-Editorial Opinion Appropriations 'mind game' doesn't seem to soothe legislators The University Board of Trustees included an automatic five percent tuition increase in its recent 1980-81 appropriation request. Under the request, more than $3.5 million of about $22 million in increased costs would be covered by the tuition hike. The remaining $lB million of the $135.7 million general operations request is expected to come from the state. The five percent automatic hike will cost each student abouts6o next year. The rationale behind the included increase is that in light of spiraling inflation, it is no longer realistic for the University to assume that there will not be periodic annual tuition increases. The administration hopes the included in crease will show the legislature that the University is committed to paying its fair share of the rising costs of higher education. But the included increase isn’t going to fool anyone, especially legislators. The measure suggests that the University is doing the state a favor by cutting $3.5 million off of a $22 million appropriation request, making it only $lB million. Several legislators have said, however, that the included increase will have no effect on the amount of money the University winds up getting. “It is a question of how many dollars are in the state government, and how much we can give the University,” said House Minority Whip James Manderino recently. This is not the only problem with the rationale, however. In addition, as Rep. Gregg Cunningham, R-Centre; said, the included Experimental testing in the dorms Students guinea pigs for gadgets The University has always been a center for the development and testing of technological innovations. Many of these inventions are now being tested here on campus in the dormitories and dining halls. A recent court ruling has ordered, that all human subjects of ex perimental testing be notified, in writing, of the tests. The University is now testing five devices in. the dining halls and eight in the dormitories, using students as subjects. In compliance with of* the items being tejfed are presented below. Sonic Tourer desigftild : td‘burtt'tiij!“ outside of a piece of bread, while keeping the inside cold. Tray-Wetter r L. Emphasis on roots On the spear side, my grandparents were born in Eastern Europe. On the distaff side, my great grandparents were born in Ireland. In the an thracite country at least, both these generations of immigrants encountered discrimination, but the discrimination diminished sharply after that r irst generation. My closest high school friends were Slavic, and ike me, most of their grandparents were born in ;he old country, except for those few whose parents were. The general rule was that my 'randparents’ peers discouraged my parents’ jeers from clinging too closely to the old radition. The thought was that they had left the ild country behind and were now Americans vith a new life, ready to do things the ‘American” way. Even the old languages fell nto disuse, and very few of my peers could say nore than a few words in anything but English, lowever, by the time we had got into school we /ere no different from our WASP classmates. The human intellect has an equal capacity for erceiving another living being beyond its own hysical pale as either something other than self or something the same. It all depends on hether attention is focused upon existential ifferences or essential sameness in that other, 1 whether I see'that other person as not-me or ke-me. The human conscience demonstrates a ten ;ncy to dictate moral law in interpersonal dationships, usually formulated as something ce the Golden Rule or the Categorical Im jrative. The human conscience also demon rates a tendency to disregard those on the- See through machine can wet the entire surface of up to 700 cafeteria trays per hour. Knife-Handle Heater this device heats the handles of ordinary table knives.to a temperature of 195 degrees. Balance-Weighted Spoon -r- when placed in any bowl the handle of this spoon will slip down from the edge of the high-speed increase “is another variable cranked into the situation before it was needed to be cranked in.” The measure also may make, the University look hypocritical to some legislators: in the past, the University has preached the gospel of no tuition increases. Now, ignoring its gospel, it has increased tuition without first waiting to see what the appropriation is. It would be naive to think tuition will not increase each coming year. And it is only fair that students be required to bear their share of the burden. But what is their fair share? Five percent? Eight percent? 12 percent? The University submitted a $135.7 million general operations appropriation request, a 16.5, percent increase over last year’s request. In the same breath, it told the legislature it would increase tuition five percent. In view of recent appropriation requests and tuition hikes, neither is realistic. This year, for example, the University asked the state for $l3O million and got only $l2O million, which was a 7.1 percent - not 16.5 percent - higher that what the University got the year before. And this year tuition was hiked 8.5 percent - not 5 per cent. Tactics the issues The University’s financial outlook is not pleasant. Solutions to coming financial problems will be hard to come by, and it will take the combined efforts of students, faculty, administration and the state to find them. Illustration by Della Hoke Letters to the Editor other side of the fence in applying this'law. The community consists in commonality, and there is no compassion, no suffering with, the Other. The Other is my enemy. In recent years there has been a great deal of emphasis on ethnicity and “roote.” I do not wish to say this is undesirable in itself, but I feel it may have undesirable consequences. This newly emphasized racial or national pride (which may be a compensatory phenomenon) unfortunately focuses upon the differences among men, when those differences should be leveled, and ignores the sameness inherent in all mankind. Few men can see both simultaneously. If you insist on being X, and I am not-X, then you are not-me. And if you are not-me, then I need not treat you as I wish to be treated. Douglas P. Micklo graduate-philology Oct. 8 Ticket racket I had been standing several hours in line to buy tickets for the Chuck Mangione concert. To say it was unsuccessful was true because I didn’t get to purchase tickets. This did not anger me as much as the taunting by students who already pur chased tickets but were willing to sell them for a small fortune. One student offered me two tickets for $2O each! Quite a profit for two tickets valued at $4.50 apiece. It just doesn’t stop here. Penn State football games are the same way. Students don’t have money, but are willing to pay fellow student scalpers up to $lO for a football ticket. We complain about the “rip-offs” we en- these only smokescreen bowl. It is being tested in jelly and ketchup bowls. Geographic Beverage Dispenser special detection device allows dispenser- to automatically dispense “pop” to students from Pittsburgh and “soda” to students from Philadelphia. Combination Shower/Toilet Detector detects anyone about to head for the shower or toilet, and warns the maid that it is time to clean the bathroom. Telephone Cord retracts telephone cord into wall, until cord is one 1 foot short of desired length. 1 Electronic Shower Head with the aid of an electronic eye, the shower head is able to adjust itself to point downward for tall people and upward for short people. - Elevator Timer insures that elevator will break within an hour of the maintenance crews’ departure for the weekend. Trash Can Cement will cause anything really disgusting to adhere to the bottom of a standard metal trash can. Special Friction Compound currently being tested on dormitory curtain rods. Acoustic Wall Paint tested on all dorm hallways, this special paint reflects and intensifies all sounds. Roommate Key Indicator light flashes red when one roommate is out of the room without his-key, so that the other roommate may lock the door and go away for the afternoon. Jeff Barrett is an llth term accounting major aiid a columnist for The Daily Collegian. counter in government and business, yet we are apathetic about one of the most profitable rip offs on campus. Isn’t it about time something was done? Feels so bad We were surprised that no one has complained about an incident concerning the sale of tickets for the Chuck Mangione concert. I know two people who sincerely ‘ wanted to attend that concert rfnd who waited in line starting in the early morning. They never got tickets. The main reason why they did not get tickets was that 300 tickets were being held for the football team and their dates, and, the concert committee. We realize that football brings a large amount of revenue to this University, but privileged treatment has a limit.; How pan the fact be assumed that the entire football team wants to go to the concert in the first place? Help themselves Social welfare, psychology, human develop ment and education majors: “What was Wed nesday, September 26th? ” It was Human Service Career Day sponsored by the Pennsylvania State XCONFeSS mm, tPuKe TOB6A\ PRieST, Dick and Pat at the Y The checkered cab swung to the curb and came to a screeching halt. “Is this the place?” “Yep, dis is it. Dat’ll be t’ree-ninety,” the unshaven cabby said. “Surely you must be mistaken —” his passenger began. “Lissen you said five west sixty-toid stweet, wight? Well, dis is it!” “Ohmigod...” “Hey, I ain’t got all day, ya know,” the irritated cabby began again. “Oh, pardon me, pardon me,” the man apologized as he started to search for his wallet. “Oh, Dick, you promised me you’d never say that again!” his blonde wife lamented. “It’s a dead giveaway! ” “Don’t worry, dear, this is New York City I No oiie will/ recognize us here.” “Try telling that to everyone at 817 Fifth Avenue,” his wife muttered. “C’mon, c’mon! I’m a woikin’ man. I gotta get back on my beat,” the surly cabby complained. “A ‘working man’. . . how nice,” Dick mused. “Okay, here you are," and he counted out four crisp one dollar bills, ad ding, ‘ ‘and keep the change. ” The cabby rolled his eyes and grabbed the money while muttering obscenities under his breath. His cab sped away from the curb, leaving the slightly bewildered couple in a sea of exhaust fumes. “Well, dear (cough, cough), this is it, I guess. Our new home! ” Dick said as he turned to look at the dilapidated brick building. “Dick, this is a YMCA! You mean we’re actually going to live here?! ” his wife shrieked. “Now, Pat, it’s not so bad as all that. After all, the tenants at the last place recommended it highly. Come, dear, let’s at least take a look around inside.” Dick took his shaking wife by the hand and led her to the' rotting portal. ' ‘ ‘Shall I carry you over the threshold, dear? ’ ’ “Oh, for crying out loud, Dick! Will you face facts, for once in your life? This place is a dump, a garbage heap! It’s a Y-M- C-A! No decent, self-respecting cockroach would be seen within five blocks —” “Now, dear, you’re making a scene again. People will stare,” and with that the couple walked up to the marred door, whose rusted hinges creaked and groaned at the touch. Flakes of paint sifted slowly from the doorjamb as the dark building swallowed them up. Pat’s knees began to give way at the sight of the dimly lit hallway. Trash lay ankle-deep on the floor and a variety of obscene magazines ads papered the filthy walls. The air was Name withheld upon request Oct. 8 Denise M. Stubel lOth-English Carol S. Zucker lOth-individual and family studies Oct. ll 1?J. University Society of Student Social Workers, Was that important? Fourteen agencies thought it was important enough to send representatives to discuss everything from career opportunities in areas such as mental health, children and youth ser vices, probation and parole, medical social work and aging to agency functionings, internships or even current legislation affecting human service providers. What these agency representatives ended up doing was giving each other the time of day—all day. In the five hours of the program only 30 to 40 students had enough motivation to spend time talking to these people about working in helping professions. It seems that this lack of par ticipation is indicative of the abysmal apathy of students who supposedly are interested in working with people. It seems hard to believe that all the people in human service majors know enough about the field that they need no further insight. Sure, one can plead mid-terms or that it was too nice out or too many other things were happening. However, the human services, unlike other professions requires more than acquiring academic knowledge it involves commitment and reaching out. Students claim that they want to improve social conditions and help people. Yet, they don’t even bother to help themselves. permeated with a sickly sweet odor, and loud disco, rock and jazz music blared from various rooms. The couple stopped in front of a door which was painted in* bright shades of lavendar and pink. Although it was difficult to see, Pat swore to herself that the painting was of a mass of nude men piled onto some sort of hairy coUch. Dick sniffed, and said,“Now, isn’t that nice? I wonder what kind of incense that is? ” “Are you insane? Dick, that’s not incense. It’s marijuana! Don’t you know anything?” the exasperated woman yelled. “Horrors! You mean like that stuff Jerry and Betty’s kids smoke?” But at that moment the door opened and, amidst a cloud of smoke, there emerged a handsome youth in.somewhat outlandish costume. “Hoo, dad! What de we have here?” the young man lisped, u “How doooo you do? I’m Kenny.” * Dick shook the hand that was offered him, and, violently pumping it, said, “Ah, hello there, young man.” “Hey, easy, man! Be gentle with me, please! ” “Oh, pardon me, please pardon me,” Dick apologized. “Dick, that word. Anything but that word—” Pat whispered furiously. “Hey, you two look real familiar-like. Ain’t you on'i* ‘Holly wood Squares,’or somethin’? ” “Uh, say, were you drafted?” Pat asked quickly. “Yeah, man, ‘smatter of fact I was. whatta bummer. I had to live in Canada for three years, too! ! ’ "Then you wouldn’t know us. . .” Dick threw his wife a quizzical look, then said, “What’s it like living here? Perhaps you can give us a few pointers on life 'Jjg. in the Big Apricot.” ' ! “Hey, hey, you’re one funny guy! I swear I seen you on TV,”: Kenny chuckled. “But it’s cool livin’ here. Lotsa cool people,! lotsapartyin’, ya know.” “Oh, we love parties;don’t we, dear?” Dick said giving Pat; a slight hudge. - “Dick, please, let’s just leave. To hell with Tricia and Julie : and the kids. I want to go back to California, now!!” The %■ woman’s face was twisted in a mixture of frustration bor dering on complete desperation. ■ “Now, dear,” Dick soothed. “She’s still upset over the move back East,” he explained to the youth. ■ -‘'‘Jet lag’s rough, man. She can crash here if she wants,” Kenny offered. “Uh, what? No, no, we came in on a 747,”. Dick said as he tried to comfort his hysterical wife. “Hey, be cool, lady. You’ll really like it here, no kiddin’: It’s fun to stay at the YMCA! ” and with this announcement Kenny gyrated his slender hips and gave Dick a final bump and a wink. “Ah, I see. Say, my wife was a little concerned with the insect situation here. You know, cockroaches and the like,” Dick said to the wild-eyed youth. “Roaches? Hell, no, they all left months ago! ” and with that Kenny burst into gales of girlish laughter. “Great, great!” Dick exclaimed. “Pat, did you hear that? He said —” but as he turned around to speak to his wife, he found himself looking into thin air. She had fainted dead away. P.J. Platz is an eighth-term classics major and assistant arts editor for The Daily Collegian. , Tim Feist llth-social welfare Patti Scheimer 12th-social welfare Sept. 27 IS6NS6 CHILp,,, cmv&m POSITION OF Nce/rme church . ’ > Face the music With this season’s coming of Pure Prarie League and Chuck Mangione, the University Concert Committee has answered many of its critics. Yet many r students, still' express dissatisfactionovertheentertainment brought to Happy Valley. A common complaint is the big-name bands that play Philadelphia and Pittsburgh rarely pass through Happy Valley, even though metropolitan ticket prices frequently do. By the same token, the UCC is strapped by a location far from the maddening concert tour routes, very limited on-campus facilities and the seeming unpredictable music tastes of University students. On Tuesday, Oct. 16, The Daily Collegian will focus its weekly Op-ed page on the topic of on-campus concerts. If you have any gripes concerning past performances or requests for future acts, please write to the Daily Collegian Editorial Editor, 126 Carnegie (across from Willard). .Collegian Friday, Oct. 12, 1979-Page2 Pete Barnes Marjie Schlessinger Editor Business Manager © 1979 Collegian Inc. m, ' »': v ' ; - &*;%s" "'*'" •-■ ' 1 Uf> , *»* . *v.» jr juggling jump kins < Liz Hand J.H* v government officials said the two leaders will discuss, are: energy, particularly the future of the Alaska natural gas pipeline, the apparently bottomless U.S. appetite for Canadian oil and gas supplies, and the future route of a west-to-east oil pipline, which might go wholly or partially through Canada. maritime boundaries and fishery issues: probably the most difficult of the outstanding matters, the issue involves East Coast fishing boundaries, and a treaty which is before the U.S. Senate, but which has not yet been ratified. 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The program is designed to give students a discount on products pur chased in local stores, and merchants each invested $295 to be listed on the card. - In fact, most merchants surveyed by The Daily Collegian said the BPC Has been a waste of money and that they are bitter toward Key to the Town, the New York-based company that organized the program. Key to the Town is involved with arranging similar plans on college campuses around the country. “I’ve seen about two cards so far,” George Ward, owner of the Music Mart, 224 E. College Ave., said. “It turned out that Key to the Town asked us to throw $295 down the drain.” - . Randy Moore, owner of The Bicycle Shop, 441 W. College Ave., said Key to the Town broke the verbal promises it , made to him and refuses to do anything now. He said the only business the card has brought him has been abnormally expensive repair for people who really needed the 10 percent discount. ■ When the merchants signed the contracts, Key to the Town promised the cards would be printed and distributed to the students, faculty and staff during Spring Term 1979 registration. Students were to receive them in the registration packets. Faculty and. staff were to get them in their mailboxes on campus. The cards were misprinted when they arrived last spring and had to be sent back to the printer. The cards were then to be distributed during registration this term. USG began to distribute the cards in mid-September and since that time, have given away about half of the 40,000 cards printed. USG has reneged so far on its promise to the merchants to advertise the card. In a letter to the participating businesses dated December 6, 1978, former USG president Dave Haberle guaranteed the .7-'* Syprr+tT: —.• card and its discount offers would be advertised in The Daily Collegian, 'on WDFM radio and through flyers on bulletin boards throughout campus, once distribution started. So far, the card has not been publicized in any manner. Vicki Sandoe, USG vice president, said she was not familiar with the BPC program and did not know of any of the promises made by the Haberle ad ministration. Sandoe said the project had been a secret between Haberle, former USG Vice President Tony Cortese and former treasurer Rod Pryor during the original planning. When the corrected cards did not arrive until September, nobody in USG knew exactly what to do with them because Haberle, Cortese and Pryor had all graduated, she said. About half of the 40,000 cards have been distributed. Sandoe said USG would begin passing them out to faculty and staff members this week and has been giving them out in the USG office and at the voter registration table in the HUB ground floor, Sandoe said. Richard Owen, general manager for Key to the Town, said his company is not at fault for the confusion about the card. He said Key to the Town was responsible only for the organizing and printing of the cards. After delivery, USG was responsible for on-campus distribution, hesaid. Some merchants complained that the representative from Key to the Town pressured them into buying the • BPC card by telling them if they did not join the program, their competition would. Bob Steinbach, co-owner of the HOMECOMING CONCERT featuring ■ THE PENN STATE GLEE CLUB and THE WEST POINT GLEE CLUB Saturday, October 13,1979 7:30 pm Eisenhower Auditorium Admission Free R-022 OUR APPRECIATION TO THE MEN ALL SIZES ALL AGES $24" REGULAR $45.00 . . AND THERE'S MORE . . Selected Groups of over 400 pairs of Slip-On's and boots by such famous makers as Jarman, Nunn-Bush, Stacey Adams. If you demand the best in quality and styling you'll do well to take advantage of this sale and purchase several pairs at these Anniversary slashed prices! Vseoesx Illustration by Belay Valentina Bumblebee, 214 E. Beaver Ave., said, “They came in with their idea and told us that if we didn’t like it, we weren’t the only clothing store in town,” he said. “Companies like Key to the Town are parasitic, they have no product to sell. They just play middleman and create a market for themselves.” Owen said the merchants can blame themselves if they don’t like what has, happened. “The students are a captive audience and the merchants use that to their advantage,” Owen said. “It was their own greed that sent them into the program in the first place.” The only business surveyed that was not unhappy with the BPC was Kirk’s Apparel at the Nittany Mall. Manager Larry Rockey said he thought the tur nout from the card was low because students did not come to the mall that often. 1 Moore said the program cost him more than the $295 he invested to join. He said he purchased a larger inventory of parts and supplies in anticipation, of the higher volume of business. He now has too much inventory to meet the demand. “The Buying Power Card could have been good for everybody,” he said. “It would have meant lower prices for students and a higher volume for the merchants.” Frank Cianfrani, owner of New Morning Health Foods, 338 W. College Ave., said he felt he had been deceived. “I think I’ve been taken advantage of,” he said. “But I also think that some of it was my own fault.” FOUNDERS DAY BY JARMAN — s l9’ 7 —*24” values to $55.00 Limited time only 143 S. Allen State College S SHOE ANZA BLACK BROWN Be Fashionable! Be Thrifty! Be Here!