Penn State University - La Vie Yearbook (University Park, PA)

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22 Rtrospect Viking I landed on Mars, but failed to contact the Earth. 5 Protests. May was filled with them. Through the crowds roar we both saw and heard demonstrations in several cities in Poland and at home in the US. Mothers and bishops llprotested the use of nuclear arms and sought for peace. But, the world was reawakening as spring finally warmed the earth. Alas, spring gave us its wet weather, a rainy continuation of last month. Every weekend contained some of the wet stuff. Despite the miserably rainy weather, avid fun-loving Penn Staters enjoyed them- selves at the Sy Barash Regatta, held for the first time at Bald Eagle State Park. Things were drawing to a close in Happy Valley. As April showers brought May flowers, they also brought finals which meant the end of spring term. As the end of spring term came, most of the students headed home-ready for a much need- ed break and to begin outdoor activity and bask in the summer sun. During this break, Penn Staters, along with the rest of the nation, eagerly stood in lines to see the long-awaited film Return of the Jedi, making its debut on May 25. The third of the Star Wars epics, Jedi completed the trilogy and answered the intrigu- ing questions the first two movies left for us. Becom- ing one of the summer's blockbusters, Jedi also made us sadly realize that the story had ended-would we ever see Luke, Han, and Leia again? May brought a sense of familiarity to campuse-a rather controversial face returned to campus this month. Bro Cope, the infamous preacher found near the steps of Schwab or Willard, left in July of 1982, after he had received a charge for disorderly conduct. But, the six-year Penn State veteran was back preaching earlier this month, with no talk of his alleged evil deed. Never a dull moment at Penn State. -Diane DiPiero Launchings. June was full of rock- ets. As the summer temperatures rocketed, the first American woman to fly in space took off in the space shuttle Challenger. And many new political careers were launched. Yuri Andropov became the president of the Soviet Union and Margaret Thatcher began her second term as Prime Minister of Great Britian. June brought us a homecoming for the Pope, expul- sion for Nicaraguan diplomats. and freer laws for abortion. Summer officially began in Happy Valley, as the student population dwindled due to the summer break. Life in Happy Valley slowed down as students still took classes, but also found time to work on their tans or perfect their frisbee throwing. Many students looked forward to the Simon and Garfunkel concert tour. The 60's and 70s singing duo announced their first American tour in 13 years, starting in July. Frat parties took on a sour note this month. Despite Intra- fraternity Council rules and Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board regulations, several fraternities accept- ed donations from partygoers. These fraternities could have been fined in excess of $300 for violating the rules that prohibit fraternities from taking any money other than that which is for philanthropies said Adam Levinson, IFC president. -Debbie Stephens Retrospect INTERNATIONAL Poland saw both turmoil and comfort during these months. In May. Polish opposers to the martial law stomped through the streets of Warsaw and 20 other cities holding large banners boldly reading iiSOLI- DARITYW Police had to control the protesters. But later, in June, Pope John Paul II offered words of support to millions of his fellow Poles on his second visit to his homeland. Millions came out in the rain to participate in the masses the pontiff said in several cities throughout the country. Yuri V. Andropov officially became the president of the Soviet Union, a position left vacant since the death of Brezhnev last November. Two days after Brezhnevis death. Andropov was named general secretary of the Com- munist Party, but in June the question was officially settled. Another world leader was confirmed when Margaret Thatcher was reelected Prime Minister of Great Britian in a landslide victory. The breadth of her victory was a surprise to many because of the rising unemployment and unsta- ble economic recovery. WILSON GOODE addresses a rally at Philadel- phia's Art Museum before the May l7th election when he beat out ex-Mayor Frank Rizzois bid for a political comeback. NATIONAL The MX missile landed back in the national news. The govern- ment agreed to allot $600 million in previously frozen funds to be used for flight testing of the missile and studies on how to modify the Minuteman silos in which they would be kept. Meanwhile, 262 US. Catholic Bish- ops met in Chicago to create a pastoral letter concerning nuclear arms policies. Some insisted the letter urge the US. to llcurbil the deployment of their weap- ons, while others wanted a completely lihaltedll deployment. The US. government expelled 21 Nicaraguan diplomats and their fam- ilies, after three US. diplomats were accused of assassination plots. Earlier. the leftist Sandinista government gave three US. officials 24 hours to vacate the country on charges of plotting the assassinations of Sandinista revolution leaders. In action closer to home, the Su- preme Court struck down a set of state and local regulations that could have made abortions more difficult to ob- THE NIGHT SKY was illuminated by a shower of Fireworks in celebration of the Brooklyn Bridgc's lOOth birthday.

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Control Data Institute. 3.500 Pittsburghers protested as President Reagan visited their i7 versary of independence. Israel celebrated its 35th anni- In Paris, French students protest- ed increased government control of the classroom. homes. It was the time of national pioneers. At Floridais Kennedy Space Center, after .months of delay, Challenger, Americais $1.2 billion space shuttle blasted into orbit. Its main mission was to launch the 2V2 ton TDRS-l, the Wofltl's largest, costliest, and most so- Phisticated satellite. The Challengeris fOllf-man crew was headed by Paul J. Weitz, a retired Navy captain and 1954 aerospace engineering graduate from Penn State. And, America lost a selfless pioneer. Bafqey Clark, the world's first and only artificial heart recipient, died in the mVersity of Utah Medical Center March 23. After living with the device Which kept his heart beating for 112 dayS, the 62-year-old retired dentist en- COUntered circulatory and secondary to mUltlplc organ system failures which led to his death. STATE Pittsburgh had a bit of unwant- ed trouble. Two inmates at the Western Correctional Diagnostic and Classifica- t10n Center pulled guns prior to a strip Search and took a guard and civilian employee hostage. After barricading themselves in a basement room for six days, the convicts freed their hostages and surrendered. Johnstown got 2800 new temporary jobs-all as extras for the filming of 20th Centuryls iiAll the Right Moves.u The movie, about a star athlete trying to escape from a depressed steel town, was good news to the city with the na- tion's highest unemployment rate. LOCAL The Patton Township Board of supervisors approved a plan for the pro- posed 602-acre Toftrees Planned Com- munity, which will include a 253-acre technology park and 200 acres of re- creation land. The community may not, however, be built for another 40 years. The presidents of the Central Coun- ties Bank and Mellon Corporation of Pittsburgh announced they will merge corporations allowing CCB to expand its services. They looked like some sort of space mobiles, but they were actually the new Centre Line buses. Proudly sporting their tinted windows and computerized message boards, the $155,000 Cata Na- poleon buses rolled onto the streets of Centre County. IN THE HUGE BOMB blast in West Beirut, the entire front of the seven story American Embassy Building collapsed killing 57 people. GOING UP in a cloud ofsmoke-the space shuttle Challenger leaves Kennedy Space Center as launched on schedule at l:30 p.m. ES Hideous Horror It was lunchtime Monday, April 18, when a power- ful blast ripped through the center section of the crescent-shaped building, easily collapsing eight levels of the American Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon. The cafeteria and consular section were immediately en- gulfed by the flames. At least 17 Americans and 40 Lebanonese were dead, and over 100 injured. Among the dead were at least eight employees of the CIA, including its chief Middle East analyst, Rob- ert Ames. Ambassador Robert Dillon escaped harm after his aides freed him from a collapsed wall. Witnesses said the blast occurred soon after a driv- er, on a suicidal mission, pulled up to the front of the embassy in a van believed to be carrying 500 lbs. of plastic explosives. The explosion was so great it shat- tered windows a mile away, melted a nearby traffic light, and sent shock waves that were felt by sailors on the U.S.S. Guadalcanal, five miles off shore. On a rainy April evening, five days later when 16 flag-draped coffins arrived at the Andrews Air Force outside of Wahington, President Reagan said, iiThese gallant Americans understood the dangers they faced. The act of unparalleled cowardice that took their lives was an attack on all of us. We would fail them if we let that act deter us from carrying on our mission: our search for peace in Lebanon and elsewhere? Backing his words, the President sent Secretary of State George Shultz to Lebanon to work on negotiations concerning the withdrawal of foreign troops from Lebanon. It seems whatever the target in the Mid East, Lebanon was always the victim. But this time, it was the US. Retrospect 21

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?7 of assassination plots. U.S. expelled 21 Nicaraguan di- plomats after three were accused K. Ride, the first spacewoman. 41. Challenger took off with Sally ' US. The Pa. Supreme Court handed its first death sentence in 21 years to George Banks. 22 tain,.reinforcing the 1973 decision that legalized abortion. The action was hailed as the fimost far-reaching victory . for Ireproductive rightsn by the hipro- chorceih forces. A. teacher's aide caused his own ex- plosxve rally in Brentwood, N.Y. Blam- 38 the junior high students for ruining his career, Robert O. Wickes entered the school, shot one student and the prmcnpal, held others for 9V2 hours, and after releasing the studentsahe shot himself. . STATE Philadelphia made the news With its election for mayor candidates. W. Wilson Goode, nominated by demo- crats as their first black candidate for mayon beat out ex-Mayor Frank Rizzo. 0OdCIWent on to face Republican Joe Egan In the cityis general election in ovember. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court handed down its first death sentence Since 1962 to George Banks for the mUrders of 13 people, including five of Bank s own children and the four white Women who bore them. Bank was a for- mer black prison guard. IGOOd news came to institutions of hlgher learningathc Senate approved a four percent increase in funding. Penn State alone received $149.3 million. Down to earth-two men who camped on a billboard near Allentown for 216 days ended their endurance contest, and collected first prizes of mo- bile homes and cars. Mike MacKay and Ron Kistler entered the contest which ended in a tie sponsored by the local radio station WSAN. LOCAL Several local dilemmas made up the bulk of decisions in the State College area. After the decision to can- cel the Loop services for the summer because of financial deficit, graduate students living in graduate circle peti- tioned to no avail and CATA an- nounced that it would not adjust its schedules to encompass Campus Loop stops. After a Penn State student fell to his death from a Beaver Terrace balcony in April, an extensive study was made of balcony safety in State College. The Centre Region Code Administration re- ported that each balcony met national standards for height, impact pressure, and railing structure. Once the stan- dards are met, people have to protect themselvesethe report stated. Sally Takes A Long Ride Earth, it seems. no longer holds a challenge for womenespace has become the new frontier for wom- en pioneers. The first American woman to fly in space was on the last flight of the space shuttle Challenger. Sally Kristen Ride, 32, was part of the five-man crew. which was on the June 18 flight. Born in California, Ride had a doctorate from Stanford in astrophysics, but no job. So, she, among 8370 others, applied for the position of astronaut- scientist when NASA advertised for it. She and six other women, were among the 35 candidates chosen. As a mission specialist on this flight, her primary responsibility was to operate the shuttle's 50-ft.-long ficherry-pickerii mechanical arm, or Remote Manipu- lator System. The arm hoisted a specially designed payload out of the shuttleis cargo bay, tossed it over- board; then after the shuttle glided around this tempo- rary satellite for nine hours, Ride grappled it back on board. This experiment proved to NASA that satel- lites can be retrieved for repair. Ride herselfviewed the flight as itno big dealfv i'ltis too bad, said Ride, uthat society isn't to the point yet where the country could just send up a woman astro- naut and nobody would think twice about it. MAKING SPACE HlSTORY-Sally K. Ride is the first woman to go up in space and Guion S. Biuford is the first black into space. Retrospect 23