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Fourteen sisters of Delta Gamma sorority performing the
Good Ship Lollipop sang their way into first place in the
Greek Sing raises almost $2OO
Two sororities sang their hearts out, right into first place
finishes yesterday at the fourth annual Greek Lyre sing,
sponsored by Alpha Chi Omega sorority.
Alpha Sigma Alpha sorority captured first place in tho
traditional song event, with its rendition of “Breaking Up Is
Hard To Do.” Delta Gaming sorority won the originality
division, with its production of “On the Good Ship Lollipop.”
In the traditional category, second place went to Delta
Sigma Theta sorority, while Acacia fraternity captured the
third place trophy.
Groups recommend replacements
18 USG senators quit
By JOHN DRUGA
Collegian Staff Writer
Since the beginning of Fall Term, 18
USG senators have resigned 13
resignations coming during Fall Term
and five this term.
Joe' Aloia (lOth-biology), a town
senator, gave several reasons for the
resignations. “There were four or five
senators who resigned because they had
practicums to take care of. Another four
or five senators resigned because they
had become disenchanted with the way
we were handling things,” Aloia said.
“They didn’t think we were doing
anything constructive.”
Aloia said that there were also some
senators who resigned because they
couldn’t keep their grades up and serve
as a senator at the same time.
Pam Mayer (Bth-psychology), who
had been a senator for two terms, said
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she resigned this term because the tests
were piling up and she could make only
about half the meetings. “I resigned
because I couldn’t give my full attention
to the meetings,” Mayer said.
Another senator who resigned this
term, but for a different reason, is Bev
Richards (4th-science). She said none of
the constituents she served’in North
Halls cared about USG.
“When a senator resigns, we usually
try to fill a vacancy within two weeks,”
Aloia said. “Instead of us trying to find
replacements, we let the area govern
ments, fraternities, and OTIS
(Organization of Town Independent
Students) make recommendations on
who the replacements should be. ”
“We do that because they know more
about the people in their areas than we
do,” Aloia said. It turns out that USG
always accepts students as senators,
originality division of the fourth annual Greek Lyre Sing
benefiting Cystic Fibrosis.
In the original song competition, Kappa Delta sorority took
second place and Phi Kappa Psi fraternity picked up the third
place trophy.
All proceeds of the Sing went to Cystic Fibrosis, the
sorority’s philanthropic project. Sorority spokesman, Robin
Krevolin, said the sorority raised close to two hundred dollars
from the event. “While people might not think that’s a lot of
money,” Krevolin said, “we think it’s great.” She explained
this was only the fourth year of the Sing, and this year was the
first time there was a sizeable turnout to watch the event.
since fall
who are recommended by the different
organizations.
Aloia said that he feels that the senate
lacks the power it could have because of
the apathy of the students.
“We don’t have the support of the
students,” he said. “The average
student doesn’t even know one senator
and he doesn’t care if he knows one or
not.”
There is a total of 35 USG senators,
with the town area having the most, with
16 senators. Aloia said that students
living in town are apathetic toward the
senate because they moved to town to
have privacy.
If the senate doesn’t have any real
power, what good is it doing?” “If there
wasn’t a senate,” Aloia said, “the
students wouldn’t have a lot of the things
that they have gotten. ”
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Scale complaints rare
Bureau inspects weights.
By ANDY RATNER
Collegian Staff Writer
Unfortunately for con
sumers, what they see is not
necessarily what they get.
With the human eye as their
only aid, most consumers
cannot accurately determine
if the pound of hamburger
that they are buying is
actually a pound or if the
gallon of gas is really a
gallon.
The man to contact when
detecting any faulty
measurement-of products is
Richard Smead of the' Centre
County Bureau of Weights
and Measures.
Smead’s department is
responsible for testing
everything that weighs or is
weighed scales, packages,
gasoline pumps, even car
washes.
He said that most inac
curate measurements stem
merely from carelessness.
The margin of error for scales
is one-half of one per cent, a
fairly large mistake, ac
cording to Smead.
If the scale is brand new,
though, one-fourth of one per
cent is the largest
discrepancy allowed.
Depending on the degree of
error, Smead has the
authority to shut down the
measuring or weighing device
immediately or give the
owner 30 days to correct the
problem.
Smead said complaints
about the weight or
measurement of a product
are rare, averaging about two
a month. Only one gasoline
pump was discovered to be
inaccurate last year, and that
resulted from petroleum
leakage.
Scales and pumps are
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there is a need for two or
more inspections during the
year.
Smead is experimenting
with the inspection pfocess by
examining the county’s
measuring devices several
times a year, to further
benefit the consumer.
Faults that Smead looks for
include hidden windows on
the scales, which obscure the
consumer’s view of the weight
of his purchase, and unlevel
scales, which can disrupt the
balancing mechanisms.
“Scales are extremely
sensitive pieces of equip
ment,” said Smead, “and
there are several things which
could cause a cale to meas
ure inaccurately.”
“The newer electronic
scales in many supermarkets
can be thrown off by the
electric-eye operated doors. A
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per cent from 1965 through
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scales located behind the
meat counter and the ac
curacy of these apparatus
can be upset if the compressor
is turned 0n..”
Smead has many devices
with which he measures the
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measuring equipment in
cludes moisture meters to
check grain, 20,000 pounds in
weights, scales for testing
propane and liquid gas, and
devices for testing
Smead said the con
version to the metric system
will take a long time but the
system itself will be a lot less
complicated for the consumer
to uhderstand and utilize.
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worry about making the
conversion themselves. We’ll
just have to get used to buying
in metric terms when to
buy two liters of milk or a
kilogram of chicken.”,
Smead said that there is no
definite time set for the
metric conversion, but many
manufacturers are now
labeling their products with
dual declarations, using both
measuring systems. In
December 1975, President
Ford set up the Metric
Advisory Board to assist in
dustry with the Conversion.
Smead reminds consumers
to look at the little window on
the scale which gauges the
weight of the product. The
consumer should also lopJt
for the white inspection date
sticker that Smead puts on the
scales, gas pumps, etc. after'
checking the equipment.
For questions about weights
and measures call Smead at
355-2342, at his office in
Bellefonte.
In a story on page 19 of
Friday’s Daily Collegian,
it was reported incorrectly
that a sorority member of
Alpha Chi Omega has
cystic fibrosis. The sen-'A
tence should have read,
“ ... a younger sister of a
sorority member has cystic
fibrosis.”
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