22—The Daily Collegian Thursday, March 8, 1979 irm appeals decision upholding canvassing policy By LARRY GALLONE Daily Collegian Staff Writer Americin Future Systems, a company which deals in cookware, china and silverware, has appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals a decision which upheld a University policy on canvassing in the dorms. U.S. District Judge Malcolm Muir ruled against the Bryn Mawr, Pa.-based company saying its First Amendment rights were' not violated by the University. American Future Systems President Edward Satell said the company's freedom of speech was restricted because the University policy prohibited it from selling its products in dorm areas. University policy does not prohibit salespersons from contacting students by mail or telephone but does prohibit a salesperson Promotes variety and moderation in diets Activities highlight National Nutrition Week Nutrition is the word this week as the American The American Dietetic Association is made up of students become more familiar with the University and Dietetic Association sponsors the seventh annual about 37,000 professionals. The Student Dietetic our organization," Eutsler said. National Nutrition Week. Association, made up of junior members of the Saturday a tour of the Meats Laboratory and the March 4-10 has been designated as a time for nutrition American Dietetic Association, has planned activities Human Performance Research Center will be given to organizations to heighten public awareness of nutrition. on campus in celebration of the week. the visiting students, and the public is welcome. Eutsler The goals of the American Dietetic Association in- The Student Dietetic Association will present said food demonstrations will also be held on Saturday. elude the promotion of education in dietetics, nutrition nutrition public relations woman Debra Daul who will The Nutrition Information and Resource Center, and allied areas, Louise Hamilton, a professor of foods speak at 7:30 tonight in the HUB Assembly Room on •Beecher House, is sponsoring an open-house Friday and nutrition extension who is president of the "Public Relations and the Food Industry." She has afternoon from 2:30 to 5:30 and encourages students American Dietetic Association, said. appeared on the Dinah Shore Show. and the rest of the community to come. "We ( the organization) do this in many ways and the On Friday nutrition students from the branch cam- The center is setting up an exhibit and information National Nutrition Week is one of them," Hamilton puses, Mansfield State College and Indiana Univeisity session at the Nittany Mall Friday evening from 6:30 to said.of Pennsylvania will be arriving at the University, 9 and Saturday afternoon from Ito 5. _ .. A major idea of the week, Hamilton said, is that "for Cynthia Eutsler, co-chairman of the Student Dietetic . Next year the American Dietetic Association plans to best nutrition people should eat a variety of foods and Association's National Nutrition Week committee, said. expand this focus on nutrition from one week to the eat in moderation." "We chose National Nutrition Week to have theSe entire month of March, Hamilton said. Discover Ma MANY WOMTAI3, OF DE' t-r" - --‘. 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Satell said his salespersons were invited into the dorms by the students who were con tacted. There have been discrepancies involving the students who were participating in the sales demonstrations. According to the court record, the students who held demonstrations, mostly women, were to receive tote bags and chances in a drawing for a Florida holiday vacation. The vacation winner had to be 21 years old to accept the prize, but sometimes the offer expired before the student reached that age. Satell said neither he nor his sales representatives were out to deceive anyone. The person' winning the trip had the option of either transferring the prize to someone else or renewing it until she reached 21. Satell said the University objected to American Future Systems because it is a commercial organization. "Our views as commercial ideas are as valid as other ideas," Satell said. ' Raymond 0. Murphy, vice president for student affairs, said the University has an obligation to protect its students. "A measure of "I LIKE TO PLAY BASEBALL AND I LIKE TO DRINK LITE. MOST PEOPLE WOULD RATHER WATCH ME DRINK LITE:' privacy has been insured in dorm and residence halls areas," he said. The University is also in litigation over a lawsuit dealing with political canvassing. Steven Brush wanted to campaign for political candidates by going door-to-door in the dorms. This violated University policy concerning canvassing. Three dorms Beam, Hartranft and Nittany 34 allow open canvassing this year. American Future Systems lawyer Joe Finklestein said the company is appealing the judge's decision because, "We are protected by the First Amendment and we think the de'cision is not correct." Chris Carey, executive assistant to the Association of Residence Halls Students, said the precedent set by the decision is important and if the rights of American Future Systems were not violated but rather the students' right to privacy, was protected. Judge Muir wrote that if the First Amendment rights of American Future Systems were violated, "that infringement is justified by Penn State's interest in preventing the dangers , j inherent in in-person solicitation or sales, or 'I alternatively, by ' Penn State's interest in protecting the privacy of its students within thelP residence halls." c University counsel Delbert McQuade said, "It is apparent from the court's decision corn rf - mercial speech is not a guaranteed absolute right." As a result of the judge's decision University,. ij policy concerning dorm canvassing will remaill. the same, Uperaft said.
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