The doctor's away Along with brilliantly colored leaves and football fever, fall also brings apples
Carier to explain price ceilings
WASHINGTON ( UPI) On the eve of
its formal debut, administration officials
sought yesterday to clear up confusion
surrounding President Carter's anti
inflation program and its voluntary
price ceilings.
Carter will go on national television
and radio tonight to explain his latest
initiatives for dealing with inflation,
which has surged sharply this year and
Sparkling sunshine
It will be cool today under bright,
mostly sunny skies with a high of 55.
Tonight should be clear and very cold
with a low of 30. Mostly sunny skies with
a few high clouds are on tap for
tomorrow with the high a warmer 59.
Suicide signs easily
BY JO ANNE DILLER
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
The third leading cause of death
among college students, suicide, occurs
less • frequently at Penn State than at
other major universities, Albert Ingram
Jr., psychiatrist and director of the
Mental Health Center, said.
. Nationally, there are one to three
Suicides per year per 10,000 students,
Ipgram said. The University falls below
the national average of nine suicides per
year for schools with an enrollment of
30,000, Ingram said.
Actual figures for the number of
suicides at the University are not
available, Ingram said, . because data
collection has just started this term.
• Some signs preceed a suicide attempt,
he said. Withdrawal, frequently going
off by oneself, changes in personality
such as an outgoing person suddenly
stopping their social activities,
depression, leaving notes saying they
are not feeling well or they "want to get
off this world," are all signs that a
person is contemplating suicide, he said.
If a person talks about suicide, there is a
possibility they will attempt it, he said.
Dr. Ellen Piers, director of the
Psychology Clinic, said there are 10
the
daily
emerged as the public's top domestic
worry.
For weeks the administration had
been explaining privately to business
and labor leaders, as well as news
media, that the centerpiece of the plan
would be a voluntary 7, percent cap on
wage gains next year and a 5.75 percent
ceiling on price increases.
The government said if companies or
unions failed to cooperate, it stood ready
to use its contracts and procurement
policies as a "stick."
Several administration officials said
Monday the 7 percent wage ceiling still
stood.
However, they said Carter will not
make any reference to a numerical
guideline for prices, substituting instead
the broader principle of "deceleration."
categories of risk documented by the Los
Angeles Suicide Prevention Center.
The risk of suicide is greater for males
than females, but three times as many
females attempt suicide. However, three
times as many men succeed in their
attempts, Piers said. Men use more
violent methods of suicide than women.
Most men use guns while women use
pills, she said.
The risk of suicide is also greater for
people over the age of 50. If a person has
sleep disturbances, depression,
alcoholism and is experiencing stress or
is a homosexual, the risk of suicide is
greater, Piers said.
The loss of a loved one, either through
death or divorce, or the loss of a job,
places a person in a greater risk bracket
for suicide, she said.
If depression is acute or having a
sudden intense onset, the person is
placed in a greater risk category than if
the depression is chronic or long-term
and reoccurring.
The fifth greatest risk category entails
the clarity and 'detail of the suicide plan.
If the person knows when and how he
will attempt suicide, and has all the
materials available, the risk is greater
()Ile • ian
Sources explained the deceleration
plan is designed to be "more flexible"
and that prices increases could range
between 6 and 6.5 percent.
On the surface, the deceleration ap
proach appeared to virtually duplicate
the one contained in Carter's initial anti
inflation effort announced last April.
It also could anger labor leaders,
including AFL-CIO President George
Meany, who has warned the ad
ministration that labor would not
cooperate unless wages and prices were
treated evenly and fairly.
In another development yesterday,
consumer, labor and environmental
groups accused the administration of
blaming inflation on its victims rather
than its causes because it does not want
to offend big business.
than if the plan is hazy, Piers said.
If a person lacks personal resources,
such as family or friends, or if these
people are unwilling to help, the risk of
suicide is greater, she said.
If one or more suicidal attempts have
been made, or if the person suffers from
a debilitating illness or has had a bad
Photo by Chip Connelly
identified, talks ease tension
Students to pay $2.25
when dorms open early
By VICKI FONG
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
Students returning early to attend the
Pitt game will be charged $2.25 per day
to stay in the residence halls, a
University housing official said
yesterday.
William McKinnon, director of
housing and food services, said the
residence halls will open Friday after
the Pitt game, but the first meal served
will be Sunday dinner.
The fee does not include meals,
McKinnon said. But the Terrace Room
and the Johnston Pizza Shop will be open
to serve students.
McKinnon said students returning
early to the dorms will have to pay in
advance to the post office in their dorm
area. When the students come back to
the dorms for the game, Housing plans
Barracks may fall to new rink
By LORRAINE RYAN
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
Rumors have been circulating among Nittany Halls
residents that their days may be numbered. And it has been
discovered there may be some credence to these whisperings.
Residents of either Nittany 43 or 44 may have to sacrifice
their homey quarters to make room for an ice rink to be built
adjacent to the new indoor sports complex. At least that is
what the architects at Deeter, Ritchey and Sippel Associates
may be planning.
"These plans are by no means definite," John Miller,
Director of Physical Plant, Planning and Development, said.
However, Miller did confirm that the architectural drawings
have been received from the Pittsburgh firm. The drawings
are being reviewed and prepared for presentation and
discussion at the November meeting of the University Board of
Trustees.
"The plans will be reviewed by the board," Miller said.
"Changes could be made." He added it may be months before
any final decisions are made.
When, asked when the proposed tearing-down might take
place, Miler indicated the - funding of the project-and con
struction plans for the new rink will be the major determining
Ice therapy funds to be discussed
Ice skating therapy classes will start
on schedule, with details about the
program funding to be worked out
between now and the beginning of
Winter Term, the dean of the College of
Health, Physical Education and
recreation said yesterday.
Evelyn Marboe of the Pennsylvania
Association for Retarded Citizens, met
with Dean Robert Scannell yesterday to
discuss the future of the ice skating
therapy classes for the area's mentally
and physically handicapped.
"Primarily, the meeting was con
cerned with whether or not the program
for the handicapped will be severed, or if
the PARC was going to seek funds for
Better contraception looks bleak
WASHINGTON (AP) Some new,
chemically treated contraceptive
devices for both men and women may be
on the market in a few years, but no real
breakthroughs, like a pill for men or an
anti-pregnancy vaccine, are expected
anytime soon, a new survey shows.
The review of birth control prospects
was published yesterday by the
Population Crisis Committee, a private,
Illustration by Sandy Calandra
experience with physicians, there is also
a greater risk of suicide, she said.
The ninth and 10th greatest risk
categories concern relations with others.
If communication with relatives is
broken off and there is .resistance to
reestablishing communication the
chance of suicide is increased. If the
to check a list of students who have paid
the fee.
McKinnon said those who have not
paid in advance will have to pay a
slightly higher fee. Details have yet to be
worked out for enforcement, he said.
Pat Peterson, associate director of
Residential Life Programs, said
resident assistants will be on duty, and
night receptionists probably will be
filling in too. Final plans for opening the
residence halls will be discussed later
this week, she said.
The rate of $2.25 per day cannot be
compared to the $8.40 refund at $1.68 per
day, which was returned to the students
after Spring Term was shortened by five
days, McKinnon said. The refund rate of
$1.68 per day was established from the
fixed funds within the housing contract.
it," Scannell/said
Last week, the University announced
it was going to charge the program for
ice time and skate rental for the first
time in 11 years.
According to Scannell, the program
will start as usual at the beginning of
Winter Term. "We have six weeks to
work out the details," he said. Marboe
will be meeting with the people from the
PARC, while he meets with members of
his department, Scannell said.
Scannell said the problems involving
funding is partially a problem of
semantics. "It's a question of whether
this is a University program, an in
dividual faculty members program or a
non-profit group devoted to public
eduation on population matters and
fund-raising for groups such as In
ternational Planned Parenthood.
The report said the next new birth
control products on the market may be
vaginal sponges, spermicidal inserts
that don't require fitting and can be left
in place for several days at a time.
For men, researchers expect to begin
reactions of friends or the family is a
punishing or rejecting attitude the risk
of suicide goes up.
Piers said a possible explanation for
the frequency of suicide among college
students is they are experiencing the
"existential dilemma." or trying to
decide who they are and where they
want to go.
"If something happens that puts them
back or depresses them and they don't
know how to handle it, they may
overreact," Piers said. "But there are
not clear factors here to explain the
reasons for suicide," she said.
Marilyn Paul, intake supervisor at the
Psychology Clinic, said students who
come to the clinic and are suffet'ing from
depression say they have contemplated
suicide but later decided against it.
These students say they are feeling
hopeless, that there is nothing left, say
they are tired of what is going on in their
lives, Paul said.
Piers said friends or roommates can
help if they notice signs or suspect a
person is contemplating suicide.
"Most people who consider or attempt
suicide don't want to die. They're.am
bivalent they don't and they do. They
do because they can't see any other way
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factors. Miller said he does not expect any razing to omit
before the end of Spring Term.
Director of Residential Life M. Lee Uperaft said students
have been notified of the proposal. However, it was decided no
plans would be made until the trustees make a definite
decision on the dorms, which could he months away.
Because Nittany 44 is closer to the complex, it may be the
more likely candidate for destruction. Several residents were
asked their reaction to their possible eviction none seemed
surprised. They said the rumors started last year about a new
ice rink and the possibility of a couple of dorms being torn
down.
"Because of the football team, students lose out again." Bill
Buckley (7th-Russian) said. "We just get booted out. I was
here last year, and have a lot of friends here.
"I had planned on coming back; it's not fair," he added.
"It stinks, because athletics get preference time and time
again," Craig Heberle (7th-elementary and special education )
said. "A lot of us were here two years and we all got pretty
close. Where are they going to put us?"
Albert Kazelis (7th-microbiology) said, "The problem is,
next year when we re-apply for dorms, will we get any
preference, or do we have to go through That whole scramble
again?"
The whole issue has become "a
tempest in a teapot," and has been
sensationalized, Scannell said.
Marboe said "we are most anxious to
continue the program," and will meet
with other members of the PARC Board
of Directors and Scannell to discuss the
status of the program, and the details for
the Winter Term session.
out, but if you give them a little bit ol
hope, it can turn the scales," she said.
Piers said there is a peak stage ol
motivation to commit suicide If the
person can be persuaded to seek help, to
call or talk to someone, the motivation is
reduced, and it takes a lot for the person
to rebuild motivation to the peak stage.
Piers said
Ingram said talking to the person
contemplating suicide may result in
being shut out by them. Friends should
also try to get the person to talk to or see
a mental health professional, or go to a
professional themselves to discuss the
situation.
Piers said friends or roommates
should try to be around the person a lot,
to talk to them and to avoid leaving them
alone as much as possible, as well as
urging them to go to professionals for
help.
If a friend commits suicide, others
suffer from tremendous guilt, Piers
said. Therapy or counseling to handle
the guilt is recommended by Piers,
especially if guilt feelings start in
terfering with their own lives. Talking to
clergymen, friends or mental health
professionals is sometimes necessary to
assuage guilt feelings, Piers said.
He said the major savings from shor
tening the term was in food costs.
The $2.25 rate is an established rate
Housing charges to provide rooms
beyond the time set in the dorm housing
contract. Seniors remaining for
graduation or students who arrive ahead
of the opening date, for example, would
be served by this arrangement.
McKinnon said. The rate is based on
emplbyee costs and cleaning costs, he
said.
"We are looking for cooperation from
the students," McKinnon said. "Com
pared to a hotel, the dorms are cheaper.
It will be difficult to collect the fee. but
we will try." He said the full plan will be
announced about Nov. 1.
The effectiveness of the plan will
determine future decisions to open the
residence halls early, McKinnon said.
program of the PARC."
If it was a University program, the ice
time would not be charged, and if it was
a class, only a fee would be required,
Scannell said. However, if it is a
program independent of the University:
then it must be charged the same way
other community programs are.
human testing soon of a condom
designed to dissolve during intercourse.
releasing a spermicide to prevent
pregnancy. Some experts doubt whether
the film-thin condoms will he as ef
fective as existing products, but they
noted the soluble devices don't interfere
with enjoyment, as some present con
doms do, and they present no disposal
problems