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it into membership Nov. 21, Carl Shaffer, CATA
operations supervisor, said. In a Dec. 1 article,
Collegian sources incorrectly reported that the
township had not yet joined the authority.
Initially, the service has meant putting up "H" and
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By MILA BRENNEMAN
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
In hope of making some good
money, I responded to an ad
vertisement which offered payment
for stuffing envelopes.
But, after spending $6 for more
information, this "good deal" un
folded into a good rip-off, mail
fraud.
In this case the newspaper ad led to
a chain letter, which is only one of the
many forms of mail fraud to be
avoided.
In the past year, about 100 students
brought the Undergraduate Student
Government legal affairs department
cases involving products that were
never mailed to the consumer after
being ordered from a salesman, legal
affairs president Linda Neaman said.
"Generally, in these cases we found
that
,the company that the salesman
said he represented didn't really
exist," Neaman said.
A common scheme of this type,
Neaman said, is one in which a
potential consumer is approached by
a student selling magazine sub
scriptions who claims he needs to sell
a certain quota to get a free college
tuition.
If the consumer agrees to buy a
subscription, often he does not
receive the magazine because the
company which the seller
represented was a front.
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Students can avoid the common
problems involving unordered
merchandise, Neaman said, because
of the Federal Postal Reorganization
Act, which states that one who
receives unordered mail mer
chandise has no obligation to the
sender,
A false representation statute also
protects the consumer from known
false remedy products such as false
cures to prevent baldness or an in
curable disease. It does this by giving
the postal service the authority to
stamp "return to sender" on mail
sent to known quacks.
Students should be cautious of high
pressure salesmen selling products at
wholesale prices, because after
shipping . costs are added, of ten the
product cost is actually retail price,
Neaman said.
There are many other schemes to
avoid including charity rackets,
fraudulant contests and valueless
correspondence courses,
Neaman's general advice to the
consumer is that "anything that
sounds too good to be true probably is
too good to be true."
However, if you become a victim
as I did there is still hope. .
A complaint can he filed with the
Federal Trade Commission or the
Bureau of Consumer Protection, who
both will try to refund any money lost
by the consumer.
man Paul Rigby said. Those buses travel through the
township along North Atherton Street for ap
proximately one mile.
CATA has not provided additional bus routes in the
township, Shaffer said, because it does not have
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Faculty Senate plans
drop policy change
Plans to change the drop policy for
unsatisfactory scholarship will he
recommended to the University Faculty
Senate by the Committee on Academic
and Athletic Standards, at 2:10 p.m.
Tuesday in 112 Kern.'
The new policy will change criteria for
drop action from term classification to
completed credits.
The proposal calls for the establish
ment of a maximum grade point
deficiency allowed for defined ranges of
total credits.
The proposal will cost about $3,000 and
can be implemented within one month of
Senate approval, the committee said.
Now, a student can be dropped from
the University if he has more grade point
deficiencies than his term standing
allows.
The new proposal would allow bac
calaureate degree students with 24-39
cumulative credits to have a grade
Corman's experience gets
him top post on committee
Sen. J. Doyle Corman, R-Centre, has
been appointed Republican chairman of
the state senate's local government
committee for the 1979-80 legislative
session.
Minority Leader Henry G. Hager said
Corman's nine-and-a-half years on the
Centre, County Board of Commissioners
was a major factor for the assignment,
according to a statement from Corman.
Corman, the board's president for
four years, was re-elected in November
to a full four-year term in the senate.
The local government committee, one
of the most important standing com
mittees in the state senate, deals with
legislation for county; city, borough and
township codes. Corman said he hopes
to look at state tax methods in this
committee,' particularly property taxes
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deficiency of 21 points before drop action
occurs; 40-89 credits would allow a grade
point deficiency of 18; 70.99 credits
would allow a grade point deficiency of
15 and cumulative credits of 100 or more
would allow a deficiency of 12 points.
The proposed action would not apply to
baccalaureate candidates who have
earned a 2,00 cumulative average or
better during the term in question.
The Senate Committee on Admissions,
Records and Scheduling will present the
Senate with a report on admission's
policies and will request a strategy be
planned to attract academically
superior students to the University.
According to the committee, the
University is losing many of its best
applicants to other schools.
The committee will also present data
on enrollment and present Universq
admissions policies.
for schools and the occupational
assessment taxes. These two taxes will
be his top priorities this session, he said.
Corman said that he sees no problem
with the confirmations of Governo4-
Elect Thornburgh's recent cabinet
nominees. He said he knows two of tNe
candidates personally and has had
favorable reports about the others. 45
The new state ethics law may be
discussed in the local government
committee, Corman said, but only minor
revisions need be made. He said that all
persons covered by the bill should
conform to its provisions, but the im
plementation of the bill should be
delayed six months until a reporting
committee can be formed.
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