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The U.S. Central Command, whose area of responsibility is the greater Middle East, has already asked the Pentagon what to do should Israeli aircraft invade Iraq's airspace on their way to Iran. According to multiple sources, the answer came back: do not shoot them down.
If a strike does succeed in crippling the Iranian nuclear program, Israel will have removed from its list of existential worries the immediate specter of nuclear-weaponized, theologically driven, eliminationist anti-Semitism; it may derive for itself the secret thanks of the Middle East's moderate Arab regimes, all of which fear an Iranian bomb with an intensity that in some instances matches Israel's; and it will have succeeded in countering the spread of nuclear weapons in the Middle East, which is a prime goal of the enthusiastic counter-proliferator who currently occupies the White House.
Iran is, at most, one to three years away from having a breakout nuclear capability (often understood to be the capacity to assemble more than one missile-ready nuclear device within about three months of deciding to do so). The Iranian regime, by its own statements and actions, has made itself Israel's most zealous foe; and the most crucial component of Israeli national-security doctrine is that no regional adversary should be allowed to achieve nuclear parity with the reborn and still-besieged Jewish state.
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Maestas Named CGA Gymnast of the Week
Feb. 6, 2014
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Fighting Illini C.J. Maestas has been named CGA Gymnast of the Week for his impressive performance against No. 7 Minnesota and No. 10 Nebraska, for the week of Feb. 2.
Maestas took home the titles on rings and in all-around this past Saturday, helping the team to a 2nd of 3 finish.
Maestas captured his third still rings title of the season, and broke the school record on still rings, previously held by teammate Mike Wilner, with a score of 16.050. This marks his first all-around title of the season, taking the title with a score of 85.400.
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During the examination of the wreckage, investigators found that the flap torque tube assembly between the flap motor and the flap stop assembly had disconnected. The flap torque tube assembly's female coupler, which attaches to the male spline end of the flap motor and flap stop assembly, was found with a cotter pin installed through the female coupler of the flap stop assembly. The cotter pin had not been placed through the spline and the coupler, consistent with normal installation, as per Mitsubishi's maintenance manual and as specified in Service Bulletin 189. The cotter pin missed the male spline on the flap motor. In addition, the flap coupler on the opposite side of the flap motor did not have a cotter pin installed.
Measurements taken during the wreckage examination revealed that the flap on the left side was fully extended to the 40-degree position, while the flap on the right side had been extended to only 20 degrees.
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Synopsis for Glee Season 5, Episode 19: "Old Dog New Tricks"
We loved this week's Glee episode, as Rachel (Lea Michele) earns raves for her opening-night Broadway performance of Funny Girl. So what is going to happen on the show in the near future?
Glee Season 5, Episode 19: "Old Dog, New Tricks," airs on May 6 and will be the second to last episode of the season. According to Fox's newly released synopsis, here's what we can expect from the episode:
In an episode written by series star Chris Colfer, Rachel attempts to salvage her reputation among Broadway gossipers by hiring Santana as her publicist and creating a charity for rescue animals. Meanwhile, Kurt (Colfer) nabs the lead role in a retirement home production of Peter Pan.
Interesting! We've been waiting for quite some time to get more concrete info on this episode, since Chris has been relatively tight-lipped about it. All he had previously revealed is that it would involve "animals and the elderly," and it now looks like that hint was true.
We can't wait to see Kurt in those green Peter Pan tights! We also think that the idea of Rachel and Santana working together has the potential to be hugely successful — or wildly disastrous. Either way, we're excited to watch.
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Megastar Amitabh Bachchan is left wondering about the consequences of the recent Supreme Court ruling that consensual sex between adults of the same gender is an offence.
The 71-year-old took to his blog Wednesday night to share his thoughts on the ruling.
"The Supreme Court has passed judgment that homosexuality is a crime...and that has triggered a massive reaction among those that have till now had the preference of choice, as per human rights, to lead their life the way they wish to...I wonder where this shall lead to," Big B posted on srbachchan.tumblr.com.
Several big names from the film industry like Aamir Khan, John Abraham, Anupam Kher, Kalki Koechlin, Riteish Deshmukh, Neha Dhupia and Rahul Bose had also posted their disappointment over the ruling on micro-blogging site Twitter Wednesday.
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if its btwn consensual adults hw can it be illegal... I mean everyone has the right to chose whom he o she wants to love... its thr personal choice..hw can a court decide whom another person shud love...
these people disgust me with their sick mentality .
looks like a lot of mentally unstable (gays) are also present in bollywood .
instead of banning they should be hanged till death .
everyone should have the right to lead their life they want.
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Steelers release LB Harrison
Date posted: March 11, 2013
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers have released linebacker James Harrison after the team and the hard-hitting defensive star who played on two Super Bowl champions failed to agree on a new contract.
The Steelers made the announcement Saturday.
Pittsburgh general manager Kevin Colbert said in a statement that "James has been an integral part of our success during his years in Pittsburgh and has helped us win two Lombardi trophies during that time. We appreciate all of his efforts and wish him the best."
Harrison was voted AP's NFL Defensive Player of the Year in 2008 after setting a team record with 16 sacks. The five-time Pro Bowl player has the longest interception return in Super Bowl history, a 100-yarder for a score against the Arizona Cardinals in 2009.
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The 'Berry Boys' began as an internal nickname for the men depicted in Te Papa's collection of soldier portraits by the Wellington photography studio Berry & Co. Amongst the soldiers, however, are some anomalies. Flicking through the collection on mass, something about a couple of soldier portraits demanded a closer inspection. The body shape, the face, the hair… Read more »
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Tutus on Tour, Tutus at Te Papa
It's that time of year again, when the Royal New Zealand Ballet divides itself in two mini-companies, and hits the road with a wardrobe full of tutus and pointe shoes to travel the width and breadth of New Zealand, performing in community theatres, town halls and school gymnasiums. I was lucky enough to see a sneak… Read more »
Time spent at Gallipoli
It is an unusual thing as any researcher can tell, to feel you know a place with great familiarity through in-depth reading and research but when visiting that place for real, find that no amount of reading will ever compensate for actually standing there in person. That's the reaction I had on visiting Gallipoli a… Read more »
Girls in the museum – 19th century
A selection of photographs of girls taken in New Zealand during the nineteenth century from Te Papa's photography collection in honour of International Girl Day. Most of the photographs featured are carte-de-visite cards and are not much bigger than they appear in this blog. All the girls in these photographs were born over 120 years ago…. Read more »
A Day in the Life of a Natural History Curator – the intern's view!
I'm Mathilde Meheut, a French biology student travelling in New Zealand who had the chance to do some voluntary work at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. In this blog, I'll tell you about some of the work I got involved in at Te Papa during a few weeks in June and July… Read more »
A native species re-recorded for Wellington
The Wellington Botanical Society has just added* (* actually it is confirmed, rather than added; see update below) another species to the list of native plants known from Wellington – the fern Asplenium lamprophyllum. To find (* rediscover) such a relatively big species so close to New Zealand's capital city may seem a little surprising. Just… Read more »
Off to the pub
Brian Brake took some intriguing photographs of people in pubs and bars. At the Randwick racecourse bar in Sydney he used Kodachrome to capture the garish colours and dramatic expressions. On another occasion he used black and white 35mm roll film to create a different effect with his images of people in New Zealand pubs…. Read more »
A sunny blue afternoon – making cyanotypes at Te Papa
A few years ago I was lucky enough to be given a jar of prepared solution to use to make my own cyanotypes. I work with the photography collection at Te Papa but I am not a photographer so I enjoyed this opportunity to experiment with making some photographs using an historic analogue process. Cyanotypes are a… Read more »
Breathing life into our collections with 3D imaging
The first session in a 3D filming project took place last Thursday, 15th August. A joint initiative between Victoria University and Te Papa, the project aims to educate students enrolled in Victoria's film programme, and to create 3D moving footage of some of Te Papa's collection items. A number of museums around the world are… Read more »
Eruini Te Tupe-o-Tū
Eruini Te Tupe-o-Tū Studio portrait by Edward Smallwood Richards of Wellington E. S. Richards's studio portrait of the Māori chief Eruini Te Tupe presents Eruini posed seated facing front-on to the camera arrested in time, comfortably dressed in European clothing with a kaitaka cloak arranged across his upper torso, probably by Richards. The… Read more »


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Madi heads a meeting of security officials to establish new security measures to address the growing trend of kidnappings.
BEIRUT: Gunmen kidnapped a 12-year-old boy Wednesday while he was waiting for a school bus in front of his home in the Beirut suburb of Jnah, security sources told The Daily Star.
The sources said Mohammad Nibal Awada was waiting for his school bus at 7 a.m. when four unidentified gunmen pulled up in a Nissan Sunny with tinted windows and snatched him.
The kidnappers fired one shot in the air, apparently to cover their escape, and headed toward south Lebanon, the sources added.
The boy's father, Nibal, is a wealthy businessman who owns two dressmaking factories in Lebanon.
Relatives of Awada contacted Prime Minister Najib Mikati and urged him to increase his efforts in securing the release of the boy, Information Minister Walid Daouk said following the Cabinet session. Mikati will personally follow up on the case with the relevant security forces, Daouk added.
Following the news of Nibal's kidnapping, State Prosecutor Hatem Madi held a meeting with senior security officials at his office and discussed the wave of kidnappings in several areas of Lebanon, the latest of which are Awada in Beirut and Nazih Nassar in the Bekaa Valley.
Nassar was kidnapped earlier this month in the Bekaa Valley on the road between Ferzol and Torbol with a $2 million ransom demanded by his captor's in exchange for his release.
The meeting was attended by the head of the Internal Security Forces Maj. Gen Ashraf Rifi, head of General Security Maj. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim, head of State Security Maj. Gen. George Qaraa, Army Intelligence chief Brig. Edmond Fadel and the head of the Information Branch at the ISF Col. Imad Othman.
A statement released after the meeting said probes had been launched in order to apprehend the kidnappers and rescue the victims. The officials discussed establishing new security measures that would end the growing trend of kidnappings.
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Indeed, interestingly they seem to gain more compliments than my other shoes but I suspect it's the simpson last more than it is the presence of a couple of buckles.post #19533 of 6336410/22/12 at 3:36pmI am weighing up my monk options at the moment. Not self conscious about wearing them, but trying to decide between black calf or brown suede.
Black is a nice formal shoe with a twist but no sure if I could wear in any more casual situations.
Brown suede good for suits and denim, but not sure if they would overly casual in more formal situations.
I think I really need to decide whether I need a new pair of casual shoe or another pair for during the week. I am thinking the latter as I like the look of the Carmina suede loafer, either in the Simpson last which I saw Mr Nelson in the other day (looked great) - http://www.thearmourystore.com/shoes/carmina-simpson-10082-loafer-suede-brown or the string loafers - http://www.thearmourystore.com/shoes/carmina-uetam-80285-loafer-suede-natural
How blessed I am that these are the issues deliberate on...post #19534 of 6336410/22/12 at 3:45pmQuote:Originally Posted by lachyzee
1. Don't buy something you don't think you'll be comfortable wearing. Never a good idea in my opinion.
2. You could always get a pair in black, they will be a lot more subtle. Just avoid tan etc.
3. If you're worried about what the tradies are going to say, you're probably in the wrong place...
Really? I have considered dub monks as well, but I definitely couldn't do black. I think black is far more noticeable and a little too investment banker wannabe. When I see guys in brown ones they can look a little like they're trying too hard, but can pull it off as the shoes still look casual enough not to look like a douche. I've never seen a guy in black dub monks, but I imagine he'd look like one of several things:
(a) A pirate
(b) An 80s wall st banker
(c) Maybe, just maybe, like this guy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ri69YiQWj0o
So in summary, go brown unless you satisfy (c)...post #19535 of 6336410/22/12 at 3:46pmpost #19536 of 6336410/22/12 at 4:01pmQuote:Originally Posted by DartagnanRed
Really? I have considered dub monks as well, but I definitely couldn't do black. I think black is far more noticeable and a little too investment banker wannabe. When I see guys in brown ones they can look a little like they're trying too hard, but can pull it off as the shoes still look casual enough not to look like a douche. I've never seen a guy in black dub monks, but I imagine he'd look like one of several things:
(a) A pirate
(b) An 80s wall st banker
(c) Maybe, just maybe, like this guy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ri69YiQWj0o
So in summary, go brown unless you satisfy (c)...
I disagree. I think black monks can look great. Saw a chap in the supermarket the other day in a navy suit and black monk and, despite the lack of a pocket square, it was a good look.
A few different possible looks from a quick internet browse.
That said I love brown calf and suede too.post #19537 of 6336410/22/12 at 4:02pmpost #19538 of 6336410/22/12 at 4:05pmWarning: Spoiler! (Click to show)Quote:Originally Posted by Pink Socks
I disagree. I think black monks can look great. Saw a chap in the supermarket the other day in a navy suit and black monk and, despite the lack of a pocket square, it was a good look.
A few different possible looks from a quick internet browse.
That said I love brown calf and suede too.
Not saying they can't look good, just harder to pull off. I think I was probably a bit harsh as in my mind I can see thousands of young pasty white guys or spiked hair asian dudes in black skinny suits wearing garish black dub monks. Terrifying.post #19539 of 6336410/22/12 at 4:06pm
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i personally dont like monks because i dont like how the buckle is attached via elastic and moves and hence doesnt feel snug on my feet so i offloaded my dubs.
that said i reckon black suede will look pimp in a single monk ...
otherwise if u get brown they look far better when they've had the shit kicked out of them...
ive seen guys wearing brand new dub monks top two buckles undone and way too try-hard.
Self-consciousness always happens when you are evolving a style or trying something new. if you are going from sneakers and t-shirts to dubmonks and ocbd's then its going to be an obvious statement and will invite comments from those who know you well. So you have two options - ditch old wardrobe and start fresh, take all the comments up front and move on. Or 2) gradually ease pieces in here and there that can slowly evolve your wardrobe and than after 6-12 months hopefully you have accomplished the same task. Dont worry about random tradies etc (unless you are a tradie inwhich case I recommend a pair of steel cap boots) as they dont know who you are or how you use to dress. As long as you seem comfortable in your clothes, noone will question
when you have stepped up to the dubmonks ive got a pair of bright green pants you can wear with them:)post #19540 of 6336410/22/12 at 4:11pm
Not to go off-topic, but how do people get away with wearing their trousers so short?
I thought the general practice was the very shortest one should go is to 'just' eliminate the break at the hem when standing erect. Even then, socks are on show when walking along.
When this guy crosses his legs, half his shin will be showing!post #19541 of 6336410/22/12 at 4:11pmpost #19542 of 6336410/22/12 at 4:12pmpost #19543 of 6336410/22/12 at 4:12pm
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Hey guys
Long time lurker here. Ive browsed this forum long enough and the time has come to try some (double) monks... but I'm nervous that I'll buy them and not wear them... I like how they look but Ive never really seen them worn and I'm worried that on a 20 something bloke it might look a bit strange, and I dont want people to rib me for being gay or something. I know you should do what you think is okay and not worry what ppl say but is there some practical advice about whether it might be too fashion forward amongst the general public and tradies in the street or what have you...
How many of you guys have them and actually wear them? Anyone have some pics?
Not such good photos, perhaps, but have a look at my post from yesterday, which I've quoted below - I'm wearing a pair of light brown Santoni double monks with a plain captoe. I have a couple of friends who have the Crockett & Jones Lowndes double monk in brown and they are lovely shoes, too.
As others have said, most people won't notice and, when someone does, it's more likely than not that they'll think that your shoes look great.Quote:Originally Posted by Journeyman
Today's outfit - I decided to wear an orange knit tie in honour of the recent knit tie feeding frenzy in the Oz Members thread!
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And here is another photo of me wearing the same double monks - although again, you can't really see the shoes very clearly.Quote:Originally Posted by Journeyman
Gents, given the warm, spring weather that Brisbane is experiencing, I broke out the orange chino pants today, and paired them with chestnut double monks (Santoni), blue mini-gingham check shirt (Borrelli), blue-brown knit tie (Gallo for Kent Wang), and French blue blazer with brown suede elbow patches (Herringbone).
I have (hopefully) attached a photo of pants with coffee below, a la Phat Guido:post #19544 of 6336410/22/12 at 4:16pmpost #19545 of 6336410/22/12 at 4:18pm
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POLICE in Kapiri Mposhi have arrested a man and two of his sons who attempted to sell four of his other children at over K200 million for alleged economic reasons.
Jones Chiinga, 48, and two of his sons Noston 24 and Nickson 29, were arrested and charged with the offence of conspiracy to murder contrary to the Laws of Zambia.
According to police sources, the trio is alleged to have attempted to sell the siblings to a named Pentecostal church in Kabwe in a suspected ritual act that would have resulted in the children being sacrificed for blood.
Central Province Police chief Solomon Jere who confirmed the development said police received a tip from a member of the said church that Noston and Nickson had approached the church and were advertising four children for sale.
The church member is alleged to have also told the police that the incident happened around 18:30 hours on Friday last week.
Dr Jere said a three-year-old girl was being sold for K70 million, a 21-year-old boy was going for K60 million while the balance was to come from the sale of the other two children whose identities were not yet established.
He said the father of Noston and Nickson had earlier remained at a hiding place while the two approached the church and were advertising and negotiating the sale of four children at a total cost of K271 million.
But police managed to corner him after they had arrested the two who were at the church.
"We take this case to be that of conspiracy to murder because the children, if sold, were destined to be killed," Dr Jere said.
He said Mr Chiinga had continued to plead with the police to release him and his two sons and was ready to surrender his Canter light truck in exchange for their freedom.
The three, all of Mabinga village in Chipepo area of Kapiri-Mposhi District, were detained at Kasanda police station and were expected to appear in court soon.
He said investigations had also been launched to establish the activities at the named church.
In Chibombo police have arrested and charged a 20 -year-old housewife who allegedly murdered a senior wife over a mattress.
Dr Jere said the incident which happened on Saturday around17:00 hours occurred after Oliver Mundenda, 25, who is married to the two women decided to buy a mattress for the senior wife, a move that angered the junior one and a fight ensued.
He identified the accused person as Margaret Lwabilula while the deceased as Beatrice Hagoma aged 23, all of Chilabila village in Chief Chitanda in Chibombo District.
The body of the victim was taken to Liteta Hospital mortuary and a postmortem was expected to be carried out today.


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Volume 38-----September 14, 2004-----Number 1
The Senate Record is the official publication of the University Faculty Senate of The Pennsylvania State University, as provided for in Article I, Section 9 of the Standing Rules of the Senate, and contained in the Constitution, Bylaws, and Standing Rules of the University Faculty Senate, The Pennsylvania State University, 2004-2005.
publication is issued by the Senate Office, 101 Kern Graduate Building, University
Park, PA 16802 (telephone 814-863-0221). The Senate Record is
distributed to all libraries across the
Except for items specified in the applicable Standing Rules, decisions on the responsibility for inclusion of matters in the publication are those of the Chair of the University Faculty Senate.
When existing communication channels seem inappropriate, Senators are encouraged to submit brief letters relevant to the Senate's function as a legislative, advisory and forensic body to the Chair for possible inclusion in The Senate Record.
Reports that have appeared in the Agenda for the meeting are not included in The Senate Record unless they have been changed substantially during the meeting, or are considered to be of major importance. Remarks and discussions are abbreviated in most instances. A complete transcript and tape of the meeting is on file. Individuals with questions may contact Dr. Susan C. Youtz, Executive Secretary, University Faculty Senate.
I. Final Agenda for September 14, 2004 Pages ii-iii
II. Minutes and Summaries of Remarks Pages 1-18
III. Appendices
A. Corrected Copy-Senate Committee on Admissions Appendix I
Records, Scheduling, and Student Aid, Proposal for
Revising Senate Policy 42-98 (Armed Services)
B. Attendance Appendix II
A. MINUTES OF THE PRECEDING MEETING Page 1
Minutes of the April 27, 2004, meeting in The Senate Record 37:5
B. COMMUNICATIONS TO THE SENATE Page 1
Seating Chart for 2004-2005
Senate Curriculum Report (Blue Sheets) of August 31, 2004
C. REPORT OF SENATE COUNCIL - Meeting of August 24, 2004 Page 1
D. COMMENTS BY CHAIR KIM STEINER Pages 1-7
E. COMMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY Pages 8-11
F. FORENSIC BUSINESS Page 11
G. UNFINISHED BUSINESS Page 11
Admissions, Records, Scheduling, and Student Aid
Proposal for Revising Senate Policy 42-98 Pages 11-12
(Armed Services)
Proposal for Revising Senate Policy 56-70 Pages 12-13
(Leave of Absence)
Committees and Rules
Amendment to Constitution, Article II, Section 5(c) Page 13
(Student Representation)
Revision to Standing Rules, Article III, Section 5(a) Pages 14-16
(FR&R Membership)
Revision to Bylaws, Article III, Section 7 Page 16
(Senate Absences)
I. ADVISORY/CONSULTATIVE REPORTS Page 16
Faculty Rights and Responsibilities
Annual Reports for 2003-2004 Page 17
Intercollegiate Athletics
Annual Report of Academic Eligibility and Athletic Page 17
Scholarships for 2003-2004
Joint Committee on Insurance and Benefits
Annual Report for 2003-2004 Page 17
Global Outsourcing, Research, and Graduate Education Page 17
Student Life
Managing Classroom Disruption Page 17
K. NEW LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS Page 17
L. COMMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE Pages 17-18
M. ADJOURNMENT Page 18
NOTE: The next regular meeting of the University Faculty Senate will be held on Tuesday,
October 26, 2004, at 1:30 p.m.
University Faculty Senate met on Tuesday, September 14, 2004, at 1:30 p.m. in
room 112
There was a slide on the screen a few moments ago regarding cell phones. Some of you have cell phones; some of you have pagers; and some of them may still be on. Consider that possibility and turn them off for the benefit of your fellow Senators.
Will the Senate come to order. Agenda Item A is minutes of the preceding meeting. The April 27, 2004, Senate Record, providing a full transcription of the proceedings, was sent to all University Libraries and is posted on the University Faculty Senate's web site. Are there any corrections or additions to this document? May I hear a motion to accept?
Senators: So moved.
Chair Steiner: Second?
Chair Steiner: All in favor of accepting minutes of the April 27, 2004, meeting please say, "Aye."
Senators: Aye.
Chair Steiner: Opposed, "Nay." The ayes have it and the motion carries. The minutes of the April 27, 2004, meeting have been approved.
Chair Steiner: Agenda Item B, Communications to the Senate: The Senate Curriculum Report of August 31, 2004, is posted on the University Faculty Senate's Web site.
Chair Steiner: Agenda Item C, Report of Senate Council meeting of August 24. The minutes from the August 24 meeting of Senate Council are attached to today's Agenda.
Chair Steiner: As you know, or may not know, you will find out soon enough that the fall meeting is usually the time when the Senate Chair makes the most extended comments of the year. I have some things to say that are partly personal and other announcements that I need to cover.
First, I would like to introduce other members of the platform party for the benefit of those who are new to the Senate. On my immediate right is the Senate Parliamentarian, George Franz. George is a Senator from the Delaware County Campus. In fact he is the Director of Academic Affairs at the campus, and he is a former Senate Chair. As Parliamentarian, George sits here in case I get off track. George has assured me he will get my attention in case things are going wrong. George is the one to contact if you have questions about parliamentary procedure.
To George's
right is Jamie Myers, our Chair-Elect and an associate professor in the
To Jamie's
right is Dawn Blasko, the Senate Secretary and an associate professor of Experimental
Psychology at
Finally, on
the far end, is the most important person in the Senate, Susan Youtz, who is
our Executive Secretary. Susan was previously a faculty member in the
Your officers have already met together on many occasions since April. We will be seeing much more of one another on our fall road trips. As it turns out, I like the other officers – that is a good start – and I think we shall make a harmonious team. The real test, this being the year 2004, is going to come on November 3, when we will be spending about 12 hours together on a campus visit. That is the day after Tuesday, November 2, and at least one of us is going to be in a deep funk. However, I will try to cheer him up!
Now, I would like to ask the Senate Office staff to stand. Their names are Patty Poorman, Sherry Walk, Anna Butler, Cherry Lee Fisher, and Kadi Corter. These are the folks who assist you with curriculum proposals; answer questions about preparing student petitions; help in researching Senate policy; and maintain communications among the officers and committee chairs. They often must work under seemingly impossible deadlines and they are among the hardest working people you will find anywhere at the University. I encourage you to stop by the Senate Office, which is across the foyer here in 101 Kern, and introduce yourself.
Now, the real business of the Senate is done by the standing committees, and especially by the chairs of those committees. I think we have an outstanding set of chairs this year, and I would like them to stand briefly as I call their names so that the Senate may see who they are. Pam Hufnagel, Chair of Committees and Rules; Lynda Goldstein, Chair of Admissions, Records, Scheduling and Student Aid; Lee Coraor, Chair of Computing and Information Systems; Doug Brown, Chair of Curricular Affairs; Tram Turner, Chair of Faculty Affairs; Cara-Lynne Schengrund, Chair of Faculty Benefits; Martin Pietrucha, Chair of Intercollegiate Athletics. I do not see Martin, would Paul Clark, Vice-Chair, please stand. Thank you. Al Mueller, Chair of Intra-University Relations; Dave Cranage, Chair of Libraries; Ladi Semali, Chair of Outreach Activities; Paul Eslinger, Chair of Research; Rich Yahner, Chair of Student Life; Art Miller, Chair of Undergraduate Education; and Dan Hagen, Chair of University Planning. I do not see Dan. Would John Boehmer, Vice-Chair please stand? Thanks, John. Thank you all for agreeing to serve, and thank you in advance for the contributions you will be making to the work of the Senate this year.
Now I would
like to take a moment to revisit something I said as a nominee for the
Chair-Elect position, because I am sure you have forgotten it. Nevertheless, I
still think it is very important. When I was considering that position, I was
in my first term as a Senator and I really had a rather limited perspective on
this organization. The thought of running for Chair-Elect was confusing and
daunting for me. So, I asked several former chairs their views about the Senate.
I heard unanimously that
First, because we "keep our eyes on the ball." The domain of the Senate is spelled out clearly in the Constitution. As interpreted by both the Senate and the administration, our responsibilities and authority are extremely broad. However, they do not cover every cause that some of us might like to take up, and we must continually remind ourselves to focus on what we are elected to do. There is enough business within that to keep us fully occupied without getting into issues for which we have no responsibility and no authority. For example, purely political issues, issues of national policy, and things like that.
Second, we are good because we periodically tackle big issues. The Senate is at its best when it wrestles with weighty and consequential matters. I was advised that every Chair should pursue one or two of these.
Third, we do good work. It is easy to find examples of excellent and even scholarly work taking place within our committees, issued in the form of reports on the Senate floor. These achievements would not be possible if it were not for the hard work and dedication of individual members of the Senate.
Finally, we have a healthy, collaborative relationship with the University administration. I am told this is unusual. If it is unusual, then it is probably fragile, and we must all (faculty and administration) take special care to nurture it. Without this partnership, we as a Senate could not accomplish most of the good work that we do and the University would not benefit from our presence.
So that is what I would like to remind you as you are beginning your committee work for this year. Keep your eyes on the ball, do good work on important matters, and work with the administration – and expect them to work with you – to preserve our healthy relationship.
are wonderful systems when they are working properly, and a good faculty senate
works for the same reason that good universities are successful. To borrow a
metaphor popularized by James Duderstedt, former president of the
Our reward is the same reward that ultimately sustains us in most of what we do – not our salary, but rather the satisfaction that we are engaged in meaningful work and doing things of real consequence. Meaningful work not only gives purpose to the Senate, it also fuels its capacity to fulfill that purpose. However, if Senators do not find satisfaction in the work of the Senate, they should find other venues for their energies.
With these things in mind, I have stressed in our committee charges the need to address matters of consequence in which tangible achievements are reasonably possible. Without that focus, the time of our members is squandered and our energies are dissipated. Fortunately, we do a pretty good job of not squandering our time and energy. Someone recently told me that Senate reports and legislation often steer University initiatives in ways that cannot always be imagined when the action is taken. What we do in our committees can move the University forward and make it an even better institution, and it is helpful to remind ourselves of that occasionally.
Last year the Senate approved a report by Intra-University Relations Committee entitled "Curricular Integration Across Locations." This subject was probably the most common topic of discussion during the officers' visits to campuses and colleges last year. The recommendations of that report are now being addressed through several initiatives. As a follow-up specifically to Recommendation 5, Provost Erickson and I will soon be jointly appointing a Committee on Curricular Integrity. We have not yet finalized the charge, but I can tell you that it will be a more comprehensive response to Recommendation 5 than originally proposed.
topic that generated a good bit of discussion during our
SRTEs and other measures of teaching effectiveness have been a recurring, if not quite perennial, topic of Senate attention, most recently last fall in an advisory/consultative report from Faculty Affairs. I suspect this is because we are not quite sure whether we have yet gotten it right, and I know that there is widespread skepticism within the faculty whether SRTEs really are a valid metric of classroom performance. However, we have never asked the most important question, which is whether those who make Promotion and Tenure decisions believe they are given enough information to make fair and rigorous judgments on the teaching criterion. If they do, then I think we can quit fretting about it so much. If they do not, then we must question whether we are rewarding good teaching and sanctioning poor teaching as effectively as we should be, and take measures to get better. In any event, the answer to this question should set us on more solid ground than we are now, and I will soon be appointing a special subcommittee of Faculty Affairs, chaired by Art Miller, to look into this.
As you know, the Senate Self-Study Report of last year recommended a number of changes in the structure and duties of our standing committees. Most of the recommendations were defeated on a single vote, but the idea of taking a critical look at the Standing Rules for each committee still seems compelling. For example, some prescribed duties may be obsolete, and committees may have taken up other duties through the years that should be formalized. Accordingly, I have asked each committee to review its duties as described in the Standing Rules and to recommend any revisions to the Senate Office by December 10. I have also asked each committee to take stock of the reports that it regularly issues to see if changes are warranted. The next step will be for proposed changes to be vetted through Committees and Rules.
Finally, I will mention that I have asked Curricular Affairs to perform a descriptive assessment of the current implementation of the Writing Across the Curriculum requirement. As you know, we completed a review of the GI requirement last spring. Another special subcommittee submitted a report on the GHA requirement to the Undergraduate Education Committee just this morning. Yet another committee has completed a report on the First-Year Seminar that will be taken up soon by Undergraduate Education. A special review of the Writing Across the Curriculum requirement by the Writing Subcommittee of Curricular Affairs is now timely, and I thank Peter Deines for bringing this to my attention.
For additional comments of this nature, I refer you to the minutes of Senate Council at the end of your Agenda. Also included in the minutes are topics that were discussed by the Faculty Advisory Committee to the President at its August meeting, as well as, a list of reports from the April 27 Senate meeting that have been approved for implementation by the President. Domestic partner benefits were also discussed at the August Faculty Advisory Committee meeting. This topic is not listed in the Council report because it was not on the written agenda. If you have a topic that you think should be brought up by the Faculty Advisory Committee to the President, I urge you to pass that suggestion along to one of the members. Members of Faculty Advisory Committee are the Past-Chair, Chris Bise; myself; Chair-Elect Jamie Myers; and three elected persons who are: Wayne Curtis, Carey Eckhardt, and Mark Casteel.
this summer, the University named two new Evan Pugh Professors. Named after
The first
new Evan Pugh Professor that I want to recognize today is Anthony Cutler, research
professor of art history in the
Cutler is recognized as a world authority in Byzantine studies. His standing as
a scholar was highlighted in his selection as the art history editor of the
three-volume Oxford Dictionary of
Byzantium. He has led the way in shaping the direction of scholarship in
the particular area of Byzantine carved ivories. His scholarship in this area
has been truly groundbreaking, and it continues with a forthcoming, two-volume
work entitled, Corpus of Byzantine Ivory
Carvings. A new area of scholarship for Professor Cutler is his study of
gift exchange between
Cutler has received numerous grants from the National Endowment for the
Humanities and other foundations. He is a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries,
Congratulations, Professor Cutler, on your naming as an Evan Pugh Professor. (Applause)
That is all very impressive, Professor Cutler, but I think you need to take up a real challenge in Byzantine studies and tackle the Faculty Senate!
I would now
like to ask Professor Joanna Floros, Professor of Cellular and Molecular Biology
in the
Floros is a founder and an important contributor to the surfactant protein
field. Pulmonary surfactant is a lipoprotein complex that prevents lung
collapse and is essential for life. Surfactant deficiency can lead to
Respiratory Distress Syndrome in prematurely born infants. Joanna is currently
studying the regulation of the surfactant proteins and the role of genetic variation
of these proteins in lung disease. She is also studying the role of surfactants
in the lung disease associated with cystic fibrosis and the impact of
environmental pollution on pulmonary disease susceptibility. During her career
she has been the recipient of three prestigious awards from the National
Institutes of Health: the National
Research Service Award, New Investigator Research Award, and the prestigious
Merit Award. Research under her direction has been funded continuously by NIH
since 1985. She has also been a recipient of the Genetech/American Lung Association
Career Investigator award and the Penn State University Faculty Scholar Medal for
Outstanding Achievement, and she has been listed in Who's Who in the American Thoracic Society since 1996. The majority
of her nearly 30 trainees—students, post-doctoral fellows, and clinical
fellows—hold academic positions in the
The October
26 Senate meeting will take place at Penn State Harrisburg. This is only the
third time since 1980 that the Senate as a body will have met at a location
away from the
The Senate
officers will visit the following campuses during the fall semester: Berks,
This summer, at the July Board of Trustees meeting, the University kicked off a yearlong celebration of its sesquicentennial anniversary. The year ahead will bring a variety of events commemorating the University's 150-year history. Part of the celebration was the production of a historical poster by the department of University Publications. We are pleased to have posters for all Senators. When you leave today's meeting you will find your poster in the back of the auditorium.
Since we are speaking about publications, I want to let you know that the 2004-2005 Constitution has returned from the printer. They will be mailed by the Senate staff in the next day or two.
I will
conclude my comments with a couple of unhappy announcements. We just received
word that Sally Small, who served as Senate Chair in 1975-1976, passed away on
August 21 at her home near
Also, Thomas Magner, Senate Chair in 1970-1971, died March 24, 2004. Tom was associate dean and professor emeritus of Slavic languages in the College of the Liberal Arts. He retired in 1984. Let us remember the contributions that both made to the Senate and the University with a moment of silence.
Chair Steiner: Agenda Item E, Comments by the President of the University. President Spanier is with us today. I am pleased to invite him to come forward to make some remarks. President Spanier.
President Spanier: Thank you, Kim. The
change of the Constitution cover from pink to blue parallels the change
Chair Steiner: Graham, excuse me for interrupting you. You were doing something at the library open house today. Since you are practiced, could you please repeat that performance?
President Spanier: Absolutely. Today is
library open house day and thousands of
At this point, President Spanier asks the two Evan Pugh recipients to come forward and assist him with a card trick.
President Spanier: I would like to
thank Kim for his excellent remarks and to reiterate something that he said
from the faculty leadership side, which I also feel very much strongly about. We
really do have the very best functioning University Faculty Senate that I know
of in this country. My colleagues at the presidential level also feel that way.
I certainly feel that way, from having observed faculty governance at many other
universities. This is a wonderful partnership and I know that it will continue.
I also want to mention that right before my "State of the University" address,
for those of you who will be on the
The "State
of the University" address occurs on the same day as
Now, I wish
that was not so, but on the other hand I don't feel guilty about it. I think it
is what we have to do. What I do feel guilty about is that given the high level
of tuition that we have to charge if we are in a situation at any campus,
college, or department, where we may not be doing everything we can do and
should do to provide our students with a high quality student centered experience.
That is the message I want to deliver to you as leaders of the faculty, is that
we are doing what we have to do to make ends meet at
This year
that just concluded, we had the second highest number of applicants to
Tramble Turner, Abington: President Spanier, of the three state-related
President Spanier: Of the four state-related universities
and comparing ourselves as well to the State System of Higher Education,
Eileen Kane, Dickinson: President Spanier, in view of the recent
developments with the law school and possible relocation: would you comment on
your current view of efforts to integrate the law school in the absence of any
move that might occur to
President Spanier: All of those issues are under discussion right now. We are still recovering from what I consider to be an unfortunate set of circumstances, whereby the Board of Governors at the law school did not agree to the two campus proposal. It was very generous and would have represented the largest investment in any academic initiative in the history of this University. For reasons that the majority of the members have, they chose not to go forward with that. Now I think we want to consider with the governors, leaders in the Carlisle area, faculty in the law school, and with members of Penn State's Board of Trustees what should be our priorities going forward. I am not prepared to give you a substantive response right now, because we are in the mode of letting the dust settle and see what emerges. The whole topic of the future of the law school will continue to be on the front burner.
Chair Steiner: Are there any other questions? President Spanier, thank you for meeting with us today.
As we begin our discussion of reports, I remind you to please stand and identify yourself and the unit you represent before addressing the Senate.
Chair Steiner: Agenda Item H, Legislative Reports. We have five Legislative Reports today. The first one is from the Senate Committee on Admissions, Records, Scheduling, and Student Aid and appears on today's Agenda as Appendix B entitled, "Proposal for Revising Senate Policy 42-98 (Armed Services)." Lynda Goldstein; Chair of Admissions, Records, Scheduling, and Student Aid; will present this report.
Proposal for Revising Senate Policy 42-98 (Armed Services)
Lynda R. Goldstein, Chair Admissions, Records, Scheduling, and Student Aid
Lynda Goldstein: Thank you. You have the report before you. It
is a rather lengthy one. I will tell you that it came to us from the World
Campus and is strongly supported by the
Chair Steiner: Are there any questions?
Winston Richards,
Lynda Goldstein: If I understand your question correctly, I think you are asking me precisely who these non-UP locations might be.
Winston Richards: What bothers me about the wording "particularly
non-UP locations," is that it seems we are attempting to sell them something
less. I would like to suggest an editorial change. I ask that you simply
strikeout "particularly non-UP locations." It would read, "
Lynda Goldstein: I would be happy to do that as part of the rationale, although it is not part of the recommendation for the actual legislation.
Chair Steiner: Does everyone understand what was suggested?
It is at the bottom of Page 5, second bullet from the bottom. It reads, "
Senators: Aye.
Chair Steiner: Opposed? The ayes have it. The motion passes. The Senate has approved the proposal from the Senate Committee on Admissions, Records, Scheduling, and Student Aid entitled, "Proposal for Revising Senate Policy 42-98 (Armed Services)." It will be sent to President Spanier for implementation. Thank you, Chair Goldstein.
Our second Legislative Report also comes from the Senate Committee on Admissions, Records, Scheduling, and Student Aid and appears on today's Agenda as Appendix C and is entitled, "Proposal for Revising Senate Policy 56-70 (Leave of Absence)." Again, Lynda Goldstein will present this report.
Proposal for Revising Senate Policy 56-70 (Leave of Absence)
Lynda R. Goldstein, Chair Admissions, Records, Scheduling, and Student Aid
Lynda Goldstein: Again, you have this one before you and it is
brief. I will tell you that the
Chair Steiner: Are there any comments or questions? This report comes from a committee and has already been moved and seconded. Are we ready to vote? As many as are in favor of the proposal from the Senate Committee on Admissions, Records, Scheduling, and Student Aid entitled, "Proposal for Revising Senate Policy 56-70 (Leave of Absence)," please signify by saying, "Aye."
Senators: Aye.
Chair Steiner: Opposed? The ayes have it. The motion passes. The Senate has approved the legislation entitled, "Proposal for Revising Senate Policy 56-70 (Leave of Absence)" from the Senate Committee on Admissions, Records, Scheduling, and Student Aid. It will be sent to President Spanier for implementation. Thank you, Chair Goldstein, and thanks to all of the members of your committee.
The next three Legislative Reports come from the Senate Committee on Committees and Rules. The first appears on today's Agenda as Appendix D entitled, "Amendment to Constitution, Article II, Section 5(c) (Student Representation)." Because this legislative report is a proposed amendment to the Constitution, it will be discussed today and then tabled until the October 26 Senate meeting. Pamela Hufnagel, Chair of the Senate Committee on Committees and Rules, will present this report.
Amendment to Constitution, Article II, Section 5(c) (Student Representation)
Pamela P. Hufnagel, Chair Senate Committee on Committees and Rules
Pamela Hufnagel: Thank you. I have invited Senator Bise to join me today because he was instrumental in developing this report. You have the report and our recommendation. The vote to allot ten percent of the number of faculty Senators to students served as the impetus for our discussions. In those discussions, we decided that our overriding principles were getting good student representation, and to develop a policy that would be uncomplicated and easy to use. After much deliberation, which is outlined in the report, we developed this policy. It really is the same as what we have now, except that two students from Undergraduate Student Government will be added. We decided it would be a good idea to add them because they really understand the issues that concern all students, not just individual voting units. They are in frequent contact with Senate leadership and they already sit on committees. So, we think it would be also good for them to be able to also address the full Senate. Those are my introductory remarks. Does anyone have any questions for us?
Chair Steiner: Our next Legislative Report also comes from the Senate Committee on Committees and Rules and appears on today's Agenda as Appendix E, entitled "Revision to Standing Rules, Article III, Section 5(a) (FR&R Membership)." Pam Hufnagel will also present this report.
Revision to Standing Rules, Article III, Section 5(a) (FR&R Membership)
Pamela P. Hufnagel, Chair Senate Committee on Committees and Rules
Pamela Hufnagel: Thank you. This report deals with Faculty Rights and Responsibilities (FR&R). Of course, this committee drew a lot of attention this past year because of the faculty issues going on. A suggestion was made to the committee that the word "tenured" should be inserted in front of the words "faculty members" for eligibility on this committee. In addition, as you think about this, over the past five years, which is as far back as records have been maintained, 63 percent of the issues brought to FR&R have involved tenured-related issues. Also, over the past 15 years, which is as far back as records go, everybody who has ever served on this committee actually has been tenured. If you approve this, it is not going to change what has been happening. It will just formalize what has been happening. Those are my introductory remarks and I am ready for questions.
Fred Adams Jr., Fayette: What approximately are the proportions of tenured and non-tenured faculty? Also, does this include fixed-term and adjunct faculty in this decision?
Pamela Hufnagel: I do not know the percentages of fixed-term and tenured faculty. I doubt that adjuncts would have ever been considered for membership on this committee.
Fred Adams Jr. I am talking about the decision process in arbitration and so on that might fall under this committee.
Pamela Hufnagel: Do you mean who brings the cases?
Fred Adams Jr.: That is correct.
Pamela Hufnagel: I am sorry I do not have that information.
Anthony Ambrose,
Tramble Turner: Recognizing some of the concerns that were just expressed, and having served as an elected representative of non-tenured lecturers, I would point out that some of the discussions regarding this legislation take into account that tenured individuals may feel more protected to raise questions on behalf of their colleagues, who are in the various positions you are describing. I am simply suggesting that would be one rationale for leaving the wording as is.
Chair Steiner: Do we have any other comments or questions about this report? This report comes from a committee and has already been moved and seconded. Are we ready to vote?
At this point in the meeting several Senators questioned Chair Steiner whether the Senate should vote on this legislation at this meeting. After consultation with George Franz, Parliamentarian, it was decided it could be voted on today because it is a revision to Standing Rules.
Chair Steiner: I have been informed that we can vote on this today. As many as are in favor of this legislation, please signify by saying, "Aye."
Senators: Aye.
Chair Steiner: Opposed?
Senators: Nay.
Chair Steiner: The ayes have it. The motion passes.
A Senator: Excuse me, I am asking for a show of hands.
Chair Steiner: A division of the house has been called and ordered. The Chair Elect and the Parliamentarian will serve as tellers. As many as are in favor of this legislation, please raise your right hand. As many as are opposed to the motion, please raise your right hand. The Senate has approved the legislation by a vote of 98 ayes to 78 nays. The ayes have it and the motion is carried. The Senate has approved the legislation from the Senate committee on Committees and Rules entitled, "Revision to Standing Rules, Article III, Section 5(a) (FR&R Membership)."
Our final Legislative Report also comes from the Senate Committee on Committees and Rules and appears on today's Agenda as Appendix F, entitled "Revision to Bylaws, Article III, Section 7 (Senate Absences)." Because this Legislative Report is a proposed amendment to the Bylaws, it will be discussed today and then tabled until the October 26 Senate meeting. Pam Hufnagel will also present this report.
Revision to Bylaws, Article III, Section 7 (Senate Absences)
Pamela P. Hufnagel, Chair Senate Committee on Committees and Rules
Pamela Hufnagel: Thank you. This report seeks to make a slight modification in what kind of absences will be reported to units and also make a clarification. Right now units have the opportunity to replace a Senator who has three or more unexcused absences, despite the fact that we do not have a way to verify whether they are unexcused or not. The wording would drop "unexcused" and read, "Senate voting units have the authority to replace a unit Senator who has three or more absences." This does not remove any flexibility that units presently have. A unit could decide that their Senator has a legitimate excuse for missing and if they choose to excuse them and not replace them, it is perfectly in the power to keep a Senator who has missed quite a few meetings. So the first part does not change anything, unless you want it to. The second part is a clarification of what is already the policy. Namely, it is the absences from the afternoon University Faculty Senate meeting that we are referring to. This should help a Senator if he is at a conference and misses his caucus, committee and the full Senate meeting. They will not be charged with three absences and asked by their unit to resign. That is my introduction. Are there any questions?
Zachary Gates, Dickinson: I would like to make a recommendation. As it reads now there has not been the clarification that is desired. Perhaps the word "full" in front of University Faculty Senate Meeting should be added. There is some ambiguity, because the morning meetings are University Faculty Senate meetings. However, if we are using the benchmark of this afternoon meeting that is a "full" University Faculty Senate meeting. So I am making recommendation that "full" be part of the wording.
Pamela Hufnagel: I do not have a problem with that.
Chair Steiner: You are in agreement with the purpose of the recommendation. The question is whether the current wording accurately conveys the meaning intended.
At this point George Franz informs Chair Steiner that we cannot vote at this time. Chair Steiner asks the committee to take the wording into advisement and give its final discussion at the October 26 meeting.
Thank you, Chair Hufnagel, and thanks to all members of the Senate Committee on Committees and Rules.
Chair Steiner: Agenda Item J, Informational Reports. We have five Informational Reports on today's Agenda.
Annual Report for 2003-2004, Appendix G. This report provides a summary of the information on cases heard by the committee in 2003-2004.
Annual Report of Academic Eligibility and Athletic Scholarships for 2003-2004, Appendix H. Each year the Intercollegiate Athletic Committee is mandated to provide a report of NCAA activities to the Senate. R. Scott Kretchmar, Faculty Athletic Representative to the NCAA, presented the report which summarizes statistics on the eligibility of our student athletes, and provides several indices of their academic performance compared with students at other institutions.
Annual Report for 2003-2004, Appendix I. George Franz, Chair, gave this annual report summarizing recent and proposed changes in health care coverage.
Global Outsourcing, Research, and Graduate
Education, Appendix J. Eva Pell,
Vice President for Research and Dean of the
Managing Classroom Disruption, Appendix K. Richard Yahner, Chair presented the report. The report offered four steps that have been found useful by experienced faculty.
Chair Steiner: Are there any comments?
Eric D. Feigelson,
Chair Steiner: That is a good question. I am not really sure I know the answer to that. I do know that the Chair of the Senate used to participate on the University Planning committee but I am not sure that committee is constituted the same way that it used to be. Also, I am not currently serving on that committee. Dick, can you help us.
Richard Althouse: Inaudible.
Chair Steiner: I guess you are saying there is nothing exactly going on right now and you do not know what Rod has planned.
Richard Althouse: Inaudible.
Jamie Myers: The Faculty Senate did appoint representatives to the review teams for the diversity strategic plans that were just completed.
Chair Steiner: The Faculty Senate did appoint people to the review teams for diversity strategic plan that was reviewed this past spring.
Eric D. Feigelson: Can I express my thoughts?
Chair Steiner: Please do. I have a feeling this is leading somewhere.
Eric Feigelson: Please excuse me. I am a new member to the Senate, so my thoughts might be quite naïve in many ways. My thinking is that, insofar as the University activities are focused around the five-year strategic plans that are developed in a hierarchical fashion from small units all the way up to the University; insofar as that guides where money flows and what the priorities are. If the Senate does not have a report every five years that gets folded in through this process, then its concerns as expressed in its forensic sessions, informational reports, advisory sessions, not its legislative activities which are implemented by itself, other concerns may not be as efficiently implemented by not participating in the five-year strategic plan process.
Chair Steiner: Thank you. I think that is a very useful comment. Are there any other comments?
Chair Steiner: May I have a motion to adjourn?
Senators: So moved.
Chair Steiner: All in favor, please say, "Aye."
Senators: Aye.
Chair Steiner: Motion carries. The September 14, 2004, meeting of the University Faculty Senate was adjourned at 3:37 p.m.
Please note
the next meeting of the University Faculty Senate will be on October 26, 2004, at
1:30 p.m. at
Implementation: Spring 2005
World Campus submitted to the Senate Committee on Admissions, Records,
Scheduling, and Student Aid a proposed revision to Senate policy 42-98
(Educational Experiences in the Armed Services). This proposal was also
supported and endorsed by the
This proposal is made jointly by the Commonwealth College, College of Health and Human Development, College of Liberal Arts, and the Penn State World Campus to make Penn State more attractive to members of the armed forces, their family members, and veterans who desire to enroll in academic programs offered by Penn State in residence and online, and to related groups that would be interested in developing arrangement for group enrollments in academic programs with Penn State colleges or the Penn State World Campus, e.g., Pennsylvania Army National Guard, the Department of Defense.
The military educational market represents 1.4 million active duty personnel and 1.2 million Guard and Reserve for a total market size of 2.6 million, most of whom have tuition assistance benefits while they are on active duty, as well as Montgomery GI Bill benefits that can be used in advance while on active duty or after enlistment is over. For the U.S. Army in 2003, for example, there were more than 400,000 active duty enlisted soldiers. Of those, 163,700 (40%) participated in voluntary post-secondary education programs – 50,300 enlisted soldiers, 88,400 non-commissioned officers, and 25,000 officers -- resulting in $108,219,205 spent by the Army on tuition assistance for degree programs. Also during 2003, 120,000 of the 350,00 (34%) soldiers in the Army National Guard pursued post-secondary education under military tuition assistance, including approximately 6,800 of the 20,000 Guard members in Pennsylvania.
There are more than 26 million veterans, including 1.28
million veterans in the
Table 1. Comparison of Department of Defense to Leading Companies *
Company Budget/Revenue Number of
(in billions) Employees
Department of Defense $371 2,036,000
Wal-Mart $227 1,383,000
Exxon-Mobil $200 97,900
Ford $160 354,400
*Source US Department of Defense
Government agencies, such as the Department of Defense and
Health and Human Service, now tie the advancement of employees to their
educational attainments, and have established online portals such as "
Being open to accepting credit for military service school courses, as per Penn State Policy 42-98, creates the possibility of enrollments by veterans in both residential programs and via distance education. Yet, veterans desire to maximize the number of quality credits that can be applied toward a degree or certificate program from military service school courses and Military Occupational Specialty. To be truly competitive for enrollments by active duty soldiers, National Guard members and government agency employees, as well as veterans, for both residential and distance education offered programs, colleges and universities must be willing to accept credit for both military service school courses and MOSs.
This is especially the case in the very competitive
educational market of today, such as those that exist for non-UP locations. The
State System of Higher Education, many private colleges in the Commonwealth
(e.g., Gannon, St. Francis, York College) and junior colleges across the state
(e.g., Buck County Community College, Harrisburg Community College,
Westmoreland County Community College) and distance education providers from
within Pennsylvania (e.g., Keystone Education Network) and outside the state
(University of Phoenix), accept credit for both military service school courses
and MOSs. According to the 2003-04 SOC
Data compiled by the Penn State Center for Adult Learning
Services in January 2004 for the Task Force on Continuing Education at Penn
State shows that over the five-year period between 1998 and 2002 there was a
steady decline in adult enrollments across all Penn State campus locations
overall as well as in both the degree and non-degree categories. For degree
seeking adult students the number of enrollments dropped from 1408 in 1998 to
1167 in 2002: a decline of 17%. For
non-degree seeking adult students the number of enrollments dropped from 728 to
502 between 1998 and 2002: a decline of 31%.
The total decline in adult student enrollments at
The military comprises a highly diverse population. Table 2 (below), for example, shows the ethnic distribution of the soldier-students participating in eArmyU in 2003.
Table 2. Ethnicity of eArmyU Soldier-Students in 2003
Ethnicity %
White, non-Hispanic 48.3
African American 26.2
Hispanic 11.6
Asian, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander 2.4
Other 3.9
Unkown/Perferred not to respond 6.3
*Source IBM/eArmyU
Increased access to the military market has the potential of
further enriching the diversity of the
SOC and ACE Credit Recommendations on
In order to offer undergraduate programs to activity duty
soldiers, through the SOC Network,
The American Council on Education (ACE) is charged by SOC with determining credit recommendations for military service school courses and MOSs, as published in A guide to the Evaluation of Educational Experience in the Armed Services. Credit recommendations for military service school courses and MOSs appear on the AARTS Transcript (Army) or SMART Transcript (Coast Guard, Navy and Marines) of soldiers who submit it at the point of admissions to a college or university. SOC member institutions agree to consider the application of appropriate credits to degrees. Penn State currently accepts military service school course credit recommendations made by ACE, applying these as "general credits" on a transcript and allowing academic units to determine whether and how the credits apply to a degree program, as per the process by which transfer credits can be applied toward a degree program. This proposal seeks to have ACE credit recommendations for MOSs treated congruently.
All soldiers complete a military training (i.e., military
service school) in their intended occupational specialty prior to entering that
MOS. While in an MOS, the soldier
completes continuing professional development and performance assessments,
which are tied to advancement through "skill levels" and promotions in
rank. ACE recommendations on military
service school course credit are established by expert evaluation for learning,
judged to be equivalent to undergraduate courses (typically courses offered at
the lower division by
ACE uses teams of subject matter specialists to evaluate and establish the credit recommendations for MOSs. The subject matter specialists are faculty from regionally accredited institutions selected by ACE to balance the evaluation team, e.g., institution type, geographic region, experience evaluating MOSs. Team members (three to five per team) review documentation that describe the work responsibilities and performance expectations of soldiers in the occupation being evaluated, and then interview three to five soldiers at each of the grade/skill levels (typically 10 grade/skill levels) of the occupation. The team uses the information gained from document review and the interviews to develop written descriptions that focus on three main areas: learning outcomes, assessment measures, and most importantly, academic learning gained. All of the subject matter specialists on a team must agree on the credit recommendation or the process is repeated again.
MOS credit recommendations typically are in areas such as communications, management and supervisory, and information systems at a particular skill level attained. In an April 2004 workshop presented by SOC and ACE for informational purposes, Dr. Kathy Snead, SOC Army Project Director, and Cynthia Wilson, ACE Assistant Director for Military Programs, emphasized that credit recommendations are not made for MOSs at the first three grade/skill levels. It typically takes a soldier five to six years to reach the fourth grade/skill level. That means the typical soldier-student or veteran would have three to six MOS related credits on their AARTS/SMART transcript.
The following major research institutions use the recommendations found in A Guide to the Evaluation of Educational Experiences in the Armed Services, published by the American Council on Education, as a guide to awarding credit for MOSs.
Extending Policy 42-98 to also include Military Occupational Specialties will:
• Enable Penn State, via the World Campus, to participate in eArmyU at the undergraduate level with 2HRIM, 2LAS, 2DFSM and 4LAS with the potential for additional undergraduate degree program offerings in 2005.
• Make it possible for
• Enrich the diversity of the
• Make a
Modify Policy 42-98 by adding item 2 (as noted below in italics) to the current policy.
42-98 - Educational Experiences in the Armed Services
a. General credit may be awarded to a student upon certification by the Department of Defense of the formal military service school courses.
b. Responsibility for the decision as to academic area of application and quantity of credit to be awarded rests with the director of admissions.
c. Guidelines for this decision are drawn from the most recent edition of A Guide to the Evaluation of Educational Experiences in the Armed Services, published by the American Council on Education.
d. Use of these general credits in the student's program rests with the department concerned.
2. Military Occupational Specialty. A veteran or member of the active armed services or the selected reserves who is a student may be granted credit for occupational specialties held in the armed services under the following conditions:
a. General credit may be awarded to a student upon certification by the Department of Defense of a Military Occupational Specialty.
b. Responsibility for the decision as to academic area of application and quantity of credit to be awarded rests with the director of admissions.
c. Guidelines for this decision are drawn from the most recent edition of A Guide to the Evaluation of Educational Experiences in the Armed Services, published by the American Council on Education.
d. Use of these general credits in the student's program rests with the department concerned.
Stephen Browne
Mark A. Casteel, Chair
Milton W. Cole
Michelle L. Costa
Randall C. Deike
Lynda R. Goldstein
Anibal Gonzalez-Perez
Anna Griswold
Catherine M. Harmonosky
Christopher J. Lynch
Robert A. Malloy
Gene P. Petriello
John J. Romano
Nadine B. Smith
Richard A. Wade, Vice-Chair
J. James Wager
Eileen F. Wheeler
The Following Senators Signed The Roster At The September 14, 2004 Senate Meeting
Abdalla, Charles Casteel, Mark
Adams, Fred Catchen, Gary
Alcock, James Cecere, Joseph
Althouse, P. Richard Challis, John
Ambrose, Anthony Cheney, Debora
Ansari, Mohamad Clark, Paul
Bagby, John Cohen, Jeremy
Baggett, Connie Cole,
Barnes, David Conklin, Martha
Barshinger, Richard Conti, Delia
Becker, Paul Coraor, Lee
Berkowitz, Leonard Costantino, Roselyn
Bernhard, Michael Cox-Foster, Diana
Bise, Christopher Cranage, David
Bittner, Edward Curtis,
Blasko, Dawn Dansky, Katherine
Blood, Ingrid Das, Rishi
Blumberg, Melvin Davis, Dwight
Boehmer, John DeCastro, W. Travis
Boland, Donald Disney, Diane
Boothby, Thomas Donovan, James
Bowen, Blannie DuPont-Morales, M. Toni
Bower, Robin Eckhardt, Caroline
Breakey, Laurie Egolf, Roger
Brewer, Cynthia Elder, James
Bridges, K. Robert Empfield, Jaclyn
Brinker, Dan Engelder, Terry
Brittingham-Brant, Margaret Eslinger, Paul
Brockman, William Falzone, Christopher
Browne, Stephen Feigelson, Eric
Browning, Barton Feldman, Harvey
Brunsden, Victor Fernandez-Jimenez, Juan
Cardamone, Michael Flaherty, Jason
Carlson, Richard Floros, Joanna
Carter, Arthur Fosmire, Gary
Frank, Thomas Khalilollahi, Amir
Frank, Russell Koul, Ravinder
Franz, George Kovalchick, Christopher
Freedman, Debra Kump, Lee
Gapinski, Andrzej Kunze, Donald
Gates, Zachary Lau, Andrew
Georgopulos, Peter Le, Binh
Glumac, Thomas Lee, Sukyoung
Goldstein, Lynda Leto, Dara
Gorby, Christine Levin, Deborah
Gouran, Dennis Li, Bing
Griswold, Anna Love, Nancy
Hanes, Madlyn Lundegren, Herberta
Hannan, John Lynch, Christopher
Harmonosky, Catherine MacCarthy, Stephen
Harris, Ashley Mara, Cynthia
Harrison, Terry Marker, Anthony
Harwood, John Marsico, Salvatore
Heinsohn, Robert Mason, John
Hellmann, John Maxwell, Kevin
Hester, Anne McCarty, Ronald
High, Kane McCorkle, Sallie
Hilton, James McCune, Alexis
Hines, Michael McDonald, Anita
Holcomb, E. Jay Mcdonel, James
Holen, Dale McGinnis, Michael
Horwitz, Alan Mengisteab, Kidane
Hudson, Benjamin Meyers, Craig
Hufnagel, Pamela Miller, Arthur
Hupcey, Judith Miller, Gary
Irwin, Zachary Mockensturm, Eric
Jacobs, Janis Moore, John
Jago, Deidre Moses,
Johnson, John Mueller, Alfred
Johnson, Ernest Myers, Jamie
Jones, W. Terrell Namasivayam, Karthik
Jurs, Peter Naydan, Michael
Kamp, Marie Nealon, Jeffrey
Kane, Eileen Oliver, Mary Beth
Kennedy, Richard Osa, Justina
Kephart, Kenneth Osagie, Sylvester
Kester, Mark Page, B. Richard
Pangborn, Robert Stoffels, Shelley
Pauley, Laura Strauss, James
Peck, Kyle Su, Mila
Pell, Eva Tellep, Andrew
Pugh, B. Frank Tormey, Brian
Pytel, Jean Landa Triponey, Vicky
Rebane, P. Peter Troester, Rodney
Richards, Winston Turner, Tramble
Richards, David Urenko, John
Ricketts, Robert Vandiver, Beverly
Romberger, Andrew Vickers, Anita
Ropson, Ira Wager, J. James
Rosson, Mary Beth Wagner, Kristy
Russell, David Wake, Warren
Sachs, Howard Weidemann, Craig
Salvia, A. David Welch, Susan
Sandmeyer, Louise White, Eric
Sathianathan, Dhushy Wiens-Tuers, Barbara
Scaduto, Russell Wijekumar, Kay
Scaroni, Alan Willits, Billie
Schaeffer, Stephen Wilson, Matthew
Schengrund, Cara-Lynne Wyatt,
Schmiedekamp, Ann Yahner, Richard
Selzer, John Yerger, Sara
Semali, Ladislaus Yoder, Edgar
Shantz, Lisa Youmans, Charles
Shuler, Patrick Zambanini, Robert
Simmonds, Patience Zervanos, Stamatis
Simpson, Timothy
Singh, Harjit
Smith, Nadine Total Elected: 212
Smith, Carol Total Ex Officio: 6
Smith, James Total Appointed: 16
Smith, Edward TOTAL ATTENDING: 234
Sommese, Kristin
Spanier, Graham
Spector, David
Spigelman, Candace
Spychalski, John
Steiner, Kim


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