Police & Safety's
Randy Hoffman
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The Collegian Wednesday, October 25, 1989 Behrend's Weekly. Newspaper Volume XXXVIII, No. 8
Liquor control board
official warns of dangers
of underage drinking
Alcohol awareness wrapped up
by Tony Olivito
Collegian Staff Writer
"Employers are less likely to identification cards. "Mere
hire someone who has been possession (of false ID's) is
convicted for drinking. The punishable by a $3OO fine and
implication is "'
_that the person suspension of driver's license,"
has a drinking problem and it said Zielinski.
will probably affect his work," In cases where people claim to
said Corporal Thomas Zielinski have been charged unjustly,it is _
of the Pennsylvania Liquor ___the-offeader's res - pitiiisibility to
Conti3:lll3wd;:. - prove his/her innocence and make
Zielinski and Behrend Police . sure that : evidence-is .50und,....,
and Safety Manager Randy according to Zielinski. He
Hoffman answered questions suggests obtaining written
about underage drinking last testimony from persons involved
Tuesday. Their discussion was or obtaining a blood test in some
sponsored by Behrend's Health cases. However, as both Hoffman
Advisory Board as part of its and Zielinski pointed out, each
recognition of National Alcohol case is governed by its set of
Awareness Week, held October circumstances.
16-20. The growing number of
"Purchase, possession,
consumption, or transportation of
alcohol (by,,a minor) is illegal,"
Zie*l.a - 6 4 1- 4 1 1 04. ,
- 1n . .1.979; if a person was cited
for underage drinking, the fine
was only. $52, according to
Hoffman. Under the present law,
a violator can be fined $3OO and
lose driving privileges.
"Legislators moved for steep
fines," stated Zielinski, because
"They assume minors are going
to drink anyway."
Zielinski agreed. "The only
way to hurt a person is in his
pocketbook," he said.
Zielinski also encouraged
students to think of the
consequences of thinking.
Even though persons between
the ages of 18-21 are considered
minors, they are tried as adults
and, therefore, establish a record,
said Zielinski.
This will have an effect on
offenders when they apply for a
job, he said. Minors are not
drinking responsibly, said
Zielinski, citing incidents of
alcohol overdoses that have taken
place at parties involving minors.
When asked by a student why
he used fraternities in his
examples of underage drinking,
Zielinski responded, "The fact is
that when they get together, all
hell breaks lose," and such events
are "publicized more often than
He also commented on the
growing number of false
alcohol related problems among
minors, according to Zielinski, is
due to a more liberal society. He
notes recent sales of liquor to
minors are four times greater than
ten years ago.
photo by Amy Smith
Alcohol Awareness Week: Corporal Tom Zielinski and Police and Safety
Manager Randy Hoffman answer questions during a pannel discussion on
underage drinking.
New entertainment
feature: A tribute to the
rock classics-
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Roll up your sleeve
BEM
photo by Chuck Groger
How much is a pint?: A Red Cross worker helps
Jason Hall donate blood for the Alcohol Awareness
Week blood drive.
Renovation project on
Erie Hall to start next
spring-
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Lights go out
at Behrend
No power for
five hours
by Mark Owens
Collegian Staff Writer
A power failure yesterday
virtually closed down Behrend,
leaving the school without
electricity for almost five hours.
The blackout started around
3:40 yesterday when section of
cable blew up, cutting off power
to the campus. PENELEC crews
made a temporary repair giving
electricity back around 8:50 that
evening. Final repairs were
completed about 3:30 this
morning. - - -
Lucien Lawson, head of the
Maintenance and Operations
department, said the power failure
was caused by three damaged
cable splices, shutting off a
35,000 volt line that powers the
campus.
why
officials aren't sure
why the splices failed, adding the
splices are mechanical in nature
and need replaced from time to
time.
Randy Hoffman, Manager of
Police and Safety, said that there
were "no reports of vandalism or
theft at this time. People were
really well behaved."
No damage was reported at the
Computer Center and publication
of The Collegian was delayed for
several hours
Reporter
looks
at chaos in
the sciences
by Rob Farnham
Collegian Staff Writer
James Gleick, best-selling
author of Chaos: Making a New
Science, says, "I'm not a
scientist."
The former New York Times
science writer said, in a recent
phone interview, that as a
reporter, he "wants to know
what's news," and feels an
obligation to inform readers of
recent developments in the
sciences, especially those relating
to the idea of "chaos" as a
unifying principle.
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