$55 per term
increase OK'd
Room and board rates up
By CINDY COX
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
A $55 per term room and board in
crease for next year was approved by
the University Board of Trustees
SiNaturday at the Capitol Campus in
Middletown.
The 9.9 percent increase is the highest
since 1975-76, when room and board
increased 12 percent. The cost increase
breaks down into a $l6 room increase, a
$36 board increase and an additional $3
*Residential Life counseling fee.
The $55 per term increase'will affect
all types of rooms, except for some
graduate housing and temporary space.
The cost for graduate students with a
room only will increase less than $55 per
term. Temporary space will cost $6O
* pore per term.
"Temporary space fees were raised
for the purpose of discouraging students
to remain in temporary space. Students
become acclimated to temporary space
and don't want to move," said Robert A.
Patterson, senior vice president for
finance and operations.
'w The trustees approved the increase
with no discussion almost two weeks
after students submitted dorm con
tracts. University Provost Edward D.
Eddy said the increase wa's inevitable
because of inflation.
"All avenues had been explored to
"keep costs low," hesaid. "It was a
matter .of how much we would raise
costs, not whether or not we would."
According to the trustee docket, the
9.9 percent increase in room and board is
less than the estimated 12 percent in
crease.L in consumer prices for 1980. Since
. 1 '1974, room and hoard have increased
cumulatively by 54.7 percent. Consumer
prices have increased 86.7 percent in the
same period.
Students were not officially informed
of the possibility of an increase until
Professor denies
By KATHY HOKE
Daily Collegian Staff Write►
i 4 A University sociologist has denied
charge's' made in a recent Harrisburg
Patriot editorial that his research
project promoted nuclear power and
was `.`sheer unadulterated propaganda,"
Frank 'assbeiate TYrOfeSS'or
of sociology, said the editorial contained
some serious fact errors and Misin
ttrpreta Lim:. Clemente was not named
in the Patriot's Friday lead editorial
entitled "Nn!te propaganda; Penn State
grinds it out,"
The editorial appeared just prior to the
University Board of Trustees meeting
this weekend at Capitol Campus in
liddletown. The campus is located near
the Three Mile Island nuclear plant,
which will celebrate the anniversary of
its nuclear accident Friday.
In his research ; Clemente surveyed
community leaders from MO non
metropolitan areas east of the
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Passing the torch
Lady Lion Ann Carr, two-time Eastern regional all-around champion, em
braces the 1980 winner, teammate Macry Levine, after the EAIAW cham
pionship meet Friday night at Rec Hall. Placing second, Carr missed an un
precedented third all-around title by 0.10 point.
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afterit was confirmed by trustees.
"There was no attempt of con
cealment," Eddy said. "Every March
meeting, the board considersroom and
board increases."
Student trustee Dave Hickton said
his primary concern is that room and
board increases should reflect the
economy.
"My big concern with student costs
is more pointed towards tuition," he
said. "We can't expect the University to
have no room and hcard increase with
inflation at 20 percent."
Undergraduate Student Government
President Hal Shaffer said he was
disappointed that there was no
discussion on the issue of room and
board rates.
"I'm not passing any :judgment on
whether or not it was necessary, but we
should have had some discussion and
dialogue on the issue," he said.
In other business, Delbert
McQuaide, University legal counselor,
informed the trustees that the Univer
sity would appeal any decision by
University Police. Services officers to
unionize under Act 111, which requires
binding arbitration in wage disputes.
The trustees also postponed a motion
to install a fountain and reflecting pool
at J. Orvis Keller Conference Center
until their May meeting. The motion was
postponed after the trustees questioned
how the fountain would be funded.
Preliminary plans for an addition to
the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
were approved by the trustees. The $lO
million addition will be funded by a
federal grant and funds generated by the
Medical Center.
An ad hoc committee was appointed
by trustee President Quentin E. Wood to
study the organization and operation of
the board's educational policy and
finance and physical plant committees.
Mississippi River to find out how power
plants affect local communities and how
the people living near the plants feel
about them. The survey began in the fall
of 1978 and was funded by a Rockefeller
Foundation grant.
A University press release issued last
week summarized Clemente's findings:
"Contrary to widespread opinion,
most people living near large electric
power plants including nuclear
never protested them, view them as
'vastly beneficial' and, given a second
chance, still would permit them to be
built."
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The Patriot claimed the research was
unscientific and partial since it surveyed
only community leadef's who, it said,
would be the most likely to support
power projects. The paper also said this
methodology could not find out the views
of "most people."
Clemente said community leaders
were surveyed becausethey are the most
knowledgeable about subjects such as
school enrollments or crime rates. He
said interviewing community leaders is
a common practice in" social science
research.
The Patriot also criticized the project
Refrigerator fire damages apartment kitchen
By M. JOSEPH SILLUP Sherman (9th-broadcast journalism), a
and P. STEVEN SUNYAK resident of the apartment, said.
Daily Collegian Staff Writers The wall in back of the refrigerator
No one was injured in an electrical fire was scorched to the ceiling before the
which last night caused an estimated fire was put out by a neighbor sum
s2oo to $5OO damage to an apartment moned by Sherman and her roommates.
kitchen above the Music Mart, 222 E. Although Alpha firemen arrived
College Ave. quickly, the fire had been already ex-
The fire started when a refrigerator tinguished by the neighbor, Mike Card
apparently short-circuited and s (7th-secondary education), who said he
overheated, causing about 4 feet of thick used two standard-sized fire • ex
smoke to cover the kitchen, Sally tinguishers to put out the fire.
Carter expected to win in Conn.
From our wire services
President Carter, the stay-at-home candidate, and
Ronald Reagan, the Republican front-runner, are
acknowledged leaders on the eve of Connecticut's first
state-run presidential primary election tomorrow.
Primary voters in Connecticut will select 54 con
vention delegates.
Supporters of Carter and Sen. Edward Kennedy
agreed the president is leading in the Democratic race
in the state which only months ago was considered a
Kennedy stronghold.
An independent University of Connecticut survey of
605 Democrats backed the experts, finding the
president ahead by about a 2-to-I margin.
There are four candidates on the Democratic ballot,
but only Carter and Kennedy had serious campaigns.
On the GOP side, a tight race had been expected until
Reagan swamped his opponents in Illinois last week.
After that; state experts began talking of the former
California governor's momentum and tabbed him the
front-runner.
George Bush, who was born in Massachusetts and
reared in Connecticut, spent six straight days cam
paigning in the state and planned a major policy
statement at Yale University Monday the day before
the voting.
But Reagan backers labeled the contest, "Bush's last
stand."
Meanwhile, Kennedy worked yesterday to overcome
his underdog image in • New York's delegate-rich
presidential primary this week.
At stake in the New York primary tomorrow are 282
delegates to the Democratic National Convention in
New York next August.
A public opinion poll conducted by the Social Science
Research Center at the University of Connecticut,
released Saturday, said that 45 percent of Democratic
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for not surveying any nuclear plants in
Pennsylvania in light of last year's
Three Mile Island nuclear accident.
Clemente said . the power plants were
chosen randomly before the TMI in
cident and included more coal,
hydroelectric and oil power plants .than
nuclear.
"It was in no way an attempt to
promote nuclear power," he said. "It
was an attempt to assess how power
plants affect local communities."
In a less detailed re-survey two
months after the TMI accident,
Clemente found that overall support for
voters and 42 percent of Republicans were undecided
which way they will vote Tuesday.
Kennedy said yesterday he is helping the Democratic
party, not hurting it, by continuing his challenge of
President Carter despite losses in most of the balloting
so far.
The Massachusetts senator, who so far has won only
two primary and caucus contests compared with
President Carter's 18 election triumphs, again attacked
Carter's handling of economic, energy and foreign
issues.
Kennedy said his challenge to President has
energized the party and brought renewed interest and
new people into the political arena.
"It is my view that dialogue and discussion of the
issues are the best thing for the party," and better for
the political system than "pretending they (differences
on policy) don't exist," he said in an appearance on
NBC's "Meet the Press."
He said he is "not comfortable both chemically and
viscerally" with the idea of a passive campaign, and
therefore will remain an active candidate and cam
paigner.
He noted only one-third of the national convention
delegates have been selected so far, and said the
electorate has proved to be highly volatile in this
election year.
Kennedy said he would not withdraw from the race
even if Democratic Party leaders asked him to.
Meanwhile, a Gallup poll done for Newsweek
magazine said Carter and Reagan were running about
neck and neck in voters' eyes if they are the major
party nominees. Forty-five percent of those questioned
leaned toward Carter and 44 percent toward Reagan in
the poll, which has a margin of error of 4 percent either
way.
The poll showed almost an even split between
nuclear power plants had eroded only
slightly.
"There was no reason to survey Three
Mile Island data because that in
formation was not relevant to our study
since the community was not surveyed
before the accident."
The editorial also contended that the
research was biased since it was funded
by the Rockefeller Foundation. Nelson
Rockefeller, the editorial said, "was
instrumental in establishing the nuclear
fuel reprocessing plant at West Valley, a
radioactive leaking disaster somebody
is going to have to pay an estimated $1
billion to clean up. . . ."
Clemente said no researcher would
accept money to conduct research to
promote a specific finding. The
Rockefeller Foundation does not place
requirements on how studies are to be
conducted when it grants research
funds, he said.
"Essentially, it was a legitimate
Alpha Fire Co. Chief C. Marvin
Robinson said the company received the
call at 10:31 p.m. and was on the scene
with four trucks within five minutes.
Although all the equipment was not
necessary, firemen said they were
concerned because the apartment locale
is considered a "high-life" area because
of its high population density.
Firemen left the scene at about 10:55
p.m., but Card, after helping remove the
damaged refrigerator to a fire escape
Published by Students of The Pennsylvania State University
scientific research project attacked for
what I believe are spurious reasons," he
said.
The editorial editor of the Patriot
could not be reached for commeni.
Arthur V. Ciervo, director of
University public information, said -the
editorial's labeling of the research as
propaganda was "ridiculous."
"If we would not send out press
releases on research, we would be ac
cused of censorship," Ciervo said.
University Provost Edward D. Eddy
said Saturday that the editorial
questions freedom of research.
"You may disagree with findings of a
research effort, but I don't think that is
grounds for questioning its value or
honesty," Eddy said. "The Patriot
obviously has a responsibility to express
its opinion freely, and the University has
a responsibility to conduct research in
freedom."
for safety reasons, said the refrigerator
started burning again, 15 minutes after
the firemen left.
Building manager Jim Pass said
damage would be about $5OO. Robinson
estimated damage at $2OO.
Sherman said she and her roommates,
Diane Ranker (9th-art), Ann Daghir
(9th-speech pathology and audiology
and Laurie Heiken (6th-business ad
ministration) planned to spend the night
with neighbors in the building.
President Carter and Ronald Reagan both voter
preference and in ability to handle the economy and
foreign affairs.
The poll showed 45 percent - of the respondents said
they were likely or fairly likely to vote for Carter. hilc
44 supported or leaned toward Reagan.
Carter's ability to handle the economy also got a
positive response from 45 percent, to Reagan's 53
percent, and on foreign affairs Carter had the con
fidence of 46 percent to Reagan's 41 percent.
Almost half 48 percent -- of the respondents said
the primaries are not a good way of determining the
best nominees while 40 percent hacked the primaries
and 12 percent had no opinion.
Concerning the deportation of the deposed shah of
Iran from Panama to Egypt, Rep. .John Anderson said
yesterday the move might hurt the peace talks between
Egypt and Israel.
The Illinois congressmen, campaigning for the April 1
Wisconsin Republican primary, said Egyptian
President Anwar Sadat could "be accused of acceding
to imperialistic demands placed on him by the United
States" by accepting the shah in his country.
No warmth for us
Today will be cloudy with rain. possibly mixed with
snow in the beginning, starting by mid-morning and
continuing through this evening. The high will be 39.
Although you may have thought it was spring, the rain
will once again change to snow late this evening,
perhaps giving us an inch before tapering to flurries
tomorrow. Tonight's low will be 29 and the high
tomorrow will be a dismal 34.
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