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

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24 etrospect Bryce J ordan became the 14th president of Penn State University. a Hot. July was a hot month as tem- peratures and tempers in Washington grew more heated every day. A heat wave spread across the nation causing drought, death, and blazing scandals concerning Presidential notes and sexual misconduct in our nations capitol. Abroad, the turmoil was on another key-terrorists were striking in France and Peru as Great Britain pondered what actions to take against such terrorist acts. There was some good news in July headlines, however. Martial law was lifted from Poland and the youngest U.S. ifambassadorii Samantha Smith returned home from the Soviet Union. July was just as eventful in Happy Valley. People flocked to the annual Arts Festival and Penn State was as crowded as if fall semester classes were in session. And also on campus in July was the fourth annual Penn State Conference for Minority Journal- ists. July brought many changes in positions of leader- ship. The University Alumni Association elected a new president-Donald M. Cook of Cherry Hill, N.J., an RCA division vice-president. I-Ie succeeded Rich- ard A. Zimmerman. The newly elected vice-president of the Alumni Association is William C. Forrey of Camp Hill, Pa. William Asbury, the Universityls af- firmative action officer and assistant to the provost, was promoted to executive assistant to the president for Administration. And the most important change-Bryce Jordan became the 14th president of Penn State, succeeding John Oswald. -Bernadette Czekaj Firsts. From the first hurri- cane of the season to the first commission for Central America, August was a month of firsts. August also brought the first gathering of international Christians in a celebration of praying for peace, and August was the first month of the summer to bring disaster- hurricane Alicia. Alicia gave quite a scare to Texas, and she did not help the severely landparched areas of the mid-west left by Julyls hot dryness. Overseas, while a congregation of 3500 Christians prayed for peace, Israells Prime Minister Begin could not foresee any peace ahead for his country , so he revealed his plans of resignation. Peace was also on President Rea- ganis mind when he chose Henry Kissinger to head his new Central America Commission. As the summer sped by, August saw many other firsts. In Happy Valley, some 37,000 students took their first steps toward Willard Building, ate their first cafeteria meal, and opened their first textbook since spring term 83. August was the beginning of the new school year, and it was the first chance most students had to witness the new President Bryce Jordan, in action since his induction in July. August also marked the beginning of the semester system at Penn State. Classes were cut from 75 minutes to 50 minutes, which made students jump for joy, although they couldnit rejoice for long, since they only had 15 min- utes to get to their next class. -Diane DiPiero Restrospcct INTERNATIONAL Throughout these months, attempts were made worldwide to protect human life and to destroy it. In Great Britain, the House of Com- mons rejected a campaign to once again use the death penalty as a punishment for terrorist actions and other serious crimes. Although Margaret Thatcher herself supported the action, the death penalty was rejected. In F rance, howev- er, some lives were not saved. Six peo- ple were killed and 50 injured when a bomb exploded at a Turkish Airlines counter at Orly Airlines outside of Par- is. And in Peru, terrorists forced their way into the Lima headquarters of the frulingl Popular Action Party with bombs and machine guns, killing two and injuring 30. Later, the government ordered 15,000 police to fight the ter- rorists. After 19 months of military rule, martial law was formally lifted from Poland and partial amnesty was de- clared for the nations political prison- ers. A number of temporary restric- tions, dealing with politics and econo- my, valid until 1985 were placed on Poland on that same day, however. Unfortunately for the Israeli people, Prime Minister Begin saw no signs of peace ahead for his country, and an- nounced his plan for resignation. Offi- cials were able to detain him for awhile, but his decision was inevitable. 01 can- LEAD SINGER for the Police, Sting is also the premier song writer. During their US. concert tour. the Police sold out at all locations. not go on any longer,n said the highly distraught Begin. NATIONAL The month of July began with the Supreme Court placing a stay on the decision to bar the federal gov- ernment from linking registration for the draft to financial aid for college. The implication of this stay was, that at least temporarily, male students had to be registered to receive federal aid. As July progressed, the US. found itself in a hot scandalous mid-summer. A heat wave spread across the US. all summer, and by July 24, the death toll, due to heat, was 140 people. A Water- gate investigator was hired by the gov- ernment to try to discover how Reagan supporters, during his campaign, got President Carterls notes for the presi- dential debate held on October 28, 80. Also in Washington, Henry Kissinger accepted the chairmanship of President Reaganis newly formed National Bi- partisan Commission on Central Amer- TAKE ME OUT to the ball game . . l-Ameri- cans had been enjoying Boston Red Sox' Carl Yastrzemskils playing for 20 years. He retired this summer.

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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

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The worlds population was calcu- lated as 4,721,887,000-the largest in history. t 276 37,000 students returned for classes in the beginning of the semester system at Penn State. 250,000 people renacted Martin Luther Kingls March of 20 years ago. 2. lca. Basically, the committees goal was to reach a higher perspective on the ongOing battles in this area and to gain Congressional support for an increase In US. aid to friendly governments. Things were looking bleak in the South. Hurricane Alicia came swoop- lng down the coastline of Texas, and for the first time in three years, that wild lady slammed onto the mainland at 1 15 m-P-h., causing millions of dollars in damage, even inland. n a much more innocent note, re- turning home was Samantha Smith, the young lady who wrote a letter to Andro- POV inquiring about his stand on a war. .He-assured her he wanted peace, and mvrted her to the Soviet Union. STATE In Philadelphia, July 3 marked the restoration of service to the commu- ntty by the transit system after a 108 day strike. The strike affected 45,000 c0mmuters daily. The workers settled for a 69:3 wage increase over 47 months. In Pittsburgh, Louis Bodura was sen- tenced to ten years in prison. Bodura, CINCINNATI REDS JOHNNY BENCH tips hIs hat to the fans after playing his Final game. He played over 20 years for the Reds. an unemployed resident, had threat- ened to poison the products of the HJ. Heinz Company of Pittsburgh if not given $88,000. He pleaded guilty to sending the extortion letters through the mail. The House Education Committee and the State Board of Education gave preliminary approval to new regulations requiring that two more years of both math and science, and a computer course be added to the current requi- sites for high school graduation, and that 21 credits instead of 13 be the minimum. LOCAL People flocked to the Penn StatelState College community in July. Once again the Central Pennsylvania Festival for the Arts was held here. From July 6-10 thousands gathered for this 17th annual event. By air, more and more people visited via the University Park airport, making it the ninth bu- siest airport in the state. The airport authority approved plans for a new ter- minal. The terminal now in use was a converted mobile home. The plans had to be approved by the FAA and Pen- DOT. FORMER SECRETARY of State Henry Kis- singer, now the head of the Central America Commission. tries to help the US. get a higher perspective on the battles occurring in Nicaragua and El Salvador. S umm er is 51221110 g Sales Floating across the summer breezes, the new re- leases of both old and new artists were heard on the radio and now even could be seen-on MTV. Thanks to the nation's revived interest in pop music, the re- cord industry had the best season after four years of stagnant business. The new zeal for music was big business; the beat continued all summer long. Michael Jackson1s No. 1 Thriller was predicted to sell over 16 million due its to overwhelming popularity. David Bowiels Lefs Dance moved one million in just three months, and Synch- ronicity-the latest Police album-sold over two mil- lion in less than a month. MTV beamed rock videos into 14 million homes across the nation. No wonder groups gained new identity after TV exposure. As PolyGramls Jack Kieman said llYou can feel the sales right away.', Averaging about $35,000 to produce, the videos were originally just clips of lip-synched concerts. Now they accompanied every album and contained plots- ltminimovies. Michael Jackson's uBeat Itll was a $150,000 mini West Side Story. It included gang dances and a showdown. Albums, tapes, now videos, what new gimmick could pop up in the music industry? People will even- tually want something new, something different. Retrospect 25