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

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THE REA , 8 tailgmc Hidelch- tbilowt Sitting on before the - ping u cw drinks gumc IS tradition. BOUNCERS MONITOR the inf70w and oullYow ofthc customers tbollonv by carding :11 the door. The 'Skcllar is 2 Frida y fa vorite. STRIFTER RULES and close surveillance curbed the amount of alcohol smuggled into the stadium bclo l Jill Turk Sue Martin A Metamorphosis In Focus Sobertng Study ollege students have always 1been known to party. Penn Staters were no exception. This year, however, many began to rec- ognize the responsibilities that ac- company drinking alcohol. The University began to absorb responsibility, this year too, by cre- ating the University Presidentts Task Force on Alcohol to study the problems created by alcohol abuse. The task force examined ways the University could help solve these problems through stricter. policies and increased awareness and edu- cation programs. Recommendations included pro- hibiting open parties, checking for student ID, and requiring all first- year students to take a one-credit course on alcohol awareness. ttThe report was molded around the feed- back from students and the com- munity, task force co-chair David Rosenblatt said. A Metamorphosis In Focus I3

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WITH A BLACKENED TOOTH and cockeycd glasses, this bag lady welow is ready for the Halloween festivities. Sue Martin Imlgulm, Ihcsc Mum'n Jun. lhcu blur and uhIIc Pcnn Stun: spun. Sue Martin Claudia Davis CHEERS! Increased liability led ' many fraternities to check college IDs mbovcl Sue Marlin GA THERED AROUND thc lzzblc $3,113 ZEI$?55$Ngo:girllf:ds ' mbovd I'IIL'SC l'ricnds share :1 lbw Miiddld and :1 beer were all pitchers duruyg,y lulupprvl Hours? Many ' downtown bars ollcr anda y zzltcrlmon many students needed '0 have a specials to attract the uvcr-ZI :Igcd customers. good time. REFILLS, ANYONE? Uighu Party hosts faccd stiff fines and penalties for serving minors and were held responsible for intoxiczzlcd guests. Claudia DN l2 A Metamorphosis In Focus

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PEERING INTO THE PROGRAMMED TO DO VARIOUS h FLIPPING SWITCHES in the MICRQSCOPE. Dr. Stanlcx 5- Stevens, TASKS. the robot in the Engineering Graphics Lab. Bill Jordan adjusts the .Ir:. chairs a co-op program In the Robotics Lab reaches across the room system. Much of the equipment in thc Biochem Department. m push a button on the panel. Lnb has been donated by IBM, 3 Karl Kline Dennis O'Connor Dennis O'Connor A Metamorphosis In Focus i ppfied Commitment Pays Off An expanding university meant an expanding budget. Penn State met this budgetary challenge well. System-wide, private and corporate donations reached record heights. President Jordan said, llThis has been a spectacular year in private giving to Penn State? Research also expanded our bud- get. Penn State was ranked third in the nation in industrially-spon- sored research and twentieth in the national competition for research and development expenditures. llSuch a high level of funding and the growth wetare seeing re- flects most of all the talent and en- ergy of the faculty? vice president for research Charles L. Hosler said. llTo remain the powerful nation we are, we will have to maintain that strength through research and the application of that research to everyday problems? Hosler emphasized. This year, the successful implan- tation of the Penn State Heart be- came the epitome of this Universi- ty,s education and research principles. lllt shows the commit- ment of the University to the care- ful research and scholarly works which can be applied to the benefit of mankind? senior vice president for health affairs Dr. Harry Prys- towsky said. Penn Statels pulse beats on. 14 A Metamorphosis In Focus