-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.
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outside of a piece of bread, while keeping
the inside cold.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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U.S.-Canadian problems subject of Carter visit
(UPI) President Carter will make .his
Hirst official visit to Canada next month to discuss energy,
fishery and pollution issues which have ruffled neighborly
relations between the two countries, it was announced
yesterday. ■
Carter and his wife Rosalynn accepted an invitation by
Prime Minister Joe Clark to visit Ottawa Nov. 9 and 10, the
(l |i)fhite House said.
Carter will be accompanied by a party of senior officials and
will address a joint session of Parliament.
The major, issues troubling U.S.-Canada relations, which
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Consumer card failed, merchants say
By JEFF DOMENICK
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
The Buying Power Card has been a
failure, say local merchants par
ticipating in the Undergraduate Student
' Government-sponsored consumer plan.
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
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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
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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.”
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