Reporter finds no concrete answers at commune
By PATRICK J. KIGER
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
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PORT ROYAL, Pa. "Yeah, they're
second in command to the Moonies,"
laughed the matronly waitress at the
Spruce Hill Lunch, as she poured a cup
of coffee for the reporter. "They're one
of those cults, I suppose. They mostly
keep to themselves, on that farm of
'theirs up on the hill. Don't bother people
much . . ."
. "Hell they don't," interjected another
coffee drinker, a grizzled-looking old
farmer in a Cat Truck cap. "They came
up to the Farm show a few years back,
tryin' to pin flowers on everybody, and
yeadin' from them books of theirs.
Wanted money, I guess. I woulda' told
'em to move along, an' not give 'em
nothin."
. "Well, I dunno," said a middle-aged
man in grease-spattered overalls.,"l've
been up there to fix things, and they
never done nothin' but treat me okay."
He laughed. "Once I walked in there,
and they was all sittin' around on the
floor, havin' church, in their bald heads
and robes, chantin"Haree Krishna,
Haree Krishna,' or whatever. You
shoulda seen it.
"I dunno," he said. "I guess they're
happy...•"
Haridas .is happy indeed, in fact,
"blissfully joyous," or so he claims. It
does not seem to bother him that he
wears an orange-white robe and a
shaved scalp, while the rest of Amerca is
wearing Haggar slacks and blown-dry
hair. He seems content in, abstaining
from things most Americans crave
meat, alcohol, tobacco, television and
sex, except when it is for the purpOie of
reproduction. "Everyone desires
happiness, but most won't go out of their
way to seek it," Haridas said: "We are
trying to set an example for the rest of•
society."
Haridas is one of the 400-odd.
"devotees" of the International Krishna
Consciousness Society, commonly
known as "Hare Krishnas," who live at
the 350-acre ISKON farm commune in
the hills a few'miles outside this town.
Trustees to
By KATY KOONTZ
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
Fall Term' tuition increases may be
decided by the Board of Trustees later
this month, but the president's wage and
price , freeze may not influence that
decision much, a federal specialist in
tuition said.
The controls will add some restraint to
Tans to hike tuition, but there will still
le large increases across the country,
Stuart Schmid, specialist in tuition for
the Office of Price Monitoring of the
Council on Wage, and Price Stability,
said.
The controls, announced in November.
*eluded suggestions to keep tuition
raises as low, as possible. The guidelines
suggest the percentage increase for
tuition shouldn't be more than the
average percentage increase for the last
two years, subtracting one-half percent,
Schmid said.
, However, if the institution has suf
&red uncontrollable cost increases, the
guidelines say tuition may be raised. In
this case, the margin between revenues
and expenses must not be higher than
the highest two margins of the last three
years, Schmid said.
Robert Patterson, University Vice
President for Finance, said he expected
the University to comply with Carter's
guidelines. He said the interpretation of
the guidelines varies, and the controls
constantly change.
Currently, the University is planning
IA IDITIO
College students are among
America's most enthusiastic skinny
dippers, according to Lee Baxandall,
information coordinator for Free
Beaches, the national headquarters for
the nude beaches movement.
July 14 and 15 is the Fourth Annual
National Nude Weekend.
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They think of themselves as a holy
people who pattern every aspect of their
lives accoring to India's 5,000 year-old
Vedic scriptures, the Bhagavad-gita,
and devote themselves to, the adoration
of the Hindu deity Krishna, the "all
attractive personality of Godhead."
Most of the rest of America, like the
waitress in the Spruce Hill Lunch, think
of them as a cult of panhandling,
brain Washed zombies who are possibly
only a step or two away from a demise
similar to that of the Rev. Jim Jones'
Peoples Temple.
In truth, what exactly the Krishnas
really are is difficult to say.
"The humble sage, by virtue of true
knowledge, sees a learned scholar, a
cow, an elephant, a dog and a dog-eater
on an equal level."
"It's good that you have come to talk
with us," Haridas said as he led me
down a rock-strewn unpaved path
toward the ISKON farm temple. "By
doing this, you are also serving Krishna.
Really, newspapers, magazines should
all be about Krishna, the truth."
Along the way, Haridas said his name
had once been Harvey. "That was about
four years ago, when I was a student at
Queens College in New York. One day, I
was walking in Central Park and I saw
all these people dancing and chanting
'Hare Krishna.' They looked so happy. I
had to find out why, so I joined them."
This interest in happiness and
spiritual fulfillment led Haridas, now 23,
to join the , Krishna Consciousness
movement and to journey to India with a
group of devotees. About six months ago,
it led him to join the ISKON commune at
Port Royal.
On the way to the temple, we stopped
to inspect the commune's fields of
barley, rye, corn and other crops, and
also a large structure, now being built by
the ddvotees, to house new members of
the growing commune.
"The dormitory will have a special
sewage system to convert human waste
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decide on tuition hike this month
to maintain the margin between
revenues and expenses that has been in
effect for the last three years, he said.
Because the University's request for a
16 percent increase in appropriations
from the government wasn't approved,
Patterson said tuition will be affected.
Gov. Dick Thornburgh recommended a 5
percent increase instead.
This would add $6 million onto what
the University was given by the state
last year, Patterson said, and would not
approach the $130,156,000 the University
requested.
"If we had the $l3O million ap
propriation, there would be no plans for
tuition increases," Patterson said. "If
we're only going to get a five percent
Auditor wants out-of-state tuition hike
By CARLTON BERGER
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
State Auditor General Al Benedict has
recommended that Pennsylvania's State
related universities and colleges be
required to charge their out-of-state
students at least twice the amount of
tuition charged Pennsylvania residents.
In a study released in late March,
Benedict said, "The Commonwealth
taxpayers and resident students should
clearly receive the benefit of state funds
appropriated to the state-related
colleges and universities."
Benedict emphasized that over the
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The Free Beaches Sun and Guide is
the authoritative guide to spots safe for
nude swim parties, he said.
The celebration was started as an
effort to save clothes-optional beaches
"from the intrusions of intolerant op
ponents," a spokesman said.
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Members of the Hare Krishna religious movement have recently been seen locally handing out cards containing the Hare Krishna chant. A'similar group in Port Royal is
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increase, where does the $ll million
difference come from?"
To deal with the governor's recom
mendation, Patterson said part of the
difference would be made up by tuition
and part would be gained by making cuts
in the budget.
This could make it difficult to follow
the deacceleration standard for tuition
as announced in Carter's guidelines,
Patterson said. He declined to comment
on whether or not he thought the deac
celeration standard as it stands would be
acceptable to other universities.
If tuition costs are not raised above the
guidelines, colleges could also make up
for this loss by keeping their workers'
wages low, said Stuart Sweet, Senator
past several years, differences in tuition
paid by resident and non-resident
students have been diminishing at
Lincoln University, Temple University,
the University of Pittsburgh and Penn
State.
According to a recent study, average
non-resident tuition at the state-related
universities was 1.82 times that of
resident tuition in 1978. From fiscal 1971-
72 to 1978-79, the non-resident annual
tuition at Penn State has decreased from
2.40 to 2.01 times the tuition for
residents. The percentage of non
resident students to total enrollment at
Farewell, so-long
and good-bye
You are reading the last issue of the
Spring term 1979 Collegian.
We will be back June 6 and every
Monday, Wednesday and Friday of
Summer Term.
Have a good summer, whether you
spend it here in Happy Valley, lying in
the sun or earning a living.
Freshman tours
unknown campus
A letter appeared in the Forum
section of Penthouse Magazine from a
"freshman physical education major at
a large university."
Penthouse Forum is devoted to input
from the magazine's readers about
sexual attitudes, problems and ex
periences.
The letter, signed by "J.M. of Pitt
sburgh, Pa.," concerned experiences
on campus, in places like, "the In
tramurl.ll Building, the Recreation Hall
bowling alley, the indoor swimming
pool, and the football team's indoor
practice area."
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Director of the Bureau of Special
Audits, Hugh Landis, in charge of the
study, said that because of the
"significant sum of state money funding
the state-related universities, resident
students should be shown priority.
"We feel that satisfactory percentages
of resident student enrollment and
tuition differentials should be considered
when appropda tions are being
discussed," Landis said.
Continued on Page 20.
Gee, I wonder where he's talking
about.
The things we
do for love
James Enix of Brookville, Ohio has a
problem.
The University admissions office
recently received a letter from Enix
asking for a list of all 'freshman coeds
majoring in English literature from
Virginia.
Enix said he recently met a Penn
State student on a train bound for
Washington, D.C., struck up a con
versation and promised to write her
but he lost her name and address.
He offered a brief description to help
the office in their search: five feet six
inches tall and weighing about 115
pounds.
If you fit this description and you
know James Enix, do him a favor and
drop him a line at 12405 Air Hill Road,
Brookville, Ohio 45309.
Schweiker's legislative assistant for
economic affairs.
If the University complies with Car
ter's deacceleration standard for tuition,
the tuition at University Park for
Pennsylvanian undergraduates should
be raised no more than $39 next year
making the total $495 per term.
Tuition for out-of-state University
Park undergraduates would be hiked $6O
making their tuition $976 per term.
According to Ken Divinney of the Penn
State Assessor's Office, present tuition
will remain in effect for the Summer
Term. Since Spring Term 1978 at
University Park, tuition has been $456
for state residents and $916 for non-
Pennsylvanians.
Penn State has been generally in
creasing over the past several years,
Benedict said.
"During Spring Term we even hope
to add Beaver Stadium and all 18 holes
of the golf course to our list," the writer
said.
Candidate withdraws
over conflict articles
By JIM WILHELM
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
Ralph F. Brower said yesterday he
will withdraw his candidacy for third
ward supervisor in Ferguson
Township because of recent Daily
Collegian articles indicating he may
have a conflict of interest with
decisions on the proposed Ferguson
Mall.
Brower, a Century 21 realtor, has
been employed by the Oxford
Development Company to secure
options to purchase homes near the
proposed mall site. Questions have
arisen about whether there would be
a conflict of interest if Brower were
elected and would vote on mall
decisions.
"I could not be an effective
supervisor because of recent
publicity in your newspaper,"
Brower told The Daily Collegian. "I
don't think there would be any useful
purpose in my candidacy now. I am
going to urge any supporters not to
vote for me."
Brower said he will be forwarding a
letter to the Centre County Board of
Elections to announce his withdrawal
after Tuesday's primary elections.
Gentle Thursday
German style
The Electric Light Orchestra wasn't
far off when they wrote the line: "It's
raining all over the world." i
A group of foreign studies students
from the University touring Europe
planned their own Gentle Thursday in
Cologne, Germany.
The "International Day of Sharing"
was prepared complete with German
wurst, Gerdran potato salad and
German beer.
Unfortunately, it rained.
Writing off into
the sunset
It happens every term at this time.
The Collegian loses the staffers who
hear the call of the "real world." /
This term we wish good luck and
congratulations to the following:
Corliss Bachman, Cliff Bassman, Dave
Blazek, Gina Brisgone, Greg Brown,
Nancy Boyd, Sherri Ciuffetelli, Pete
Dougherty, Bruce Ellis, Stan Ellis,
Kathy Fitzgerald, Bob FriO, Joyce
Gannon, Elliot Grossman, Pat Kiger,
.
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Vol. 79, No. 174 34 pages University Park, Pa. 18802
Published by Students of The Pennsylvania State University
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He said state law prohibits him from
withdrawing before the elections.
"My original decision to run had
nothing to do with the mall," Brower
said. "I was asked to run and en
couraged by some friends, so I
decided to file for office. I am not
politically ambitious."
Oxford employed him as a con
sultant, Brower said. "I did negotiate
several options for them, but it was in
a professional capacity," he said.
He said recent comments in
Collegian articles by Benjamin
Novak, attorney for the Park Hills
Homeowners Association, a group
opposed to the mall, "were quite
unfair."
"I don't feel I should've been tried,
convicted and sentenced by Mr.
Novak," Brower said. "I'm sure he's
not doing this (acting as the group's
lawyer) for free. I get paid for my
services as a professional real estate
agent. I wonder who's paying him for
his anti-mall work?
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Myself, I've lived in the township
most of my adult life," he sairi. "All I
wanted to do was help the ,township
out. I just can't believe all the Eak
that's been stirred up."
Mark Leiden, Lynne Margo4s,
_Janet
Mazur, John Meadows„ .Christy Pat
chin, Dave Skidmore, Cathy Urbani,
Jim Wilhelm and Wry Ellen Wright.
Froth our photography staff, we
extend the same wishes to the
following• Mary Ba raga r, Lynn
Dudinsky, Mark Mclntyre, Phil Norton,
Dan Querry, Joe Tori and Jack
Waldron.
Anil the same to our departing
business staff members: Terry
Doliner, Ellen Friedman, Lisa Glatzer,
Bruce Morris and Nancy Tulli.
Again, good luck, congratulations
and may you get the chance to run into
a newsroom someday and shout, "Stop
the Presses! . . ~I've got a story here
that's gonna bust this town wide open!"
—compiled and written•
by Mike Sillup
Farewell forecast
ft will be partly sunny today and
I tomorrow with more clouds on Sunday.
i We'll have a few thundershowers
around today, mainly dry tomorrow,
with more showers on Sunday. The
highs will be 83 today, 86 tomorrow and
76 on Sunday with lows near 65,
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Photo by Jon Saracen°