combination
of the tests , they may do so. The
tests may also be taken over as
many times as it takes to pass.
Once a student passes , the test
docs not need to be retaken.
After June 1 , 1987 , the tests
will be administered each year in
March , June and October. The
results will be sent to the student

THE FAR SIDE

By GARY LARSON

BTE begins
The Bloomsburg Theatre
Ensemble recently announced
their calender of events for
January-February .
The School For Scandal , by
Richard Brinsley Sheridan will
open Jan. 29 and run through
Feb . 14. (Feb . 20 at the F.M.
Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre.)
Set in 1777 London , The
School For Scandal pokes fun at
a society in which wagging
tongues and trivial pursuits are
rampant. Performances are
Thursdays-Saturdays at 8 p.m.
and Sundays at 3 p.m.
Of All The Nerve, an original
one-woman show about six
women whose lives exhibit daring and 'determination , will be
presented by Muriel Bach on
Saturday , Feb. 28 at 8 p.m.
The show will be followed by
the infamous Chocolate Reception , a buffet of chocolate
delights. Proceeds to benefit BTE
and the Women 's Center.

by Berke Breathed

BLOOM COUNTY

Tonight at 7 p.m. on P.M. Magazine (WNEP-16), the Campus
Clipper Salon (Bloomsburg) will feature several BU students
and area models having career makeovers (hairstyles and
makeup).

Snake weight-rooms

BU Tassels
Two hundred ninety candidates
received baccalaureate degrees ,
and 70 candidates received
master's degrees at the December
commencement exercises of
Bloomsburg University .
Twenty-five seniors graduated
with honors.
The commencement address
was delivered by Sondra Myers,
president of the National Federation of State Humanities Councils. Her topic was "Some
Reflections on Freedom. "

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Administrativeproblems

Support council to aid students
by Scott Davis
Staff Writer

A new BU coim-il is designed
to aid students with administrative
problems.
The group is the Student Support Council , comprised of 13 administrative directors.
It links three of the four areas
within the organizational structure of the university .
It was ori ginall y a combination
of Student Life directors and
Academic A ffairs directors .
The ori g inal council has added representatives from BU
administration.
The new council has also asked the Business Office to
nominate a representative.
The Student Support Council at
present consists of six directors
fro m Student A ffairs . Counseling
and Human Development, Financial Aid. Housing, Orientation
and S t u d e n t D e v e l o p m e n t .
Another six represent Academic
Advisement , Admissions , Center
for Academic Development ,
Reg istrar , Special Services and
Tutorial Services.
The council aims to coordinate
and
communicate
across

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organizational lines and also
verticall y.
It will anal yze student support
service areas to eliminate duplication of effons . establish coordination to achieve efficiency in progra m administration and enhance
program effectiveness.
Chairman of the council Dr.
Thomas Cooper said, "By doing
this we will be able to meet the
needs of our students much more
quickl y and hopefull y better. "
Each director in the council has
administrative responsibility in
his
or
her
area.
The chairman will first access
which area is involved in student
concerns and then discuss Them
with the director of that area.
If the concern brid ges more
than one area , the matter then
goes on the agenda for the council' s next monthl y mcecting.
The Student Support Council
began in January 1986 during
reorganization of A cademic
A ffairs.
The reorganization established
a Dean of Enrollment Management which incorporates all
academic support services.
Administration felt liaison with
student support services at the

time would make the combination
even better for student needs.
Cooper added that students are
"welcome to continue writing letters if they feel they will meet
their needs and get an opportunity
to vent their frustrations.
"But the Student Support
Council has been put in place to
meet the needs of students directiy - "
Cooper added some concerns
that mi ght be dealt with through
The Voice alone might not get as
quick attention if they went direct
to to the Support Council.
"I want to make sure students
are aware of the council' s existence and that its purpose is to
eliminate dup lication of efforts ,
establish coordination , achieve
efficiency and effectiveness ,"
Cooper said.
"I think so many students arc
not aware of the existence of the
council.
"There is a vehicle there that
can hopeful y be responsive to student concerns. "
Cooper said he encouraged all
students with concerns to contact
him in Room 10 , Ben Franklin,
p hone 389-4318.
The council next meets on
January 21.

Seven make All-Pennsylvania team

Seven members of the national
runnerup Bloomsburg University field hockey team have been
named to the 1986 A l l Pennsy lvania Conference Field
Hockey Team.
Seniors Kate Dcnncny, Hatbom . Donna Graupp, Robesonia ,
Lynn Hurst , Hummelstown , and
Carla Shearer , Chambersburg ,
along with junior Cindy Dacchc,
Lang horne , were named to the
first team , while seniors Diane
Sheilds , Wilkes-Barre , and Lori
G u i l s o n , P i t t s t o n , earned
honorable mention honors .
Five of the seniors accounted
for 62 of the Huskies ' 80 goals
this season , while Daeche and
Guitson led a defense that limited
24 opponents to less than one goal
per game.
Shearer was ' Bloomsburg 's
leading scorer with 15 goals and
15 assists. She ended her career
with a total of 27 goals and 29
assists.
Graupp. who has played for the
Huskies for the past two seasons

after transferring from Lock
Haven , was just behind Sheare r
in the scoring column with 14
goals. She assisted on two other
scores and gave herself two-year
totals of 28 goals and three
assists.
A pair of players , who each
scored over 30 goals in their four
years with the club, Denneny and
Shields , were among the scoring
leaders this season.
Sheilds scored 12 times and
reg istered 12 assists to rank third
in scoring and second in the assist
department . Denneny added 11
goals and five assists which was
fourth best on the team.
Shields was the top scorer for
the team over the past four campai gns with 39 goals and 27
assists , while Denneny had 31
and 17 , respectivel y. Hurst contributed 15 goals and 18 assists
in her career , including 10 goals
and ei ght assists in 1986.
Dacchc was credcited with two
goals and a pair of assists this
season , but more importantly .

was the top performer on a
defense that allowed its opponents
less than 10 shots per game and
onl y 23 goals in (he 24 contests.

Guitson was the Huskies '
goalie and made 95 saves , allowing 21 goals and recording nine
shutouts. She was the starting
goalie for two years and made
200 saves , while recording 19
shutouts and allowing 31 goals.
The seniors on the team , with
the exception of Graupp who
p layed just the last two seasons ,
have played on teams that comp iled a combined four-year
record of 73-7-3 , including a
19-3-2 mark in the recentl y comp leted season.
The group was also very
responsible for the Huskies winning two national champ ionshi ps
and finishing second and third the
other two times during the span.
Bloomsburg has also won two
Pennsy lvania Conference titles in
the last four years.

Huskies among best in nation
Bloomsburg University appears often in the final 1986 National
Colleg iate A t h l e t i c

Eighty courses
courses offered
for spring

Thirty-four new courses will be
among more than 80 mini-courses
available to area residents during
spring semester at BU.
The mini-course program
beg ins next month .
New offerings include basics of
Mexican cooking, basic bike
repair , lowering your car repair
bills , beginning tole painting and
star quilt class.
New tax laws will also be the
subject of one class.
The first courses begin Feb.
11.
Course information is available
throug h the School of Extended
Programs on 389-4420.

Association (NCAA) Division II
football statistics released this
week.
The Huskies, who finished the
season 7-2-1 under first-year head
coach Pete Adrian , had three individuals receive recognition ,
while the team was included
among the nation ' s passing
leaders .
The balance of the offense was
evidenced in that running back
Tom Martin was one of Division
II' s top rushers , while quarter-

King film
The Commuters Association is
sponsoring a film on Martin
Luther King Jr. next week .
The film is "Montgomery to
Memphis " and will have three
showings on Monday , Jan. 19.
The showings will be at 2:30
p.m , 3:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.
They will be held in KUB
Multi-A .

Retirements announced
Four
retirements
of
University
Bloomsburg
employees were announced at the
December quarterl y meeting of
the Council of Trustees.
William V. Ryan , director of
library services since August
1973, will retire at the end of the
1987-88 academic year. He will
complete 25 years in the field of
education , 15 at BU. ,
Robert B. Hessert , PhD.,
associate
professor
of
psychology, will teach until July

back Jay DeDea is listed near the
top in total offense.
Martin averaged 91.8 yards per
game , rushing 183 times for 918
yard s in the Huskies ' 10 contests.
The junior was the team 's leading
scorer as well w i t h ei g ht
touchdowns.
DeDea ran a school-record 439
offensive plays , gaining 2J 89
yard s, an average of 218.9 per
game.
The duo was credited for a
combined 3187 yard s, which includes 80 yards in receptions for
Martin. DeDea s passing yardage , along with Martin 's yard s
on the ground , accounted for all
but 25 1 of Bloomsburg 's offensive yards in 1986.
Kicker Chris Mingrone was the
other Bloomsburg performer
among the national leaders as he
averaged 1.0 field goals per
game. He connected on 10 of 20
attempts , the longest of the season
was 41 yards.
As a team , the Huskies were
one of the best passing teams in
the nation , gaining 235.3 yard s
per game in the air.

With the start of the sprim; semester, scenes like this will soon be common in the libra ry

Governance vote

BU faculty rej ects proposal
BU faculty last month in a
secret vote rejected a proposed
new governance document for the
university.
President Harry Ausprich immediatel y established an interim
governance structure to beg in
functioning this semester.
The rejected governance plan
was prepared by a committee
which was appointed earl y in
1 986.
APSCUF President Jim Lauffer pointed out last month that BU
had been without a formal governance structure for about a year
during the committee work and
asked as many faculty as possible to vote on the proposed new
p lan.
He added the APSCUF leadershi p had some serious concerns
about the plan , especially the proposed bud get and planning com-

The university community will
meet in three forums during this
semester.
Agenda for the forums will be
set by Interim Provost and Vice
President for Academic Affairs
Dan Panteleo.
He will set the agenda in consultation with university community leadership.

DeDea-Grande passing
combo on all-star team
The Bloomsburg University
quarterback-ti g ht end combination of Jay DeDea , Altoona , and
Kevin Grande , Pottstown , have
been named to Eastern College
Athletic Conference (ECAC)
1986 Division II Ail-Star Team.
DeDea comp leted 160 of 341
pass attempts this season for 2255
yards and 14 touchdowns. The
6-3, 215 lb. performer led
Bloomsburg to its third consecutive winning season and was
among the Division II leaders in
passing and total offense
throug hout the year.
Listed as a senior on the
Huskies ' roster this season ,
DeDea has one year of eligibilty
remaining due to an injury which
sidelined him after one game of
the 1983 season.
In his 25 games in a
Bloomsburg uniform , DeDea has
thrown for 4705 yard s, completing 332 of 697 passes. He has
36 career touchdown passes.
Grande caught 42 passes this

season for 541 yard s and five
touchdowns. His reception total
and yardage led the team. The
6-5, 229 lb. receiver was the
squad reception leader in each of
his four seasons with the Huskies.

A committee to prepare a permanent governance structure will
be convened by the co-chairs of
Meet and Discuss , Brian Johnson
and Panteleo.
The committee will be charged with presenting a proposal for
vote by the end of this semester.

BU student
commissioned

A Bloomsburg University
sop homore was recently commissioned a second lieutenant in the
Pennsy lvania Army National
Guard at ceremonies held at BU.
Pickett , of
W.
Wade
Laceyville, Pa. and a graduate of
Wyalusing Valley High School ,
completed the Army ROTC program at BU and is a business
ad m i n i s t r a t i o n - m a n a g e m e n t
major.
Pickett was a member of the
Simultaneous Membershi p Program which enables an individual
to belong to Army ROTC and a
National Guard or Reserve unit
and gain leadershi p experience
from both.
The newly commissioned officer is also a linebacker on the
BU Husky football team with one
more year of eligibility .

The Voice critiqued
The Voice was recentl y critiqued by members of the staff of
the Philadelp hia Inquirer.
On Dec. 23 , two members of
The Voice editorial board traveled to the offices of the
Philadel phia newspaper.
Issues of The Voice were examined and recommendations
were g iven regarding improvements in layout and design ,
content , and approaches to
stories.
Jeff Cox , editor of The Voice ,
was impressed with the advice
given by Jane Shoemaker , editor
of a section of the Inquirer. "She
opened my eyes to some of the

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things I hadn ' t thoug ht of
previousl y, " Cox said. "She
pointed out some of the little
t h i n g s that sometimes get
overlooked. "
Don Chomiak , editor-in-chief
of The Voice , agreed with Cox ,
"The littl e things that were
pointed out with regards to layout
had not been noted by either of
us before this. I felt it was a
rewarding experience. "
Cox and Chomiak were invited
to return for some instruction in
graphics and design , as well as to
attend a newsmeeting, where the
si gnificance of the stories are
assessed .

Nelson named as publications director

Benton native Melissa Piper
Nelson , a graduate of Pennsylvania State University , has
been named director of
publicatiuons at Bloomsburg
University, a new position in the
Office of University Relations.
Nelson received her bachelor
of science degree in general
agriculture with a minor in journalism/English from Penn State
in 1974.
She then served as associate

Application deadline set

3, 1987. He will complete 15
years at BU and 26 in the field
of education.
The
non-instructional
The Community Government
retirements , effective in the ear- Association is calling for
ly fall of last year, were Wendy 1 987- 1988 bud get applications
Michael , Nescopeck , Rd.2 , clerk from all BU organization
steno II in the art department , presidents and advisors.
four years, six months of-service
Comptroller of Community
and Joseph Winhofer, Kulpmont , Activities David Hill said last
clerk HI in the purchasing depart- week that budget applications and
ment , one year , eight months of forms had been mailed to all
service. Winofer 's is a disability o r g a n i z a t i o n s .
retirement.
He advised all organization of-

mittee , severa l other committees
and a lack of overall coordination
between various committees.
Ausprich said the interim structure would function while a new
committee prepared another
governance proposal.
This would allow for the continuation of current campus
committees.
At least 10 existing committees
will continue to operate under the
interim structure .

ficials to check their Kehr Union
mail boxes for the documents.
Documents must be completed
as required on the forms and
returned to the Community Activities Office by Feb. 7.
Hill said that any organization
with questions should call the
Community Activities Office on
4461.

news director for the Lancaster
Farming Newspaper for two
years before accepting a position
with Sperry New Holland as a
public relations editor in 1976.

In 1979 , Nelson moved to
Montana where she established a
freelance writing and public relations firm. For three years , she
was manag ing editor of publications produced by the Montana
Grain Growers Association , for
which she won four National
Federation of Press Women
(NFPW) awards for excellence in
jour nalism , layout and design.

Earlier this year , Nelson
received a^j rn^ijj ^an^Jromjhe
NFPW for professional development in journalism and her
publications work . She was one
of three writers in the nation to
receive such a grant.
Returning to the Bloomsburg
area this past summer, Nelson
was a reporter for the PressEnterprise prior to coming to BU.
She resides on her family 's
farm near Benton with her husband , James, and agricultural service representative , and their
2-year-old son , James Jordan.

Sp ring recreation

Monitors meeting slated
There will be a meeting in
Multi-A (KUB), on Tuesday ,
Jan. 13 at 7 p.m., for all persons
interested in working as recreation monitors for the Spring
semester.

New Guidelines will be
discussed along with the schedule
ing of hours for both the FielfJ
Centennia]
House
and
Gymnasium.