By LORRAINE ORLANDI Daily Collegian Staff Writer The Centre County Commissioners yesterday'approved a $12,000 budget cut to On Drugs as part of the county Drug and Alcohol Planning Council's 1981-82 budget.. On Drugs is a non-profit county organization which provides drug, alcohol and mental health counseling and information services. James Stuart, director of On Drugs, said yesterday the agency has filed a formal grievance against the decision. Under the procedure the planning council, which recommended the cut to the commissioners, must hold a hearing with On Drugs within 30 days of the filing, he said. Water distribution unequal Editor's Note: The immediate water shortage is over, and most of the voluntary or mandato ry conservation restrictions imposed across the Northeast have been lifted. But long-term water problems are far from over. This is the second of a four-part series examining the water supply on a local and national basis, focusing on water usage. By JOHN SCHLANDER Daily Collegian Staff Writer Laws of nature and probability usually do not allow equal allocation of rainfall. In certain regions of the nation, disgruntled home owners pump out flooded basements; while at the same time in other regions, worried farmers pray for a small rainstorm. On the overall scale, enough rain falls to Debate OSG --- carididitess By ANNE CONNERS Daily Collegian Staff Writer Candidates for president and vice president of the Undergraduate Stu dent Government will begin a series of debates tonight, focusing on meet- ing the candidates and discussing the various issues that affect the University community. The series is called "The Time Is Now," and starts at 8 tonight with "The Time is Now to Meet the Candi date," in the Pollock Rec Room. The candidates will have 15 minutes to introduce themselves and their ideas. After the platforms are pre sented, there will be an open ques tion and answer period. The second debate, "The Time Is Now To Know Your Government," will be at 8 tomorrow night in the Findlay Dining Hall Rec Room in East Halls. "The Time Is Now Issues and Answers," debate three, will be held at 8 on Sunday night in the Warnock Union Building Rec Room in North Halls. The final debate, "The Time Is Now For You To Speak," will be held 8 on Monday night in the HUB As sembly Room. A panel of administration mem bers and students will only question the candidates at the final debate. The panel includes: USG Presi dent Joe Healey, a Panhellenic Council repreSentative, Daily Colle- ' c . 041111C ..„ ' a BINDERY 202 PATTEE, s begin to meet. 'il'.iii-iie gian Editor Paula Froke, Black Cau cus President Paul Davis, Interfraternity Council President Dave Dixon and Vice President of Student Affairs Raymond 0. Mur phy. Each debate will begin with a five minute opening statement by each presidential candidate followed by questions from the audience. The debates will conclude with a five minute speech by each vice presi dential candidate. Four pairs of presidential vice presidential candidates have an nounced their candidacies thus far: Cluck/Reeves, Kahn/Dutt, Lenzi /Reinoehl and Wimpy the Gerbil/S -chiller. The candidacy of Wimpy the Ger bil/Schiller has not been accepted by USG Elections Commissioner Rob Fanning, and therefore they will not be participating in the debates. Fanning said he hoped a large percentage of students would attend the debates. This year's format includes a pan el at only one debate, rahter than at every debate, because Fanning said he felt it was more important for students to ask questions. "It seems illogical to me to take up all the students' time with panels when the debates are there for them to ask questions," Fanning said. Doug Kahn and Cindy Dutt 4 17 COPI n Drugs budget cut by county If the council does not change its decision, On Drugs will be heard by the county commissioners., he said. On Drugs then can go before the Governor's Council for Drug and Al cohol Abuse, he said. "It looks as though the meeting with the council is probably just a formality," Stuart said. "We've pret ty much been told although, indi rectly so it can't be considered official that they won't budge." County Commissioner John T. Say lor said a meeting between the com missioners and representatives of On Drugs, scheduled to be held prior to the commissioners' decision, had to be canceled and the recommendation approved because the agency was filing the grievance. the 15° Wednesday March 25, 1981 daily .. vol. 81, No. 136 20 pages University Park, Pa. 16802 Published by Students of The Pennsylvania State University more than adequately supply our nation's wa ter needs. The problem is that the water often does not go to the areas where it is most needed. And often, the water that does fall is used inefficiently and population growth, pollution and economics add to the problem. In interviews with The Daily Collegian, Charles L. Hosler, dean of the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, Robert F. Schmalz, geology professor, and Frederick Wernstedt, geography professor, analyzed this problem. "I'm sure the water is to be gotten," Werns tedt said. "There's a finite limit for it. If you want to talk about New York City, there's some real problems. "If you're going to talk about central Penn- "The plan had to be formally ap proved for the procedure to take place," Saylor said. Stuart said he also had planned to call off the meeting with the commis sioners once On Drugs made the decision to file the grievance. Saylor said he did not know how a meeting with On Drugs representa tives would have affected the com missioners' decision. "We were willing to listen to what they had to say," Saylor said. "We do have an advisory board (the drug and alcohol planning coun cil) and' they did go through a very lengthy process of open hearings and hearing testimony to come up with a plan that emphasises education and treatment." sylvania, I don't think there's a problem. We don't have the density of population. I mean New York City 8 or 10 million people --you have to have a real water system. "The population growth in the United States is very slow at the moment and will probably continue to be very slow. So other than a few areas like the Sun Belt, I don't think you're going to have population explosions," he said. Big urban areas will continue to be a prob lem, Wernstedt said. And, of course, chronically dry areas will continue to be a problem, he said. "State College is not a chronic area. It's the chronic areas New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Califor nia, etc. that the water problem is critical." The State College Water Authority imposed mandatory conservation Continued on Page 15 Lenzi, Reinoehl announce USG Joe Lenzi and Steve Reinoehl Kahn, Dutt are candidates By ANNE CONNERS Daily Collegian Staff Writer Doug Kahn (9th-labor studies) and Cindy Dutt (9th-communications stud ies) announced their candidacy for pres ident and vice president of the Undergraduate Student Government yesterday. Kahn, director of USG's department of political affairs and a former USG sen ator, said more responsibility should be delegated to the USG Executive Council to make it more coehesive and effective. "Executive Council has the potential to be a strong group there are a lot of powerful groups in there," Kahn said. "Almost any probleM (in USG) I could point out is a result of a lack of internal strength. "If you can get a group that is very professional, .students will realize, this and respect it," Kahn said. Kahn said since Executive Council is the most representative group on cam pus, it should have the authority to delegate appointments usually decided by the USG president and deal with issues like coed housing and tuition. Kahn and Dutt said they had several oto by Grog Hansen Part of the reason for the cut was a reduction by the state of the council's budget from about $177,000 to $176,- 000, or one-half of 1 percent, Saylor said. He added that the cut was larger than one-half of 1 percent because of inflation. Stuart said he feels the cuts to On Drugs were not justified because while services like On Drugs were cut, funds to administrative offices were increased. Saylor said certain increases, such as salary increases to administrative personnel, were necessary due to inflation. "The costs of doing business; rents, salaries have gone up with inflation," Saylor said. The 16 percent cut to On Drugs' budget will eliminate all daytime services including the hot-line and walk-in crisis intervention service, Stuart said. The elimination of these services will lead to about 2,000 unanswered requests, or half of the 4,000 requests a year answered by the agency, Stew art said. The cut also means On Drugs will no longer be able to provide educatio nal services to local schools and the University, he said. Stuart said On Drugs might decide to discontinue service if the service is not worthwhile due to a tight budget. "If we can't continue to provide a service the way we feel it should be Room and board to rise $207, double room to be By ANNE CONNERS Daily Collegian Staff Writer Double room and board charges will increase by a projected $207 next year, Undergraduate Student Government President Joe Healey said last night. Speaking at an USG Executive Council meet ing, Healey said a report prepared for the Board of Trustees projected an overall increase from the present $1,830 a year for a double room and board to $2,037 next year. According to the report, the cost of a double room will increase from $6lO a term this year to $679 a term next year, an overall increase of $69. The cost of a single room will increase from $655 this year to $729 next year, an overall increase of $74, the report said. By ANNE CONNERS Daily Collegian Staff Writer Joe Lenzi (3rd-public service) and Steve Reinoehl (9th-English writing op tion) declared their candidacy for presi dent and vice president of the Undergraduate Student Government yesterday. Both Lenzi and Reinoehl said they had no previous experience in student gov ernment but believed they would bring an objective outsider's view to USG. "Even though I may lack the political experience of my USG opponents," Lenzi 'said, "I consider my candidacy to be serious and legitimate." Lenzi said USG is too centralized and proposed an amendment to USG's consti tution to make it more representative. "Instead of one senator representing 825 students, one senator should rep resent each dorm on campus, each frat house off-campus and each building off campus that houses more than 25 stu dents," Lenzi said. Lenzi said he proposed several major changes in on-campus housing proce dures. "Those students who want reassign ment will automatically get it," Lenzi said. "Those who want new rooms would have to wait in line." As president, Lenzi said he would give sororities the option of living off-campus and would limit the sororities on campus to no more than 35 members on each floor. Lenzi also said interest houses should "not be able to take over two floors of a hall." Although the Association of Residence Hall Students usually deals with such ideas to make USG more accessable to students and increase its efficiency. To increase USG's communication with students and the University com munity, Kahn said he would appoint a public relations director to operate with in USG's department of communica tions. "The public relations director would be someone who can tell people what USG is doing right now," Kahn said. Kahn also said he would appoint a paid personnel manager who would organize manpower and staff various depart ments in USG. Recruitment of students with lower term standing would also be stepped up, Kahn said. "We want to get people involved who will be there from administration to administration," he said. Dutt, a USG senator for the past year, said she would institute managerial workshops which would stress time sav ing skills and efficient meeting tech niques. "I would like the senate to have some training in time saving and knowing the specific goals of a meeting," Dutt said. "The senate needs more direction and provided, we won't provide it at all," he said. Council President Joan Weener said at this month's meeting, at which the council made its recom mendation to the commissioners, that she feels the University should make a contribution to On Drugs because the agency serves many University students. But Stuart said yesterday that the student population is included as a 'part of the county population when money is allocated to the county and is entitled to county services. The University does make a yearly contribution to On Drugs. It contrib uted $5,510 to the agency in 1979-1980. $2,037 a year In addition to the projected 11.3 percent hous ing and food service increase, tuition is esti mated to increase by 15 percent, Healey said. "Every year tuition goes up in the spring more than the estimate," Healey said. "Tuition in creases coupled with Reagan's proposed cuts to higher education will be an impediment on lower income students." Chris Calkins, Associated Residents Halls Stu dent representative to Executive Council, said Penn State was becoming an upper-middle class University. • "It's poured in the concrete of Old Main that Penn State is for the sons and daughters of the working class," Calkins said. "But, this is be coming an upper-middle class University." candidacy issues, •Lenzi said he would have the authority as president of USG Executive Council, which has an ARHS representa tive, to make these changes. In regards to the structure of student government, Lenzi said he proposed add ing another representative to the Exec utive Council. "Executive Council is missing an inte gral part of the student body the religious organizations on campus," Len zi said. "We would unify them into the Associa tion of Religious Groups at Penn State and make it a permanent member of Executive Council," Lenzi said. Lenzi said he is a member of Campus Crusade for Christ and the Newman Student Association. To make the campus safer at night, Lenzi said he would license members of the Student Escort Service in, the art of karate and self-defense. "This would better equip escorts when confronted with malicious attacks," Len- zi said Lenzi said Reinoehl, a liscensed in structor with the Dillman Karate School, would screen escort applicants because "One of the big problems with the escort service is the escorts want more than just walking these woman home at night." To protect women from sexual ha rassment in the classroom, Lenzi said he would set up a lower court within the Supreme Court to deal with cases of sexual harrassment. As far as student services, Lenzi said his administration would plan two major social events for all students. control." In the area of student services, Kahn said USG should continue to do many of the projects it does now, but it should also start a late night bus service for students. "Ideally, the buses would go around campus and out to frats and apart ments," Kahn said. He said the specifics of the service have not been worked out yet. On the local level, Kahn and Dutt said they would work to get a student elected to municipal council and set up a student advisory board to the municipal council. The best of times There should be, plenty of sunshine today along with light winds and a sea sonably mild high of 52. Mostly clear, calm and cold tonight with a low of 28. Mainly sunny and mild tomorrow with an afternoon high of 55. There will be periods of clouds Thursday night and Friday as it will remain mild. High temperatures on Friday will be i.. Lhe 50s with noticeably milder weather in store for the weekend. •
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