Editorial opinion
Ongoing battle for Laurel Glen refunds prove need for stronger laws to protect tenants from security deposit loss
Saturday, Oct. 25, is a very impor
tant date for former tenants of
Laurel Glen Apartments.
Oct. 25 is the deadline for filing
claims with thp federal bankruptcy
court in Harrisburg to recover lost
security deposits.
Returned security deposits seem
to be a rarities at these bankrupt
ridden complexes. Laurel Glen Inc.,
under the auspices of Stanley
Melnick of the U.S. Management
Corp. in Atlanta, declared bankrupt
cy in June, 1976, to reorganize its
finances. Because of the bankrupt
cy, Laurel Glen Inc. claimed it could
not pay many of its bills, including
security deposits.
After hearing years of testimony,
Judge Thomas Wood ruled in May to
transfer the property to the two mor-
Dinosaurs, peanut oil
part of Ronnie's plan
Ky MARK FRITZ
Graduate-theatre and 'filni
Interviewer: We are honored to have
with us in our studio today Freda Fable
v , ,tho is Ronald Reagan's new campaign
media mediator. Her job is to translate
the often, questionable verbal utterings
of the presidential hopeful into
something the media can call policy
statements. It is not an easy job.
:Freda Fable has the perfect
background for the position. She started
out pointing out appliances on "The
Price Is Right," then rose quickly to
become the host of her own pseudo
jOurnalistic hit series "That's Not Just
Incredible; It's Ridiculous.l'
• Freda Fable has the vivacious per
sonality of Goldie Hawn and the same
probing mind. She is the recent winner of
the 1980 Ms. Information pageant.
In the talent competition she sang the
national anthem backwards and out of
both sides of her mouth. Freda is also the
author of the bestseller, "Nixon and
Hitler: Two Misunderstood Leaders."
Ms. Fable is here to clear up some of
the Ms.-conceptions about Gov..
lipagan's verbal utterings.
lgierviewer: Freda, let's talk about
energy first. Frankly from the remarks I
lve heard Reagan make, I do not think
I*:believes there really is an energy pro
blem. Freda, you have been working
closely with him, what do you say about
that?
Fable: Yes, well I have been working
Very, very closely with Ron, and believe
rOie that man has no energy shortage.
The people who say he is too old just
liciVe not gotten close enough to him to
judge. And he does not dye his hair
either.
liqerviewer: No, no. When I said
ebergy, I was referring to the gas
prOblem.
Fable: Oh well, he takes Di-gel; that's
all ; gone now.
Interviewer: No, no Freda. I am talking
about the world oil shortage.
Fable: Oh that. Ronnie says that is all
irlalarky. He says Carter is just trying to
drive up the price of peanut oil.
Interviewer: Now wait a minute, Freda.
grp you telling me that Ronald Reagan,
a:candidate for President of the United
States, does not know the difference bet
ween peanut oil and petroleum?
Fable: Oops. I am sorry, let me
rephrase that to make my real meaning
more precise. What I meant to say was
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tgagees, Home Savings Bank of
Upstate New York and Rochester
Savings Bank.
Phase I and II are now owned by
Rochester Savings under the
management of Property Manage
ment Inc. Phase 111 is the property
of Home Savings Bank and managed
by RAH Management Corporation of
Philadelphia. .
Laurel Glen trustee John H.
Rhodes said security deposits with
leases submitted after Feb. 5, 1980,
will be 'accounted for and returned.
But how many students have not had
their security deposits returned
since 1976 when Laurel Glen
developer Bert Rudy allegedly
drained $90,000 from the escrow
account?
No one really knoils.
that Ronnie says it is all Carter's fault,
unquote.
Interviewer: Yes, but isn't it an
undeniable fact that oil wells all over the
world have run dry and ceased
pumping?
Fable: Well, Ronnie is no quitter in
politics or in oil. He says we have just got
to keep drilling deeper. You see, he says
all the oil has just got to keep drilling
deeper.
You see, he says all the Oil has just
been sinking deeper and deeper down in
to the earth, almost to China the com
mie one.
That is why we have got to support the
real China the one on that little island
in their struggle against the oil-greedy
communists. And that is why it is just a
matter of giving the good old American
oil millionaires more tax cuts so they
can buy longer drills.
Interviewer: Yes, but even if we do find
a few more oil deposits, it cannot last
forever. Oil is a non-renewable resource,
you know.
Fable: No, you are wrong there. Ronnie
says oil supplies are being replenished
everyday; wego ca
I am telling tit . .
sionary. The aniWer tire p rns, g
problem came t 6 Ronnie - inarailj - bl in
sight after watching an old movie,-.not
one of his, of course. It was the movie
"Journey to the Center of the Earth"
a fine family film with that clean-cut
Christian boy, Pat Boone.
Well, anyway, there was one par
ticular scene that really showed Ronnie
the light. It was the scene where they
were all attacked by the prehistoric
lizards. Do you see now? Do you unders
tand why Ronnie is no longer concerned?
Well where does oil come from? From
dead dinosaurs, right?
Well Ronnie says there is still some of
them down there in the center of the
earth. There is a problem though: they
are not breeding fast enough. That is
why Ronald Reagan opposes the use of
federal funds to pay for dinosaur
abortions.
Interviewer: Thanks for talking to us
Freda Fable. Now I know why you say
Ronald Reagan is truly a visionary. I
have tried LSD and every hallucinogenic
drug there is, and I have never had vi
sions like that.
Fable: Well, you're not a Presidential
candidate Rither.
Interviewer: I rest my case
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Oil blackmail
A major conflict is being fought in the Middle East
and look who is not involved --- Israel. The Iraqi-
Iranian conflict presents another marked example of
how precarious the world energy situation is.
It still remains to be seen how far our country will go
to insure its oil supplies. However, another crucial
question is at stake: will America give in to onerous oil
politics, or' will the United States stand behind its
beliefs and friends while on the road to nuclear free
energy self sufficiency?
Israel lies in the middle of this issue because the oil
producing nations disagree with many aspects of
Israel.
• Our nation helped Israel on her struggle to statehood,
during her wars for survival and with the first peace
treaty ever between Egypt and Israel. Israel is the only
country in the Middle East that is a stable, free
democracy that fully supports the United States.
If we want to keep Israel as an ally and help her
achieve a comprehensive peace we must keep separate
Arab oil and Arab politics. When we purchase oil from
Saudi Arabia, we are not supporting Saudi government
policy, or even that government.
Israel does not have oil for sale or blackmail. It
does have occupied territory whose future status is be
ingrnegotiated with Egypt in a delicate peace process.
Tilt United States as a mediator to the negotiations
should maintain an-even-handed' pueiliViioli4y and not
s t umft"fo oil or`aiWotheroidgide
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Itshould be interesting to gee - 01011er the "swine`
countries that criticize Israel for keeping the territory
she won in war will condemn Iraq for remaining in
their newly occupied lands.
I sincerely doubt the world community will impugn
Iraq, although it is certainly clear on any map that the
West Bank is more essential for. Israel's survival and
security than Khuzistan or Shatt-al-Arab is to Iraq.
Peter Lieber, sth-history
Oct. 7
Wrong arguments
A question to Tom Ortenberg, co-chairperson of the
College Consumer Party; what was the purpose of your
article in Tuesday's issue of The Daily Collegian?
My initial thought was that I was going to learn about
the National Citizens Party and the Consumer Party
what it stood for and how it was going to implement
change in this country. Since I am not particularly
thrilled with either Carter or Reagan, I was interested
in about other alternatives. How disappointed
I was!
To quote from your article, "To the progressive
voter. . .who remains unconvinced by our arguments
to support the national Commoner-Harris ticket. . ."
The article gave absolutely no arguments to support
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Bob Karp, President of the
Organization for Town Independent
Students, said he believes most
tenants who moved out in 1980 with
leases under the old management
and a majority of residents in 1979
did not receive their deposits.
Rhodes said . bookkeeping -records
were vague. Letters to more than 400
students notifying them to make a
claim have been distributed.
How much money has been col
lected since 1976? Did Melnick
deposit all security monies in an
escrow account? Under state law,
all security deposits over $lOO must
be put in an escrow account, but
what of funds under $100? Theor
tically, a $3OO security account could
mean $2OO for the escrow account
and $lOO for general funds, or fun.
Float. I;ke A Cadillac
Shake like a Chevy
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your party, only arguments not to support the other
three candidates. There is a difference!
How can I or anyone else be expected to take politics
seriously when politicians such as yourself delve in
rhetorical bullshit. Therefore, unless you plan on
writing another article which fully describes your par
ty and platform, I simply will not even consider giving
your party my vote!
Michael G. Paczak, 16th-architectural engineering
Oct. 7
Semester switch
Since President John W. Oswald announced the pro
posal to switch the University calendar from terms to
semesters, concerned groups campus wide have been
researching the pros and cons of the change.
This change would affect every aspect of life at the
University and all groups must offer input before the
decision is made especially students.
Paper needs diversity
Different outlooks improve , news coverage
The Daily Collegian faces many
restrictions because of a lack of diversi
ty on our staff. The same could be said
for American newspapers as a whole.
Most, but I stress not all, of our staff
Members are underclassmen, white,
have never been outside the United
States and came from Pennsylvania or a
border state. Most of us are journalism
majors or another liberal arts major and
have middle-of-the-road economic
backgrounds. We do have a good balance
of men and women, and we have staff
members from different religions.
The more diverse a newspaper's staff
is, the more complete its coverage
should be. We have few people on the
staff who think or hear of problems of
minorities, graduate students, veterans,
married students or working people.
Because it is not first-nature for many of
us to think of these things, we have to
work harder to put ourselves in others'
places.
Most members of the Collegian staff
are learning, the hard way, to anticipate
other people's reactions and sensitivities
to what we print. But it takes a long time
to learn this.
One problem is journalists seem not to
be too sensitive overall. You just do not
let things cut you after a while. You get
used to having your stories your pride
and joy criticized in public. You get
used to hearing about all kinds of awful
things that happen all day and get put in
Tighter security deposit statutes are
needed with stronger sanctions and
fewer loopholes.
How much money should rightful
ly be returned? Again, no one really
knows. Property Management said
about $101,000.1n May, Judge Wood
wisely attempted to cut tenants a
break and ordered $40,000 from a
$300,000 escrow account Melnick
stashed away in 1976. Some money is
better than a hole in the pocket.
But, to make matters more com
plex, Wood's decision is being ap
pealed to the U.S. District Court by
Home Savings Bank, one of many
creditors who is competing for
funds. Students are thus battling for
preferred status over banks, utility
companies, Uncle Sam and all other
tomorrow's newspaper. After a while, it
just does not bother you that much.
It takes a very determined effort to
train yourself to let things bother you the
way they might bother your readers. It
is easier to screen offensive material
when someone around the office yells
"ouch" before it is put to print. But we at
the Collegian do not have that benefit,
for the most part.
The lack of diversity not only makes it
more difficult for us to empathize with
others, but it also makes it difficult to
achieve complete coverage.
A lot of our story ideas come from the
unscientific method of "I heard a rumor
that . . . is it true? Another source of
story ideas is through requests. Often
these are known as press releases. We
get press releases about the new line of
red lipstick for the fall and about the
first day of honeybee season. Some
releases actually release news, but some
others are slightly disguised
advertisements.
Sometimes people involved in an ac-
groups to. which Laurel Glen owes
money.
What appears to be a losing battle
may be a lamb in wolf's clothing.
OTIS is working hard to see that
students will not be left empty
handed. Karp is planning a court
brief to present on behalf of the
tenants. OTIS, can also offer help to
renters who wish to submit in
dividual briefs, but time and the cost
of legal fees may defeat this
purpose.
Although this situation with its
bankruptcy complications is uncom
mon, there is no excuse for denying
tenants money earmarked for a
trust account. This case only
strengthens the idea that stronger
laws must protect what false faith
can destroy.
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On Tuesday Oct. 14, The Daily Collegian will focus
weekly Op-ed page on the possibility of a switch to the;''
semester system. We invite students, faculty and,r
members of the administration to present their views!„
and concerns on the issue.
Please submit letters to the Collegian Editorial..
Editor, 126 Carnegie. They must be typed, double spac! ? _
ed and no longer than 30 lines. Deadline is 5
today.
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daily collegian
Friday Oct. 10, 1980—Page 2
Betsy Long
Editor
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tivity will call the office with informs- •
tion about their projects. Often that...
helps us find out what is going on. '0
But waiting for people to tell you whattl
is going on is hardly aggressive repor-M
ting. We cannot sit and rely on our daily k!
feeding of press releases and phonei t :
calls. We cannot miss the stories that do
not directly affect us, either.
We have to watch out for assuming
others feel the same way we feel. And if
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are the types of people who do not get,.,
offended easily, the danger of that kigd t
of assumption is magnified.
Artwork in newspapers poses a speciar i
problem and has to be watched careful- ,
ly. Cartoonists use stereotypes, exag
gerations and distortions to convey their
message. Often something is ridiculed,
good-naturedly or seriously, in a car,
toon. But these techniques have to be
tempered with worry about readePs
reactions.
.
Writers also use stereotypes and imz
agery to get meanings across. The same
danger is there, but sometimes hidden
better.
Until the Collegian has more diversity,
and staff members are better at thinkiV
the way their audience does, help can
come from readers directly affected by.
what the Collegian prints and omits:
When one is trying to learn a new way of
thinking, it helps to have a teacher.
Betsy Long is an 11th-term journalisni
and political science major and is the
editor of The Daily Collegian.
, e 1980 Collegian
Dorms get $1.2 million for utility expenses
fy KAREN MCIVIANIMAN
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
The University has budgeted approx
imately $1.2 million for dormitory utility
expenses for 1980-81, Director of Housing
Donald T. Arndt said.
Arndt said the $1.2 million includes
water, sewerage, electricity and heating
expenses for the 12,254 students living in
the undergraduate dorms. Much of the
money will go for heating because many
of the dorms are not extremely energy
efficient, he said.
"Dormitories built right after World
War' II Simmons, McElwain,
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Hamilton and Jordan are fancier with
high ceilings etc., and have more cubic
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"In the period right after the war, no
one was really concerned with building
costs or heating prices, and this is
reflected by the construction of the
buildings," he said.
Arndt said that in the dorms built after
1959, however, construction was very
much geared to conserving space and
lowering labor costs. Dorms from this
period which are characteristic of the
"less volume, less cost" theory include
Pollock, East and North Halls.
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Concerned consumers read Collegian ads. Right?
"Lucky for us, while they were trying
to cut down on building costs, they in
advertantly cut down on heating costs
alSo," he said.
Arndt said that in general, the Univer
sity's Energy Conservation Committee
recommends that heat should not be
turned on before Oct. 15 and the
temperature should be kept at 68 F.
"We keep a very close eye on the
temperatures; if we feel it is necessary,
and/or if we receive complaints, we will
begin heating the dorms earlier," he
said.,
Nittany dorms, for example, have
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been heated for almost three weeks
because of the nature of their construc
tion. They have very thin walls and re
quire heating earlier than most of the
other buildings, Arndt said.
"Lately we've been caught betwixt
and between. At this time of the year, we
are experiencing 40 F differences bet
ween day and night temperatures mak
ing it very hard for us to guage," he said.
Some of the dorms, such as Simmons,
are self-controlled and can regulate
their heat. Pollock, however, has tunnels
that run from the Pollock Union Building
to each of its buildings, Arndt said.
Escort service has
a limited operation
By DAVID MEDZERIAN
Daily Collegian Stuaff Writer
The Student Escort Service is in
limited operation with 19 volunteer
escorts, the supervisor of Student
Counselors said yesterday.
"Names of volunteers have started to
trickle in," Betty Moore said.
"Ideally, we need a listing of names
from each area," as well as off-campus,
she said. "We've already had about 35
calls ( from women) this year that we
haven't been able to fulfill."
Despite an increase in advertising,
Moore said, the number of volunteers is
down from last year, when about 200
volunteers signed up. She said that last
year some rapes and assaults at the
beginning of Fall Term increased stu
dent safety awareness.
Officers of the • Association of
Residence Hall Students, the Organiza
tion for Town Independent Students, the
Interfraternity Council and the
Undergraduate Student Government
participate in the escort service by help
ing recruit volunteer escorts. The
organizations also finance adver
tisements publicizing the service, Moore
said.
The escorts are screened by members
of the participating organizations along
with a Resident Assistant, house presi
dent or Student Counselor. The service
has not received any .complaints on the
escorts since its inception, she said.
However, Moore said there have been
a few complaints about women who
phoned the service for an escort, but
Bush on campus today
Son Jeb will campaign
Jeb Bush, son of Republican vice
presidential candidate George Bush,
will be at the HUB from 10 to 10:30
this morning to campaign for his
father and Republican presidential
candidate Ronald Reagan.
Bush, 27, will speak at a breakfast
sponsored by the Centre County
Reagan-Bush campaign at Gatsby's
restaurant at 8 a.m. A news con
ference will follow the breakfast at
9:15 a.m.
After the news conference Bush
will walk up the Mall and then spend
about a half an hour in the HUB cain-
The Daily Collegian Friday Oct. 10, 1980-3
later found other ways home and
neglected to inform the service.
Moore said safety is the foremost fac
tor with the escort service, and that
escorts' I.D. numbers are recorded
when they register. The I.D. numbers
are later used by both the student'
counselors and the woman calling for an
escort.
While the escort service is designed to
serve the students, it should only be used
as a last resort, Moore said.
"It's only to be used when other op
tions have failed," she said. These op
tions include arranging to meet a friend,
riding the bus or even taking a cab
home, she said.
Escort service calls are received by
the Student Counselors, who are on duty
weekday evenings from 4 until midnight,
and weekends from noon until 8 p.m. If a
student needs an escort at times other
than these, Moore said the service will
try to make arrangements.
Some students, such as women with
late working hours, have tried to set up
permanent escort arrangements with
the service, Moore said
"We really can't get involved in that,"
she said, "because the volunteers are
students themselves.
"We really want them to develop their.:
own safety habits," she said. This will:.
help students when they are away from.!:
the University and no escort service is
available, Moore said.
Moore said students wanting tot:
volunteer as escorts should stop in tier,
Student Counselors office in Bouckp..
Building, or call 863-2020.
paigning among University students, •
said Centre County Republican
Chairman Floyd Fischer. •
"We were looking for a political ."
science class for him to speak to, but
there were none meeting at that.
time," Fischer said.
Bush is a graduate of the Universi
ty of Texas and is now the vice presi- • •
deaf of a Houston bank, Fischer said. • '
He is scheduled to spend the rest of
the 'day in York after leaving State •
College.
—by Lynda Robinson