.Dying life forms
threaten mankind
RyIRISNAAR
x)aily Collegian Staff Writer
Mankind is in severe danger due to the
extinction of nonhuman life forms, said a
representative from Greenpeace last
night, as the second day of Eco-Action’s
Earth Day ’BO came to a close.
Greenpeace is an international
Organization “dedicated to preserving
the ecological balance of Earth,” said
Randy Ment, project coordinator for
Greenpeace of New. England, which
includes Pennsylvania in its area.
“We’re concerned with the long term
liability of life on the planet,” he
f aid.“We’re trying to make the
ollective consciousness of man realize
that everyone’s well-being is determined
by .the well-being of all animals and
plants.”
Ment said that Greenpeace concerns
itself with such issues as nuclear
weapons, offshore oil development,
feabitat degradation and the resulting
extinction of species, and the basic in
tegrity of the marine environment
particularly the whales and seals.
Greenpeace was founded in 1970, when
the world was beginning to realize the
danger the environment was suffering,
►Ment said. Positive efforts to save the
environment were made, such as the
Police praise Phi Psi committee
By MICHAEL FLACH
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
The future of the annual Phi Psi 500
race as a permanent spring ritual in
Happy Valley appears secure.
State College Police Chief Elwood
G. Williams had nothing but praise
for the way this .year’s race. was
handled especially the job done by
the race’s organizing committee and
student marshals.
9 Williams said he was very pleased
with the cooperation and hard work of
the Phi Psi committee, especially
race chairman Bill Santel and Phi Psi
member Alex Bell.
“There were no reported incidents
of vandalism and the clean-up af
terwards was excellent,” Williams
said.
Considerable amounts of van
dalism and discarded debris were
two of the main criticisms directed
toward last year’s race. This year the
Phi Psi organizing committee and
State College police worked together
in hopes of correcting these
problems.
Williams said the only changes he
would make for next year’s race were
minor things and nothing that
would reflect on the activity itself.
“We could do a few things to make
the race run smoother, maybe make
a few adjustments along the race
route, especially with traffic con
trol.”
The amount of traffic backed up
along Beaver Avenue (sometimes
extending from Pugh Street all the
way to Atherton Street) was perhaps
the biggest problem for police this
year.
State College Municipal Council
member Joseph Wakeley, Jr., who
had earlier expressed his opposition
Shaffer veto last act as president
By LORRAINE CAPRA
Dai(J.y Collegian Staff Writer
In his last official act as Un
dergraduate Student Government
president,, Hal Shaffer vetoed a bill
concerning the appointment of the USG
business manager.
Before last night’s inaguration of
President Joe Healey, Shaffer vetoed a
bill that would have given USG
executives and senators the power to
make the business manager ap
pointment with senate approval.
The senate worked on the bill for a
month, which also defines the duties of
business department of USG.
Last week, the senate decided that the
business manager would be appointed
by Shaffer, former USG vice president
Vicki Sandoe, Healey, Vice President
Andy Weintrauh, and five senators the
senate-president, appropriations
Aairman and three senators-at-large.
The appointment would then be ratified
by the entire senate.
Shaffer had said he disagreed with the
appointment section because it took
away checks and balances in the
executive and senate branches of USG.
“tyou have those five senators ap
pointing and ratifying and there’s no
checks and balances,” he said. “The
executives should appoint and the senate
W 2Q2 PATTER
In his inagural address, Healey said he
will strive to eliminate dissension within
USG and between USG and other
organizations.
“I want to make USG a place for all
students. Next year there will be a true
sense of caring in the USG office,”
Healey said.
A number of USG members received
awards last night, but the most
revealing acceptance speech was given
by Jim Morrison, who received
recognition for his work with University
administrators and the Pennsylvania
State Association for State Related
Universities.
“When you go to administrators and
say you represent the students, your
credibility is shot - they know how many
people give a damn about USG,” he said.
Morrison said USG members should
present themselves as individuals to
administrators when working for
student issues. “You would be surprised
at how far that will get you,” he said.
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establishment of the Environmental
Protection Agency, clean air and water
standards and the Endangered Species
Act.
“But in the past few years, as the
economy declines, we’ve seen a
backlash against the environmentalists,
and a backlash against the gains we’ve
won,” he said.
Greenpeace has especially been in
volved in the campaign to stop the
harpooning of whales. Last night, Ment
showed a film that outlined Green
peace’s effort to halt the killing of the
marine creatures.
Since the 19205, more than two million
whales have been killed, and five out of
10 species of whales are endangered,
Ment said.
“It’s important to take action now,
because extinct, be it whales or
mankind, is forever,” he said.
Ment stressed the involvement of
individuals in Greenpeace’s campaigns.
“It’s only by changing the course of
human events that we will continue to
live on this earth,” he said.
“In a very, very profound sense, a
flower is your brother. And the earth is
not something we inherit from our an
cestors. It’s something we borrow from
our descendants,” Ment said.
daily
Fraternity
1. Jim Colton Tau Kappa Epsilon 6:30
2. Duke Snyder Beta Theta Pi 7:04
,3. John Anderson . Beta Theta Pi 7:08
Independent
1. 6:45
Tom Gessell
2. Daron Shepard 6:57
Masters
1. Charles Strauss 6:46
2. Tod Jeffers 8:12
3. Dennis Gildea 8:14
Women
1. Bonnie Barton 8:38
2. Becky Hanna 8:54
3. Jan Wallace 9:28
Team
1. Beta Theta Pi 36:31
2. Noll Labs 36:33
3. Athletic Attic 40:06
Community Relay
1. Penn State Veterans Club, Team #2
2. The Phyrst, Inc.
3. Penn State Veterans Club, Team #1
to the Phi Psi activity, said he could
see no real disturbances this year and
was generally pleased with the the
student marshals.
“They (the student marshals)
blended well with the crowd and
helped the police handle the situation
well. It was under control,” Wakeley
said.
Wakeley’s only objection con
cerned the number of persons he saw
should have final approval.”
The senate had voted to exclude the
five senators from voting for the
ratification, but Shaffer said he did not
think the senators should be involved in
the appointment decision at all.
The new senate must now resolve the
problem.
Phi Psi Results
sitting on top of apartment and
fraternity roofs.
“There was no real rowdiness this
year,” Wakeley said, “but the
number of students watching the race
from the tops of roofs is a potential
hazard —that is my only objection.”
Wakeley said he would have to see
the police chief’s report before he
formed his opinion on next year’s
race.
Chutes away!
Improvisational dancers got help from other students as they performed a parachute maneuver at Earth Day yesterday on the HUB Lawn
Canoe Races
1, Pi Kappa Alpha
‘2. Alpha Tau Omega
3. Lambda Chi Alpha
Sorority
1. Alpha Sigma Alpha
2. Kappa Kappa Gamma
3. Pi Beta Phi
Enthusiasm Award
1 . Kappa Alpha theta They raised 5 1 900. 1 7.
2. Phi Mu
3. Alpha Sigma Alpha
Anything Goes
1. Pieces of chocolate cake saying
“Eat it Iran”
2. Case of Rolling Rock cans
3. French Ticklers
Sorority Relay
1. Delta Gamma 6:49
2. Pi Beta Phi 7:01
3. Alpha Sigma Alpha 7:25
Illustration bv Delia Hoke
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Supreme Court, swears in Joe Healey as the new USG president last night.
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Mother visits hostage for 45 minutes
jKrom our wire services
A Wisconsin' housewife held an af
fectionate reunion with her hostage son
yesterday and said the 45-minute, hand
holding session convinced her that the
young marine was a better person for his
six-month captivity.
Meanwhile, the Kyodo News Service
said in Tokyo that Iran slapped an
embargo on oil shipments to Japan
yesterday, because of 'Tokyo's refusal to
accept, a $2.50 increase in the price of
Iranian crude.
The lost imports, about 530,000 barrels
daily or 10 percent of Japan’s oil supply,
sent Japanese importers scrambling for
alternate suppliers.
In Washington, President Carter said
he does not know “how much longer we
can sit here” while the American
hostages are held captive in Tehran and
the political situation in Iran
deteriorates.
And in Luxembourg, Common Market
foreign ministers are ready to recom
mend stopping imports of Iranian oil,
Dangerous if taken with alcohol
Quaaludes could
By TOM BOYER
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
Illegally produced pills being sold locally as Quaaludes may
contain diazepan, also known as Valium, in varying and
perhaps dangerous concentrations, according to On Drugs,
Inc.
Laboratory analysis of three pills marked “Lemmon 714”
taken from the area has shown the presence of diazepan in
quantities of between 60 and 300 milligrams per tablet, Grace
O’Toole, one of the hotline operators for On Drugs, said.
The standard dosage of Valium given by prescription is 10
milligrams every four hours, O’Toole said.
While death from an overdose from diazepan alone is
unlikely, diazepan can be dangerous when used with alcohol,
she said. The combination can induce deep sedation, seizures
and coma.
Photo by Janls Burger
drastically reducing diplomatic contacts
and banning arms sales to Iran,
diplomatic sources said.
“There was a lot of touching but no
tears,” Barbara Timm said of her
meeting with her son, Sgt. Kevin Her
mening, a marine guard at' the U.S.
Embassy in Tehran. .
“I kept telling him how strong he was
and he kept telling me how strong I
was,” the Oak Creek housewifesaid. '
“One thing he assured me was that he
had become a better person and a strong
person.”
She said Hermening, 20, one of the 50
Americans held for the 170th day by
Moslem militants at the occupied U.S.
Embassy, was “strong and in excellent
physical condition.”
They met in a room with a couch and a
long wooden table. During their talk
several students remained “but they
never once interrupted us,” she said.
“I think I achieved a minor miracle
today.
“He never lost faith. He has a deeper
Candidates wind up
primary campaigns
PHILADELPHIA (AP) Sen.
Edward M. Kennedy urged Penn
sylvania Democrats yesterday to
make their primary ballots read “no
more Jimmy Carter.” But Vice
President Walter F. Mondale asked
them to support a president “who will
continue to deliver.”
Republican Ronald Reagan said if
he were in George Bush’s shoes, he
would “give serious thought” to
quitting the presidential campaign.
But Bush said he won't, regardless of
the outcome in today’s preference
balloting, and thinks “the indications
are all encouraging” that he will
upset the former California governor.
The preference vote is not the one
that counts in the Republican
primary. The 83 nominating
delegates are elected separately, 77
of them in the primary election.
Reagan said he was confident a
majority of the Pennsylvania
delegation would be for him.
All three candidates, plus Mondale,
Carter’s stand-in, spent election eve
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contain Valium
‘ ‘Any kind of depressant can have that kind of effect because
your liver can only metabolize one drug at a time,” O’Toole
said.
She said the On Drugs office has received reports of
blackouts, muscle rigidity, bad hangovers, and minor
paralysis from persons who used the pills.
O’Toole said there is no way to tell the difference between
prescription drugs and drugs made in underground
laboratories until they are analyzed. Bootleg drugs often
contain impurities that can cause bad reactions to the drug.
Last week, it was thought the Quaaludes may have con
tained Phencyclidine commonly known as PCP which is
used as an animal tranquilizer. Tests of similar pills taken
from Ohio and California have shown the presence of PCP, but
O’Toole said it was unlikely they were sold in State College.
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religious feeling,” said Mrs. Timm, a
Roman Catholic.
“We never quit holding hands it was
as if we had a permanent attachment to
one another.
“We never discussed the other
hostages nor did I see them.”
She spent six hours in the embassy
buildings “talking, talking and talking”
and then the students gave her dinner.
Her /husband, Kenneth Timm, who ac
companied his wife to the embassy, was
not permitted to see Kevin.
Warmer still
Our summer-like weather is good for
at least two more days as we enjoy
sunny skies and warm temperatures
today and tomorrow. However, there is
the chance for a late afternoon or
evening thundershower tomorrow
evening. Today’s high will be 71, the low
tonight will be 50 and the high tomorrow
will surge to 80.
in final quest of votes in a primary
that could shape the tickets of both
parties.
At the White House, press
secretary Jody Powell called the
election “a pretty tight and tough
race.” He called it a choice between a
president “who has sought con
sistently to reduce large deficits,”
and a senator “whose enlistment in
the anti-inflation fight is a little bit
late to say the least.”
Kennedy, said Powell, has changed
his position on defense spending and
other issues and “I have a hard time
figuring out just which one we are
running against.”
While Kennedy insisted that defeat
would not lead him to drop his
challenge to Carter, his strategists
acknowledged that he’d have to win
to hold a mathematical chance of
overtaking the president’s lopsided
lead in delegate strength.
The Democratic primary is for 185
nominating votes, apportioned on the
basis of the popular vote.
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